Talos

"This is war. My hands are filthy from it, too. But we’re here now. You found my family, and this is just the beginning."

- Talos to Captain Marvel

Talos is a Skrull general who had collaborated with renegade Kree scientist Mar-Vell in order to save the remnants of his own people from the Kree. As the war between the two races progressed, Talos managed to extract information about the Light-Speed Engine from Vers and arrived on Planet C-53 to retrieve it as well as his long lost family. On C-53, Talos had confronted Vers and Nick Fury, while disguised as S.H.I.E.L.D. director Keller, however, Talos' deception was soon exposed. Eventually, Talos helped Vers to realize that the Kree had been manipulating her as she had finally agreed to aid him, fighting the Starforce to find a new home for the surviving Skrulls.

In 2023, Talos and his wife Soren were asked by Fury to travel to Earth and impersonate himself and Maria Hill, respectively. In doing so, Talos came into conflict with the rising global threat of the Elementals, and bargained an alliance with illusionist Quentin Beck and the crime-fighting crusader Spider-Man before realizing that Beck was a fraud.

Fugitives from the Kree
"Your people are terrorists that kill innocents. I saw the ruins on Torfa." "Ruins that the Accusers are responsible for. My people lived as refugees on Torfa. Homeless, ever since we resisted Kree rule, and they destroyed our planet."

- Captain Marvel and Talos

Talos, a General in the Skrull Empire, had been leading the losing side of the Kree-Skrull War ever since the destruction of their home planet Skrullos at the hands of the Kree Empire and the Accusers. By 1989, Talos brokered an alliance with rebel Kree scientist Mar-Vell, who offered Talos, his family and several other Skrull survivors refuge on her laboratory in the orbit of Planet C-53, while she would engineer a Light-Speed Engine to allow the Skrulls to escape Kree opposition.

Unfortunately, as a result of Mar-Vell's assassination executed by Starforce commander Yon-Rogg, this put an indefinite hiatus into her research, and set back their opposition in the war. By 1995, a remnant of the Skrulls led by Talos, who had since abandoned Mar-Vell's laboratory and thus leaving his family behind for their safety, had sought refuge on Torfa.

Ambushing Starforce
"How did you know the code?" "How about I tell you my secret? When you told me yours."

- Vers and Talos

The Skrulls, led by Talos, had organized an ambush on Torfa with the objective of capturing Vers. On Torfa, Talos had successfully kidnapped Soh-Larr, a Kree spy, to find the coordinates for the laboratory, which had contained the Tesseract. They lured Starforce members into the planet by impersonating Soh-Larr and using a code that only he would have known. The Starforce operatives quickly realized that the Torfan natives were Skrulls led by Talos. As most of the Skrulls were made quick work of by the Starforce, Talos remained in hiding as Soh-Larr. When Vers approached him, Talos revealed himself and abducted her to the Skrull flagship.

Unlocking Memories
"Dig deeper. Lawson is our link to that lightspeed engine, and everything we're after."

- Talos

The Skrulls hooked Vers to a machine that allows them to visualize scenes of her memories, from where they are able to uncover the alias that Mar-Vell used in planet C-53. Once Vers got back her consciousness, she escaped from the machine and promptly started attacking every single Skrull on site. Talos tried to stall her on her way to the Escape Pod, though his efforts were futile.

Crashing in Los Angeles
"Track the pod. Find the girl. She knows more than she knows."

- Talos

The four pods carrying Talos, Norex, and two other Skrulls crash-landed in the, on the coast of California, and later emerged at a beach during a sun-sprawling morning in Los Angeles. While familiarizing themselves with their surroundings, Talos gave orders to the three Skrulls under his command to locate Vers. To blend in with the rest of the beach, Talos and the Skrulls had simmed several human surfers.

Infiltrating S.H.I.E.L.D.
"If she can tell us why these lizards are here... maybe she can tell us how to kick 'em to the curb." "Good. Do it alone, though. You can't trust anyone, not even our own men."

- Nick Fury and Talos

During the Chase of the Skrulls, which resulted in the death of one of his fellow subordinates at the hands of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, Talos confronted and assumed the guise of S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Keller, in order to gain the trust of his situational enemies. Talos arrived at the autopsy of the deceased Skrull alongside S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Nick Fury, pretending to be as confused over the strange alien as Fury was to avoid any suspicion. Still motivated to capture Vers, he instructed Agent Fury to track her down and keep him updated, before sending him off. Once he was alone, Talos began mourning the death of his fellow Skrull and vowed to complete their mission. Later, Talos had been contacted by Fury via his Pager, who told him that Vers and him were at the Joint USAFA Facility in Nevada, where she was attempting find some more information regarding Doctor Wendy Lawson. Talos, as Keller, informed Fury that he and several S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were coming to apprehend the threat. Arriving at the facility, Fury became suspicious of Talos when "Keller" referred to Fury by his first name when they boarded an elevator to hunt down Vers.

Ambush at Joint USAFA Facility
"I want to question her alone. Excellent work, Nicholas."

