Antharahk

Antharahk was the official Makuta of Leskya Nui, and later the official Makuta of Powai Nui.

Early History
Antharahk was created along with the other Makuta and joined the Brotherhood of Makuta. He seemed to be acute at creating deadly diseases and pest Rahi. Other Makuta looked down upon him for making simple microorganisms. After Miserix was overthrown he became loyal to Teridax. He also created an army of robotic minions to assist him.

Dirge
He was assigned to Leskya Nui for a while, and lived somewhere near the island. There, he began terrorizing the Matoran population with his army, and after a team of Toa appeared a war began.

During the final battle, Antharahk sent his war general "Ruthos" on a suicide mission, and to set off a new weapon the Brotherhood had invented and wanted to test. After Ruthos left on it's mission, Antharahk visited the island for one last time, kidnapped a Toa of Iron for "testing", tricking Toa of Psionics Nohri into being closer to the weapon, which the Makuta knew was explosive. He vanished, and the weapon detonated, killing many of the island's inhabitants, including Nohri, several other Toa, and over a thousand Matoran.

On Powai Nui
After Nephix and Tetradon turned rogue, Antharahk was appointed the new Makuta of Powai Nui. He now waits with his army at a new base of operations.

Powers and Equipment
As a Makuta, Antharahk is able to create, control, and absorb the element of Shadow. He wears the Kanohi Jemena, the Mask of Replication, which allows him to create an exact duplicate of himself or another being with the same memories, personality, powers, and strengths.

Antharahk lost his right arm at some point, and in place of it he now has a large spike shaped like a needle. He has also adopted two extra arms, each tipped with a blade called a Pestilence Blade, although they have no disease-related powers and simply emit beams of shadow.

Personality
Antharahk is never loyal to his obligation. Ever since he was assigned to rule over Powai Nui he has done nothing to alter the island's history. It is not known what he does in his free time, although it likely involves some sort of virus. He has a list of those who have crossed him. Nobody knows what he plans to accomplish with this list, but the last being other than Antharahk to see it says it had at least 200 names. He enjoys sadistic experiments, creating creatures and then seeing how they react to the thousands of plagues he hold in bottles in his lair. Some question which he holds more interest in; seeing the results or the suffering.

Appearances

 * Dirge (First Appearance, reffered to as "Father")

Trivia

 * Antharahk's name has a resemblance to Anthrax, a deadly disease.
 * Antharahk had a strange set of rules enforced on his robotic army soldiers. The most notablewas that they had to refer to him by "Father," (as he created the robots). Other rules included not being allowed to run in the hall leading to his room, and not being able to enter his room unannounced, except in the case of an emergency. Violation of any of these rules was punishable by death, as shown with the fate of Ruthos.
 * Antharahk's Pestilence Blades and his flagellum-like tail are likely his own doing, as he and another Makuta chose to enhance their own bodies with mechanical devices.
 * There are plans for Antharahk to be the main antagonist of a future story.
 * Antharahk is the only Makuta near Powai Nui who is still a member of the Brotherhood of Makuta, and has not gone rogue.