The Defenders
Spoilers forThe Defenders .
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The Hand has long been a threat in Netflix ’s multiple Marvel series but now inThe Defenderswe know exactly how they come in to index . detail about the mystical organization have been step by step revealed throughoutDaredevilseasons 1 and 2 andIron Fist , but in the series that unites the ninja warriors and super impregnable Luke Cage and Jessica Jones , their origins have been explain and . as expected , it begins inK’un - Lun .
The ancient " urban center of heaven " exists in another attribute and only appear on Earth every 15 years , accessible via a mountain range in Asia . The warrior monks who live their welcome people from all walks of life , races and cultures to join their community and learn their martial arts ways . Well before a young Danny Rand was take away in , Alexandra ( the head of The Hand ) went to K’un - Lun on a pilgrimage follow the death of her girl and see their ways as well as meeting fellow pilgrims Madam Gao , Murakami , Sowande and Batuko . There they learned to fight , but as Stick explain to Matt Murdoch , Luke Cage and Danny Rand in episode 4 , " Royal Dragon , " the five of them break away from the elders and their teaching to watch a selfish path towards immortality :
" Centuries ago , millennia , it does n’t count , but a longsighted time ago , the elders of ' un - Lun gathered to meditate how to tackle their chi . The DOE of life itself . They require to use it to heal . But there were five heretic among them . people with darker intentions . They did n’t need to cure . They want immortality . big businessman . To never front death . To renew themselves again and again . The elders image this as an aberration and so like Lucifer from heaven the five were banished from K’un - Lun forever . They became the five finger of the Hand . "
Clearly , before they leave K’un - Lun and went back to their separate places of nascence , the five get word how to harness their ch’i in ordering to resurrect themselves after demise , having discovered something that could help them do it . " The meat " they verbalise of is made from dragon bone which they mix with a blood - corresponding salmagundi during resurrection ceremony . We already know there were firedrake in the world thanks to Danny constantly telling people how he plunged his bridge player into the essence of Shou - Lao the Undying for gain the power of the Iron Fist , but until now no one - other than the Hand - knew of the elemental power of their bones .
We saw how they used " the substance " during episode 3 , " Worst Behaviour , " when Alexandra broughtElektraback , using the last of it for the rebirth . It ’s pretty unsound timing for her given how not long after she discovers that she ’s die from a fatal disease , the event that kicks the serial publication into action ; it ’s because of this fear of death that the leader of the Hand put her cobalt - founders and their minions to work in capturing the Iron Fist .
They require Danny to open a gateway deep below Midtown Manhattan that was sealed shut by a previous warrior . Inside are the remains of a dragon , and " the last known deposit of the substance on Earth " , which the Hand needs to continue their immortality . However , not every phallus is happy with the means Alexandra is going about thing .
Murakami is the most outspoken with his displeasure at the custom of their last flake of substanceto resurrect Elektra , recognizing early on that " the Black Sky " was going to be a chip of a indebtedness as she regained her memories . The pair has intelligibly endured an antipathetic relationship over the one C , with him he unveil to Alexandra that he never want to go away K’un - Lun with her in the first place and that while her solitary focus is on continued life , their ’s is on retort to the sacred city .
It turn out they all have issues and , at some point , all five have tried to kill each other for power . But with the terror of ultimate decease upon them , they managed to put their differences aside for the majuscule good of their immortality .
Sadly for Sowande , Batuka and Alexandra their life history were turn off curt with no hope for resurrection after their heads were chopped off . Alexandra ’s misplaced faith in Elektra caused her own downfall , as her surrogate girl stab her in the back with her sais in ordination to take control of the Hand . by and by , it ’s believe that Madame Gao and Murakami have died too ; they are deeply below the Midlands Financial Circle construction , down with the dragon bones , when it is detonated and collapses in on itself . However , as Daredevil managed to get out alive , and we have n’t seen their dead bodies , there is always a hazard they could be back for future solo serial in the Netflix ’s Marvel Universe - but will they be in charge of the Hand ?
If Elektra got out alive like Matt - and the two stay on Hand founder - then she could still claim leaders of the organisation . As the " Black Sky " she is probably the most deathly fighter in the world and could dispatch her opposition with easiness . After killing Alexandra she assumed leadership of the Hand ( something she ’s done plenitude of time before in the comic record book ) , but afford the ruthless nature of Gao and Murakami it ’s safe to say they might not permit go of their ancient ninja order without a conflict . That is if they ’re still alive .
We ’ll just have to wait until the next solo superhero serial publication is out ( The Punisherin November ) to see if the Hand is still a primal actor in New York ’s criminal underworld .
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