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Abaddon, also dubbed Titanus Abaddon, is a giant arachnid Titan created by Legendary Pictures that appears in the MonsterVerse 2019 film, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, as a name briefly seen on a monitor. It is set to make its first full appearances in the 2024 graphic novel MonsterVerse Declassified and the Kong: Survivor Instinct video game.
Name[]
"Abaddon" (also known as "Apollyon" by the Greeks) is a Biblical Fallen Angel, sometimes known as the Angel of Death, the Angel of Destruction, Angel of the Bottomless Pit, or the Angel of the Abyss. He is notably mentioned to have had an army of locusts. Abaddon's name also translates to "Eternal Tooth" from Latin.
Coincidentally, there is a newly-discovered Australian harvestman spider genus/species in 2021 called Abaddon despoliator, as parts of Abaddon greatly resemble spiders.
Design[]
Appearance[]
Abaddon is a gigantic arachnid-like creature with several unusual traits. Its head is adorned with eight pale teal eyes and mammalian jaws armed with massive peg-like teeth and two long white fangs. Abaddon stands upon eight fleshy pale red legs covered in a sparse coating of hair and ending in massive chitinous spikes. It possesses a dark gray abdomen and, most notably, a gray cephalothorax resembling a human skull.
Roar[]
Abaddon produces chittering sounds as well as shrill screeches.
Personality[]
Abaddon is highly aggressive and will attack humans and other Titans on sight.
History[]
Godzilla: King of the Monsters[]
At some point, Monarch established Outpost 77 around Abaddon in Devils Tower, Wyoming. When Ghidorah calls all the Titans, Abaddon breaks free and begins to hunt with its new pack. When the ORCA calls all Titans to Boston, Abaddon does not arrive in time for the battle and does not see Godzilla become the alpha of all Titans again (except Kong).
MonsterVerse Declassified[]
Abaddon has been present throughout human history. Its ability of using diminutive spider-like creatures to control human corpses influenced various African and Asian cultures, such as the Akan and the Japanese.
Kong: Survivor Instinct[]
Abilities[]
Durability[]
Abaddon can withstand attacks from Kong.
Reanimation[]
Through the use of diminutive spider-like creatures that enter lifeless bodies through the mouth, Abaddon is able to control human corpses like a puppeteer with marionettes.
Silk[]
Abaddon can produce large quantities of silk webbing that are strong enough to immobilize humans and keep damaged buildings from falling apart.
Strength and combat[]
Abaddon's legs and their spiky tips can tear through the silk webbing it produces and the solid rock of buildings and roads.
Trivia[]
- The outpost Abaddon was contained in, Monarch Outpost 77, is a possible reference to the 1977 Toho film The War in Space, or The Last Dinosaur, or possibly even Close Encounters of the Third Kind, which was also released in 1977 and features Devils Tower.
- The location Abaddon was hibernating under is a sacred site to the region's Native American tribes (the Lakota, the Cheyenne, and the Kiowa), and the correct name of it is Bear's Tepee. It is said to have been created by or the home of a giant bear.
- Abaddon is quite similar to Kumonga, since they are both gigantic arachnids that attacked the Western United States (Kumonga attacked Arizona in Godzilla: Final Wars while Abaddon attacked Wyoming in Godzilla: King of the Monsters).
List of appearances[]
Films[]
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (Its name appears on a monitor screen)
Comics[]
- MonsterVerse Declassified (First appearance)