Uatu (Earth-616)

## Uatu the Watcher

**Uatu** was the Watcher assigned to Earth and the surrounding solar system.

## Biography

### Early Life

Uatu was a descendant of the Watcher Ecce. Uatu was assigned to Earth and documented it.

### Life on Earth

Following the formation of the Earth, the life energy of the planet formed a being known as the Demiurge who was the very incarnation of the power of creation. The Demiurge gave life to the world, which would become the Elder Gods with the most prominent being Gaea (also known as Mother Nature), Chthon the Dark Mystic, and Set the Destroyer. The Elder Gods spread across Earth and ruled the planet for millions of years.

Chthon was cruel and developed black magic by testing on the other Elder Gods, becoming the first ever practitioner of Black Magic. By contrast, Gaea took it upon herself to watch the life that was being born from the oceans of the planet and became the protectress of Life. Set wanted to conquer the planet and had several children in order to help him, the most prominent being Sligguth and Damballah. Set longed for more power and learned he could gain it by stealing the life energy of others, which would not only increase his power but help eliminate his rivals. Set became the first murderer by killing the Elder God Hyppus.

The other Elder Gods began following Set's example and began murdering each other rampantly, in the process they became demons. Only Gaea remained above the influence, though she feared what the demons would do to the new life that was beginning to develop. Gaea summoned the Demiurge and had it engender a child inside of her. Gaea then hid in the caverns of the planet to give birth. Gaea give birth to Atum who had the power of the Sun and was the first of a new breed of God. Atum began hunting down and killing the demons, in the process he began absorbing their energy and became a being known as Demogorge the God-Eater. Demogorge managed to destroy all demons aside from Cthon, Set, and Set's spawn. The group attempted to fight of Demogorge, but were unable to. Chthon realized that there was nothing he could do to defeat the Demogorge, and as such wrote down all his knowledge in scrolls known as the Darkhold. Chthon then left the Earth for a new dimension, just in time as the Demogorge had found and was about to attack him. Set witnessed Chthon create the portal and created his own portal for a new dimension of his own. Set and his children then "shed" their original forms and became ethereal, leaving their original forms to serve as decoys that the Demogorge could destroy so they could escape. With his mission seemingly complete, the Demogorge expelled the demonic energy he absorbed and returned to being Atum. Atum then flew up to the sun and merged with it. From his new dimension, Set continued to watch Earth as he still had plans for the planet.

These events were watched and documented by Uatu the Watcher.

### Age of Dinosaurs

In time the life that crawled out of the sea evolved into terrestrial species, the most dominant one becoming the 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.

These events were watched and documented by Uatu.

### Tribe of Wanderers vs the Serpent Men

The species known as Homo erectus evolved in this timeframe. A godlike being known as Sise-Neg created a safe haven known as the Garden of Eden for two members of the Homo erectus, and from these two an entire tribe would be descended. Every year, as the tribe migrated the leader of the tribe and his mate would make a pilgrimage to Eden. These two Wanderers made it to Eden where they saw that a new tribe was inhabiting it. This new tribe appeared to not suffer strife and was happy. The leader of this new tribe used telepathy to speak to the wanderers, informing them that they were the Tribe of Set and that Set wanted the wanderers to join the tribe. The leader extolled the virtues of the Tribe of Set, including not needing to migrate or hunt, having warmth provided to them, and immortality.

The wanderers agreed to join the tribe, and asked how they could. The leader explained that beings from,the sky would arrive to give gifts to the tribe of the Wanderers and in order to join the Tribe of Set, the Wanderers needed to sacrifice their tribe to Set and the Tribe of Set must be brought to the beings from the sky. The Wanderers did not fully understand the leader, but knew that they felt evil coming from him and his tribe. The Wanderers fought the leader and discovered that he and his tribe were actually Serpent-Men, the shape-shifting spawn of Set that were made to preyon mammals. The Tribe of Set then resumed their true forms and attacked the pair, who escaped back to their tribe. The Tribe of Wanderers arrived and battled the Serpent-Men, driving them out of Eden.

These events were documented by Uatu.

### The First Host

Just then a massive starship carrying the First Host of the Celestials appeared and was preparing to land in Eden. Gaea appeared to the Wanderers and convinced them to come forward and accept the gifts the Celestials would bring. Ten Celestials emerged from the ship and the Celestial known as Gammenon the Gatherer grabbed the Wanderers and carried them to the starship, and though the tribe was initially terrified they grew calm and accepting. The Serpent-Men approached the Celestials, hoping to receive gifts too as they felt they were further developed than Homo erectus, however the Celestial Arishem the Judge deemed them unworthy and attacked them, driving the Serpent-Men away.

In the ship, Gammenon placed each of the Wanderers in incubation tubes. The Celestial named Ziran the Tester experimented on the Wanderers, picking them at random, analyzing their DNA, and altering their DNA in order to bring out adaptability. The result was the Deviants, whose genetics were in a constant flux causing them to evolve in hours would would normally take eons. Ziran set these subjects free, where the new species subsequently starts a civilization underground. The Deviants then began creating war machines.

Nezzar the Calculator then took over the experiments and genetically engineered the second group for durability and longevity. The result was the Eternals, a group of highly evolved and powerful immortal beings who could tap into cosmic power and fly. The Eternals would take shelter in the mountains and build a city there, where they would perform their own experiments.

Oneg the Prober then took over the experiments, however he did not mutate the last group, but rather implanted a special gene in them which would one day create superhuman and then allowed the rest of the Wanderers to evolve naturally. With their mission complete, the Celestials flew off.

Eventually the Wanderers evolved into humans, and though the Serpent-Men and other demonic creatures preyed on them, the humans fought back and drove them to near extinction.

These events were watched and documented by Uatu.