Ta-Omna: Village of the Ta-Matoran, and denizens of the volcanic mountains and lava lubes of Mount Vahui. Filled with scorched earth and soot raining from the skys, the area has a more dreary feel. The Ta-Matoran have crafted pumps and channels to help divert and change the flow of the lava. In spite of the harsh climate, Ta-Omna’s lava channels are of great importance to the fertility of the islands, thanks to the falling ash and charred plant debris keeping the soil dark and filled with nutrients. The beaches surrounding Ta-Omna are covered in black sand.
Many Ta-Matoran are prideful, equating the entire ecosystem’s sustainability to their work in ensuring the right area erupts at the right time.
Ga-Omna: Situated in the Kupak Mangrove, Ga-Omna’s Matoran have built raised, stilted houses which rest upon the thick trunks of the Kupak Mangrove trees. Their fishing boats are crafted from the bark, and their nets from the Kupak Silkmoth’s larva, a Rahi which creates strong, thin threads when pupating. The Ga-Matorans are very self-sufficient, their typical interaction between the other villages is ferrying others from one village to another. They do not ask for payment, however. While self-sufficient, they are known for being ever curious of how the other Matoran are doing, and always willing to lend a helping hand.
Le-Omna: Following the delta that the Kupak Mangrove grows in, you will eventually find the trees begin to grow even larger, and the roots begin to twist and curl. These trees are so massive that even the great flames from Mount Vahui only manage to singe the outer layer, dealing no real harm to the trees. But the rich soil below keeps these trees nurtured for thousands of years. The ground below is dangerous, as it is home to many Rahi. As such, thanks to the sturdy vines that wrap a climb the trees, the Le-Matoran have been able to build great tree-top houses high in the canopy of the trees, utilizing many rope and pulley systems, Le-Omna can be tricky for the clumsy to navigate.
Most of the Le-Omna serve as Naturalists, watching the wildlife and Rahi to see if there are any trends which could be telling of things to come. While Ga-Omna often appreciated their foresight in watching the fauna, other more serious Matoran often dismiss the Le-Matorans as lazy or too carefree, mostly due to their uproarious and nearly nightly gatherings of song and dance.
Onu-Omna: Miners and tunnelers, the Matorans of Onu-Omna provide the rest of the Matoran world with ore for tools, but more importantly, they are the single source of light stones, which are used to illuminate the night or the darkened tunnels, as well as the protodermis ore needed to forge most of the machinery on the island. These tunnels also house most of the gems needed for the complex telescopes used to map out the stars the astronomers use to predict the future.
The Matoran of Onu-Omna are a hardy bunch, hardworking and able to work for hours on end without stopping. Many don’t know this, but the Onu-Matoran are often quite compelling storytellers, having very little else to do while working in the mines. Well if they could be heard over the clang and crash of machinery. They also make great use of the cave dwelling Ruhka, large mole-like Rahi that they have domesticated into tunneling partners, as well as powerful beasts of burden. However, as mounts they are not. The Onu-Omna get along with most of the other tribes with little issue.
Po-Omna: Craftsmen and women of the craggy badlands on the southern side of the Hima-Nui Mountain range, the village of Po-Omna. The masons of Po-Omna are responsible for all the statues across the island, and the greatest of the craft even carve and maintain the statues in the center of the island in Ani-Nui: the most sacred place on the isle.
The Po-Matorans are often seen as either masters of their craft who should be revered and praised for their work and dedication, or stubborn perfectionists who spend far too long on issues far too minor to worry about.
Ko-Omna: Based in the snow capped mountains of Omna-Nui, the village of Ko-Omna is a small, and reserved group. Left with the need for heat stones and various other resources from the other villages in order to ensure the safety of their people, the Ko-Matorans are surprisingly solem and enjoy their seclusion. There is little else to do in the frigid temperatures, leaving most of the matorans inside, huddling together in front of their heat stones.
With so much time on their hands, they took to learning the lore and keeping records of the land. Oral traditions are strong between the Ko-Matoran, in spite of their reserved nature. They may speak few words, but the ones they often do speak are carefully considered and filled with wisdom. Some find their distance, rude and cold. But all agree that they are who you would speak to to find the answer no others would know of.
