KRAKKAN

Real Name: Krakkan

Identity/Class: Extradimensional magic user

Occupation: Mystic entity; mystic principality

Group Membership: Octessence (Balthakk, Cyttorak, Farallah, Ikonn, Raggadorr, Valtorr, Watoomb)

Affiliations: Conquest (Bridget Malone);
    invoked by Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange), Clea, Dormammu, Magnus and presumably other mystics;
    some association with Set; see also the Catalogue of Correspondences for Set from Ian McNee's reading of the First Tarot

Enemies: Elsa Bloodstone, Cullen Bloodstone, Lyra Bloodstone, Ulysses Bloodstone;
    spells used against numerous beings

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: Krakkan the Jailer, Kraken (Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme#1)

Base of Operations: Extradimensional realm;
    possibly active on Earth in what would become Northern Ireland.

First Appearance:
    (Invoked in-story) Marvel Premiere I#7 (March, 1973)
    (Seen) Iron Man III#22 (November, 1999)

Powers/Abilities: Krakkan is an entity who grants magical power to those who invoke him, typically in spells. Krakkan typically grants power to those invoking the Chains of Krakkan, which generally serve to entrap and hold others, often preventing them from utilizing their powers.
Loki defined Krakkan as "an odd, tedious and particularly smelly entity".

History: Krakkan's origins are unrevealed. He was likely worshipped at some point on Earth, though whether he is closer to god or demon is open to speculation. (Iron Man III#22 (fb)) - <Millennia ago> Eight great mystics gathered, and a disagreement arose as to which was the most powerful. To settle the argument, they entered into the Wager of the Octessence: Each created a totem, with each totem holding a fraction of its creator's vast power and possessing the ability to transform the first human who touched it into an Exemplar, a living embodiment of that power. (Thor II#17 (fb) - BTS/Avengers III#25 (fb)) - Krakkan placed his totem, the Kestrel Key of Krakkan, within a cavern in what would become the Northern Ireland. It was probably in the days that Krakkan walked the Earth, that Loki knew of his existence.

(Death of Doctor Strange: Bloodstone#1 (fb)) - <10,000 years ago> The magical warlord Krakkan had temples all over the isles of Britain and Ireland. His devoted priests kept him empowered so that his chains would wrap around the land to claim it for his own.

   Ulysses Bloodstone made a deal with the gods and sacrificed the Nullgem, which stabilized and amplified his powers, and his first daughter Lyra to them. In return he was granted the power to banish Krakkan from Earth for the time being. As payment Lyra and the Nullgem were sealed in stone and sucked deep into outer space where she remained for millennia. Over time the Nullgem merged with Lyra. She remained in outer space guarded by whoever the Sorcerer Supreme was at the time and was fed anything with magical energy because the Nullgem ate magic.

(Thor II#17 (fb)) - <Modern Era> The Kestrel Key of Krakkan attracted Bridget Malone to the hidden cavern. She touched it and was transformed into Krakkan's Exemplar, Conquest.

SECRET WARS III HAPPENED

(Death of Doctor Strange: Bloodstone#1) - After the death of Doctor Strange Ulysses' daughter Lyra returned with the Nullgem to Earth. As a result Krakkan was no longer sealed away and returned to Earth to take his revenge on the Bloodstone family. He attacked Bloodstone Manor and went after Ulysses' children Elsa, Cullen and Lyra with an army. Lyra formed a circle in Bloodstone Manor's attic that absorbed magic while Elsa and Cullen fought Krakkan and his army. Elsa dished out a beating to Krakkan, ripped off his helmet and then shot him several time, but it only annoyed Krakkan, who got even madder at the Bloodstone's for reuniting and using the Nullgem and Bloodgem against him. He got ahold of Lyra, who used the power of the Nullgem until Krakkan went boom (?).

Comments: Name invented by Gardner Fox. First use in spells by Chris Claremont.
    Form revealed by Kurt Busiek & Roger Stern, Sean Chen, Rob Hunter, Rags Morales, Nelson & Eric Cannon.

It is absolutely right that there exist at least a Key where there are so many locked Chains.

