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The Contemplator is a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. He is one of the Elders of the Universe.
History
Very little is known about the extraterrestrial Tath Ki. Eons ago, he chose to dedicate himself to philosophy, mediation, and developing his mind and spirit to plumb the mysteries of the universe. At some point, he was contacted to join the group of the oldest being in the universe, the Elders.
The Contemplator first appared under the alieses "Mister Buddha" and aided Captain America.
Later, he became involved in the Elders' plot to destroy Galactus and, in so doing, recreate the universe.
When this failed due to the involvement of the heroic Silver Surfer, the Tath Ki contacted the alien pirate, Captain Rep-tyll in a plot against the Surfer. Quickly infuriated by him, Captain Rep-tyll killed Tath Ki. However, Ki continues to survive in a spirit form.
He attempted to conqueror the Kree Empire through a proxy, but was left mentally defeated by the Coati, a race of telepathic plants.
Its highly possible all of these more aggressive and villanious actions were done by a "false" contemplator.
The cosmic Avenger Quasar later encounterd the "true" Contemplator who claimed someone was impersonating him. The Contemplator aided Quasar in accessing a higher diminsion to make contact with the abstract beings of the universe. He stayed in this diminsion after Quasar left. Quasar eventually stumbed upon another group of Elders with the "false" contemplator. The false Contemplator attempted to steal the quantum-bands and was revealed to be a shape-shifting skrull. It is most likley that it was the skrull who tried to destroy Galactus and take over the Kree Empire. It was last seen being taken into the custody of the Jundicator to face judgement of the real Contemplator.
Powers and abilities
The Contemplator has spent billions of years channeling the Power Primordial to develop his mind. He is one of the most powerful telepathies known. He can contact other minds across vast intersellar distances and in different diminsions. He also has other mental powers such as telekinisis and astral projection. He can achieve a meditaive state that enables him to become one with the universe. This allows him to know everything about anything in the diminsion he is in. It has been suggessed he possesses other vast mental powers, but due to limits of apparences and passive nature these are largely unkown. He can teleport across galactic distances through the power of his mind and sometimes other diminsions.
Like all Elders the Contemplator has been rendered completly immortal due to the Grandmaster's pact with Death, even more so then before. He is immune to ageing, poisions, and diesase. He can survive in space unaided and does not need food, air, or drink. If his body were to be destroyed it would either reform or he would survive as an astral spirit.
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