Human (Inhomo supremis)

Inhumans are an offshoot of humans genetically engineered by the Kree, after the Kree had discovered humanity's latent potential thanks to the Celestials. The Inhumans are one of many races that the Kree had engineered.[8] The goal was to use them as soldiers against the Skrulls in the Kree-Skrull War, but the Supreme Intelligence abandoned the project after he foresaw that it would lead to his own destruction.

The Inhumans are based in Attilan (and later New Attilan). They are ruled by the Royal Family and the Genetic Council. It was originally thought that the Inhumans were secluded on Attilan, but a Terrigen Bomb revealed a massive number of those in the general population with secret Inhuman lineage (e.g. Kamala Khan).

## Inhuman

### Relatives

Homo sapien superior, Meta gene humans, Homo sapiens, Homo immortalis, Homo descendus, Homo antecessor, Homo neanderthalensis, Atlanteans, Homo mermanus2, Homo magi/magus, Homo bodoensis, Homo habilis, Homo ergaster, Homo heidelbergensis

## Physical description

### Species

Inhomo supremis (also written Inhomo Supremis) or Homo sapiens inhumanus

## History

### Kree Origin

The Kree were a species of the planet Hala who, during their prehistory, were engineered by the Progenitors, using the Primagen (or Prima Materia) in the process. They were later experimented on by the Celestials, creating the Kree Eternals and the Kree Deviants.

### Kree-Skrull War

A million years ago, the Skrulls (at that time a largely peaceful space-faring race) came upon Hala, and set about educating the natives so they could join their trading empire. As Hala was home to two equally intelligent races, the Kree and the Cotati. the Skrulls set a test to determine the worthier. Taking members of both races to the Blue Area of Earth's Moon, they created an arena and bid the two races to use the resources they had to create something of worth. The Kree constructed a magnificent city, while the Cotati created a beautiful garden. A year later, the Skrulls returned to judge the two races and found the Cotati's accomplishment the worthier. Enraged, the Kree killed both Skrulls and Cotati and seized the Skrulls' star-ship, using it to return to their native planet, then set about deciphering its technology. Within a hundred years, the Kree Empire began to spread throughout the Greater Magellanic Cloud, and launched an attack upon the Skrull Empire who were forced to become warlike to defend themselves. The Kree-Skrull War would continue for hundreds of thousands of years.

At the beginning of the War, the Kree established a Parallax-Class science base, the Outpost #213, on the planet Uranus, a strategic position between the Kree and Skrull empires. Through their work at this station, they first witnessed uninteresting life-forms on Earth.

### Kree dormant evolution

At some point, allegedly due to a Kree trying to acquire the Crystal of Ultimate Vision without denying the temptation of its powers,[7] the Kree evolution became dormant.

### Metagenesis

#### Primagen quest

In order to overcome their genetic stagnation, the Kree searched through the universe species to restart their dormant evolution. Their goal was also to use such experiments to help them in their conquest of space and create a powerful race of soldiers for use against the Skrulls. There were 23 science teams, each overseeing research on several test planets, for a total of over one hundred worlds. Another account states a thousand species were experimented on.

The experiments included inserting the potential to duplicate the abilities of other species, possibly using Kree blood in the process. One of the main steps in their experimentation's was to recreate the pure and first catalyst, the Primagen used by the Progenitors in the Kree's creation. Their attempts failed, though they resulted in the creation of less potent race-specific catalysts.

#### Discovery of human potential

During their First Host on Earth, one million years ago, the Celestials collected the Wanderers, a tribe of Homo erectus. Gammenon the Gatherer collected the ape-men and send them to Ziran the Tester who mutated them to have an unstable genome, creating the Deviants (Homo descendus), a race with various mutations, who were then released and went hiding in the caves. With other subjects, Nezarr the Calculator then created the Eternals (Eternals (Homo immortalis)), hairless, upright tall beings able to tap into the cosmic power. They were themselves released, flying out of the Celestials' laboratory-ship. Finally, Oneg the Prober created a latent gene for the expansion of human potential and those modified yet apparently unchanged ape-men were released.

The potential for superhuman powers was only latent: That dormant "DNA complex"/"mutant genes" implanted in Homo erectus.

