Most Makuta are scary to Matoran because, to accompany their powers, they tend to make their feelings obvious. When a Makuta is frustrated or angry or whatever, it’s usually not hard to figure that out. Conversely, the Makuta of my homeland was one that I’m not convinced was able to feel any emotions at all, which makes him one of the scariest beings I’ve ever had the displeasure of meeting.
Makuta Malas
Gender: Male
Species: Makuta
Kanohi: Hamara, Great Mask of Possibilities (reforged)
Pieces: 79
Malas is someone who’s never let his emotions, if he had any to begin with, drive his actions and shape his character and reputation. He is driven only by logic, making decisions based solely on whether the outcome will be favorable for the cause at hand. On the one hand, he doesn’t play the sadistic game that many of his brothers play; he never does anything cruel for the sake of being cruel. On the other, while other Makuta do recognize the concept of morality–if only to ignore or defy it–Malas never even considers it into his equations.
Suffice to say, you could never tell what Malas is thinking in any given moment. Happiness, grief, anger, fear, none of it whatsoever. For as long as I’d known him, Malas never expressed anything at all. You know what they say: nothing is scarier.
Trivia
- Malas’s name comes from Malastare, the home planet of the Dug species which inspired his appearance.