The Collector (Taneleer Tivan)

The Collector (Taneleer Tivan) is a character from the Marvel Comics. Taneleer Tivan is an Elder of the Universe and has lived for over five billion years. The longevity of the Elder is based on their particular obsessions and the collector keeps himself occupied collecting artifacts, information, and things of his interest across the universe and across the galaxy. His wife Matani died over three billion years ago, Grandmaster assisted the Collector to release his wife back from the dead but she hasn't determined if she wants to live and died again almost instantly. Grandmaster lost a bet to death making elders including the Collector barred from Death's realm, thus making him truly immortal. To keep his mind continuously per-occupied he started collecting rare and precious items anywhere he retrieve it. Now the Collector is obsessed with collecting and hoarding artifacts, items, and essentially anything considered of rarity or significance of his discretion. He has own several zoological parks, museums, and facilities specialty equipped to holding his vast collection. With surpassing his wife who was also a Eternal, The Collector grew even more obsessed with his life's passion. It is said that his main motivation for collecting stemmed from his prophetic visions for several risks and dangers to the universe. To collect and preserve items for safekeeping such dangers ever actually realized. The Collector however can be especially ruthless and cruel in his pursuits often bringing him into conflict with others, notably superheroes.He has two appearances, a gentler humanoid appearance and a more aggressive alien like form he claims is his true form. Little is known about the species the Collector originally was a part of, though it is known that the Collector had a family that he cared for, aforementioned wife Matani and his daughter Carina.