The Eternals ending is a cosmic rollercoaster. Lives are lost, various crises are averted, and a certain pair of lovers now have to seriously redefine the term ‘long-distance relationship’.

Not only does the final act of Eternals throw some serious curveballs and cliffhangers our way, it also introduces new characters, new concepts, and new setups for future Marvel stories.

All told, there’s a lot to take in. You probably left the cinema with more questions than answers. But worry not: we’ve pieced together all the head-scratchers and out-of-nowhere moments to bring you the definitive rundown of the Eternals ending: who lives, who dies, and how the millennia-old superheroes are redefining the MCU in front of our very eyes.

Eternals ending explained: your biggest Marvel questions answered

Where did Arishem take the Eternals and what will he do now?

At the very end of the movie, Arishem appears over Earth and takes a handful of the remaining Eternals – Sersi, Kingo, and Phastos – into space. There he tells them that, while the almighty Celestial will spare the people of Earth, the Eternals’ memories will be looked at and they are going to be judged.

What next? Well, they don’t call him Arishem the Judge for nothing. Now the Celestials’ planet-wiping secret is out, Arishem could decide to destroy or reset the memories of the Eternal trio, as has been done before on other post-Emergence worlds. Either way, Arishem has plans for his Eternals – and they’re probably not going to be much fun for any cosmic entities standing in Arishem’s way.

Who is Harry Styles’ Marvel character?

Even if you had Harry Styles’ post-credits cameo ruined, you’re (probably) none the wiser regarding who he’s actually playing – despite the grand introduction from Patton Oswalt’s Pip the Troll.

Styles plays the brother of Thanos, Eros, who also goes by the superhero name Starfox. His main power involves being able to control people’s emotions – something that has given the character a decidedly murky past in Marvel’s comics.

It’s not yet known whether he’s on the side of good or evil in the MCU. It’s likely he’ll factor into any Eternals sequel, guiding the Eternals on the spaceship – that’s Druig, Thena, and Makkari – towards Arishem’s location to potentially save their friends. But his motives are still unclear. After all, anyone who’s related to Thanos – and with the power to control minds – probably can’t be trusted.

What is Dane’s family history?

During the Eternals ending, Dane Whitman and Sersi are seen walking around Hampstead Heath, London. There, Kit Harington’s teacher mentions he has a secret: some “family history” that he’s been looking into.

That history is seen directly in the film’s second post-credits scene. Whitman unravels a family sword that has the words “Death is my reward” engraved on its case.

That sword, if the MCU is to follow the same path as the comics, is the Ebony Blade, a weapon that can cut through any object and can make its wielder essentially invincible. It once belonged to Dane’s uncle, Nathan Garrett, who had been the villainous Black Knight.

It remains to be seen whether Dane will take up that mantle – or fight for good – but a certain someone warns him during the post-credits…

Who was the off-screen voice in the post-credits?

“Are you sure you’re ready for this, Mr. Whitman?” asks an off-screen voice. Who is it? And why is he suddenly appearing at what is probably Dane’s ancestral home?

That was, as confirmed by director Chloé Zhao, the voice of Mahershala Ali’s Blade. “That was the voice of one of my favorite superheroes, Mr. Blade himself,” she told Fandom (opens in new tab). “Blade, Blade, Blade, yeah!”

Unfortunately, she was unable to give away any specifics about the character’s upcoming solo movie, saying: “I don’t know what they’re doing with the movie, but Mahershala is a treasure. It’s going to be epic.”

Harington also spoke about the introduction of Blade into the MCU: “It’s really cool. [Chloé] texted me about that a couple of weeks ago and it sort of blew my mind. I didn’t know that that would be the case, so it’s pretty exciting for me.”

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What is the Emergence?

Short answer? It’s not good news for planet Earth (or any planet, for that matter). Arishem explains to Sersi that the Eternals – secretly robot-like constructs – are tasked with protecting Celestial seeds, embedded within each planet, from the Deviants attack.

When there’s enough life on the planet, those seeds feed off that planet’s energy to create a new Celestial – a process known as the Emergence. In theory, that Celestial will then give birth to suns, creating a new series of planets and galaxies. As Arishem puts it, the infinite loop of creation and destruction goes on.

In Eternals, the imminent Emergence would destroy Earth (the earthquake in the opening act was just a taster of things to come) – and it’s something that most of the Eternals eventually want to stop.

How was the Emergence stopped?

The Emergence, now that Earth’s population hit a set number, seemed irreversible. Thankfully, the Eternals just managed to save the day. That was achieved through a combination of Phastos’ Uni-Mind device and Sersi’s ‘tree’ powers – first glimpsed in the Amazon. Together, the Eternals turned Tiamut the Celestial into crystal as he emerged from his resting place. As evidenced by a news report after the event, he still remains there and is likely dead or dormant – though the general public aren’t aware of the reasons why.

What is the Uni-Mind?

Phastos’ trademark ability is being able to invent and create new technologies. Early on in Earth’s timeline, he wanted to introduce both the engine and the plough. In the present-day, he puts together the Uni-Mind, a device constructed from Sersi’s sphere to help connect all the Eternals and combine their energy. Think of it as an interminable ‘put your heads together’ meeting or an Uber Pool that saves the world and you’re on the right track.

Using the Uni-Mind, the Eternals were able to come together. At first, they were going to use Druig’s mind control power to nullify the Eternal. After Ikaris and Sprite’s attack, Sersi had to use the Uni-Mind’s stored energy to help strengthen her own ability to alter matter and she then crystalises Tiamut.

Why did Ikaris betray the Eternals?

