The Big Book Of Marvel

Eternals

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Key Members: Kronos, Mentor (Alars), Zuras, Ikaris, Uranos, Arlok, Thena, Sersi, Makkari, The Forgotten One, Kingo Sunen, Sprite, Cybele, Phastos, Khoryphos, Interloper, Ajak, Domo, Valkin, Druig, Aginar, Zarin, Delphan Brothers, Sigmar, Virako, Vampiro

Base: Earth, Titan (moon of Saturn)
First appearance: Eternals #1 (July 1976)

Actors: Angelina Jolie (Thena), Richard Madden (Ikaris), Gemma Chan (Sersi), Barry Keoghan (Druig), Salma Hayek (Ajak), Don Lee (Gilgamesh), Lia McHugh (Sprite), Lauren Ridloff (Makkari), Kumail Nanjiani (Kingo), Brian Tyree Henry (Phastos)

Powers
All Eternals have superhuman strength, can levitate themselves or other objects, can fly (at up to 600 mph), create mental illusions, and project cosmic energy in beams from their eyes. Some Eternals can transform an object's shape.

Backstory
A million years ago, the Celestials came to Earth to experiment on the human race. They accelerated the evolution of a few subjects, giving them the potential to mentally control small amounts of cosmic energy. These people became the Eternals, a nearly immortal race of people who possess superhuman powers. Subsequent experiments led to the creation of the Deviants, who later vied for power with the Eternals. Eventually, the Eternals split into two factions: a benevolent one led by Kronos, and a warlike one led by Uranos. After a bitter civil war, Kronos' side triumphed, and Uranos and his people were exiled to Saturn's moon Titan.

The Eternals on Earth, led by Kronos' son Zuras, clashed with the fourth host of the Celestials when the latter arrived to judge the Earth and its people. Although Zuras was killed, the Celestials spared the peoples of Earth and departed. Most of the Eternals left the planet then as well, leaving only a small group ruled by Ikaris behind.

The Eternal named Sprite erased the memories of the other Eternals on Earth and placed them in new lives, even though they eventually remembered who they were. When the Final Host of Dark Celestials came to Earth with Loki, the Eternals were driven into killing each other - having realized they were never humanity's protectors, but merely its cultivators.