Doctor Strange's Sanctum Machina is too good an idea not to make its way into the MCU. The last few years have seen a change in Doctor Strange's status quo in the comics. Stephen Strange began to lose his sorcerous abilities, and he was forced to travel to the stars in search of new ways to weave magic.
In the end, Doctor Strange found himself seeking the help of Eoffren, one of the greatest craftsmen of Nidavellir. In the past, Strange had collected countless venerable mystical artifacts, but Eoffren challenged him to take a different approach. "Don't you build your own tools," he challenged. "If not, why not?" Eoffren was not a magician, but he was a weaponsmith, and he taught Doctor Strange to forge new relics of his own. It was a whole new apprenticeship, and Strange started by bonding familiar enchantments to materials nowhere on Earth's periodic table, using energies undreamed of by our foremost societies. When he returned home, Doctor Strange established the Sanctum Machina, a forge where he could continue his work.
This idea is perfectly suited to the MCU. Doctor Strange introduced the idea of mystic relics, the most notable of them being the Cloak of Levitation. But there were countless others as well - with even a brief glimpse of the Staff of One, wielded by a character intended to be the dark sorceress Tina Minoru. Looking to the Thor films, there were other far more ancient objects of power as well, most notably the Casket of Ancient Winters in the first film. But all of these relics were old, created in ages past. Why don't the Masters of the Mystic Arts make more of them?
The most likely answer to that question is that they have forgotten how to do this; perhaps that the Ancient One chose to conceal this knowledge, fearful of the consequences, or perhaps that the secret of forging relics was lost before she was even born. If that is the case, what has been lost can be discovered again. There is no reason the Masters of the Mystic Arts cannot begin to fashion and forge artifacts of their own.
There are two ways the Masters of the Mystic Arts could learn these skills. The Asgardian refugees of New Asgard may well know some enchantments that have been lost to Earth's sorcerers for millennia, and they could well know the basics of forging such relics. Alternatively, Avengers: Infinity War introduced Eitri, last of the Dwarves of Nidavellir, and he could easily serve as Strange's mentor - essentially taking the place of Eoffren. In either scenario, such a plot would open up whole new avenues for the Doctor Strange films to explore.
from ScreenRant - Feed https://ift.tt/3iGkJX8
0 Comments