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The Symbiotes, also known as the Synoptic or the Symbian, are a alien species that usually exist in an amorphous state unless bonded to a host. Originally created to serve as parasitic and corruptive agents of Knull, Thor would sever their bond to their master and humanity would introduce them to positive concepts like love and honor, allowing them to rebel against Knull and develop on their own. The symbiotes that chose to rebel and attain true symbiotic bonds with their hosts would rebrand themselves as the Klyntar (their word for cage) and serve as protectors of the cosmos. While the other symbiotes, known as the Symbiote Imperium or the Hive, would form their own empire and continue being parasitic, giving the species as a whole a bad reputation throughout the universe. Regardless of morality, [[DependingOnTheWriter they feed on their hosts' emotions, organic chemicals like adrenaline and phenethylamine (or just vital fluids in general), and flesh.]]

[[folder:Extremebiote]]
!!Extremebiote

* {{Cyborg}}: It's an offshoot of a symbiote-dragon that was infected with the Extremis nanovirus and fused to one of Iron Man's Model 70 suits.
* EvilIsNotAToy: In ''ComicBook/KingInBlack'', Iron Man assumed he'd severed Knull's control over it and could use it to save Eddie Brock only for the Extremis-altered symbiote to kill Eddie instead. In ''ComicBook/ExtremeCarnage'', [[spoiler:Flash Thompson warns Iron Man against assuming he can control it the way he can his other suits]].

** Eddie assumed that he had defeated the threat of the Grendel and Carnage after killing Cletus Kasady, only for the original Carnage symbiote to reveal that it had committed a GrandTheftMe on the Grendel symbiote to become more powerful than ever.

!!! '''Hosts:''' Leslie Gesneria, James Murphy, Lasher (German Shepherd), Wade Wilson, Tess

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Leslie was the DarkChick. James is TheBigGuy. Tess was a suburban mother.

* NoMouth: Rico follows the HeroicHost=NoMouth trend, making his pseudonym (which more or less means "devour") an IronicNickname. Billy and Buck, on the other hand, possess {{Jagged Mouths}} and very much live up to the symbiote's name.

-> See Characters/{{Carnage}}

-> See Characters/{{Carnage}}

-> See Characters/{{Carnage}}

-> See Characters/{{Carnage}}

-> See Characters/{{Carnage}}

* TheSymbiote: ''ComicBook/{{Venom}}'' [[ComicBook/DonnyCatesVenom Vol. 4]] #4 reveals that All-Black the Necrosword was a prototype symbiote created by Knull, an ancient and malevolent God of Darkness. All-Black was manifested from Knull's own shadow and forged in the cosmic power of a decapitated Celestial, and it's the GeneticMemory of the heat of its forge's fires and the clanging of the hammer that give the Klyntar their instinctive fear and vulnerability to fire and noise.

!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''[[ComicBook/DonnyCatesVenom Venom]]'' Vol. 4 #1

* SuperPrototype: The symbiote-dragons were among Knull's earliest creations, and among his most-powerful. They are capable of shredding through Dr. Strange's strongest spells, and are strong enough to kill and devour gods.

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* TrulySingleParent: Symbiotes reproduce asexually; Venom alone is the source of all the Symbiotes currently on Earth.

!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Venom: Lethal Protector'' #4

!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Venom: Lethal Protector'' #4

!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Venom: Lethal Protector'' #4

!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Venom: Lethal Protector'' #4

!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Venom: Lethal Protector'' #4

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[[folder:Void]]
!!Void

!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/{{Sentry}}'' #1

* AngelicAbomination: Assuming it is indeed the Biblical Angel of Death, it is powerful enough to casually slaughter gods and could potentially destroy the universe itself.
* CapturedSuperEntity: Doctor Strange manages to capture and contain it at some point after it separated from the Sentry, bonding to it in order to fight Sorcerer Supreme Loki; though he later returned it to the Sentry.
* CompleteImmortality: So long as it desires to exist, nothing can kill it. Even the Sentry being atomized by the Molecule Man was a minor inconvenience. The closest it came to death was when it abandoned Reynolds after the events of ''ComicBook/{{Siege}}'' to hang out in the Phoenix Force's White Hot Room until somehow being captured by Doctor Strange.
* EldritchAbomination: The Void is an obscenely powerful entity capable of appearing as almost whatever it pleases -- often appearing as a LivingShadow with a fanged maw. Norman Osborn and Lindy Reynolds theorize that its the Biblical Angel of Death, [[spoiler:but ''ComicBook/KingInBlack'' implies it may actually be related to Knull]].
* EnemyWithout: Initially the Void manifested as a separate entity from the Sentry, seeking to undo any good that he did in the world. Conversely, when the Sentry quit being a superhero, the Void started saving people.
* PetTheDog: When Bob's nerves failed him and he refused to save the world as the Sentry, the Void stepped up to do the job for him and even saved Bob's wife Lindy.
* {{Retcon}}: Initially the Void was a [[LiteralSplitPersonality manifestation of Rob Reynold's schizophrenia]] made manifest as an EnemyWithout by his powers, but ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'' retconned it into a separate entity that had taken him as its vessel when he gained his powers.
* SharingABody: At the end of the 2018 ''Sentry'' series, the Bob Reynolds fully accepts the Void as part of himself, turning into a black-haired version of the Sentry with glowing red eyes and a red costume. After his merger with the Void destabilizes in ''Agents of Wakanda'', [[spoiler:the Sentry goes to the Fantastic Four to get it purged -- kickstarting ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}} -- Scourge'' when the Void separating from Reynolds rips open a hole in space-time to the Cancerverse. At the end of ''Annihilation - Scourge'', Reynolds re-merges with the Void and they end up alternating control of their shared body.]]
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: After Bob Reynolds accepts it as a part of his damaged psyche, the Void stops manifesting as a separate entity from him and begins taking over his body. At the end of the 2018 ''Sentry'' series it appeared that they underwent a SplitPersonalityMerge, but ''Agents of Wakanda'' and ''Annihilation - Scourge'' retconned this to being more a case of them SharingABody.
* XenomorphXerox: One of its forms was a colossal Gigeresque monster with squid-like tentacles for hair and a segmented tail tipped by a blade.

