Uatu The Watcher

[Uatu The Watcher]

REAL NAME: Uatu
CURRENT ALIAS: The Watcher
IDENTITY: The general populace of Earth is unaware of The Watcher's existence.

KNOWN RELATIVES: Ikor (Father), Aron (Nephew)
AFFILIATIONS: The Watchers, friend of The Fantastic Four & other heroes
BASE OF OPERATIONS: The Blue Area of the Moon

GENDER: Male
HEIGHT: Varies
WEIGHT: Varies
EYES: White, no visible pupils
HAIR: Bald
UNUSUAL FEATURES: Abnormally large head in comparison to his body

ALIGNMENT: Good
MARITAL STATUS: Single
OCCUPATION: Earth's Watcher
CITIZENSHIP: The Watchers
UNIVERSE: The Marvel Multiverse

POWERS:

The Watcher possesses vast mental, physical, and energy-manipulating powers.

* Telepathy : The Watcher is telepathic, able to scan the mind of virtually every known form of sentient life and to project his thoughts into any brain.

* Invisibility (Telepathic) : The Watcher may render himself and others effectively invisible and completely undetectable (by the normal senses) to the minds others.

* llusion Generation : The Watcher can alter his appearance at will, assuming any guise he chooses. This is apparently a mental/psionic capacity, and not a physical shape-shifting ability like that of the alien Skrulls.

* Energy Manipulation : The Watcher can psionically manipulate energy in the electromagnetic spectrum. The limits of this capacity are not known. (It is probably on the same basic level as such Earth gods as Odin and Zeus or such alien races as the Elan)

* Teleportation : The Watcher can convert his body into some form of energy in order to "teleport" through space at hyper-light speeds. (It is probably that he traverses warp space to do so.)

* Force Field Generation : The Watcher may generate and manipulate Force Fields constructed of Cosmic Energy for a variety of effects. The Watcher may project Force Fields around opponents, containing them and preventing their use of physical and energy powers.

The Watcher holds power at least equal to that of the Collector, as the latter claimed that Uatu could stop his collecting if he so desired, and superior to that of the Silver Surfer at his original cosmic power levels, for he believed even his power was lesser to any of the Elders of the Universe. A Watcher is also described as possessing the power to shatter worlds and set galaxies shaking, and Eon claims the Watchers are "vastly powerful" and "near-omniscient." The narrator of a Tales of Suspense tale of the Watcher titled "The Sun-Stealer" Uatu was said by the narrator as the "most powerful being in the galaxy." In a Quasar issue, the Watchers were said capable of making their very errant wishes reality. Uatu has been proven able to block the telepathic probes of even cosmic beings far surpassing him in terms of raw power, such as Galactus. Uatu is also believed to possess unbelievable immunity to physical damage, as even a weakened Aron proved more than the combined force of the full-force strikes of the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch and a blast from a molecular disruptor designed by Doctor Doom himself.

* Immortality : Watchers are seemingly immortal (although degrees of maturity are evident), having bolstered the limits of their life forces with "delta-rays." Presumably an explosion that dispersed all of his bodily molecules across thousands of miles would prove fatal.

ABILITIES:

Uatu is intelligent beyond most human comprehension.

STRENGTH LEVEL:

At least able to lift/press 50 tons, but likely more.

EQUIPMENT:

Uatu has access to the technologies of dozens of advanced alien races.

EARTH-1050 HISTORY:

Billions of years ago, the technologically-advanced extraterrestrial race known as the Watchers decided it was their duty to help the universe's less advanced races. In their first such experiment, proposed by Ikor, a delegation of four brought atomic energy knowledge to the planet Prosilicus. The Prosilicans accepted the gift, but used it to develop nuclear weapons and engaged in an auto-genocidal war. Ashamed, the Watchers vowed never again to interfere in the affairs of other races. Ikor drafted a code of ethics based upon strict noninterference and passive observation that was so strict that if another being were dying at a Watcher's feet, the Watcher would offer no aid. With their new code established, the Watchers evacuated their homeworld and relocated throughout the galaxies, each Watcher choosing a star system where they could observe and mentally record the lives of other races for the sake of eventually sharing it with their fellow Watchers. The Watchers would then sporadically reassemble to pool their knowledge and share what they had witnessed.

Ikor's son, Uatu, chose Earth's star system (Sol) as his new home and was based in the "Blue Area" of Earth's moon, an abandoned settlement built by the alien Kree, from which he observed Earth for billions of years. At first, Uatu adhered to his race's vow of non-interference: he did not physically intervene when the Gunan known as Xakku the Sun-Stealer threatened to transport Earth's sun (Sol) to his own star system (although he did trick the alien into expending his oxygen tanks before he could accomplish his mission) and even spurned the affections of the extraterrestrial Queen Kalthea, who offered Uatu her hand in marriage after his appearance caused the barbarians threatening her kingdom to retreat; but over the centuries, Uatu grew so fond of the lifeforms he observed that he occasionally violated his vow of non-interference when Earth's existence was threatened.