A YJA Moment - The Eternals

Almost four billion years ago, the powerful species of cosmic-empowered wanderers known as the Celestials, seeded the universe with life.  When this life evolved to self-awareness, the Celestials returned to its worlds to further refine their development.  For much of intelligent life, this meant being seeded with the genetic sequences known on Earth as the metagene.  Some individuals were further uplifted, becoming beings known as Eternals.

Ageless and immortal, the Eternals we granted a fragment of the cosmic power possessed by the Celestials.  This granted them many individualized powers, but most Eternals were able to rapidly regenerate injury, fly at cosmic speeds, and emit powerful energy blasts.  It was almost impossible to permanently defeat and Eternal, as one would have to disintegrate every atom to prevent them from reforming.

Its unclear how many Eternals were created throughout the known universe.  Theoretically they may have numbered in the thousands but only a handful are known today.  While many of them have chosen to retreat from civilization, many others have perished.  Though it is almost impossible to kill an Eternal, its is known that they themselves have the ability to end their own existence when the march of years becomes unbearable.

The following the few known members of the Eternals:

• A'lars and Sui-san are the leaders of human-like Eternals who live on the planet Titanos.  Sui-san is especially notable for the son she bore with Darkseid named Thanos.

• Ego used his vast powers of matter manipulation to form a planetoid around himself of which he is able to directly control.  He is the father of Mogo, who in addition to being an Eternal is a planet-sized member of the Green Lantern Corps.

• Ikaris heads a small colony of Eternals on Earth.  They have incorrectly been identified as gods and heroes for much of history.  The individual known as the Forgotten One is particularly famous as the basis for the legend of Gilgamesh.

• The Collector from Cygnis XI manages a planet-sized museum of existence's rarest artifacts, while his brother the Grandmaster operates the Contest of Champions gladiatorial battles on the junk-filled world of Sakaar.