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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 1104668" data-attributes="member: 177">I'll be quoting the original Handbook of the Marvel Universe for this.The Celestials are a star-faring race of humanoid aliens who possess untold cosmic power.  Standing two thousand feet tall, the Celestials are clad in full body armor.  No Earth being has ever seen what they look like beneath their armor or knows their origin...The Celestials came to Earth at four different periods in history.The first Celestial Host came by about one million years ago, and did genetic experiments on the nascent human race, producing the races known as Eternals and Deviants.  Their sole legacy to mainstream humanity was the implantation of a dormant DNA complex which would one day permit benevolent mutations (producing Marvel Universe Mutants)The Second Host came by 25,000 years ago.  They didn't like the direction Deviant technology was going, so they destroyed their stronghold of Lemuria.  The tectonic reprecussions of that led to the sinking of Atlantis (poor Namor!)The Third Host Came by 1,000 years ago.  The Eternals and the Incas arranged the landing site.  At this time, the Celestials were met by Earth's mythological gods, who challenged the Celestials right to meddle in mankind's affairs.  The end result was an agreement in which all the major races of gods swore to forego their active involvement with mankind.The Fourt Host came recently, to test mankind worthiness. They took a dozen humans with them when they left, and erased all memory and evidence of their visits.  Only the Eternals, Deviants, gods, and a few humans know about them.  The Celestials pull these shenanigans with other planets, including the Skrull homeworld.Deviants posess superhuman abilities, though they generally aren't invulnerable to harm or immortal.  Beyond bilateral symmetry they change a lot from generation to generation, meaing that a deviant child may look nothing at all like it's parents (and have completely different powers) and they are frequently grotesque by human standards.Eternals are far more genetically stable.  They have extremely long lifespans and great resistance to disease and injury.  They usually look pretty much like humans, and can weild limited amounts of cosmic energy, which they learn to manipulate through training and discipline top produce a wide variety of effects.  The Deviants and Eternals haven't played much of a role in the Marvel Universe for a long time.  The only Eternal most current readers may have heard of is Thanos, who has tried to destroy the universe a couple of times.  Considering that they've thrown out much of "standard Marvel continuity" for the animated shows, there's no way to tell.  If you haven't seen Angel, then you aren't likely to see Archangel either.</blockquote>

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