Cutscenes are scenes in Marvel: Contest of Champions that help develop the storyline, and are shown on completion of certain Story and Event Quests. Unlocked cutscenes can be found in the game's settings.
List of Cutscenes[]
Prologue[]
Act 1 Epilogue[]
Act 2 Epilogue[]
Act 3 Epilogue[]
Mystery in the Microrealms[]
Act 4 Epilogue[]
Cosmic Civil War: Endgame[]
X-Men: Terrigenocide[]
Terrigenocide: Terminus[]
Dawn of Darkness[]
Act 5 Chapter 2[]
Act 5 Chapter 4[]
Hotel M.O.D.O.K.[]
The Age of the Sentry[]
Brawl in the Battlerealm[]
Avengers Forever[]
Act 6 - The End[]
Clash of Champions[]
Prologue[]
The Collector: Ah, this one is a very rare item. Hard to find... Even harder to secure. But the serious collector lives for the thrill of the hunt.
CHAMPION: WOLVERINE (MODERN SAVAGE VARIANT)
RARITY:
STATUS: CAPTURING...
CHAMPION: GAMORA (BATTLE ARMOR VARIANT)
RARITY:
STATUS: CAPTURING...
CHAMPION: THE HULK (GREEN SKIN VARIANT)
RARITY:
STATUS: CAPTURING...
CHAMPION: DEADPOOL (RED-AND-BLACK VARIANT)
RARITY:
STATUS: CAPTURING...
Kang the Conqueror: COLLECTOR!!! Enough with the flashback! You promised me a worthy opponent for this Contest! The ISOSPHERE! Can I hold-
The Collector: Patience, my blue friend! It isn't yours...yet. See? Your opponent arrives! LET'S BEGIN! Welcome, Summoner! You have been chosen to represent Earth in a cosmic CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS against Kang the Conqueror! I am The Collector, the organizer of this Contest. The stakes are simple: win and you shall be granted UNTOLD POWER. Lose and you shall be placed in my collection... permanently!
- Before the Tutorial
Act 1 Epilogue[]
The Collector: Summoner! You have mounted an excellent challenge... ...so far. But now, it is time to increase the menace... Welcome a new set of Champions to the Contest! A fearsome crew, to be sure. Use them wisely, Summoner...
- After completing Malice
Act 2 Epilogue[]
The Collector: A deal is a deal, Summoner. You and Thanos have defeated Kang! The benefactor of the Contest will allow you to learn his identity... He was born Bruce Banner. Then they called him Hulk. But when he conquered his timeline, he became... THE MAESTRO!
- After completing Conquered
Act 3 Epilogue[]
Maestro: Congratulations, Summoner. You have crushed the Mad Titan! Time to put him back on the shelf...for now. But the Contest is not complete. No, we are far from finished. In fact... Your new opponent is eager to challenge you. And he is unlike any you have faced before...
- After completing Thanos Enters
Mystery in the Microrealms[]
Maestro: You failed me, insect.
Yellowjacket: But Master...I saved some of the substance!
Maestro: Ah...refined ISO-8. Forged by time and power... Atoms crushed and rebuilt into their purest configuration. An infinitesimal amount... but enough to challenge Infinity! This is the true destiny of ISO-8: to be annihilated, reborn, and coalesce into something...truly powerful. GET ME MORE!
Ant-Man: Oh, boy. That sounds bad. I need to tell the collector!
TO BE CONTINUED...
- After completing Bug Brawl
Act 4 Epilogue[]
The Collector: It's over, Maestro. Hand me the ISO dust, before it's too late.
Maestro: It's already too late, Elder scum! Your precious Contest has served its purpose! I have been saturating your Champions with ISO-8... incubating it in their bodies as they battle in the arena, until its pure essence could be extracted! And now, through my mighty hands, this crude material can be fused... into its final form!
The Collector: NO! I MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE! ARGHHH!
Maestro: Now, once my full power returns, I can resume my--
Thanos: Don't be afraid, curse-bearer. You did the right thing, releasing me from my crystal. Hmm. I have never seen a gem like you before. Newborn. Unnamed. Pure. Hush now... let Thanos of Titan introduce you to the universe. You are an Infinity Stone... and all of this shall be yours one day.
- After completing Culmination
Cosmic Civil War: Endgame[]
The Collector: Bravo! That was truly magnificent! Thank you for providing the terrific spectacle while I rebuild my power. Nothing like superhuman violence to generate pure ISO-8! I feel fully recharged... good to go for another billion years, thanks to you! Now back to your crystals... THE CONTEST MUST GO ON!
Black Panther (Civil War): You're losing control, Collector. Sooner or later you'll slip... ...And when you do, the Black Panther will strike.
The Collector: Is that right, kitty cat?
