ABYSS

Real Name: None

Class: Extradimensional (Nihil ambulans)

Occupation: None

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unplace, Prime Earth

First Appearance: Dial H #3 (September, 2012)

Powers: Abyss was composed of nothingness, unable to be harmed by conventional means, and could fill others with emptiness, at which point they would lapse into a coma. Abyss could shoot beams of nothingness that disintegrated everything in their path.

History: (Dial H #3-5) - Squid's people wrangled the creatures of nullspace, and he came to bond with his creature, which he named Abyss. Abyss sought to feed on light, and took him on extradimensional journeys for that purpose. Abyss and the Squid came to Earth to steal jewels to feed Abyss, but were banished by users of the H-Dial, and were sent spiraling through multiple dimensions for a decade. Ex Nihilo sought the power of the H-Dial, power from nothingness, and was joined by Squid, who arrived on our plane with remnants of his companion Abyss, thanks to X.N.'s technology. Squid wanted to return home with Abyss, so he agreed to help X.N. collect the remnants of his companion although they were opposed by H-Dial users Manteau and Nelson Jent . X.N. tracked the person closest to Abyss when he disappeared, Mr. King, and they fed Abyss' residue into him, returning the shadow creature to our plane. Jent and Manteau arrived, but were too late to stop them. Abyss was furious over his long exile, and punched a hole in Squid's chest before leaving for a museum to feed on the light of geodes. X.N. captured Manteau and took her H-Dial, not bothering with Jent. Using nullomancy she mastered the H-Dial for herself, and tried to convince Abyss to work with her, but he was having none of it. Squid turned to Jent to help him return home, and after they rescued the powerless Manteau they confronted X.N. X.N. fatally wounded Squid, Abyss was hungry for more light, so he blotted out the moon, deciding to destroy the world that exiled it by stealing the sun and its' light next. Abyss spawned small nothings, and Squid, while dying, gave Manteau advice to convince X.N. to help Jent turn them against Abyss and destroy him.

Comments: Created by China Miéville & Mateus Santolouco.

Abyss had a cameo in Dial H #6.

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