Matoran

The Matoran are the sentient inhabitants of Artakha.

Abilities and Traits
Matoran all possess the ability to manipulate the elements, with only the Toa and the Elemental Gods surpassing them. Only one Matoran in each generation is born without the power to manipulate the elements, but this absence of power is what enables them to become a Toa.

Tribes
There are currently seven Matoran tribes on Artakha.

Mangaian
Mangaians are warriors to the core, with much of their culture being based around the concept of warfare itself. As a result, the entire populace is involved in the art of combat, with tournaments being a common form of entertainment as well as a chance for the people of fire to constantly sharpen their skills. However, many of the other peoples consider them to be brutes and savages who crave violence while the Mangaians see themselves as self-sufficient and capable of fighting off threats from rahi and bandits with little-to-no outside assistance.

Nahoin
The people of Naho are a matriarchal and highly religious society. Due to their abundant access to water and food by way of the ocean's resources, they are highly independent. The males of society are relegated mostly to manual labor with few exceptions while positions of political power are overseen primarily by women.

Kanaean
Denizens of Kanae tend to be fast-talkers and leave home at an extremely young age. This is largely due to their family units being quite large to compensate for the average lifespan being much shorter than most of Artakha, thus the Kanaeans being extremely prolific at their rate of reproduction. They tend to leave home at a young age to escape the overpopulated streets, thus they tend to die young, as inexperience has a tendency to catch up with them.

Ihuan
The Matoran of the frozen tundra have a very quiet and solitary way of life. Unlike the other tribes, they are very much in doubt of the very existence of their Elemental God to the point of agnosticism and atheism being the common views of most Ihuan Matoran. They tend to view the Mangaians as brutal savages who call to war and prefer scholarly pursuits over the arts of war.