Max-Eli (OU)

Max-Eli is a Vrai who encountered Caiaphus, Xikella, and Ricochet on Neo Z'traa.

In the RPG
Max-Eli has presumably lived on Neo Z'traa for much, if not all, of his life. He was scavenging for useful materials on the surface when he saw Caiaphus, Xikella, and Ricochet nearby. Recognizing them as Makuta, a species that had devastated his own, Max-Eli pulled out two machetes and charged at them. At Caiaphus's command, Xikella disarmed Max-Eli by pulling the machetes out of his grasp with her magnetism power. Caiaphus calmed Max-Eli by telling him that, though the Makuta were indeed responsible for numerous crimes against the Vrai, he had come to make amends and offer help in restoring Neo Z'traa. Max-Eli explained that he was hesitant to trust him because Caiaphus's friend, Blackout, had devastated their world, but decided to trust them for the moment when Caiaphus said that he was no friend of Blackout, and had Xikella return Max-Eli's weapons as a gesture of good will.

Max-Eli took the three Makuta to a nearby camp, and left them under armed guard while he went to speak with the Vrai generals about a possible alliance. He soon returned to tell them that the generals had decided to place them under an interrogation trial. In this trial, the Vrai generals determined that, at the very least, the Makuta arrivals understood the Vrai way of being, but were still unsure if they could be trusted.

When Caiaphus and Ricochet left the generals' tent (minus Xikella, who had since been snatched away by DU Monarch), Max-Eli was waiting for them. He overheard Caiaphus say that perhaps the generals needed further convincing of their goals. Max-Eli suggested that, if they killed a huge, mutated scorpion that had been threatening the camp, they would gain prestige with the generals. Caiaphus decided to do just that, so Max-Eli gave them directions to the scorpion's last known location and stayed behind while the two Makuta left to do their task.

The Mazkertis Paradox
In Chapter 8 of The Mazkertis Paradox, Max-Eli met up with Caiaphus and Ricochet when the two warriors returned from slaying the scorpion that threatened his encampment. The trio soon met Klak, who Anzu dropped onto Neo Z'traa to look for leads on Mazkertis's whereabouts. Max-Eli witnessed Klak and Caiaphus's dialogue, in which Klak claimed that he was only there to look for Mazkertis, but Max-Eli remained suspicious of the newcomer. Caiaphus decided that he and Ricochet would leave with Klak to help him against Mazkertis, so he told Max-Eli to hold down the fort until they returned.