History
Thurian Age[]
During the Thurian Age (and thousands of years before the Order of the Hand, sorcerous pilgrims from across the world were drawn to the Temple of the Beast, an ancient monument to a "profane monstrosity".[1]
Hyborian Age[]
After the Great Cataclysm, and during the Hyborian Age, the temple was deserted. The Savage Avengers decided to use this place as the site to trap and defeat the time-travelling Deathlok who was hunting down Conan, and force him to return them to the Modern Age. They managed to, and Elektra began using her necromantic abilities of Hand high priestess, when Thulsa Doom (freshly resurrected by cultists of Set) interrupted and took over the ritual.[1]
Modern Age[]
By the 21st century, the temple, now set in the Hunan Province of China, was inhabited by Beast, served by ninjas of the Hand, including Blindspot.[2]
Tenfingers was brought there to be tortured, killed, and brought back by the Beast every night.[3] Meanwhile, Daredevil traveled there in search of Blindspot, only to be defeated and captured by him.[2] Blindspot then sold Daredevil's soul to the Beast in exchange for the soul of Lu Wei, his mother.[3] Regretful, Blindspot returned to rescue Daredevil, helped by Lu Wei (who was devoured by the Beast).[4]Residents
- The Hand
- The Beast
- Tongue of the Beast
- Blindspot (formerly)
- Lu Wei (formerly)
- Tenfingers