GUARDIANS
OF THE TEMPLE OF
CYTTORAK
Membership: Various (names
unrevealed)
Purpose: To guard the Temple
of
Cyttorak
Affiliations: Cyttorak
Enemies: Black Knight (Dane
Whitman);
Excalibur (Captain
Britain (Brian Braddock), Dazzler (Alison Blaire), Nocturne (Talia
Wagner
(Earth-2182)), Sage, Pete Wisdom)
Base
of Operations: The Temple of
Cyttorak, Korea
First
Appearance: New Excalibur#13
(January,
2007)
History:
(New
Excalibur#13) – In
preparation of a visit to the
Temple of Cyttorak by Cain Marko, the Guardians of the Temple of
Cyttorak
sprung forth from the ground and drew their weapons.
(New
Excalibur#15) –
When Excalibur
tracked Cain Marko to the Temple, the Guardians surrounded the team. A
battle
quickly erupted between the Guardians and Excalibur and during the
fight, Pete
Wisdom grabbed one of the Guardians and demanded to know where Cain
was.
Further interrogating the Guardian, Wisdom began applying his “hot
knives” and
eventually, all of the Guardians vanished, destroying themselves rather
than
tell Excalibur anything.
Comments: Created by Frank
Tieri, Jim
Calafiore
and Mark McKenna.
It
was never
specifically stated
what the Guardians were exactly. In their first appearance, they
erupted from
the ground as if composed of earth and rock and in their last
appearance, they
disappeared, resembling dissipating energy when they vanished. It was
not clear
whether they were composed of energy or earth. Either way, there’s
nothing
really to say they couldn't be reconstituted and return.
Also,
I placed Cyttorak
in their
affiliations since they guarded the Temple of Cyttorak but in neither
of their
appearances were they actually seen WITH Cyttorak. Presumably, they
served him
by guarding the Temple but I suppose it’s also possible that they were
mystic
in nature, possibly placed there by another mystic to keep others from
entering
and becoming the new Juggernaut. It seems more likely to me that they
were
simply servants of Cyttorak...
Profile
by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
The Guardians of the
Temple of Cyttorak has no known connections to
- any other "Guardians” of anything
else
images: (without ads)
New Excalibur#13, p22, pan4 (main
image)
New Excalibur#13, p22, pan3 (Guardians erupting from the ground)
Appearances:
New Excalibur#13 (January, 2007) – Frank Tieri (writer), Jim Calafiore
(pencils), Mark McKenna (inks), Nick Lowe, Mike Marts (editors)
New Excalibur#15 (March, 2007) – Frank Tieri (writer), Jim Calafiore
(pencils),
Mark McKenna (inks), Nick Lowe, Mike Marts (editors)
Last
updated:
08/15/13.
Any
Additions/Corrections? please
let me know.
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