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The Savage Land is a fictional prehistoric land that features in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is a tropical preserve, hidden in Antarctica . [ 1 ] It has appeared in many story arcs in Uncanny X-Men as well as other related books.
- Overview
- History Pre Human History
- Facts
- Points of Interest
- Residents
- Savage Land races
- Alternate Realities
- Notes
- See Also
You know this is where super heroes go to get eaten by dinosaurs, right?
—Deadpool
Pre Human History
200 million years ago, the alien Nuwali created the Savage Land, in Antarctica as one of several planetary "game preserves" for the mysterious godlike Beyonders. The Nuwali stocked the Land with Earthly life of the era, most notably dinosaurs; as Earth's flora and fauna changed over succeeding millions of years. Dinosaurs went extinct about 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period when a meteorite struck the Earth. They however were able to survive in the Savage Land. When Earth's continents shifted circa 50 million BC, the Nuwali augmented the Land's volcanoes to preserve its tropical status. They supplemented their preserve with prehistoric mammals and early hominids, or "Man-Apes". Following the Nuwali's departure in 200,000 BC, little is known of the Land's history for over a hundred millennia.
Early Humanity
A faction of superhuman Eternals dwelt there at least briefly, leaving a temple complex behind.[citation needed] In 18,500 BC, it was colonized by humans of Atlantis, who exported prehistoric life throughout their empire while importing unicorns and other mystic creatures. Atlantean scientists extended the tropical effect, creating a recreation/commerce center called "Pangea," then genetically altered Man-Apes into humanoid versions of birds, monkeys, fish, and other animals. The Beast-Men, put to work as laborers. The Beast-Men became dissatisfied with servitude and, following Pangea's automation, rebelled in the First Pangean War and were allowed to colonize underpopulated areas rendered habitable by the Nuwali effect. In 18,000 BC, alien and mystic conflicts resulted in the Great Cataclysm, sinking Atlantis and ending its empire, but the Land and Pangea were protected from inundation by surrounding mountains. The Beyonders, having observed their preserve over the millennia, sent Fortisquian operatives, later called the Caretakers of Arcturus, to repair its environmental system, but nonetheless, over half the population perished. Some survivors clung to Atlantean culture in cities like Lemura and Sylanda; others forgot their origins, becoming ancestors of the Swamp Men and other tribes. The animal-people developed their own societies, sometimes, as with the Aerians and Pterons, resorting to war.[citation needed] Every thousand years or so, high priests needlessly conducted human sacrifices to "protect" the Land.[citation needed] In 3000 BC two godlike aliens briefly made the Land their home, and at some point Sagittarians stored a Planet-Destroyer there with a gigantic robot, Umbu, to guard it.[citation needed]
Pre-Modern Era
In 1245 AD, Khor, the sorcerer was an active practitioner of the black arts in France was banished to the so called "Land Where Time Stands Still" for some unspecified crime. This realm was apparently a timeless realm where he would live out his exile until the "Earth disintegrated". In 1380 AD, the demon sorcerer Belasco kidnapped Beatrice dei Portinari, beloved of Dante, to give birth to the first of this new race. He fled with her to the Savage Land where the Elder Gods directed him to Mt. Flavius, where their summoning ritual could take place. While en route, Belasco raped Beatrice, and she was nine months pregnant by the time they arrived. He embarked onto the island, closely pursued by Dante and his men, and took Beatrice into a network of underground passages designed to resemble Hell. Dante found them just in time to witness Beatrice dying in childbirth and, enraged, he attacked Belasco. During the battle, a pipe was accidentally struck, releasing an unknown liquid that placed Belasco in suspended animation. Dante's men were mutated into the Children of Dis. In the 1400s an English vessel searching for a new passage around the South Pole crashed on an iceberg, leaving only a single sailor surviving. When the sailor washed up in the Savage Land, he believed himself in a land of the dead. Thirsty and fatigued, he wandered across a shrine for the stone God Garokk, in front of which stood a cup with a strange liquid in it. He was attacked by Garokk's worshippers and forced to flee across the jungle - only to awaken back in England without any idea of how he had gotten there. In the 1770s, Captain James Cook became the first human explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle, but apparently neither he nor most subsequent explorers discovered the Savage Land.[citation needed]In the mid-19th century, the Atlanteans - that is, the underwater race whose culture was based on Atlantis's remains - relocated to Antarctica, as did Lemurian rebels called the Ancients. Mysterious beings such as Torg and the Ice King also made their home in the region. Vague reports of underground realms and surviving dinosaurs appeared in the work of such authors as Edgar Allan Poe and Jules Verne, suggesting rumors of the Land were spreading.[citation needed] By 1915, human expeditions had discovered "anti-metal," the destructive metal also called Vibranium, in Antarctica, but the greater deposits within the Land remained unknown.[citation needed]
Status
The United Nations has made the Savage Land an international wildlife preserve and has made it illegal for commercial exploitation of its natural resources.[citation needed] The X-Men have a vacation home there.
