Makibak

Makibak is the leader of a resistance against Odium's empire on Ashyn, and the uncle to the Herald Nale.
== Appearance and Personality ==
=== Appearance ===
Makibak is a dark skinned individual, who looks similar to the later Makabaki people from Roshar and to the Yolish ethnic group that Tanavast is a part of.
=== Personality ===
He is an intelligent and honorable man, seeing the true nature of Odium and his empire before anyone else, and thus turning against it and fighting for centuries to defeat it. Following the scouring of Ashyn, he became aloof and despondent, for he lost hope and came to believe he no longer had a people.
He is quick to distrust his foes, even if distrust means that he and his people could perish. He is not, however, completely closed off to listening to their side and their reasoning.
== History ==
Makibak was born on Ashyn, then known as Alaswha, over eight thousand years before the Night of Sorrows. He was born in an unknown city-state, and eventually became its leader. 
=== War Against Odium's Empire ===
Around eight-thousand years before the Night of Sorrows, Makibak was the leader of a city-state on Ashyn, and was brought over to a major city in Odium's growing empire for a conference. The empire gave him, and the other delegates, the chance to join their empire peacefully, with the subtle implication that those that refused would be considered a potential rival to their hegemonic expansion, and thus a military target. Makibak picked up on this implication, and refused their offer, leaving the city with the people he brought with him. He would also come to hold doubts about the god Passion, who was actually Odium, and was one of the first people on Ashyn to do so.
Seeing him and his people turning down the offer, Honor came to them and offered them his own Surges, so that they could stand against the military might of the empire. They accepted this offer and were granted the power of Surges. This would also come to grant him prolonged life and slowed aging. Following this, they would put up a fight against Odium's empire for several centuries.
=== Scouring of Ashyn ===
He would continue to fight against the empire for around nine hundred years, until it was halted by the scouring of Ashyn. The destruction and casualties of the scouring, and the deaths from war, left a deep impact upon Makibak. He would come to see himself as no longer having a people, leading only ghosts. He appears to have given up on life, and on fighting back against threats.
Within the chaos of the scouring, Zoral perished and Jezrien took his place, and offered that Makibak joined them in their exodus from the burning planet. He was at first hesitant and aggressive, but in the end ultimately agreed to pass through the portal to Roshar.
=== Life on Roshar ===
Makibak, Nale, and their people would come to form the Makabaki people, and his name would be their namesake. Furthermore, he formed his own nation on Roshar. Some tension would continue to exist between the people of the fallen empire, and Makibak's people, even long after the events on Ashyn. 
It is unknown if he is still alive by the Night of Sorrows, or if he perished at some point before it.
== Relationships ==
=== Jezrien ===
He holds hostility towards Jezrien due to his prominent position in Odium's empire. This animosity and distrust was strong enough that, at first, he rejected his offers to leave the planet together, even knowing it might lead to his death. 
== Notes ==