Water Wraith

There's something unsettling about Water Wraiths. They're small and vulnerable. And yet, through poison and patience, they kill creatures ten times their size. It's a brutal evolutionary truth: the most dangerous predator isn't always the biggest one. TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. understood this when he chose them as a metaphor for the Brotherhood. In doing so, he revealed more about himself than he might have intended.

What They Are#

Water Wraiths are small, fish-like RahiRahiThe Rahi were the biomechanical wildlife of the Matoran Universe, built largely by the Brotherhood of Makuta, ranging from background fauna to engineered war beasts. with poisoned outer shells. They're aquatic predators that don't hunt in the way most creatures do. Instead, they swim directly into the jaws of larger RahiRahiThe Rahi were the biomechanical wildlife of the Matoran Universe, built largely by the Brotherhood of Makuta, ranging from background fauna to engineered war beasts. and allow themselves to be swallowed whole. Once inside their host, their deadly venom poisons the creature from the inside out. When the larger RahiRahiThe Rahi were the biomechanical wildlife of the Matoran Universe, built largely by the Brotherhood of Makuta, ranging from background fauna to engineered war beasts. dies, the Water Wraith feeds on the corpse until something even bigger consumes it, starting the cycle over. It's an aggressive tactic that trades the safety of avoiding predators for the certainty of killing them.

The Brotherhood Metaphor#

Approximately 80,000 years before the invasion of Karda NuiKarda NuiThe vast inner cavern at the core of the Matoran Universe, original home of the Av-Matoran, site of the Codrex and the final battle that decided the fate of Mata Nui., TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. drew a comparison between the Water Wraith and his own order. The metaphor isn't kind to anyone involved. He suggested that some members of the Brotherhood of MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate. functioned like Water Wraiths, allowing themselves to exist within the larger organization only to poison it from the inside. TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna. saw his brotherhood not as a unified force but as a collection of parasites consuming each other, a machine that looked functional but was rotting with internal conflict.

This metaphor reveals far more about TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s mindset than about the Brotherhood itself. His paranoia is on full display. He was convinced that loyalty was theater, that every powerful being around him waited for the moment to strike. The Water Wraith comparison suggests he believed the Brotherhood wasn't failing because of external enemies. It was failing because it was fundamentally cannibalistic. Whether that was accurate or just TeridaxTeridaxTeridax orchestrated a thousand-year scheme that ended with him occupying the Great Spirit Robot itself before his death on Bara Magna.'s characteristic distrust is debatable. What's clear is that he'd already decided the organization was hollow long before he attempted to remake it in his image.

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Compiled from primary sources by Lore Fortress editorial. Reviewed by Joe Garratt, Editor-in-Chief.