Magus
a.k.a.
(All of these were claimed by Magus:)
- the Creator (later found to be a false claim)
- "I was Simon Magus, who offered to buy the Nazarene's powers from his apostles."
- Merlin
- Nostradamus
- "I was the magician in ancient Egypt who contended in magic with Moses."
Summary
Arrives on Alpha claiming to be the Creator,
and offering another chance to mankind.
Invites four Alphans --
John,
Maya,
Helena, and
Tony to
New Earth,
only to cut off these Alphans from the rest on
the Moon.
The trapped Alphans soon realize he is a fraud,
but still one with considerable power.
He attempts to coerce John and Maya to pair off,
as well as Tony and Helena,
as a form of genetic experimentation.
This attempt is interrupted by a battle between two creatures,
leading to the Alphans to discovering Magus
"is the last in a line of cosmic magicians"
who "could perform miracles through physics"
(according to a victim of earlier genetic experimentation).
The Alphans begin to realize the source and limitations of his power,
and that it is based on his directly absorbing light energy.
When they trap him in the dark,
he loses his power, and the Alphans escape while
New Earth explodes around Magus.
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Details
- Light Decelerator provides him with considerable
powers, based on physics.
Notes
- Despite -- or maybe due to -- to the power it takes to
hold New Earth together against gravitational disruption
from the Moon, he has to strain to hold
Eagle 1 down.
Speculation: Perhaps his abilities rapidly fall off
with distance from him, and he has to fight harder.
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