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Leviathan (Earth-616)

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Leviathan was a secret Soviet organization. Its leaders Orion and Magadan were invited to Leonardo da Vinci's Great Wheel, but they betrayed the Wheel to steal chambers that, when combined with a Brood power source, would mutate their soldiers into Super-Soldier-level fighters. They were stopped by Wheel members Baron Strucker of Hydra and Shoji Soma of the Hand, who stole the Brood power source and hid it in a box. The majority of Leviathan was left in stasis within the chambers for decades.[2]

Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine was in truth a Leviathan agent before her time in S.H.I.E.L.D. By infiltrating the High Council of Hydra, she stole the box from Hydra and the Brood power source inside, allowing Leviathan to be revived in the present.[3] This ignited a three-way war between Hydra, Leviathan, and Nick Fury,[4] in which Leviathan was effectively wiped out because Fury had sabotaged their chambers, causing the revived Leviathan agents to self-destruct after a few months. Defeated, Contessa left Leviathan.[5]

History

Origin[]

Leviathan originated in the Cold War. While the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics had 100,000 case officers and covert operatives employed at its height, that was in truth only the front side of its spy operation. Leviathan was equally as large, equally as funded, and twice as dangerous.[6] The three heads of Leviathan were Orion, Magadan, and the triple agent Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine,[7] who would later be recruited by S.H.I.E.L.D., but her true allegiance was Leviathan.[3]

Great Wheel[]

Orion and Magadan were contacted by the Brotherhood of the Shield and was brought to the Immortal City to meet with Leonardo da Vinci in Pieta. Along with other intelligence agents from around the globe—Jake Fury, John Garrett, Shoji Soma, Cornelius van Lunt, Nick Fury, Baron Strucker, Dum Dum Dugan, Thomas Davidson, and the Kraken—they formed the Great Wheel. Each member was assigned a codename from the zodiac, Orion being Cancer and Magadan being Capricorn. Leonardo da Vinci was the leader as Aries, sent the rest of the Wheel on three key retrieval missions, and promised them resources that would be of great value to their own separate agendas. Magadan took part in an operation along with John Garrett, Kraken and Shoji Soma to infiltrate an ancient Brood vessel in Giza, Egypt and acquired its power source. Magadan and Orion betrayed the Great Wheel and stole the technology their missions had acquired. The combination of the Brood power source with stasis pods Orion had acquired allowed for the creation of a superhuman.[8]

Magadan underwent the process, and they set up the chambers for the rest of Leviathan, but their installation was attacked by Hydra. When Baron Strucker severely wounded Orion, Magadan rushed him into stasis to save his life, but the superhuman process could not be carried out after Hydra had stolen the Brood power source. Magadan attempted to retrieve the power source in order to revive Orion, even going so far as to kill Shoji Soma. However, where Soma hid the power source could not be determined. After this, Leviathan went dark for many years while Magadan searched for the power source.[2]

Return[]

Though most of Leviathan was in stasis in the facility known as the Long Winter,[6] remnants of it remained active in the shadows.[9][10][6] Under the guise of the Kraken, Jake Fury alerted Leviathan the location of the Brood power source.[11] Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine took on the mantle of Madame Hydra and infiltrated the High Council of Hydra in order to acquire the box. At the same time, Leviathan made their move on Hydra, capturing and killing the Viper before awakening Orion and the rest of Leviathan.[12]

Leviathan (Earth-616) from Secret Warriors Vol 1 16 001

Contessa, Orion, and Magadan

This became a massive three-sided war between Hydra, Leviathan, and Nick Fury and the Howling Commandos PMC, with each side suffering substantial losses. The Howling Commandos have been all but wiped out, while both Hydra and Leviathan had been substantially reduced in size, with relatively few operating agents remaining on either side.[4] Nick Fury finalized Leviathan's defeat by remotely tapping into the activation systems that brought the Leviathan's soldiers out of hibernation, feeding them so much energy to ensure that only they would have a short lifespan.[5] Only Orion remained, albeit immensely weakened. He attempted to steal the Infinity Formula from Fury and his son Marcus Johnson, but he was killed in the process, ending Leviathan once and for all.[13]

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Last Caliphate's Chambers from Secret Warriors Vol 1 12 001
Chambers: Leviathan leaders Orion and Magadan stole special chambers and a Brood power source from the Great Wheel to create an army of superhumans. The Brood power source was taken from them, causing Leviathan to go dark for many years,[2] until it was retrieved by Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.[3]

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