Earth

**Earth**, also known as **Midgard**, **Terra**, or **Planet C-53**, is the third planet in the Solar System, home to the Humans, Amazons Atlanteans, Inhumans, the Eternals, the Deviants, Vampires, Elves, Dwarves and a multitude of other animal species, and a number of Asgardian immigrants.

It is one of the Nine Realms, a group of planetary bodies aligned by the cosmic nimbus Yggdrasil, and is also the central Realm that all the others revolve around. Earth orbits around one single star, the Sun, and has only one permanent natural satellite, called the Moon. The planet is notable for its high numbers of individuals with enhanced abilities, such as the Masters of the Mystic Arts, the Avengers and the Justice League.

## History

### Prehistory

#### Creation by the Celestials

In 4,540,000,000 B.C, Earth was formed by the Celestials. A Celestial seed carrying Tiamut the Communicator was planted amidst the core of the planet's foundations.

#### Global Exctiction

Around 66,000,000 B.C, a meteorite crashed on Earth, causing a global extinction that wiped out the planet's native dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. However, several dinosaurs managed to survive in hidden places on Earth.

#### Rise of the Old Gods

The King of the Old Gods, Zeus, created Mankind, who eventually spread their civilizations across the planet. Following their creation, Ares came to grow jealous of his father's creations, strove to corrupt them with violence, inducing Zeus to create the Amazons to spread love among Mankind, countering Ares' influence.

#### Wakanda

Centuries ago, as five African tribes battled over a meteorite made up of the metal vibranium, a warrior ingested a Heart-Shaped Herb affected by the metal and gained superhuman abilities. Becoming the first Black Panther, he united the five tribes and formed the nation of Wakanda.

#### Arrival of the Eternals

Deviants arrived on Earth and began to hunt humans as predators, prompting Arishem the Judge to send ten Eternals, Ajak, Sersi, Ikaris, Thena, Kingo, Sprite, Phastos, Makkari, Druig, and Gilgamesh, to hunt the Deviants so that could not prevent Tiamut the Communicator from being born out of the Earth, believing their mission to be focused on protecting humanity rather than causing the Emergence. As they arrived on Earth, a Deviant attacked a small village in Mesopotamia, but the Eternals stopped it. Sersi transformed a young boy's knife and handed it back to him as the Eternals began helping the humans to develop.

#### Darkseid's Invasion of Earth

In 3,000 B.C., the ancient cosmic warlord Darkseid had gained the Anti-Life Equation and arrived with an army of Parademons with the intentions to utilize the power of the Mother Boxes to terraform the planet into one similar to Apokolips, planning to use the world as a test run, but the invasion was met with resistance by a mighty alliance of Earth's armies, consisting of Amazons, Atlanteans, Elves, Dwarves and Humans, with the assistance of the Green Lantern Corps and the Old Gods. After a prolonged battle, Darkseid and his army were forced to retreat, resulting in him losing the Mother Boxes and the Anti-Life Equation. The Mother Boxes were each given to the planet's civilizations by Zeus and were stored away.

#### War of the Gods

Furthering his corruption of Mankind, Ares induced humanity to conquer the Amazons, leading Hippolyta to rise to lead her sisters to freedom once more. Meanwhile, the War of the Gods was against them, in which he slaughtered all of the other gods, until only Zeus remained. Zeus would defeat, wound, and drive his malevolent son into retreating, but was mortally wounded himself in the process. Before succumbing to his wounds, Zeus would father the "Godkiller" Diana by Hippolyta, and create the protected island of Themyscira for the Amazons to hide from Ares on, in order for humanity to once again have a godly savior from Ares one day.

#### Sauron's Conquest

Shortly after the fall of the Old Gods, the Council of Elders was formed, being represented by most of the species of the Nine Realms, including Elves, Humans, Asgardians, Atlanteans and Dwarves. They would forge the Rings of Power, giving three to the Elves, six to the Dwarves and eleven to Humans. However, the massive power of the rings would corrupt the human kings, leading them to become the Nazgul. One ring was forged the dark lord Sauron on Mount Doom, who then created armies of Orcs and Trolls and began to wage war on Earth. Earth's species retaliated, facing aganist Sauron, however they were no match for his massive armies and were almost completely wiped out. However, one human king named Ilisdur managed to cut off the One Ring from Sauron's finger, destroying his physical form and defeating him for the time being. Afterwards, the elf Elrond attempts to convince Ilisdur to destroy the One Ring by casting it into the fire on Mount Doom, but he refuses and keeps the Ring to himself. He is later slain by Sauron's orcs, causing the One Ring to be lost to a river for centuries.

#### Great Fall of Atlantis

In ancient times, Atlantis was the most technologically advanced nation of that time and was in the midst of a golden age. However, King Atlan became to ambitious for power and developed the Trident of Atlan. However, an experiment with the trident went terribly wrong which resulted in the destruction and sinking of Atlantis. As time progressed, Atlantis broke way into separate kingdoms and gained the ability to breathe underwater. Some such as the Fishermen, the Brine, and the Trench became different in appearance than their ancestors but the Brine had regressed while the Trench became nothing more than savage monsters.

#### Massacare in Khandaq

Long ago, Teth-Adam was chosen as a champion by the Council of Wizards due to his heroic and courageous actions. Teth-Adam soon became the ruler of Kahndaq and formed a family. However, when his family was murdered by criminals, Teth-Adam unintentionally rebased the Seven Deadly Sins on the criminals and on the people of Kahndaq, killing millions. Due to this terrible act, Shazam plagued Teth-Adam with the name **Black Adam** and confined him the bottom of the Earth. After his siblings were slaughtered by the Sins, Shazam sought a new champion pure of heart over the centuries to carry on the legacy on the Council of Wizards and protect the world from the Sins.

#### The Convergence

Earth is one of the Nine Realms. As a result, it is known to experience a cosmic phenomenon known as the Convergence every 5,000 years, by which the spatial boundaries between the worlds, on certain locations around the planet, would cease to exist due to the appearance of wormholes. The planet has experienced several of these events, which caused ancient civilizations and tribes to construct objects such as the Stonehenge to mark the location of the event.

