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The Acanti are an ancient, billion-year-old spacebound species, who have been around as long as life has existed in the universe, roaming the cosmos in search of knowledge and singing to the stars. A race with pure souls that harm no one, when Acanti die, they hurl themselves into the core of a star, releasing their soul. The Prophet-Singer among the Acanti is the caretaker of the racial soul to which all Acanti are bound. When a Prophet-Singer dies and releases its soul, it passes on to the next Prophet-Singer.[4]
Contents
History
Origin
The Acanti were among the first lifeforms to develop in the cosmos and were the first curious sentients. They roamed space passively in the pursuit of knowledge.[5]
The Brood
When the Brood arrived in the Milky Way galaxy ages ago, they saw the potential of the Acanti as living faster-than-light transportation. The Brood therefore enslaved the race by infecting individual Acanti with the Slaver Virus, including the Prophet-Singer. When the Prophet-Singer later died, its carcass was left on Sleazeworld. As the Prophet-Singer had not released its soul by plunging into the core of a star, the Acanti race continued to remain bound to the dead Prophet-Singer which the Brood knew. With the assistance of the X-Men and Binary, the soul of the dead Prophet-Singer was released, and the Acanti race was freed from bondage with a new Prophet-Singer to lead them.[4]
The Brood nevertheless continued to use the Acanti as ships.[6]
Biology
Acanti are gargantuan creatures, ranging in size from a few miles in length to hundreds of miles long. One Acanti that encountered the Starjammer, easily dwarfed the 38-mile long dreadnought and swallowed the ship.[7] The planet-bound corpse of the Prophet-Singer was colossal compared to other Acanti, spreading past the horizon and its rib bones reaching above the breathable atmosphere of the planet.[8]
Alternate realities
Earth-13371
In this reality, Xavier somehow became an Acanti.[9] Eventually, he became infested by the Brood, and his psychic potential was used by the Brood Queen.[10]
Earth-14412
Ego the Necroworld consumed the last of the Acanti.[3]
Earth-92131
On Earth-92131, an Acanti was enslaved by the Brood to be their vessel. It was freed when Professor X used his psychic powers to break the Brood's control. The Brood (called "The Family") couldn't stand the Acanti's song, while the X-Man Rogue found it beautiful.[11]
Powers and Abilities
Powers
Faster-than-light travel
Abilities
Can fly and survive in the vacuum of space
Average Strength Level
Class 100
Habitat
Habitat
The Vacuum of Space
Gravity
0.0
Atmosphere
The Vacuum of Space
Miscellaneous
Cultural Traits
Peaceful
Representatives
- Xavier (on Earth-13371)
Notes
- The Chitauri breed Acanti with Starsharks in order to create the Leviathans.[12]
See Also
- 36 appearance(s) of Acanti
- 4 minor appearance(s) of Acanti
- 7 mention(s) of Acanti
- 15 image(s) of Acanti
- 2 representative(s) of Acanti
Links and References
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 X-Treme X-Men Vol 2 #7.1
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Thor Vol 5 #5
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Uncanny X-Men #166
- ↑ History of the Marvel Universe Vol 2 #1
- ↑ Infinity #2
- ↑ Uncanny X-Men #156
- ↑ Uncanny X-Men #162
- ↑ Marvunapp/Appendix
- ↑ X-Treme X-Men Vol 2 #7
- ↑ X-Men: The Animated Series Season 4 10
- ↑ Thanos Vol 2 #13
