Wraithworld
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History
Wraithworld is the home planet of the Dire Wraiths a deviant offshoot of the Skrull race. The planet is located in the dreaded Dark Nebula and orbits a Black Sun from which it derives its mystical connections. The planet was abandoned after the defeat of the Dire Wraith invasion of neighboring Galador by the Spaceknights led by ROM, Greatest of the Spaceknights. It was he who virtually single-handedly chased the remaining Dire Wraiths from their homeworld.
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Approximately 200 years after the abandonment of Wraithworld, Rom would broker a deal with Galactus to save his home planet Galador (which was hurtling towards the Dark Nebula from the "Devourer of Worlds". Rom would act as a temporary Herald to lead him to a planet that he could consume. This planet was Wraithworld. However, the planet defended itself by pouring acid rain on his Energy Converter. Galactus attempted to feed on the planet but was fed upon himself. Sensing that the planet's power stemmed from the Black Sun, Galactus enlarged himself and entered it in an attempt to consume all. This attempt was also thwarted and a depleted Galactus returned to his ship Tau II and proclaimed that he had finally found a planet he did not have the stomach to consume. Galactus then fulfilled his promise to the Spaceknights to save Galador by moving it to an unknown location and leaving Rom and his companions to try and find its location.
Later it would be ROM who would bring the ultimate end to Wraithworld. The Dire Wraiths hiding on Earth sought to bring about a final victory over humanity by using sorcerous means to merge their home planet with Earth. The end result of the spell being that Wraithworld would replace Earth with catastrophic repercussions. This plan was thwarted by ROM with the help of Forge who constructed a giant "Neo-Neutralizer" in orbit of Earth. At the critical time of the Worldmerge, ROM used his Neutralizer to power Forge's creation. After subduing agent Henry Gyrich (Earth-616) to prevent him turning it on Earth and thus neutralizing all of Earth's superpowered beings, they trained the gestalt weapon on Wraithworld. The Neutralizer negated the mystical energy that was the source of the Dire Wraiths magical powers thereby crippling their abilities and at the last, banished the entire planet to Limbo.
Residents
Dire Wraiths, Wraithworld Elementals
Notes
- Wraithworld was "Neutralized" and banished to Limbo by Rom to prevent the Dire Wraiths plot to destroy Earth with a "Worldmerge" spell that would have replaced Earth with Wraithworld.
Trivia
- Galactus was unable to devour Wraithworld as its natural defenses began eating away at his Converter before he could complete its assembly.
See Also
- Appearances of Wraithworld
- Location Gallery: Wraithworld
- Images related to Wraithworld
- Fan Art Gallery: Wraithworld
Links and References
- None.
