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'''Makuta''' is a [[fictional character]] in [[Bionicle]], a story and toy line created by [[Lego]]. Makuta is the primary villain of the Bionicle universe. He is the "brother of the [[Mata Nui (Great Spirit)|Great Spirit Mata Nui]]"
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==History==
Makuta was once a protector of the [[Matoran]] people under the [[Mata Nui (Great Spirit)|Great Spirit Mata Nui]], and the two were so close that they were considered brothers. However, Makuta and the rest of his [[Brotherhood of Makuta|Brotherhood]] eventually became corrupted and began oppressing Matoran. The reasons for this are not completely clear; though it is said that the Brotherhood was jealous of the high regard that Mata Nui was given by the Matoran, and it is also possible that the Brotherhood sincerely believed that they could protect the Matoran best by ruling them with an iron fist. In any case, Makuta and the Brotherhood's betrayal was not widely known and they were still considered by many to be guardians.
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Some 300 years before Mata Nui was cast into shadow, six Toa named Toa Hagah discovered his evil. They attacked and weakened him severly. These Toa were mutated by Roodaka, a lieutenant of the Brotherhood, into Rahaga. At some point, Makuta began to cause Mata Nui to suffer somehow. The details of this are yet unknown.
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Eventually, Makuta set into motion a plan to put Mata Nui to sleep, intending to take his place in the minds of the Matoran as their savior. He was probably not aware that doing so could lead to the Great Spirit's death - and with it, the death of the universe - but if he was, he saw some sort of advantage in the possibility.<REF>[http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=49257&st=5790 Official Greg Discussion p. 194] at [[BZPower]] forums, 17th post down</REF> He kidnapped [[Turaga#Dume|Turaga Dume]], the leader of the city of [[Metru Nui]], and posing as Dume began sending the [[Toa]] that guarded the city on missions from which they never returned. To aid in this, he hired three [[Dark Hunters]]: [[Nidhiki]] and Krekka would help inside the city, while the Hunter codenamed "Eliminator" would stay outside and kill the Toa sent out on missions. Eventually, only Toa [[Lhikan]] was left. "Dume" also requested that the city's best maskmaker, [[Toa Metru|Vakama]], try to make a [[Kanohi#Vahi|Vahi]] Mask of Time that would help in his plans.
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After the [[Brotherhood of Makuta|Morbuzakh]] plant was unleashed to drive the Matoran to the city's center, Lhikan began to get suspicious and decided it was time to choose Matoran to become new Toa. Makuta tried to subtly influence this decision so that Lhikan would choose Toa who would not be able to stop him; but Mata Nui, knowing the danger, influenced Makuta so the Toa chosen were the ones destined to succeed.
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While these new [[Toa Metru]] - which included Vakama - were able to destroy the Morbuzakh, Makuta went forward and had the city's [[Vahki]] enforcers continue the job that the Morbuzakh had started: kidnapping Matoran and putting them into [[List of objects in Bionicle#Matoran Spheres|spheres]] that would erase their memory, allowing Makuta to "save" them from their imprisonment. By the time the Toa Metru discovered his plot, it was too late and the entire population of Metru Nui had been put into the spheres.
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The Toa tried to escape the city with a few spheres, intending to return for the rest, but Makuta gave chase (absorbing and killing Nidhiki and Krekka to boost his own power). Vakama went to face him alone and tried to use the Vahi that he had made against him; Makuta was impressed that he was able to make a Vahi and offered him membership in his Brotherhood, but Vakama refused. Unfortunately, Vakama's inexperience led to both of them getting caught in the mask's slow-motion effect. Makuta had fired an inescapable, deadly blast when Lhikan, now a [[Turaga]], jumped in the way and took the brunt of the blast for Vakama, and he soon died from the wound. Inspired by Lhikan's sacrifice, Vakama began to truly challenge Makuta, and with the help of the other Toa Metru sealed Makuta in a prison of solid [[protodermis]].
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But even imprisoned, Makuta was not helpless. He telepathically summoned two of the Brotherhood's lieutenants, [[Sidorak]] and [[Roodaka]], to bring their [[Visorak]] armies to Metru Nui. Once there, Roodaka painfully cut away a small shard of the prison, intending to absorb the Toa's elemental powers and use them to break the seal. However, things did not go as planned and Roodaka was instead ''attacked'' with blasts of elemental power, but the effect was the same: the seal was broken and Makuta was free again.
