Skrulls

The Skrulls are a technologically advanced race of reptilian humanoids, native to the destroyed planet Skrullos. They are notable for their shapeshifting abilities, which allow them to replicate other lifeforms seamlessly, and infiltrate planets without suspicion.
==History==
===Kree-Skrull War===
====Displaced====
The Skrulls are a race native to their planet Skrullos. However, they eventually came into conflict with the Kree who demanded them to submit to Kree rule. However, the Skrulls resisted this, resulting in the Kree defeating them in a genocidal war and destroying their homeworld. The thousands of Skrull survivors used deception and their shapeshifting abilities to seek refuge on various planets by blending in with their populations. The Kree Empire began a propaganda campaign that depicted the Skrulls as evil invaders who infiltrate planets with the intention to conquer them in order to hunt down any Skrull refugees they could find.
One faction of the Skrulls led by Talos found temporary refuge aboard a Kree cruiser hidden in Earth's orbit, being sheltered by defected Kree research scientist Mar-Vell, who was researching a way to engineer a Light-Speed Engine, in the hopes of finding a new homeworld for the Skrulls beyond the Kree's reach. However, in 1989, Mar-Vell was assassinated by Starforce before she could complete her work. Talos got separated from his faction, including his family, who went into hiding onto the space laboratory, eventually resulting in the loss of the cruiser's coordinates and with that, the research for the Light-Speed Engine.Captain Marvel
====Aphos Prime====
Another group of Skrulls started living on the planet Aphos Prime, which Starforce members Vers and Minn-Erva were sent to infiltrate after a Kree scout ship detected activity there. Vers and Minn-Erva came across three Skrulls, who saw Vers and started firing at them. Vers used her photon blasts to attempt to scare the Skrulls off, but they brought reinforcements and a hovercraft, which Vers destroyed. Minn-Erva and Vers fought the Skrulls until one floated to the surface of the planet's mud in front of them, screaming for help before it was dragged back under. The Skrulls who were attacking Vers and Minn-Erva were then dragged under as well.
The Skrull which floated to the surface found Vers and Minn-Erva under the mud and begged for help getting through the mud wall, which they provided before threatening him for information. The Skrull explained that Aphos Prime was destroyed by the cancer-like remains they were on, and that the Skrulls did not know what happened either. As he started coughing blood, Vers and Minn-Erva made the Skrull lead the way as they tried to escape the cavern. The Skrull temporarily collapsed as he started dying from acid burn in his stomach, but Vers managed to fix the problem. Vers and Minn-Erva managed to get the Skrull to the surface and brought it onto their ship, where it was unconscious from the effort of escaping the mud. They brought the Skrull to the Kree homeworld of Hala, where he was taken prisoner and interrogated.Captain Marvel: Starforce on the Rise
====Axiom Cannon Plans====
The Skrulls heard that the Nova Empire was developing an Axiom Cannon, for which the Kree Empire decided to steal the plans. Two Skrulls were sent to Sy'gyl to steal the plans themselves and landed shortly after Starforce landed. One Skrull approached Sun-Val and killed her, taking her shape, while another impersonated a Xandarian man and attacked Vers and Rhomann Dey, who were working together to ensure that Vers successfully stole the plans. Vers blasted the "Xandarian" with a photon blast and prevented his attack, causing her to realize Skrulls were on Sy'gyl. Meanwhile, Yon-Rogg and Bron-Char found the Skrull impersonating Sun-Val and returned to the rest of Starforce with them. The Sun-Val Skrull prepared to kill Vers and take the plans, but Minn-Erva realized what was happening and killed the Skrull before she could.