Black Panther (Civil War): This is not over, I PROMISE!
The Collector: Oh, you are correct! We are just getting started...
- After completing Civil Warrior
X-Men: Terrigenocide[]
Nightcrawler: Unglaublich... How are we still alive?
Cyclops (Blue Team): Jean used her telekinesis. She lifted us from the site before M.O.D.O.K.'s Terrigen Bomb poisoned us all.
Old Man Logan: That was quite a move, kid... Are you all right?
Jean Grey: What's it to you, old man?
Beast: Just breathe now, Jean. You've been through a lot of stress and...
Jean Grey: H-Hank? Did we make it? I was hoping my powers were strong enough and...
Beast: We're all safe now, Jeannie... All thanks to you. Everything is going to be all right...
TO BE CONCLUDED IN PART 2
- After completing Ghost Orchid
Terrigenocide: Terminus[]
Magneto (Marvel NOW!): Be careful now... she's still dangerous!
Dark Phoenix: Help me, Scott! Please, it hurts!
Cyclops (Blue Team): JEAN!
Beast: Scott, NO! Jean sacrificed herself to burn the Terrigen from the atmosphere... "...What you're seeing is just a shell created by the ISO-8!"
Karnak: The creature is undergoing Terrigenesis. It will emerge stronger than ever... we have to strike now!
Thanos: Not so fast, Monk. Don't even try your tricks on me. Thanos of Titan has no flaws! Two down, four to go. Humans, Mutants, Inhumans... squabbling like insects over mere crumbs, while Thanos prepares his banquet... ... AND DEATH WILL BE THE GUEST OF HONOR!
- After completing Dark Egg
Dawn of Darkness[]
Thanos: Genesis, Evolution... ... What gift will your defeat bring me next, Lord of Darkness? What-?
Doctor Strange: Looking for this? We have you figured out, Titan. From now on, we'll be ready for you.
Thanos: Your precious Guillotine will suffer, do you hear me? I will rip her to pieces if you stand in my way!
Doctor Strange: You must be deranged to think I'd exchange the fate of the multiverse for one life. That's your game, Thanos, not mine... and Guillotine is no pawn in it. If you try to harm her, you'll find she's much stronger than you expect. But I think you won't. I think you need her... And I'll find out why. Here's my offer: release her and we might show mercy... ...Touch a single strand of her hair, and you'll fall in flames through all the infinite dimensions. Forever.
- After completing The Oldest Foe
Act 5 Chapter 2[]
The Grandmaster: Checkmate, brother. And by the hands of your precious Summoner... what an exciting turn of events. Now, Summoner... finish him!
Iron Man: Enough, Grandmaster. We defeated the Collector. By the rules of your game, we won.
Civil Warrior: Give the Champions the freedom you promised!
The Grandmaster: You won by the old rules. The broken rules created by my brother! The real Contest of Champions is about to begin... Rejoice you are still a part of it, even after refusing my orders! Now begone! Well Taneleer, it seems that in defeat you inspired a small measure of mercy by your former captives... how touching.
The Collector: You know I had my reasons to take over the Contest.
The Grandmaster: Indeed. And I paid a high price for your "reasons"! But I will not complain... In many ways, my trials defined what I am today. It is nothing personal, brother. You have played a good hand, but you were out of your league. A pawn, briefly turned into a king. Sit this round out, and let me show you how the game is played. You might learn something while gathering dust in your own foolish collection...
TO BE CONTINUED IN CHAPTER 3
- After completing Abrogation
Act 5 Chapter 4[]
Spider-Man (Stark Enhanced): Whoa..check out all of these puzzle pieces! But what are they supposed to form?
Doctor Strange: I might be able to help. Just as every block of marble has a potential sculpture in its future.. every pile of rubble has the memory of the object it once was. BY THE ALL-SEEING EYE OF AGAMOTTO, I COMMAND YOU! BE WHOLE AGAIN! The spell is complete.
Spider-Man (Stark Enhanced): Wha-? Is that what I think it is?
Cable: Bad news, people. Space-time is still structurally flawed... even with the Cornerstone reassembled. Battlerealm is about to crumble!
Kang the Conqueror: THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE! MY CALCULATIONS WERE FLAWLESS!
Doctor Strange: The heart is missing.
Kang the Conqueror: "HEART"? WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? EXPLAIN YOURSELF, SORCERER!
Doctor Strange: We were incorrect. The Cornerstone is not a pillar. It isn't an object at all... ...it's a person.
