Carina Tivan (Earth-TRN1095)

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Carina Tivan
Name	Carina Tivan
Aliases	Adventurer, Cornerstone
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Ægon, Carina's Council, Elders of the Universe, Summoner
Relatives	Parents: Taneleer Tivan (father); Matani (mother, deceased)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Female
Eyes	Irises: Pink
Hair	Black
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Alien; Elder of the Universe transmuted into pure ISO-8 and rebirthed by an ISO-Sphere
Living Status	Alive; formerly deceased
Reality	Earth-TRN1095, (currently displaced to Earth-517)
Cause of Death	Transmuted into a crystal by an explosion from a dying Celestial (resurrected by Ægon's ISO-Belt)
Personal Information
Identity	Public
Occupation	Adventurer, explorer, leader of her council
Base of Operations	Ghost Orchid
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Kabam, Gabriel Frizzera
First	Marvel Contest of Champions (December 15, 2017) (Game launched December 10, 2014)
First	Marvel Contest of Champions (December 15, 2017) (Game launched December 10, 2014)

Carina Tivan is the benevolent daughter of the Collector who currently leads the Battlerealm alongside her council. After being transformed into an ISO-8 statue, shattered, scattered across the Battlerealm, and reconstructed, Carina was revived with a unique connection to the Battlerealm by the power of Ægon's ISO-Belt. Although she only wants the best for those trapped in the Battlerealm, Carina's position as the Grandmaster's successor and the third Elder of the Universe leading the Battlerealm has made her a contentious figure and the target of the Chronoserpent and Ouroboros.

History

Crystallization

Taneleer finds the result of Carina's transmutation

At some point after her mother's death, Carina Tivan joined her father, Taneleer, and fellow Elder of the Universe, En Dwi, on an expedition through the storm between realities into the Battlerealm. After pinpointing a Celestial fused to the core of the planet as the source of ISO-crystals, Carina independently journeyed into it against her father's wishes. Explosive energy from the Celestial cast En Dwi into space and transmuted Carina into a crystal statue of ISO-8, intertwining her essence with the Battlerealm as its Cornerstone. When Taneleer inadvertently shattered his daughter, he became the Collector in hope of gathering and piecing her back together.

As the Cornerstone

Three eons later, the Maestro deceived the Collector into helping him organize the seventh Contest of Champions, promising to repay him with the power to revive Carina. When Sentry caused the Contest's first dry run to fail by being too powerful, he was tasked by the Collector to retrieve the shard of Carina's heart and vanished, presumed dead.

The Collector eventually inherited the Contest following the Maestro's defeat on Battleworld, prompting En Dwi, now known as the Grandmaster, to return and usurp his dominion, destabilizing the Battlerealm's structure in the process. The Summoner's covert network of Champions discovered Carina's fragments, identifying them as part of the Battlerealm's foundational Cornerstone, and theorized that its reconstruction would prevent collapse. The Grandmaster noticed their collaboration, but permitted the Cornerstone's reconstruction only after the Summoner beat his game. Doctor Strange magically reconstructed the Cornerstone, revealing the crystal form of Carina Tivan.

Successful in retrieving Carina's heart, Sentry returned but was overtaken by the Void, who sought revenge for being lost for thirty-five years. Following the Void's takedown by the Summoner, the Collector secured Carina's final piece but failed to restore her life with the remainder of his ISO-power.

Rebirth

Ægon heals Carina

The Grandmaster and the Champion's partnership to restore the ISO-Sphere's power endangered Carina's essence across the Battlerealm, prompting Ægon to return and end it. Driven to heal, Ægon used the power within his ISO-Belt to revive Carina, who was now able to manipulate ISO-8.

Carina's introduction to the Battlerealm alarmed those who considered her a progenitor of the Elder's oppression. Her reputation was further jeopardized when she accidentally produced a harmful flow of Black ISO-8 while trying to help the Avengers. While Carina found allies among the Summoner and those who understood her good intentions, the Grandmaster saw her powers as a threat and attempted to use the Champion armed with the Power Stone against them. Upon amending her mistake, Carina sensed the Battlerealm's instability and the impending threat of the Chronoserpent's return.

During Mister Fantastic's trial, Carina revealed that his decision to have Galactus consume Battleworld would doom the civilizations it developed with its accelerated passage of time. Upon this revelation, Mister Fantastic surrendered his case and began working to amend his mistake.

Succeeding the Grandmaster

Carina takes responsibility over the Battlerealm

Carina was among those who aided the Summoner in defeating the Grandmaster. Just as the Collector began to boast, Carina warped him and the Grandmaster away so they could work out their differences. Carina claimed the ISO-Sphere and established her council in their place to let the Battlerealm's denizens represent themselves. After the council adjourned, Carina shattered space-time to interrogate and threaten the malevolent Chronoserpent.

