ogma-vahdala-93060-gw1-simOGMA

Real Name: Ogma

Identity/Class: Alternate Reality (Earth-93060/"Ultraverse") extraterrestrial (Vahdala) god

Occupation: God, ruler of the gods

Group Membership: Formerly the gods of Vahdala (Andra, Argus, Davra, Firna, Hurdna, Iago, Murta, Sarna, Xorn)

Affiliations: Formerly worshipped by trillions of subject races (including those that would become the Prime race);
    formerly Davra, Sarna, other gods who opposed him in the god war

Enemies: Davra, Sarna, other gods who opposed him in the god war

Known Relatives: Xorn was described as being one of Ogma's brood, so he is likely one of Ogma's offspring, although perhaps he was just a relative within a clan

Aliases: Lord of the Gods

Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
    last seen as some sort of program aboard Zumas, aka the Godyacht, existing over the Godwheel, which rested in the distant arm of another galaxy, far beyond the range of any terrestrial detection device.
    previously Vahdala

First Appearance: (Mentioned) Hardcase#16 / Ultraverse Premiere#7/2 (October, 1994);
    (pictured, if only as a simulation from a recording of his personality Godwheel#1 (January, 1995)

Powers/Abilities: As lord and most powerful of the gods of Vahdala, Ogma was presumably possessed of vast power, presumably on the level of the likes of Reality-616 godheads, such as Odin, Zeus, etc.

    Ogma wielded a sword and could apparently project energy blasts.

Height: Unrevealed (it is unclear whether his true form was shown, and if it was, it was only in relation to other gods, who may or may not have been giants)
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: Unrevealed (solid white in his simulation)
Hair: Unrevealed, although he had a goatee, at least in his later years)ogma-vahdala-93060-gw2-og&mate-maybe

History:
(Godwheel#1: Godwheel feature (fb) - BTS) - The immense Godwheel was created by unidentified, virtually unknown beings referred to only as the builders.

(Godwheel#1: Godwheel feature (fb) - BTS / Godwheel#2/1 (fb) - BTS) - The gods of Vahdala were created by the builders, given life and power by the Crucible of Life as to guide the physical aspects of the Godwheel.

(Godwheel#2/1 (fb) - BTS) - To adapt to the evolution of the wheelworlds, the builders gave them free will and choice.

(Godwheel#0/1 (fb) - BTS) - Ogma ruled the gods of Vahdala, the city of the gods. whose inhabitants once ruled an empire of countless realms, holding sway over trillions of subject races (presumably on the Godwheel?) and absolute mastery of space and time.

(Godwheel#2/1 (fb) - BTS) - Ogma was highest of the seven gods whose reason-to-be was the maintenance of the Godwheel.

(Godwheel#2/1 (fb) - BTS) - Each of the gods were given his own duty: Firna controlled the suns and temperatures; Andra guided animal life; and Hurdna, controlled plants and microorganisms.

(Godwheel#0/1 (fb) - BTS) - The guardians of the Keys the Crucible of Life -- Sarna, god of the sea and protector of Crystal Crown; Murta, dark master of the earth and keeper of the Roc's Egg; and Davra, arrogant goddess of the air, wielder of the Windsword -- were the most powerful of the other gods (excepting Ogma).

(Godwheel#1/2 (fb) - BTS) - At some point, Ogma created Zumas, his pleasure craft, which eventually also became known as the Godyacht. 

(Hardcase#16/Ultraverse Premiere#7/2 (fb) - BTS) - Xorn was one of the Old Gods of Vahdala, notably one of Ogma's brood.

(Sludge#12/Ultraverse Premiere#8/2 (fb) - BTS) - Ogma served as the liege of Xorn and others, and they tended the Godwheel under his supervision, bathing in the Crucible of Life.

(Godwheel#0 (fb) - BTS) - Argus departed Vahdala.

(Godwheel#2/1 (fb) - BTS) - The gods' free will enabled them to envy one another's powers and duties.

(Sludge#12/Ultraverse Premiere#8/2 (fb) - BTS / Godwheel#0/1 (fb) - BTS) - There was a terrible war, a revolt against Ogma's rule and a battle royale to control the Crucible.

