He is the end, he is older than the universe itself, he is Knull, the King in Black, an Eldritch God of darkness, who rules the symbiotes. ‘Venom: The Last Dance’, the final outing of Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock, a journalist sharing his body with a sentient alien symbiote Venom, introduces the big baddie right in the beginning, thereby creating immense curiosity surrounding his origin. Comic followers must be well aware of his existence but those who don’t, you’ve arrived at the perfect place to learn everything about the evil deity, known for the creation of All-Black the Necrosword and alien races of symbiotes and exolons.
Originally, he was drifting in the endless void, long before the creation of the cosmos, when the Celestials recruited him to be the King in Black. But outraged by the ‘Light of Creation’, believing it ruined his kingdom of darkness, Knull revolted against the Celestials. He forged the Necrosword and used his powers to create Symbiote Hive with a mind to control them.
It was Thor who intercepted and defeated one of his alien-like creatures on Earth, thereby breaking the connection between Knull and other symbiotes. The creatures who were roaming across the universe, free from Knull’s control, revolted against their dark god to side with the Light, trapping him inside an artificial planet formed of billions of symbiotes, which they named Klyntar. Though Klyntar is often misunderstood to be a real planet, the place is nothing but a cage, which .
