Earth Claw

The Earth Claw was a weapon made by a Toa of Earth. The weapon replaced half a limb and could be used a number of different ways, such as a hand, a shield, a drill, or as a jackhammer.

History
The Earth Claw was first conceived on a Toa team's visit to Xia. A Toa of Earth in the group was astounded by the quality of weapons there, and wanted the team to get new Toa Tools. Unwilling to be associated with the Makuta and Dark Hunters who obtained their weaponry there, the others rejected the idea. This sparked an argument, resulting in the Toa of Earth leaving the team. He went to Xia, designed and constructed the Earth Claw with assistance of highly skilled Vortixx, keeping the blueprints to prevent his designs from spreading. After discovering how powerful the weapon was, the Toa of Earth attempted to climb the Mountain. He was still no match for it, however, and was devoured by it, leaving only the remains of his claw.

Unbeknownst to the Toa, the Vortixx had made several copies of the blueprints and secretly manufactured and sold Earth Claws. The manufacturing eventually came to an abrupt stop, however, when all existing blueprints were mysteriously stolen.

It is rumored that the Toa of Earth might have left some of his Toa Power in the original Earth Claw before he died.

Trivia

 * The Earth Claw was made by BZPower member Mihunai.
 * Greg Farshtey did not canonize the history of the Earth Claw, only its function and appearance.