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Cybele
Real
Name: Cybele Occupation: None Identity: Cybele's existence is not known to the general
public of Earth. Legal Status: Citizen of Olympia Other Aliases: The Great Mother, Dyndymene Rhea, Agdistis Place of Birth: Unknown Marital Status: Widowed Known Relatives: Zuras (husband, deceased), Thena (formerly
Azura, daughter), Mentor (formerly Alars, brother-in-law), Starfox
(Eros, nephew), Thanos (nephew, deceased) Group Affiliation: Eternals of Earth Base of Operations: Somewhere in Colorado First Appearance: ETERNALS Limited Series # 1
History:
Like her husband Zuras, Cybele is a second generation Eternal. Very little has
been revealed about Cybele's past. She married Zuras, ruler of the Eternals of
Earth, before the rise of the civilization of ancient Greece. Zuras and Cybele
had one known child, Azura, who later took the name Thena. Although Cybele was
the consort of Zuras, she evinced no interest in participating in the great events
of Eternals history, such as their encounters with the Celestials. She lived with
Zuras for a time and raised Thena, and today retains her maternal interest in
Thena's welfare. However, Cybele never felt comfortable in the society of her
fellow Eternals, and appears to have left their city of Olympia after Thena reached
adulthood. Although Cybele was technically the queen of the Eternals by reason
of her marriage to Zuras, she has never truly been interested m governing them,
and, after Zuras's recent death, was content to let Thena become the new ruler
of Earth's Eternals.
Cybele
has always had a great interest in nature, and in the days of ancient Greece was
often mistaken for the Earth goddess Gaea. Today she lives by herself in a forest
in Colorado, using her psionic powers to prevent herself from being seen by human
beings unless she wants them to see her
Height:
5 ft. 11 in. Weight: 125 lbs. Eyes: Blue Heir:
White
Strength
Level: Cybele has the average amount of strength for a female Eternal of her
age, height, and build who engages in moderate regular exercise. She can lift
(press) about 15 tons without negating the force of gravity on what she is lifting.
Known
Superhuman Powers: Cybele possesses the conventional attributes of her race
as well as certain special abilities developed through rigorous discipline. However,
Cybele has not chosen to develop any of her known special superhuman abilities
to the same degree that Thena and others of the most powerful Eternals have.
Like
that of all Eternals of Earth, Cybele's life force is augmented by cosmic energy,
making her virtually immortal, immune to disease and aging, and able to regenerate
injured or missing organic tissue. Like the other Eternals of Earth, Cybele maintains
a virtually unbreakable mental control over the processes and structure of her
body, even when she is asleep or unconscious. Only an injury that disperses a
significant portion of her body molecules, or a force that overwhelms and breaks
her mental held over her body, could cause Cybele to die. Cybele's control over
her body, in conjunction with her matter rearranging ability, enable her to maintain
whatever physical age she wishes. As a result, Cybele appears to be no older than
her daughter Thena. Cosmic energy bolsters Cybele's metabolism so that she does
not tire from any physicad exertion. She can resist temperature extremes through
mental concentration.
Cybele
can project cosmic energy in the form of beams from her eyes or in the form of
beams or flashes from her hands. This cosmic energy, stored in specialized enclaves
of cells in her body, can be used as force, as heat, as light, and possibly as
other forms of electromagnetic energy. Cybele can project a maximum concussive
force of at least 200 pounds per square inch. She can project heat reaching a
maximum temperature of 2000° Fahrenheit. The maximum effective range for her
energy beams seems to be about 175 feet. Cybele is only a second-level adept (with
the fifth level being the highest) at this discipline, due to her lack of interest
in honing her ability further. The expenditure of cosmic energy in this way will
temporarily deplete Cybele's physical strength, but it will quickly rebuild itself
after such exertion is over.
Cybele
can psionically manipulate atoms and molecules so as to transform an object's
shape, but she is again no more than a second-level adept at this discipline.
Like
all Eternals, Cybele is able to levitate herself by mentally manipulating gravitons
(subatomic particles carrying the force of gravitational attraction between atoms)
around her. She can also levitate other persons and objects, even while simultaneously
levitating herself. By manipulating gravitons, she can lift even greater weights
than her own physical strength would allow her to. Cybele can fly at approximately
600 miles per hour, but her speed is considerably lessened if she is simultaneously
levitating more than 200 pounds.
One
ability that Cybele has greatly developed is her psionic ability to influence
the minds of others. Using her low-level psionic hypnotic power, she can prevent
herself from being seen or heard. It is not known whether she can psionically
influence the minds of others in other ways.