Around 750,000 years ago, after encountering a party of Eternals and vivisecting Arlok, they discovered that sentient life on Earth had genetic potential, invested in it (by the Celestials' experiments), and presented this data to the Supreme Intelligence and to his ministers, an Accuser and Imperial Korath.

Intrigued by that potential, the Kree began to experiment on the early humans Homo antecessor, as one of many worlds in their galaxy-spanning program. An additional goal was to discover who had manipulated the humans and use what could be learned about genetic engineering on the Kree genetic stock. For the Inhumans, the catalyst was Terrigenesis, exposure to the mists of the Terrigen Crystals.

### Project cancellation

However, hundred of thousands years ago, possibly 300,000 years ago, although their experiments were successful in obtaining a favorable outcome, the Kree abandoned the project after presenting their findings to the Supreme Intelligence. The organic super-computer foresaw a prophecy of a Midnight King rising from the program and bringing an end to the Kree. The Intelligence ordered Accuser Huran to murder science officer Von-Warr and weaponized biologist Ry-Noor, the scientists responsible and summon the Accuser Corps to cleanse the experiments on every world they seeded. In its haste, however, the Supreme Intelligence failed to download the full data packet from the scientists, and five worlds of future "Inhumans" escaped the slaughter: Badoon, Centaurians, Dire Wraiths, Kymellians and early humans. The secret of the Inhumans and the prophecy was kept only with the Supreme Intelligence.

For the Inhumans, the experiments on only five species had encountered success.

### Pre-Attilan: InHuman Creation

Despite the project's cancellation, nearly 25.000 years ago, the Kree experimented on *Homo neanderthalensis* or *Homo sapiens*, hoping to end the genetic stagnation afflicting them, and also trying to create weapons in their war against the Skrulls: The Inhumans (*Inhomo supremis* or *Humans (Homo sapiens) inhumanus*). For the Inhumans, the catalyst was exposure to the mists of the Terrigen Crystals.

### Inhuman civilization

#### Tuk's Attilan (50,000 BC)

Around 50,000 BC, the cave-boy named Tuk was the son of Phadion and Rhaya, two exiles, and the first offspring of the Inhumans.

Tuk lived among the ordinary humans, and his unique genetic code passed on to the next generations, increasing their susceptibility to mutation.

#### Feared by early Man

On the onset of the Inhuman civilization, the Slave Engine was given by their former Kree master as a defense against the barbaric human species.

The Inhumans quickly became an advanced civilization while the humans still huddled in caves.

They develop powerful weapons and were soon regarded as Demons by the primitive humans, who grew more and more numerous and tried to slay them, forcing the Inhumans to seek new refuge over and over, using magnetic-powered arcs to transport the living specimens for their research.

### Pre-Terrigenesis

#### King Myran's reign: Attilan settlement

After suffering centuries persecution from their primitive human fellows, the Inhumans grew tired and decided to create a refuge for themselves.

The Inhumans wandered in Europe, under King Myran's rule, and settled in Northern Atlantic, established the city of Attilan on an island located about two hundred miles southwest of Iceland, and became one of the most advanced cultures on Earth. It took several decades for the Inhumans to complete the city.

{{MessageBox | Message = 50,000 years ago (25,000 years before the Inhumans' creation), **Attilan**, the **Island of the Gods**, was another technologically advanced city, inhabited by humans, and located in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Mastering genetics, they instated a genocracy upon Attilan.

Zuras, leader of the Eternals of Olympia, monitored Attilan's progress over the millenia, long observed the Inhumans and admired their capacity for leadership.

When the humans left the caves, some of them were confronted to the Inhumans, their technological advance and Attilan, believing it to be the city of demons.

### Interactions with Atlantis

4,000 years after the Inhumans settled in Attilan, the first mainstream human great civilization was built on the island continent of Atlantis. The Inhumans remained isolated, but it is speculated that there must have been interaction between the people (on the basis of etymological similarity between the words Atlantis and Attilan).

The Inhumans' means to remain isolated are unknown, but it is presumed that Attilan resisted attempts at assimilation thanks to its technological superiority.

### Great Cataclysm

Somehow, Attilan protected itself from the cataclysm, possibly thanks to their technology, endured, and became legendary among humanity.

After the Cataclysm, the city was surrounded by a protective dome, subtly altering its internal environment.

