Celestials

The Celestials are the oldest race in the universe, cosmological entities with vastly powerful matter and energy manipulation abilities. A group of Celestials were responsible for the Big Bang, bringing planets and lifeforms into existence throughout the cosmos.
==History==
===Creating all of Existence===
The Celestials were the first form of existence to ever live in the universe. They predate the Big Bang and even the six Singularities. Possessing infinite cosmic power, the Celestials, led by Arishem the Judge, created planets, stars, and lifeforms and brought light into the universe. In order to create more Celestials and push the boundaries of life in the Universe, they seeded planets with nascent Celestials. As the Emergence of a new Celestial required the presence of a large population of sapient beings on the world they were seeded into, the Celestials genetically engineered the Deviants to wipe out the planet's apex predators so that intelligent life could thrive. 
However, due to their biological nature, the Deviants evolved and betrayed their original purpose by hunting down and wiping out all life. To stop their rogue creations, the Celestials then created new synthetic beings, the Eternals, sending them across the cosmos to eradicate the Deviants and protect sapient life on the planets seeded with Celestials.
===Other Events===
The Celestial known as Eson the Searcher used the Power Stone as a means of destroying an entire planet. Knowhere, a space-borne mining colony, was actually the severed head of a deceased Celestial. Ronan the Accuser often bathed in Celestial blood.
===Ego's Schemes===
The Celestial known as Ego became aware of his own existence soon after his birth millions of years ago. Ego realized that he could manipulate molecules and began creating a planet around himself. After a few millennia, Ego began wondering if there was other life around him. He created a host body for himself and began searching the galaxy before finally finding life. In his travels throughout the galaxy, he planted seedlings upon thousands of planets, capable of terraforming them into new extensions of himself, but they could only be activated by the power of a second Celestial. He interacted with other species, impregnating many women in an attempt to create a new Celestial. Ego hired the Ravager Yondu Udonta to collect the children. However, none of the children could access the Celestial power. Not being of any use to Ego, he killed and disposed of them, Mantis was the only child that Ego let live due to her empathic powers helping him.
Ego eventually met and seduced Meredith Quill, who then gave birth to a son named Peter. After Ego had killed Meredith, he paid Yondu Udonta to collect Peter, but Udonta never delivered the boy, after discovering what Ego had done to the other children he had delivered. Ego had been searching for his son ever since to see if he had inherited the Celestial gene.
===Tiamut's Emergence===
In 2024, the Celestial Tiamut the Communicator, seeded within Earth, began to awaken after the Blip, which brought the world population to a level where Tiamut could awaken. When the Emergence began however, the Eternals, who the Celestials had created to ensure the birth of Tiamut fought to prevent his rise, and formed a Uni-Mind, allowing the Eternal Sersi to use her powers to turn Tiamut to marble, sacrificing him to save Earth. This alerted Arishem, who abducted the Eternals responsible from Earth.
===Council of Godheads===
In 2025, two Celestials were present in Omnipotence City for the Council of Godheads meeting. They witnessed when Thor, Valkyrie, Jane Foster, and Korg escaped with two Indigarrian Goats.
===Gates of Eternity===
A statue of the One Above All was dignified at the Gates of Eternity. It fell apart when Gorr the God Butcher attempted to open the Gates to reach Eternity.
==Characteristic Traits==
The Celestials seem to be humanoid in nature. Their bodies appear to have had similar skeletal and neurological elements to humans, but on a planetary scale, or even greater. Human-sized Eternals barely register as flecks of dust when next to a full-grown Celestial. The severed head of one is large enough to house a mining colony, and has enough extractable resources to keep them operating for centuries. The Celestials are capable of manipulating matter and energy on an immense scale, and according to Phastos, they are the most powerful energy generators in the universe.
Although Eson the Searcher shares some similarities with the standard Celestials, his size and stature is shown exponentially smaller, about the size of a mountain.
The standard Celestial life cycle takes eons to complete, from seeds to Emergence. Arishem mandated that some Celestials must be born every few million years. A Celestial is "born" with a colossal armored humanoid shape, bursting out of its planet in a cataclysmic manner. Using energy gathered from the host planet, the newborn Celestial joins its brethren in creating stars, generally ensuring more planets evolve life across the universe and ensuring some of them become potential hosts for future Celestials.
Ego's biology seems to be unique among Celestials. He was "born" as a large brain with immense cosmic power, able to alter the molecules around him to both protect himself (the brain-like "core" being his sole vulnerable spot) and manifest corporeal extensions of himself able to mimic a humanoid (and any other) form. Ego's means of making more of himself appear to be similar to the standard Celestial reproduction method, which had him planting seeds of himself on thousands of worlds, though these seeds were capable of "blooming" and terraforming their host worlds under his sole discretion given enough energy. 
