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Quote1 This is a paradigm shift. The universe sends a Justice, to maintain order. A Cipher, for the technological leap. A Nightmask, for the consciousness shift. And a Starbrand, for defense. Quote2
—Unidentified Starbrand[src]

Synopsis

White Event from Avengers Vol 5 7 001

A station in the Superflow firing a White Event

In the Superflow, there were Communications/Ascension Stations built by the Builders and maintained by the Caretakers and Curators. Each station scanned their universes for a world that was about to ascend on a universal scale and/or entered the Builders' artificial "newuniversal structure." When it found one that was doing so, the station gave them a blessing, the White Event, to produce shepherds for the change: Nightmask, Starbrand, Justice, Cipher, etc.[2][3]

Newuniversal[]

Quote1 When a world enters the newuniversal web, the machine alters several sentients on that world to act as heralds of the new time to come. Paradigm shift always creates chaos. These designates are empowered to smooth the way into the new time. A Nightmask. A Starbrand. A Justice. A Cipher. Others. Quote2
—Communications Station[src]
Starr (Earth-555), Trull (Earth-555), Baneth (Earth-555), and Ukru (Earth-555) from Newuniversal Vol 1 3 001

In Earth-555, the first known White Event happened in prehistory leading to Starr gaining the Starbrand and founding Zardath, alongside a Nightmask (Trull), a Cipher (Baneth), and a Justice (Ukru).[4][5]

Another White Event happened at 06.48 UTC on March 2 2006. In the previous minute, the Chinese, Russian & USA's early warning systems went offline. The event, in which "Everything went White", could be seen from everywhere in the world (including New York City, Optima Down, San Francisco, Latvia & Fort Meade).

Kenneth Connell (Earth-555), Izanami Randall (Earth-555), John Tensen (Earth-555), and Jennifer Swann (Earth-555) from Newuniversal Shockfront Vol 1 1 001

Starbrand, Nightmask, Justice, and Cipher

Consequences of The White Event[]

Other Similar Events[]

Philip Voight mentions that there have been two similar events in the past, The Fireworks in the 1950s, after which he killed the last superhuman & another in 1988 caused by a volcanic eruption.

Earth-148611[]

A White Event was also the origin of superheroes on Earth-148611.

The Last White Event[]

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The Last White Event

The incursions were a phenomenon where two universes would overlap at their respective Earths for eight hours, and then either one planet would be destroyed, or both universes. The trend of these incursions was accelerating, and this caused a forward wave of destruction in the Superflow. Across reality, the stations exploded. Realizing what they were losing, the stations were ordered to fire White Events randomly, in the hopes that the worlds hit would be able to use their blessing wisely to stop the collapse.[8]

At least one world was affected by this: Earth-616, where it was announced by Adam, a creature created by Ex Nihilo. He kept announcing it, as well as that "the universe was broken" in the language Builder Machine Code. It was Captain Universe who managed to decipher the code and the message Nightmask was giving, seconds before the White Event hit Earth.[9] Along with Nightmask, this White Event empowered Kevin Connor and turned him into Starbrand.[2]

After awhile the new Kree homeworld of Kree-Pama was affected by a White Event. They received the following:

Notes

Starbrand & Nightmask Vol 1 1 Textless

Earth-616's Earth has a Starbrand and a Nightmask, but no Cipher and Justice

  • Nightmask (Adam) explains that the last White Event was a fractured, failed Event due to the system being broken thanks to the incursions, which is why it only produced a Nightmask and a Starbrand (Kevin Connor). Under normal circumstances, others like a Cipher and a Justice would have manifested.[10]

Trivia

  • Starbrands, Nightmasks, Justices, and Ciphers are the new Builder systems while the Gardeners, Abyssi, and Alephs are old ones.[10][11] After the newuniversal superstructure was created, most of the Gardeners were recalled and most of the Abyssi died, except Ex Nihilo and his Abyss.[12]
  • A White Event allowed Emmett Proudhawk to have a vision in the Superflow with a talking hawk. The hawk informs him about the first four that have been selected as "agents of the great mystery" and associates them with the four elements:[13]
    • "There is a boy who lives in the sky." (Starbrand)
    • "A girl through whom this place flows like water." (Nightmask)
    • "A man who burns." (Justice)
    • "A woman who communes with this earth of machines and electricity." (Cipher)

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