The ISO-Sphere went missing, prompting a search for its whereabouts by Carina and the Summoner, who were later joined by Guillotine. They secured the ISO-Sphere from Gwenpool, who was toying with the ISO-Sphere and causing tears in reality. Meanwhile, Kang had used her mayhem to quickly conquer the Battlerealm. Kang called for his alternate counterparts to support him against the Summoner but he was instead betrayed by Superior Kang, the sole Kang to appear. Superior Kang effortlessly overpowered the Summoner and seized control of the Battlerealm. Since Superior Kang was not familiar with Carina's abilities, she and the betrayed Kang helped the Summoner liberate the Battlerealm.

The Battlerealm was taken surprise by a horde of Galactus variants and the World Seed was taken from Asgard by Quicksilver amid their chaos. Carina tasked the Summoner to retrieve it, resulting in them learning about Galan's plan to end all cosmic hunger by sustainably growing planets with the Seed. Carina later entrusted the Guardians of the Galaxy to escort the Seed, but they lost it in the void of space.

Following a suspicious attack on Avengers Tower, Carina was debriefed by Civil Warrior on a shadowy organization called Ouroboros that sought to oppose her. Tracing the signal from enhanced Adaptoids lead the investigation into decrypting intel that someone named Scytalis was tasked with sabotaging Carina's relationship with the Avengers. Carina conjured a plan to draw out the infiltrator by setting Civil Warrior and the Summoner undercover as Iron Man and Captain America, respectively. When Scytalis was exposed and subdued by the Summoner, she warned that their leader, Glykhan, would consolidate his efforts against them before self-detonating.

Their next apparent lead came when the Battlerealm's networks were hijacked by Ouroboros to broadcast their mission. Unfortunately, tracing the broadcast's origin lead the investigators into a trap, where Carina was publicly broadcasted being incapacitated by Bahamet's matrix of superheated ISO-8. Although the Summoner overpowered Bahamet, members of Carina's council sought explanation for what the Ouroboros broadcast revealed. With no time to deal with the council's bureaucracy, Carina continued the hunt for Glykhan, later revealing to the investigative team the truth about the Battlerealm's nature and stability.

Attributes

Powers

Carina using her powers

Battlerealm Connection: As the result of the long process of being transmuted into pure ISO-8 from a dying Celestial and being rebirthed by Ægon's ISO-Belt, Carina is tied to the stability of the Battlerealm.

• Cosmic Awareness: Carina's can see and comprehend through "the eyes of the Battlerealm", gifting her insight into its nature and stability, the ability to see astral forms, and enhanced reflexes.
• ISO-8 Manipulation: Carina can manipulate Neutronium in its Isometry-8 form, which happens to be abundant across the Battlerealm.
  • Flight: Carina has floated in the air while using her powers.
  • Telekinesis: Carina can telekinetically grab anyone or anything as long as there is some trace of ISO-8 within.
  • Force Fields: Carina protected the Summoner against the Grandmaster's army by using an ISO-powered barrier.
  • Geokinesis: Carina assisted the Summoner against the Grandmaster by rearranging the Battlerealm's terrain.
  • Mental Manipulation: Carina can change how the ISO-Spell influences the Battlerealm's denizens by manipulating how ISO-8 interacts with their energy flow.
  • Portal Creation: Carina was mentored by America Chavez to create portals using ISO-8.
  • Power Negation: By reducing the amount of ISO-8 in the bodies of Champions, Carina can negate its empowering effect.
  • Reality Warping: Carina cracked space-time to communicate with the Chronoserpent. According to herself, brute forcing reality is hazardous to the Battlerealm.
  • Remote Teleportation: Carina has demonstrated the ability to teleport others away to specific places.
  • Transmutation: Carina started a flow of Black ISO while learning to use her powers, a mistake she later learned how to rectify. She also materialized an ISO-crystal gag to temporarily mute the Collector.

Immortality: As an Elder of the Universe, Carina is immortal as long as she has purpose.

Magician: Carina contacted Doctor Strange by channeling arcane energy through magical devices she assembled with Guillotine. She also used herself as a beacon to expand the network of mystic communications across the Battlerealm.

Weaknesses

Battlerealm Instability: When the Battlerealm is unstable, Carina's powers become unpredictable and unreliable.

ISO-8 Dependence: Carina is dependent on the local ISO-8 availability, requiring higher amounts of ISO-8 to perform more demanding tasks such as creating portals.

ISO-8 Matrix: Carina was instantly incapacitated by Bahamet's matrix of superheated ISO-8.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

ISO-Sphere

Transportation

Ghost Orchid: Carina took control of the Ghost Orchid upon establishing her council.

Notes

• In the Codex Entry for the Elders of the Universe from Marvel Realm of Champions, Carina was identified as the Adventurer who pursues uncharted frontiers. Although there are references to her affinity for adventuring, Carina's title is yet to be explicitly referenced in Marvel Contest of Champions.

Trivia

• Gabriel Frizzera based Carina off of his daughter and his fatherly aspirations for her.
• Carina declared herself to be 17 billion years old "give or take".

See Also

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