>>7108564So, regarding when will the events of Okoto take place, definitely during the battle between the Great Beings and their creations further along the line, but that war will be in background, with some mentions being made.
Where Okoto is pretty simple within my imagining: a distant island that is some kios aways from the major archipelagos of Aqua Magna, the Great Ocean. As a result of this isolation from the rest of Spherus Magna the Okotans are some of the last people to receive
any updates on the planet's condition, but compensated by crafting some of the finest boats and ships Spherus Magna has witnessed, capable of travelling long distances and enduring harsh waters unlike that found in the Matoran Universe.
As for who Ekimu is in G1 Okoto, he is a Matoran mask-maker from Artakha's island, who Artakha deemed to be one of the best mask-makers on the island, comparable to Vakama and Nuhrii of Metru Nui. So much so he gave Ekimu the chance to craft a duplicate Great Mask of Creation with Ekimu's own design than Artakha's, and an island with whatever attached resources to help with making the Great Mask. In return Ekimu gets to choose who to accompany him to Okoto, with many of them bringing their families and friends along to settle the island and eventually livining there. The Rebuilding was an event a few months down the colonising line in which Ekimu and some Artakha natives receiving a set of instructions from Artakha as a housewarming gift to make Okoto living more comfortable and easier to work.
Will post more about Umarak and who the Okotans face against later.
