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The Faceless Ones are a race of savage underwater creatures.[4]

They often clashed with the Sub-Mariner and the Atlanteans.

History

Origin[]

The Faceless Ones are a race of savage underwater creatures inhabiting a realm below an undersea mountains on the outskirts of Northern Atlantis.[4][7] They and their origin were described by the Logomancer to be "a long story".[8]

They were creatures of fable and myth to most Atlanteans, told by the ancients to frighten children at sleep-time.[2]

5900 BC[]

Circa 5900 BC,[3][9][10][11] the Faceless Ones attacked Atlantis (then ruled by Harran, son of Atlantis' founder). Leading the Unforgiven Dead, Suma-Ket magically banished the Faceless Ones (leading to the awed Atlanteans slay Harran and proclaim Suma-Ket king of Atlantis).[12] Another account states that Suma-Ket was actually the leader of the Faceless Ones.[13]

Modern Age[]

The Faceless Ones were responsible for slaughtering Tiger Shark's pregnant wife Mara and her tribe.[14]

Faceless Ones were part of the Aqueos,[8] and formed one of the three distinct major kinds of Aqueos.[6]

One such Faceless One led or assisted an Aqueos attack on New Atlantis, personally confronting Namor, and unleashing vampirized sea life on him. Namor managed to kill the Faceless One, and the Aqueos were repelled using solar lights.[15]

After Namor abdicated from the throne of Atlantis, seven pretenders rose to claim it. Among them, the Beast King, a walking humanoid coral, banded together the beasts of the oceans, including the Elder Whales, the Seaweed Men, and the Faceless Ones.[16]

Notes

  • Though it is sometimes stated by internet sites that the Faceless Ones are or may be a divergent branch of the Homo mermani,[17] the true origins of the Faceless Ones remains unrevealed.

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