	Krakkan, the first time he was named, the balloons were wrong.
First print in the USA: Marvel Premiere I#7 (March, 1973)	First print in Italy: L'Uomo Ragno#107 (June, 1974)	Example of correct juxtaposition.
Blondine (on the right) was almost unconscious after a cosmic-horrible encounter. She was babbling something about a "she", but the only female on the scene was herself! What? Is there the microscopic possibility that Krakkan was or was able to take a female form and that "she" called by inter-dimensional means inferior beings for "her" own purposes? Gordon (at the center) hearing Shuma-Gorath's call lasted the error!	The error was duplicated in the Italian translation. Of course the translator and the editor knew nothing about Krakkan. Given it was the first time he was mentioned, they had no clue.	Please note that Blondine was the reincarnation of a high priestess of Dagoth and agent of Shuma-Gorath, priestess dead thousands of years before. Who knows? She could have had great arcane knowledge, thus knowing about Krakkan. However, exchanging the dialogues, and correcting the direction of the balloon, everything makes sense, and connects perfectly with the rest of the story.

    Writers say "millennia" all the time, as if they were really an ancient time. It's possible that it was hundreds of thousands of years ago, or even millions or billions.

   Loki, called the entities involved in the Octessence "Cyttorak's brothers." I do not believe there is a blood connection among Krakkan and the others entities, the word "brothers" was probably used with the meaning of "brothers-in-war" or "brothers-in-magic" or other.--Spidermay

Per David Sexton

1. Entities can steal energy from an unwilling source by consuming the source entirely or by draining a portion of energy from the source. This exchange is one-way. The entity takes energy.
2. Entities can be given spiritual energy unconditionally in the form of worship. Statements of worship come in the, "I believe..." format. Worshippers may also petition for favors, etc., but this form of prayer is an affirmation of their belief and of the entities existence. The worshippers expect nothing in return. This exchange is also one way. The entity is given energy. 
3. An entity may grant energy to a petitioner in answer to an invocation or prayer. The mere act of being asked gives the entity power and so to encourage this action, some spiritual beings will grant power to an individual who invokes their name in the proper way. The entity may chose to ignore the request. I would theorize that the spiritual energy or "mystic potential" present in the petitioner plays a part in how often requests are granted. The invocation or prayers of an individual who has large amounts of spiritual energy would provide the entity with a more enticing exchange and they would be more inclined to answer them.

Occasions in which Krakkan's power was used by mystics for their spells.
I'm sure there are some not included here. Please let me know what I missed, preferably specifying the issue, the situation it was used in (by whom, against whom, accomplishing what), and then quote the spell exactly.

By Krakkan and Pohldahk and Mehroth unbending.
Let all barriers fall... 'fore this one I'm sending!

Fiery Balthakk, dread Krakkan,
Join thy powers now in chorus.
Open wide these works of man--
that those within may quail before us!

Profile by Spidermay. Update by Markus Raymond (Bloodstone).

CLARIFICATIONS:
Krakkan has no known connections to:

• Kraken - of the pre-Cataclysmic Era, used by Sekhmet Tharn--Marvel Preview#26
• Kraken - immense undersea creature, distant relative of Giganto--Marvel Comics Presents I#121/4
• Kraken - Elderspawn, Phorcys--X-Men vs. Agents of Atlas#2
• Kraken - Elderspawn, Ceto--Wolverine/Hercules: Myths, Monsters & Mutants#3
• Kraken (Daniel Whitehall) - Hydra, terrorist--Secret Warriors I#11
• Kraken (Jacob Fury) - Nick's younger brother, double agent--Strange Tales I#159
• Kraken - Hydra, Secret Empire--Captain America: Steve Rogers I#14
• Kraken - Lemurian, mystic mask--Captain America and Namor#635.1
• Commander Kraken - power mad cyborg pirate, former Hydra--Sub-Mariner I#27
• other "Krak" characters.

Chains of Krakkan

Classification: Magic Spell

Creator: Krakkan.

User/Possessors: Doctor Strange, Clea, Ikonn, Norman Osborn, Umar

First Appearance: (Named) Marvel Premiere I#7 (March, 1973);
    used for the first time in Doctor Strange II#45 (February, 1981)

Version: Conjuration

Powers/Abilities/Functions: The Chains of Krakkan were mostly used to entrap, to bind, or to capture one or more enemies.

Casting Time: Few seconds

Range: Short (30 feet) at least

Components: A mandatory component, probably at caster's choice among:

• a somatic component: fingers/hand/arm movement
• a verbal component:
  
  By the Demons of Denak and by Hoggoth's grim clan
  let my foe be ensnared by the Chains of Krakkan! (Doctor Strange II#47)
  
  
  "By the Chains of Krakkan, I bind you!"  (Amazing Spider-Man IV#32)
  
  

Duration: Maximum time unrevealed, at least a minute
Primary effects: A chain, material, apparently of iron or metal, entangling the targets. Once conjured, the Chains can also be used by others that can materially interact with them. Apparently, the Chains cannot be dispelled by the caster using a simple command or gesture.
Collateral effects: None.