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|image = Makandal_bones.jpg | |image = Makandal_bones.jpg | ||
|species = Human | |species = Human | ||
|job = Messiah | |job = Messiah | ||
|job2 = Terrorist leader | |job2 = Terrorist leader | ||
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|origin = Hispaniola | |origin = Hispaniola | ||
|first mention = Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses (comic story) | |first mention = The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel) | ||
|appearances = Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses (comic story) | |||
}}{{character stub}}'''Makandal''' (also spelled '''Mackandal''') was a rebel, prophet, terrorist leader, magician, and messiah during the slave revolts in [[Hispaniola]]. | |||
Makandal gained notoreity for his skill at organising [[Europe]]an-style schools and training camps. This campaign organized Hispaniola's many rebel leaders into an intelligence/[[terrorist]] network that spread across the entire island. He incorporated an [[occult]]ist element into their practices, mixing [[Catholic]] [[saint]]s with [[voodoo|vodun]] rituals. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'') | |||
He was captured and sentenced in [[1758]], but he claimed that no white or European authority could restrain him and, rather than dying, he would simply change form when burned on the stake. Indeed, as the fire consumed him, the stake broke and collapsed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses (comic story)|Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses]]'') | |||
His followers took this as confirmation that he had escaped his own skin and become a ''[[loa]]''. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses (comic story)|Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses]]'') They revered him as their [[martyr]]ed [[Christ]] or "Black Jesus". By the [[1780s]], his network had transformed into the [[Maroon]] guerrillas that began a significant revolt in the Hispaniolan colony of [[Saint-Domingue]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'') | |||
Later scholars hypothesised that he died just as the world again intersected with the [[the War|War in Heaven]], leaving him stranded at historical crossroads. His body likely didn't survive in any way, but charred fragments of his stake or skeleton were treasured in later years. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses (comic story)|Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses]]'') | |||
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