Talk:Santana/@comment-219.92.112.206-20150709073801/@comment-1512833-20180221111520

Kars donned the Stone Mask and upon doing so, became one of the Pillar Men. The race he originally belonged to was never named, and it is explicitly mentioned that they came to fear Kars because he attained immortality and enhanced abilities at the cost of having to consume more life. The Pre-Pillar Men race was above humans, yes, but nothing like Kars, Esidisi and Wamuu and, maybe, Santana. Since Santana has no elemental mode, it stands to reason that he is what a Pre-Pillar Man was like. The whole reason Kars wanted to attain the Super Aja was because his stone mask-enhanced bone structure was simply too strong for the stone spikes to pierce his brain once more. So the equation is basically: Unknown race + Stone Mask = Pillar Man; Pillar Man + Stone Mask = Ultimate Being