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A short time later, Makuta began searching for the Vahi, which fell into the sea during his fight with Vakama. But Vakama was also looking for the mask, as was a mutant named [[Dark Hunters|Voporak]] who searched on behalf of the Dark Hunters. Makuta found Vakama and trapped him in an illusion, hoping to trick Vakama into giving him the Vahi - but Vakama broke free of the illusion, and Makuta was furious to learn that Voporak had taken the mask. He offered Vakama a truce until they got the Vahi back, and he kept his word - until Voporak's boss, [[Dark Hunters|the Shadowed One]] showed up, hunting the Toa that he was sure was responsible for Nidhiki and Krekka's deaths. Makuta started bartering with the Shadowed One over the Vahi, but Vakama cut negotiations short when he pointed out that it was Makuta who had killed Nidhiki and Krekka. Enraged, the two Hunters attacked Makuta, breaching his armor; but Makuta was able to knock Voporak out and make the Shadowed One age prematurely in Voporak's defensive field; because of this incident, the Shadowed One declared war on the Brotherhood of Makuta. In the confusion, Vakama snatched the Vahi and began flying away.
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Makuta soon tracked down Vakama and demanded the Vahi, but Vakama threatened to destroy the mask - and with it, the entire space-time continuum. Extremely reluctantly, Makuta agreed to give the now-free Matoran a year of peace and to leave Vakama's allies in Metru Nui alone.
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In that year, Vakama and the other Toa Metru brought the Matoran to the [[Mata Nui (Island)|island of Mata Nui]], became [[Turaga]], and led them in constructing villages. Makuta, meanwhile, located a lost Matoran named [[Matoran#Po-Matoran|Ahkmou]] and used seductive lies to make him an ally.
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Once the year was up, he began to harass the Matoran by creating [[Kraata]] and using them to enslave the local [[Rahi (Bionicle)|Rahi]] wildlife; forcing them to attack the villages. His aim was hopefully to intimidate the Matoran into surrendering, but more importantly to keep the Matoran away from Metru Nui. But the Matoran fought back, driving off the Rahi and freeing some from Makuta's control. However, Makuta would keep on enslaving more, and the stalemate would continue for nearly a thousand years...
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Finally, a wanderer named [[Matoran#Ta-Matoran|Takua]] was able to find six [[List of objects in Bionicle|Toa Stones]] that were scattered around the island, created and hidden back when the Turaga were the Toa Metru. Bringing these together at the Kini-Nui Temple summoned the [[Toa Mata]] to Mata Nui. At first, Makuta tested these beings to make sure they were real Toa; including using Ahkmou's help to spread an epidemic among the Po-Matoran. He even went so far as to fight them directly. Once he was convinced, he retreated and awakened the [[Bohrok]] swarms for the Toa to deal with. He held no illusions that the Bohrok would be able to defeat the Toa, but they would keep the heroes busy; and once the swarms failed there was the chance that the elite [[Bohrok#Bohrok-Kal|Bohrok-Kal]] could be a threat to the Toa.
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But the Toa prevailed against the Bohrok threats, transforming into more powerful [[Toa Nuva]] in the process. Whatever schemes Makuta was plotting in this time were abandoned a short while later, when Takua found the legendary [[Kanohi#Avohkii|Avohkii]] Mask of Light. Legends stated that the mask's wearer, the Toa of Light, would appear in a time of darkness; and Makuta quickly sent out [[Rahkshi]] to keep the legend from coming true. He also appeared to Takua, warning him that the consequences could be fatal for his friend [[Matoran#Ta-Matoran|Jaller]] if he didn't give Makuta the mask. But these attempts failed, as Takua realized his destiny to become the Toa of Light, renaming himself "[[Toa#Other Toa|Takanuva]]" - though Makuta's warning rang true, as Jaller did indeed die in the last battle with the Rahkshi.
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The next day, Takanuva went to challenge Makuta alone; though once he got there he told his friend [[Matoran#Ga-Matoran|Hahli]] (who had stowed away on his vehicle) to go back and bring all the Matoran. While she was doing this, Makuta challenged Takanuva in the Matoran sport of kolhii, and the ensuing "game" damaged much of the lair. When the Matoran arrived, Makuta took out the lair's last remaining pillar, causing a cave-in and cutting off the Matorans' escape route. Takanuva then tried to rip Makuta's Mask of Shadows off of his face, causing the two to fall into a pool of energized protodermis and emerge as a single being, Takutanuva (see Takutanuva section below). Takutanuva opened the way to Metru Nui, and the Makuta side of him even helped bring Jaller back to life; but the energy spent on the resurrection made Takutanuva too weak and the gate he was holding fell and crushed him. Takanuva was quickly restored from his mask, but Makuta is believed to be dead.