TO BE CONCLUDED IN ACT 6
- After completing Fight the Power
Hotel M.O.D.O.K.[]
M.O.D.O.K.: SERVICE, PLEASE! WHERE THE $^#*$ IS EVERYONE... If we're going to run a five-star facility, we need to do better! There you are. I do believe I ordered my cocktail on the rocks! Ah yes... much better. I propose a toast... to all self-proclaimed "cosmic gods" out there. THERE'S NO GAME YOU CAN PLAY, THAT M.O.D.O.K. CAN'T MASTER! CHEERS TO THE FUTURE... OF THE CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS!
- After completing Hot Stone Massage
The Age of the Sentry[]
Part 1
THE TIVAN RESIDENCE. THREE BILLION YEARS AGO.
Carina Tivan: WAKE UP, DAD!
Taneleer Tivan: W-What?
Carina Tivan: Today is the day, remember? You and Uncle En Dwi are going on a exploration trip... and this time you'll take me!
Taneleer Tivan: Yes, but remember you promised not to run away again--
Carina Tivan: YAY! WE'RE VENTURING INTO THE UNKNOWN!
A FEW DAYS LATER: THE STORM BETWEEN REALITIES.
Taneleer Tivan: The vortex is getting rougher! We shouldn't have brought Carina...
En Dwi Gast: You can only protect her for so long, Taneleer.
Taneleer Tivan: I know. The truth is I've been trying to keep it together since her mother passed, but most of the time I... have no idea what I am doing.
En Dwi Gast: Don't we all? Look at us, the worst Elders of Universe ever. We don't even have our own "things" yet!
Taneleer Tivan: Our "things"?
En Dwi Gast: You know, the things! "Every Elder of the Universe must find a single pursuit to dedicate their life to, or taste the bitter wine of mortality", etc, etc...
Taneleer Tivan: Oh yes. Some of those "things" are getting ridiculous, though. Who's that Elder dedicating his life to judging other people? Yellow guy with red hair...
En Dwi Gast: "The Judicator". Don't ever try to get in an argument with him, you'll lose every time. According to his own flawless judgement, of course.
Taneleer Tivan: "The Judicator", "the Contemplator"... What's next? "The Procrastinator"?
En Dwi Gast: HAHAHA!!
THE BATTLEREALM. BEFORE IT HAD A NAME.
En Dwi Gast: We've done it, brother! According to the instruments, this "nexus realm" is a patchwork of many times and places, brimming with the primordial energy of creation itself!
Taneleer Tivan: Yes, and since I brought us here... I should be the Elder called "the Explorer"!
En Dwi Gast: I was thinking the same thing. Maybe we should flip for it? Whoever loses can be called "the Cartographer" or something like it?
Taneleer Tivan: Ha! I would never bet my future on your loaded coin tosses...
- Upon entering Lunatic
Part 2
THE BATTLEREALM. EONS BEFORE THE CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS.
Carina Tivan: Wow! Look at the weird crystals! What are those?
Taneleer Tivan: They are called ISO-crystals... they're a strong source of primordial energy. Some theorize they're all that remained from the cataclysm that created our universe. En Dwi... are you sure we're going the right direction?
En Dwi Gast: The quantum footprint of the crystals clearly flows this way. Just keep... ...DRIVING...
Carina Tivan: WHAT... IS THAT A SHIP? IT'S HUGE!
Taneleer Tivan: This is no ship... it's a continent-sized being, clad in armor from head to toe!
En Dwi Gast: And his kind is no stranger to us. This is a Celestial, member of a powerful new race of self-proclaimed cosmic "gods".
Taneleer Tivan: This one is much larger than usual... and seems to be dead, or at least dying. Hard to know with these armored types. His body seems to be... fused to core of the planet. Teleportation accident?
En Dwi Gast: Whatever happened here, it's spewing ISO-crystals as a byproduct.
Taneleer Tivan: Perhaps the Celestial tried to escape his dying universe, breaching into ours as it was born... and crashed in the process. You wanted some crystals, Carina? We have discovered the mother load--
En Dwi Gast: I think she just stepped outside, brother.
Taneleer Tivan: CARINA, I BELIEVE WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS...
Carina Tivan: Just one small sample, dad! I promise! Guys... I'm in some kind of ancient temple, and the giant man is carved all over the walls!
Taneleer Tivan: CARINA, PLEASE RETURN--
En Dwi Gast: That's interesting, Carina. Perhaps the Celestial was considered a god to the people who lived here?
Taneleer Tivan: CARINA, I'M READING A MASSIVE ENERGY BUILDUP COMING FROM THE PLANET! GET OUT OF THERE NOW! NO!
- After completing Scavenger
Part 3
Taneleer Tivan: W-What... Carina? En Dwi? Can you hear me?
En Dwi Gast: Taneleer, I landed on a rock... it's spinning free of the planet's gravity...
OFFZXX PAXXNETTSZ GRVZZZTY...
Taneleer Tivan: En Dwi, is that you? Carina! Are you there? Please, don't...
