Around 100,000 years ago, the Toa Mata were created on Artakha as a 'failsafe' in the case of Mata Nui's downfall...
Awakenings follows the legendary team of Toa before their launch into the Endless Ocean following the Great Cataclysm. Divided into two series, Awakenings will be a webcomic produced by Mata Nui Inc, and released as a part of KanohiJournal Publications.
In the first series, the Toa Mata are awakened for the first time and learn what it means to be a Toa. Trained by Hydraxon, they will be embark on deadly missions and engage in various challenges in order to discover and master their powers. After completing their training, for the first time the Toa Mata will learn what it means to work as a team—and to respect the Three Virtues.
The second series will see the Toa Mata in Karda Nui, where they will have to protect the resident Matoran workers and prepare to fulfill their destiny. Unfortunately, by-products left by the laborious preparations to launch Mata Nui, the Avohkah, go on rampage and try to prevent Mata Nui's launch by killing the Av-Matoran. The Avohkah are sentient creatures made of pure lighting energy, and the Toa Mata must figure out how to stop them in a race against time, in the Time Before Time!