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The long range specialist of Jovan’s team, the Toa Ignika, Straata was a Toa of Stone originally hailing from the eastern island of Mahrat. Wielding a custom zamor launcher and noble Kanohi Hau inherited from the late Turaga of Po-Mara, Straata always sought to keep his teammates from danger, despite his gruff and anti-social exterior. But when his teammate donned the mask of life and vanished in a screaming flash of light and energy, he found himself utterly powerless to save his friend…

(Okay enough lore, let me gush about these masks because OH MY GOD Buryu does excellent fucking work on these. There are obviously some small differences in the way they’re made compared to actual injection moulded/official pieces, but they look and feel STUNNING and I’ve already ordered more of his work for upcoming projects. Buryu is without a doubt a master mask maker, GO BUY HIS MASKS!)

To look at Spektra, most would assume they were a warrior: a fighter armed with sword and shield, ready to take on the forces of darkness. Nothing could be further from the truth. A biologist by trade, Spektra was one of the first in the Matoran Universe to discover the existence and effects of Pit Mutagen following the great cataclysm. Regularly descending into the swamp of secrets to study the mutated flora and fauna it produced, Spektra used a spiked machete to cut through the thick vines overgrowing the marsh, as well as an electro-shield to dissuade any Rahi who became too aggressive to simply avoid with their hover-jets. However, when the Makuta invaded their home and began destroying Av-Matoran villages, Spektra used their knowledge of the swamps to evade capture as they began an entirely new line of study: how to undo the effects of shadow leeches. There was one unusual Rahi they’d seen circling in the skies overhead that was of particular interest…