(Godwheel#0/1 (fb) - BTS) - Ogma tried to stop the gods' warring, but that only split them into two factions, those for him and those against him.

(Sludge#12/Ultraverse Premiere#8/2 (fb) - BTS / Godwheel#0/1 (fb) - BTS) - The Guardians chose opposing sides, and with the three keys separated, the Godwheel was rendered useless.

(Godwheel#0/1 (fb) - BTS) - Terrible battles were fought for centuries, and without the Crucible to heal them, gods died by the score.

(Godwheel#2/1 (fb) - BTS) - Portions of the Godwheel were devastated, and billions of innocents were killed. ogma-vahdala-93060-gw2-og-fight-maybe

(Godwheel#0/1 (fb) - BTS / Godwheel#2/1 (fb) - BTS) - Murta died fighting by Ogma's side, after which Ogma slew Sarna and Davra.

(Godwheel#0/1 (fb) - BTS) - Ogma's rage was terrible to behold, and he declared the surviving gods unworthy of immortality.

(Sludge#12 / Ultraverse Premiere#8/2 (fb) - BTS / Godwheel#0/1 (fb) - BTS) - Ogma banished the keys from Vahdala until three mortals proved worthy of possessing them.

(Godwheel#2/1 (fb) - BTS) - Ogma's enemies ultimately defeated and/or slew his forces, but without the Keys, they could not draw on the power of the Crucible, without which they could not survive.

(Sludge#12 / Ultraverse Premiere#8/2 (fb) - BTS) - While hiding from the minions of Davra, Xorn discovered a cave that was a tech center for the builders (who had created the Godwheel), and he used the technology to sustain him so that he didn't need the Crucible anymore.

(Sludge#12 / Ultraverse Premiere#8/2 (fb) - BTS / Godwheel#2/1 (fb)) - All of the gods died, except Xorn...

(Giant-Size Rune#1 (fb) - BTS) ...and Argus...

(Godwheel#2/1 (fb) - BTS) - For eons, Ogma walked the halls of Vahdala, last survivor of the highest gods, sole preserver of the Godwheel. Ogma finally saw that he too must be unworthy as he had failed to lead the gods truly, and he ended his own existence.

(Godwheel#1/2 (fb) - BTS / Godwheel#2/1 (fb) - BTS) - At some point, Ogma created aboard the Godyacht a recording of his personality to act as a simulation through which he could convey the location of the keys to the Crucible to worthy mortals.He considered this his last gift to the Godwheel.ogma-vahdala-93060-gw2-og-last


(Godwheel#0/1 - BTS) - Returning to Vahdala and finding the gardens of Ogma now tombs and the Crucible of Life empty, Argus encountered Iago, who revealed the circumstances of the godwar.

    Seemingly slaying Rune and taking his starstones, using their scrying powers to identify a number of mortals and/or demigods who might be powerful enough to find the keys to the Crucible of Life (which he needed to survive, and without the energies of which his own power rapidly waned): Boneyard, Cayman, Feline, Flygirl, Hardcase, Lord Pumpkin, Mantra, Pressure, Prime and Warstrike.

(Godwheel#0/2 - BTS) - Argus summoned to Vahdala those beings, with a few unintentional variation: Mantra was the body of Eden Blake, then possessed by the evil Thanasi (who soon adopted the identity of Necromantra), and Lukasz, who had formerly possessed Eden's form before regaining a male form; and the Prime body summoned was an empty Prime husk, taken from a containment tank.

    The gathered beings battled until Argus broke it up, and Necromantra agreed to serve him.

(Godwheel#1/1 - BTS) - Necromantra chose as her allies Lord Pumpkin and Primevil, whom she magically formed from the Prime husk.

(Godwheel#1/2 - BTS) - After some further battle, Lukasz led the others to Zumas, the pleasure craft of Ogma, aka the Godyacht, although Pressure was impersonated by Rune. Argus appreciated that on the Godyacht they might learn the location of the keys to the Crucible, and his multiple eyes would allow him to know as soon as they did, after which he would send his agents to recover the keys first.

