He would manipulate and discard those who are no longer useful to him in his pursuit for power, not even his minions are safe from this. Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Skullmaster betrayed his mentor and destroyed his own home out of his hunger for power.The Chessmaster: Skullmaster has so many Batman Gambits, Xanatos Gambits, Evil Plans and Backup Plans in play at once that it defies belief.He's an extremely powerful and competent villain for a kid's cartoon, and seems to take such delight in being evil sometimes. Card-Carrying Villain: Not that there's much to figure out with a name like Skullmaster.this buys time for the floating island to move close to a portal, and for Max and crew to escape. Max bluffs surrender and Skullmaster, rather than just kill him, decides that it would be more deliciously evil to let him surrender and prove to his allies and the hero-worshipping people of Dragon Island that he's nothing but a coward. He has Max and his allies cornered on a beach with nowhere for them to go. Bond Villain Stupidity: Usually averted, but he has fallen victim to this on a few occasions, most notably in the end of 'Blood of the Dragon'.

Max was chosen as the Mighty One to stop him, and though there are other villains, it is Skullmaster who poses the biggest threat to the world Big Bad: Skullmaster is the driving force behind the series.

Notably, he uses the souls of all his followers to re-power his Crystal of Souls in the finale.

Bad Boss: Skullmaster bears little to no loyalty for his minions and is more than happy to sacrifice them to get what he wants.

Ax-Crazy: He's monstrously vicious and sadistic, not above harming children (Or threatening to eat them), and will used cataclysmic methods to achieve his end goal, and making pretty graphic death threats (which he would likely fulfill considering who he is).

Ambition Is Evil: The sole reason he became evil was simply out of his thirst for power, seeking the Cap so he'll use its power to rule the world as a god.

or if he's just using the name to get Ravendark to do what he says. However, it's not made clear whether Skullmaster really was Loki in the same way that Norman was Thor and the Doom Dragon was Jörmungandr.

All Myths Are True: In 'Let Sleeping Dragons Lie', when dealing with the Norse necromancer Ravendark, Skullmaster goes by the name Loki.

He's also this to Virgil, both once being master and apprentice before he desired to rule the world by gaining the cosmic cap.

Arch-Enemy: To Max of course, him being the Cap-Bearer who was prophesied to be the one to destroy him.

He also had four toy appearances: 'Mighty Max Trapped In Skull Mountain', 'Mighty Max Storms Dragon Island', 'Mighty Max Head-To-Head With Hydra', and 'Mighty Max Assaults Skullmaster'. Skullmaster first appeared in episode 1, 'A Bellwether In One's Cap' and appears many, many more times throughout the series. By the end he is one of the most threatening and successful villains in cartoon history. In the 10,000 years since he has plotted, destroyed at least one other major civilization (which may be Atlantis), and even overthrown the ruler of the underworld, all in the name of increasing his own power and one day becoming the master of all creation. His machinations led to the fall of Lemuria. However, he turned evil and sought to conquer the world. He was once a Lemurian and Virgil's best friend and prized student some 10,000 years ago.

Mighty max slays the doom dragon