Phastos is the inventor in the community of genetically engineered Eternals. Created by the Celestials in the World Forge, Phastos was sent to Earth in 5000 B.C. to progress the planet's societal development, and protect it from the Deviants. Phastos guided and progressed many technological innovations throughout the course of human history, but fell into a state of dejection after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, which resulted in monumental loss of human life. Blaming himself, he grew distant from his fellow Eternals and abandoned helping humankind.
In the contemporary era, Phastos settled and started a family with his husband Ben, and together raised a son, Jack. When Earth's Eternals reassembled to stave off a new wave of Deviants led by Kro, Phastos came to the realization of his true purpose; to pave the way for Earth's Emergence, which would lead to the birth of Tiamut and result in the planet's destruction. The Eternals became divided, with Phastos siding to protect the planet and avert the Emergence from happening. By choosing to save the planet and humanity rather than allow the Emergence to happen, Phastos was abducted by Arishem the Judge alongside Sersi and Kingo so Earth could face judgment.
Phastos was built and programmed by Arishem the Judge, and presumably was sent to multiple planets to protect and help evolve sentient life forms from the Deviants, powering a Celestial seed inside the planet, which would absorb the energy made from the sentient lifeforms. Eventually, the Emergence would occur, destroying the planet in the process. Upon finishing their mission, the Eternals would be sent back to the World Forge to have their memories erased and reset.[1]
Phastos alongside the rest of the Eternals were sent to Earth on the Domo. Once awoken, the Eternals were provided with suits to wear before arriving at the planet. Not being one of the Eternal's main fighters, Phastos waited as the others fought the Deviants. When the Deviants attacking the humans were defeated, Phastos came down, and the Eternals presented themselves to the race they were assigned to protect.[1]
Furthering Human Development[]
"Phastos, this steam..." "Engine. It's a..." "It's too soon!"
In Babylon, Phastos worked day and night inside the Domo, creating tools and technologies to help humanity develop. In a certain occasion, Phastos showed to Ajak his new creation: a steam engine, but Ajak thought that it was too complex, and it would be too soon to present humanity with such technology. When Ajak asked for something simpler, Phastos then presented a plow, that the team found most suitable for the humanity in that period of time.[1]
In 1238, Phastos and Ajak went to Córdoba, Spain. Phastos admired the architecture and then asked Ajak why they were there. He was astonished to hear that she contacted Pope Gregory IX. They met with Lope de Fitero and Bishop of Osma, Juan de Soria. de Fitero told them about their advancements in gunpowder and weapons. Phastos then pushed Ajak aside and asked her if they can interfere to stop the madness. Ajak denied it, reminding him of their purpose and mission.
Suddenly, they heard commotion and found out a deviant was attacking. Phastos quickly created a weapon to use while Ajak healed the wounded. They remarked on how the deviant seemed to be controlled by something. Phastos mentioned how it's never happened before. Ajak told him that it has, in Heian-Kyo and in Korea.
A knight then arrived to help and caused the deviant to run away. Phastos thanked him, but asked who he was. The knight removed his helmet and revealed himself to be de Fitero. He agreed to keep their secret and even gave them his helmet.[3]
Phastos was called in by Ikaris and Sersi to investigate a Deviants Nest. With the rest of the Eternals, they found Kappa, who was controlling the deviants from the start of the war. They soon defeated the deviants after Thena killed Kappa.[5]
Recounting the 500 Year War[]
One day, Phastos found the Reconquista Helmet and asked Sprite to create an illusion so they could tell the story to the whole group.[2][5]
Building a Hover Pad[]
"One day, this could revolutionise transportation, but - if we reverse the polarity... it becomes a 'hover pad'! No need to walk around the astrolab, Ajak: you can walk in perfect safety on this!"
One day, Phastos worked on a new invention while Ajak paced through the astrolab, seemingly talking to herself. Phastos asked if she was alright, so Ajak expressed her concerns about how much she had to do to protect Earth and the Eternals. However, Ajak kept unwittingly getting too close to be safe with all the parts for his invention flying around, so he backed away. Ajak got closer and asked if Phastos was okay, so Phastos explained that he was working on an invention that could help the humans. Ajak stood right next to Phastos to remind him that humans have to be allowed to develop by themselves, causing Phastos to drop an object as he got distracted focusing on her. Phastos then tripped over one of the objects, falling to the ground.
Ajak went over to Phastos and healed him with her abilities. Phastos stood up and thanked Ajak, saying that he had an idea for a new invention. He put together a Trans-Spatial Mass Accelerator, explaining that it could revolutionize travel for humans, but that they were not ready for the technology yet. He reversed the polarity on the device, turning it into a hover pad for Ajak to used. Ajak loved the device, and received a messaged from the Celestials that they loved it too. Phastos joked that if the Celestials wanted one, he would need to build it in a bigger lab.[6]
"Their weapons have become too deadly. Maybe wasn't such a good idea helping them advance, Phastos?" "Techlonogy is a part of their evolutionary process, Druig. It's not exactly something that I can stop." "No, you can't but I can!"
