Absalom is a member of a rare subspecies of immortal mutants called Externals, to which he represents Despair of the Thread in the Tapestry of the Infinite.[2] Though he had not yet ascended his first death and revealed his immortality, Absalom under unrevealed circumstances joined a number of other Externals that had formed the self fashioned High Lords.[3] Together they manipulated events behind the scenes on a global scale, with the sole goal of political and monetary control over the destiny of Earth.