9 World Chronicles

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.[