Avalon (Marvel Comics)
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Captain Britain Corps Leir | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
Avalon, also known as Otherworld, is a
Avalon first appeared in Fantastic Four #54 (September 1966) by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Avalon's dimension was referred to as 'Otherworld' for the first time in Captain Britain #1 (October 1976) by Chris Claremont, Herb Trimpe, and Fred Kida.
General description
Avalon is a small other-dimensional planetary body located in a pocket dimension adjacent to Earth. It is formed by the collective subconscious of the inhabitants of
Otherworld is a high fantasy world; gods, elves, dragons, and many other beings live in small towns and large castles with no heavy industry. Large forests and bright lakes separate the several islands and locations from one another. Sorcery and magic are a part of daily life, although the Captain Britain Corps and Avalon also possess highly advanced technology.
History
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Within the fictional historical setting of Avalon, there previously existed many ways to travel from Earth to Avalon and back during ancient times, which were created by characters in the setting known as the Twelve Walkers. Six of the Twelve Walkers, depicted within the story as evil, they created false paths that would lead travelers to dangerous places or drive them to the point of insanity, which resulted in a backlash from the human inhabitants of Earth against all magical creatures. [2] It is described within the comics at this point many of the magical creatures relocated to Avalon and has left most of the paths between Earth and Avalon destroyed, with only a few remaining functional. [citation needed]
After the death of
Merlyn, Roma, and the Starlight Citadel
Merlyn created the Starlight Citadel, located on a different island than Avalon. From the Starlight Citadel he founded the
Years later,
The Island of Avalon and the Celtic Gods
On the island of Avalon, home to the
One of the Celtic Gods, the Lady of the Lake, safeguarded Excalibur, King Arthur's sword. She became a close ally of the Black Knight and even gave him Excalibur when he lost his weapon, the Ebony Blade. Years later, the Lady of the Lake gave the Black Knight his new weapons: the Sword of Light and the Shield of Night.[citation needed] In return the Black Knight became her protector. The Black Knight would often travel between Earth and Avalon and seek the Lady of the Lake for advice.
Avalon is also the home of the Green Knight, a primordial nature spirit. From the Green Chapel he empowers select warriors as his Pendragons to battle the servants of the Red Lord and his followers; known as the Bane. Pendragons of the past include Arthur, Merlin & the Knights of the Round Table, Robin Hood and the Merry Men, the World War I superhero Albion, Detective Dai Thomas, Captain Britain, Union Jack, and others.
The Lady of the Lake called Black Knight "The new Pendragon" when she gave him the Sword of Light and Shield of Night, it is unclear if Dane was tapping into the same mystical power that empowered the other Pendragon Knights.
The Green Knight's Pendragons support nature, creation, and life; while the Bane champion decay, destruction, and death. The Red Lord operates from a hell realm called Anwyn.
During the Secret Invasion storyline, the Skrulls invaded Avalon where they seemingly destroy the Lady of the Lake and the Green Knight.[3] Pete Wisdom later used the shard to free Merlin from his imprisonment who managed to revive Captain Britain.[4] When Merlin gave Captain Britain Excalibur, he used it to end the Skrull's invasion of Britain. Pete Wisdom later restored the Lady of the Lake and the Green Knight to life.[5]
During the
The Manchester Gods
A druid by the name of Master Wilson spontaneously materialized in the north of the Otherworld as a personification of the industrialization and urbanization of present-day Britain.
However, when Surtur later assaulted the Nine Realms of Asgard using the technology of the Manchester Gods, the Asgardians Thor and Loki traveled to Otherworld and confronted Master Wilson, who was depicted as being regretful of having unwittingly helped Surtur and subsequently sacrificed himself and the Manchester Gods to stop Surtur's plan in the Nine Realms.[12]
Notable inhabitants
Individuals
- Captain Britain and Meggan: When Brian Braddock became ruler of Otherworld, he relocated together with Meggan to live on Otherworld. After Meggan's disappearance during House of M, Brian returned to his homeworld Earth-616.
- Green Knight: Lord Bercilak de Hautdesert is the Green Knight of unknown origin.
- King Arthur: The ruler of Camelot.
- The Lady of the Lake: A Celtic goddess who lives both on Camelot and on Earth at the same time.
- Merlin: The wizard who was an ally of King Arthur.
- Merlyn: Former Omniversal Guardian who posed as the Merlin of legend. His current location is unknown, but he often visits his daughter, Roma.
- Roma: Omniversal Guardian, current leader of Otherworld.
- Opal Luna Saturnyne: Omniversal Majestrix, servant of Roma and former inhabitant of Earth 9.
Groups
- The Captain Britain Corpsis based on Otherworld, though most Captain Britains live on their own Earth and only come to Otherworld for meetings.
- The Celtic Gods of Marvel Comics live on the island of Avalon, including Leir.
- The Knights of Pendragon of Marvel Comics were transported together with Camelot to the island of Avalon.
Other versions
- In Avataars: Covenant of the Shield, Eurth's Avalon is a kingdom that is ruled by Captain Avalon and protected by the Champions of the Realm.[13]
Notes
- The Evil Eye played an important role in the Cable's island Providence, seeing it as a modern-day equivalent of Avalon.
- The Sword of Right was stated to be the same sword as Excalibur in Excalibur: Sword of Power, but this seems to contradict Marvel History.
See also
References
- ^ Flamini, Anthony, Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente and Paul Cornell (w). Thor & Hercules: Encyclopædia Mythologica, no. 1 (July 2009).
- ^ "Walkers (Proud & Evil Walkers, Otherworld)". www.marvunapp.com. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ^ Captain Britain and MI:13 #2
- ^ Captain Britain and MI:13 #3
- ^ Captain Britain and MI:13 #4
- ^ Pak, Greg and Fred Van Lente (w), Pham, Khoi (p), Palmer, Tom (i). "Paradise Lost" Chaos War, no. 3 (November 2010).
- ^ Pak, Greg and Fred Van Lente (w), Pham, Khoi (p), Palmer, Tom and Bob McLeod (i). "The End is Here" Chaos War, no. 5 (January 2011).
- ^ Gillen, Kieron (w), Elson, Richard (p). "Manchester Gods, Part Two" Journey into Mystery, no. 640 (June 2012).
- ^ Gillen, Kieron (w), Elson, Richard (p). "Manchester Gods, Part Two" Journey into Mystery, no. 640 (June 2012).
- ^ Gillen, Kieron and Matt Fraction (w), Di Giandomenico, Carmine (p). "Everything Burns, Part the First: The Match" Journey into Mystery, no. 642 (August 2012).
- ^ Gillen, Kieron (w), Elson, Richard (p). "Manchester Gods, Part Three" Journey into Mystery, no. 641 (July 2012).
- ^ Fraction, Matt (w), Davis, Alan (p), Farmer, Mark (i). "Everything Burns, Part the Sixth: Everything Burns" Mighty Thor, no. 21 (October 2012).
- ^ Avataars: Covenant of the Shield #1. Marvel Comics.