N'Garai

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The N'Garai are a demonic species that feature in Marvel Comics.

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N'Garai in Uncanny X-Men v1 #143.

N'Garai were a race of Demons who inhabited the universe. They were said to be the murderous spawn of Chthon. (Marvel Comics Presents v1 #145) They were not native to Hell but rather another dimension and had ties to the Elder Gods. (Invaders Now! v1 #1) Long ago, as the N'Garai expanded they came upon the Ru'Tai and enslaved them where they were forced to build their masters growing empire. (X-Men v2 #75) At some point, they came to be rulers of the planet Earth. (Marvel Preview v1 #7)

At some point, Apocalypse killed an entire tribe of N'Garai singlehandedly where he tore them to pieces. (X-Men: Apocalypse vs. Dracula v1 #4) Knowledge of these demons were present within human ancient books of sorcery with one such tome residing in the deepest vaults of the Vatican library. (X-Men: Black Sun v1 #4) A number of humans came to worship the demons and established a cult called the Camarilla of the N'Garai. (Marvel Preview v1 #7)

Chthon's murderous spawn the N'Garai arrived in order to ensure the birth of their creator from Victoria Montesi by taking her away. (Marvel Comics Presents v1 #145)

The X-Man Cyclops accidentally destroyed a cairn in the Westchester County thus allowing the N’Garai Kerrok to re-enter Earth’s dimension but was beaten back when Storm resealed the portal. (X-Men v1 #96)

As the N'Garai sought to invade Earth, their slave caste the Ru'Tai rebelled against their masters after being inspired by the actions of Wolverine who they revered as the Mai'keth and thus claimed back their dimension. This saw Keirrok being deposed and killed where his knowledge was taken by the Ru'Tai that began to scout Earth and brutally study humans for recycling the universal energy within them. (X-Men v2 #75) Despite the Ru'tai rebellion, the N'Garai managed to re-establish themselves and sought to conquer Earth once more. (X-Men: Black Sun v1 #1) This saw them ally with the demonic sorcerer Belasco in order to gather five bloodstones to allow them to control Limbo. From there, they intended to conquer the entire omnivese. Both Belasco and the N'Garai shared a mutual enemy in the X-Men where they decided to target the X-Mansion to gather the bloodstones from there. This saw them possess a number of the X-Men but they faced opposition from the Mutants along with Pilgrimm and the Ru'tai. The Ru'tai sought to stop the resurgence of the N'Garai and attempted to stop the mystical ritual but were not allied with the X-Men. (X-Men: Black Sun v1 #3) During the event, thirteen cairns appeared at various sites of mystical power around the Earth. (X-Men: Black Sun v1 #4)

A number of these demons manifested in Avebury, Wiltshire in England where they were killed by Spitfire and Union Jack. (Invaders Now! v1 #1)

The N'Garai led by one of the Mabdhara emerged back on Earth at the Xavier School in order to shed the blood of an innocent child to allow them a foothold into the mortal world leading to a battle with the X-Men. (X-Men Legacy v1 #260.1)

In Abergylid, Wales, a group of N'Garai emerged from a cairn in secret where they accompanied Kierrok the Damned as they sought out innocents to sacrifice to their master. Their activities were unknown as they were invisible but Pixie was able to see them due to the darkness that stained her soul due to Magick. (Free Comic Book Day 2008 X-Men)

Overview

These demons were deadly with their blood, fangs and claws being poisonous. A N'Garai were extremely durable single-minded killing machines. (X-Men Legacy v1 #260.1) N'Garai were said to be nearly impossible to stop to mortal humans. (Marvel Comics Presents v1 #145) They considered themselves children of the Elder Gods. (X-Men v1 #96) Whilst holding foul alien minds, the demons were still vulnerable to telepathy allowing telepaths to affect them. (X-Men: Black Sun v1 #5) When killed, their bodies dissolved leaving no remains behind but it left a reeking smell behind. (Invaders Now! v1 #1)

It was said that they were pure animals driven by instinct and rage with only savagery matching their own capable of defeating them. (X-Men v2 #75)

The top of their hierarchy consisted of the masters of their kind who were known as the Mabdhara.

The vast majority of N'Garai tended to be from their warrior caste who were not terribly intelligent but became much more organized when receiving orders from their Mabdhara generals. (X-Men Legacy v1 #260.1)

At one point, they held a slave caste known as the Ru'Tai that were used to build much of their empire. Claws of the Ru'Tai were sorcerous and could retard a person's healing factor. Unlike the N'Garai, they claimed to have vision and understood about the universal energy of balance. Their kind had a collective intelligence though some won the right of individuality and sense of self where they could adopt a name. One type of Ru'Tai were the Mongrels that were a warrior sect which walked on all fours. (X-Men v2 #75)

On Earth, they had mortal followers in the Camarilla of the N'Garai that had some of the most powerful demon sorcerers on the planet. (Marvel Preview v1 #7)

The N'Garai could create demonspawns of light and smoke that were summoned to protect their cairns from harm. (X-Men v1 #96)

On Earth, a cult of humans came to worship the N'Garai and sacrificed innocents to them whilst seeking their demonic masters return. This cabal were called the Camarilla of the N'Garai and consisted of cultists that were knowledgable in magic. (Marvel Preview v1 #7)

In their tongue, the name they gave to Wolverine was Mai'keth. (X-Men v2 #75)

Members

  • Kierrok :
  • B'Terak : (Free Comic Book Day 2008 X-Men)
  • M’Drul : (Free Comic Book Day 2008 X-Men)

Notes

  • The N'Garai were created by Bill Mantlo, Chris Claremont, and Dave Cockrum where they made their first appearance in X-Men v1 #96 (December, 1975).
  • The Marvel Tarot v1 #1 (2007) that the dimension of the N’Garai was located in the Flickering Realms that was considered the dark heart of Chthon. There was said to be no map of this realm due to its constantly shifting landscape leading to danger everywhere.

Alternate Versions

In Adventures of the X-Men v1 #4 (1996), the N'Garai was shown to exist in an alternate reality that was designated as Earth-TRN566. The demons served waited for the prophecised time when they would be let loose on Earth and scour it of humanity and feast on the remains. Centuries ago, the family of Erich Zann were said to had made a pact with the N'Garai to tend to the great Cthulhu's true offspring the Dweller in the Darkness during its gestation until the day when the end of the world was set to occur. By the modern age, Kierrok recited the passage that would allow the demons to arrive and conquer the world with only the Book of R'yleh containing the spells needed to banishing them back to their dimension. The X-Men came to battle the demons with Cyclops unwittingly coming on the town where the ceremony was held where he came to convince Zann to lend his aid and the man decided to recite the counterspell knowing that it would banish him to oblivion along with the N'Garai which he did after seeing the courage of Scott Summers.

In other media

Video games

  • In Marvel Heroes, the N'Garai featured as one of numerous antagonists within the MMORPG.

Appearances

  • X-Men v1:
  • X-Men: Black Sun v1:
  • X-Men Legacy v1:

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