Takua

Although long thought to be a Ta-Matoran, Takua never really fit in; in truth he was a Matoran with the element of light. He came to Metru Nui from somewhere else; placed there by someone who knew his destiny. He was disguised as a Ta-Matoran (to hide him from the Brotherhood of Makuta, who feared what light could do to shadow) and ran a small side business trading souvenirs from different metru - but he usually wandered off during his normal job to do so, making the Vahki learn to keep an eye on him. When the Matoran's memories were erased around the time of the Great Cataclysm, Takua possibly forgot that he had been anything other than a Ta-Matoran.

A thousand years later, after the Matoran took refuge on Mata Nui, Takua gathered the six Toa Stones created by the Toa Metru, and summoned the Toa Mata. Once the Toa had arrived, the Turaga took advantage of Takua's tendency to wander and made him the Chronicler, observing and writing down the Toa's adventures. Shortly afterwards, he began a quest to create a Chronicler's Company to help the Toa by guarding the Kini-Nui temple while they battled Makuta. During this quest, he befriended an Ussal crab named Pewku, who became his faithful pet. After this, he witnessed the defeat of Makuta and then the awakening of the Bohrok. Once the Bohrok and Bohrok-Kal were defeated, he was assigned to play on the Ta-Koro kolhii team.

He later found the Avohkii Mask of Light, and he and his best friend Jaller travelled through Mata Nui in search of "the Seventh Toa" that it belonged to. It was on this quest that Takua discovered that his destiny was to become Takanuva, the Toa of Light.

While living on Metru Nui, Takua originally had a red body, yellow hands and feet, and a light blue Pakari mask. When the Matoran later rebuilt themselves on Mata Nui, his hands and feet became light blue, like his mask. These are not common colors for light Matoran; Takua's armor was made these colors in order to blend in with Metru Nui's Ta-Matoran (though the job was imperfect, as blue is not a Ta-Matoran color).