History
Cinnibar was a planet orbited by a hundred moons. The planet's surface was seemingly inhospitable so the inhabitants lived in fabled floating cities where, allegedly, any dream or any nightmare could be found for a price. The only rule that applied was that customers got whatever they wanted, no matter how decadent it might be.
Cinnibar was also the place where the very rich and very powerful lived in anti-gravity palaces that floated two miles above the ground and were even more of a legend than the cities. The first among these merchant lords who ruled the commerce of an empire was Kyras Shakati, a man whose power was said to rival that of the emperor himself.
After Star-Lord had infiltrated Shakati's palace and been captured, Shakati used a Telempathic Crystal to learn who Star-Lord truly was, something that even Quill didn't know. When Star-Lord managed to escape, Shakati secretly engaged his palace's destruct sequence, determined to stop Star-Lord even if it cost him his life. Shakati died seconds later.
When the program was complete, the palace's anti-grav generators reached criticality and exploded in a multi-megaton fusion explosion that scoured the land below and smashed at the floating cities with the force of a score of hurricanes. Star-Lord and his allies were brought to safety inside
Ship only a moment before the explosion.[1]Residents
- Kyras Shakati (deceased)
Notes
- Although Cinnibar is described as Shakati's homeworld, it's not clear if that means he was born there or if it was just his base of operations.