Pouks

Pouks is the Toa Hagah of Stone He was formerly one of the six Rahaga.

Toa
Not Much is known of Pouks's life before his recruitment into the Toa Hagah. What has been confirmed, however, was that he was active as a Toa for quite some time beforehand, operating as a member of another Toa team. Whether or not Pouks was this team's leader has not been revealed. When the Brotherhood of Makuta decided that Makuta Teridax needed Toa bodyguards, Pouks was selected as representative Toa of Stone. He was endowed with metallic armor to indicate his status as an elite Toa and his former teammates presented him with his current Kanohi as a badge of honor.

Toa Hagah
Toa Pouks was a member of the Toa Hagah, six elite Toa who served the Brotherhood of Makuta. He was a Toa of Stone, although nothing else is known during that time. Pouks's new Toa team performed this task well and protected Teridax from such threats as Rahi intrusions. Later however, the Toa Hagah discovered that the Brotherhood was actually enslaving and oppressing Matoran. The Toa Hagah then raided the Brotherhood of Makuta fortress. In the process, all except for Norik and Iruini were captured. Pouks and the other three Toa were then mutated by Roodaka into the Rahaga. They were eventually rescued by Norik and Iruini, who were also mutated into Rahaga at the hands of Roodaka.

Rahaga
Pouks was loud and boisterous, and he believed in plain speaking and taking direct action rather than sneaking around. He captured the largest land Rahi with his lasso spinners, then used his staff to leave an invisible mark so they could be tracked later. He truly loved the massive beasts and could teach others how to befriend them. Pouks and his friends arrived in Metru Nui.

When the Toa Metru were mutated into Toa Hordika and their cocoons dropped, the Rahaga saved the Toa Metru at the last moment. They then told the Toa how to revert themselves to their original forms. Understanding something about bestial appearances, the Rahaga were able to connect with the Toa Hordika, and teach them about their inner darkness.

Current
After they were transformed back into Toa Hagah, Pouks and the others were keeping watch over Roodaka and, despite their mutual hatred, protecting her island from being destroyed.

The Toa Hagah had been fighting the Tahtorak and the Kanohi Dargon when Toa Gaaki Used her Kanohi Mask of Clairvoyance to see that there were hundreds of them (Dark Hunters). Toa Iruini Said, "I spent One Thousand Years as a Rahaga- Now i'm back in action and I love it." Using his mask of quick travel he raced to the spire to the flagship of the oncoming fleet. He soon found out that the shadowed one is on the Ship and so is Toa Helryx the leader of the order of Mata Nui. She is flanked by a warrior in golden armor and a four armed giant with two long horns coming out of his head. She nodded and the golden warrior vanished. He reappeared an instant later with the other five members of the Toa Hagah in tow. Norik takes her on and using a fraction of her powers she sends a blast of water from her palms smashing into three Dark Hunters. Toa Helryx tells them she has a job for them. The Order of Mata Nui is mounting an attack on the Brotherhood of Makuta, But their leader eludes them. Their best information tells them that Teridax was last seen in the Pit In the Maxilos robot. Toa Herlyx shows them a Mutant Zaktan as a guide. All of the Toa Hagah Nod their heads except Toa Gaaki. The mission is to find Teridax. Gaaki says, "Death ..... all around ... we are going to a place of death ... and one of us will not return!" The Toa Hagah hoped that their return would be a lot nicer. Their Goal: track down the missing Teridax before he could execute the final sages of the plan. The only way to find him would be to smash the Coliseum. The Toa Mahri got on edge after they said, "We are here to destroy your most important building." After that the Mahri started to attack them. Toa Kualus teamed up with Bomonga in an effort to pin down Nuparu. Toa Kualas used his mask of rahi control. A huge hand came out of the ground grabbing Nuparu. Toa Hahli Blasted Kualus with a powerful blast of water. But the monster Toa Kualas used to have under control was on a rampage. It erupted from the ground. Well over 60 feet high it walked over to Ko-Metru. The Toa Hagah and Toa Mahri Stopped fighting and went to stop the giant beast. But Jaller and Norik had already discovered the Beasts Fear. Fire! Their twin blasts drove it back into Po-Metru. The creature wasn't about to go quietly. It hurled Toa Nuparu trough the sky at deadly speed. Hewkii whirled and used his mask of gravity as he had never before, applying just enough power to slow the Toa of Earth without ripping him apart. Bomonga at max size, landed a rain of blows on the rahi. He might as well of been a Toa of Water summoning a light spring of rain. Now it was Kongu and Iruini's turn, as they combined all their air power with the power of the Toa of Fire to create a swirling tornado of flame. The Rahi was directly in the eye of the storm, which was so hot it melted nearby mountains. into slag. The beast Feinted. Onu-Matoran took the Giant Rahi back to the Archives, while the Po-Matoran put the fires out. Pouks, Hewkii, Norik, and Jaller then used their powers to carve a tunnel through the ground beneath the Coliseum while the other Toa lifted the huge structure, and Pouks then worked with Norik to seal the tunnel behind them as they went.

Whle underground, the team came across a inscription on the wall in a dialect which none of them could realize. Pouks suddenly brought on the fact that their mission had been going well, and as if that triggered the traps, the Hagah were magnetically forced to the ceiling, while molten Protodermis rushed down to destroy them.

They were saved by Makuta Miserix. Then Miserix, the Toa Hagah and Zaktan were soon in another chamber. While the other Hagah talked to Miserix, Pouks attempted copying the Makuta's power, although he was slashed across the face by the dragon, who claimed he 'didn't like being imitated'. Inside another tunnel they soon found across a room filled with machinery, and two corpses. Miserix tore off a section of one of the corpse's armor, and found out that it was not made of Protodermis. Suddenly a portal opened and beings emerged.

Abilities and Traits
As a Toa of Stone, Pouks could create and absorb stone. This also gave him the ability to control stone, and create landslides. These abilities were lost when he was turned into a Rahaga, but he has since regained his powers.

Tools
As a Toa Hagah, Pouks had a Spear to channel his Stone powers and a Rhotuka Launching Shield. He also wore a Kanohi that could analyze and copy powers. Using his staff, Rahaga Pouks could leave an invisible mark on the Rahi so they could be tracked later. His Rhotuka was his bolo spinner, which could entangle Rahi in bonds of energy to bring them down.

Set Information

 * Pouks was released in 2005. Pouks's set number was 4869. Pouks had 28 pieces.

Trivia

 * In Dark Mirror, Pouks, along with the rest of his team, went to the Southern Continent. There, he and Gaaki distracted Brutaka while Bomonga killed him.