* TheSymbiote: ''ComicBook/{{Venom}}'' [[ComicBook/DonnyCatesVenom Vol. 4]] #4 reveals that All-Black the Necrosword was a prototype symbiote created by Knull, an ancient and malevolent God of Darkness. All-Black was manifested from Knull's own shadow and forged in the cosmic power of a decapitated Celestial, and its the GeneticMemory of the heat of its forge's fires and the clanging of the hammer that give the Klyntar their instinctive fear and vulnerability to fire and noise.

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: While Phage and its siblings are usually benevolent, being bonded to the Life Foundation hosts and later being brainwashed by Knull brought them into super villainy.
* HorrorHunger: Phage embraces this as its calling in ''ComicBook/ExtremeCarnage'', impulsively eating Buck alive when affected by Carnage's summons and making frequent EatingTheEnemy threats towards [[spoiler:Andi Benton when fighting her in its tie-in]].

After Carnage slaughtered the members of Mercury Team, Agony and its surviving siblings bonded to Deadpool as Hybrid to seek revenge and were passed on to the team's German Shepherd. Corrupted by Knull in the leadup to ''ComicBook/AbsoluteCarnage'', they separated and took over a dysfunctional suburban family -- with Agony bonding to the mother, Tess. Eventually bonding to the Maker as Hybrid, the Agony symbiote and its three siblings were killed by Sleeper and Hawkeye.

After Carnage slaughtered the members of Mercury Team, Lasher and its surviving siblings bonded to Deadpool as Hybrid to seek revenge and were passed on to the team's German Shepherd. Corrupted by Knull in the leadup to ''ComicBook/AbsoluteCarnage'', they separated and took over a dysfunctional suburban family -- with Lasher bonding to the daughter, Sadie. Eventually bonding to the Maker as Hybrid, the Lasher symbiote and its three siblings were killed by Sleeper and Hawkeye.

!!! '''Hosts:''' Carl Mach, Rico Axelson, Lasher (German Shepherd), Wade Wilson, Billy

After Carnage slaughtered the members of Mercury Team, Phage and its surviving siblings bonded to Deadpool as Hybrid to seek revenge and were passed on to the team's German Shepherd. Corrupted by Knull in the leadup to ''ComicBook/AbsoluteCarnage'', they separated and took over a dysfunctional suburban family -- with Phage bonding to the son, Billy. Eventually bonding to the Maker as Hybrid, the Phage symbiote and its three siblings were killed by Sleeper and Hawkeye.

* NoMouth: Rico follows the HeroicHost=NoMouth trend, making his pseudonym (which more or less means "devour") an IronicNickname.

After Carnage slaughtered the members of Mercury Team, Riot and its surviving siblings bonded to Deadpool as Hybrid to seek revenge and were passed on to the team's German Shepherd. Corrupted by Knull in the leadup to ''ComicBook/AbsoluteCarnage'', they separated and took over a dysfunctional suburban family -- with Riot bonding to the unnamed father. Eventually bonding to the Maker as Hybrid, the Riot symbiote and its three siblings were killed by Sleeper and Hawkeye.

* BigBad: The symbiote, controlled by N'Jadaka's codex, is the main villain of the ''ComicBook/TheIntergalacticEmpireOfWakanda'' saga of ''ComicBook/BlackPather''.

An Extremis-augmented symbiote-armor, dubbed an "Extremebiote" by ComicBook/IronMan.

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Scream's first host was Donna Diego, a security guard selected by the Life Foundation to serve as a superpowered bodyguard. The de-facto leader of the group, Donna, alongside Agony, Lasher, Phage, and Riot, attacked Eddie Brock, but were defeated and seemingly killed by Venom and Spider-Man. Donna and the other Life Foundation mercenaries returned, having somehow survived, and begged Eddie for training to control their symbiotes. Venom refused, believing them to be lost causes like Carnage, and his prediction eventually came true: Donna had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, which was made worse by her symbiote's bloodlust, and ultimately suffered a psychotic breakdown, killing the other symbiotes' hosts before going into hiding. When the Xenophage attacked, Donna resurfaced, having regained her sanity and control over her symbiote, and helped Venom defeat it. Afterward, she discovered the creature's ship, the tracker of which brought her an alternate dimension where Venom and Franchise/{{Wolverine}} were in the middle of battling supervillains Chimera and Dirtnap. Scream aided the two in defeating the villains, freeing those Dirtnap had previously absorbed in the process, and she and Venom left on amicable enough terms. Some time later, however, Eddie, on a crusade against the symbiotes, lured her into a trap that disabled her symbiote, allowing him to stab her in the head with a heated dagger, killing both her and her symbiote.

* BodySurf: Over the course of the "Shiver" and "Run" arcs of ''Venom'' Vol. 1, the symbiote clone jumped from a sled dog to Saunders to Colonel Malone to Jackson to Delacroix to Perry back to the sled dog to a crow to Orrie to Clem to Nan to an old man named Yooper to a swarm of cockroaches to Franchise/{{Wolverine}} to Patricia -- killing all but the last two. It next reappeared bonded to Andi as Mania.

See Characters/SymbioteHosts for a list of people who have hosted various Symbiotes.

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