KRACCKK---
Taneleer Tivan: CARINAAAAA!!!!!!
- After completing Family Heirloom
Part 4
ONE THOUSAND LIFETIMES LATER.
The Grandmaster: You really need to hire a maid for this place.
The Collector: En Dwi, I hear you are called "Grandmaster" now. Odd name for someone who could never beat his younger brother in a card game.
The Grandmaster: I bet I could beat you now. Can you still find your old playing cards in this hoarding mess, "Collector"? Can you find your way out of this maze?
En Dwi Gast: Brother... I'm lost... Please help...
I MZZXXZ... LOZZXZZZXXXK... PLSZZZ HLLZZZP...
Taneleer Tivan: If I collect all the pieces, I know can put her back together... I CAN SAVE HER!
En Dwi Gast: BROTHEEEEEERRRR!!!!
The Grandmaster: And to think all we wanted when we were young was to be called explorers.
The Collector: Hm. We would do much better than that sycophant calling himself "the Explorer" nowadays. Have you seen him?
The Grandmaster: Unfortunately. What is he trying to "explore" in those golden pirate boots? A Kree red light district?
The Collector: AHAHAHA!
The Collector: Why are you here, En Dwi?
The Grandmaster: You know, I was stuck on that rock for a long time. Eventually I broke free, but I was still trapped in that nightmarish realm. Without a spaceship or working communicator, I would have to walk home. Have you tried to walk on a straight line in a place where space-time is fragmented? Every few steps I would travel years back in time, or be transported a hundred miles in the wrong direction! I had to solve the largest puzzle in all creation just to be able to return... so I have to thank you, brother. In a way, your betrayal is what made me the Grandmaster.
The Collector: Then we're quite even, brother. I too was defined by that fateful trip, in ways you will never comprehend.
The Grandmaster: Oh, I know.
The Grandmaster: I kept the fragment for the whole time I was trapped in that realm... as a birthday gift for my niece. She would have been a much better Collector than you.
The Collector: She would... ...and she will.
- After completing Penumbra
Rise of the Black Panther[]
Doctor Strange: Spider-Man completed his mission. The Chaos Stone is ours.
Iron Man: I knew Peter could pull it off... but it was a bit too close for comfort, Strange. At least our team is tied with Thanos, with two stones each.
Doctor Strange: We have two, yes. But Spider-Man got close to the Gauntlet. He said Thanos has secured a third stone, turquoise in color.
Iron Man: Son of a-
Doctor Strange: We're playing a losing game, Tony. It's in Thanos' nature to complete the Gauntlet. Even I can't hide the stones from him forever.
Iron Man: The Black Panther's words... "We can't out-swim a shark in the water."
Doctor Strange: T'Challa went on a rogue mission to prevent the impeding war. I tried to contact him after he went silent about a month ago... but he's nowhere.
Iron Man: You mean he's nowhere to be found.
Doctor Strange: I mean he's nowhere. After Guillotine got kidnapped, I placed tracking spells on each of the Illuminati. No matter where you are, dead or alive, I should be able to find you... ...at least in this plane of existence. The Black Panther is locked in a battle too large for human comprehension. To find him, one needs to look beyond the traditional concepts of "place" and "time".
Iron Man: You're going abstract again, Strange. Where's the Black Panther?!
Doctor Strange: He's all around us.
Iron Man: I think I'm gonna need a new armor...
- After completing Fortitude of the Rhinoceros
Infinity Chaos[]
Proxima Midnight: Forgiveness master... we have failed you.
Corvus Glaive: The hated Champions of Earth... they have bested our army at every turn. They have stolen the Infinity Stones!
Thanos: Not all of them.
Proxima Midnight: Master?
Thanos: You have done well, my children... even if unaware of your true mission. You have led the heroes through a ruse, deep into the mirror universe inside the Death Stone: an exact copy of our own reality, but dead and powerless... ...as they will soon learn.
Hela: It's time.
Thanos: Meanwhile, in the "real" world, my Nameless marched unopposed... ...gathering the true Infinity Stones...
Hela: ...for their true master.
Thanos: It's as you said, Goddess of Death. Used in the right way, a single stone can be as dangerous as all of them combined. Come with me. We have a multiverse to reshape... together.
TO BE CONCLUDED IN INFINITY NIGHTMARE
- After completing Death
Infinity Nightmare[]
The Collector: Beautiful, isn't it? The first time I saw the Battlerealm, I thought it was the most perfect jewel in all creation. But I now realize it's nothing but a cosmic trap... one that neither man nor god can escape.
Captain America (Infinity War): We will not die here. I promise you.
The Collector: And how do mere humans plan to succeed, where cosmic entities have failed?
Captain America (Infinity War): Same way we've always done it... ...together.
