Gresh is the hero as well as one of the protagonists in the Bionicle series. He was in fact not a Toa but merely a Glatorian, a warrior that hailed from the plane called Spherus Magna. He serves as the main protagonist in Bionicle: The Legends Reborn and the deuteragonist in Bionicle: Journey's End alongside Toa Tahu.
History
Prior to the main event of the storyline, Gresh lived in Spherus Magna