Korath the Pursuer

"Drop it! Now!" "Yup. Hey, cool, man. No Problem! No Problem! At all!" "Who are you?" "Star-Lord." "Who?" "Star-Lord, man. Legendary outlaw? Forget it."

- Korath the Pursuer and Peter Quill

Korath the Pursuer was a mercenary working for Thanos. He was killed during the Battle of Xandar.

Early Life
Since his youth, Korath often trained alongside fellow Thanos devotees Gamora and Nebula.

Quest for the Orb
Korath led a platoon of Sakaarans ordered by Thanos to take Nebula and Gamora to Praxius IX when a lead for the Orb appeared there. The lead turned out to be false, and the party left empty handed.

While hunting for the Orb on the planet Morag, Korath found that Peter Quill had already located it. He and his squad of Sakaaran soldiers attempted to take Quill and the Orb to Ronan, but Quill managed to escape to Xandar.

Later, Ronan decided to betray Thanos and keep the Orb to himself. Korath was disturbed by this due to how extremely powerful Thanos is, and questioned his master's decision. However, Ronan reassured him that with the power of the Orb, Thanos would not pose a threat.

Battle of Xandar
During the attack on Xandar by Ronan's forces, Korath led Sakaaran soldiers in defending the Dark Aster. A battle ensued between his forces and the Guardians of the Galaxy, in which Korath fought Drax the Destroyer. Korath briefly gained the upper hand, but the tables were turned and Korath was killed by Drax, who tore out a cybernetic part of his head.

Relationships

 * Thanos - Former Master turned Enemy
 * Ronan the Accuser † - Ally
 * Nebula - Ally
 * Guardians of the Galaxy - Enemies
 * Star-Lord
 * Drax the Destroyer - Killer
 * Groot
 * Rocket Raccoon
 * Gamora - Former Ally turned Enemy

Trivia

 * In the comics, Korath was a Kree cyber-geneticist, and the founder of a project to develop cybernetic warriors for the Kree militia.
 * It is believed that during the pre-production of the movie, Korath was intented to be a Kree as in the comics, due his appearance seen on the concept art.
 * In Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude #1, Korath is shown training along Nebula and Gamora. Due to this as well as his cybernetic implants, Korath could be one of Thanos' "sons".
 * Interestingly, Korath's death alludes to death of his actor Djimon Hounsou's character Vivo, one of his earliest roles, from the 1998 action-horror film Deep Rising, in which both Hounsou's characters were mercenaries who both die from injuries to their skulls (Korath dies from having his cybernatic part ripped from his head, while Vivo is killed from an axe to the center of his head by accident). Ironically, while Korath is killed near the end of the film, Vivo in reverse is killed early around the beginning of the film.

Behind the Scenes

 * Djimon Hounsou, the actor who portrays Korath, was originally up for the role of Drax the Destroyer.