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Lord Gorgon

Super Name: Lord Gorgon

Real Name: Gorgon Petragon

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Universe: Earth-616

Gorgon Petragon was an Inhuman and the son of Korath and Milena, members of the House of Agon, the royal family of the Inhumans. He was cousin to Blackagar and Maximus Boltagon.

Exposed to Terrigenesis, he developed a physical mutation in the form of hooves, along with the ability to create kinetic shockwaves.

When Black Bolt, Medusa, and Maximus fled to the humans' world after an Alpha Primitives' insurrection, Gorgon was challenged into a contest to serve as viceroy in the stead of Kadlec the Seeker who was sent to retrieve the sons of Agon. Gorgon was taught by the Unspoken some advice on the ways to rule.

Gorgon fell in love with, and eventually married, a woman named Myrra and had children with her. Myrra eventually died, leaving Gorgon with everlasting pain inside him.

He had a daughter, Alecto -- unknown if Myrra was the mother -- then, from another mother, a son, Petras Petragon.

He was sent by their one-time leader, Maximus, to find Medusa and return her to Attilan. Gorgon found her outside the Fantastic Four’s Baxter Building in Manhattan and attacked her and the Human Torch, whom she had captured to help her escape. He used his powerful legs to climb the side of the building, hurt Mister Fantastic when he reached out to see who it was and stole their helicopter after kicking their Fantasti-Car and Pogo Plane, thus disabling their transport. He chased Medusa and the Torch to New York’s State University where he confronted an escaped Dragon Man, who protected Medusa from him. He continued to fight the Dragon Man, then the rest of the Fantastic Four, until the android created enough of a distraction for him to escape to the Inhumans' hideout with Medusa.

There, he discovered the Human Torch alongside his cousin, Crystal, who believed Johnny to be a fellow Inhuman. Gorgon and Triton then attacked the Torch until he escaped through the roof to alert the rest of the Fantastic Four. Together, the Inhumans, led by Black Bolt, battled with the four, until Crystal announced that Triton had been taken by the Seeker, who had been sent to bring them all back to Attilan. Black Bolt then commanded Lockjaw to transport them, and they disappeared off the rooftop, with the Torch and Crystal trying to stay together, but being torn apart.

They appeared back in Attilan, where Maximus explained that he had had Gorgon bring Medusa back to be his queen. Gorgon apologized and claimed ignorance of his motives. Then, Maximus taunted Black Bolt about his stolen crown until Black Bolt tore it from his hands by force, reclaiming the leadership of the Inhumans. But soon the Fantastic Four appeared, having followed the Seeker back to the refuge, and argued with Black Bolt, telling him that he and the Inhumans should rejoin the human race. While they discussed it, Maximus set off his atmo-gun, to destroy all the humans on Earth. When it failed to work, as evidenced by the Fantastic Four’s survival, Medusa deduced that it proved the Inhumans were of the same race as humans. This infuriated Maximus, and he reversed his machine, creating a Negative Zone around Attilan that trapped the Inhumans inside, while the Fantastic Four narrowly escaped.

Black Bolt later revealed his secret: the use of his voice released destructive energy, and he was forced to use it to destroy the barrier surrounding Attilan. The Council of Elders then decreed that the royal family should split up and explore the human world.

Sometime later, after the Terrigen Crystals were stolen by Quicksilver and then confiscated by General Demetrius Lazer, Gorgon led a sleeper cell in an ill-fated attempt to force the humans to return them. Captured by S.H.I.E.L.D., he was forced to undergo Secondary Terrigenesis, an effort by S.H.I.E.L.D. to determine that the mists could be classified as a weapon of mass destruction, which turned made him more monstrous.

While Maximus was in control of Attilan, Black Bolt was taken by the Skrulls and replaced with a Super-Skrull sleeper agent. After this Skrull revealed Gorgon was suspicious of other Inhumans, even those in the Royal Family such as Karnak. When the Skrulls landed a ship close to Attilan and attacked, Skrulls hidden among the Inhumans also entered the fray, though Karnak was not among them. Gorgon and the rest of the Royal Family, save for Maximus, then went to rescue Black Bolt from the Skrull Battleship Ryb'ik where he was being experimented on in an attempt to create a powerful weapon with which to destroy Attilan.

When the Inhumans decided to leave Earth and go take over the weakened Kree Empire, Gorgon appeared to have gained control of his new form. He led the assault against the Kree defenses and led the Kree forces against the Shi'ar in the War of Kings.

Gorgon joined the diplomatic mission created by Queen Medusa to oversee diplomatic relations and handle the recovery efforts of people unexpectedly transformed into Nuhumans, a byproduct of the Terrigen Mists that were released by Black Bolt into the atmosphere many months earlier. Gorgon was then unable to walk since Lineage shot him in the spine when he betrayed New Attilan and was thus confined to a specialized wheelchair. Still overseeing the mission with his fellow Inhumans, Gorgon continued his adventures while training every Nuhuman sent his way.

Be it rescuing a latent healer named Ash Minnick from a fanatical mob, suffering from reoccurring nightmares caused by an immaterial passenger. Who, like many Nuhumans in the nation of Sin-Cong, was a victim of a fascist regime run by a paranoid dictator with a supreme hatred for foreign change who set out for revenge against him and his imperium using the diplomatic envoy's R.I.V transport.

Investigating the strange appearance of the Skyspears in Jinchang, China; while also studying the unusual effects it has on the Inhuman populous. While also training the recruits in the use of their powers (some using them without his knowledge), And eventually heading to the mysterious lands of Utolan deep within the terrains of the Chimanimani Mountains of Africa. Searching, under the unanimous tip given to the mission by Ana Kravinoff, for the missing inhuman clan that Jaycen's missing family is a part of. Which kicked off a near-genocide of the hidden community by some of its more radical factions within their tribe attempting to them to the fatal process of Terrigenesis.

While observing his comatose son within their mobile home base, Ash revealed to Gorgon she had been using her powers to heal his spinal nerve over time, enabling him to walk again. Still unsure whether or not he deserved it, Gorgon stood on his own for all to see at Crystal's surprise birthday party, with everyone present happy to find out that since the process worked on him, Ash would begin working on his son.

Following the destruction of the Terrigen Cloud and thus of any trace of Terrigen at all, the Inhumans feared their race as it was would come to an end with no substance to kick-start any more Terrigenesis. The alternate reality Kree warrior Marvel Boy revealed to the Inhumans that a way to overcome this obstacle could result from a journey that started by visiting the ruins of Hala. Gorgon joined the exploration crew to watch Medusa's back. During the journey, Gorgon and Medusa demonstrated their latent romantic feelings for each other.

This journey led Noh-Varr and the Inhumans to encounter the Progenitors, an eons-old race that had created the Kree in the same way the Kree had created the Inhumans, with the use of a substance called Primagen. The crew found themselves attacked by the Progenitors when they arrived at their World Farm. After finding a deposit of Primagen, the explorers attempted to escape with some of it. Gorgon decided to stay behind to buy the crew enough time to escape, using a sample of Primagen to boost his powers and make a last stand against a horde of pursuing Progenitors. Gorgon destroyed the planet where they were standing with his boosted abilities. While the rest of the Inhumans left him for dead, Gorgon survived the power boost.

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1ST APPEARANCE

THE FANTASTIC FOUR #44

Volume 1 • November 1965