Set (Earth-616)

## Set

* Supernatural Thrillers #3 (as Satha)
* Marvel Feature (Vol. 2) #6 (as Set)

**Set** was an Elder God, the first murderer, and a demon.

## Biography

### Birth

Set was an Elder God created by the Demiurge using the latent life energy of Earth. Set desired conquering the planet.

### Birth to Children

In order to aid his attempts to dominate the planet, Set would sire several children with the most notable being Sligguth and Damballah. Even with his children, Set yearned for more power.

### Becoming the First Murderer

Set discovered that he could increase his power by consuming the life energy of other Elder Gods. Set's first target was his brother Hyppus who he killed and ate, in the process Set became the world's first murderer. The majority of the other Elder Gods would follow in Set's footsteps and began hunting and killing their own, this resulted in the Elder Gods descending into demons.

### The Demogorge

Gaea, one of the few Elder Gods that didn't begin hunting her own kind, summoned the Demiurge and had it implant a new life in her womb. Gaea would give birth to Atum, the first member of a new type of God, who began hunting the demons in an effort to purify the world, in the process becoming a being known as the Demogorge. Set, his children, and his brother Chthon worked to oppose the Demogorge, but lacked the power to stop it.

### Escape to Another Dimension

In response Chthon left the Earth for another dimension, which was witnessed by Set and his children. Set then created a portal to his own dimension and both he and his children created decoys to trick the Demogorge before fleeing. While Set was in another dimension, he continued to watch the Earth from there and made plans for the planet.

### Age of Dinosaurs

Set had a special relationship and liking for the dinosaurs as he fed on the energies released from the dinosaurs hunting and eating each other, which over the course of years allowed him to amass more and more power. Gaea, on the other hand, was conflicted as she loved the dinosaurs but felt that they had made life on Earth stagnate. Gaea believed that mammals had the potential to evolve to a good point, and reluctantly decided to shift the conditions of Earth so that the dinosaurs would die out and mammals could dominate the planet.

Set refused to let his beloved species die and thus deprive him of power, and as such he used his demonic strength to command every single dinosaurs to deliberately attack and eliminate every single mammal on Earth. Gaea realized that only Set could have that power, and as such challenged him to confront her. Gaea was confronted by three dinosaurs who glew with demonic energy and merged together into a vessel for Set. Set attempted to kill Gaea, but Gaea managed to summon Atum who arrived on Earth to defend his mother. Atum rammed through Set's neck, decapitating Set and once again transformed into the Demogorge. Rather than die, Set grew bigger and gained two heads to replace his old one. The Demogorge and Set then had a massive fight, in which Set eventually got seven heads and caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, except for the area known as the Savage Land in Antarctica. Gaea sheltered the mammals from the battle and the Demogorge forced Set back to his dimension. Set was considerably weakened by the fight and was unable to return to Earth without the aid of another sentient being and he was unable to feed on the energy of the mammals. Demogorge returned to his original form and returned to the sun, and Gaea began guiding the evolution of the mammals, though Set still watched from his dimension and vowed vengeance on mammals.