Living Tribunal Cosmic Entity
Real Name: Inapplicable.
Occupation: Supreme multiversal judge.
Identity: The Living Tribunal's existence is unknown to the general populace of both Earth and the greater galaxy.
Legal Status: Inapplicable.
Other Aliases: The Tribunal.
Place of Birth/Creation: Unknown.
Known Relatives: None.
Group Affiliation: None.
Base of Operations: Inapplicable.
First Post-Reboot Appearance: MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #1/2.
History: The cosmic entity known as the Living Tribunal is the supreme custodial entity in the multiverse, the set of universes and timelines linked in such a way as to provide relatively easy access to each other. In addition to the primary universe Earth resides in, the Tribunal's authority extends to the Microverse, the Negative Zone, the timeless realm of Limbo ruled by Immortus, the various deific dimensions such as Asgard and Olympus, the so-called Dark Dimension, and the various Hell worlds such as those ruled by Mephisto and Lucifer. Most notably, however, the Tribunal's authority is limited to a single multiverse; he/she/it has stated that there are multiple multiverses in existence over which he/she/it has no authority.
The Tribunal is not God as humans and other mortal races understand the concept. In fact, the Tribunal has confirmed, "there are powers in the omniverse greater than" him/her/it. A few times the Tribunal has mentioned a "spectral counterpart", the name and nature of which is unknown.
When manifesting so that mortals can perceive him/her/it, the Tribunal appears as a humanoid of varying size, often but not always towering over everyone else present, with a three-faced head floating above but disconnected from his/her/its shoulders; each face is at a 90 degree angle from the others. The center face is uncovered with glowing eyes, and is said to represent clarity in observation and action. The face on the left has a hood covering its to its nose, said to represent justice. The face on the right is fully covered by a hood and is said to represent necessity and finality. The Tribunal has states that all three faces must be in agreement before he/she/it can act. When speaking, the Tribunal often speaks through the center face, though there are times when he/she/it speaks with all three faces, each one possessing a different voice; the center face speaks in a male voice, the left face a female voice, and the right face a mechanical voice. The Tribunal does not normally possess a body, and the body he/she/it manifests is often ethereal, though occasionally he/she/it makes the manifestation solid.
The Tribunal generally only acts when there is a threat to the multiverse. Past judgements have included sealing a world off from the rest of the multiverse, removing the offending threats from reality altogether, and arranging for a condensing of timelines into one by faking his/her/its own destruction. (In reality, he/she/it only destroyed a physical manifestation in order to provide materials for a "life raft" of sorts.)
Most recently the Tribunal faced off against and ultimately vanquished a malevolent multiversal entity he/she/it has referred to only as "the Quesada"; the nature of the Quesada remains unrevealed. In order to remove any foothold the Quesada may have left over, the Tribunal decided to "reset" the affected universes.
With this reset, or Reboot as it has come to be known by those in the know, two survivors of the previous universe continue to exist as anomalies: Uatu the Watcher, whom the Tribunal offered to help survive the reset, and Rachel Summers, a young woman with a link to the Phoenix Force, a cosmic embodiment of passion. For unrevealed reasons, the Tribunal has tasked Rachel with surveying the new timelines for him/her/it.
Age: Indeterminate.
Height: Variable, often 100' or taller.
Weight: Variable.
Eyes: White, glowing.
Hair: None.
Strength Level: Immeasurable.
Known Superhuman Powers: The Living Tribunal is able to shape reality on a truly universal scale.
Stats: Ain't enough points in the omniverse to truly stat him/her/it. :)
Role-Playing Notes:
The Tribunal is patient and hardly affected by anything on the mundane scale of things. Only when something threatens the cosmic end of the scale does he/she/it take action.
The Tribunal refers to him-/her-/itself as "I/we", indicating that he/she/it thinks of him-/her-/itself as a composite being.
Design Notes:
1. The Tribunal is almost impossible to stat in GURPS given his/her/its near-infinite power. (It might be easier to stat him/her/it in In Nomine instead, which at the cosmic level might make a lot more sense.) Note, though, that the Tribunal is a top-tier cosmic entity, to whom all other cosmic entities defer (save perhaps Death). Even the Infinity Gems working together and various Cosmic Cubes are unable to truly affect the Tribunal unless he/she/it allows them to; the Gems and Cubes are strictly universal in scope, while the Tribunal is multiversal.
2. Are there entities more powerful than the Tribunal? Yes: the creative teams and executives at the Real World Marvel Comics offices, as well as myself and those helping with the Reboot. :) (The above-mentioned "spectral counterpart" is alleged to be DC Comics' Spectre character, though in many ways the Spectre is closer to Galactis in raw power, position in the hierarchy, and tendency towards the Worf Effect. A more accurate DC counterpart would probably be Destiny of the Endless.)