There are two known Celestial hybrids: Peter Quill who, after learning of his origins, demonstrated the ability to draw power from his father (Ego) in order to manipulate matter and energy. Quill was also immortal and survived contact with the Power Stone, which he and the other Guardians of the Galaxy used to defeat and kill Ronan the Accuser. Quill's Celestial powers, including his immortality, seem to have faded with his defeat of Ego. The other Celestial hybrid is Ego's daughter Mantis, who doesn't possess celestial powers.
Although another Celestial can be created through sexual reproduction, it is extremely rare. Ego fathered numerous children in the hopes of creating another Celestial but only Peter showed any signs that he inherited the necessary genes. 
Barring exploiting singular weak points, it takes nothing less than colossal amounts of energy to kill a Celestial. They are immortal, immune to aging, and will keep going indefinitely unless someone or something stops them. Some force or entity in the universe was powerful enough to decapitate one. Transmuting a Celestial into other materials also kills it, though the energy required came from cosmic-powered beings and the Celestial itself sharing a link. The combined might of the six Infinity Stones used by an alternate Ultron is enough to destroy his universe's Ego.
Due to their cosmic scale, the Celestials barely consider their actions in terms of good or evil as defined by lesser species. They see the universe as a constant exchange of energy and they hold themselves responsible for keeping it going. The birth of a Celestial means the destruction of an intelligent civilization, though in the grander scale of things the civilization's sacrifice means more life will evolve. Their only concern with intelligent life on seeded worlds is reaching the population quota for an Emergence, and they don't care about the casualties arising from it or from any internecine conflicts in the interim.
Outside of beings consumed by their birth, the Celestials will also destroy civilizations that offend their grand design. The only thing that stays their hand is if the offending civilization's continued existence has a net positive effect on the universe, and they evaluate such things thoroughly. Ego, the only known outlier, cannot be judged by the same standards due to the circumstances of his being.
==Notable Celestials==
Arishem.png|Arishem the Judge
Ego Profile(1).png|Ego the Living Planet †
80s Ego.png|Ego the Living Planet
Esonsearcher.png|Eson the Searcher
Hargen Concept Art.jpg|Hargen the Measurer
Jemiah.png|Jemiah the Analyzer
Nezarr Infobox.png|Nezarr the Calculator
Celestial statue.png|One Above All
Tiamut Eternals.png|Tiamut the Communicator †
Knowhere - movie.png|The deceased Celestial whose head became Knowhere †
===Celestial Hybrids===
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (film) poster 014 textless.jpg|Mantis
Star-Lord Vol. 3.jpg|Peter Quill
Peter Quill Celestial Invader.png|Peter Quill
GofGv2 Buried Bones of Egos Children.jpg|Various deceased hybrids fathered by Ego
==Appearances==
Appearances for Celestials
==Trivia==
*In the comics, the Celestials, also known as Space Gods, originate from the original universe and were responsible for the creation of the Multiverse. As enigmatic genetic engineers, the Celestials created the Deviants, Eternals, Skrulls, and Mutant X-Gene. The reason Earth in particular has such a high tendency for the super-powered is thanks to a dying Celestial who landed on Earth four billion years ago.
**The Celestials in Eternals are inspired by Earth X, which has a separate continuity from the main comics. In Earth X, Celestials reproduce using planets. To protect these planets, the Celestials modify the planets' population to allow superpowers and they force the Watchers to watch over them. Galactus, the Devourer of Worlds, devours the Celestial embryos inside the worlds to prevent their overpopulation.
==Behind the Scenes==
*A Celestial (Eson) made a cameo appearance in Guardians of the Galaxy with a comic-accurate design; however, according to Marvel Studios producer Nate Moore, the Eternals team thought Eson was not as big as a Celestial would be in their minds. The Celestials were redesigned for Eternals, increasing their size and updating their appearance for a more modern look while keeping them "true Celestials."Eternals Introduces The MCU’s 'True' Celestials: Full Details
**Nate Moore also briefly touched upon Ego from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, calling him "a much different version." In the comics, Ego is not a Celestial at all.
*According to Jim Krueger, one of the creators of Earth X, Kevin Feige is a fan of the series. They met a number of times after the first trade paperback of Earth X came out; Feige expressed how much he wanted to do Earth X and Krueger suggested he could do it with the Eternals. Decades later, this suggestion became a reality.Jim Krueger Talks to Bleeding Cool About Earth X & Eternals (Spoilers)
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