The Builders Earth 616 Universe - Marvel Universe
The Builders
Classification: Species
Origin Earth 616 Universe
Affiliated: Captain Universe (creator)
The Builders are said to be the universe's oldest race.
"Perfect" beings, they created "systems" to control the
structure of space and time, and different races to aid them in their mission.
There are two types of Builders, the Creators and the Engineers. Cultivating
the universe for billions of years, they seeded worlds and directed the
evolution of civilizations. Never had they been conquered.
They were created by Captain Universe who saw them as her
children. The Builders considered her their mother and used to worship her.
They are advanced, immortal beings. The builders control
amazing technologies and armies of robots and engineered races. Alephs,
Gardeners, Curators, Abyss and Caretakers.
The Alephs were a species of robotic creatures created by
the Builders, their mission is to purge the species which would be unfit in
their vision of the universe. An Aleph carries the eggs of a Gardener and an
Abyss, whose tasks when they grow up is to create new life.
The Gardeners are creatures created by the Builders to help
them shape the universe. The wield the power to control genetics of a vast
scale. And creator or destroy as fits their plan.
The Abyss were created to judge the work of the Gardeners.
They scour the Galaxy looking for races that live up to
their standards and destroying all the rest. They often send trios of creatures
outs as scouts an Alpha a powerful robot a gardener such as ex nilo and in
abyss who judges the work of the Gardner. Few worlds meet their criteria and
none that fail survive. The builders control amazing technologies and armies of
robots and engineered races.
During the events now known as Infinity their attention
turned to Earth which Ex Nihilo was to be turn into a sentient creature.
Killing all the existing life in the process. AS they travelled to Earth the
trio conquered and destroyed a host of worlds unfortunate enough to be in their
path. They were opposed by the Avenger and the Galactic Council which included the
Kree, Skrull, Kyemllian, Glandorians, and Shiar among many others.
All of the Alephs were destroyed and the last of the Abyss
would dies in the battle against the Beyonders.