Arishem the Judge

*"You have chosen to sacrifice a Celestial for the people of this planet. I will spare them, but your memories will show me if they are worthy to live. And I will return for judgment."*
―Arishem to Sersi, Kingo and Phastos[src]
**Arishem the Judge** is the Prime Celestial, who is credited for creating the first Sun and bringing light to the universe. Millions of years ago, Arishem created the Deviants in order to aid in Celestial births, but when his creations went rogue, the Judge created the race of Eternals using the World Forge, in order to combat the Deviants, who were interfering in his work.

One such world Arishem sent his Eternals to was Earth, in order to ensure the Emergence of Tiamut. Arishem communicated directly with Ajak on Earth, but after her death, he instead made contact with Sersi, informing her of the Eternals' true purpose and to ensure the emergence takes place. However, the group grew attached to Earth and worked to successfully avert the Emergence, displeasing Arishem. Afterwards, Arishem pulled Sersi, Kingo, and Phastos into space in order to study their memories and judge if humanity was worth preserving.

## Biography

### Tiamut's Emergence

#### Eternals' Arrival

*"I respect your grand design, Arishem. But I have noticed something special about this planet, and I fear that this time the cost..."
"Do not become attached to this planet. You must focus on the sole purpose of your mission."*
―Ajak and Arishem the Judge[src]
*To be added*

#### Choosing Sersi

*"Arishem?"
"Sersi, it is almost time."*
―Sersi and Arishem the Judge[src]
*To be added*

#### Revealing the Eternals' Purpose

*"The planet Earth was chosen to host the Celestial Tiamut, In order to grow, Tiamut needs vast amounts of energy from intelligent life forms. The Deviants prevented this by consuming humans, until the Eternals eliminated them. Now, the human population of this planet has reached the required amount. It is time for the Emergence to begin."*
―Arishem the Judge to Sersi[src]
*To be added*

### Judgment on Earth

#### Abducting the Eternals

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Later, after learning about Tiamut's death, Arishem personally came to Earth, his mere presence causing massive weather changes to the planet. He then summoned Sersi, Kingo, and Phastos, with whom he expressed his displeasure with their having sacrificed a Celestial to save the human race. However, Arishem agreed to spare them, but only if the Eternals' memories demonstrated that they were worthy. He then left with them through a singularity.

## Personality

*"The end of one era, is the beginning of another."*
―Arishem[src]
Arishem is entirely dedicated to the role of the Celestials in the universe, and as a result, holds both little regard for lesser life by using them as a sacrifice, but also high regard as they willingly create innumerable worlds with sentient life in them. Arishem understands that life and death is a cycle, and the destructions of inhabited planets is necessary. Arishem is distant and shows objective understandings and no biased/prejudiced decisions, as he does not appear angry when Tiamut is stopped by the Eternals.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Celestial Physiology**: As a Celestial, Arishem is an ancient being of almost unfathomable power and constitution, beyond any human logic and understanding, possessing almost infinite powers of a creator and destroyer. Arishem belongs to a group of celestial beings and one of the oldest races in the universe, endowed with a transcendental power that surpasses the capacities of the common gods. So far Arishem has shown the following powers;
	+ **Superhuman Strength**: Due to the huge size Arishem possesses incalculable levels of superhuman strength.
	+ **Superhuman Durability**: *To be added*
	+ **Immortality**: As a Celestial, Arishem is immortal, being able to live forever, without dying due to old age or illnesses. He has already existed for billions of years.
	+ **Flight**: Arishem can fly, glide and float through the air and vacuum of space without outside help.
	+ **Self-Sustenance**: Arishem is capable of surviving in the vacuum of space completely unaided. He doesn't need air, and does not need any kind of consumption or rest to survive.
	+ **Nigh-Omniscience**: As a Celestial, Arishem is nigh-omniscient, capable of comprehending the fundamental principles and implicate order of all of reality.
	+ **Nigh-Omnipotence**: As a Celestial, Arishem unrivalled power over cosmic forces makes him nearly omnipotent. He is implied to be one of the highest ranking entities in existence. The only known species shown surpassing him and his race are the Primordial Cosmic Entities.
		- **Cosmic Energy Manipulation**: Throughout time, Arishem has used his cosmic energy to create the building blocks of all of life across the cosmos.
			* **Teleportation**: Arishem is capable of teleporting himself and other individuals to any location he wants. He used this power to pull Sersi, Kingo and Phastos away from Earth, in order to judge their decision of killing Tiamut.
			* **Portal Creation**: When pulling Sersi, Kingo and Phastos out of Earth's atmosphere in order to be judged, Arishem generated a giant portal taking the shape of a black hole to travel to practically any other location in existence instantaneously.
			* **Energy Absorption**: *To be added*
			* **Gravity Generation**: When heading to Earth, Arishem was shown having a plethora of asteroids or meteors and other celestial bodies orbiting himself due to the sheer scale and mass of his being. He can certainly manipulate that gravity in order to not have Earth and its Moon be affected in any way for it to not collapse and be spared.
			* **Heat Generation**: *To be added*
			* **Sentient Life Creation**: Arishem is capable of creating fully-sentient creatures using his cosmic energy, shown as he created the Deviants and the Eternals. Throughout time, Arishem has used his cosmic energy to create the building blocks of all of life across the cosmos.
			* **Telepathy**: Arishem is fully capable of telepathically communicating to any individual from any other location in the universe. He uses this ability to communicate to the Prime Eternal, Ajak and Sersi, for new orders and/or information for the rest of the group.
			* **Telekinesis**: When heading to Earth to judge the remaining Eternals, Arishem was shown telekinetically manipulating their position to move them out of Earth's presence.
			* **Illusion Manipulation**: *To be added*
			* **Presence Concealment**: *To be added*
			* **Weather Manipulation**: When heading to Earth, Arishem was shown completely manipulating the clouds and atmosphere of Earth in order for the general audience of humanity to know of his presence.
			* **Electricity Manipulation**: *To be added*
			* **Wind Manipulation**: *To be added*
			* **Energy Constructions**: Arishem is capable of creating energy constructions using his cosmic energy. He used this power to create rings around of Sersi, Kingo and Phastos.

### Abilities

* **Genius-Level Intellect**: *To be added*
* **Master Tactician**: *To be added*
* **Master Scientist**: *To be added*
* **Master Engineer**: *To be added*
* **Omnilingualism**: *To be added*

## Relationships

* Jemiah the Analyzer - Subordinate
* Hargen the Measurer - Subordinate
* Tiamut the Communicator †
* Eternals - Subordinates
	+ Ajak †
	+ Ikaris †
	+ Thena
	+ Gilgamesh †
	+ Sprite
	+ Makkari
	+ Druig
	+ Eros/Starfox
	+ Kro †
* Eternals
	+ Sersi
	+ Kingo
	+ Phastos
* Ted

## Trivia

* In the comics, Arishem the Judge is a Celestial who was tasked with judging whether the civilization of a planet should live or die. When it came time to judge Earth, Arishem judged Earth as worthy of existing.
* In the comics, the leader of the Celestials was a being known as the One Above All, who bears the same name with the god of the Marvel universe. However, they are two completely separate entities.
* Arishem's face in the MCU more closely resembles that of Eson the Searcher than that of Arishem's comic counterpart.

## Behind the Scenes

* VFX supervisor Jelmer Boskma revealed that there was a scene in *Eternals* where Arishem would shrink himself down to give a tour of the World Forge.

## References

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 *Eternals*
2. ↑ Eternals' Celestial Originally Walked Around Like Willy Wonka

## External Links

* File:Marvel-favicon.PNG Arishem the Judge on Marvel Database
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