- After completing Desperate Measures
Brawl in the Battlerealm[]
Part 1
The Collector: Ready for your story, my dear? I have something special for you tonight. I found this book at the edge of the Battlerealm, a long time ago. I paid no attention to it at the time, but now I know it's an attempt at cataloguing the history of this place, by an unknown author. Don't look at me like that! I was still the Collector then. I was too busy hoarding books... no time to read them. We shall correct that together. "Heed my words, o Champion. Many eons ago, here in the same soil where today your blood is spilled, the first Contest of Champions took place. It was fought in an arena made of rock and crystal. It was built by the hands of a peaceful race forced into slavery by the cruel being running that Contest. But one day, among of the lambs, a lion was born. His name was Ægon. From an early age he desired above all to be a gladiator. He trained day and night, in secret, dreaming of glory in the arena. Defying the strict code of non-violence of his race, Ægon entered the Contest in disguise. That's where he met Clio, a slave girl who tended to tired gladiators in-between fights. Ægon had never seen such a lovely creature. Clio was a dreamer. Her idealist mind was free from the shackles that bound her fragile body. Behind the twin suns of her eyes, Ægon could see a deep sense of compassion for all beings oppressed by their master. Inspired to become a better man, he vowed to win the Contest for Clio and use the prize to free their people."
- After completing Blow-by-blow
Part 2
The Collector: "From that day forward, against all odds, Ægon fought his way through Champions way above his league. He had no powers. No advanced technology. No cosmic weapons. All he needed to win was right there, watching him nervously from the edge of the arena. Until Ægon finally reached the title fight, against the Master of the Contest himself. The Master was an Elder of the Universe, bloated by years of feeding off the power of the ISO-8. Ægon had no chance against such corrupted creature. The very existence of Ægon irritated the master. It was a mockery to him that such pathetic being would get so far in his Contest. In a fit of rage, he plucked Ægon's arm from its socket, as if looking for a hidden source of power in his mortal flesh. In desperation, Clio rushed the arena to save her beloved. The Master flung her across the arena like an insect. A couple of seconds, that's all she bought Ægon. That's all he needed."
The Collector: "It was all over. Ægon was the winner of the first Contest of Champions. But the price was too high. For his victory, Ægon was awarded a golden belt forged from the Isosphere itself. It was a weapon with the power to supercharge the wearer's innate abilities, and extend their natural lifespan. But it could not bring her back."
- After completing Counterpunch
Part 3
The Collector: "With the Master dead, all the slaves were freed. A mass exodus soon began. But the high priests of his people would not let Ægon come with them. In the eyes of their strict culture, his choice of a violent life had made him a pariah. In anger, Ægon instinctively activated the belt's cosmic powers for the first time. It was an energy manifestation of his severed limb, summoned by his fury. With that power, Ægon could have forced them to take him. He could have forcibly become their king, if he so wished. But then he remembered. He had lost an important part of himself in the Contest... ... and no amount of power could make him whole. Ægon had chosen the life of a warrior, and that had changed him. He decided to stay behind in the Battlerealm, watching from a distance as Contests would come and go. An immortal gladiator with no desire to ever enter the arena again."
The Collector: Ægon did not realize at the time, but his cosmic belt contains power beyond comprehension, if it only could be controlled. A warrior will instinctively use the belt for inflicting pain. But it can be used for healing as well, with the right guidance. You may do it now.
Carina Tivan: Dad...?
CARINA AND ÆGON WILL RETURN IN ACT 6
- After completing Title bout
Night Riders[]
Night Thrasher: Here's my theory about this so-called "Battle-Realm". It's doubtful that the Elders of the Universe created it. Most likely they stumbled into a unique time-space paradox, and tried to control it for their own agenda. But for all their bravado, they have never been truly in control. They're trapped in here as much as we are... doomed to enact their silly games for all eternity. I don't think it really matters if we win the Contest. The whole thing would probably reset under a new management, like many times before. The only chance we have is to solve this cosmic puzzle, once and for all. Since the other "Champions" are too busy fighting each other, I've decided to poke around on my own to see what kind of answers I can find. The device I found tells me I'm not the first one to try. It's made of junk scraps, but in a virtuoso fashion... as if built by a mixture of Mozart and Robinson Crusoe. As far as I can understand, it's attuned to the brittle space-time structure of the Battlerealm. It probes it for weak spots, based on ISO-8 residual signature. Whoever built this was looking for an exit. The signal is particularly strong in this place... a smattered crossroad of realities. Surrounding what can only be described as a compact-size wormhole. As soon as I arrived, the device went haywire. It wants to be reunited with something down there in the abyss. Even I can't skate the singularity, so I keep my distance. I attach the device to a vibranium-laced cable and let it sink. Let's see what kind of fish dwells in these murky waters. Turns out the catch is bigger than I expected...
