Balta

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"If we don't stop the Piraka we'll all be history. And what can we throw against them? Six Matoran, and you...that's all that's between them and the control of this island."
— Balta, If a Universe Ends

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Balta
Image:Comic Matoran Balta.PNG
Matoran
Class Ta-Matoran
Title/Job Inventor
Mask Huna
Status Alive
Pronunciation BALL-tah
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Balta is a Ta-Matoran on Voya Nui on the Voya Nui Resistance Team. He is Garan's best friend and right hand Matoran and is also close friends with Dalu.

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Biography

Pre-Voya Nui

Balta, like the other Voya Nui Matoran, long ago had some type of injury and was sent to Karzahni to be repaired. He was rebuilt, but in a new, weakened form. To compensate for this, he received a pair of Repellers. He was then sent to the Southern Continent to spend the rest of his days. However, during the Great Cataclysm, a chunk of the Continent broke off into what is now Voya Nui, carrying Balta and many other Matoran to out of the continent's dome and onto the surface of the Endless Ocean Planet.

Voya Nui

About 1,000 years later, Balta was scouting for food, when he found an open, empty Toa Canister and footprints in the ground that led to one of the six Piraka named Hakann. While Balta returned to the village with him, he blasted a herd of Kikanalo. Sometime later, Balta was watching Avak work on what he thought would be a solution to Voya Nui's water problem, but was really the construction of Zamor Launchers that would be used to enslave the Matoran. Balta interrupted his work, asking what they were, and Avak, annoyed, encased the Matoran in a prison.

The Piraka later had Piruk and Balta oversee teams assigned to dig vast reservoirs to collect lava from Mount Valmai. Afterwards, Garan, Kazi, Velika, Piruk, and Balta all met up in a cave, while Dalu watched outside for the Piraka. Balta and Velika examined a stolen Zamor Launcher from Avak and concluded that it was a launching apparatus and a weapon to be used, which led them all to believe these six beings were Toa. Garan sent Balta to find Dalu, only to return to inform them that he had found Dalu collapsed from an earlier fight with Avak. While Dalu recovered, Garan and Balta followed Avak and Hakann, and overheard them discussing that the monster they defeated was actually manufactured by the Piraka to convince that the Matoran that they were Toa.

When the Voya Nui Resistance Team next gathered, Piruk reported that another Ta-Matoran, Dezalk, had gathered all of the Matoran in the Matoran Cliff Village. The team decided to follow, but by the time they arrived all the Matoran were hard at work draining the lava from Mount Valmai, enslaved by the Piraka to look for something under the lava pools. The team decided that it was time to strike back, and Balta went on his own to steal Vezok's Zamor Sphere to look at its contents. However, Vezok caught him and pursued Balta as he fled. On Zaktan's orders, Thok also joined the pursuit. Balta managed to pass the sphere onto the other members off the team while he drove Thok and Vezok away from the site. Balta ran into a cave after sending Thok sprawling after the use of his Repellers. Vezok then placed a large rock in front of the cave entrance, trapping Balta inside.

Balta began to lose consciousness, but then was freed by Axonn who told him to return to the other Matoran and prevent them from attacking the Toa Nuva. Balta managed to arrive in time, but not before Gali had her sight enhanced to the point she was driven mad. Balta did, however, manage to convince Garan that these were real Toa.

The Toa Nuva related all the information about why the Piraka were on Voya Nui, to steal the legendary Ignika, Mask of Life. The Toa Nuva and the Voya Nui Resistance Team decided to raid the Piraka Stronghold to retrieve their Kanohi Nuva and Toa Tools. They succeeded, and then proceeded to the center off the stronghold, where the Piraka were fighting amongst themselves. The Toa Nuva and Matoran attempted to enter the fray and stop the Piraka, but were all struck down by a single blow from Brutaka. Balta, Piruk, Velika and Kazi were all dumped outside the Piraka Stronghold by Brutaka, while Dalu escaped and Garan kept for interrogation by Vezok. When Balta gained consciousness, he noticed a Doom Viper slithering towards him and his friends. Just then, Brutaka used his Olmak to send the Rahi to the lava of Mount Valmai, saving the Matoran out of habit.

Balta and the others managed to escape and re-group without Dalu, the resistance also met up with the new Toa Inika who have just arrived and turned into Toa after escaping from Karzahni and battling Vezok, who quickly escaped after being captured. The resistance related all that was told by the Toa Nuva about the Mask of Life and the possible fate of the Toa Nuva. Balta traveled with Kazi, Matoro and Hewkii to where Axonn was staying, only to find him battered and badly injured by Brutaka. Axonn told them to go as Brutaka would reveal the location of the Mask of Life to the Piraka.

The resistance team later met the Toa Inika, who instructed the Matoran to search for the imprisoned Toa Nuva. Balta found an open door in the lower levels of the Piraka Stronghold, where the Toa Nuva were imprisoned. Once inside, they realized that the Toa Nuva had been enslaved by Antidermis, and were being drained of their Elemental Energy. They managed to free the Matoran using Energized Protodermis-filled Zamor spheres to cure them of the effects of Antidermis. As they all ventured to the higher levels of the stronghold to retrieve the Toa's Kanohi, the resistance team informed them of the arrival of the Toa Inika. Upon arriving, the Toa Nuva and the Matoran discovered that most of the stronghold had been destroyed. Axonn then took charge of watching over the Matoran out of fear of the Piraka, who were free on the island.

Soon afterwards, Axonn summoned the entire Matoran population of Voya Nui, leading them into the Nui Caves in preparation for the descent of Voya Nui to the Southern Continent after the Toa Mahri destroyed The Cord. Balta is now currently with the other Matoran of Voya Nui, on the Southern Continent, renewing their lives there.

The Kingdom

In The Kingdom Alternate Universe, Balta was transformed into a Toa by Takanuva.

Abilities and Traits

Balta as seen in the Piraka Online Animations.
Balta as seen in the Piraka Online Animations.

Balta is a brave Matoran, brave enough to risk his life to steal a Zamor Sphere from Vezok and fight back against him and Thok. He is skilled with technology, but is more apt to make small, practical devices. He is able to improvise with whatever is at hand - he can take any pile of discarded equipment and turn it into a device or weapon with ease.

Tools

Balta carries twin Repellers. When crossed, his twin Repellers can repel any attack made against him, causing the attacker to be hit with an equal force. He used them on Thok once, when cornered by the Piraka. He also did the same with Hakann.

Set Information

The Balta set.
The Balta set.

Balta was released in early 2006 as one of the six small sets, consisting of 22 pieces. He could be combined with the Velika and Piruk sets to make a Lava Hawk.

Appearances

Balta in Matoran Escape.
Balta in Matoran Escape.

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Voya Nui Resistance Team
Leader
Axonn (Briefly) | Garan
Members

Garan | Balta | Dalu | Piruk | Velika | Kazi


Ta-Matoran
Mata Nui/Metru Nui Residents
Aft | Agni | Aodhan | Brander | Kapura | Kalama | Keahi | Maglya | Nuhrii | Tiribomba | Vohon
Southern Continent Residents
Balta | Dezalk | Sarda (Formerly)
Transformed
Dume | Jaller | Firedracax | Lhikan (Deceased) | Norik | Prototype | Vakama | Vultraz


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