Sprite (Earth-616)

Sprite
Name	Sprite
Aliases	Puck, Robin Goodfellow, Colin, Peter Frickin' Pan, The Million-Year-Old-Boy
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Eternals of Olympia
Relatives	Arex, Ajak, Ikaris, Sersi (cousins)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Female
Height	5′1″ (1.55 m)
Weight	140 lbs (63.5 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Red
Unusual Features	Despite being thousands of years old, (s)he still has the appearance of a child
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Olympian Eternal
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Olympia
Personal Information
Identity	Public
Citizenship	Olympia
Occupation	Adventurer, prankster; former actor
Base of Operations	Formerly Olympia
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Jack Kirby
First	Eternals #9 (December, 1976)
First	Eternals #9 (December, 1976)

History

File:Sprite (Eternal) (Earth-616) from Eternals Vol 3 4 001.jpg

Sprite inspired Peter Pan

Unlike the more stoic and noble members of the Eternals, Sprite is considered a trickster, often taunting his fellow Eternals with his illusions. He pranked humans for centuries under various guises, including "Puck," inspiring Shakespeare's character of the same name, as well as Peter Pan.

When the Fourth Host of Celestials arrived, Sprite stayed behind when his fellows formed the Uni-Mind to commune with the host. Spotting an atomic Deviant vessel speeding for the Celestial ship, Sprite chose to act by releasing the Forgotten One from his centuries of confinement to confront them. After the Forgotten One returned, Zuras punished the duo by making each responsible for each other.

Unable to grow, Sprite became tired of being treated as the eleven-year old he appeared to be, and to be the sole straight male Eternal Sersi rejected.

Sprite once wiped the memory of his fellow Eternals and gave them new lives. Sprite pretended to be a child actor named Colin in a show called That's So Sprite.

Sprite was murdered by Zuras for what he had done to his fellow Eternals.

After the mass suicidal event that caused all the Eternals to die after learning the truth of their being, they were all reborn simultaneously due to their eternal (both species and longevity-wise) nature. Now resurrected as a female, with gaps in her memory, she was occupied by Ikaris, traveling around New York, subduing Deviants. When they both came back from their trip to New York City, they were suspects in the murder of Zuras. Sprite and Ikaris tracked the murderer's trail to the ruined city of Titanos where they encountered the Mad Titan Thanos.

Ikaris eagerly battled Thanos, but Thanos proved too much. So, Sprite created an illusion of Ikaris to distract Thanos while she and Ikaris escaped. The pair returned to Olympia and told their fellow Eternals of Thanos' return. Phastos later revealed that the wardens of the Exclusion were dead and the resurrection machine was inoperable, so the Prime Eternal Zuras couldn't be resurrected. As Druig and Ikaris accused each other of treason, Sersi appeared and took Ikaris away to heal him. While Ikaris talked with Sersi, Sprite, Phastos, and Kingo Sunen, they discovered that the resurrection process that been rigged so Thanos could be brought back, indicating that there was a traitor among the Eternals. Also, the machines of resurrection were connected to Earth's biosphere; if they weren't fixed in time, Earth would be rendered uninhabitable for humans.

Attributes

Power Grid

Powers

As an Eternal of Earth, Sprite is descended from the original Eternals created by the Celestials and is further empowered by Kronos's experiments with the cosmic life-force.

Near-Immortality: Eternals like Sprite possess total conscious control over their molecular structures, which are reinforced by cosmic energy. As a result, they are virtually immortal and indestructible. They are also virtually invulnerable to any force weaker than their own cosmic energies or total molecular disintegration.

Super Strength: Sprite can bench/press at least several tons. However, he can increase this though his levitation and telekinetic abilities.

Superhuman Stamina: Sprite has incredible stamina.

Illusions: Sprite is extraordinarily skilled in the use of illusions. His illusions affect all five senses and are virtually indistinguishable from the 'real thing'. He is considered a Class 5 of 5 Eternal when it comes to his skill at illusion-casting. After centuries of practice, Sprite's illusion powers transcended typical illusions, which allows him to alter perceptions of reality and people's memories to a significant degree.

Telekinesis: He can mentally move and manipulate objects, living creatures, and fly.

Flight: Sprite can fly at high speeds through telekinesis.

Cosmic Energy Projection: Sprite is able to project blasts of cosmic energy in the form of light, heat, or concussive force. His entire head often glows while using his powers.

Matter Transmutation: Sprite is able to transmute nearly any item or being into almost whatever he wishes. His matter-manipulating abilities are nearly equal to Sersi's.

Weaknesses

• Sprite couldn't grow, and was stuck in his eleven-year old-like body. After the resurrection of all the Eternals, Sprite had become female and was seemingly now stuck as a teenager.

Paraphernalia

Transportation

• Teleportation by the Eternals mechanical system.

Notes

• During the wide rebirth of all the Eternals, Sprite was reborn as a girl, an event that occurs every 20 or so 25,000 years.

See Also

• 45 appearance(s) of Sprite (Earth-616)
• 6 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Sprite (Earth-616)
• 1 minor appearance(s) of Sprite (Earth-616)
• 3 mention(s) of Sprite (Earth-616)
• 5 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Sprite (Earth-616)
• 50 image(s) of Sprite (Earth-616)
• 3 quotation(s) by or about Sprite (Earth-616)