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| - * Black Bolt
* Medusa
* Karnak
* Gorgon
* Maximus
* Triton
* Crystal
* Luna
* Ahura
* Lockjaw
* The Unspoken
* Kirren
* Tolos
- * Jolen
* San
* Nahrees
* Tonaja
- * Arcadius
* Cynas
* Furgar
* Kitang
* Porcal
* Sapphiras
* Targon
* Thernon
- The fates of individual Inhumans are as follows:
* Black Bolt the 1st: Black Bolt sacrificed himself in order to call forth Galactus. His soul ended up in the Realm of the Dead, where it joined with Mar-Vell's army against Death. Black Bolt was kept in reserve as a secret weapon, and it was his addition to the final battle that assisted in turning the tide. Following the death of Death, he eventually was transmutated by Mar-Vell to be a member of the Avenging Host, a group of super-beings that acted as guardians of Mar-Vell's Paradise. When the Host learned that the ever expanding Paradise was consuming the Negative Zone, and that all the paradise realities created for the dead interned in the realm were nothing but idle wish fulfillment, they confronted Mar-Vell and were destroyed. Ultimately, Mar-Vell turned his vast powers over to Reed Richards, who restored Black Bolt and the other members of the Avenging Host back to life. He continued to act as defender of Paradise.
* Medusa: After spending time at Castle Doom with the rest of the Royal Family, she traveled to Britain with Luna to find her son. Upon learning that her son was in the care of King Britain she remained in England as a guest of King Britain at Buckingham Palace. She soon learned her son had no intention to lead the Inhuman race. She joined Captain America, Mar-Vel, King Britain and Black Bolt the 2nd to the Siege Perilous. Mar-Vel intended to go there to collect the books of Darkhold and Vishanti as well as part of the Cosmic Consciousness that was granted to the reincarnation of Merlin. There Medusa met Merlin, Roma, and Psylock. Before leaving she gazed upon Death, who was stalking Mar-Vel and Captain America. She later helped defend Buckingham Palace from an attack by the Tong of Creel, however they failed in stopping them from collecting a part of the Absorbing Man which was trusted to King Britain to keep safe. Later she and King Britain were married to try and unite the Inhuman and human race in a global monarchy. This was marred when Mephisto used his powers to free Meggan, who'd been turned into stone years before by the Grey Gargoyle. However, when Buckingham Palace was invaded by Mephisto -- leading an army of Deviants -- Meggan sacrificed herself in battle, and Medusa and the others won the fight which ended in Mephisto's death. Presumably, she continued to act as King Britain's queen.
* Gorgon & Triton: Remained at Castle Doom, even after Medusa traveled to Britain to be reunited with her son. They aided Reed Richards and the newly resurrected Susan Richards around the castle. When Earth was on the brink of being destroyed due to the re-polarization caused by the death of the Celestial growing in Earth's core, they almost fled Earth with the Richards family. They were present during King Britain and Medusa's wedding. Their current whereabouts are unknown.
* Karnak: Grew disgusted by the proposed union between King Britain and Medusa, seeing it as an insult to the perfection of the Inhuman race. He returned to the Hidden Land as a reclusive. There he was met by the Guardians of the Galaxy, who had traveled back in time to learn how humanity was mutated in hopes of using this knowledge to defeat the Badoon, an alien race that took over their future world. Karnak informed them to see Reed Richards, and sent them on their way. His current activities are unknown.
* Black Knight/Black Bolt the 2nd: Prior to the mutation of humanity, the child of Black Bolt and Medusa was ordered to be terminated. In order to protect their son Black Bolt left his child in the care of King Britain. The boy grew up in Britain's care and became the new Black Knight, following the original night being turned into stone by the Grey Gargoyle. He acted as Britain's body guard. When his true identity and heritage was revealed to him as an adult, he changed his name to Black Bolt in honor of his father and wore a Vibranium costume designed after his fathers. Uninterested in acting as king of the Inhuman nation or marrying Luna, Bolt soon became the team leader for the Iron Avengers, robots based on the Avengers who were killed in battle against the Absorbing Man. He accompanied his mother to the Siege Perilous with Mar-Vel and Captain America. Later he helped defend Buckingham Palace from an attack by the Tong of Creel. Later, he took an army of Iron Avengers to the Savage Land to investigate why the Human Torch there went out. With the help of Iron Maiden and Jade Dragon, they defeated the Toad, who swapped powers with Magneto and enslaved the former master of magnetism. He later helped New York's heroes in trying to stop the Absorbing Man from destroying the Human Torch there. Later still, Bolt defended Buckingham Palace from an attack by Mephisto and an army of Deviants seeking to claim the sword Excalibur, one of the few items that could kill following the death of Death. Black Bolt the 2nd later joined Loki and Ransak the Reject in forming a new team of Avengers. His current activities are unknown.
