Who imprisoned Kang the Conqueror in the Quantum Realm?

Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe began last Thursday, the 17th, with the premiere of ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’, a film that presented new details about the history of the studio’s next big villain in theaters: Kang , the Conqueror.

The character, who had had one of his variants in 2021 in the series ‘Loki‘, is played by the actor Jonathan Majorsand in the third film starring the hero who can change his size, the villain appears through the version “The one who was exiled”.

In the plot, the character, who had not revealed his real identity and his accomplishments in the Multiverse, ended up having his time travel ship deteriorated after a brutal arrival in the Quantum Realm and had the help of Janet van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer) to rebuild the core that had been destroyed and finally be able to leave the microverse.

After a few failed attempts, the two completed the project and the object was able to work again. However, the moment of happiness, soon turned into surprise and fury, because with just one touch on the ship, Janet was able to know the hidden truth about her then best friend in the reduced universe.

That’s because the ship works through Kang’s mental commands, so Janet could have access to what the villain had controlled the machine to do and what feats he had accomplished in his various trips through the multiverse. The scientist also discovered that due to his perverse acts, Kang had not ended up in the Quantum Realm by accident, but because he had been exiled, so that he could no longer cause pain with his various expeditions along the most different lines. temporal.

But, who imprisoned Kang the Conqueror in the Quantum Realm?

In the film, there is no clear explanation of who exiled the variant of Kang the Conqueror into the Quantum Realm. However, there are two possibilities that can answer the question, one based on the comics and the other on a theory developed by fans that takes into account the events of ‘Loki’.

The version inspired by Marvel comics was verified by Fiction Horizon (via IGN), where the portal points out that the One Who Was Exiled was sent to the microverse by the Council of Kangs, a group that brings together all variants of Kang spread across the Multiverse with the aim of celebrate their glories and ensure Kang sovereignty throughout all timelines across all possible universes.

It is worth remembering that the Council of Kangs appears in the post-credits scenes of ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ where Rama Tut, Immortus and Scarlet Centurion, the best known versions of Kang the Conqueror, discuss the Exile’s death and decide that all variants will fight the MCU’s main reality heroes so there will be no further interference in their dominations.

In addition to this version, some fans also believe that the Exile ended up being sent to the microverse by the One Who Remains, the version of Kang the Conqueror featured in the God of Mischief series.

This is because, He Who Remains is the one who commands the Temporal Variation Authority (AVT), that is, he has total control over what happens in the different timelines, and it is his job to prevent deviations from being carried out, so he must punish whoever threaten the peace between the Multiverses.

In addition, the plot shows that the character may be trying to prevent his evil parallels from causing deviations by conquering new timelines, which may mean that he himself may have exiled Kang to the Quantum Realm. There is even a dialogue in which Loki asks the One Who Remains what he is so afraid of, to which he replies “From me”, showing that he fears what the various variants of Kang can do.