Matau (Earth-4001)

Matau was a Toa of Air on Metru Nui. He later became a Turaga of Le-Koro, and later Le-Metru, as an adviser for Turaga Dume.

History
The history of Matau prior to 2553 is the same as his mainstream counterpart.

Personality
Matau was always light-hearted, and loved being a "Toa-hero". Part of him was always slightly insecure about not living up to his concept of what a Toa should be. This is one of the reasons he was the most affected by his mutation into a Hordika, and was the most eager to be turned back into a Toa Metru. He also had a large ego and could be vain. Like many of the other Toa Metru (especially Onewa) Matau had doubts about Vakama's visions and competence as a leader, and he was especially mean towards Vakama when they were Hordika. But the latter's betrayal taught him the dangers of constant argument.

As a Turaga, he still remained humorous, and was known to play pranks on Turaga Nuju. He was well-known for this, but was always calm in a crisis and never asked the Le-Matoran to do something he wasn't willing to do himself.

When faced with a fork in the road, Matau always advised going right, as he had had some bad experiences with left forks as a Toa Metru.

Like most Le-Matoran, he used a common form of slang known as Treespeak.

Powers & Equipment
As a Toa, Matau had the elemental power of air. He could create cyclones, hurricanes, and increase air pressure. Matau carried two Aero Slicers. When mutated, they became Fang Blades. When he was transformed into a Turaga, later replaced his weapons with a Kau Kau Staff.