Night Thrasher: Oh, crap.
NEXT: THIS MAN, THIS MONSTER!
- After completing Revelation
Avengers Forever[]
The Chronoserpent: Look at them Colorful pulsating irritating beings Flickering in and out of existence So fast they are barely alive They are nothing Less than nothing Still they blemish my domain My domain and I am exiled from it But time is on my side As I slip through the neck of the hourglass One grain at a time Until there's only order Only peace Only me
- After completing Bonds, Unforsaken
Guillotine: Future Prometheus[]
Mephisto: Your efforts are pitiful, mortals. I cannot be stopped for long... I am eternal!
Guillotine: You might be, demon... but you're not above the law.
Mephisto: What are you talking about? What law?
Guillotine: The only one you respect... your own. La Fleur du Mal, the sword of my ancestors, and Queen Haasen before that, was not forged by human hands... ...it was shaped by the demonic entity now inhabiting the blade. The magic that powers the blade was created by that demon, and its signature is unique in this dimension. You said so yourself, Lord of Hades.
Mephisto: Your point being?
Guillotine: By hijacking that same magic to create Morningstar, you infringed on another demon's "mystical property". That's forbidden among you Hell types, n'est-ce pas?[† 1] Your contract with Queen Haasen was signed under false pretences. I demand you to cease and desist, and free her from her iron prison!
Mephisto: But you can't... Very well, mortal... you have won this one. Your little Queen is released from her obligations. I grow tired of her mewling anyway.
Morningstar: I am... free?
Mephisto: Yes, you dumb medieval peasant. But don't think this is over... not by a long shot. I hereby declare war against you and the Guillotine lineage, from now until the end of time. You must think you're so smart... but time is on my side. I will crush your small-time operation, dismember it and devour it for my own enjoyment ...then you'll learn that Mephisto has the monopoly in soul damnation!
Morningstar: Jeannine... something's happening...
Guillotine: Don't worry. The sword told me what I have to do next. Close your eyes. This might hurt a bit.
Morningstar: UGH!
Guillotine 2099: The pain- the pain is...
Guillotine: Settle down, now. You'll still feel echoes of the pain for some time. Your mind still needs time to be convinced it's not being tortured anymore.
Guillotine 2099: I can... feel your skin at my fingertips... it's- too much...
Guillotine: Baby steps, now. You don't want to overload your new body. It's capable of many human sensations, but your conscience needs to adapt to it. You have a long road ahead...but I'll be right here to help you.
GUILLOTINE 2099 WILL RETURN
- After completing Eternal Justice of Men
Act 6 - The End[]
The Collector: Checkmate, Em Dwi. You thought you could outsmart us with your little games... ...that you could drive a wedge between me and my daughter, and control my Contest...? Well, now the tables have turned! Look at you, in the same position I was- ungh!
Carina Tivan: Enough, father. Please don't say anything you might regret later. Both you and Uncle En Dwi have had your turn controlling the Battlerealm. You used it as a tool of your own obsessions... but that's over now. I know you've done a lot to redeem yourself... but it's time the Champions and Summoners of the Contest decide how they'll run their own destiny. I urge you to support them, or else stay out of their way. But first, you two have some issues to work out. Come back when you've made up.
The Collector: Carina, I-
Carina Tivan: Bye dad. Love you.
Mister Fantastic: Sorry to interrupt, Carina. We still have that urgent matter to discuss.
Carina Tivan: Of course... ... gather the council.
Carina Tivan: I understand if this is too much to process. The true nature of the Contest is both sublime and terrifying, but it cannot be denied. I have seen it with my own eyes, and The Watcher has confirmed the truth. I believe our course of action is clear... but it needs to be unanimous. All in agreement, raise your hands.
Doctor Doom: You must be delirious. This Elder witch has you under her spell!
Mister Fantastic: Victor, you observed me in that time-loop for years. You know my measurements confirmed what Carina just told us.
Doctor Doom: Very well, Richards. Have it your way... for now.
Carina Tivan: It's agreed, then. Each one of you will receive individual instructions on what to do next. Now you'll forgive me... I must retire.
TICK. TOCK. TICK. TOCK. TICK. TOCK. TICK. TOCK. TICK. TOCK. TICK. TOCK. TICK. TOCK. TICK. TOCK. TICK. TOCK. TICK. TOCK. TIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKK-
Carina Tivan: Broken shard of the ancient enemy... you are bound to my will. Reveal the future as only you can see.
The Chronoserpent: The game is lost... my prison is breached Your alliance splinters... specs of dust... clever ones, but filth regardless Your plan fails... you die, alone At the end of all things... where there's is only meeeeeee-
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK- TOCK. TICK. TOCK. TICK. TOCK. TICK. TOCK.