#### Kryptonian Expansion

Earth was one of the many planets scouted for colonization during Krypton's era of expansion. The planet was changed to be the destination for Scout Ship 0344 by Dev-Em while Kara Zor-El and her crew were in stasis. During an ensuing fight between Kara and Dev, in which both Kryptonians were affected by the radiation from the system's sun, the ship automatically set course to the surface of what would later be Canada.

#### Sanctums

Over the centuries, certain individuals on Earth came to be aware of the existence of other dimensions, and found ways to harness the energy drawn from these dimensions to create magic. One such individual, Agamotto, realized that this new potential also presented the world with a new brand of threats, most significantly, the ruler of the Dark Dimension, Dormammu.

In order to defend the world from the megalomaniacal Dormammu, Agamotto founded the Masters of the Mystic Arts, a coalition of magic practitioners he himself taught. He built three Sanctums around the world to present a mystical shield for Earth that prevented Dormammu from crossing over from his plane of existence. The Sanctums were placed in what would become the cities of New York City, London and Hong Kong. Agamotto later died, and in his place, a long line of master sorcerers took his place. His most recent successor, a woman known as the Ancient One, had the longest tenure as head of the Masters of the Mystic Arts, drawing power directly from the Dark Dimension so that she could stay alive and young, clear into the 21st century.

#### Continued Development

With the help of the Eternals, humanity continued to develop, although some Eternals became frsutrated with their slow pace. In 575 B.C.E., Deviants attacked Babylon, and the Eternals successfully defended the city. Phastos introduced the plow to mankind while Sersi helped people learn to build and farm. Ikaris became more involved in helping humanity due to his love for Sersi, while Sprite told stories which would become Mesopotamian mythology. The Eternals eventually left Babylon and helped places such as India and Greece, where Sprite influenced the mythology and the Eternals continued to help the humanity evolve and grow.

### The Dark Ages

#### Jotuns Raid the Nine Realms

In 965 AD, a war between two Nine Realms' races, the Asgardians and the Frost Giants, made its way to Earth, specifically to Tønsberg, Norway, with the Asgardians defending the humans from the Frost Giants. The humans, in particular the peoples of Northern Europe, worshiped the Asgardians as deities. With devout Asgardian worshipers residing in Tønsberg, Odin brought the Tesseract, previously contained within his vault on Asgard, and left it in the possession of his Earth worshipers, who guarded the artifact for centuries.

#### Royal Visit

Early in Earth's history, the Asgardians would often visit Northern Europe and teach their language and culture to the humans, as well as display their abilities. Thor and Loki visited Norway, where the pair received the title of "God of Thunder" and "God of Mischief." Early Norse cultures learned much from these visits, although in time the Asgardians would withdraw back to Asgard and their memory would fall into myths and legend over the generations.

#### The Ten Rings

In the early 1000s, Xu Wenwu had heard legends of the Ten Rings, which grant power and Eternal life. He tracked down the Rings and began his conquest, developing an organization known as the Ten Rings which would develop worldwide influence. They developed influence in the Seljuk Empire, England, France, and United States of America, as well as Afghanistan.

#### Sauron's Return

Centuries after Sauron's inital defeat, the wizard Gandalf sensed that a dark power was awalening and ventured into Dol Guldur, where he ecountered a mysterious evil necromancer, who he belived to be the manifestation Sauron, but he could not confirm this to the Council of Elders, as the white wizard Saruman did not belive him, despite the brown wizard Radagast claiming to have seen the Witch-King Angmar. At the same tme, the dwarf prince Thorin Oakenshield contacted Gandalf and the two discussed taking back the Dwarves' tresure and the city of Erabor, which was taken by the dragon Smaug years before. They assembled a group of Dwarves and a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins. They eventually managed to find the mountain and Smaug was killed shortly after. After the dragon's fall, the dwarves were attacked by Orcs, led by Azog the Defiller and secretly working under the orders of Sauron. The group, with the help of several armies from across the Nine Realms, eventually secured victory over the Orc armies, but at the cost of Oakenshield's life.

#### Extermination of the Devinants

In 1521, the Eternals lived in Tenochtitlan and helped it develop, when Spain came across their land and began conquering it, resulting in a long-lasting war between the Spaniards and the natives. The Eternals finsihed killing all of the Deviants, with the exception of a few who had been frozen in Alaska without the Eternals' knowledge, and were prepared to leave. Druig was about to make them stop fighting, when Thena became overcome by Mahd Wy'ry and attacked the Eternals. They subdued Thena and figured out what was happening to her, causing Ajak to want to erase her memories. Gilgamesh insisted that he would protect and care for Thena. Druig became overcome with guilt and decided to stop the fighting between the Spaniards and the indigenous population, leaving. Ajak decided it was time for the Eternals to all split up, going to different places in the world. Ajak asked them to find their own purpose and tell her when they reunite. Sprite and Kingo spent some time together, but Kingo got tired of constantly moving around, so he left her. The Eternals continued to live on their own for centuries, except for Sersi and Ikaris, whose love kept them together until Ikaris became overrun with guilt about not telling Sersi their true purpose and left her.

### Early Modern Times

In the 1690s, the Salem Witch Trials began as a hunt for witches. During this time, a real witch known as Agatha Harkness stole knowledge of magic which she was not yet ready to receive. Harkness' coven, led by her mother, attempted to execute Harkness for her crimes, but Harkness instead killed the rest of the coven and began working to grow increasingly powerful.

### 20th Century

#### World War I

As most of Europe was consumed by World War I, U.S pilot Steve Trevor would eventually come across Themyscira and discover the Amazons. Diana would indeed return to save humanity 5,000 years later, near the end of World War I in 1918 alongside Steve and his team the Wonder Men, resulting in the defeat of Germany and Ares, as well as the end of the war.

Even after World War I and the end of Ares' influences, humanity would still continued to wage war on each other. Among many of the wars created were World War II and the Cold War.