* Maximus: The mad brother of Black Bolt was responsible for the creation of the Terrigen Mist bomb that Black Bolt unleashed. He was killed in battle against the Inhuman royal family when Medusa broke his neck. His soul ended up in the Realm of the Dead where it was in constant conflict with other super-beings. When Mar-Vel killed Death and built Paradise, Maximus was one of the first souls granted access to the realm. When given a piece of the Cosmic Cube to create his own paradise world, he created a world where he was sane and ruler of the Inhuman nation. He was pulled out of this reality when the Kree invaded Paradise. His current activities are unknown.
* Lockjaw: Was killed by Maximus during his last coup against the Inhuman royal family. Although Lockjaw was dead, the Inhumans were able to continue using his tuning fork as a teleportation device. It was used by the royal family, Captain America, and Reed Richards to get around to various points of the Earth. It was in the possession of Medusa once more.
* Crystal: Crystal's current activities are unknown. It's possible that she was still alive as she was not seen in the Realm of the Dead or Paradise. Death used her image during her battle against Mar-Vel to trick Quicksilver into thinking she was still alive.
* Luna: Began to mutate upon her arrival on Earth. The Terrigen Mists turned her into a butterfly like creature. At first she turned into a cocoon which ultimately hatched. Her marriage to Black Bolt the 2nd did not come to pass as Bolt had no interest in marriage. She remained at Buckingham Palace with Medusa, and she grew an interest for Jack of Hearts. If this romantic interest was mutual or not remained unrevealed, her current activities are unknown.
* Timberus, Leonus, & Stallior: All relocated to New York City. When the Earth's poles had shift, making the food supply even more scarce, this trio of Inhuman ne'er-do-wells took their pure Inhuman heritage to be a right to privilege. They raided a food warehouse, which was investigated by NYPD's Peter Parker. Parker tried to stop them, however their powers proved to be too much for them. They were stopped by Spiders Man, who used his illusions to convince them to join the ranks of the Church of Immortus. Their current activities following the collapse of the Church remain unrevealed.
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| - At the beginning of the Kree-Skrull War, millions of years ago in Earth time, the alien Kree established a station on the planet Uranus, a strategic position between the Kree and Skrull empires. Through their work at this station, they discovered that sentient life on nearby Earth had genetic potential invested in it by the alien Celestials. Intrigued, the Kree began to experiment on Earth's then-primitive Homo Sapiens by splicing Arlok's DNA into Cro-Magnons. Arlok was an Eternal who was a follower of Uranos that had been dissected by the Kree. Their goal was apparently twofold — to investigate possible ways of circumventing their own evolutionary stagnation, and to create a powerful mutant race of soldiers for use against the Skrulls. However, although their experiments were successful in creating a strain of humanity with extraordinary abilities, the Kree abandoned their experiment for reasons which are not yet clear. Their test subjects, the Inhumans, went on to form a society of their own, which thrived in seclusion from the rest of humanity and developed advanced technology. Experiments with the mutagenic Terrigen Mist gave them various powers, but also caused lasting genetic damage and deformities. This led to a long-term selective breeding program to try to mitigate the effects of these mutations. Their city of Attilan has frequently been relocated and rested for a long time in the oxygen-bearing Blue Area of the Moon. The once-secret existence of the race came to light among the general public as the Inhumans interacted more often with many of Earth's superheroes — including the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, and the X-Men — whom they aided against threats such as Galactus, Ultron, Magneto, and Apocalypse. The Inhumans were led by their king, Black Bolt, and his royal family, consisting of Medusa, Karnak, Gorgon, Triton, Crystal, Maximus the Mad, and the canine Lockjaw. Both Crystal and Medusa were members of the Fantastic Four; Crystal also was a member of the Avengers. Attilan's society and culture were predicated on a conformist belief system which permitted individuality as it applied to genetic development and physical and mental ability, but demanded rigid conformity in that each member of society was assigned a place within that society according to those abilities following exposure to the Terrigen Mist. Once assigned, no Inhuman, no matter how great or powerful could change their place within this rigid caste system. Also, the Inhumans' culture strictly prohibited miscegenation, or racial combining, between Inhumans and other races. Although a member of the royal family, the Inhuman