A flashback to South Dakota reveals that Ikaris has known – since the Babylonian days – of Arishem’s plan to continue using the Eternals as pawns to ensure each Emergence went ahead as planned.

Knowing that Ajak, and others, wouldn’t go along with that grand design, Ikaris pushed the Prime Eternal into a sheet of ice with the planet’s last remaining Deviants. They killed her – all so Ikaris could cover it up and rally the other Eternals to kill the Deviants in revenge. That’s because the Deviants (and their defacto leader, Kro) want to stop the Emergence; Ikaris was content with letting the destructive cycle continue.

Who lived and who died?

From the Eternals, Gilgamesh (killed by Kro in the Amazon rainforest) and Ajak (killed by Deviants) are definitely dead. Ikaris’ fate is a little more up in the air, if you’ll excuse the pun. He flew into the sun after apologizing to Sersi and is presumed dead. The door is very much open for him to come back, however, if Kevin Feige and the powers-that-be dictate it.

As revenge for Gilgamesh’s death, Thena killed Kro. The only other major change in status by the movie’s end was that of Sprite, who wanted to live as a ‘real’ human. Conveniently enough, Sersi had another leftover energy from the Uni-Mind to make that wish come true.

What was Kro’s plan?

If you believed some of the early merchandising leaks, you would have expected the Deviant leader Kro to be a pretty typical Marvel villain. It wasn’t quite that black-and-white. While he did kill Gilgamesh in the Amazon as a result of some seriously crossed wires – Deviants and Eternals just needed to sit down and talk, clearly – Kro actually has the same end goal as the reformed Eternals: stop the Emergence.

If the Emergence happens, the Deviants die. It’s a no-brainer as to why they wanted to stop it. It also made sense for Arishem to paint them as the bad guys to help his ultimate narrative and simultaneously keep the Eternals out of the loop. Eternals were conditioned to think of Deviants as evil when, in actual fact, they were there to help the greater good.

Did Thanos nearly save the world?

Kinda. Stick with us here. As revealed by Ajak, ironically, by wiping out half of the universe’s population, Thanos slowed down the Emergence. When Hulk snapped everyone back in Avengers: Endgame, he helped speed up the Emergence process once more. With half of all life on the planet restored, the Emergence was able to start in earnest.

Not to defend the Mad Titan here, but his actions would have resulted in Earth being saved from the effects of the Emergence. Maybe he was onto something about the whole balance thing…

Have we seen the Celestials before in the MCU?

There’s a reason why the likes of Arishem look so familiar. The god-like Celestials were introduced as early as Guardians of the Galaxy in an exposition-laden sequence from the Collector on the power of the Infinity Stones. Some Celestials wielded a Stone that granted them enormous power, with one even shown destroying an entire planet with the Power Stone.

Then, in Guardians 2, it was revealed one of the Celestials was still around: Kurt Russell’s Ego. If you’re keeping track, that also makes Star-Lord half-Celestial.

Who is Tiamut?

Tiamut was the Celestial waiting to be ‘born’ and fully powered up so he could emerge from under the Earth and create a new sun.

In the comics, Tiamut is known as the ‘Dreaming Celestial’, an all-powerful entity that was put in a million-year deep sleep after attacking Arishem. 

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Until now, that is. Eternals is set to feature the MCU’s first sex scene, between Eternals Ikaris (Richard Madden) and Sersi (Gemma Chan).

Speaking to GamesRadar+, Madden explains why the watershed moment was integral to the movie and the characters’ relationship.

“I think there was something nice about having an intimate scene where you see these characters who do make love… showing an intimacy in their relationship over the years. Much like the diversity in the film, I feel like that intimate moment is also something that should be normalized,” says Madden.

“I think it gives an insight into a very intimate moment in the lives of people who are actually very private and untouchable beings. To see them be intimate together is a special, delicate thing.”

Co-star Kit Harington has also spoken about how Eternals mixes things up in another way – by “reinventing” parts of the Marvel formula to bring more diversity and inclusivity into the fold.

“That’s huge in this movie. I think the significance of that is massive,” Harington says. “A Deaf young person around the world can see this movie, that’s massive.”

Eternals is set to release in cinemas on November 5. For more on Harington’s future – or otherwise – in the MCU, read our interview with the Marvel newcomer.

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As such, merchandising and marketing deals are locked into a release window way ahead of time – and may have led to this new Eternals leak featuring what could be the first look at a new MCU villain.

While we have to take this one with a Hulk-sized pinch of salt, Instagram user Dtapia22 has supposedly uncovered an Eternals toy from the Marvel Legends line out in the wild.

Apparently my pic was stolen and circulated but Here is the first look of what appears to be the Villain from the Marvel Legends The Eternals Kro. Also the backside of the figure which no one else has cuz this is MY picture. #marvellegends #marveleternals #eternalskro #marvel (Insert name here) (opens in new tab)

A photo posted by @dtapia22 on Oct 3, 2020 at 11:56am PDT

The box shows Kro – the leader of the Eternals-opposing Deviants in the comics – as a sinewy, skeletal figure with a red mark on his forehead. His appearance differs from what readers may expect, but could also hint at the new, perhaps darker, direction for the MCU’s grandest movie yet – one that director Chloe Zhao has even said aims to be “bigger” than Avengers: Endgame.

The back of the packaging could also reveal a little more about the Eternals villain and the movie itself.

Described as “a powerful Deviant unlike any other the Eternals has faced over the millenia,” Kro showing up is “the harbinger for a global threat.”

It remains to be seen whether Kro will join the likes of Loki and Thanos as fan-favourite Marvel villains, though at least it’s almost comforting to know that the Eternals villain doesn’t exactly look like a pushover – and could influence the MCU in a big way.

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