TheKing in Black, also known as theOnyx King, is a cosmic caretaker appointed by theCelestials to serve as the correlative counterpart of theBeyonders. While the Kings in White maintain theMultiverse fromBeyond with thelight ofConcordance, the King in Black is charged with maintaining it from within using the power ofLiving Abyss. The King in Black is connected to the realm of theUn-Beyond.^[1]

The initial King in Black of the current reality was the void-godKnull, who was chosen by the Celestials at the dawn of theSeventh Cosmos; however, Knull rejected his duty and sought to end existence instead,^[1] creating thesymbiotes and theirHive-Mind.^[2] Each universe's King in Black is a facet of the multiversal Hive-Mind.^[3] Knull was ultimately destroyed byEddie Brock, which transferred the rank and power to him.^[4]

Unmoored in time after the death of his physical body,^[5] as Onyx Kings are notlinear like their Ivory King counterparts, Eddie's codex split into numerous offshoots, including the villainousMeridius and the rage-fueledBedlam, as it travelled back and forth through time before ultimately converging into a singularity called theEventuality. As the Eventuality, Eddie became a proper King in Black and lived in the true home of the Kings in Black: the Un-Beyond.^[1]

The Kings in Black are somewhat tied to themultiversal cycles. After the Multiverse ends and existence returns to nothingness, a King in Black is renewed by thecosmic void. Then, in the next iteration of the Multiverse, a new King in Black is chosen to replace the old one.^[1]

Edward Brock
(CurrentlyCarnage)