The secret history of human interstellar flights is a fascinating topic. The planet was skilled in the magic arts and their gods were attuned to the realities of the cosmos. It was only inevitable that the ancient nations of Earth would travel the stars.
Inspired by the foundation of New Caledon by the Greeks, an ancient Egyptian sorcerer-priest Wahankh opened an arcane portal to a world very similar to Earth, there they founded a colony in the shadow of a new alien empire that had risen the ashes of a previous civilization.While exploring the surrounding territory, Wahankh discovered an ancient power deep within an alien temple. The ancient peoples of this world had given worship to entities from a planet known as Apokalips. Seizing the opportunity, the sorcerer gave homage to the Lords of Apokalips, the beings he referred to as the Ancient Spirits of Evil.
Granted seeming vast magical power, Wahankh turned the colony to a shrine to the Lords of Apokalips, erecting a huge black pyramid-temple from the ebony rocks of the surrounding landscape. The task ultimately hastened the sorcerer's demise and he was mummified and entombed in the Pyramid by the last remaining colonists.
Untold years later, Darkseid sought out the Wahankh in his crusade to hunt down The Infinity Stones. With his Omega power, he infused the sorcerer's corpse with a fraction of the anti-life which he had scoured from the cosmos, embuing him with undead might.
Under the guise of The Enshrouded One, he arose from his grave to see that many Empires had risen and fallen in his place. With his great magical power, he was able to bring the current nation to its knees and took the throne as Mumm-Ra the Ever-Living.
Mumm-Ra tasked an elite combat band of uplifted felines known as The ThunderCats into the cosmos to collect them these Infinity Stones. In preparation for their return, he set about forging a suitable receptacle which would be known as the Gauntlet of Plun-darr,
In his arrogance, The Enshrouded One was not prepared for his trusted commander Leo to betray him. The ThunderCat leader recruited a host of heroes to take the Stones and use them against Mumm-Ra. Despite his great magical power, Wahankh could not withstand the might of the Infinity Stones and their masters The Infinity Watch.
Defeated, the remains of The Ever-Living was re-entombed in his Black Pyramid, which was sealed by power both arcane and mundane. There it is hoped that he would never return to plague either the new Kingdom of Thundera or the rest of Known Space.
Yet with the rise in the power of Anti-Life, something once again stirs with the Black Pyramid. How can anything which bears the name Ever-Living, ever be truly killed?
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