Saint Charles, simply known as St. Charles, is a city in the state of Missouri.
History[]
Stranger from Space[]
Ego, an extraterrestrial Celestial, visited Earth and met Meredith Quill in St. Charles, with whom he fell in love. He visited several more times, and impregnated her. He left behind a seed of his in St. Charles, so he could one day grow it to expand himself on Earth. Quill gave birth to a son and named him Peter, telling him that his father came from the stars. Peter grew up in St. Charles and pretended that actor David Hasselhoff was his father.[1]
Kidnapping of Peter Quill[]
In 1988, Peter Quill went to the hospital where his mother, Meredith had been admitted suffering from terminal cancer. He sat in the waiting room of the hospital, while his grandfather Jason Quill and the rest of his family spent their last moments with Meredith.
Peter listened to his "Awesome Mix" tape on his Walkman until his grandfather came over to him, telling him that his mother wanted to speak with him. He took Peter's headphones off of his head and put the Walkman inside his backpack.
Peter entered the room, where Meredith was lying sick in a bed. Meredith noticed that Peter's eye was bruised and asked him why had he been fighting with other boys. Peter shrugged his shoulders, but then admitted that he confronted the other boys for killing an innocent frog.
Meredith compared Peter to his father, whom she described as an angel composed of pure light. Meredith's eyes closed for a moment, so Jason called her out loud to avoid that she lost consciousness, and reminded her that she had a present for Peter. Meredith handed his son the gift and a letter, and his grandfather put them in the backpack.
Meredith told Peter to open the letter and the gift when she was gone, and Peter started to cry. Meredith promised his son that his grandfather would take care of him until his father came back to retrieve him, and asked Peter to take her hand.
Peter looked away crying, and despite his grandfather prompted him to take Meredith's hand, Meredith's heart stopped before he took her hand. Peter called to his mother, and as Doctor Fitzgibbon rushed into the room, Peter's grandfather carried Peter out and asked him to stay outside.
Peter Quill gets abducted by the Ravagers
Peter watched how his grandfather walked back into the room, and then he ran outside the hospital, falling to his knees as he continued crying. Suddenly, a spaceship appeared in the sky above Quill, and its occupants abducted him, taking him away upon his father's request.[2]
Ego's Expansion[]
In 2014, Ego enacted his plan to expand himself onto many planets and absorb the life on those inhabited planets, causing the seed he had planted many years ago to turn into a massive extraterrestrial bubble, destroying parts of St. Charles and consuming several civilians in its path. However, the bubble stopped expanding and St. Charles was saved from destruction.[1]
Peter Quill's Return[]
In 2026, Peter Quill retired from the Guardians of the Galaxy and returned to his old home in St. Charles where he reunited with his grandfather Jason Quill.[3]
Alternate Universes[]
In 1988, the Ravagers did not abduct Peter Quill, which allowed the latter to grow up in St. Charles and work as a janitor in Dairy Queen until Ego arrived in 2008.[4] Ego then began his Expansion in St. Charles that was eventually thwarted by the Ravagers.[5]
Behind the Scenes[]
- The scenes in St. Charles in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 were filmed in Cartersville, Georgia.
