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So let me give you the run down on the Eternals as I am a fan of them. Heck, if I could pick to be a superhero race I would pick the Eternals.
You might have heard of their most famous member. Thanos.
Basically the Eternals were genetically modified humans by the very powerful god like Celestials (they have appeared in the Marvel movie verse as the race of Peter Quillan's father). The Celestials also created another race called the Deviants who tend to be the enemies of the Eternals. Celestial genetic manipulation gave rise of the Mutants in the Marvel universe, and also some subspecies of humans like the Atlanteans. The exception are the Inhumans who genetically modified by the technologically advance but definitely not god like Kree. Confused yet? Lets go on.
The Eternals are basically split between those on Earth and Titan. Before they got their superpowers, Eternals were technologically advance and some stayed on earth, and eventually moved to Titan. One of the Eternals, Chronos made a mistake with a cosmic energy experiment, and in true comic book fashion gave the Eternals on Earth superpowers. Eventually there was a schism, and they agreed Zuras would be the leader, and his brother Alars aka Mentor left for titan. He and his supporters met up with the Eternals of titan and gave birth to the race there. Generally, the Eternals on Earth should be more powerful, since all parents were super powered Eternals, while those on titan were descended from both non super powered Eternals and Eternals with super powers.
Needless to say, Thanos was an exception to the rule, being a mutant among the Eternals and likely the most powerful of them all.
The difference between Eternals on Earth and Titan, do have some cultural differences, namely the Uni Mind. You see, the Eternals on Earth can unite to form Devastator the Uni Mind. With the combine power of the Uni mind, they able to defeat One Celestial, or rather a Celestial whose body had been taken over by the Deviant Priest Ghaur, by forcing his consciousness out, although I doubt they could actually physically harm a Celestial.
The Eternals are little known outside of comic geekdom, but some of them have joined the Avengers. In no particular order
1. Starfox(Eros), the brother of Thanos. Obviously an Eternal from Titan.
2. Sersi - my favourite Avengers from the 1990s. Ah nostalgia. The flirtatious Sersi, don't know why the Black Knight liked Crystal a lot. Snigger. Anyway, she one shot Giantman (Hank Pym), beat up Hercules, and defeated an alternate universe version of Vision by transmuting him into rock.
3. Gilgamesh - yeah, named after the legendary figure. Has some nice abilities, including the Eternal ability to maintain his own molecules, which allows him to fight unscath against the Lava Man construct, whose mystic heat caused Namor and She Hulk to collapse, and even Thor to sweat. His Eternal form was unscathed.
Also really great super strength.
Other noticeable Eternals, are Makkari, who has superspeed. He beat the Runner in a galactic race, although one of the competitors had to go the opposite direction to stop cheaters. Among the competitors was the Duracel rabbit (no I am not kidding, it was an alien rabbit like race with the Duracell drum which was really a secret weapon to cheat) and a man from another universe who couldn't remember his name, but it sounded like "Buried Alien" (Barry Allen aka the Flash, get it. Bet Marvel thought they were being cool with that type of sleight of hand).
Generally most of the Eternals are white, although there are a few exceptions. I predict its a great opportunity to cast a diverse line up, since no one outside of comicdom would be familiar with them enough to care.
I am not going to lie, I am interested. I saw Guardians of the galaxy and I was never their biggest fan, so I am damn well going to see the Eternals as I find these characters interesting.