#### World War II

The 1940s were a tumultuous time. Depression years and racial disharmony in Europe sparked World War II, pressing various factions into a technology race. While Nazi forces occupied much of Central Europe, HYDRA, now masquerading as a Nazi science detachment, were making gains in unconventional warfare. Their leader, Johann Schmidt, actually managed to procure the Tesseract, an Infinity Stone that the Asgardian king Odin left on Earth some time after the Frost Giant attack in Norway. In studying the Tesseract, HYDRA was able to devise new and deadly weapons for their war effort.

In America, Abraham Erskine and Howard Stark were poised on the verge of breakthroughs that would set the stage for the world of the modern "superhero". Erskine had developed a "super soldier" serum that was to transform an ordinary man into something altogether stronger, faster, and more resilient. As a result of this experimental process, Steve Rogers, an ill-fitted man from New York City, became the world's first superhero, "Captain America", but not without cost. Erskine was assassinated by HYDRA operatives and what remained of his serum was destroyed before the project could be pushed into widespread use. In spite of this, Rogers proved to be a brilliant military expert and soldier and led many soldiers into victory, eventually bringing down HYDRA and defeating Schmidt. However, a final mission against HYDRA left Rogers stranded in the Arctic, where he was left frozen for the next seven decades. In the end, the war was won, not with super soldiers, but with many countless lives and simple, bloody warfare.

During World War II, the Latin American nation of Corto Maltese was controlled by the Nazis who used prisoners of war to create some of the world's first metahumans using the facility known as Jotunheim, named after the homeworld of the Frost Giants. However, the Nazis lost the war and abandoned Jotunheim.

The Strategic Scientific Reserve, founded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a counterpart to HYDRA, continued operation after the end of the war. Peggy Carter, Rogers' love interest, was a member though she was treated as less than equal by her co-workers. After Stark was accused of treason and selling weapons to America's enemies, Stark sought her help in clearing his name and left her his butler Edwin Jarvis as a companion and confidante. Actively working against the SSR, Carter went on many missions assisted only by Jarvis to attempt to solve the Stark case before her co-workers did. Simultaneously, Carter and the SSR worked against Leviathan, a secret Russian organization that slowly emerged against the U.S. After the situation was sorted out, two of the SSR's prisoners Arnim Zola and Johann Fennhoff met in a cell and Zola recruited Fennhoff into his plan to rebuild HYDRA. With Operation Paperclip, the United States Government including the SSR recruited former Nazi scientists, Zola included, to work for them.

#### Formation of S.H.I.E.L.D.

In the 1950s, Howard Stark, Peggy Carter, and Chester Phillips founded the world-spanning security agency, the Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement Logistics Division (S.H.I.E.L.D.) and absorbed the SSR into the new agency. Stark, who had assisted with Abraham Erskine's program, went on to develop numerous advances in technology. Learning from the recovered Tesseract, he went on to develop prototype Arc Reactors, powerful sources of energy in their own right. He eventually was targeted by HYDRA and assassinated by the Winter Soldier in 1991, leaving his business empire to his young son, Tony, and his company, Stark Industries, grew into a world renowned supplier of weapons technology.

#### Cold War

In 1984, Diana was heavily involved in the Cold War and fought alongside a temporarily revived Steve Trevor during Max Lord's campaign. She was able to prevent a nuclear holocaust between the United States and the Soviet Union after convincing most of world's citizens to renounce their wishes to reverse the Dreamstone's effects.

#### Expansion of the Red Room

Over the years, the Red Room began to have global influence as it partnered with the KGB and sent agents on missions around the world. Its leader, Dreykov, held meetings with several influential world leaders, including Jimmy Carter.

#### Visitations

Extraterrestrials continued to visit the planet, but on individual missions, unlike the Frost Giants or the Kree. One such being, the creature known as Ego, had a relationship with Missouri native Meredith Quill and fathered a son named Peter; years later, he tasked the interstellar criminal group known as the Ravagers to retrieve the boy. The child's unexpected departure into outer space instigated his eventual role as the leader of the intergalactic justice squad, the Guardians of the Galaxy, who would later save the planet Xandar from Ronan the Accuser.

At some point, the Galactic Empire set their sights on Earth, but they were destroyed by the Rebel Alliance before they could get their chance to colonize the planet.

In the 1990s, the Kree Empire once again made its way to Earth, this time in the midst of their galactic war with the Skrulls. The Kree scientist Mar-Vell, in direct defiance to her people's directives, sought to help the Skrulls evade what was viewed as an unjust campaign of genocide against them by the Kree. To that end, she took on a human persona within S.H.I.E.L.D. and used the Tesseract to create a Light-Speed Engine with the power to transport the Skrulls to a region of space where the Kree could not reach them. The Supreme Intelligence attempted to stop Mar-Vell's operation by deploying the Starforce to Earth, resulting in Mar-Vell being killed and the Light-Speed Engine being destroyed. The incident left Air Force pilot Carol Danvers with immense cosmic abilities.

After initially being brainwashed by the Kree into fighting the Skrulls for them, Danvers worked to complete Mar-Vell's mission. With a few S.H.I.E.L.D. agents caught in the middle, Danvers assisted the Skrulls in driving the Kree away from Earth, even averting a bombardment attempt against the planet by the Accusers. Worried about potential threats to Earth like the Kree that not even S.H.I.E.L.D. can fight against, agent Nick Fury, who worked closely with Danvers during her visit to Earth, chose to develop the Avengers Initiative, an initiative created in order to find and assemble a group of superhumans who may protect Earth from those potential threats.

#### North Institute

In 1992, Alexei Shostakov, Melina Vostokoff, Natasha Romanoff, and Yelena Belova were sent to Ohio on a mission for the Red Room to inflitrate the North Institute and steal their research on mind control. In 1995, Shostakov had successfully the files and burned the facility, prompting S.H.I.E.L.D. to chase after them. They escaped to Cuba, where they met with Dreykov and were separated. Vostokoff then continued her research, hoping to find a way to chemically subjugate its agents.