Carina Tivan: You forgot who you're facing, creature. I'm no mere mortal, running scared at the ghost of death and decay... I am an Elder of the Universe. As long as I have true purpose, time is on my side. I am Carina Tivan. This is my Contest of Champions. The power of a million Champions is under my command... ...and I will use it to destroy you.
NEXT: ACT 1 - THE UNION
- After completing Reign
Missing Links[]
Professor X: I close my eyes... and see my people lost in an alien desert. Enslaved by the hands of ancient tyrants, forced to fight their own kind. But even in this barren land, hope springs anew. From this day on, I decree the cosmic diaspora over. No more fighting. No more running! TO ME, MY X-MEN!
- After completing Way of the Crystal
Clash of Champions[]
The Watcher: Listen, humans... like others of my race, my duty is to catalogue events of universal significance. Even stranded in the Battleworld, I carried out that mission. For the last 1,000 years, I have registered the history of this mysterious place in a single continuous volume. My observations eventually revealed a terrible truth about this place... ...one I could not sit idly by. I began recruiting Summoners to help investigate my discovery. They would act as my eyes and ears in places even the mighty dare not walk. I realized that-
Mephisto: He realized that his boring plan of watching through an army of weaklings was utterly ineffective... ...so he begged for Mephisto's help.
The Watcher: ...I realized that other cosmic beings would have come across pieces of this cosmic mystery, and reached out to them... ...even to the prince of lies who, knowing the gravity of the situation, agreed in lending his expertise.
Mephisto: He begged... on his knees. True story.
Howard the Duck: Oh man, this sounds like a cool buddy detective story... so, what did you guys discover?
The Watcher: When the Battlerealm was formed, eons ago, its very core was tainted by a corrupting force. A nefarious creature from a dead cosmos before our own. Its true name is unknown, but it has many titles...
Mister Fantastic: The strangler of universes. The space-time parasite. The Celestial metastasis. The Chronoserpent. The creature was dormant for a long time, but now it's awake... and hungry. Its body slowly coils around the cosmos as we speak. It's imperative we find its head, and cut it... if we fail, death will be met by all in the Battlerealm.
Mephisto: Wrong... again! Death has never been the creature's goal... but something much worse! When the serpent is done with you, you will all wish you were dead...
- After completing Knock-Out
Bloodlines[]
Guillotine: Welcome to my tiny castle, chérie... faites comme chez vous ![† 2]
Guillotine 2099 : What is that in your hand? You told me the first rule of "the night of women" was no swords...
Guillotine: It's actually called 'girls' night". And this is not exactly a sword... It's my dad's famous honey lamb kebabs! Well, actually I'm told it was my mom's recipe, but my dad cooked for me after she died.
Guillotine: So, how do we do this?
Guillotine 2099: Like I told you before, I have learned much about this "automaton body" since we last saw each other. I found out that the scanner used to "digitize souls" in battle is also able to decode the components of any organic element... ...and build a simulation inside my body, where I can experience its texture, smell and taste with precision.
Guillotine: Do you... like it then?
Guillotine 2099: Wait... flavour particles are still coming through... Oh. Wow...
Guillotine: Yay! Good to know, because I cooked a ton of food...
La Fleur du Mal: Sure, serve a feast to a robot... but keep your loyal blades hanging. Am I right?
Soulsplitter: ///SARCASM DETECTED///
La Fleur du Mal: <SIGH>
Guillotine 2099: To be honest, I wasn't certain if it would work... ...but the company was the main reason I came, not the food.
Guillotine: Hehe... Well I'm glad you can enjoy the food... I'd feel weird if I had to eat this big meal alone while you watched. I wanted to show you a piece of my home... even with a multiverse of ingredients to be plucked from the Battlerealm, it was tricky to find all the components for a real homemade French-Algerian meal. Now please, eat some more! There's three more courses before dessert, and there's much I want to show you about the evolution of patisserie since the Middle Ages...
- After completing Purgatory
Battlegrounds[]
Carina Tivan: It's been no time at all, and yet... ...we've accomplished so much. I have to wonder though... will it be enough?
SEVERAL MONTHS EARLIER
Carina Tivan: ...so I told my father that I plan to put his collection to better use.
Ægon: I doubt he was pleased with your decision, given that it's his collection.
Carina Tivan: These are dangerous times, Ægon, and they're only getting more dangerous. I... we need to be sure they're ready for what's coming. Everyone needs to be stronger...
Ægon: The only way to become stronger is by fighting stronger opponents.
Carina Tivan: Exactly! Which is why we're doing this. Summoners and Champions alike will prove their worth one on one. And to the victor... ...go the shines.
