The Guardians
Yondu
Dead — sacrificed himself for Quill
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Where the guide talks about them (3)
1988 — Missouri. Eight-year-old Peter Quill watches his mother die of cancer, runs from the hospital, and is abducted from the parking lot by a spacecraft. He is raised by Yondu Udonta, a Ravager, who had been contracted to deliver him to his father, Ego — and who quietly refused, having learned what happened to Ego's other children.
Vol. 2: Quill's father Ego finds him. Ego is a Celestial who seeded thousands of planets with his own matter, intending to consume all life in the galaxy and remake it as himself; he needs a child with Celestial genes to power the process. He also murdered Quill's mother. Quill kills him. Yondu — who kidnapped Quill but raised him, and refused to hand him over knowing Ego killed his other children — dies saving him. "He may have been your father, boy, but he wasn't your daddy."
| Character | Premiered | Appeared in | Status now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Quill / Star-Lord | Guardians (2014) | GotG 1–3, Infinity War, Endgame, Love and Thunder | Alive on Earth, living with his grandfather |
| Gamora | Guardians (2014) | GotG 1–3, Infinity War, Endgame | Original dead on Vormir. The 2014 variant is alive with the Ravagers, no memory of the team |
| Rocket | Guardians (2014) | GotG 1–3, Infinity War, Endgame | Alive — now captain of the Guardians |
| Groot | Guardians (2014) | GotG 1–3, Infinity War, Endgame | Alive, fully grown |
| Drax | Guardians (2014) | GotG 1–3, Infinity War, Endgame | Alive on Knowhere, raising rescued children |
| Nebula | Guardians (2014) | GotG 1–3, Infinity War, Endgame | Alive on Knowhere. The 2014 variant was killed by the 2023 one |
| Mantis | Guardians Vol. 2 (2017) | GotG 2–3, Infinity War, Endgame | Alive, travelling. Revealed as Quill's half-sister |
| Yondu | Guardians (2014) | GotG 1–2 | Dead — sacrificed himself for Quill |