### 21st Century

#### The Hulk's Birth

The dawn of the superhero age might have looked like a brief spark to those who grew up reading the exploits of Captain America, but it was soon to flare into a far brighter flame. The secrets of Erskine's formula had baffled scientists for decades until Doctor Bruce Banner, a graduate from Culver University, explored a new direction and bombarded himself with Gamma Radiation to prove his theories. His experiment was successful in augmenting the human form, but the extent of the mutation was far beyond anything anyone could have anticipated. Banner was transformed into a raging green beast that was later dubbed the "Hulk", and found himself being hunted by military operatives that sought to exploit the transformation for the army's weapons division.

#### Budapest Operation

The Red Room continued to grow more powerful, and gained allies in politicians such as Vladimir Putin and Condoleezza Rice. Natasha Romanoff remained a loyal ally to the Red Room, although she wanted to leave. Clint Barton was sent on a mission by S.H.I.E.L.D. to kill Romanoff, but saw her desperation to leave and decided to recruite her to S.H.I.E.L.D.. Romanoff needed to prove herself by killing the leader of the Red Room, Dreykov, who was in Budapest at the same time has her and Barton.

Romanoff used Dreykov's daughter as assurance that he would be in a building which had been rigged by bombs, telling Barton to blow up the building. Although both Dreykov and his daughter survived, his daughter was severely injured. Barton and Romanoff were in a ten-day shootout with Hungarian forces, when they finally escaped and Romanoff was recruited to join S.H.I.E.L.D. as an agent.

Meanwhile, the Red Room remained active, but was forced underground as he used the fact that S.H.I.E.L.D. believed him dead to stay hidden. Dreykov gave his daughter a suit and a computer chip to hide her disfigurement and give her the ability to copy any skills she sees. Melina Vostokoff eventually figured out how to chemically mind control the Red Room's agents, and the system was implemented on current and future members of the Black Widows.

#### The Age of Heroes

In response to threats posed by such things as Hulk and the Tesseract, governments of the world formed the World Security Council, which in turn channeled resources into S.H.I.E.L.D., appointing Nick Fury as the agency's director.

Tony Stark, who had spent the years since his father's death learning the role of businessman and further developing his father's company, became a pivotal participant in the superhero age. An inventive genius himself, he was personally responsible for many of the innovations that made Stark Industries a world leader in weapons technology. While on a trip to Afghanistan, Stark's convoy was ambushed by the Ten Rings terrorist group and he was held captive and forced to develop weapons for the organization. He escaped from his captors by building a battlesuit for himself rather than the missile system they wanted, but the whole incident had a profound effect on him. He turned his company away from the path of violence, while constructing a series of high-tech battlesuits that he hoped to use to achieve world peace. Stark's vigilante actions had the effect of ushering in a new superhero age, and taking a leaf from the press, he began publicly referring to his heroic persona as "Iron Man".

S.H.I.E.L.D. soon took an interest in Iron Man's activities. Nick Fury approached Stark on several occasions and reviewed him for potential inclusion into the Avengers Initiative, but ultimately withdrew from seeking his personal involvement due to his erratic nature. Instead, S.H.I.E.L.D. turned their attentions to exploring Stark's weapons technologies. Their mandate was to protect the world from such powerful threats as Hulk, and to this end they began to grow from a clandestine police agency into a powerful military force. Hulk, however, would prove to have the heart of a hero by stopping maddened soldier Emil Blonsky, who used a similar variation of Banner's formula to transform himself into a grotesque, Hulk-like creature that rampaged through Harlem. Hulk stopped Blonsky and continued running.

#### A Changed World

The most significant development in human history took place when the Asgardians, thought to be nothing more than a myth after centuries of absence, returned once again to the world when Thor, the heir to the throne of Asgard, found himself banished to Earth after unintentionally brewing another war with the Frost Giants. While his initial appearance went unnoticed to all but a few scientists, his hammer Mjølnir caused quite a stir after it impacted in Puente Antiguo, New Mexico, and also drew the attention of S.H.I.E.L.D. After numerous altercations, Thor's adopted brother, Loki, sent the Asgardian Destroyer to Puente Antiguo to kill Thor and ensure Loki's own coronation. However, Thor reclaimed Mjølnir and defeated the Destroyer, and announced that S.H.I.E.L.D. could thereafter count him as an ally. This event revealed to humanity that they were not alone in the universe, and the now paranoid World Security Council withdrew all of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s resources away from the Avengers Initiative, and more on developing weapons to deter possible alien threats. Later that same year, a S.H.I.E.L.D. expedition team found Steve Rogers' frozen body in Arctic, and due to the effects of the super soldier serum in his body, he was still alive and revived. Having nowhere else to go, Rogers joined S.H.I.E.L.D.'s services and became a superhero once again.

#### The Chitauri Invasion

By 2012, the Avengers Initiative had been dropped on the council's orders, but was soon brought into effect when Loki, having being banished from Asgard after the events in Puente Antiguo, made a surprise appearance and stole the Tesseract away from S.H.I.E.L.D. in a campaign to conquer Earth. In a desperate bid to counter this threat, S.H.I.E.L.D. reactivated the Avengers Initiative, calling in Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, and Steve Rogers. Thor and elite S.H.I.E.L.D. agents Natasha Romanoff and Clint Barton also provided support, and together, the six individuals formed the first official Avengers lineup. The team battled Loki and his allies, an alien race called the Chitauri, in New York City, and eventually defeated them both. The Avengers Initiative was reactivated in light of its success, and S.H.I.E.L.D. began seeking out other superhumans.

#### Post-Chitauri World

Over the next few years, the Avengers would continue to act independently, fighting off numerous threats that S.H.I.E.L.D. could not. Tony Stark, suffering from severe post traumatic stress disorder following his experience with the Chitauri, came into conflict with an old enemy of his, Aldrich Killian. Killian attempted to control both sides of the War on Terror and monopolize from the war through use of the Extremis formula he created. With help from his two close friends, Pepper Potts and James Rhodes, Stark defeated Killian.

