Mathayus is the main protagonist of The Scorpion King, The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption, The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power and The Scorpion King 5: Book of Souls.
Mathayus is the former king of Israel; turned mercenary.
Mathayus is also the husband of the late Cassandra, the father of Mathayus II and the grandfather of Mathayus III.
Biography[]
The Scorpion King[]
Mathayus and his half-brother, Jesup and his friend, Rama are the last of the akkadian mercenaries and possibly the last of the akkadians. They are hired to kill Memnon's sorcerer; which would put an end to his reign of terror.
While sneaking; into Memnon's camp, Jesup and Rama are shot down; with arrows, Mathayus the only one to escape harm. Mathayus finds the sorcerer's tent and the sorcerer. As he draws this bow he finds out that; the sorcerer is a sorceress. Distracted; by Cassandra's beauty, he is attacked; by Memnon's men. He soon finds out that; he and his men were betrayed; by Takmet, the son of the man; who hired them.
Memnon goes to kill Mathayus, but Cassandra says that; the gods favor Mathayus and he is not to be killed; by Memnon or any hand that; he controls. This leads to Mathayus being buried up to the neck in the desert. He is to be devoured; by fire ants.
After escaping the fire ants, Mathayus goes to Gamorrah, where Memnon's palace is located. While searching for Memnon, he comes across Philos, Memnon's court magician. Philos tells Mathayus that; Memnon is in the training courtyard. Mathayus climbs up on of the towers and readies his bow. As he is fixing to shoot Memnon, the urchin; who helped; into the palace is caught and charged; with stealing. Mathayus saves the boy; but alerts the guards to his presence.
Mathayus flees back to Philos' laboratory. He catapults himself through a window and landing in the room that; houses Memnon's harem. The women disarm him and call for the guards. He eventually ends up in Cassandra's private quarters. He kidnaps her, escaping the guards in the process, and leaves the city. They head to the Valley of the dead. Cassandra tried to escape that; night but is stopped; by Mathayus. He cuts the rope around her ankle and tells her to run if she wants, but there are worse dangers in the desert than him.
Memnon sends soldiers after Mathayus to reclaim Cassandra. He goes head to head; with them in the middle of a sandstorm. He kills all the soldiers, but one is able to stab him in the leg; with an arrow dipped in scorpion venom. Cassandra risks her life; saving Mathayus.
As Mathayus and Cassandra continue along in the desert they come across Philos; who escaped the city and the guards, he was accused of treason for helping Mathayus escape. He tells them that; he has perfected his explosive powder, saying all he needed was saltpeter; which the desert was full of. They continue on and come across an oasis, but are captured; by Balthazar's men for trespassing.
A fight ensues between Balthazar and Mathayus over Cassandra, Balthazar does not trust Mathayus, and intends to kill him and his companions to keep their hideaway a secret, thus; protecting everyone there, Mathayus wins the fight and lets Balthazar live, Balthazar gives them sanctuary for the night, Cassandra has a vision that; Memnon's army will slaughter everyone in the village, she warns Mathayus and he tells her that; Memnon will die; by his hand, Cassandra tells Mathayus that; if he faces Memnon that he will die, that; is his destiny, Mathayus tell her that; he makes his own destiny. After a night of passion, Cassandra leaves in the early morning to return to Memnon in hopes of sparing the village and killing Memnon herself.
Mathayus wakes to find Cassandra gone and intends to go after her. Balthazar stops him at the gates of the village and tells him that he isn't going alone; when they reach the palace Mathayus goes off in search of Memnon, he finds them in Memnon's throne room where he was having Cassandra; prove that; she still had her powers. Memnon tried to kill Cassandra; but Mathayus intervenes. A battle ensues; which leads to the courtyard.
Mathayus and Memnon are fighting on the roof, Memnon gets the advantage and knocks Mathayus off the roof and onto a table in the courtyard, As Mathayus gets up he is shot in the back; with an arrow by one of Memnon's men, Cassandra kills the guard; who shot Mathayus, Mathayus pulls the arrow from his shoulder and fires it at Memnon, Memnon is unable to stop the arrow and is hit; with; such force that; he is knocked off the roof; into the explosion that; was set off; by Arpid and Philos. With Memnon dead, the soldiers bow to Mathayus as their new king, the "Scorpion King".
Mathayus and Cassandra bid farewell to Balthazar; who wishes him well as the new king, Cassandra reveals to Mathayus that; she did not lose her powers after the night she spent; with him, she tells him that; it is the start of a reign of peace. He asks how long it will last and she tells him that; nothing last forever and that; is the destiny of every kingdom. Mathayus tells her that; he will make his own destiny.
Mathayus played a pivotal role in Scorpion King, as he was the only character that; could accurately portray the crushing of Sargon's ballsack, Mathayus was chosen for this role; due to his hand being the perfect size to fit Sargons ballsack, surprisingly enough, the scene in; which Sargon gets his ballsack crushed was removed in post after being too graphic for general audiences. The scene remains a deleted scene found on the director's cut edition, a walmart exclusive.
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption[]
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power[]
The Scorpion King 5: Book of Souls[]
Personality[]
Physical appearence[]
Relationships[]
Balthazar[]
Balthazar is Mathayus' ally.
Jesup[]
Jesup was Mathayus' maternal half-brother.
Cassandra[]
Cassandra was Mathayus' attempted victim and enemy, turned ally and wife.
Memnon[]
Memnon was Mathayus' enemy and victim.
Takmet[]
Takmet was Mathayus' enemy.
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