OLD ARTAKHA:
###Mangai:
- Government: Monarchy established by Kalmah after his conquest of Mangai was finished. He became the first ruler of the whole Mangai and the first true unitor of the region.
- He thus predates the legendary Vakama the Unitor by sevelar decades, but being forgotten by almost all Mangaians, while the praise for uniting the city-states being given to Vakama.
- After Kalmah’s defeat by Lhikan (Now Tahu) the region was once again divided into dozens of city-states, until Vakama united them again, the Council of Mangaia being established after his death.
- Geography:
- Due to the Heart of Artakha’s increased activity in this time-period, Mangai was an extremely hostile region, filled with lava-rivers and erupting geysers.
- Culture:
- Similarily militaristic and war-like. The Mangaians were especially hostile during this time to other Matorans, though.
###Kanae:
- Government:
- Monarchy, established by Ehlek after his family became the most powerful in the council, which as the original government.
- The royal family wasn’t large, but there were sevelar members. Ehlek isn’t known to have had any siblings, but he had a more distant relative, presumably counsin, which he married to Carapar.
- Geography:
- There were less floating islands, many of them were filled with castles, their larger counterparts being on the ground below. Most of them were taken apart after Ehlek’s defeat by Lesovikk (Now Lewa) (And later Bingzak?) and the rest were left to decay and be forgotten.
- Culture:
- Much more war-like and paranoid than during the time of the third Toa team. Kanaeans weren’t as cheerful, did not enjoy their lives as much and were generally more paranoid and introvertic than before and later.
- Their king’s apparent paranoia of being invaded was one of the main contributors to this.
###Ihu:
- Government:
- Monarchy, much older than Pridak himself. The royal family consisted of him and his sister, Krakua, who would later become Toa Kopaka.
- After Pridak’s downfall and imprisonment by his sister, Krakua (Now Kopaka) inheireted the region, passing it onto her son and eventually to Matoro and Izotor. That makes Pridak a distant ancestor of Izotor.
- Geography:
- Not changed at all, you could say Ihu was ‘frozen’ this whole time.
- Culture:
- Much more paranoid… The isolation of Ihu resulted in huge uprise of patriotism, the king’s personality only adding to it.
- The Ihuans were very careful with their words and their work, as their king had very strict ideas of what Ihuans and their work should look like. This resulted in the Ihuans being extremely quiet people, not engaging in long conversations even in their families.
###Naho:
- Government:
- Monarchy, established after the election of Takadox as the first Nahoan King and his wife as the first queen. Later overthrown and changed back to Arbiter Kritarchy.
- Geography:
- Hasn’t changed for the most part. There still exists a surface island that will one day become the underwater Mahri.
- Culture:
- More based around the coast, the City of Sails was not built at this time. The capital of Naho was a coastal city, at the time of the third Toa being in ruins. The Matorans only stayed on the sea for fishing trips, sea trade not being viable due to passive aggressivness between the regions.
Tiro:
- Government:
- Monarchy, established by Mantax approximately fourty years prior to his downfall.
- Geography:
- Has not changed much. The Deeproot jungle is much denser, darker and more mysterious than it will be in the future.
- It is said the mythical “Tree with a Thousand Eyes” otherwise called Il’athrass was alive at this time, but after Mantax’s defeat, it disappeared, without explanation.
- Culture:
- Tiroans at this time delve into dark arts of magic, other matorans say they enslave shadows, practice sacrifices and necromantic spells. Those that refused to do so were forced to back into the most isolated and densest parts of the Deeproot jungle, the rest of the region being taken over by Tiroans following Mantax’s ways.
- The new capital Mantax built was deep underground, in one of the largest cave systems of Artakha. It was filled with thousands of buildings, having the role of the largest city ever built on the island. A dark and dim place build from oily black stone that eats light.
###Motara:
- Government:
*Monarchy, established after Carapar overthrew the council of the Eye of the Storm, making him the first and last king of Motara. - Carapar took Ehlek’s relative as a wife, making her the first and last queen of Motara.
- After Carapar’s imprisonment by Zaria, now Pohatu, the council of the Eye of the Storm was re-established.
- Geography:
- Apart from the ever-changing sea of sands, hasn’t changed at all.
- Culture:
- Much more militaristic and hostile than during the time of the third Toa team. Lots of sand-pirates pattroled the desert, rendering it almost impossible to cross it unharmed.
- The Motari were afraid of war, robbery and violence, as Carapar’s armies were everywhere and allowed to do almost anything they liked.
###Elysia:
- Government: Monarchy, established by Takadox and ruled by Nocturn.
- Geography: N/A
- Culture: N/A
###Mahri: (Unnamed at the time)
- Government:
- Democracy, ruled by the Council of Six, with a representant of each Matoran tribe.
- This was because the Matorans were still in different races, as the mixing hasn’t begun until the sinking of Mahri.
- Geography:
- A lush tropical forest with deep and dangerous jungle with a mountain in the middle, but beautiful and ritch coasts. Full of wildlife and plants bearing fruit and vegetables, seen as a paradise.
- Culture:
- Extremely peaceful compared to the rest of the island. It became independent and signed a treaty about peace and neutrality with the mainland prior to the Age of Warlords. All Matorans on the island live in prosperity and happiness, unlike their mainland counterparts.