Viltrumites are a race descendant from the Ancient Humans as a result of genetic engineering and much similar to the human and Kryptonian counterparts. Widely known for their phenomenal strength and superhuman flight, they were in fact descendants of the super soldiers who fought and survived the last chapter of the Second Human Civil War. in the many universes such as Saonkcea'aeus Universe and the Imacea'aeus Universe, they became a militaristic Empire that rule over an interstellar empire based on their homeworld Viltrum and one of most feared races of the universes
Physiology[]
History[]
SAONK'CAE'ACEUS UNIVERSE[]
Much of their history had been forgotten, but possibly their ancestors were originally Ancients that were genetically enhanced to survive and become super soldiers to fight in the Second Civil War, or against the artificially created Morts. They settled upon several universes, most notably Saonkcea'aeus Universe on the planet Viltrum which was originally a colony and then began to identitfy themselves ‘Viltrumites’. due to the planet’s harsh environments, the ancient Viltrumites were forced to adapt and survive, developing new abilities such as heat vision, super breathe, microscopic vision, and even flight.
At first their civilization prospered until a vicious civil war broke out on their Homeworld, killing more than half the population and devastation. a faction that had begun claiming the territories into creating the Viltrumite Empire with Argall as it’s first Emperor and proclaimed to remove those he considered ‘weak’ to make way for the strong. The survivors under the leadership of Argall embraced the change of society into a race of warriors and conquerors as they ruled their planet with an unbridled iron fist for centuries.
However amongst the population there was one Viltrumite by the name of Thaedus who begin to question if his race and society's values were truly perfect as he started to see the faults and evil within their warmongerings culture and cold logic. Determined to surmount his people before they could start a galaxy wide war campaign Thaedus killed and murdered the first emperor, Argall and fled the planet as he became the first real rebel amongst his people and against their ways.
Thrown into utter disarray with the death of their ruler, the Viltrumites engaged in a vicious civil war against each other to kill off the weak. After at least a century, the population was cut in half but was made into an unbeatable race of merciless warriors led by the new second emperor and regent Thragg, a Viltrumite who was trained in all manners of combat techniques and styles as he was bred to be the strongest amongst them and lead them since his birth. The Viltrumites later established the Viltrum Empire and turned their attention towards to the universe as they start to conquer planet after planet. Seeing this, Thaedus founded the Coalition of Planets in order to stop his people from over taking galaxy and to combat their tyrannical ways as they begin a centuries long proxy war.
This led to the Viltrum expansion campaign, where they began conquering planets to expand their empire. Eventually, the size of their ever-growing empire and their forces being spread thin prompted the Viltrumites to look for more efficient methods of galactic domination. To counter the raw man-power needed for a full-scale invasion for target planets, it was instead decided that the most trusted officers of the Viltrumite military would be assigned planets to infiltrate, know the native inhabitants, and weaken any planets’ defences sufficiently in order to allow for a seamless takeover.
At some point in a period of time, a group of Viltrumites had encountered a dimensional rift and investigated it, they encountered what they presumed to be an alien race identified as the Ascendancy, they first fought to try and subjugate them but they were proved more powerful and captured some and destroyed them, the survivors who were captured had their minds wiped and returned to their native universe, while they were closely observed by the Ascendancy.
Culture and Society[]
Viltrumites are known for being warriors and planet-conquerors, claiming to have created a perfect society by purging their weaker members. Ever since the Viltrumite civil war, they were ruled in a totalitarian monarchy, although they appeared to have a legislative body where members could cast votes on decisions, such as the decision to begin subjugating other worlds, with an affirmative vote cast with a thumbs-up gesture. Common Viltrumite clothing among both civilians and military personnel, prior to and during the reign of the Viltrum Empire, consists of white and grey militaristic uniforms, with some military personnel also wearing white skull caps. Under the Viltrum Empire, many Viltrumites carried a circular insignia with three vertical rectangles within it on their chests, and conquest became the most popular Viltrumite profession.
The Viltrumite insignia was also seen used in Viltrumite news reports, which were presumably state-sponsored. In battle, Viltrumites primarily utilize their raw strength rather than weapons. Viltrumite military training involves fighting giant robots in enclosed testing grounds, observed by Viltrumite commanders. Military awards resemble gold squares with several black markings.
Viltrumites in the Multiverse[]
In a handful of universes connected to the Saonkcea'aeus Universe, some cultures of Viltrumites were either peaceful or conquerors.