### Kings and a Queen's Reign

In human pre-history, during the first millennium of existence of the Inhumans, 13,000 years ago, Randac was King of the Inhumans, as part of a royal family, composed then of four kings and a queen (including the House of Lor).

To keep Attilan secret, Randac developed Intrigue Pulses, a low-vibration wavelength that stimulate curiosity in the brain, to distract people from entering an area by creating a directional interest away from the city.

#### Finding of the Terrigen

Randac found the Terrigen Mists, creating the Formula for Terrigen Crystals with the help of his geneticists, chief-scientists and advisors, among them Monan, Balt, Kivvin, Eileen and Makoth.

Randac subjected himself to immersion in the Terrigen Mist and gained godlike powers through the activation of the latent mutant genes carried by all Inhumans.

A Kree Sentry examined Randac, and judged that the Kree's goals were reached.

### Schism over Terrigenesis: The Lost Tribes

The Terrigenesis concept provoked a schism in the Inhuman population and among the royal family, composed then of four kings and a queen (including the House of Lor), over a matter of honor and destiny.

*Many groups of Inhumans departed Attilan at various dates (names and dates are known to Attilan's Inhumans, but without much consideration from them). Please find bellow the first schism-originated Lost Tribes, and also the further divisions with unknown date of separation from Attilan.*

The Kingdom was split and many Inhuman tribes left Attilan to create their own cities, or to blend in among humans.

#### Orollan

The royal House of Lor left to create the city of Orollan in the Eternal Chasm of Greenland.

#### Inhumans in space

A few of those "Lost Tribes" even departed to space. A few of those tribes returned to Earth later.

#### Ennilux

At some point, thousands of years ago, a group of Inhumans separated from Attilan.

They created a corporation, Ennilux, headquartered in Venice, established breeding programs, and each generation was led by the Capo, the ruler from the very founding of the organization, transferring his soul into a body-host selected within their breeding programs products, escaping death through a thousand bodies.

#### Enclave

Another group formed the Enclave in the Himalayas in Tibet.Over the years, the small gene-pool caused the rise of monstrous mutations.

#### Other Inhuman Hidden Cities

Others went *(during this division or later)* to west Africa, the Caribean, the Taklimakan Desert (China), the Pamir Mountains (Tajikistan), the Carlsberg Ridge (Indian Ocean), the Atlantic Forest (Paraguay), the Pangnirtung fjords (Canada)...

#### Inhuman descendants all over the world

Inhuman descendants were later to be found in Norway, Germany, Latveria, Russia, Kenya, China, Japan, India, Mongolia, Sin-Cong, Australia, Brazil, and also in the United States of America (Caucasians, Colombians, Pakistan-originated, Asia-originated, African-Americans, etc.

### King Randac's reign

Randac was elected King upon his genetic superiority.

For some time, Terrigenesis was restricted to Randac's authorizations, in his laboratories.

### Confronting Kang

Randac was approached by Kang who asked him to train newly-Terrigenated Ahura Boltagon. When the Inhuman Royal Family of the future came to retrieve Ahura, a battle broke with Kang, causing Randac to attack him, until Ahura overpowered Kang and all time-travelers left.

### Terrigenesis for all

Randac created a Terrigenesis program opened to everyone wishing to undergo the process.

The Inhumans became known as such after that use of Terrigen on the population.

### Terrigenesis access restricted

However when about half of the subjected to the Mists developed radically nonhuman mutations it was decided that individuals would undergo Terrigenesis only after being genetically tested. The new order was under the supervision of the Genetic Council, the government of the Inhumans, established by Randac.

### Lost Tribes

#### Utolan

After it was decided to restrict access to Terrigenesis, another schism occurred: a group who believed it to be the great calling for all Inhumans departed in a craft and went to the Chimanimani Mountains (Mozambique) where they founded Utolan, settling in peaceful isolation to pursue transcendence and total enlightenment, as they believed Terrigenesis unlocked in each Inhuman a piece of the divine.

Utolan was initially a city known by its neighbors as a civilization of gods. One day, it seemingly disappeared, replaced by a mountain, when the Inhumans decided to hide themselves, leaving only rumors of an old and hidden enclave and legends of an ancient city full of wizards and monsters. The Utolanians used the same Intrigue Pulses developed by Randac for Attilan in order to protect themselves.

