Gali



Gali, like the other Toa, came into being on Artakha and was later transported to Daxia. There, Helryx then told her and the other Toa Mata that they were to be the guardians of the Great Spirit Mata Nui. Meanwhile, she also received combat training from Hydraxon. After their training, Gali and the Toa Mata were sent to Karda Nui to protect the Av-Matoran from strange, sentient, lightning-bolt Rahi, known as Avohkah, which had begun to attack them. After several weeks of fighting, the Rahi were finally defeated, and the Av-Matoran completed their labors. Gali then met Takua, who declared that he'd be a hero in the future.

Tahu and Kopaka then led the team to the Codrex, a spherical building embedded in one of the stalactites of Karda Nui. Tahu and Kopaka knew of the Cordex, and the two Toa were forced to explain everything they had learned from Helryx to their teammates. However, they could not leave on foot, for the energy storm filling Karda Nui would turn them to ash. To escape, each entered his or her separate Toa Canisters, where they remained for thousands of years.

During the Great Cataclysm, Gali and the other Toa Mata were shot out of Karda Nui from an unknown underground location and into the ocean surrounding Mata Nui. She and the other Toa were supposed to land safely on Mata Nui almost immediately. From there, they would travel through a tunnel system and reach Metru Nui, where they would begin their quest. However, their canisters malfunctioned, and the Toa Mata fell into the sea, where they floated for the next 1000 years. In that time, the Toa Metru temporarily defeated Teridax, transported and awakened the comatose Matoran of Metru Nui, became Turaga, and started life anew on the island of Mata Nui. Takua, an Av-Matoran disguised as a Ta-Matoran, found six Toa Stones near the end of that 1000-year period and inadvertently summoned the Toa's canisters to the island.

Quest for the Masks

When Gali arrived, she had no memories of her mission but vague dreams. She quickly met up with the rest of the Toa, and they split up to look for extra Kanohimasks, as directed by the Turaga of the island, the former Toa Metru.

When they had each found six masks, they descended into Mangaia, lair of Teridax who had been harassing the Matoran of the island for the past thousand years. After encountering two guardian Manas and fighting shadow versions of themselves, they battled the Makuta and defeated him. However, he activated some sort of beacon that awakened the Bohrok swarms. They were not intended to wake up at that time, but Makuta awakened them early to stall while he recuperated for another battle with the Toa Mata.