- Talos to Nick Fury

During the elevator ride down, Fury became suspicious that "Keller" was compromised by a Skrull. Because of this, Fury tested Talos by asking if he remembers a strategy during a fictitious mission that he supposedly did with the real Keller in Havana. Talos, unable to determine if the mission was real or not since Skrulls can only remember recent memories from the people they replicate, said he remembered the fake mission, confirming Fury's suspicion. Talos soon realized that his cover was blown and attempted to kill Fury only to be stopped Vers, after which the two fled the facility. Frustrated by losing Vers and Fury, Talos took a moment, when he was interrupted by an agent who informed him about their process of locating the Quadjet, which Talos was confused on how they weren't able to do it quicker. He was then handed a file from Norex, who was also impersonating a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, on a crash that occurred six years ago that matched Vers' memories. Talos then asked if there was a record of the crash, which the agent informed him of a that they had, which Talos instructed him to retrieve. Talos then looked at the files and discovered Maria Rambeau and her address, leading to him to head to the location.

Negotiating an Agreement
"No one's going to hurt the girl. Just, don't kill me. We got a really complicated situation." "I'm about five seconds from complicating that wall with some ugly-ass Skrull brains."

- Talos and Nick Fury

Talos and Norex tracked Vers to the Rambeau Residence, after she found out the truth about her real origins, about her being from Earth and previous Air Force pilot for Mar-Vell. At first Carol, Maria and Fury believed him to be there for evil intentions, Talos was able to convinced them that he was there to negation a peaceful deal and everybody calmed down.

Battle at Mar-Vell's Laboratory
"You can see they're not soldiers, let them go. You can have me."

- Talos to Yon-Rogg

Once the negotiation is successful, restoring Carol Danvers' memories back to normal, Talos alongside Maria Rambeau and Nick Fury began to find Mar-Vell's hidden Laboratory ship at space nearby Earth, while Norex sacrificed his life as a decoy to diverse a distraction to lure the Starforce, by disguising as Danvers. With the distraction is success, at cost of Norex's life, Talos and his allies finally arrived at Mar-Vell’s hidden lab ship, reuniting with his family and the fellow surviving Skrulls hidden by Mar-Vell once more. Unfortunately, the Starforce already called the reinforcements, including the Accusers, with Talos and his people, alongside Fury, Rambeau and Goose are held hostage, and being put in other cells respectively, while Danvers being put into having her memories wiped again. Thanks to Davers' fully awakened power which manage to resist the Supreme Intelligence's control, Talos manage to dispose one of the Starforce guards and disguise as one of them, once the cell he and his people were in are turned off by the results of Danvers' battle against the majorities of Starforce. While disguising as one of the Starforce, Talos and his people reunited with Fury, Rambeau and Goose, who too freed by the efforts of the latter. Although there are still few remaining Starforce guards remains. Once Talos begin to rescue his allies, and was injured while risking his life saving Fury from one of the remaining Starforce guards. Talos, while recovering, remaining the ship where he and his allies escaping, as Mar-Vell's ship is about to be destroyed. Upon landing back to the desert at Earth when once the majority of Kree army finally retreats because of Danvers' undefeatable power.

Finding a New Home
After the battle was over, Talos and his family sought temporary refuge at the Rambeau Residence, joining them for dinner. Afterwards, Captain Marvel left to search the galaxy for a habitable planet for the Skrulls to live. Using the Light-Speed Engine, Talos and his family followed suit.

Skirmish in Mexico
In 2023, Talos and Soren were called to Earth to impersonate Nick Fury and Maria Hill, while the two were away.

To be added

Recruiting Spider-Man
"I'm just a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, sir." "Bitch, please. You been to space."

- Spider-Man and Talos

To be added

Personality
"You know, you should always be polite to your neighbors. You never know when you might need to borrow some sugar."

- Talos

Despite appearing to be a fearsome military leader on the surface, Talos is an honorable, kind, and caring leader who wants the best for the Skrull population and his family, whose safety he puts before everything else. He respects diplomacy, often choosing to solve problems through negotiations rather than conflict, as he called out Carol Danvers for being too quick to attack during his visit to the Rambeau Residence. That being said, Talos has an intense hatred towards the Kree and won't hesitate to resort to violence when facing them or those who he thinks are their allies, as was seen by how he also attempted to kill Nick Fury when the latter was working with Vers and discovered that he was impersonating the S.H.I.E.L.D. director.

Talos is a pragmatic person willing to forgive others and accept his mistakes, as he decided to seek help from Danvers and Fury upon discovering that they were being misled by the Kree into thinking that the Skrulls were the enemy and wanted to clear the misunderstanding despite knowing that Danvers could eradicate any of his soldiers with ease. Talos was even willing to confront Fury and Danvers in his true form without any shapeshifting as a sign of trust and helped Danvers rediscover her real identity. He also apologized to Fury for their previous encounter.