While a war was taking place in Tenochtitlan, Phastos, Ajak, Sersi, Sprite, and Druig met with the rest of the Eternals after they had fought the remaining Deviants, when men with heavy weaponry began to massacre the natives of the region. Druig then confronted Phastos about how he helped them develop those weapons, when suddenly, Thena's Mahd Wy'ry caused her to fight the others unknowingly, injuring Phastos in the process.
While they took Thena to lay on a pedestal and Ajak healed Phastos and the others' wounds, an argument between Druig and Ajak began, resulting in Druig deserting the Eternals, and Ajak splitting up the team, telling them to go live their lives as they wanted.[1]
In August 1945, when United States Air Force dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Phastos visited the place in the aftermath of the bombing and blamed himself for the incident. He cried as he watched the mushroom cloud above the city and was comforted by fellow Eternal Ajak. Horrified by the Hiroshima bombing, Phastos gave up on humanity and swore to never aid or protect them henceforth.[1]
Many decades later, Phastos met Ben, with them started dating and eventually getting married. They had a son, named Jack, and all three of them lived in a heavily protected house in Chicago. Through his new family, Phastos had eventually gained faith in humanity once more, knowing that despite all of the bad in the world there is also a lot of good.[1]
After the death of Ajak, and the revelation of their own purpose in Earth, the Eternals went after Phastos to ask for help. When he saw Ikaris and Sersi, and they told him everything, Phastos was hesitant to help them, but his partner was able to convince him, reminding him about their son, and how they should give him a chance to grow up now.[1]
Phastos then said goodbye to his family, and went to Iraq with his fellow Eternals. There he was able to find and activate the Domo. Once inside his lab, Phastos began to work in something that could connect all the team and allow Druig to penetrate in a Celestial mind, called Uni-Mind. Phastos worked on it while facetiming Jack.[1] Jack showed Phastos his science project and asked why planets were round. Phastos explained to him how gravity works and realized he could use Sersi's orb to create the device.[7]
When Phastos was almost able to build the devices that could create the Uni-Mind, Ikaris used his eye beams to destroy the devices, revealing he was responsible for Ajak's death, that he knew all along about the Emergence and was willing to kill all of them to ensure it to happen. Phastos expressed his disgust for Ikaris' decision, shouting that he doesn't live for Arishem, but he lives for his family.
Phastos working in the devices to connect the Eternals
The team split in two, and Phastos sided in the team that would try to stop the Emergence. He asked Sersi for her Celestial Communication Sphere, so he could build the devices that would connect them in the Uni-Mind, being able to finish it in time. They all suited up and took the devices.[1]
While Sersi, Druig, and Makkari went to the ground to stop the Emergence, Thena and Phastos stayed in the ship to distract Ikaris. That did not work out, as when the connection to create the Uni-Mind began, Ikaris attacked Druig and destroyed the Domo, but Makkari rescued Thena and Phastos.
While Makkari engaged in a battle against Ikaris, Phastos and the others defended themselves from an erupted volcano caused by the Emergence. But when Sersi went closer to Tiamut so she could stop his awakening, Phastos and Thena confronted Ikaris to keep him busy. Phastos used his powers to create devices to attack and contain Ikaris, being able to control his powers for some time.
When Sersi was finally able to reach Tiamut, all of the Eternals, including Ikaris and Sprite, were able to connect through the Uni-Mind, by the will of Tiamut himself, and stop the Emergence.
After the battle, Phastos rebuilt the Domo, and reunited with his family, Thena, Druig and Makkari in Ajak's Homestead while watching the news on TV. The later three boarded the Domo to travel around the Universe finding other Eternals and telling them the truth, while Phastos watched ship depart with his son.[1]
Some time later, Phastos was held captive by the Prime Celestial, Arishem, for sabotaging the emergence of Tiamut the Communicator. He was bought there with Sersi and Kingo, so Arishem would evaluate their memories for a final judgment of the humans.[1]
Personality[]
"I have a family now. They give me faith again. And I see the good in humanity in them every single day."
Phastos has helped nudge humanity forward technologically while always keeping his brilliance hidden in the shadows. Phastos has use technopathy power to protect humans and help them evolve their technologies at their own pace. In recent years, he started a family with a husband and son. At first, Phastos seemed eager to use his superhuman intellect and technopathy to aid humankind in their technological development, as when he originally invented the engine for the people of Babylon to use and seemed disappointed that due to the slow rate of humanity's development, he could only give them a, then rudimentary, plow. However, after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the end of World War II, Phastos became cynical and guilt-ridden for his role in advancing mankind's capacity for destruction via the technology he helped advance. This trauma resulted in Phastos turning his back on his humanity and abstain from using his powers to invent.
