Black Priests (Marvel)

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The Black Priests in New Avengers v3 #27.

The Black Priests are a group that feature in Marvel Comics.

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History

The Black Priests were a race of sorcerers that inhabited the Multiverse. (New Avengers v3 #12) Doom revealed that the Black Priests emerged at the same time as the Mapmakers, and he theorized that they were some short of defense reaction by the multiverse to stop the Incursions. (New Avengers v3 #33) They came to be embroiled in a conflict that they had no intention of being a part of leading to them trapped in the battle between Rabum Alal and the Ivory Kings. (New Avengers v3 #27) This saw them destroying Earths in the Multiverse during an Incursion event in order to save one of the universes at threat. (New Avengers v3 #13)

It was known that the Black Priests came upon the homeworld of Yabbat Ummon Turru where they killed everyone except her as she managed to flee through a gateway into the Multiverse where she was found by the Black Swans. (New Avengers v3 #5)

During an Incursion, the Black Priests came upon an Earth that was in the grips of a new age of Inhumans where they confronted that world's version of the Illuminati. (New Avengers v3 #13)

The Illuminati of Earth-616 came to encounter the Black Priests during the Incursion events. (New Avengers v3 #2)

Shortly before their encounter, Strange had convinced his fellow Black Priests of the need to attack their enemies, the Ivory Kings and Rabum Alal, so he offered to help the Avengers face them. In order to get to the Ivory Kings, it was needed to get hold of one of their Mapmakers, and in order to get to Rabum Alal, it was needed to get hold of one of his Black Swans. The Avengers would go get one of them, while the Black Priests tried to get the other. (New Avengers v3 #27)

The Black Priests and Dr. Strange arrived at Earth-1903990 to invade the Library of Worlds to capture a Black Swan. While the Black Priests had the upper hand against the Black Swans, one of the sister activated a the Library's defenses, rendering the entire area within a vacuum, making the priests and Strange unable to speak their spells. The Black Priest were wiped out and Strange was taken captive by none other than Doctor Doom who was Rabum Alal. (New Avengers v3 #31)

Overview

In appearance, the Black Priests were humanoids that wore robes and ornate masks that were decorated with an eye underneath which they had featureless faces that had a symbol on their foreheads. (New Avengers v3 #13) It was said that the Black Priests were the field surgeons of the Multiverse. (New Avengers v3 #27) They did not have a single mind where they worked collectively consisting of tens of thousands of minds that were unfathomable. (New Avengers v3 #13)

It was said that they were creatures of magic rather than science though they found any such distinction to be amusing. (New Avengers v3 #13) Through words, they capable of manipulating the base code of everything whereby they re-ordered the sequencing of matter. This was achieved by them building words in order to generate their effect. Individually, each priest contained a word where the addition of symbols changed the meaning behind it. In code-breaking terms, it was said to be akin to a replacement cipher. (New Avengers v3 #27)

As they could kill with a word, the main means of defeating them was to kill them before they could utter them. (New Avengers v3 #27)

It was said that the Black Priests travelled through space and time across the Multiverse. (New Avengers v3 #13)

They resided within the nothing space of destroyed universes where they maintained the Temple of the Black Priests. (New Avengers v3 #27)

Members

  • Doctor Strange : Doctor Stephen Strange was the Sorcerer Supreme of Earth-616 who came upon the Black Priests and became their leader where he was known as the Eye with him helping during in the Incursion crisis. (New Avengers v3 #27)

Notes

  • The Black Priests were created by Jonathan Hickman and Simone Bianchi where they made their first appearance in New Avengers v3 #2 (January, 2013).

Appearances

  • New Avengers v3: (2013)

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