The Decimation

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The **Snap**, also known as the **Decimation**, was the event in which Thanos snapped his fingers while using the Infinity Gauntlet, resulting in the extermination of half of all life in the universe. Wanting to restore balance to the universe by averting universal resource conflicts due to overpopulation, Thanos embarked on a quest to assemble all six Infinity Gems needed to achieve this goal. In 2021 , during the Battle of New York, Thanos activated the completed gauntlet and initiated the Snap, causing a universal genocide which eliminated fifty percent of all life, randomly disintegrating individuals into dust.

The Snap had devastating universal repercussions. On Earth, the Snap led to a ten-year period in which the world fell into societal collapse and many countries abandoned their national borders. In 2031, the victims of the Snap were resurrected by the Avengers, after they went to different universes and timelines to acquire their own set of Infinity Stones.

### Background

Little was detailed about how Thanos obtained the Power and Reality gems however it can be presumed that it followed much the same path as Thanos of Earth-199999.

#### Obtaining the Space Gem

After defeated the Guardians of the Galaxy and The Silver Surfer and banishing them to earth. Thanos successfully obtained the Space Gem.

#### Obtaining the Soul Gem

After the defeat of The Guardians of The Galaxy, Thanos successfully abducted Gamora and forced her to divulge the location of the Soul Gem under threat of torturing her sister Nebula with the Power and Space Gems. Thanos and Gamora then traveled to Vormir, where they were greeted by the Keeper, who was the gem's guardian. The Keeper explained how he would have to sacrifice someone he loved in order to obtain the Infinity Gem , so Thanos threw Gamora from the cliff and was granted possession of the Soul Gem.

#### The Last Confrontations

On Earth, Thanos arrived and killed Vision taking the Mind Gem, the Avengers were prepared to defeat Thanos and not let him take the final gem, Thanos appeared alongside his army and used the stones to subdue the Avengers before making his way to Doctor Strange, who was protecting the time gem, after having Doctor Strange comprehended. Thanos forcefully extracted the gem from Doctor Strange, and with it he completed the Infinity Gauntlet with all six gems and prepared to use it, but he was taken aback when Thiago brutally attacked him with the Wakandan Lightsaber, momentarily disarming the Mad Titan.

As Thiago attacked Thanos, Thiago was about to kill him but Thanos simply taunted him, saying that Thiago should have aimed for his head to ensure his swift death. Recovering from his injury, Thanos, much to Thiago's horror, snapped his fingers to activate the Infinity Gauntlet.

### Snap

The destructive effects of the Snap began to be apparent moments after Thanos activated the Infinity Gauntlet, with half of all life in the universe randomly disintegrating into dust. All types of life forms perished in the Snap, including heros such as Spider-Knight, Mamossa, Magnet, Supa-Isaiah, Professor Andres, Cristerical, Spider-Man, The Winter Solider, Invisible Woman, The Human Torch, and Black Panther plus more.

#### Earth

On Earth, there were at least 3,797,000,000 humans confirmed deceased or missing worldwide. Not much else is known,

### Aftermath

On Earth, the majority of world governments were in a state of chaos because half of the world's population had disappeared. Over the course of ten years, the victims of the Snap would come to be known as the Decimated. Not much is known as of what happened during those ten years as of now,