Po-Koro

After the death of Mata-Nui and his head crashed onto the island of Zakaz, a number of refugees built up a camp in the barren north of the island. After a Toa of Stone made them simple stone tents and a rock barrier, they named it Po-Koro. A number of refugees made a home here, like a Toa Nale, Toa Arkius, and Kanohi. The landscape was rough and barely fertile, plants were sparse, and dust storms were common. Metal was rare, as were any resources at all.

Early on Kanohi used his regeneration disks and his Kiril Staff to mend the village when it suffered damages, Arkius hunted, a Ta-Matoran named Vakama built tools and masks, a Ga-Matoran named Dalu guarded it with Kanohi’s old disk launcher, they were led by Turaga of Magnetism named Jovan, and a Vortixx named Collector shuttled supplies to and from the large refugee camp of Metru-Koro. There were about 235 refugees in Po-Koro, made up of many different breeds of Matoran and a few other breeds.

After about a week, Toa Arkius left to hunt Skakdi, while Kanohi, Nale and a few travelers went to rescue a Vo-Matoran. In their absence Po-Koro was attack by the Boss and his warband, and the village was devastated. A smoke signal was sent by Vakama, hoping for aid from Metru-Koro, but he died in the butchery. The Skakdi left quickly, but twenty five Matoran were killed, and fifty seven were injured. Turaga Jovan was traumatized and Dalu was in critical condition.

The Matoran were terrified, exhausted, and tensions were high. One of them named Supaka antagonized the Toa who came to help them, only to be harshly rebuked. The display disturbed the Matoran, and they closed ranks to stay in Po-Koro. Some thought their people would reconsider and would likely regret staying, and that they would ultimately leave for Metru-Koro in the near future.

At this time, a De-Matoran was so terrified and traumatized that he sacrificed a Le-Matoran to the Aspect Ulkarr, gaining the Kraata of Plantlife. This De-Matoran now grew weeds with each footstep he made, and used it to build a grazing field. The villagers soon learned what he had done, but the field gave the village access to Mahi, he might be too valuable to kill. So for the time they assigned a Po-Matoran named Varah to monitor him.

However Kanohi arrived, warning them of a future attack by the League on Metru-Koro. They could no longer retreat to that village. As most of the Toa left to help, Arkius stayed behind to try to dig a bunker for Po-Koro. Sadly he found a massive tunnel underneath, one dug by a colossal beast. The underground was no refuge. Still he discovered Protodermis Ore, and the villagers got to work refining it. At the same time Stannis pushed Kanohi to become leader of Po-Koro, with the title Akiri.