EARTH-70518
Type: Divergent Earth
Core Continuum Designation: Earth-70518
Environment: Earth-like
Usual
means of access: Dimensional
Doorways, presumably
vibrational attunement
Dominant
Life Form: Humans
Significant
Inhabitants: Albion (Bran
Bardic), Marat, numerous
soldiers
First
Appearance: (Albion, native of
Earth-70518): New
Excalibur#5 (May, 2006); (Earth-70518 itself): New Excalibur#18 (May,
2007)
History:
(New
Excalibur#18 (fb)) - In 1914, a massive World War
broke out and four years later, it continued due to a healthy supply of
weapons
secretly given out by a group of extradimensional warlords who had
arrived on
Earth-70518.
(New
Excalibur#18 (fb)) - One hundred
years later, the War continued and had spread to cover the entire
planet.
Growing up amidst the War, Ranger Captain Bran Bardic led his army,
dressed in
rags and raiding weapons from the dead. Hit with a bomb-blast, Bran was
met by
Otherworld’s Roma and Merlyn, who offered Bran the Amulet of Right and
the
Sword of Might. Taking the Sword, Bran was transformed into Albion, a
champion
of might. Surprised by Bran’s choice of the Sword, Roma announced that
they
would need to reclaim Bran’s newfound powers and, angry at Roma’s
supposed
tease of power, Albion threatened to bury his Sword into Roma’s chest.
Merlyn
intervened and convinced Roma to allow Albion to keep his powers. Roma
and
Merlyn then departed, with Roma warning Albion that the Sword
represented
destruction and that she aimed to correct her father’s mistake. She
also warned
him to take care, lest Albion’s power cost him his very soul.
Awakening, Albion
slaughtered the soldiers who sought to kill him and began using his new
powers
to win the war in his favor. Eventually, the war was ended by Albion
but it had
taken its toll on the planet, leaving destroyed farmland, poisoned
oceans and
large numbers of wounded and diseased. Saddened that his world had
become a
planet of starvation and disease, things his power could not help,
Albion
tracked down the last remnants of his war enemies to a fortress
containing the
extradimensional warlords that had been supplying weapons for
generations. When
Albion began attacking an enemy soldier, the warlords attempted to flee
to
another Earth using their Dimensional Doorway device. Instead, the
Doorway
allowed fellow Corps member Captain Prydain of Earth-7580
to travel through the portal
and
apprehend the warlords. Seeing Albion about to slay his enemy, Captain Prydain
warned Albion to spare the soldier’s life and when Albion decapitated
the
enemy, Captain Prydain jumped into battle against Albion. Defeating
Captain Prydain when the hero was shocked at Albion’s resemblance to Brian
Braddock of
Earth-616, Albion used the Dimensional Doorway to travel to Earth-7580
himself,
where he killed Captain Prydain and claimed Earth-7580 as his new home.
From
Earth-7580, Albion began plotting to strip Roma of her heroic champions
as well
as Brian Braddock.
(New
Excalibur#5 (fb) - BTS) - Traveling
to Earth-616, Albion recruited fellow Sword of Might-chooser Lionheart
to his
cause and confronted Captain Britain (Brian Braddock). The two fought a
heated
battle that caused damage to London itself until Albion retreated when
he saw Lionheart
showing mercy to Courtney Ross.
Comments: Created by Chris
Claremont, Scot Eaton,
Staz Johnson, John Dell, Scott Hanna, Dave Meikis and Tom Palmer.
The
divergent point of this Earth
occurred at the point in which the extradimensional warlords began
supplying
soldiers with weapons, causing World War I to continue past 1918.
Profile
by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Earth-70518 has no
known connections to
- any other alternate or divergent
Earths
Marat
was a soldier serving under Albion. He was present when Albion fought
Captain
Prydain of Earth-7580 and was surprised at the weaponry supplied by the
extradimensional
warlords. Albion told Marat to keep the weapons. He presumably later
accompanied Albion to Earth-7580.
--New
Excalibur#18 (fb)
images: (without ads)
New Excalibur#18, p13, pan2 (Earth-70518, main image)
New Excalibur#18, p6, pan2 (Earth-70518 circa the 1914 War, with
strange
weaponry)
New Excalibur#18, p20, pan1 (Marrat)
Appearances:
New Excalibur#5 (May, 2006) – Chris Claremont (writer), Steven Cummings
(pencils), Rick Ketcham (inks), Mike Marts (editor)
New Excalibur#18 (May, 2007) – Chris Claremont (writer), Scot Eaton,
Staz
Johnson (pencils), John Dell, Scott Hanna, Dave Meikis, Tom Palmer
(inks), Nick
Lowe, Andy Schmidt (editors)
Any
Additions/Corrections? please
let me know.
First Posted: 09/22/2013
Last
Updated: 09/22/2013
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