Living Tribunal (Marvel Comics)

* Old Living Tribunal
* New Living Tribunal

## Summary

**The Living Tribunal** is a humanoid cosmic entity who has existed as long as the Multiverse itself. Its function is to safeguard the Multiverse (the total sum of all alternate universes) from an imbalance of mystical forces. It may act to prevent one universe from amassing more power than any of the others, or from upsetting the cosmic balance in some way. The Tribunal may also act to prevent an overwhelming imbalance of good or evil within a universe.

The Tribunal manifests itself as a being with three faces, which represent the three sides of the Tribunal's personality. Its front face, through which it usually speaks, represents Equity, the fully hooded face on its right side represents Necessity, and the partially hooded face on its left represents Vengeance. All three voices must agree in a case before the Tribunal can intervene.

The Living Tribunal is the Abstract Embodiment of Multiversal Law & Order, and the collective manifestation of all existence, alongside all lesser Abstract Entities. For instance, Eternity and Infinity are part of his Face of Necessity, while Death is within the Face of Vengeance, and Galactus is of the Face of Equity, while the Fourth Face he does not have is The Stranger. This principle continues on all levels of reality, such as that lesser Abstracts, with Master Order being Necessity, Lord Chaos being Vengeance, and the In-Betweener the Equity that separates both, etcetera.

During the storyline *Time Runs Out*, more specifically within the pages of *New Avengers issue #30*, the entity was slain by The Beyonders alongside the majority of the Marvel Cosmic Pantheon. Later, during *Thanos: The Infinity Finale*, an alternative version of Adam Warlock replaced the entity, due to orders from Above All Others.

## Powers and Stats

Tier: **High 1-B**

Name: The Living Tribunal, The Living Trinity, The Law of the Multiverse

**Origin:** Marvel Comics

**Gender:** Inapplicable

**Age:** Inapplicable

**Classification:** Cosmic Being, Abstract Entity, Judge of the Marvel Multiverse, Embodiment of the Marvel Multiverse & its Abstracts, Personification of Multiversal Law & Order

**Powers and Abilities**: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Reality Warping, Abstract Existence (Type 1; The Living Tribunal is a conceptual being surpassing the likes of Eternity, Oblivion, Infinity and Death), Transduality (Type 3; The Living Tribunal bestrides all dualities and can even judge them) , Conceptual Manipulation (Types 1 and 2; The Living Tribunal can manipulate lower abstracts, The Living Tribunal restored the Abstract Entities after they were destroyed by Adam Warlock with the Infinity Gauntlet, The Living Tribunal is also capable of replacing Eternity which Eternity is the embodiment of the entire Marvel Omniverse) Power Bestowal (The Living Tribunal gave Silver Surfer Godhood) Sealing (Sealed off an entire Universe)

Attack Potency: **Low Complex Multiverse Level** (The Living Tribunal can be in places "16th Dimension" that exist beyond space and time) **High Hyperverse Level** (The Living Tribunal was shown many times to be above Eternity which Eternity embodies the Omniverse which The Marvel Omniverse transcends the Marvel multiverse. The Marvel multiverse is a transfinite totality, made of a multitude of higher and lower dimensions, and parallel worlds, all divided into a myriad of clusters, all of which are under The Tribunal's judgment.  )

Speed: Omnipresence (Type 3; The Living Tribunal exist within all multiverses simultaneously)

Striking Strength: **Irrelevant**

Lifting Strength: **Irrelevant**

Durability: **Outerversal**

Stamina: **Infinite**

Range: **Outerversal**

Standard Equipment: None | Inapplicable

Intelligence; Nigh-Omniscient (His three visages see past, present and future letting him "know all")

**Weaknesses:** All faces must agree for action to be taken. Its Manifestation-bodies (or M-Bodies) hold comparatively very limited power. If the Cosmic Balance is messed up, The Living Tribunal would be heavily weak/limited.

**Key:** **Original Living Tribunal** | **New Living Tribunal**

1. ↑ The Living Tribunal was only killed by the Lords of Order and Chaos because of the cosmic balance being messed up and a new cosmos was forming.
2. ↑ The Living Tribunal cannot judge things more powerful than him meaning Living Tribunal > Dualities.
3. ↑ Now, Eternity embodies the entire Omniverse as shown above.
4. ↑ The Marvel Multiverse in simple words contains infinite transfinite with infinite dimensions stacked/layered next to each other strecthing across conceptual infinity, each level of infinity is higher than one another. See more at Marvel Cosmology