After a millennia of isolation, the gene-pool stagnated, and more and more people began dying in Terrigenesis, prompting the Maternal Council of Elders to pair couples for optimal results.

#### Minnesota community

Around 10,000 years ago, a group of Inhuman descendants with very diluted Inhuman lineage hid among humans, trying to avoid Terrigenesis. At some point they settled in northern Minnesota.

#### Hidden Ones

At some time, a group of similar-shaped Inhumans with persuasion powers were distrusted from their fellow citizens of Attilan.

They consequently left Attilan, mating and blending in among the humans, living in peace in un-located mountains.

### 2,000 B.C.

#### Gral's reign over Attilan: Generalized Terrigenesis

Centuries later, 4000 years ago, non-human-looking Gral, in order to end the discrimination towards the non-human-looking minority, forced all Attilan population to undergo Terrigenesis, turning three quarters of the populations into non-humanoids types, leading to more damage to the genetics of the species and segregation by phenotypes in the Mutation Camps.

#### King Auron's reign over Attilan

The despot Gral was deposed by the reformer Auron, who preached acceptance of the diversity and dissolved Gral's segregated society, advocating for full integration of all Inhuman physical types.

Following the lead of the Genetic Council, King Auron wrote his first edict: *"Under this structure do we hereby establish the genocracy of Attilan; ratified by council, fortified by technology, unified by evolution." "From diversity comes **Equality**."*

##### Alpha Primitives' creation by Avadar

After the dissolution of the segregated society, few Inhumans were willing to perform menial or manual labor. The geneticist Avadar convince the ruling Council of Genetics to let him create the Alpha Primitives as a race of servants for the Inhumans' manual labor. Council of Genetics.

Over the centuries, many Inhumans developed guilt over the Alpha Primitives' enslavement, along with hostility towards them.

### Formula for Terrigen Crystals

At some point thousands of years ago, the formula for Terrigen Crystals was lost.

#### 10th century, B.C

In Mesopotamia, in 924 B.C.E., a ziggurat hosted a temple to the ancient Babylonian god Marduk. For an unknown reason, this place held an important place in Inhuman history.

### 5th century, B.C.: King Nestor's reign over Attilan

#### Bird People secession

**2,500 years ago**, by 500 B.C., After years of peace and acceptance of the Inhuman diversity, the arrogant Bird People (Winged Inhumans, or "Winged Ones" who thought themselves superior) had King Nestor built a sky-city, the Aerie, above Attilan and linked with a pylon, for them. No matter what, the antagonism kept growing between the two communities and eventually leading to the declaration of secession and war on Attilan from the Sky-city led by Kylus, who also slaughtered all of the non-white-feathered Inhumans from the Aerie, including the leader and anti-secession bat-winged Cheiros.

Horrified by the genocide, Nestor acknowledged the secession and had the pylon removed for the Aerie to fly free.

### King Kylus' reign over the Aerie

Starving to death, the Winged Inhumans were dying from starvation, forced to attack humans for sustenance (mistaken for Harpies), and eventually developed their society in a more durable way, while Kylus became a wiser King.

Over the years, they became known as the Aerians or Bird People.

The Aerie eventually developed an enmity with the *Homo mermanus* Atlanteans of Atlantis.

### 3rd century, B.C.: King Perrus' reign

King Perrus was an Inhuman ruler in the third century, B.C. His court included his minister Kovad.

### Eternals/Inhumans War

Long ago, during a conflict known as the Eternals/Inhumans War or the legendary War of Eterninhuma, the Eternals created the Time Sword, and the Inhumans destroyed it.

### From 1st to 19th century

##### Great King Kalden's reign

2,000 years ago, the Great King Kalden reigned over the Inhumans. The only known event of his reign was when he banished Snarkle and Gordon though a portal for unspecified crimes.

##### 2nd to 3rd century

1,700 years ago, an unnamed Inhuman community that had stockpiled huge amounts of Terrigen Crystals was destroyed by an erupting volcano.

##### 9th to 11th century

Attilan remained isolated from contact with mainstream humanity, except from an occasional encounter with lost Viking ships.

