Lumina (Race)

Lumina
Name	Lumina
Affiliation and Identity
Affiliation	Charter Federation, Followers of the Light
Physical Characteristics
Body Type	Humanoid
Average Height	5' 5"
Eyes	2
Skin	Pink
Number of Limbs	4
Number of Fingers	5
Number of Toes	5
Special Adaptations	Lifespans that span thousands of years
Origin and Status
Origin	Alien
Reality	Earth-616
Galaxy	Milky Way
Star System	Sh'Mengi
Home	Lumin , ninth from sun
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Doug Moench, Herb Trimpe
First	Shogun Warriors #1 (November, 1978)
First	Shogun Warriors #1 (November, 1978)

The Lumina are a benevolent and scientifically-advanced race of humanoid aliens. They are one of a number of species who are indistinguishable in appearance from pale-skinned humans from Earth.

History

Less than one million years ago, the Lumina and the race known as the Myndai both became members of the Charter Federation, an interstellar peacekeeping organization.

Approximately 175,000 years ago, after a group of Myndai calling themselves the Followers of Darkness came to Earth and conquered the planet, some Lumina felt that a balance had been tipped and that they had to react. These Lumina, the first to call themselves Followers of the Light, travelled to Earth where they fought the Followers of Darkness in the Great Chaos Wars that allegedly lasted for eons. The wars eventually ended with the defeat of the Followers of Darkness who were trapped in their underground base in a state of suspended animation.

With the immediate Myndai threat ended, most of the Lumina left Earth but a few Followers of the Light remained to act as sentinels against the possible revival of Lord Maur-Kon and his Dark Agents. These Followers built a fortress stronghold (later known as the Shogun Sanctuary) in a secluded mountain range in what is now Japan. To compensate for their diminished forces, the Followers used their advanced technology to create the three Shogun Warrior robots.

Although it is known that generations of Followers of the Light continued to live on Earth until the last four members were killed in recent years, nothing has been revealed about what happened to the rest of the Lumina race.

Habitat

Population

46,000

Miscellaneous

Type of Government

Representative council

Level of Technology

Superior to that of the humans of Earth, possessing faster-than-light travel and suspended animation technology

Representatives

• Doctor Tambura
• Charn
• Basque
• Sherna
  

List of documented Lumina.

Notes

• Although the Followers of the Light were identified as being aliens in their first appearance in Shogun Warriors #1, the name of their race was not revealed until their Appendix entry in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #4.

See Also

• 16 appearance(s) of Lumina (Race)
• 2 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Lumina (Race)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Lumina (Race)
• 1 image(s) of Lumina (Race)
• 4 representative(s) of Lumina (Race)