Despite his cynicism, Phastos possesses a tremendous love for his family, as to him, they are his only lens into seeing the best of humanity. In fact, Phastos only took part in stopping the Emergence, not to save humanity, but to save his partner and son from the Celestials destruction of Earth. Phastos' love for his family is so great, that despite his vow not to use his powers, Phastos only used them for the sake of protecting his family, as he created an indestructible house for them to live in.
Eternal Physiology: By design from the Celestials, Phastos is an Eternal possessing superhuman strength, durability, speed, agility, stamina, reflexes, and healing, numerous times more superior than any normal human being, as well as immortality and being able to manipulate cosmic energy to a certain degree.
Like all Eternals, Phastos possesses great superhuman strength, numerous times stronger than any normal human being. As Ikaris attempted to fly away, Phastos was able to use a weapon he created, which resembled a whip, to prevent him from escaping, managing to drag Ikaris to the floor with his strength, causing the ground beneath him to crack.
Superhuman Durability: Phastos' body is numerous times more resistant to physical and energy damage than any normal human being. Phastos was able to survive being shot directly by Ikaris' optic beams during the latter's initial confrontation with the Eternals aboard the Domo. While Ikaris was destroying the Domo, he was inside it. However, Phastos was unharmed and had no visible injuries after he was rescued by Makkari from the Domo. Phastos also showed his resistance to ionizing radiation when Ajak met him in Hiroshima that had just recently been nuked, with the latter shows no signs of radiation poisoning.
Superhuman Speed: Phastos can run and move at great superhuman speed, much faster than any normal human being.
Superhuman Agility: Phastos naturally possesses far greater agility, equilibrium, flexibility, dexterity, balance, and body coordination than any normal human being.
Superhuman Stamina: Phastos' advanced musculature is considerably more efficient than any normal human being. As a result, his muscles virtually do not produce fatigue toxins during physical activity. His endurance allows him to exercise his maximum capacity for an extremely long period of time without tiring at all.
Superhuman Reflexes: Phastos can react and dodge objects traveling at high speeds, much quicker than any normal human being.
Regenerative Healing Factor: Phastos' metabolism enables him to rapidly regenerate damaged bodily tissue with far greater speed and efficiency than any normal human being.
Immortality: As an Eternal, Phastos is genetically able to live forever, without dying due to old age or illnesses.
Cosmic Energy Manipulation: By design of the Celestials, all Eternals are genetically capable of using cosmic energy. Each Eternal possesses a unique ability, all derived from the same cosmic power source. Phastos uses his cosmic energy to grant himself technopathy.
Constructs Creation:
Phastos creating a weapon
Phastos is able to manipulate cosmic energy to design and create any invention or weapon.
Holographic Projection: Phastos is capable of making holographic projections to model its constructions more accurately.
Energy Blast: Phastos is able to conjure weapons that launch blasts of cosmic energy.
Force-Field Generation: Phastos is able to generate force fields to protect himself and others.
Chain Creation: Phastos is able to conjure structures to imprison anyone. He used these to disable Ikaris temporarily.
Former Powers[]
Uni-Mind Energy Manipulation: The Eternals can harness their cosmic powers together to create the Uni-Mind, which amplifies their powers.
Levitation: During the Uni-Mind, Phastos was able to float a few feet above the ground.
Abilities[]
Genius-Level Intellect: Blessed with the power of invention by the Celestials, Phastos is not only the most intelligent member of the Eternals' team of thinkers, but also the smartest member of the community of genetically engineered Eternals. Therefore, he serves as the inventor of the group.
Master Engineer:
Phastos creating an invention
The technology-minded Eternal, Phastos, is the inventor of the group. During the fight against the Deviants, Phastos served as the Eternals' chief inventor and over the centuries, Phastos has helped nudge humanity forward technologically while always keeping his brilliance hidden in the shadows. He is the one who originally conceived the plow and the steam engine, although he was warned that the latter could not be implemented so early.
Master Scientist: To be added
Expert Combatant: Although he was not involved as frequently as other Eternals in the fights against the Deviants, Phastos was a perfectly capable fighter on his own, especially when armed with his powerful rings which allowed him to hold his own against Ikaris.
Multilingualism: Phastos is fluent in English and sign language, using the latter to communicate with the deaf-mute Makkari, and can understand Arabic, a language used by his husband Ben.
Equipment[]
Weapons[]
To be added
Other Equipment[]
Celestial Armor: Phastos donned a purple and silver armor, equipped on him by the Domo. The armor was durable enough to withstand multiple blows during the fight with the Deviants.
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