Conquest has finally arrived in Invincible, but what happened to his arm between the Great Purge and now is a story worth telling.
The last time we saw Conquest, the Viltrumite still had all his limbs, making his appearance with a missing arm in Season 3 quite a surprise.
Invincible has teased Conquest since Season 1 and even more since Anissa warned Mark Grayson about his impending arrival in Season 2. A being stronger than her or Nolan was a being to be feared.
The Conquest we meet in Invincible Season 3 isn’t quite as whole as the last time they saw him. He sports a new prosthetic arm and a nasty scar across his face.
Conquest’s backstory
Conquest made an early-bird cameo in Invincible‘s Season 1 finale, “Where I Really Come From,” when Nolan told Mark Viltrum’s true history, including the Great Purge, the culling of the week from where Conquest emerged as the unstoppable force of nature he is known to be.
In Season 2, Episode 7, “I’m Not Going Anywhere,” the Viltrumite warrior Anissa warned Invincible that Conquest “would demonstrate the error of Mark’s ways.” Taking Anissa’s warning seriously, Mark underwent intense training to know when the next enforcer of the Empire would come.
Conquest’s character
Voiced by The Walking Dead‘s Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Conquest has one less arm and eye than the last time we saw him. Other than Clancy Brown’s General Kregg, who’s also missing an eye, no other Viltrumite is known to sport such injuries.
How Conquest lost his arm in the comics
In issue #66 of Invincible, Nolan revealed to Allen the Alien that what reduced the Empire to only 50 Viltrumites was a manufactured virus called The Scourge, which killed 99.9% of their population. While most died, some would have their bodies ravaged, inside and out, with General Kregg losing his right eye to the virus.
Those few who survived infection had “deadly after effects,” including diminished strength and invulnerability. Conquest learned this the hard way after the virus had ravaged his system.
A pack of Rognarr effortlessly tore off his arm and took his eye, leaving him in a pitiful state. These creatures are introduced as one of the few existing Viltrimute weaknesses in the galaxy for their superior strength and durability.
Conquest’s survival against them is almost mythical, because he survived them, under the effects of the deadly virus. Mark Invincible has a lot to deal with when he meets his old friend once again.
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