aqua axes

The aqua axes were a pair of axe-like weapons that served as Gali Nuva's Toa tools before she acquired her adaptive armor.^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12} Gali used them to channel and focus her elemental power of water.^CN The axes' cutting edges⁹ could slice through and clear away the toughest underwater obstacles.^{1, 6} They could also smash rocks and quickly climb sheer rock faces.¹¹ The aqua axes could also be attached to Gali's feet to serve as flippers^{1, 10}, which vastly increased her swimming speed^{2, 3, 13, 6, 7, 9}. Thanks to these flippers and the Mizuni rotors on her wrists, Gali was able to swim at incredible speeds^{13, 6, 8}, faster than anything else underwater^{2, 5}.

Gali acquired the aqua axes when she was transformed by energized protodermis into a Toa Nuva. Presumably, Gali's former hooks were transformed by the energized protodermis into the aqua axes.^CN Artakha later replaced Gali's armor and aqua axes with adaptive armor and weaponry.¹⁴ It is unknown what became of the aqua axes after this; they were apparently left with Artakha.

Notes

• The axes have also been referred to as double-headed axes.¹³
• The flippers have been called fins^{1, 3, 7, 9}, scuba fins^{2, 5, 13, 6}, swimming fins⁸, and flippers¹⁰.
• The axes have been incorrectly described as turning into propellers when underwater.¹¹