What is a Celestial host?

Celestials are powerful cosmic beings created by the First Firmament. The Celestials visit planets—in what is known as Celestial Hosts—to experiment on, and judge, lower life-forms. They create Eternals and Deviants from selected species.

Are the collector and Grandmaster Celestials?

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 later revealed that Peter Quill’s father, Ego the Living Planet, was a Celestial, making Peter half-Celestial. It’s important to note that in the comics, both The Collector and The Grandmaster are Elders of the Universe, another branch of ancient Marvel beings.

Does the collector have a brother?

The Grandmaster is one of the ageless Elders of the Universe and has mastered most civilizations’ games of skill and chance. Different media appearances depict him as the brother of the Collector.

Will the Eternals be the fourth host?

The Eternals will likely be a doorway into a greater understanding of the Celestials, and should help expand the MCU further into the cosmos. What roles the Celestials will play isn’t fully known yet, though it is very likely they could be antagonists, particularly operating as something known as The Fourth Host. So, what is The Fourth Host?

Are the Eternals connected to the Celestials?

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is setting the stage for the Eternals. So what links do they have to the Celestials and what is The Fourth Host? The Eternals are set to take over where the Avengers left off at the culmination of the Infinity Saga.

What happened to the Celestials in the MCU?

The Celestials were given a gift of twelve specimens from each Earth God’s pantheon and they left the planet, erasing the incident from the minds of humanity. With Odin not present in the MCU any more, it is unlikely the events of the Fourth Host in the comics will mirror those that play out in the MCU.

What are the hosts in Marvel Comics?

These visitations are known as Hosts, with The First Host arriving after a Stone Age incarnation of the Avengers defeated a rogue dark Celestial known as Zgreb. The First Host defeated the Avengers and genetically altered a number of Earthlings, creating the Eternals and the Deviants.