The original Defenders—Dr. Strange, Hulk, Sub-Mariner, and Silver Surfer—determine that the Tribunal is what they claim to be and have been telling them the truth, BUT they request more evidence to understand how they are responsible for the destruction of Earth. The Tribunal shows them more of the future, in which aliens who came to Earth mysteriously committed suicide after battling the Defenders. These aliens were part of a war-like race called the Kamado from the planet Mikkaz. Their Prince Ch’kra was the son of their ruler, King Ch’kri, who had disowned Ch’kra for rejecting war and embracing a peaceful lifestyle. Prince Ch’kra fled Mikkraz with his followers and was pursued by the Kamado Empire and their allies wherever they went. When they landed on Earth and were confronted by the Defenders, they assumed their foes had been sent by the Empire to return them to Mikkraz. Knowing they would be tortured if they were brought back to the Empire, they chose to kill themselves. Fifty years later, King Ch’kri learned about the circumstances of his son’s death and chose a new heir to inherit rule of the Empire. However, the Kamado tradition is for the new heir to wipe away any record of the previous heir’s existence. Since Ch’kra and his followers died on Earth, the Empire destroyed all life on the planet. The Defenders vow to prevent these events from happening, but the Tribunal has examined all possible futures and claims that the tragedy cannot be prevented as long as the four original members remain Defenders because their combined lifelines will somehow result in the future they have been shown.

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