In 2013, the Convergence occurred in London, and Malekith, the leader of a hostile race called the Dark Elves, tried to use it as a means of unleashing the destructive Aether upon the Nine Realms. Malekith nearly succeeded in annihilating all of the Nine Realms, including Earth, but was defeated by Thor. Pieces of Dark Elf technology left behind after the battle were recovered by S.H.I.E.L.D.

Later that year, after a separate attack that left Smallville, Kansas devastated, General Zod attempted to alter Earth's atmosphere and create a new Krypton, partially destroying the city of Metropolis in the process. However, his plan was ultimately foiled and Zod himself was defeated and killed by Superman while the Sword of Rao were re-imprisoned in the Phantom Zone. Superman's actions attracted both S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers, who decided to invistigate his origins.

#### The Fall of S.H.I.E.L.D.

In 2014, S.H.I.E.L.D., growing increasingly paranoid over the growing supernatural phenomena, took a greater step in its development. Through an operation dubbed "Project Insight", S.H.I.E.L.D. hoped to use three advanced Helicarriers to preemptively eliminate potential threats. However, the entire operation backfired on them when the HYDRA infiltration, having remained low for the past decades, emerged through corrupt senior S.H.I.E.L.D. operative Alexander Pierce. Pierce attempted to use Project Insight to bombard the East Coast and impose a new world order, but through the combined efforts of Captain America, Falcon, Black Widow, Maria Hill, and Nick Fury, Pierce was thwarted.

#### The Expansion in Missouri

When Ego visited Earth in the 1980s, he planted a seed under the ground which he intended to expand and cover all of the planet. In October of 2014, the seed suddenly grew and began covering the area, only to stop in the middle of the process due to the Guardians of the Galaxy putting an end to Ego and his plans.

#### Ultron

S.H.I.E.L.D.'s efforts in bringing HYDRA down was met with seemingly charitable results, but would prove to cause even worse unforeseen events. In 2015, S.H.I.E.L.D., using information recovered from HYDRA, had the Avengers reassembled to take back the alien Scepter that Loki used in his campaign against the human race; HYDRA leader Baron Strucker was conducting experiments with the weapon and the Infinity Stone contained within. The only successful subjects were the twins Pietro and Wanda Maximoff, who developed extraordinary powers.

The Avengers recovered the scepter and destroyed Strucker's HYDRA cell in a successful raid of Strucker's facility in Sokovia. The victory led to even worse unforeseen events when Tony Stark's meddling with the device and the Infinity Stone resulted in the creation of Ultron, an artificial intelligence conceived by Stark as being a global peacekeeping program designed to replace the Avengers. Moments after his activation, Ultron went rogue and immediately started up a mad plan to achieve world peace via humanity's extinction, and recruited the Maximoff twins to assist him. Together, the trio battled the Avengers numerous times, but the Maximoffs eventually found out about Ultron's genocidal intents and rebelled against him. Teaming up with the Maximoffs and the benevolent synthetic, the Vision, the Avengers fought Ultron a final time in Sokovia. While the Avengers were victorious, public opinion against them was strained as a result of the collateral damage and death created by the conflict, and the team became fragmented, resulting in a new lineup.

#### Ant-Man

When corrupt businessman Darren Cross forged a partnership with HYDRA to put the Yellowjacket Suit into mass production, Hank Pym sought out small-time criminal Scott Lang. Long-retired from his role as Ant-Man and unable to take action himself, Pym chose Lang to be his successor. With Pym's guidance, Lang stopped Cross' dealings with HYDRA and defeated the madman. Though much less extensive on a global scale, Lang's activities did attract the attention of the Avengers, who sought to recruit him into their ranks.

#### Death of Superman

Two years after the Black Zero Event, Lex Luthor became determined to cease Superman's existence and unleashed the devastating abomination Doomsday that could have easily brought about the eventual extinction of human civilization on Earth if left unchecked. Weaponry of the U.S. military proved completely ineffective against the might of Doomsday, which included fighter jets and a nuclear warhead. With the ability to unleash massive amounts of destructive energy to heal itself from any attacks, Doomsday proved to be nearly invulnerable and more than even Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman could handle. Only near perfect coordinated attacks from the Trinity, and Superman's willingness to sacrifice himself to kill the Kryptonian/human hybrid monster using a Kryptonite spear (that ultimately weakened them both) saved the day. Though not without cost, as Superman and Doomsday delivered the final deathblows to each other, Earth was saved once again, but now more vulnerable than ever with more eventual alien invaders on the way and Earth's most powerful champion presumed dead. These events prompted Batman to work with Wonder Woman to recruit a metahuman response team (the Justice League) to fill the void left by Superman's death, as Earth was almost certain to have another huge confrontation with powerful threats on the horizon.

#### Avengers Civil War

After the final fight against Ultron in Sokovia, and the tragic death of Superman, the governments of the world agreed that the Avengers and other heroes must not operate without supervision. Therefore, the Sokovia Accords was improved. The Accords obliged the signatories to operate under an United Nations panel that would decide for the Avengers when and where to operate. Tony Stark agreed with the Accords, since he felt guilty for creating Ultron. Conversely, Steve Rogers disagreed with the Accords, claiming that they must have responsibility for their actions. As the governments converged in Vienna to ratify the Accords, a bomb was activated outside the Vienna International Centre. As the authorities believed that Bucky Barnes was behind the attack, Rogers went to defend his old friend. His illegal actions, combined with some of the Avengers' disagreements with the Accords, caused a battle between two factions of the Avengers, one led by Rogers, who recruited Ant-Man, and the other by Stark, who recruited Black Panther and Spider-Man. By the end, Rogers stopped the instigator of their fight, Helmut Zemo, but the Avengers were disbanded. Meanwhile, Sharon Carter, who had helped steal Captain America's Shield, was forced on the run and did not receive aid from the Avengers. Ending up in Madripoor, Carter decided to begin running a criminal enterprise. She ended up running Madripoor under the alias "Power Broker."

