TAL BA-RII

Aliases: None

Classification: Extraterrestrial hive species (extinct)

Location/Base of Operations: Unrevealed

Known Members: None

Affiliations: Unrevealed

Enemies: Kree Empire (especially the Black Judges)

First Referenced: X-Men V#9 (May, 2020)

Powers/Abilities: The Tal Ba-Rii were a hive species that may (or may not) have been rapidly reproductive. If so, then their society was probably matriarchal.

   No other information about any abilities which this species may have possessed has been revealed.

Limitations/Weaknesses: Unrevealed

Traits: Those common to a hive species.

Type: Unrevealed
Eyes: Unrevealed
Limbs: Unrevealed
Fingers: Unrevealed
Toes: Unrevealed
Skin color: Unrevealed
Hair color: Unrevealed
Average Height: Unrevealed
Average Weight: Unrevealed

History:
(X-Men V#9 (fb) - BTS) - Millennia ago, the Tal Ba-Rii race was one of six hive species who were experimented upon by the Black Judges, the secret science wing of the Accuser Corps of the interstellar Kree Empire. The purpose of these experiments was to create a weaponized slave catalyst that would enable the Kree to seize control of their entire societies and turn them into weapons that could be used to disrupt rival advanced civilizations.

(X-Men V#9 (fb) - BTS) - These experiments were authorized by the Supreme Intelligence for their potential use against the Skrulls, the Badoon, the Galadorians, the Shi'ar and the Cotati.

(X-Men V#9 (fb) - BTS) - The attempt by the Black Judges failed with the Tal Ba-Rii due to the process involved, making it impossible for the Kree to ever use them as weapons.

(X-Men V#9 (fb) - BTS) - At some point, the Tal Ba-Rii race became extinct, possibly as a result of the Kree experiments.

(X-Men V#9 (fb) - BTS) - The only known record of the Tal Ba-Rii race exists in a report from the secret order of Black Judges to the Supreme Intelligence, a report that is classified for THE EYES OF THE SUPREMOR

Comments: Created by Jonathan Hickman.

   The following is a reproduction of a text page from X-Men V#9 which contains the only known reference to the Tal Ba-Rii race.

THE EYES OF THE SUPREMOR

RE: A report from the secret order of Black Judges regarding the creation of a weaponized slave catalyst for hive species.

POTENTIAL SEED SPECIES:

 •  Tal Ba-Rii.............[failure from process : extinct]
 •  Sidri......................[failure from mind structure]
 •  Scatter...................[success : minor]
 •  Phalanx.................[failure from adaptivity]
 •  Gu'Knoiss.............[failure from biological integrity : extinct]
 •  Brood....................[success : major]

   Although it is known that the Kree first encountered the Brood about 8,000 years ago and that it subsequently took the Black Judges several hundred years of testing and design before they could present the Supreme Intelligence with a weapon (known as the King Egg) that would enable the Kree to seize control of that hive species, only minimal information about the experiments performed on the other five races has been revealed. As a result, there is no data available about when the Tal Ba-Rii race was experimented upon or the nature of the experimental weaponized slave catalyst.

   This lack of data also means that it cannot be confirmed that it was a failed Kree attempt to seize control of Tal Ba-Rii society that led to that race's extinction.

   No other information about the Tal Ba-Rii race, including the location of their homeworld, their physical form or their civilization, has yet been revealed.

    The Gu'Knoiss, Scatter, and Sidri each have existing profiles.

Profile by Donald Campbell.

Clarifications:
The Tal Ba-Rii have no known connection to:

• Russ "Tiny" Talbert - a World War II soldier who had a reputation for being timid but, after being trained by Nick Fury, gained the nerve to fight in battle--Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos#116
• Talbos - a planet in Reality-829 that was left uninhabited in the late 21^st century after the Skrulls invaded and the native Talbosian race was wiped out when they fought back to the last man--Hercules II#2
• the Talbosians from Reality-829 - a fierce lupine-humanoid race who died to the last man fighting against a Skrull invasion in the late 21^st century but whose spirits would merge three centuries later with archeologist Rojahn Smythe to make him into the Red Wolf, their instrument of vengeance against the Skrulls--Hercules II#2
• or anyone or anything else whose name begins with "Talb-"

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References:
X-Men V#9 (May, 2020) - Jonathan Hickman (writer), Jordan D. White (editor)

First Posted: 01/03/2024
Last updated: 01/03/2024

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