Maturin

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Pure Good
Full Name	Maturin
Alias	The Turtle
Origin	Stephen King's IT
Powers/Skills	Can create life out of nothing Omnipotence and omniscience Nigh-invulnerabilty/immortality
Family	Unknown
Allies	The Lucky Seven Gan The Losers Club Bill Denbrough
Enemies	It (arch-nemesis) The Deadites (possibly) The Crimson King
Goals	Destroy IT (posthumously succeeded through via Bill). Maintain balance to the Macroverse (succeeded until his death).
Goodness Zone	Helping Bill and the Losers Club destroy It.
Type of Hero	Omnipotent Guardian

“	See the TURTLE of enormous girth! On his shell he holds the earth. His thought is slow but always kind; he holds us all within his mind. On his back all vows are made; he sees the truth but mayn't aid. He loves the land and loves the sea, And even loves a child like me.	„
	~ Poem about the Turtle.

“	I’m the Turtle, son. I made the universe, but please don’t blame me for it; I had a belly-ache.	„
	~ The Turtle meeting Bill Denbrough.

Maturin (also known as The Turtle) is the overarching protagonist of the Stephen King Mythos, serving as the unseen overarching protagonist of the famous novel It, and the overarching protagonist of The Dark Tower series.

What Makes Him Pure Good?

• He is benevolent first and foremost and provides the Losers Club with the information they need to defeat It in their first meeting.
• Aside from this, Maturin is overall friendly and willing to give advice.
• Although he is flawed, he still values life.
• He is initially remorseful for unwittingly creating the universe and thought existence was painful, until he gave Bill an advice on stopping It the first time.
• He comes across as a benevolent mentor to the Losers Club and Bill is initially distraught to learn that he had died some years ago.
• He chose to become the Spirit of Creation rather than it being the incarnation of creation. There doesn't seem to be any indication that he lacks moral agency.
• Despite being considered an old fool by the Spider, Maturin proves to be the key to Its' first defeat at the hands of the Losers Club in 1957.
• When Bill convinced Maturin to help them in their battle with It, he teaches him the Ritual of Chud, a psychic battle of wits to destroy It.

Trivia

• While Maturin is Pure Good and Lawful Good, it is irony that he is a complete foil to his brother/arch-nemesis It who is also Pure Evil and Chaotic Evil.

External Links

• Maturin on the Heroes Wiki
• Maturin on the Stephen King Wiki

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