Crystal appeared to have ignored this prohibition when she married outside of her castle to wed the mutant Quicksilver. However, this may have been a privilege due to Crystal's standing as a member of the royal family. In contrast it appeared that such permissive behavior was lost on the children of the immediate members of the royal family. Gorgon's daughter, for example, attempted to form relationships outside of her caste and was strictly prohibited from doing so, although this may have been because her relationship was with an Alpha Primitive, a cloned creature with subhuman intellect bred for labor, the lowest Inhuman caste. It was not clear, however, whether commoners faced such strict disciplinary measures under similar circumstances. However, Inhuman society changed radically. Ronan the Accuser sought to use the Inhumans as an army to disrupt the Shi'ar control of the Kree after their defeat in the Kree-Shi'ar War. Appearing over the city of Attilan, Ronan seized control in a surprise attack and forced the Inhumans and their king, Black Bolt, to obey, or he would destroy their only home and everyone in it. During their time in forced servitude, Ronan revealed that the Inhumans had always been intended as weapons in service to the Kree. To this end, much of the genetic attributes that were encoded in them during the original experiments were meant to give them the abilities and appearances of various alien races. The idea being that these Inhuman slaves could be used to infiltrate alien worlds and races to conduct espionage or assassinations to weaken potential conquests. Ronan used the Inhumans in just this manner, disrupting treaties being negotiated by the Shi'ar, and launching attacks on ships and bases. Eventually, Black Bolt sought to free his people by challenging Ronan to a personal battle. If Ronan won, the Inhumans would continue to serve him. If the king won, the Inhumans would go free. After a terrible battle, Black Bolt won and Ronan, demonstrating that the Kree still had honor, kept his word and left the Inhumans. All was not over however, as the Inhumans were not willing to just follow Black Bolt back to Earth. Pressure had been building in the closed society of Attilan since open contact with the outside world had been made. During their enslavement by Ronan, the Inhumans had wished for their freedom, but had also developed a sense of pride in their power and a belief in their own destiny. They no longer believed that Black Bolt or the royal family was fit to lead them in the new life they wanted, and they exiled the royal family from Attilan. The royal family returned to Earth to find their destiny. After suffering bigotry and living in Latveria, they returned to Attilan which was located on the Blue Area of the Moon. The Inhumans are currently fostering better relations with Earth by sending students to a Wisconsin University. Quicksilver stole the Terrigen Crystals in an attempt to give himself back his powers, and to give back the depowered mutants from M-Day their powers. The theft led to a conflict on Genosha between the re-powered mutants (whose powers came back as too powerful for their own good, and eventually surrendered), the Inhumans, and the U.S. Office of National Emergency (O.N.E.). The conflict ended with O.N.E. confiscating the Terrigen crystals, to which Black Bolt responded by verbally declaring war on the United States. The Inhumans managed to recover the crystals, but the episode ended with Maximus again taking control of Attilan. Sometime later Black Bolt was replaced by a Skrull impostor. The Skrulls attacked Attilan who intended to use Black Bolt's voice as a weapon of mass destruction. The Inhuman Royal Family defeated several Skrull soldiers and took a Skrull ship with the point of taking the war to the Skrulls and save Black Bolt. Medusa travelled to Hala and requested the aid of the Kree in finding their King. Ronan requested Crystal as his wife in trade for the Kree's aid which Medusa agreed to. The Inhumans then rescued Black Bolt and his son. Having decided that they would no longer be used and abused by other races, the Inhumans took drastic action to ensure their survival as a race. To that end, they activated a series of long dormant machines beneath the city of Attilan, transforming it into a gigantic starship, powered by Black Bolt's voice. Breaking free from its resting place on the Moon, Attilan entered hyperspace and tracked down the remnants of the Skrull Armada, completely eradicating it. As Attilan entered Shi'ar space, it attracted the attention of three Shi'ar warships, who ordered them to depart or they would open fire. They, too were destroyed without mercy. Attilan reached the planet Hala, destroying the protective shield that guarded their weakened empire and entered the planet itself. The Royal Family confronted Ronan the Accuser, the steward of the Kree Empire. Ronan bowed down to Black Bolt and acknowledged him as the King of the Kree Empire.
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