##### 13th century

Circa 1257 A.D., a Skrull assassin tracked down Inhumans. He battled Farak the Steedfast, whom he believed was the last Inhuman, outside Nishapur and who allegedly came from the stars (though it is unclear whether literally or figuratively), in the Ilkhanate. There, Farak met with Lady Kamilah, and presumably fell in love, leading centuries later to the birth of Kamala Khan.

##### 14th century

In Mongolia, in 1307 A.D., a powerful and powered (presumably) Inhuman warrior lived. For an unknown reason, this warrior held an important place in Inhuman history.

In the winter 1374, Tral, a criminal from Attilan was active on the Tibetan Plateau near the head of the Yangtze River, animating corpses with his will (believed by the locals to be the Geong Si of myths). There, he used them to attack Adam Destine and his sons Thaddeus and Albert (travelling to the Shalu Monastery in Shigatse). Tral killed Thaddeus but was ended by Albert. Inhuman representatives soon arrived on the site, explaining the situation to Adam Destine.

Ennilux was instrumental into ensuring that mankind survive the Black Plague.

##### 15th to 16th centuries

Around 1452, another Inhuman or Inhuman descent lived in Venice.

Some five hundred years, at least one Inhuman, Florio (a horned merchant) lived in Italy.

At the height of the Spanish Inquisition, a group of Inhumans were captured in Spain by superstitious locals who threw them into a ravine leading to Subterranean caverns. Later, some of those Inhumans survived the fall, desperate for sustenance, ate the flesh of Skrulls who had been executed the same way, causing shape-shifting mutations among them.

##### 18th century: Industrial Revolution

Ennilux jump-started the Industrial Revolution.

### 19th century

#### Agon's reign over Attilan

About 110 years ago, an Inhuman Agon was elected to the Genetics Council and later became king of the Inhumans and began the reign of the **House of Agon**.

The conflict between the House of Agon and the House of Phaeder came to a head with Agon accusing geneticist Phaeder of treason against the Inhuman race for conducting genetic experiments forbidden by their ancestors. Phaeder engineering and killed a duplicate of himself in order to flee Attilan.

Phaeder would sire a son, Maelstrom, and both would conduct experiments, dreaming of revenge towards the House of Agon.

### Thane's birth

A woman descendant from the Lost Tribes who went into space met Thanos and gave birth to his son, Thane.

### Early 20th century

#### 1910s

In 1908, the great destructive event occurred in Tunguska, Siberia, was caused by the scream of Black Bolt (from the 2010's) redirected by Kang's defenses.

#### King Aerivar XVIII's reign over the Aerie

At least from the 1920's, Aerivar XVIII ruled over the Aerie.

At that period, they adopted the Red Raven, a human boy whose family's plan crashed on the Aerie.

#### WWII: Nazis

In 1942, in the North Atlantic, a Nazi warship was sailing. For an unknown reason, this ship held an important place in Inhuman history.

#### Loki Project

The same year, Nazi officer Erik Jaggar look for Inhumans and found the village of the Hidden Ones. While the adults were assassinated, the children were sent to Berlin to be indoctrinated within the Loki Project to serve the Fürher.

In 1945, the Hidden Ones were still unbroken. After witnessing the Human Torch kill Adolf Hitler, they freed themselves when the Allies attacked Berlin, and decided to never trust humans again and never be subjugated in such way again. They scattered, infiltrating the power structure of the world.

#### Death of Agon

One day, Maximus began consorting with the Kree, hoping to exploit his people to their cause in exchange for rule over the Inhumans. Black Bolt caught his brother during his meeting with Kree emissaries and a fight broke out. When the Kree troops attempted to flee, Black Bolt unleashed his voice to stop them, causing a two fold tragedy. The sound of Black Bolt's voice drove Maximus completely insane, and while it damaged the Kree ship, it caused it to crash land in Attilan killing Black Bolt and Maximus's parents in the process.

## Inhuman Culture

### Rulership

The Genetic Council was a legislative, judicial and executive body and consisted of the twelve members, each of whom belong to a different family or House. The Council elects one of its members as both **head of the Council and ruler (or "king") of the Inhumans**. This ruler reigns from election to his or her death. Kingship then doesn't follow a strict patriarchal or matriarchal progression, although popular rulers are often succeeded by their children. **The designation "Royal Family" is a ceremonial one that passed on from House to House with successive kings (or queens).**

### Economy

The Inhumans have been stated to have no currency, or to use as monetary unit the Dren.

