Knull the Dark God
Knull the dark god
Knull an ancient malevolent deity who purportedly ruled over
the Abyss, the existential chasm that existed between the destruction of the
Sixth Cosmos and the creation of the Seventh Cosmos
.[19] While Knull drew his power from and claimed to be the
incarnation of the primordial darkness, it existed long before even him.
Originally content to
slumber in the Void, Knull was awakened by the "Light of the
Creation" when the Celestials began creating the universe, and was
outraged at his kingdom of darkness being despoiled.
Chosen by the Celestials to help maintain the new Multiverse
as a King in Black, Knull rejected the responsibility and lashed out.
Knull created a sword
of living darkness, the All-Black, from his newly-cast shadow and decapitated
one of them.
Cast back into the
void by the other Celestials, Knull used the slain Celestial's severed head as
a forge to temper his sword in its cosmic energies. Intent on devouring the
divine light that had usurped his kingdom of darkness, Knull manifested a symbiotic
suit of armor from the eldritch darkness
he commanded and embarked on a genocidal campaign against
the other gods and life itself,[12] becoming a legendary figure of terror for
divine beings even billions of years later.[24]
Knull is responsible for the creation of the symbiont
species such as Venom and Carnage, and
Divine Physiology: As a primordial god of darkness, Knull
possesses superhuman attributes and powers which far exceed those of humans and
even most other deities. extent. According to Brunnhilde, much of Knull's power
and apparent invincibility comes from his metaphysical link to the undead
corpse of the Celestial he used to refine All-Black, which feeds him power
through the Necrosword and in exchange assimilates the souls of those he kills;
serving as a grotesque afterlife.[21] This connection was severed by the
Valkyries, thereby greatly weakening Knull,[53] though due to his origin and
age, he still remained powerful enough to fight on-par with the likes of
All-Father Thor and overpower him with ease.[14]
Living Abyss Manipulation: Knull possesses the ability to
create, control, and manipulate a fount of eldritch darkness—a manifestation of
the primordial void that existed before the universe itself—
Symbiote Creation: Knull first discovered his ability to
create life from darkness itself when he manifested All-Black from his shadow
in order to kill a Celestial.
Symbiote Domination: with bloodlust and hunger.[36] He is
also capable of remote-piloting them, enabling him to see through their eyes
and directly control them;
Superhuman Strength:
Superhuman Durability:]
Dark Energy Manipulation: Knull was capable of conjuring
fiery purple energy; wreathing himself and All-Black in an aura of it, firing
it from his hands in a beam powerful enough to incapacitate the Silver Surfer,
Nigh-Immortality: Knull is purportedly unable to be truly
killed and has existed for over 13.7 billion years, having come into existence
prior to the beginning of the seventh iteration of the universe.[64][19][65]
However, he can be injured to the point of incapacitation: after being impaled
through the head and falling from space to the surface of a planet, he required
centuries to fully heal from his injuries.[12] Even after his body was
completely disintegrated by Eddie Brock using the God of Light's power, Knull's
consciousness attempted to take over Dylan Brock from within the Symbiote
Hive-Mind before being foiled by Eddie and seemingly destroyed
once-and-for-all.[57]
Self-Sustenance: Knull is capable of surviving in the vacuum
of space unaided, and does not appear to need food, water, or sleep to
survive.[12]
Shapeshifting: Knull is capable of transforming his mouth
into a fanged maw with a prehensile serpentine tongue, a trait he passed down
to the symbiotes.[1] When truly enraged, Knull's entire face transforms into
one more closely resembling the symbiotes', with his nose, lips, and cheeks
completely receding.[31]
Regenerative Healing Factor:
Flight: Knull can manifest a pair of large dragon-like wings
that allow him to fly.[19]
Temporal Manipulation: Knull was able to reach backwards
through the timestream to resurrect Mister E and create a barrier of living
abyss around the sun;[51] also communicating through time with Mister E and
restoring his full power in a bid to prematurely free his past self from
Klyntar using the Ebony Blade. Knull's past self was able to sense the barrier
being destroyed, briefly rousing him from his imprisoned slumber.[
