—Ant-Man (Scott Lang)[source]There's no way to...describe...it. That thing, what it can do? It's not like anything. Kang, Ultron, I don't care. It's like it can eliminate thought. It can decide--today, I'm done with cats. And all the cats are gone. There wasn't any fighting. Things that were...suddenly were not.
The Aspirants are the loyal servants of the First Firmament. They fought against the rebellious Celestials in a Celestial War but ultimately lost and the First Firmament was shattered into the very first Multiverse. Although greatly weakened, the First Firmament and some of the Aspirants survived the war. After several multiversal renewal cycles, the First Firmament returned to reclaim its position as all that exists. The Aspirants invaded the Multiverse and corrupted its inner workings,[2] but they were defeated once again during the second conflict.[4]
History
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Worshipping the First Firmament
The Aspirants were some of the celestial beings the First Firmament (personification of the very first universe) created to appease his loneliness. They were industrious in their worship of him and sought his approval whenever they created life on their own.
Unlike their dark counterparts, the multicolored Celestials wanted their creations to evolve and for the universe to evolve with them, and thus know growth, change, and mortality. This divergence of ideas ushered in a Celestial War[2] for the dominion of all existence. As the war approached an end, the Aspirants created the Godkiller Armor to turn the tide of the battle and annihilate the Celestials. The Godkiller was later stripped of some of its components to provide key elements for the Aspirants' fleets, which entered a civil war. This internal conflict gave the Celestials time to recover and eventually crush the Aspirants.[5]
When the Celestials detonated their unimaginable weapons in the last conflagration, the First Firmament was shattered into pieces, forcing him to flee in terror to the farthest edges of being with the remaining Aspirants. Hundreds of new universes were born from the First Firmament's pure substance, forming a new, collective being who was the Second Cosmos and first Multiverse. As time passed, the Multiverse died time and time again only to be reborn evolved soon afterwards.
In the Seventh Cosmos,[2] three Aspirants caused epic genocide in Earth-200080 to fuel their immense sink-suits, needed to explore the Hypoverses.[1] Some time later, a group of Aspirants became bored with their universe[6] and started to consume universe after universe.[3] The Omegas, a race the Celestials created to serve them,[2] survived those Aspirants and searched out other universes, finding small pockets of resistance in the process. Using the Concordance Engines, the Omegas built a world that could stand against the Aspirants: Earth.[6]
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The Aspirants and Logos
Powers and Abilities
Powers
Nigh-Omnipotence: The Aspirants possessed great cosmic powers, likely identical to their Celestial brethren.[2]
Immortality: Just like the Celestials, the surviving Aspirants had persisted to the present time, meaning that they had outlived numerous multiversal cycles.[2]
Creation: The Aspirants could also create life like the Celestials, though the creatures they gave life weren't as evolved as the Celestials would've liked them to be, as the Aspirants mostly created lifeforms to appease their creator.[2]Habitat
Habitat
Miscellaneous
Type of Government
Level of Technology
Cultural Traits
Representatives
Notes
Human-looking Astro-Gods from Marvel Boy (Vol. 2) #5
- The "Astro-Gods" from Marvel Boy (Vol. 2) #5, the "Death Celestials" from Defenders (Vol. 4) #10–12, the "Aspirants" from Iron Man (Vol. 5) #13, and the "Celestial Destructor" from Civil War II were originally all unrelated. It was Ultimates 2 (Vol. 2) #6 that established they are all the same beings.
- The "Astro-Gods" originally had no connection to the Celestials at all. In Marvel Boy (Vol. 2) #5, they looked like large humans wearing suits of armor. However, it is said that they come from the "First Firmament" (the first mention of the term). Al Ewing took the First Firmament from the Astro-Gods story and recontextualized it with the Aspirants, Death Celestials, and Celestial Destructor, as well as the idea that the Celestials created the Multiverse from the X-Termination event, to form a single narrative.
Trivia
See Also
- 16 appearance(s) of Aspirants
- 4 minor appearance(s) of Aspirants
- 7 mention(s) of Aspirants
- 11 image(s) of Aspirants
- 2 representative(s) of Aspirants
- 1 item(s) used/owned by Aspirants
Links and References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marvel Boy (Vol. 2) #5
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 Ultimates 2 (Vol. 2) #6
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Defenders (Vol. 4) #10
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ultimates 2 #100
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Iron Man (Vol. 5) #13
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Defenders (Vol. 4) #12
- ↑ Ultimates 2 (Vol. 2) #3
- ↑ Ultimates 2 (Vol. 2) #4
- ↑ Ultimates 2 (Vol. 2) #9
- ↑ Iron Man (Vol. 5) #8