Firelord (Marvel)
Firelord is a male comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Pyreus Kril was a blonde haired male inhabitant of the planet Xandar where he was born of the lower castes and was an orphan. According to Kril, he also lost an aunt and her entire family on the Xandarian colony of Seti-Six after it was consumed by Galactus. Afterwards, he came to be inspired by the actions of famous Xandarian officer Gabriel Lan where he decided he wanted to serve under the man. This saw him enlisting into the military where he joined the Xandar Space Acaademy whilst watching his inspiration on holo-tapes of his career on the colonial frontier. One day, he came to meet his hero and offered to be his friend with Gabriel accepting the bond between the pair. Upon graduation, Kril came to learn that Lan had taken a position on the old abandoned explorer ship Way-Opener where Pyreus requested to join the crew. At first, Gabriel was reluctant but decided to accept his friend in the role of first officer. For the next three years, the pair along with the crew of the ship embarked on a number of missions for the Xandarian empire leading to encounters with many races. During this time, he entered into a romantic relationship with the ship's navigator who was a black haired Xandarian woman named Cortellia who was the daughter of the leading admiral at space command. In this time, they encountered the vessel belonging to the World Devourer Galactus who abducted Captain Gabriel Lan. This led to Pyreus assuming command of the Way-Opener where he petitioned command to pursue in order to recover his friend. His request was denied and Kril defied the orders of Space Command by going rogue as the crew of the Way-Opener travelled across space in search for Galactus. Eventually, they found their quarry but the World Devourer's ship struck at the Xandarian exploration ship badly damaging it and threatening it with destruction. Pyreus evacuated the crew before it was destroyed and he himself was abducted by Galactus where he demanded to know the fate of his friend. Galactus was impressed at the audacity of the Xandarian and offered to reveal this knowledge in exchange for him becoming a Herald of Galactus. Pyreus accepted and he was transformed into the Firelord where he learnt that Gabriel was similarly transformed into the Herald known as Air-Walker. (Uncanny Origins v1 #4)
During the Annihilation War, the Annihilation Wave emerged from the Negative Zone to conquer the positive-matter universe. This resulted in the destruction of Xandar and the various Heralds of Galactus being hunted by the Seekers on behalf of Annihilus who wanted to claim the Power Cosmic for himself. Upon learning of this, Firelord rendezvous with Red Shift and the pair later met up with the Silver Surfer where they helped fend off the Seekers. (Annihilation: Silver Surfer v1 #2) Firelord helped take a refugee from a destroyed Skrull world to safety before returning to the Silver Surfer. They were then met by Stardust who was the current Herald and stated that Galactus had requested a meeting with the Silver Surfer who went to meet the Devourer of Worlds. Once gone, the Firelord and his fellow Heralds were attacked by the Annihilation Wave who were seeking their capture. (Annihilation: Silver Surfer v1 #3) He and the other Heralds supported the United Front that were gathered together by Nova Richard Rider in presenting a single force that opposed the Wave where Firelord helped destroy the enemy ships in orbit of Daedalus 5. Pyreus managed to fight onto the fleet's command ship and confronted the hive-queen Extirpia where he captured her though had expended much of his energy leaving him a coma-like state. (Annihilation v1 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
To Kril, the famous Xandarian Gabriel Lan was an inspiration to him where he was like a parent and role model for Pyreus. He stated that he trusted Gabriel and would follow him into the path of a supernova. It was this dedication that led to him abandoning his mortal form to become a Herald of Galactus as he wanted to find out the fate of his friend. (Uncanny Origins v1 #4)
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Firelord was created by Gerry Conway and John Buscema where he made his first appearance in Thor v1 #225 (July, 1974).
Alternate Versions
- In Guardians of the Galaxy v1 #2 (1990), an alternate version of Firelord appeared in the Marvel 3000 reality that was designated as Earth-691 in the Multiverse. He was an ally of the Guardians of the Galaxy where he was known as 'Protector of the Universe', but did not wear the Quantum Bands traditionally assigned to the role. Firelord soon afterwards joined a sub-group of the team known as the Galactic Guardians.
- In Fantastic Four v2 #9 (1997), an alternate version of Firelord appeared in the Heroes Reborn reality that designated as a Counter-Earth in the Multiverse. He was a former starship captain of the planet Xandar where later he was checking the Catalyst Pod stationed on planet Alpha Terra, a world marked as a future meal for his master Galactus. He was eventually summoned by his master to go to Earth along with his other heralds to make way for his arrival. He would arrive in Central Park as the Fantastic Four were battling his fellow herald Terrax. Before the battle could carry on further, the Silver Surfer would interrupt the fight and have the other heralds accompany him back to Galactus' ship to bring the terraformers needed to Earth. Firelord would bring his to Attilan where he would be opposed by the Human Torch and the Inhumans. The heroes would succeed in destroying the terraformer it's destruction would kill them all. This fate would be reversed thanks to the time traveling Dr. Doom, each time he'd travel back into the past to prevent Earth's destruction would cause events to transpire differently. In his second leap back in time, Firelord would instead bring his terraformer to Antarctica where he would battle Scarlet Witch, Vision, and Bruce Banner. During this battle Firelord would be incapacitated by the Visions phasing powers and his terraformer destroyed, however the heroes would still fail in stopping Galactus. In Doom's third travel back in time, Firelord would succeed in killing the Human Torch before going to Monster Island with his terraformer. There he would battle Captain America, Hawkeye, Doc Samson, and Namor. The outcome of this battle remains unrevealed, however the heroes would fail once more prompting Doom to travel back a third and final time. In this final time jump, Firelord would be stopped from killing the Fantastic Four by Scarlet Witch and the Vision. His ultimate fate following the destruction of Galactus remains unrevealed.
In other media
Television
- In Fantastic Four, the Firelord appeared in the setting of the animated television series episode "The Silver Surfer and the Coming of Galactus", voiced by Alan Oppenheimer. Firelord and Terrax were summoned by Galactus to fend off the Fantastic Four as he tried to build the device that would allow him to consume the life energies of Earth.
- In The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Firelord appeared in the animated television series final episode "Avengers Assemble" in a non-voiced role. This version was depicted as one of the four elemental Heralds of Galactus and shown as being more of a construct made of fire rather than a living being.
- In Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., Firelord appeared in the setting of the animated television series in the episode "Planet Hulk" where he was voiced by actor John DiMaggio. The Agents of S.M.A.S.H. worked together with Ego the Living Planet to defeat with Galactus and his latest herald Firelord.
Video games
- In Silver Surfer, Firelord appeared in the setting of the video game. Firelord allied with Mephisto, Possessor, The Skrull Emperor, and Reptyl in order to build a machine that allow the forces of the Magik dimension to invade and destroy the universe. He was confronted by the Silver Surfer who defeated him and took him piece of the device.
Appearances
- Thor v1: (1974)
- Uncanny Origins v1:
- Annihilation: Silver Surfer v1:
- Annihilation v1:
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