No monetary unit is known to the Bird People of the Aerie (Sky-Island).

### Food and cooking

Utolan grew fruits bred by geneticists from hanging garden to provide all needed nutrients with minimal waste or complication, prompting Gorgon to label the place as vegan.

Although, the Utolan specialties includes more than fruits, and notably includes fish and animals.

### Aerie Law

#### Crimes

In Aerie, it is forbidden for the Bird People to venture into the outside world with advanced Avian technology.

##### Sentences

The Bird People seemingly use incarceration for their criminals.

### Attilan Law

#### Age of consent

The legal age of consent is 31 (the age at which an Inhuman can decide to undergo Terrigenesis).

### Institutions

#### Genetic Council

##### Powers

The Genetic Council was the government, and the major legislative, judicial and executive body in Attilan.

Among their attributions, the Council could grant unconditional amnesty to anyone, suspend visiting rights from parents towards their children.

##### Composition

The Council is composed of twelve members, each belonging to a different family or House, elected to membership by the other members of the council.

The membership is for life. A change of the membership of the council can occur:

* If a member commits a crime against the state and is expelled.
* If there is a state of vacancy caused by the death of a member.

#### Attilan Kings and Queens

##### Monarch Succession

There is many ways for a King to step out of his position:

* Abdication: A King can seemingly abdicate.
* Removal/deposal by the Genetics Council:
	+ By vote: If all other eleven members of the Genetics Council agree, they can remove a ruler from the throne.
	+ By sentence: As the Council of Four, the Genetic Council also once pronounced a deposal sentence towards Black Bolt, in the case the people under his custody didn't respect a good behavior obligation to which he was responsible.
* Challenge of Royal Succession: A challenge of royal succession is seemingly an acknowledged way of replacing an Attilan monarch, as in such case, the palace guards must seemingly step down instead of protecting the King.

#### Royal Court

Assembled as the Royal Court of Attilan, the Inhuman Royal Family could also act as a justice court.

### Genetics Law

The **Genetics Law** or **Genetic Policy** included the rules about procreation and marriage in Attilan.

#### King Auron's first edict

*"Under this structure do we hereby establish the genocracy of Attilan; ratified by council, fortified by technology, unified by evolution." "From diversity comes **Equality**."*

#### Cloning

Even before Auron's reign, cloning was forbidden. This restriction was considered inapplicable for Alpha Primitives.

#### Terrigenesis

The core aspect of Attilan culture, Terrigenesis is regulated by many rules.

* If genetic screening determines only a low risk factor, a couple may elect to subject their offspring to Terrigenesis between the ages of one to six years.
* An Inhuman may also decide to undergo the procedure when he or she reaches 31, which is the legal age of consent.

Subjection to the Mist must also be approved by a majority vote from the Council.

#### Procreation

The government regulated the population growth by allowing a maximum of two offspring per couple.

### Crimes

#### Treason

Treason can be dealt with execution by axe-beheading. Royal blood doesn't protect one against this sentence.

#### Powers use

The Council can also forbid Inhumans from using their powers in some ways:

* Crystal was forbidden from using her elemental powers to clean air, water and soil on Earth to make them sterile and pure for Inhumans.

#### Alpha Primitives

It is a crime to teach an Alpha Primitive to read, and the sentence for such crime is prison.

### Enclave Law

The law in the Enclave is known as the Mandate.

### Utolan Law

#### Crimes

The crimes in Utolan include "Assault" and "Attempted murder", leading to imprisonment.

### Language

#### Attilan and Aerie

The Inhumans of Attilan speak their own language, **Tilan**, but also learn human languages such as English, Russian and Chinese. Black Bolt has required Attilan's children to study English. Mute people also used the **Tilan Sign Speak**.

Those of the Aerie's spoke Tilan and English.

The ancient Inhuman language used sigils.

#### Utolan

The Utolanians speak Shona and Makhuwa, but many also know English.

### Leisure and Entertainments

In Attilan a board strategy game existed, known as Bak Taga.