#### Ending the Red Room

While on the run from Thaddeus Ross, Natasha Romanoff came across the Red Dust, a cure for the chemical subjugation brought about by Melina Vostokoff's research. Yelena Belova was freed from the subjugation by Oksana, and she told Romanoff that Dreykov was still alive and the Red Room was still active. The women reunited with Alexei Shostakov and Melina Vostokoff, who teamed up with Belova and Romanoff to take down the Red Room. They were taken to the Red Room's new facility in the sky, where Romanoff confronted Dreykov. Belova freed the Black Widows, including Dreykov's daughter Antonia, from the Red Room's control and the facility crashed to the ground. Ross' men approached and dealth with the ruins of the facility as Belova, Vostokoff, and Shostakov fled. Two weeks later, Romanoff helped Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes break several Avengers out of the Raft.

#### Long Live the King

Returning home to Wakanda, T'Challa, the Black Panther, was crowned the new king of Wakanda. Some of his subjects were hoping that T'Challa would do a foreign policy reform for Wakanda so it would be able to help other countries. Soon afterwards, T'Challa was challenged by N'Jadaka, T'Challa's estranged cousin, who changed his name to Erik Killmonger during his exile. Killmonger returned to his homeland, outraged towards Wakanda for its inaction for the world's recent events, as well as its isolation from neighboring countries in desperate need of aid. Killmonger, challenging T'Challa's right to the throne, defeated his cousin and was crowned the new king and Black Panther with plans to bring the country into the modern world. He set in motion plans to use Wakandan agents scattered across the world, equipping them with Wakanda's advanced technology, to create a unified global empire with Wakanda as the leading nation. Only after a fierce battle between tribes and duel with T'Challa, which ended in the death of Killmonger, was the plan was stopped. However, T'Challa saw truth to his cousin's actions, and was convinced that Wakanda should help the world. Soon, T'Challa spoke at a peace summit in which he revealed to the world his country's true nature and plans to better it with Wakanda's aid.

#### Secret Avengers

T'Challa's sister, Shuri, then agreed to help Bucky Barnes get cured of his brainwashing as the Winter Soldier. Once she began to her work, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, and Sam Wilson used intelligence gained from Everett Ross to take down a terrorist group known as the Needle. They helped on several other missions, including one involving the illegal sale of Chitauri weapons, and continued to work as superheroes, with the help of S.H.I.E.L.D..

#### Friendly Neighborhood Hero

Following his experience with the Avengers, Peter Parker continued helping the people of New York City, hoping that he would eventually be offered by Tony Stark to join the team. Parker entered into a conflict with the Vulture and his crew, which caused some severe damages in the city. Stark was disappointed at Parker, who let himself be in danger, so he confiscated the Spider-Man Suit. However, Parker could not let the Vulture to complete his plan, so he stopped him from stealing some Stark Industries tech and also led to the Vulture's arrest. Stark was impressed by Spider-Man, and finally offered him to join the Avengers. However, Parker declined, claiming that he should help the ordinary civilians.

#### Sucide Squad

When the ancient Homo Magi, Enchantress, and her brother, Incubus, threatened to destroy the modern world and remake it in their image, ARGUS Director Amanda Waller created Task Force X, a team of disposable incarcerated criminals with exceptional abilities and skills to battle against such formidable threats. Task Force X successfully defeated the two during a lengthy battle in Midway City, receiving 10 years off their prison sentences. However, Harley escaped with the Joker.

#### A New Protector

While the Avengers fell into turmoil, other larger scale heroes arose in response to a growing number of supernatural threats. After a dissension in the Masters of the Mystic Arts, the sorcerer Kaecilius and his followers devoted themselves to Dormammu in order to attach Earth to the Dark Dimension. At the same time, the trailblazer neurosurgeon Stephen Strange was in a car accident that left his hands dysfunctional. After modern medicines disappointed him, Strange went to Kamar-Taj to find a cure. There, he met the Ancient One. She and her disciples taught him the ways of magic, just as Kaecilius and his followers attacked the three Sanctums, leading to the Ancient One's death, and opened the Dark Dimension. Doctor Strange, with the Eye of Agamotto, convinced Dormammu to leave Earth and take Kaecilius and his allies with him. Thus, Earth was saved and Doctor Strange dedicated his life to protect the world from Multidimensional threats.

#### Odin's Death and Hela's Return

Because of Loki, Odin was living his life exiled on Earth. He was admitted to a old age home in New York City but soon left for a remote location in Norway. After arriving on Earth, Thor and Loki, with the help of Doctor Strange were able to locate Odin. After using the Sling Ring to arrive in Norway, Odin asked the two to look after the Asgardians after his demise. Moments after his death, Hela, who was imprisoned for ages was unleashed and intended to rule Asgard. When Thor attacked her by throwing his hammer at her, she managed to break it before Loki called the Bifrost Bridge allowing her escape to Asgard.

#### Steppenwolf's Invasion

Nearly two years after Superman's sacrifice, Steppenwolf was ordered by Darkseid to commence a second invasion of Earth. However, he was defeated and slain by the newly formed Justice League during a showdown in northern Russia, which consisted of Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Flash, Cyborg, and a revived Superman. After Steppenwolf's demise, the Justice League were hailed as international heroes, becoming a public inspiration with merchandise created in their honor.

#### War for Atlantis

A year after the defeat of Steppenwolf, Orm of Atlantis plotted an invasion of the surface world as vengeance for years of humans polluting and poisoning the oceans and planned to unite the Seven Kingdoms of Atlantis together either through persuasion or force to succeed in his planned war. However, the planned invasion was foiled before it could even begin due to Orm's brother Arthur Curry, now known as the hero Aquaman, managing to claim the Trident of Atlan with the help of Mera, Vulko and his mother Atlanna and defeat Orm in battle, dethroning him and taking his place as the new king of Atlantis.

