Seeker

The Seeker was an Inhuman who was loyal to King Maximus during his reign over Attilan. He leads a number of underlings who carry out his bidding, and wields various technologically advanced Inhuman devices. He was killed by Gorgon when Black Bolt and the royal family returned to oust Maximus.

Biography

The rise of Maximus

In the early 1960s, King Black Bolt ruled Attilan peacefully and justly while his mad brother Maximus was imprisoned. Maximus used his mental powers to foment a rebellion among the Alpha Primitives, triggering a series of events that brought him to power and ousted the rest of the family. Medusa was stricken with amnesia in the conflict, and wandered aimlessly out of the city. Maximus also took Gorgon's parents, Korath and Milena, prisoner, to discourage resistance from the royal family. The Seeker became the new king's right-hand man, and Maximus ordered him to kill the leading Alpha Primitive rebels to prevent another uprising. Korath was involved in an attempted prison break, but was killed at the Seeker's hand. Several months later, Gorgon returned to Attilan to negotiate the family's return to the city. Maximus agreed on the condition that they return with Medusa as well, that he might be his bride. Gorgon wanted to see his parents, but the Seeker took him down to the dungeon to show him that Korath was dead, then incapacitated him with a stun beam. Seeker installed a transmitter in Gorgon's headband and dropped him outside Attilan. Maximus told Gorgon through a video screen that if he returned again without Medusa, Milena would be killed as well.

The hunt for Medusa

Medusa reemerged after over two years in New York City as a member of the villainous team known as the Frightful Four. The four proved a potent challenge to their nemeses, the Fantastic Four, but in the end, all but Medusa were captured and incarcerated. Medusa became an infamous figure, and her publicity drew the family to New York, where they hid in an underground base in the Bowery while Gorgon pursued her. The family's private meetings were transmitted in full to the Seeker, who arrived in New York shortly after the Frightful Four were defeated. The Fantastic Four and Dragon Man were roped into Gorgon's pursuit of Medusa. Eventually, Medusa was returned to the Inhumans' hideout, where she regained her memory—exactly how is unclear, but it's possible that being around her entire family triggered the return of her memories.

Showdown in Attilan

A confrontation between the family and the Fantastic Four boiled onto the surface, and a fight broke out. The water-breathing Triton was deprived of his water supply and fled into the bay, where Seeker was apparently lying in wait and captured him. The Seeker and his men also infiltrated the Fantastic Four's headquarters, the Baxter Building, while the heroes were away—Seeker had learned that they'd carried a huge, winged creature into the building, and concluded that it had to be an Inhuman. In fact, the creature was a construct named Dragon Man, who had been tangentially involved with the Inhumans' recent emergence. He had since been tranquilized and was now peacefully unconscious. Seeker's men took Dragon Man and Triton to their secret base, where Dragon Man was held with metal bonds and Triton was suspended in a small aquarium. Meanwhile, having recognized Triton's disappearance, the rest of the royal family fled to Attilan in one of Lockjaw's portals.

The Fantastic Four tracked down the Seeker's base and infiltrated it to rescue Dragon Man. Seeker caught them upon entry and broadly explained to them who the Inhumans were and what his purpose was, though he would not tell them of the "Great Refuge," Attilan. Dragon Man soon awoke and broke free, bursting into a frenzy and battling Seeker's men. The battle destroyed Triton's aquarium, leaving him prone and suffocating on the floor as Dragon Man escaped into the city. While the Thing and Human Torch pursued Dragon Man, Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Girl returned Triton to a new tank of water with the help of the Seeker. He reminded them that Triton was his prisoner, and explained that they had no right to interfere in the procedure of Inhuman law. Mr. Fantastic agreed for the time being, but planted a homing device on the Seeker's ship as he left for Attilan with Triton in tow. The royal family returned to Attilan and confronted Maximus, reclaiming the crown for Black Bolt. The Fantastic Four also arrived, as Maximus retreated to an inner sanctum of the royal palace. He revealed a huge, special weapon called the atmo-gun, which would vibrate the Earth's atmosphere in such a way as to kill all humans (but not Inhumans) on the planet. By using it, Maximus hoped to conquer the world upon reclaiming rule of Attilan. Seeker tried to discourage him from such a drastic measure, but Maximus ignored him.

It soon became clear that, though the vibrations were strong enough to knock everyone in the world briefly off balance, Maximus had miscalculated his plan. He had believed that humans were farther away genetically from Inhumans, and thereby unwittingly fired the atmo-gun at a non-fatal frequency. Black Bolt slapped Maximus to the ground, and the Seeker shamelessly submitted to the rightful king's rule. Enraged at his failure, Maximus reversed the charge on the atmo-gun and used it to create a thick "negative zone" around the city, perfectly preventing passage in either direction. Invisible Girl hastily made a force field and the Four escaped through the negative zone's dense antimatter before it solidified. Gorgon chased down Maximus and Seeker, eager to mete out revenge for his father's death and their other crimes against their people. Seeker triggered a painful electric shock in Gorgon's headband transmitter, incapacitating him as the two fled. Black Bolt arrived and destroyed the device, and he and Gorgon reunited with Triton in his tank nearby. Triton and Gorgon deduced that Black Bolt's energetic abilities would allow him to track the signal operating the transmitter to locate the Seeker and Maximus. Black Bolt and Gorgon found the villains lying in wait in the dungeons, where Maximus used his mental powers to control the king's mind and attack Gorgon. A downed Gorgon taunted Seeker and demanded that he do the killing himself instead. The arrogant Seeker complied, firing his laser gun at Gorgon, who pulled Black Bolt in front of him. The blast hit Black Bolt's antenna, redirecting and focusing its energy toward Maximus, striking him unconscious. Seeker tried to escape, but Gorgon stomped and caused a cave-in, killing him and achieving vengeance for Korath. Maximus came to, but had suffered severe psychological damage. He was imprisoned once again, and Attilan returned to Black Bolt's peaceful rule.