Fauna
The dinosaurs of the Savage Land don't possess feathers due to their continued evolution.
Languages
The major languages of the Savage are English (which is a common tongue for some people), Gorankian, and Bhadwuan. Thalic/Thallic was used by Pangea's uppers classes, such as Queen Leanne of Zarhan who lived in the city of Lemura, by the Aerians, as well as by some inhabitants of the Savage Land proper, including both Shanna the She-Devil and Ka-Zar spoke Thallic/Thelic. The Tree People (or The Botor as they prefer to be called) spoke Macha, as did Ka-Zar, but not as well as Shanna. English and other modern languages were introduced by the crews of British and German submarines stranded in the Savage Land during the World War II.
•Altar of Death -
•City of the Sun God - Abandoned, in ruins
•Eternity Range
•Fallen Heights
•High Evolutionary's Citadel – located at 72º S, 65º W
•Krakoan Harvest Center
Over time the Savage Land became home to various outsiders, some by accident and other to exploit the people and the natural resources. Some of the residents include:
•Ka-Zar
•Shanna
•Zabu
Two ships became stranded in the Savage Land during World War II; the Neu Deutschlanders and the New Britannia. They married local women and continued the feud into modern times.
A number of superhumans have lived in the Savage Land, notably: Sauron, Garokk and Zaladane, the Savage Land Mutates, Devil Dinosaur and Moonboy, and Stegron the Dinosaur Man. The supervillain Magneto has lived there on several occasions when he led the Savage Land Mutates. Chtylok the Che-K'n Kau is a mysterious creature that lived and was worshiped by the Fall People.
There are many types of races in the Savage Land and Pangea. The Nuwali transported primitive man now known as the Man-Apes, which unlike the rest of the world thrived until the 21st century. The next arrivals were the Ancient Atlanteans, who added the region as part of their empire. They used the Nuwali technology to mutate the Man-Apes into various Beast-Men to perform certain tasks. These slaves rebelled after the great Cataclysm and made Pangea their home. Many Atlanteans remained and their descendants became the various human tribes, with some clinging to the old ways and technology but most forget and resort to more primitive hunter gather society's.
Examples of Savage Land races include the bird people called Aerians, the monkey-tailed Tree People, the amphibious Tubanti fish-people of the inland Gorahn Sea, the Lizard Men of Vala-Kuri, and the nomadic cat people of Pandori. Popular races in the Savage Land are the Man-Apes, the Lemurans, the Pterons (pterodactyl-like people), the human Sun People, the Swamp Men, and the Zebra People.
Earth-295
Avalon was a haven for humans and mutants, located in the a temperate zone of Antarctica, away from Apocalypse's violence. It was led by the precognitive mutant Destiny. Her adopted son Cypher provided a field that allowed everybody to understand each other despite speaking different languages. Avalon's peace was destroyed by the Shadow King who mind-controlled its inhabitants into killing each other. With most people in Avalon slaughtered, Destiny left her home to get revenge on those who had slain her people, Avalon has since been abandoned.
Earth-1610
The Savage Land was a large island in the southern hemisphere and was where Magneto's original base was located. Its dinosaurs were originally conjured by Scarlet Witch as a result of her reality warping abilities. The aboriginal inhabitants were wiped out and only a small tribe of survivors including Ka-Zar and Shanna remained.
Multiverse
In the multiverse, there is an alternate universe of the same name in which the dinosaurs did not go extinct.
•Identity: The existence of this location is unknown to the general populace of Earth.
•Name: While many people refer to the entire Nuwali "game preserves" as the Savage Land the preserves is actually divided into two parts the smaller largely dinosaur inhabited Savage Land and the larger more people inhabited Pangea.
•549 appearance(s) of Savage Land
•7 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Savage Land
•42 minor appearance(s) of Savage Land
•149 mention(s) of Savage Land
•18 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Savage Land
•94 image(s) of Savage Land
Sep 13, 2024 · The five-issue limited series will take fans back to Chris Claremont and Jim Lee’s legendary UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #269 and #274 where Rogue embarked on a wild journey in the Savage Land, began her passionate relationship with Magneto, and sported her now iconic Savage Land look!
Oct 7, 2019 · Hidden in a warm pocket of Antarctica, the Savage Land is a tropical, prehistoric world that brings back a land that time forgot, populated by flora and fauna native to the planet millions of years ago.
- Host / Interviewer
Feb 25, 2022 · There's so much more to know about the lore and mythology of the Savage Land, outside of the dinosaurs that inhabit this area lost to time. What exactly is the Savage Land, why is it untouched by the outside world and who are its defenders?
- George Chrysostomou
Sep 23, 2020 · Created on the hidden outskirts of Antarctica, Savage Land is a tropical land filled with the dinosaurs and cavemen who were more commonly found in the prehistoric land, often manifesting in a more mutated formation.
Jan 16, 2024 · The Savage Land is a tropical preserve hidden in the heart of Antarctica. However, the secrecy and mystery surrounding it isn’t the most fascinating aspect of the location, as its meta-status alone is far more intriguing.
