Makkari is an Eternal of Earth who has many roles over his immortal life, such as an adventurer, a servant of the Celestials, a doctor, a racer, technologist, monster hunter, government agent, and reporter, and that’s just the ones that are known.
Eternal Origins
Makkari is one of the Eternals, an evolutionary offshoot of humanity created by experiments performed by the enigmatic Celestials, and born around 2500 BC in the capital of Olympia to Verona and Mara of the Technologists’ Guild. At an early age, he takes an interest in speed, allegedly learning to run before he could walk. While Makkari learns engineering from his parents and receives tutoring by the human philosopher Plato (423-348 BC), he primarily applies the sciences to his passion for speed, designing various high-speed vessels for travel.
Makkari often helps his fellow Eternals combat their enemies, the Deviants, and makes an appearance during the Trojan War in 13th century BC. During the time of ancient Greece and Rome, Makkari is often mistaken for the Olympian god Hermes (Roman name Mercury).
Makkari saves Sersi, a fellow Eternal, from the Great Fire of Rome (64 AD), and in the 6th century AD, Makkari serves some time as charioteer to Darius, governor of Persia. Makkari witnesses other events in human history, such as the reign of Vlad the Impaler, now the vampire Dracula (1448-1476), and the Battle of the Alamo (1836).
Fastest Eternal in Existence
Makkari possesses the conventional abilities of the Eternals of Earth. His body is augmented by cosmic energy and he has total mental control over his entire molecular structure. He is virtually immune to injury, can regenerate his entire body as need be, and is immune to disease, aging, and extreme temperatures. Only total molecular dispersal can kill an Eternal. Makkari alters his physical features over the years, including alterations to his pigmentation, hair and eye color, musculature, and gender.
Makkari is the fastest Eternal known to exist. Prior to his regeneration by the Dreaming Celestial, Makkari could travel beyond the speed of light, but risked placing himself out of sync with normal space-time by reaching his highest speeds. Makkari sacrificed most of his powers (including molecular rearrangement, flight and energy projection) to achieve these higher speeds. Since his regeneration, Makkari’s optimum speed is not known, but is likely Mach 3. Makkari normally wears a bodysuit with a helmet that can withstand the rigors of high velocity movement. Via pure manipulation of gravitons, he can levitate himself and others at up to 850 mph. Additionally, he can teleport, but seldom utilizes this power because of the discomfort it causes him.
Makkari is telepathic, able to cast low-level illusions, and can rearrange the molecules of other substances, including his uniforms. In combat, Makkari can wield cosmic energy to enhance his physical strength—lifting up to 50 tons—and durability and can release energy from his hands and eyes in the form of heat, light, or concussive force. At maximum intensity, he can vaporize solid matter.
Like most of his fellow Eternals, thanks to Sprite’s manipulation, Makkari becomes mortal with reduced powers, though they remain formidable compared to most superhumans. He regains his full abilities after subsequent regenerations since he’s reborn in an Eternal body.
Forever Foes
Makkari often joins his fellow Eternals in clashes with their enemies the Deviants—another evolutionary offshoot of humanity created by the Celestials. Their most common foe among them is the Deviant warlord Kro and their Priest-Lord Ghaur.
Eternal Allies
Makkari is closely allied to the Eternals of Earth. Makkari is occasionally diverted by a repeated romantic involvement with Sersi.
Over his long lifetime, he joins the National Security Agency for the United States and recruits the Monster Hunters, Ulysses Bloodstone, Anthony Druid, AKA Doctor Druid, and Zawadi to stop Kro’s schemes in breeding monsters. This team would later become known as the First Line.
Interested in life, and the humanity of Earth, Makkari watches the planet grow for millennia. He finds that Earth has the most unique and profound distillation of life on it, and never gets involved in any of their wars. He feels that if they didn’t concern his race’s ongoing conflict with the Deviants, it wasn’t right for him to insert himself. Though he does involve himself in Earth’s World War II but disguised so as to protect his race.