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{{Wikipediainfo|François Mackandal}} | |||
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|image = Makandal bones.jpg | |image = Makandal bones.jpg | ||
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|first mention = The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel) | |first mention = The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel) | ||
|appearances = Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses (comic story) | |appearances = Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses (comic story) | ||
}}'''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]]'') | 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]]'') | ||
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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]]. [[Émondeur]] posited that if enough [[France|French]] [[blood]] were shed, then Makandal might return to them; and, furthermore, that this bloodshed might have removed Makandal from the stake at the moment of his death and brought him into the present. A [[Mal'akh|babewyn]] appeared when Émondeur posted this. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'') | 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]]. [[Émondeur]] posited that if enough [[France|French]] [[blood]] were shed, then Makandal might return to them; and, furthermore, that this bloodshed might have removed Makandal from the stake at the moment of his death and brought him into the present. A [[Mal'akh|babewyn]] appeared when Émondeur posted this. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'') | ||
Later scholars hypothesised that Makandal died just as the world again intersected with the [[ | Later scholars hypothesised that Makandal died just as the world again intersected with the [[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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