====Ambush in Torfa====
In 1995, several Skrulls on Torfa were killed by Starforce during the ambush. However, Talos captured Carol Danvers as the rest of Starforce departed the planet.Captain Marvel
====Meeting Carol Danvers====
Talos brought Carol Danvers to their ship in order to read her mind with a memory probe. However, Danvers escaped, and killed several Skrulls. The fight caused her and the surviving Skrulls to crash land on Earth in California. Upon arriving, the Skrulls took human forms so they could find the Light-Speed Engine in the hopes of finding a new homeworld beyond the Kree's reach. Talos took on the human form of R. Keller.Captain Marvel
====Battle at Mar-Vell's Laboratory====
Eventually, Talos and Norex arrived in Louisiana and established an alliance with Danvers and Fury at Maria Rambeau's house. Later, during a fight at the laboratory, Danvers, Fury, Maria Rambeau, and the Skrull warriors recovered many Skrull refugees and civilians, including Soren and G'iah, whom Mar-Vell had helped hide.Captain Marvel
===Finding a New Home===
After defeating the Accusers fleet, Carol Danvers decided to help the Skrulls find a new homeworld and search for Skrull survivors scattered throughout the universe.Captain Marvel
===Skrull Detectors===
Because the Skrulls were known for their shapeshifting abilities, making them difficult to recognize if they were working undercover, it led to the development of Skrull detector technology. In 2013, one black market trader on Conjunction was selling Skrull detectors for ten units apiece.Guardians of the Galaxy Prequel Infinite Comic
===Activities on Earth===
====Aiding Nick Fury====
After embarking on their search for a new home planet, the Skrulls faced failure once their race was met across the galaxy with violence and hostility, forcing them to constantly relocate. After Talos' colony was attacked and faced heavy casualties, he negotiated an agreement with Nick Fury, with Fury promising that the Skrulls could live on Earth temporarily until he could find the Skrulls a more permanent home. 
In exchange, the Skrulls formed an invisible spy network of twenty operatives working under Fury within S.H.I.E.L.D. Through this network, they provided valuable information and intelligence, working to prevent terror attacks, disrupt enemies, and gain favor with allies using exclusive information unavailable to others. The contributions of this Skrull network allowed Fury to climb the ranks within S.H.I.E.L.D., and eventually ascend to the directorship.Secret Invasion: 1.02: Promises
====Mass Migration to Earth====
In 2018, the Skrulls were left desperate as the Snap occurred and claimed half of all life, including Nick Fury. As the Skrulls continued to be hunted down mercilessly by the Kree Empire, General Talos rallied scattered Skrulls from across the galaxy, excluding Emperor Dro'ge's colony on Tarnax IVThe Marvels, and brought them to Earth for their safety. Once Fury was revived in the Blip, Talos decided to withhold information from him about the magnitude of this migration, with plans to eventually negotiate a peaceful coexistence between Skrulls and humanity. By 2026, it was estimated by Talos that over one million Skrulls were active on Earth.
====S.A.B.E.R.====
Following the Blip, Nick Fury was tasked with developing S.A.B.E.R., a complex aerospace defense system, on the orders of the U.S. government.Secret Invasion: 1.01: Resurrection Some Skrulls were occupied on the S.A.B.E.R. Space Station Fury was working out of, and continued to operate on Earth on his behalf.Spider-Man: Far From Home Following the Westview Anomaly, Fury sent a Skrull within the FBI to recruit Monica Rambeau into S.A.B.E.R. for an intergalactic mission.WandaVision 1.09: The Series Finale
While away on the space station, Fury tasked Talos and Soren to replace him and Maria Hill on Earth. During this time, they were forced into a conflict with the Elementals. Leading a small crew, they worked with Peter Parker to take down Mysterio, who was masterminding the Elemental attacks. Talos ensured the passing of Tony Stark's Glasses to Parker, per Fury's orders.
====Secret Invasion====
Gravik, a radicalized Skrull who resented Nick Fury for his failure to deliver on his promise to find his race a new home, formulated a clandestine invasion of Earth by instigating global conflict to set the stage for the eventual takeover of the planet. To achieve this, his resistance faction of Skrulls based out of New Skrullos exiled Talos out of the Skrull Council, and conducted terrorist attacks worldwide, including Argentina, Colombia, the Philippines, and Kazakhstan. 