#### Infinity War

In 2018, the alien named Thanos, armed with the Infinity Gauntlet, set out on a campaign to claim all the Infinity Stones to achieve his goal of saving the universe from the threat of overpopulation by wiping out half of all life in the universe. As two Stones were on Earth, he sent his adopted children, the Black Order, to retrieve them. The Avengers, Masters of the Mystic Arts, and Wakandans banded together in an attempt to stop them in New York City, England, and Wakanda.

However, following the battle in Wakanda, Thanos arrived on Earth personally and was successful in obtaining all the Stones. He then implemented the Snap, which eliminated half of all life in the universe with people disintegrating worldwide.

Three weeks later, the remaining Avengers and Rocket Raccoon, aided by Captain Marvel and Nebula, managed to track Thanos down and departed Earth to find him.

#### Picking up the Pieces

Following the Snap, the countries of the world came together in peace. Although there were hardships, many countries lowered their borders and people were free to come and go as they pleased, establishing settlement camps. Life began to move on from the traumatic loss, and people moved into new homes as society regrew. Policies were put in place at organizations such as S.W.O.R.D. in the event that the people who had disappeared ever came back.

#### Avenging the Fallen

Five years following the Snap, hope was once again given to the remaining Avengers and their allies when Scott Lang, through a sheer chance of fortunate luck escaped the Quantum Realm, in which he had been trapped, and presented the team with the idea of using the properties and physics of time in the Quantum Realm to collect the Infinity Stones from various timelines and use them to reverse the Snap. With this the once fractured Avengers team and remaining Guardians of the Galaxy came together and declared that they would undo the Snap by any means necessary.

While the heroes encountered hurtles and more loss with Natasha Romanoff's sacrifice, the team succeeded in retrieving all six of the Stones from different points and time and managed to undo Snap. However, an alternate Thanos from an alternate 2014 timeline stumbled upon the Avengers' plans and attacked them. This time, he determined to erase the whole universe and form a new one with its inhabitants having no memory of what was loss. Those restored from the Snap and those who had revived them bring all of their allies and resources to the Battle of Earth.

After a tremendous and hard battle, Tony Stark sacrificed his life and used the Stones to erase from existence all of Thanos' forces including Thanos himself, bringing the universe back to relative peace. Steve Rogers then returned the Infinity Stones to their proper timelines and decided to live his life in an alternate 1940s with Peggy Carter, leaving the mantle of Captain America to his friend, Sam Wilson. Former S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury later went into space and worked with Skrulls.

#### Moving On

Following the Blip, the world tried its hardest to return to a sense of normalcy. S.W.O.R.D. employees were slow to return to work, with the first one not returning for three weeks. Banks also created tighter restrictions on loans for people who had disappeared. The Global Repatriation Council was established as a way for the world to try to return to normalcy, helping those who had disappeared reintegrate into their lives.

Following the loss of so many Avengers, the world struggled to find their heroes. A mere three weeks following the return of the victims of the Snap, Wanda Maximoff went to S.W.O.R.D.'s headquarters in order to attempt to recover the body of Vision, who had sacrificed himself attempting to prevent the Snap. However, when she could not bring him back, Maximoff drove to Westview, New Jersey and had a mental breakdown which resulted in the entire town falling under her magic spell, enchanting them to partake in a sitcom reality in which Maximoff and Vision were married with children and living a happy life together. When S.W.O.R.D. responded to this, a conflict arose between Maximoff and the organization. Meanwhile, the witch, Agatha Harkness, attempted to get Maximoff to reveal her powers so that she could take them for herself. Maximoff defeated Harkness and S.W.O.R.D., leading to the arrest of S.W.O.R.D.'s director, Tyler Hayward, for violating the Sokovia Accords by resurrecting the Vision as White Vision. White Vision was given his memories back by the Vision which Maximoff had created, and fled Westview and S.W.O.R.D.. Maximoff imprisoned Harkness in a sitcom personality and fled Westview. Meanwhile, S.W.O.R.D. agent Monica Rambeau was recruited by a Skrull to work with Nick Fury.

#### Tiamut the Communicator's Emergence

Ikaris and Ajak were reunited after several Deviants thawed in Alaska after being frozen for centuries. Ajak said that she wanted to stop Earth from being destroyed in the Emergence, but Ikaris' loyalty to Arishem the Judge did not waiver, as Ikaris killed Ajak by feeding her to the Deviants.

Following a global earthquake, Sersi, Ikaris, and Sprite reunited when Sprite and Sersi were attacked by a Deviant named Kro. They defeated Kro and decided to reunite the rest of the Eternals. After rejoining with Gilgamesh, Thena, Kingo, and Kingo's valet Karun Patel, Sersi learned that the Eternals' true purpose was to allow a Celestial named Tiamut the Communicator to be born, destroying Earth. The Eternals decided to go against their purpose, reunited with Phastos, Druig, and Makkari in order to do so. They located Tiamut in the Indian Ocean.

Phastos developed a Uni-Mind to grow Druig's power so that he could mind control Tiamut and make him sleep, but Ikaris attempted to stop them and allow Tiamut to emerge. He and Sprite left together, and Kingo and Patel left as Kingo did not want to prevent the Celestial's birth. Sersi, Druig, Thena, and Makkari attempted to stop Tiamut, but Ikaris incapacitated Druig, leading to a battle. Kro arrived and attempted to kill the Eternals, but Thena killed him. Sersi connected to the Uni-Mind and used her power to kill Tiamut.

Weeks later, Tiamut's remains were seen as a mystery to those on Earth. Meanwhile, Arishem suddenly appeared above Earth and kidnapped Sersi, Phastos, and Kingo, declaring that their memories would determine whether the Earth deserved to continue.

