A few weeks ago Marvel revealed their Phase 3 line-up.
The announcement confirmed a few rumors such as the Civil War, and Ragnarok
storylines, but also the addition of a few new characters to the Marvel's
Cinematic Universe, like Captain Marvel, Black Panther, and the Inhumans.
I will be covering all of the above and more in coming weeks, but for now…Who Are The Inhumans?
Millions of years ago, when the battle between the Kree
and Skrull empires was still in its infancy, the alien Kree established a
strategic outpost in Uranus. While there, they discovered that an ancient race
of aliens known as the Celestials had visited Earth and had genetically manipulated
some of Earth's Homo Sapiens, giving life to an offshoot of the species, the
Eternals. Armed with this information, and in an effort to rectify their
stagnated gene pool, and create super soldiers to fight in the war against the
Skrulls, the Kree began experimenting on Humans, by splicing Eternals DNA into
Cro-Magnons. Although successful, the Kree inexplicably abandoned their
experiments.
Called Inhumans, these test subjects went on to create
their own technological advanced society apart from the rest of normal humanity,
whom was still living in caves. Living in Attilan (the "city" has
changed location on various occasions), the Inhumans began experimenting with
the Terrigen Mist, a mutagenic that gave them various powers, but also
long-term genetic damage. To try to mitigate the effects of the Terrigen Mist,
selective breeding was put into practice.
The Inhumans society is monarchy based. The Royal Family
is composed of King Black Bolt, Medusa, Karnak, Triton, Crystal, Gorgon, Maximus,
Luna, and Lockjaw, whom protect and control the "lesser" beings known
as the Alpha Primitives.
According to Attilan law, no one can leave the city
nor involve themselves with outsiders. However, this seems to be exclusive to
lowers casts, as in more than one occasion the royal family helped some of
Earth's biggest superheroes teams like the Avengers, X-Men, or Fantastic Four to
defeat threats that would seek to dominate the world and universe. Also some of
the members of the Royal family like Crystal went on to marry Quicksilver
(possible link to the MCU?).
In recent events, the Inhumans split following Ronan's
plan to use them as their original Kree creators intended, weapons. Black Bolt
and his royal family moved to the new Attilan, on the Blue Area of the Moon,
while the rest of them dispersed to live out their own fates.
Following the War of Kings arc, where Black Bolt sacrifices
himself to defeat the Shi'ar emperor, Vulcan (X-Men's Cyclops brother) who also
dies, Medusa takes his place as the new ruler of the Inhumans.
Prominent Characters:
Black
Bolt (King of the Inhumans) - Cosmic Awareness | Blast Power | Energy
Absorption and Manipulation | Flight | Invulnerability | Longevity | Telepathy
| Sonic Scream | Super Speed and Strength.
Medusa (Queen of the Inhumans)
- Longevity | Prehensile Hair | Agility | Super Speed and Strength.
Gorgon (Cousin of
Medusa and Black Bolt) - Longevity | Super Strength | Vibration Wave.
Chrystal (Medusa's
Sister) - Blast Power | Earth Manipulation | Electricity Control | Fire
Control | Flight | Heat Generation | Ice Control | Sand Manipulation | Super
Strength | Water Control | Wind Bursts | Weather Control.
Karnak (Cousin of
Black Bolt and Triton's brother) - Longevity | Super Speed and Strength |
Ability to Sense Weak Points.
Triton (Cousin of
Black Bolt and Karnak's brother) - Healing | Stealth | Sub-Mariner | Super
Sight, Hearing, Speed and Strength.
Maximus (Black Bolt's
evil brother) - Powers range from longevity, to hypnosis.
Luna (Chrystal and
Quicksilver's daughter) - Emotion Control | Psychic | Synaesthesia (Union
of the Senses) | Telepathy.
Lockjaw ("Pet")
- Longevity | Berserker Strength | Teleport | Invulnerability.
There have been some rumors that since Marvel can't
use the word mutant, as it belongs to Fox and their X-Men franchise, Scarlet
Witch and Quicksilver, whom will be making their debut in the highly
anticipated Avengers: Age of Ultron, will be Inhumans instead.
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