The Treacherous Cliffs

Karunax turns his head and looks off into the distance, apparently lost in thought. He has always believed in seizing rightful dominance over the world through a display of insurmountable force and power. The Brotherhood was to conquer all, mercilessly trampling anything and everything that had the gall to fight back or speak out. Who cares if the Matoran hated them? Their Toa would all be executed brutally and publicly, along with any other "heroes" who believed they could take away the Makuta's supremacy. The Toa would be exterminated, the Matoran would suffer, and the Brotherhood would reign supreme. Let the challengers come... Karunax and his brothers would gladly oblige to fulfill their death wish. If the world fought back, the Brotherhood would raze it until it crumbled again, teaching a brutal lesson by stomping opposition into a bloody stain.

But what Charix is suggesting is something entirely different. He is proposing that the Brotherhood gain the trust of all those who wronged the Makuta... all those responsible for their fall, the deaths of Makuta, and the desecration of their home. He wants to show the world that the Makuta are benevolent enough to bring about an age of mutual harmony and peace, to protect their virtues and ideals like one big, happy family. If he could, Karunax would've thrown up in his mouth. The Brotherhood would be seen as a group of pushovers; a soft, weak association of pathetic do-gooders, all for the sake of peace. No. The Brotherhood is meant to forge its triumph in fire and fury, in iron and steel. What Charix is suggesting... it's sickening.

And yet, Karunax understands. In the past, the Brotherhood was broken again and again by enemies planted both within and without. Once, the power of the whole world was in their grasp, but the insufferable greed and selfishness of his brethren stripped it away. And in their current state, with so few of them remaining and forces unlike those ever seen now roaming the planet, triumph by war seemed hardly viable. Indeed, there would be a length of time where the Makuta would need to appease the vermin of Spherus Magna, but it will only be a deception. With Spherus Magna united, the greatest threats can be purged. But after that... the Brotherhood will take the world by storm. Perhaps even, Karunax muses, by that time the Brotherhood will have already performed a subtle conquest. This must be Charix's plan.

And why wouldn't I, brother? You have the Brotherhood's best interests in mind and action. That is all I require of you.