IN THE TIME BEFORE TIME...
THE GREAT SPIRIT DESCENDED FROM THE HEAVENS
CARRYING WE, THE ONES CALLED THE MATORAN TO THIS PARADISE.
WE WERE SEPARATE AND WITHOUT PURPOSE
SO THE GREAT SPIRIT ILLUMINATED US WITH THE THREE VIRTUES
UNITY, DUTY, AND DESTINY.
WE EMBRACED THESE GIFTS,
AND IN GRATITUDE, WE NAMED OR ISLAND HOME "MATA NUI"
AFTER THE GREAT SPIRIT HIMSELF.
BUT OUR HAPPINESS WAS NOT TO LAST...
FOR MATA NUI'S BROTHER, THE MAKUTA
WAS JEALOUS OF HIS HONORS AND BETRAYED HIM,
CASTING A SPELL OVER MATA NUI,
WHO FELL INTO A DEEP SLUMBER.
THE MAKUTA WAS FREE TO UNLEASH HIS SHADOWS,
AND UNLEASH THEM HE DID.