Toa of Lightning

Toa of Lightning was a title given to a Toa who wielded the Element of Lightning. Toa of Lightning were typically transformed from a Vo-Matoran. Should a Toa of Lightning fulfill her destiny, she would be given the option of sacrificing her Toa Power, becoming a Turaga of Lightning.

If a Toa of any element were to lose their Kanohi, their Elemental Powers would be halved, and their overall strength greatly weakened.

Powers
A Toa of Lightning's Elemental power gave them near-perfect command over raw electrical energy. As such, at a basic level they could create, control, and absorb lightning. Examples of this included calling down lightning strikes, redirecting existing arcs of electricity, absorbing open sources of electricity, or causing electromagnetic shockwaves. Additionally, Toa of Lightning naturally had a resistance to high amounts of electricity.

Toa of Lightning had few weaknesses, however, they would have had difficulties facing opponents who were well grounded, as the strength of their elemental powers would be severely weakened against such targets.

They possessed all of these abilities on a vastly greater level than a Turaga of Lightning, or a Vo-Matoran.

Personality and Traits
Toa of Lightning were often impatient and overconfident, much like their fiery brothers. However, in contradiction to their overall view of things, most Toa of Lightning did not operate solo, and in fact, preferred being part of a Toa team.

These Toa usually wore armor that was blue and white. The usual color of their eyes was unknown, however Nikila's were a light purple.

All Toa of Lightning were female.

History
Various Toa of Lightning came into being using Toa Stones throughout the history of the Matoran Universe, and at one point there were hundreds of Toa in the universe simultaneously, many of them being Toa of Lightning. But after the Great Cataclysm, their numbers began to dwindle, and only a handful were still alive by the time of the Battle of Bara Magna, including Chiara.

Toa Nikila
Nikila was once a Vo-Matoran, until she was transformed into a Toa at around the same time Artakha created Tahu and his team, and shortly therafter, she joined the Toa Cordak, led by Lesovikk. During their time together, Nikila came to be close friends with the Toa of Air, and served as the team's tactician.

Later, during a mission on the Southern Continent, the Toa Cordak encountered a tribe of vicious Zyglak, with whom they were forced to engage. During the brutal skirmish, a crucial moment arrived that hinged on Lesovikk's making a split-second decision, but he hesitated for too long, giving the Zyglak the upper hand against his allies.

In moments the battle was over. Nikila was killed, along with the other members of the first Toa team; only Lesovikk managed to escape the twisted monstrosities.

She wore a Great Mask of Possibilities.

Toa Chiara
Chiara was once a Vo-Matoran, until she was later transformed into a Toa of Lightning at an unspecified time. Early on in her adventures as a Toa, Chiara was present during a Visorak invasion, where she was successfully able to infiltrate the spider's encampment, and electrify their Colony Drones.

Unable to feed, the Visorak were forced to split up, in order to search for an alternate food source. Chiara took advantage of their sparse group numbers, picking the spiders off one-by-one, until she had destroyed over fifty of them single-handedly.

Much later, after the reformation of Spherus Magna, Chiara left the Matoran Universe alongside her Toa brethren, beginning a new life on the restored world. However her duties as a Toa continued, as she was quickly assigned to a small Toa Team by Tahu, Gali and Onua, and given a mission to locate the Great Beings, working alongside Orde (the first Toa of Psionics) and Zaria (a disgraced Toa of Iron). Whether this quest ultimately ended in success or failure, remains unknown.

She wore a Great Mask of Stealth.

Post-Reformation
After Teridax's death, the remaining Toa of Lightning evacuated onto Spherus Magna, where they aided in the construction effort to build new homes for the refugees of the Matoran Universe.

Known Toa of Lightning

 * Nikila - Former tactician of the Toa Cordak; now deceased
 * Chiara