Magik's Soulsword has become a symbol of the ruler of Limbo. But truthfully it is simply a small deposit of promethium that would cause Limbo to disappear if it was removed. Limbo is kept alive by what appears to be a giant animal heart hidden deep beneath its surface in a cavern. horns, tails, hooves, etc) and though this transformation will give them mastery over sorcery it typically costs the person their souls (examples are Magik and the Bogeyman The appearance of Limbo can change quite drastically based on whatever its ruler fancies or even sometimes based on their unconscious desires.Īlso, if a human enters Limbo it is considered inevitable that eventually they shall gain demonic physical aspects (i.e. The beings of Limbo will blindly serve their master who is most commonly a Supreme Sorcerer, but if not kept in check they may betray their overlord or plague other realities. The farther the jump in time or space she tried to make with the discs though, the less accurate she was able to be. As an adolescent, Illyana developed the mutant ability to control these discs, giving her a natural affinity to Limbo. Limbo is also spotted by magical "stepping discs" which travel through time as well as space allowing a traveler, if he or she could control them, to be anywhere instantly. Time is peculiar in this dimension as the present is non-existent and can only be stated to be so by an individual. Those that dwell within its boundaries are a vast variety of demons of all shapes and sizes who all have some sort of magical skill. In reality, during the moments they lost her grasp, those several years really passed for her, such is the magic of time in Limbo. Limbo is first shown in Uncanny X-Men #160, when its ruler Belasco kidnaps Illyana Rasputin to Limbo and when the X-Men rescue her, she is seemingly aged several years.
In Dante's Divine Comedy Limbo is described as the first circle of hell.
The general landscape changes with each ruler usually very mountainous terrain. Its appearance is that of a solid land where gravity still has a hold but the sky suffers from an absence of stars.
Limbo is sometimes referred to as "Otherplace" and it is a pocket dimension where the laws of nature are mainly magic.
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