#### New Captain America

Sam Wilson struggled with taking on the mantle of Captain America from Steve Rogers. He rejoined the United States Air Force and helped them hunt a terrorist organization known as the Flag Smashers, who wanted the world to go back to the way it was before the Blip. Meanwhile, Bucky Barnes had received a pardon for the crimes he committed as the Winter Soldier, on the condition that he go to therapy. Wilson decided that no one should carry the mantle of Captain America, so he gave Captain America's Shield to the Smithsonian Institution, only for the government to then give the mantle of Captain America to John Walker. Wilson, Barnes, Walker, and Lemar Hoskins hunted the Flag Smashers although fighting between them led to Wilson and Barnes working separately from Walker and Hoskins, and Wilson and Barnes broke Helmut Zemo out of prison for help. News of Zemo's escape spread to Wakanda, so Ayo was sent to retrieve Zemo, but Barnes managed to convince her to let the use him. Wilson nearly convinced the Flag Smashers' leader, Karli Morgenthau, to stop their attacks, but Walker interrupted them, leading to further conflict which resulted in Hoskins' death and Walker brutally murdering one of the Flag Smashers publicly on camera. Walker was stripped of the title of Captain America, although he refused to give it up. Meanwhile, Zemo was sent back to prison and Wilson had recovered he shield and decided to embrace the title of Captain America, when the Flag Smashers attacked a Global Repatriation Council vote. Wilson saved the Council in a confrontation which resulted in Morgenthau's death and proceeded to tell the Council that they needed to do better and listen to Morgenthau's philosophy due to the genuine points she had in her ideology. The Council decided not to approve the Patch Act, and the rest of the Flag Smashers were killed by Zemo's butler, Oeznik. Meanwhile, Sharon Carter received a pardon for her crimes in exchange for her help defeating the Flag Smashers, granting the Power Broker access to United States government secrets.

#### Mysterio's Deception

In 2024, while Peter Parker struggled with the media who believed him to be "the new Iron Man," Quentin Beck, a disgruntled former employee of Stark Industries, gathered a group of former employees together to attempt to make Beck into the world's newest superhero called Mysterio. Beck and his crew used B.A.R.F. to create the appearance of large monsters and Beck saved the day. Talos and Soren, who were impersonating Nick Fury and Maria Hill respectively, met Beck and took him in as a hero. They recruited Parker for help stopping the Elementals, and when all four were "stopped," Beck was offered a spot in Fury's crew. Parker believed Beck to be the person to become the new Iron Man, so he gave Beck control of E.D.I.T.H., an artificial intelligence gifted to Parker by Stark. However, Parker figured out that Beck was faking the attacks, so he went to London, where Beck was planning on using an Elemental Fusion to cement himself as a hero, in order to stop him. Parker killed Beck and regained control of E.D.I.T.H., ending the attack. However, a member of Beck's crew, William Ginter Riva, altered footage of Parker killing Beck to make it appear as though Parker were the one to attack London, outing his secret identity to the world and accusing him of being a terrorist.

#### Spider-Man Multiversal Crisis

Matt Murdock got the charges against Peter Parker dropped, although he became a controversial figure. The controversy led to Parker, Michelle Jones, and Ned Leeds not getting into any colleges, so Parker asked Doctor Strange for help casting a spell that would cause the world to forget his identity. However, Strange mentioned that the spell would include the people he loves, prompting Parker to ask for the spell to be change several times and exclude several people. This affected the spell, causing cracks in the Multiverse to allow Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Electro, Sandman, the Lizard, Eddie Brock, Venom, and two alternate versions of Parker to appear on Earth from their own universes.

Strange demanded that Parker and his friends capture the villains so they could be returned home, but Parker refused when he learned that many would be killed upon returning. Parker brought Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Electro, Sandman, and the Lizard to Happy Hogan's apartment and attempted to cure them. After curing Doctor Octopus, the others escaped. With help from his alternate selves, Parker developed a cure for each of the villains at Midtown School of Science and Technology and lured them to the Statue of Liberty, where he cured each one.

However, as Strange's spell continued to worsen, every person across the Multiverse who knew Spider-Man's identity began to appear, prompting Parker to ask Strange to cast the original spell and make the entire Multiverse, including Parker's loved ones, forget Parker's identity and who he is. This caused the breaks in the Multiverse to be fixed.

Weeks later, Spider-Man continued working as a hero as he rented his own apartment and began life on his own.

#### Return of Ronin

While taking his children to New York City for Christmas, Clint Barton discovered that Kate Bishop had gotten a hold of the suit he used as the Ronin and was found by the Tracksuit Mafia. Barton asked for the suit to be returned, but Bishop's apartment was attacked by the Tracksuit Mafia, and the suit was stolen by a firefighter. Barton recovered the suit and got himself captured by the Tracksuit Mafia, hoping to make them understand that Bishop was not the Ronin.

However, the Tracksuits' leader, Maya Lopez, did not believe Barton, and Bishop crashed in to attempt to save Barton, getting captured. Barton and Bishop escaped, and Bishop continued to investigate the death of her steprelative, Armand Duquesne III, believing it to have been done by her stepfather, Jack Duquesne. Meanwhile, Barton attempted to find a watch which the Tracksuit Mafia had stolen, resulting in a battle, during which Yelena Belova attacked Barton, believing Natasha Romanoff's death to be Barton's fault. Barton revealed himself as the Ronin to Lopez, saying that he was sent by someone within the Tracksuit Mafia to kill her father and the rest of the mafia, and that Fisk wanted her father dead.

Barton and Bishop discovered that Bishop's mother was in fact Armand Duquesne's killer, who had been hired by Wilson Fisk. Belova sent Bishop a video of her mother leaving Fisk's organization, which Barton realized would cause Fisk to attempt to kill her. The Tracksuit Mafia was sent after her, resulting in a battle between Barton, Bishop, and the Tracksuit Mafia. While Barton fought the Tracksuits, Bishop found Belova attempting to kill Barton and held her off. Bishop found her mother, who was getting attacked by Fisk, and fought Fisk off. Lopez appeared and injured her second in command, Kazi Kazimierczak, and shot Fisk in the eyes, while Barton and Bishop defeated the rest of the Tracksuit Mafia.

## Trivia

* Planet Earth was estimated to have formed around 4.54 billion years ago.
* The planet's coordinates are: C053.FR45887+125X47.

## Gallery

Earth as seen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.