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A few weeks later, seven beings calling themselves [[Piraka]] heard rumors of Makuta's death and went to investigate. Finding his empty armor, they all mysteriously gained knowledge of the powerful, cursed [[Kanohi#Ignika|Ignika]] Mask of Life; and the leader, Zaktan, began behaving oddly, as if he was being influenced by some outside force. Whether Makuta somehow has any part in the Piraka's schemes remains to be seen.
Since sharing a mind as Takutanuva, Takanuva thinks that Makuta may have had bigger plans going on; that he ''let'' the Matoran win for some reason. According to book author Greg Farshtey, ''"My feeling has always been that Makuta knew that the Toa and Matoran would make it back to Metru Nui eventually -- so he intentionally lost the fight to Takanuva, allowing them to go back there thinking they had won. (Granted, he didn't expect to be crushed by a door, but hey, stuff happens.) This way, they would be a -- occupied with rebuilding for some time and b -- convinced the danger from Makuta was largely over, and thus ignore what he was REALLY up to."''<REF>[http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=49257&st=5400 Official Greg Discussion p. 181], 28th post down</REF>
==Powers==
Makuta's most commonly-used power is his ability to shapeshift, allowing himself to take any form he desires. The only limitation on this power is that when changing into a bigger, stronger form, he cannot do it quickly unless he absorbs power and mass from somewhere.
He controls the element of shadows, allowing him to create spheres or beams of shadow energy (In ''[[Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui|Legends of Metru Nui]]'', he could launch shadow energy hands). It's possible he can shoot shadow energy from his fingertips, as [[Roodaka]] can. This power is strengthened by his [[Kanohi]] Kraakhan, the Mask of Shadows, which can fill others with fear and anger. However, due to the fact that his powers are based in shadow; light-based attacks against him prove to be especially effective.
Like all members of the [[Brotherhood of Makuta]], Makuta is capable of creating slug-like beings from his essence called [[Kraata]], which can infect Kanohi Masks and enslave those who wear the masks to his will. When exposed to energized [[protodermis]], Kraata transform into [[Rahkshi]] armor that another Kraata can control.
In addition to the powers described above, he also possesses all the powers of the forty-two different kinds of Rahkshi; which include teleportation, illusion, weather control, and magentism; see [[Kraata]] or [[Rahkshi]] for a complete list.
If Makuta has one weakness, it is that he needs his mask and armor to contain his dark energies; if his armor is breached, then his power will leak out and he will slowly weaken. It is unknown if lost energy regenerates over time. There is speculation that perhaps Makuta is, in fact, the aforementioned dark energy itself, merely inhabiting and animating the armor and mask.
===Known Forms===
Due to his shapeshifting power, Makuta has fought against [[Toa]] in several forms. Here are the ones we know about, in order of appearance:
'''[[Matoran]]:''' When first confronting the [[Toa Mata]], he took the form of an infected Matoran. He did this to confuse the Toa, claiming that he was "that which the [[Toa]] had sworn to protect." He quickly switched into a more formidable form (see "Vortex form", below).
'''Vortex form:''' A swirling mass of mechanical pieces that used shadowy tentacles to attack. The "face" of this form was the infected Great Hau mask that Makuta had worn in his previous guise as a Matoran.
'''Shadow Titan form:''' This is Makuta's best known form, from when he challenged [[Toa#Other Toa|Toa Takanuva]] to a mock kohlii match. It is that of a large, armored being equipped with a two-bladed staff, and this is the only form so far which features the [[Kanohi]] Kraakhan in its true shape.
'''"Makuta Nui"''': A beastly form that was never seen in the storyline; the toy model is built by combining the "Makuta" (Shadow Titan), "Jaller & Gukko", and "Takua & Pewku" toy sets. It is often mistakenly labeled a "[[Rahi (Bionicle)|Graalok ash bear]]".<REF>Model confirmed as Makuta Nui and not Graalok in [http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=49257&st=5910 Official Greg Discussion p. 198], 20th post down</REF>
'''[[Turaga#Dume|Turaga Dume]]:''' Makuta secretly kidnapped [[Metru Nui]]'s leader, Turaga Dume, and impersonated him for about a year and a half. This deception was not discovered until the [[Great Cataclysm]].