These Skrulls also began abducting and impersonating high-ranking government officials, embedding themselves within world governments to further incite conflict. To ensure the invasion, Gravik sought to create and evolve an army of "Super-Skrulls" through a machine using genetics that could enable Skrulls to infiltrate, arm, and adapt themselves to various superpowers.Secret Invasion: 1.03: Betrayed
After Gravik and the resistance carried out another bombing in Moscow, global relations between the United States of America and Russia deteriorated, and Gravik was voted in by the Skrull Council as the new Skrull General. Attempting to provoke , Gravik sent agents to infiltrate the Royal Navy and strike down a United Nations airplane from the nuclear submarine HMS Neptune, but Fury and Talos were able to avert the strike. Talos was later killed in action during a failed attack on U.S. President Ritson.Secret Invasion: 1.04: Beloved This failed attack, and the struggle to locate the Harvest, a vial containing Avengers DNA for the Super-Skrulls, cast doubt on Gravik's leadership abilities, which caused unrest among the resistance.Secret Invasion: 1.05: Harvest 
The resistance's plan to incite nuclear conflict was unsuccessful, and Gravik was killed by Talos' daughter G'iah, while an impostor disguised as James Rhodes was also killed before Ritson could be convinced to authorize a nuclear strike. In response to the invasion, Ritson issued a new bill declaring all off-world species as enemy combatants, and threatening to hunt down the remaining Skrulls on Earth and exterminate them. This prompted civilian unrest and paranoia across the globe, resulting in public killings of high-profile officials suspected to be Skrulls, including U.K. Prime Minister Pamela Lawton.Secret Invasion: 1.06: Home
===Peace Talks with the Kree===
Sometime after the Skrulls were outlawed from Earth, the race entered peace negotiations with the Kree Empire to resolve the Kree-Skrull War.
====Destruction of Tarnax IV====
Not long after, the existence of Emperor Dro'ge's colony on Tarnax IV was threatened by the arrival of Kree Supremor Dar-Benn, who sought to strip the atmosphere from the planet to restore the Kree homeworld Hala. While she met with Dro'ge first under the guise of continuing the peace talks that had begun between their two species, Dar-Benn quickly enacted her plan when Captain Marvel arrived. While Captain Marvel's team, The Marvels, rescued Dro'ge and many other Skrulls, they could not save them all. Dar-Benn tore the atmosphere from Tarnax IV and the colony collapsed, killing all those who couldn't escape aboard the ships.
In the aftermath, Captain Marvel arranged for Dro'ge and the survivors of his colony to be taken to a safe place by Valkyrie.
===Alternate Universes===
To be added
==Technology and Weapons==
===Weapons===
====Guns====
*Skrull Blaster: Standard-issue firearm.
====Melee Weapons====
*Skrull Electroshock Baton: Close-ranged stick-weapon.
===Equipment===
*Fracking Pods
*Skrull Cuffs
===Vehicles===
*Skrulls' Ship
*Skrull Battleship
*Skrulls' Space Pods
*S.A.B.E.R. Space Station
==Characteristic Traits==
The Skrulls are a humanoid species with distinguishing features that include green skin and pointed-back ears. Unlike all species that are native to Earth, Skrulls are not carbon-based lifeforms, and the elements they're made up of aren't known by scientists on Earth. They possess a wide variety of otherwise augmented abilities compared to humans, such as enhanced strength, durability, and agility, but not to superhuman levels. The Skrulls possess a lifespan that exceeds humans, and possess radiation immunity.
Skrulls are also able to shapeshift - or "sim" - into other sentient humanoid beings right down to the individual's DNA, perfectly matching their height, voice, body weight, unique physical characteristics, and even copying their clothing - by way of Skrull co-morphing apparel. They are all physiologically capable of this, but accurate shapeshifting requires practice and talent. Skrulls are even able to replicate the recent memories of the person that they've simmed. However, they cannot mimic any supernatural or superhuman powers and abilities of the person they've simmed. A further limitation is that the Skrulls maintain a unique DNA signature which could be tracked by Skrull Detectors.
Their life expectancy is much higher than the human average, reaching approximately 300 years of life.
==Notable Skrulls==
Beto.png|Beto †
Brogan.png|Brogan †
Dro'ge.png|Dro'ge
FBIskrull3.jpg|FBI Skrull Agent
Kreega.png|Kreega
Norex-PP.png|Norex †
Nuro.png|Nuro
Pagon Infobox.png|Pagon †
Raava Skrull.jpeg|Raava †
Skrull Spy.png|Skrull Spy
Soren.png|Soren †
Skrull EW.jpg|Talos †
Varra Skrull.jpeg|Varra
Veranke.png|Veranke †
Zirksu.png|Zirksu †
Att-Lass Impostor Skrull.png|Att-Lass Skrull †
Bob Fairbanks-Skrull.png|Bob Fairbanks Skrull †
Chris Stearn Skrull.png|Chris Stearns Skrull †
Derrik Weatherby Skrull.png|Derrik Weatherby Skrull
Everett Ross Skrull.jpeg|Everett Ross Skrull †
Jack Hyuk Bin Skrull Photo.png|Jack Hyun-Bin Skrull
Pamela Lawton Skrull Photo.png|Pamela Lawton Skrull
Coulson Imposter.jpg|Phil Coulson Skrull †
Rosa Dalton-Skrull.png|Rosa Dalton Skrull
Ruben Steiner Skrull.png|Ruben Steiner Skrull
Sergio Caspani Skrull.png|Sergio Caspani Skrull
Shirley Sagar-Skrull.png|Shirley Sagar Skrull
Vasily Poprishchin-Skrull.png|Vasily Poprishchin Skrull †
Victor Dalton-Skrull.png|Victor Dalton Skrull †
===Notable Super-Skrulls===
Gravik.jpg|Gravik †
G'iah Skrull.jpeg|G'iah
==Appearances==
Appearances for Skrulls
In chronological order:
*Captain Marvel: Starforce on the Rise
**Captain Marvel: StarForce Mission Log (concurrent events)
*Captain Marvel
**Captain Marvel: Beware the Flerken! (concurrent events)
*Secret Invasion
**Season One
***Promises (flashback)
***Betrayed (flashback)
*What If...?
