Name: TanikaSpecies: ToaGender: MaleElement: LightningMask: Kanohi FaxonAlignment: GoodWeapons: Thunder whip (a bladed whip that creates loud claps of thunder and/or concussions when snapped and has a long bar type handle which he uses for a club in close range fighting, as well as channelling his lightning power). And a small, round, sharp protosteel shield with a mini disk launcher mounted underneath of it which can also channel his element. The disc launcher fires small electrified discs. He also carries extra mini discs. His pet Scratches is a small, dragon like, chameleon lizard that uses camouflage, a fast attack, sharp claws, and a bladed tail to bring down multiple enemies ten times larger then itself.Skills: A master at using his whip, he has almost a telepathic connection to it and can do amazing tricks (such as wrapping it around a tree branch to swing across a gorge then giving it a tug and having it come loose). He is also a fairly good shot. He has trained with his element so that he is constantly charged with a small amount of lightning, and anyone that goes closer than two inches from him gets a jolt (this will be annoying to pick pockets), when he is nervous, angry, or in a fight the charge increases so that anyone touching him will receive a big shock and if they happen to hit him with a sword or something, they will probably get hurt just as much as he does.Appearance: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Takanuvainika/MOPC/tanika2.jpgWeaknesses: Rubber (because his lightning has a hard time getting through it,) water (it causes his electric field to short out and it takes a while to build up again), feet (his feet are not covered by his electric field otherwise he would waste power on the ground).Bio: He was once the guardian of a village that was built around a small pool of Energized Protodermis. The Energized Protodermis influenced the plants in the area causing them to grow large, strong and fast. The village quickly became wealthy exporting produce, but this also attracted unwanted rahi and shifty characters. But Toa Tanika protected the village from all threats, and in appreciation the matoran saved enough to buy him his protosteel shield from the Nynrah ghosts, inscribed with this message “To Toa Tanika, May this shield protect you as you have always protected us, then the matorans names and finally because you wouldn’t accept a statue”.But their happiness was not to last, for a Dark Hunter spy discovered the source of their lush plants. The Dark Hunters’ attack was fast and precise, they quickly located the pool but found a shocking surprise. the battle was furious but one of the Hunters finally knocked him down and was about to finish him off when Tanika used the last of his elemental energy to call down lightning bolts from the sky knocking the Hunters unconscious, knowing that the rest of the Hunters would return, Tanika ordered his village to be evacuated and left the chained Hunters in the village.With the matoran in one boat and himself in another, they set sail for Metru-Nui. As they sailing a young Dark Hunter with psionic powers attacked the villagers’ ships as his first solo mission. Tanika told the matoran to keep sailing while he held of the Hunter, when the matoran were out of range he unleashed a powerful surge into the water, but was knocked unconscious from a mental blast before the surge could reach the Hunter. The young Dark Hunter was having second thoughts about his mission; in his mind the Toa was practically giving the Energized Protodermis pool to them so there was no need to kill him. The psionics user quickly went towards a random island, mentally shrouding himself so he couldn’t be seen and, wiping Tanika’s memory, dumped the Toa onto the beach, and sailed away.Somehow, Tanika awoke on the beach in Ta-Wahi and, after wondering how he got there since water would short him out, he headed off to find out if someone needed help and to find something to eat.Personality: Although outwardly he is friendly and trusting, he is actually quite paranoid and takes a long time to trust anyone as a result of years of dealing with thieving visitors to his island.