'''"Ultimate Dume":''' When the [[Toa Metru]] confronted the false Dume, Makuta changed into this monstrosity by absorbing [[Nidhiki]], [[Dark Hunters|Krekka]], [[Rahi (Bionicle)|Nivawk]] and Metru Nui's power supply into his body. It is a giant, skeletal form with a humongous fanged mouth, giant claws, and wings. In the movie ''[[Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui]]'', this form is portrayed as his shadow titan form with Nivawk's wings. Its name comes from toy advertisements, as Lego did not want to reveal "Dume's" true identity before the movie was released.
==Takutanuva==
In the final battle between Makuta and [[Toa#Other Toa|Toa Takanuva]], Takanuva attempted to tear the mask off of Makuta's face and the two ended up falling into a pool of energized [[protodermis]]. They ended up merging into a single being - '''Takutanuva'''.
Takutanuva's benevolent personality was mainly influenced by Takanuva rather than Makuta, for a few reasons. The first was that Makuta was not wearing his mask at the time, putting him at a slight disadvantage to Takanuva mentally. The second reason was that fusing with Takanuva and/or his [[Kanohi#Avohkii|Mask of Light]] had "enlightened" Makuta, giving him a clarity of thought that pierced the many lies he had told himself over the centuries.
Takutanuva immediately saw the will of the Great Spirit; that the Matoran were supposed to return to the city of Metru Nui. To that end, he went over to a huge stone gate in Makuta's lair and forced it open, allowing the Matoran to go through. As they did, Takutanuva stopped [[Matoran#Ga-Matoran|Hahli]], who was carrying the mask of her recently-deceased friend, [[Matoran#Ta-Matoran|Jaller]]; and he (specifically, the "Makuta" half of him) infused the mask with his own lifeforce, bringing Jaller back to life. Unfortunately, this drain of power proved too much for Takutanuva; he could no longer hold the gate open and it came down and crushed him.
But the Mask of Light was thrown clear of the impact, and Takanuva's body was quickly restored in a beam of light. However, there has been no sign of Makuta since; his fate is unknown but he is presumed dead.
Takutanuva one of the most powerful beings ever to exist, having light and shadow in perfect balance. He presumably had not only the powers of those two elements, but also the extensive list of powers that Makuta possesses. In the short time that he existed, Takutanuva demonstrated two abilities:
*Immense strength: Takutanuva could, with effort, lift a stone gate so heavy that not even Makuta could move it.
*Resurrection: Takutanuva can give up a good deal of his own lifeforce to restore life to the recently-dead; this is something that not even the frighteningly powerful [[Kanohi#Ignika|Ignika]] Mask of Life has the power to do.
(The first syllable of Takutanuva-Takut, means "fear" in the Malayan language).
==Personality==
Makuta seems, in ways, insane, though he is most definitely egocentric, as he wished to rule the universe. His power seems to have largely gone to his head, and, between his defeat by Vakama (which he explained away as mental stress after the absorption of Nidhiki, Krekka, and Nivawk) and his final appparent death at the hands of his own fused form, Takutanuva, his already big head became even larger, and, by the time of his first battle with Tahu's Toa team, he considered himself invincible. Despite his defeat at their hands, his ego did not deflate, as 1,000 years seems to have permitted Makuta to plan for any contingency, and in a very short time, he resurfaced with the discovery of the Kanohi Avohkii. His power does seem to have been reduced from when the Toa Metru defeated him (a possible side effect of some damage to his armor, inflicted by the Shadowed One), as, in 1,000 years, he only produced six Rahkshi, when an army of them would have quickly allowed him to take over Mata Nui.
His insanity is not a blatant thing, but more a subtle feel to his words, as well as a conclusion that can be quickly drawn from his actions. Frequently what he says has an astonishingly frightening meaning. In the films, he speaks almost as though saying an entire sentence quickly would completely destroy him. This may be a mere affectation, so as to lend drama to what he says (almost reminiscent of William Shatner's portrayal of Captain Kirk), or possibly a mental problem.
Most of his instability seems to stem from incredible jealousy of Mata Nui.
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*[http://www.biosector01.com/wiki/index.php?title=Makuta Makuta article at '''Bionicle Sector 01 Wiki''']
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