Ægon: So you will use this new competition to decide who is awarded the Collector's treasures? But where-
Carina Tivan: The Galactorum.
Ægon: You will need someone to run-
Carina Tivan: Tryco Slatterus.
Ægon: Carina, you cannot be serious. The Champion is a selfish bully, trusting him-
Carina Tivan: My father has done an excellent job managing his own patch of the Context[† 3]. And even after everything between us, Uncle En Dwi has stepped up as well. Funny enough, I believe that the Champion just needs something to occupy his time.
Ægon: Do you honestly think Tryco will do as you request? Oversee instead of domineer?
Carina Tivan: Yes, I do. With your help, of course. I trust Uncle Tryco to do right by our family, and the Contest. But I trust you even more. It only makes sense for both fo[† 4] you to serve as judges in our new competition. The only question left is... how do we break ties when the two of you inevitably disagree?
THE PRESENT
Ægon: Carina, they have arrived.
Carina Tivan: Thank you all for coming! I have an important announcement to make. As of today, we will be reopening the Galactorum, and with it, a new kind of Contest! Tryco Saltterus[† 5] (The Champion), and the Contest's first Champion, Ægon, will serve as the judgest[† 6] of your combat prowess in this unique test of skill. From amongst you, the citizens of the Battlerealm, a third judge will be selected. This judge will be chosen from amongst you, the Champions of the Battlerealm, and serve a short term before being replaced with someone new. You will be judging none other than the Summoners themselves, and deciding whether or not they are worthy to hold relics of immense power. So send word to all corners of the Battlerealm! Summoners and Champions alike! Prove your worth, show your valor, and emerge victorious at... ...the Battlegrounds!
- Upon entering Battlegrounds
Act 8[]
Civil Warrior: STOP FIGHTING. THIS IS ALL OVER.
Glykhan: IT IS MERELY THE OVERTURE. THE OPENING GAMBIT. THE BEGINNING OF THINGS…
Civil Warrior: LOOKING FOR ROUND TWO? BRING IT ON, GLYKHAN.
Glykhan: I CAME HERE TO SPEAK, WHICH IS WHY I BROUGHT MY VOICE TO YOU.
Carina Tivan: …WE'RE NOT TALKING TO GLYKHAN OR FRANK CASTLE ARE WE?
The Chronoserpent: YOU ARE NOT. YOU ARE IN RARE AND NOBLE COMPANY.
Guillotine: YOU FOUGHT FOR OUR ATTENTION. WHAT WILL YOU DO NOW THAT YOU HAVE IT?
The Chronoserpent: OFFER YOU SALVATION, OF COURSE. I SAVED YOUR FRIENDS. REDEEMED THEM. WHERE THERE WAS WEAKNESS, I GRANTED STRENGTH. FEAR GAVE WAY TO POWER. CHAOS BECAME CONTROL. HUBRIS WAS HUMBLED BY KNOWLEDGE. AND SORROW WAS DRIVEN OUT WITH PURPOSE!
Ægon: YOU ARE NOTHING BUT HOLLOW PROMISES AND SHADOW-DWELLING EVIL.
Civil Warrior: AND WE AREN'T LOOKING TO ADD TO YOUR RANKS, SO SELL IT ELSEWHERE!
The Chronoserpent: I WAS NOT OFFERING MY GRACE TO YOU... I WAS OFFERING IT TO THEM. A MULTIVERSE OF BROKEN SOULS DESPERATE FOR MORE. NOT ALL SHALL SEE THE LIGHT… …..BUT I DON'T NEED ALL OF YOU. I WAS HERE BEFORE, I'LL BE HERE AFTER. PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE RECKONING.
Carina Tivan: WE'LL BE READY
TO BE CONTINUED…
- After completing The Bell Tolls
Notes
Trivia[]
- Cutscenes are unlocked upon completing the required Quests and can be viewed from the game settings. Cutscenes from Story Quests last indefinitely, while cutscenes from Event Quests last until the end of the event, upon which they will be locked again.
- Cutscenes are canon to the game's timeline and are arranged in order of release. Some cutscenes connect together to form larger storylines:
- Maestro's Scheme - Act 3 Epilogue, Mystery in the Microrealms, Act 4 Epilogue
- Thanos' Conquest - Act 4 Epilogue, Terrigenocide: Terminus, Dawn of Darkness, Hotel M.O.D.O.K., Rise of the Black Panther, Infinity Chaos & Infinity Nightmare
- Terrigenocide - X-Men: Terrigenocide & Terrigenocide: Terminus
- Carina's Rebirth - Act 5 Chapter 4, The Age of the Sentry, Brawl in the Battlerealm
- The Chronoserpent - Avengers Forever, Act 6 - The End, Clash of Champions