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The man who would one day become the Ancient One was born in Kamar-
Taj, Tibet, over 500 years ago. In his youth he was a peaceful farmer,
but his friend Kaluu discovered the power of magic. Kaluu shared his
knowledge of the mystic arts, but the two friends disagreed on how
they would use it. The Ancient One wanted to protect his village and
help others. Kaluu also wanted to protect his village, but his method
was to organize the village into an army and conquer the neighboring
villages, building a large empire. The Ancient One and Kaluu cast a
spell, eliminating sickness, disease and age from Kamar-Taj and
shortly afterwards Kaluu was crowned king by the villagers under
Kaluu's mind-control spell. The Ancient One tried to stop Kaluu and in
their battle the village of Kamar-Taj was wiped out. Kaluu was
banished to an alternate dimension, but the Ancient One lost his
immortality, though he would still age far slower than any regular
human.[1]
Over the next few centuries, the Ancient One traveled the Earth,
battling demons and evil spirits, banishing many from the Earth. He
increased his own knowledge, while gathering books with dangerous
knowledge and guarding them. He encountered the being Eternity through
his meditations who gave him the Amulet of Agamotto, a powerful
mystical artifact. In Babylonia he defeated a griffin guarding the
Book of the Vishanti, taking the tome of mystical knowledge with him.
He finally settled down in the Himalaya Mountains, building a palace
as his home with an order of monks to protect and assist him. In a
tournament organized by the sorcerer Aged Genghis, the Ancient One won
the title of Earth's Sorcerer Supreme. He took a student, who would
one day become Mister Jip, but banned him from his home when he found
out the student had been studying the forbidden books of black magic
to increase his own power.[2]
In London, during the Great London Fire, the Ancient One battled
Dormammu and forced him to retreat. This was only one of his many
battles with Dormammu. While the Ancient One kept Earth safe, he never
completely defeated Dormammu and Dormammu would return again and
again.
Feeling himself getting older and weaker, the Ancient One set out to
find a student. He approached Anthony Ludgate Druid, a psychiatrist
with mystical talents. Posing as the High Lama, the Ancient One
trained him to become Doctor Druid.[3] He was also approached by Baron
Mordo, a Transylvanian nobleman who wanted to become his student. The
Ancient One saw the corruption within Mordo's heart, but hoped that
his teachings would redeem the man. The Ancient One accepted and began
to teach Mordo. Mordo seemed to change at first, but grew jealous when
the Ancient One began to protect a boy called Stephen Strange,
claiming that this boy had incredible magical talents and would become
the new Sorcerer Supreme. Mordo began to plot against Strange, sending
demons and nightmares to plague the boy, though the Ancient One kept
protecting him and erasing the encounters from the boy's mind. Mordo's
torture nevertheless affected the boy and Strange became a self-
centered surgeon. The Ancient One was aware of Mordo's actions, but
decided to limit the damage and keep Mordo close where he could keep
an eye on him.
After a car crash, Stephen Strange came to the Ancient One to cure the
nerve damage in his hands. The Ancient One accepted him as his student
when he tried to warn the Ancient One of Mordo's dealings with
Dormammu. Mordo soon left the palace and Stephen became the Ancient
One's successor as Doctor Strange.[4] The Ancient One would often
assist Stephen, but when the extra-dimensional monster called Shuma-
Gorath tried to invade Earth through the Ancient One's mind while he
was in the Crypts of Kaa-U, the Ancient One prompted Strange to
destroy the portion of the Ancient One's mind which constituted his
ego, or sense of self. This blocked the way for Shuma-Gorath, trapping
him within the Ancient One's ind, and killed the Ancient One's
physical body. This ended the Ancient One's corporeal existence, but
allowed his soul to achieve transcendence and become one with the
universe and with Eternity.[5] Stephen inherited the Ancient One's
title as Sorcerer Supreme and the power that came with it.
The Ancient One has since demonstrated his existence by manifesting
himself as an avatar of Eternity, intervening in a struggle between
Doctor Strange and Eternity.[6] He also briefly regained his corporeal
form when the Creators caused the universe to reject him. He resumed
his oneness with the universe upon Doctor Strange's defeat of the
Creators.[7] |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 3:16 am |
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On May 20, 7:45 pm, nico... at (no spam) hushmail.com wrote:
Quote: The Ancient One has since demonstrated his existence by manifesting
himself as an avatar of Eternity, intervening in a struggle between
Doctor Strange and Eternity.[6] He also briefly regained his corporeal
form when the Creators caused the universe to reject him. He resumed
his oneness with the universe upon Doctor Strange's defeat of the
Creators.[7]
But how does this ever explain Stan Lee's hair? |
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