Dweller-In-Darkness (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

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The Dweller-In-Darkness is the overarching antagonist of the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

He is an draconic alien that invaded Ta Lo with its army of "Soulsuckers" to ravage the land. After years of war with Ta Lo's people, the Dweller-In-Darkness was eventually defeated and sealed in a mountain. However, he convinced Xu Wenwu to release him, fooling him into believing that he was his deceased wife Ying Li. He is the Great Protector's archenemy.

Appearance

The Dweller is an alien taking the form of a reddish-beige dragon with multiple tentacles. When empowered by the souls absorbed, he glows purple.

History

Past

Millions of years ago, The Dweller invaded Ta Lo, along with his army called the Soulsuckers to invade and ravaged the village. After years of war with Ta Lo, he was defeated and sealed into a mountain.

However, sometime after Xu Wenwu’s wife, Ying Li, has been killed by the Iron Gang, the Dweller-In-Darkness would then convinced Wenwu to release and free him.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Then Xu Wenwu and his terrorist organization the Ten Rings began to plan to invade Ta Lo thinking they are freeing Ying Li. The villagers of Ta Lo alongside Xu Wenwu’s children Shang-Chi and Xialing and Shang-Chi's friend Katy Chen began preparing the attack. As Wenwu and Shang-Chi fought, Wenwu managed to damage the gate that sealed the Dweller which freed some of the Soulsuckers and they began stealing souls. The Ten Rings and the villagers chose to work together after a Soulsucker stole the soul, of a high member of the Ten Rings, Death Dealer.

While the villagers and the Ten Rings fought against the Soulsuckers with the help of the Great Protector and Shang-Chi continued to fight his father, the Dweller eventually broke through the dark gate. Then the Dweller turned his paying attention to Wenwu, who pushed Shang-Chi out of the way before having his soul absorbed and giving the rings that give his power. Then the Dweller tried to attack Shang-Chi but Xialing and the Great Protector stopped him, he began flying towards the village before the Great Protector stopped him the two began to fight. While the Great Protector incipiently gained the upper over him by creating a powerful whirlpool, the Soulsuckers quick gave the Dweller the souls they collect to absorbed allowing him to overpower her and tried to absorbed her soul. As the Dweller had almost absorbed the Great Protector's soul, Katy shot a Dragon Scale arrow at his neck weaken him long enough for the Great Protector to create another whirlpool to subdue the Dweller before Shang-Chi shot the rings inside of the Dweller's body and kill him by making the Dweller explode.

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Trivia

In the comics, the Dweller-In-Darkness was originally a tentacled being who was primarily an enemy of Doctor Strange.

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