Samael

"Of course I am a Makuta. Look at me! I'm hardly Toa material. But that does not necessarily mean that I am your enemy, White Knight. We have much to discuss, you and I, and I believe...no, I -know- the answers to many of your questions."

- Samael

Samael is a Makuta with immense power, enough to rival the average Great Being. Some even speculate that he is one.

Brotherhood of Makuta
Samael was the Makuta of Destral, in charge of the affaris of the island, answering only to Teridax, but even that was usually only to consult him on something that maight have required his approval, such as a large-scale attack. Samael was the right of hand of Makuta Teridax, his opinion and his place highly respected among the upper echelons on the Brotherhood. But all Makuta vie for power; many tried to usurp Samael's place in the Brotherhood hierarchy in more or less every fashion that comes to mind- Assassination, political trickery, framing, even outright assault.

None ever succeeded. Samael had but to touch the weak and they would be driven to the edge of death. His power was immense, perhaps even unchallengeable. Such would be his undoing. His enemies quickly notcied that his power was great enough to challenge Makuta Teridax himself. One of them took the liberty of providing a simple friendly warning that Samael was becoming too powerful and was too trusted, and that Teridax should be wary. Teridax decided that the easiest way to dispose of his supposed rival would be to appoint him to lead the Voya Nui capaign- Voya Nui was at war with Destral and it was one of the most sanguinary conflicts the Matoran Universe had ever seen. Teridax was sure that even Samael would not pull through such insurmountable odds of survival. He sent Samael to Voya Nui, and, Teridax hoped, to his demise.

Downfall
Seven months lafter being sent to war, Samael returned from the Destral-Voya Nui war. Teridax, who was absolutely livid at the news, ordered Samael's disgrace and excommunication from the Brotherhood.

Later int he night of Samael's return, while he was sleeping, three of Teridax's honour guards placed a bag over Samael's head and concussed him. The pair then dragged Samael to the forge, where a special armour was cast and forcibly donned by Samael. It formed what was referred to as a "lifelink" between it and Samael. This meant that if Samael ever removed the armour, he would die. furthermore, Samael's power was siphoned off. Most of the power that  was removed was absorbed by Shadow Leeches and the rest was taken by Teridax. This left Samael with considerable power, but not enough to challneg Teridax. Teridax then followed up with his excommunication, banishing Samael from Destral forever.

Samael, who was not even contemplating betraying Teridax despite being one of the last Makuta to side with him after Miserix's deposition, swore revenge on him.

Order of Mata Nui
Not long after his banishment, Samael ran into Derict, member of the OoMN, on Odina. When Derict threatened to turnhim over to the Order, Samael simply ignored the threat and replaied saying that he knew "how to open the door". This led to Derict and Samael making a deal that, if Dercict brought Samael the head of Makuta Ardax, the Makuta who fed lies to Teridax about how he was planning to betray him, he would tell Derict what he needed to know. When Derict returned with Ardax's head, Samael snatched it off of him almost greedily, ripping it apart with his claws adn consuming the brain stem within. Derict had no idea why, but Samael simply fulfilled his end of the bargain and was on his way before Derict even had the chance to thank him.

Exile
During his time in exile, all Samael did was wander from one place to the next, looking out for Toa. This was because he wanted to get back at Teridax for what he did to him, and since he hadn't the power to fight him, he decided that he would try and ruin his plans and prevent his potential victories, however big or small they would be. He had lost alot of his power but over the years he had regained his total mastery of Fire and Shadow, and still retaiend all 42 Kraata Powers. When he came across a Toa, he would read their minds to knwo their objective, and gudoie them towards it with his knowledge. This intervention often led to losses on the Bortherhood's side. Samael never told anybody his name, and when he had no choice but to give one he would devise one, different each time. This ruse was quickly rumbled when several Matoran who had met him began to coverse. From then on, he was dubbed "The Dark Wanderer". His title quickly spread throughout many islands.

Samael took part in the final battle between Mata Nui and Makuta Teridax. By this time, Samael had regained almost all of his former power my absorbing the power of other Makuta. He guided Tahu to the pieces of the Golden Armour and spat into the Black Spike Mountains, where Teridax's gigantic body lay, stating that he "was always a Miserix guy, anyway."

He now lives on Spherus Magna.

Black Destiny
Samael appears to Celestion in Black Destiny, stating that he knows the answers to many of the White Knight's burnign questions, scoffing with scorn when Celestion asks if he is a Makuta. He guides Celestion on several occasions throughout, and is there when Celestion faces the Shadow.

Personality
Samael has a personality that is hard to describe. Samael is simply Samael. He has respect for thsoe seeking revenge, as he sees them as stong, independent peopel who do not wait around for somebody else to avenge them when they are done an injustice. He appears patient on most occasions but can be immensely short-tempered and aggressive when accosted, insulted or betrayed,threats becoming more common than actual dialogue under these circumstances.

He often boasts to have extreme power, but is never seen using it. Even when he does engage in combat, he often simply stops fighting after a while, and regardless of who the victor was (if there was one), he would always state that he was holding back.

He never minces words, acts sycophantically, or lies (although he doesn't walys speak plainly). He is not afraid to incur the wrath of others, no matter how powerful they may be. He even taunted Celestion during and after their battle despite knowing full well that the pure Light within Celestion could annihilate him in seconds.

Powers and tools
Samael has full and total mastery of the Shadow and Fire elements, beyond that of even a Toa. He can use his claws and his physical strength in battle, but he rarely does, and he almost never gets to the point in a battle where he needs to either.

Quotes
"Just one Toa? You'll need five more if you plan to last a couple of minutes."

- Samael

"With this power in my veins I am like unto a Great Being! I could drain the life force from your body before you even had time to draw another breath! I could...but I gave you my word, and my word is that of steel."

- Samael to Derict

Trivia

 * Samael's name and appearance (although not his colour scheme) was based on the Darksiders character of the same name.


 * Samael is a Multiversal singularity.


 * Samael's upside-down wings are a reference to both the appearance of Samael and other demons of Hell in Darksiders.

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Music theme: Darksiders II- Death Confronts Samael