**Season One
***What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord? (mentioned; alternate universe)
*Guardians of the Galaxy Prequel Infinite Comic (mentioned)
*I Am Groot
**Season Two
***Groot Noses Around (depiction)
*What If...?
**Season One
***What If... Thor Were an Only Child? (alternate universe)
***What If... Ultron Won? (alternate universe)
**Season Two
***What If... Nebula Joined the Nova Corps? (alternate universe)
*WandaVision
**Season One
***We Interrupt This Program (mentioned)
***The Series Finale
*Spider-Man: Far From Home
*Secret Invasion
**Season One
***Resurrection
***Promises
***Betrayed
***Beloved
***Harvest
***Home
*The Marvels
*What If...?
**Season Two
***What If... Strange Supreme Intervened? (alternate universe)
In an indefinite temporality:
*Loki
**Season One
***Glorious Purpose
***The Variant (mentioned)
==Trivia==
*In the comics, the Skrulls are a race of alien shapeshifters bent on invading Earth as an advantage in their prolonged war with the Kree. The Skrulls managed to replace many of Earth's heroes with Skrull operatives in what was called the Secret Invasion. The Skrulls are actually the Deviants of their kind, with their shapeshifting abilities coming from the enigmatic Celestials.
*The Skrull alphabet from the comics appears in the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode Eye-Spy, as well as in Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Avengers: Infinity War.
==Behind the Scenes==
*The film rights to the Skrulls were co-owned by and Marvel Studios, similar to the rights of the Watchers, Quicksilver, and Scarlet Witch. However, certain Skrulls and Watchers characters were owned completely by Fox such as and Uatu, making impossible for Marvel Studios to use them until 20th Century Fox acquisition.
*The Skrulls were believed to be featured in The Avengers as Loki's army, however, Joss Whedon debunked this, saying that "The Skrulls — they can shape change. That's a whole thing. I've already got Loki. He's got magic. Once you got magic along with your Iron Man and your Black Widow — it's a real juggling act."'Avengers' villains NOT Skrulls or the Kree, says Joss Whedon Despite this, the Skrulls were featured in some of the films' toy line merchandise.
*James Gunn considered implementing the Skrulls either in Guardians of the Galaxy or Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, but it did not work out.Guardians of the Galaxy Director James Gunn on Captain Marvel Movie
*Kevin Feige stated that: "the Skrulls are as diverse and as multilayered as any other intelligent life form. Certainly like humanity itself. And we happen to see good ones. I think there are probably better ones out there as well, like there are with any fully realized characters. But yes, the idea certainly was to subvert the expectation of the pointy-eared green aliens. And Ben Mendelsohn, even subverting people’s assumption that Ben Mendelsohn will be playing the villain."Interview: Kevin Feige Talks ‘Captain Marvel’ Spoilers, The Future of Goose, Stan Lee’s Tribute, and Disney+ TV Shows
*Chris McKenna mentioned in an interview with that the Skrulls were initially further involved in an early iteration of story for Spider-Man: Far From Home, but director Jon Watts dropped the idea to not add too many plot twists.‘Spider-Man’ Writers Break Down What Really Happened During the Marvel Blip Among other things, it would have involved Mysterio actually being a Skrull.‘Spider-Man: Far from Home’ Writers on Mysterio, Those Credits Scenes, and Following ‘Endgame’
==References==
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