### Religion

Most of the Inhuman religions is closely related to Terrigenesis.

#### Attilan

In Attilan, the major religion involved ancestor-worship, with a guild of priests and priestesses administering the faith.

Priests are present in the Temple of Randac, the Tower of Weeping and (possibly the same) the Tower of Wisdom.[*citation needed*]

Timberius once mentioned the "Gods of all that grows", possibly more as an exclamation than an invocation to existing gods.

#### Utolan

In Utolan, it was believed that Terrigenesis was the Inhumans' great calling, unlocking a piece of the divine. They believed that despite the fact that they were created by the war-mongering Kree, that creation could have been guided unknowingly by the *"greater hand of the divine"*. That belief was used as explanation for the pairing of couples by the Maternal Council of Elders (due to the stagnation of the genepool), with the *"unifying belief"* and *"collective aspiration"* to find the combination of themselves that would unlock complete transcendence. Despite those beliefs, couples fell in love outside of council's pairings.

Many Elders invoked the "Goddesses", and Ikelli mentioned a (benevolent) "God", but shifted her faith interpretation to serve a God demanding death in its name.

#### Aerie (Sky-Island)

In Aerie, some Bird People invoked (possibly not in a worshiping way) "the Gods", Aerivar XVIII himself talking of "the **Sky-Gods**" and Red Raven of the "Gods of the Stratosphere".

A priesthood exists among the Aerie.

The Bloodraven Cult (or Bloodravens) are a dark sect worshiping their **Dark God**, whose vassal was the Wayfinder. They were forbidden by Red Raven, and opposed him.

#### Direst Wraiths

Among the Inhuman branch of the Dire Wraith, Queen Avoe was also a Goddess.

## Inhuman Biology

### Terrigenesis

The Terrigenesis is the source of most of the Inhumans' powers.

### Diseases

Inhumans are subject to diseases, among them "Gral's disease", a hereditary disease that expresses as extreme weakness in the sick Inhuman. It is not fatal if caught in time.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

Varies, if any. Even without using the Terrigen Mist, centuries of selective breeding have given some Inhumans certain advantages. Their average lifespan is 150 years.

Without Terrigenesis, Karnak possess strength, reaction time, speed, or endurance superior to humanity's most perfect physical specimen, Captain America, due to his eugenically superior Inhuman heritage and intensive training. Other Inhumans haven't been clearly shown to possess such powers originated from training and eugenics solely.

Medusa claimed that "her people" didn't really feel cold. It is unknown if it is a power common to Inhumans or if she is referring to the Attilans who lived for centuries in the North Atlantic, then decades in the Himalayas.

The Inhumans were meant by the Kree scientist who created them to be a *"deadly weapon of cosmic scale"*, *"Galactus-level weapons"*.

### Average Strength Level

Inhumans' strength levels can vary regarding their powers, originated from Terrigenesis or hereditary transmission.

Without Terrigenesis, Karnak can lift 1 ton and is physically slightly superior to the peak of normal human physical achievement, due to his eugenically superior Inhuman heritage and intensive training.

Other Inhumans, without Terrigenesis or extensive training, haven't been shown to display any degree of superhuman strength.

### Weaknesses

Due to their closed society, Inhumans have a far lower threshold to disease and pollution than ordinary humans.

## Habitat

### Atmosphere

Same as Earth, though with no germs or pollution

### Population

At present there are about 1,230 living Inhumans, all of whom dwell in Attilan.

## Miscellaneous

### Type of Government

Monarchy. Inhuman society is formatted in the style of a genocracy; ruled by the genetically fittest. As such, the elected Genetics Council is the major ruling body of the Inhumans besides the Royal Family.

### Level of Technology

Mostly Genetic Manipulation, though in general superior to Earth standard. Echo-Technology, which utilizes power from vibranium capacitors that store whispers of Black Bolt, including Echo-Skeleton Armor and Echo-Weapons (designed by Maximus).

### Cultural Traits

Miscegenation Prohibition, Rigid Caste System based on abilities, Conformists. Marriages have long been arranged by the government to eugenically further the race with couples only allowed to have a maximum of two offspring. Those born with powers not useful enough to Inhuman society are cast off to live in the Darkward End of Attilan as rejected outcasts and unmentionables to be detached from their former associates and family members.