Peter Maza is a former police officer of the 23rd Precinct. He is Diane Maza's husband and the father of Elisa Maza.
History[]
When Peter was a boy in Arizona, he performed a ceremonial dance of gratitude in honor of Coyote, a shapeshifting Kachina and trickster figure, at the insistence of his father, Carlos Maza. Peter wore a Coyote mask in the dance.
In 1960, Peter left home for New York City, against Carlos's wishes.[1]
When his daughter Elisa was shot, Peter, his wife, Diane Maza, and their son, Derek Maza, all came to her bedside.[2]
When Derek considered leaving the police force, Elisa went to Peter for advice. Peter shared Elisa's desire for Derek to remain on the force, but Derek left "the family business" and became a personal bodyguard and pilot to David Xanatos.[3] Peter later expresses his concern over Derek's disappearance but is reassured by Elisa and eventually reintroduced to his son, now a Mutate calling himself Talon. He also meets, the rest of the Mutates: Maggie the Cat, Claw, and Fang.[4]
While visiting his younger daughter, Beth Maza, at Flagstaff University, Peter is confronted by his past when he and Beth—along with Elisa, Goliath, Angela, and Bronx (who arrive as part of the "Avalon World Tour" arc)—encounter Coyote, who takes the appearance of a young Peter. Peter does not recognize the resemblance and refuses to believe that Coyote is real, but when Xanatos tries to force the trickster (who is one of Oberon's Children) to grant him immortality, Peter helps to thwart Xanatos by donning the Coyote mask and performing the ceremonial dance, as he did in his youth. Before disappearing, Coyote reveals that he and Peter have been connected since that first dance. Seeing for himself that Coyote is real, Peter finally acknowledges that his father was not entirely wrong to hold on to tradition and apologizes at Carlos's grave, expressing regret over not having reconciled with him before it was too late.[1]
Peter's Native American tribe is inconsistent, as admitted on the "Ask Greg" forums. Greg Weisman has said that they believed "maza" to mean "iron" in one of the languages of either the Sioux or Navajo people, but that Elisa "seems to be Hopi or Zuni in the series."[5] Flagstaff, Arizona, and the surrounding area (where the episode Cloud Fathers takes place) is "home to the Navajo, Hopi, Havasupai, Kaibab-Paiute and Hualapai peoples."[6]
Appearances[]
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2. Awakening, Part Two 3. Awakening, Part Three 4. Awakening, Part Four 5. Awakening, Part Five 6. The Thrill of the Hunt 7. Temptation 8. Deadly Force 9. Enter MacBeth 10. The Edge 11. Long Way to Morning 12. Her Brother's Keeper 13. Reawakening |
2. Metamorphosis 3. Legion 4. A Lighthouse in the Sea of Time 5. The Mirror 6. The Silver Falcon 7. Eye of the Beholder 8. Vows 9. City of Stone, Part One 10. City of Stone, Part Two 11. City of Stone, Part Three 12. City of Stone, Part Four 13. High Noon |
15. The Price 16. Revelations 17. Double Jeopardy 18. Upgrade 19. Protection 20. The Cage 21. Avalon, Part One 22. Avalon, Part Two 23. Avalon, Part Three 24. Shadows of the Past 25. Heritage 26. Monsters |
28. Sanctuary 29. M.I.A. 30. Grief 31. Kingdom 32. The Hound of Ulster 33. Walkabout 34. Mark of the Panther 35. Pendragon 36. Eye of the Storm 37. The New Olympians 38. The Green 39. Sentinel |
41. Cloud Fathers 42. Ill Met By Moonlight 43. Future Tense 44. The Gathering, Part One 45. The Gathering, Part Two 46. Vendettas 47. Turf 48. The Reckoning 49. Possession 50. Hunter's Moon, Part One 51. Hunter's Moon, Part Two 52. Hunter's Moon, Part Three |
2. Ransom 3. Runaways 4. Broadway Goes Hollywood 5. A Bronx Tail 6. The Dying Of The Light 7. And Justice For All 8. Genesis Undone 9. Generations 10. ...For It May Come True 11. To Serve Mankind 12. Seeing Isn't Believing 13. Angels In The Night | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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