Origin story of Kaumaha
I created New villian named Kaumaha.
In Hawaiian, Kaumaha refers to the emotional weight bearing down on a person.
I decided to make a nemesis for Maui, the main character
demi-god. The new character, Kaumaha, grew up with Maui in the same village but had a difficult childhood with feelings of rejection and grief. The character experiences jealousy towards Maui who received his powers from the gods, which motivated him to search for the red stone, the stone of death (the equivalent of the "Heart of Te Fiti" shown in the film). 
The encounter with the stone corrupts Kaumaha's soul .
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Hawaiian traditional inspiration
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