Black Priests (Multiverse)

The Black Priests are powerful beings who are major players in the Game of Worlds,^[1][2] destroying incursive Earths in order to protect their arcane home Earths.^[3]

They are known to have destroyed Black Swan's home world^[4] and most recently Earth-23099 where they were confronted by the Illuminati, while anonymously observed by the Illuminati of Earth-616, whom they detected, but could not identify.^[5]

Powers[]

The Black Priests have shown to possess high-level powers, presumed to be of magical origin by the Black Panther, though they rejected the distinction between science and magic:

• Flight/Levitation^[5]
• Multiple/Unfathomable Mind(s): According to Charles Xavier, they do not possess one mind but tens of thousands, and are consequently unfathomable, causing any telepath that attempts to read their minds great pain.^[5]
• Telepathic/Magical/Extra-Sensorial Perception ? They were somehow able to see despite their lack of eyes.^[5]
  • Multiversal Witnessing/Mirrors Detection: They were able to sense that they were watched by a "Mirror", the Illuminati's Bridge, while not able to discern the identity of those watchers. They also indicated that they were able to sense the witnessing of Mapmakers and of Ebony Kings.^[5]
• Matter Reorganization: According to Reed Richards, their resistance and reconstruction was due to "matter reorganisation", making them virtually invincible, reforming after being shattered by Iron Man's Repulsors, and even by Captain Marvel's Power Cosmic and Black Bolt's voice.^[5]
• "The Words:" By saying a few words of power, the Black Priests are able to kill beings in different ways. It was stated that some beings were able to resist to such words.^[5]
  • Energy Blasts^[5]
  • Pyrokinesis^[5]
  • Organic disintegration Magneto, Captain Marvel and Black Bolt were killed and were left as only damaged skeletons, wrecked costumes and a few human parts (feet and hands).^[5]
  • A Black Priest was also seen blasting a newly activated Inhuman cutting his body into pieces.^[5]

Helmets of unknown function and utility, in metal.; Magneto was able to lift them from their wearers.^[5]