Once his trust is earned, Talos is a very loyal ally and respects the wishes of those he works with; after learning of Fury's preference to only be called "Fury", he used this as a code word to let him know he had disguised himself as one of the Kree attempting to take him and the Skrulls hostage. Talos also felt sympathetic towards Danvers after learning that she had been manipulated by the Kree into becoming their weapon, he also did not hold any grudge against her for her previous hostility either.

Talos also has a tendency to use humor as a way to defuse tense situations, but due to being unaccustomed to human socialization, he can sometimes come off as awkward when asked about his shapeshifting abilities. Talos is afraid of Flerkens, he often warned Nick Fury to stay away from Goose, which eventually becomes an ultimate price of the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent’s regrets, his left eye.

Powers
"Can you turn into anything you want?" "Well, I have to see it." "Can you all do it?" "Physiologically, yeah, but it takes practice, and dare I say it, talent."

- Talos and Maria Rambeau


 * Skrull Physiology: Unlike the many species on Earth, Talos is a Skrull who is not a carbon-based life-form and possess a wide variety of superhuman abilities.
 * Shapeshifting: Captain_Marvel_(film)_134.jpg surfer]]Like the rest of his species, Talos was able to shapeshift into sentient humanoid beings, perfectly matching their height, voice, unique physical characteristics, and even copying their clothing. However, he has to visually perceive the person who is going to be imitated. Talos admitted that this is more of a skill and requires practice, and perhaps some remarkable talent to use.
 * Memory Replication: Anyone that he replicates, Talos is able to mimic the exact memories of that person, allowing Talos to perfectly imitate the person. However, he can only replicate the person's short-term memory and most recent thoughts, making him unable to use information from years ago. This is how Nick Fury deduced that he was not Keller, as Talos referred to him by his first name, which not even his mother does.
 * Superhuman Strength: Talos was able to overpower Nick Fury easily and toss him around.
 * Superhuman Durability: Talos was able to survive a direct Photon Blast from Carol Danvers.
 * Superhuman Agility: Talos has a greater agility, dexterity, balance, and body coordination much bigger than a being.

Abilities

 * Expert Combatant: Talos is a very skilled fighter, capable of fighting formidable combatants such as Carol Danvers, Yon-Rogg, and Nick Fury.
 * Expert Leader: To be added
 * Expert Marksman: Talos is a very skilled marksman, capable of using a blaster to takedown three Starforce guards with ease.
 * Expert Tactician: To be added

Weapons

 * Skrull Blaster: Talos carried this as a sidearm, standard to all military personnel in the Skrull Empire.
 * Skrull Electroshock Baton: During the Ambush on Torfa, after Vers uncovered Talos' disguise as Soh-Larr, Talos used this baton to electrocute her, and take her into Skrull custody.
 * : The SIG Sauer P226 was the standard pistol issued to S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel in the 1990s. As such, Keller carried this on his sidearm, and when Talos knocked him out, he took possession of the weapon and used it while hunting down Carol Danvers, and engaged in a duel with Nick Fury over it.

Facilities

 * S.H.I.E.L.D. Field Office: To be added
 * Mar-Vell's Laboratory: To be added

Family

 * Soren - Wife
 * Daughter

Allies

 * Skrull Empire
 * Norex †
 * Skrull Spy
 * Coulson Impostor Skrull †
 * Mar-Vell †
 * Torfans
 * Nick Fury - Former Enemy and Friend
 * S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * Phil Coulson †
 * Whitcher
 * Avengers
 * Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel - Former Enemy and Friend
 * Peter Parker/Spider-Man
 * Maria Rambeau - Former Enemy and Friend
 * Monica Rambeau
 * Goose
 * Maria Hill

Enemies

 * Kree Empire
 * Supreme Intelligence
 * Starforce
 * Yon-Rogg - Attempted Killer
 * Minn-Erva † - Attempted Killer
 * Korath †
 * Att-Lass
 * Bron-Char
 * Accusers
 * Ronan the Accuser †
 * Soh-Larr - Hostage
 * Keller - Situational Enemy
 * Elementals
 * Sandman
 * Hydro-Man
 * Molten Man
 * Whirlwind
 * Quentin Beck/Mysterio - Former Ally
 * Dimitri Smerdyakov - Former Ally

Trivia

 * In the comics, Talos was a Skrull who didn't possess the shapeshifting abilities of his species due to a genetic defect, but became respected as a fearsome warrior and gained the nickname of Talos the Untamed.

Behind the Scenes

 * Ben Mendelsohn portrays Talos' true Skrull form with his own Australian accent, while he portrays Talos disguised as Keller with an American accent inspired by politician.
 * Kieran Gallagher and Colin Follenweider were stunt doubles for Ben Mendelsohn in the role of Talos.
 * James Henderson was a stand-in for Ben Mendelsohn in the role of Talos.
 * According to Marvel Studios' Senior Visual Development Artist Jackson Sze, the reason Talos wears a trenchcoat is because his look would eventually inspire Nick Fury to wear his own iconic trenchcoat seen in other installments of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, such as The Avengers and Captain America: The Winter Soldier.