    Aboard the Godyacht, Hardcase asked about Ogma and his connection to the keys of the Crucible, at which point a simulation of Ogma, created from a recording of his personality, appeared before those present. The Ogma simulation greeted them as Godlings, telling them that it was good that they had come because he needed them to recover the keys of the Crucible. As the ship left port, Ogma showed them the Godwheel.

ogma-vahdala-93060-gw2-sim(Godwheel#2/1 - BTS) - The Ogma simulation detailed the fate of the gods of Vahdala, noting that while he did not know who they were, he knew that somehow they had found Vahdala, and so they must be worthy to take the gods' places. It further advised them, "Any who can stand in the transforming light of the Crucible will have his every desire come to pass. But fall prey to greed as we did, and meet our fate."

    Those present split up into three groups to seek the three keys, although Boneyard was considered untrustworthy and left behind.

(Godwheel#2/2 - BTS) - Feline recovered the Windsword.

(Godwheel#2/3 - BTS) - Lord Pumpkin claimed the Roc's Egg and placed it into the Crucible, after which Argus smashed his head, having sensed his intended treachery.

(Godwheel#3 prologue - BTS) - The first two of the "more heroic" groups regathered on the Godyacht, but the Ogma simulation was not seen.

(Godwheel#3/1 - BTS) - Necromantra claimed the Crystal Crown. After the more heroic groups regathered on the Godyacht, Feline was influenced by the Windsword to travel to Vahdala and restore it to the Crucible. Ogma was not seen

(Godwheel#3/2 - BTS / Godwheel#3/2 - BTS) - The Crucible was briefly restored, but ultimately Argus and the Crystal Crown were banished to another realm.

Comments: Created by James D. Hudnall and Aaron Lopresti.

    The gods of Vahdala are presumably amongst those seen here.

    This profile was completed 10/27/2025, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25th anniversary 's celebratory event.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Ogma should be distinguished from:

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 Godwheel#1/2, pg. 12, panel 4 (Ogma simulation on Godyacht);
    #2/1, pg. 4, panel 1 (alternate Ogma simulation on Godyacht);
          panel 4 (possibly Ogma & mate);
          panel 5 (possibly Ogma fighting);
       pg. 5, panel 2 (Ogma, standing over fallen gods)
Appearances:
Hardcase#16/Ultraverse Premiere#7/2 "Choice in Neverland Blues I" (October, 1994) - James D. Hudnall (writer), Brian Kong (penciler), Jasen Rodriguez (inker), Hank Kanalz (editor)
Sludge#12/Ultraverse Premiere#8/2 "Choice in Neverland Blues II" (December, 1994) - James D. Hudnall (writer), Brian Kong (penciler), Craig Gilmore (inker), Hank Kanalz (editor)
 Godwheel#0/1 (January, 1995) - Chris Ulm & Dan Danko (writers), Mark Pacella (pencils), Jerome Moore (inks), Dan Danko (editor)
    Story 2: Chris Ulm & Dan Danko (writers), Scott Benefiel & Keith Conroy (pencils), Jim Amash & Rodney Gates (inks), Dan Danko (editor)
Godwheel#1/1 (January, 1995) - James D. Hudnall (writer), Gary Frank (pencils), Joe Rubinstein (inks), Larry Renosa (editorial assistant), Dan Danko (editor)
   Story 2: James D. Hudnall (writer), Aaron Lopresti (artist), Larry Renosa (editorial assistant), Dan Danko (editor)
Godwheel#2/1 (February, 1995) - Gerard Jones (writer), Mike Wieringo (pencils), Gary Martin (inks), Larry Renosa (assistant editor), Dan Danko (editor)
   Story 2: Gerard Jones (writer), Scott Kolins (pencils), Temujin Minor (inks), Larry Renosa (assistant editor), Dan Danko (editor)
   Story 3: Gerard Jones (writer), Gabriel Gecko (pencils), Temujin Minor (inks), Larry Renosa (assistant editor), Dan Danko (editor)
Godwheel#3/1 (February, 1995) - Mike W. Barr (writer), Joe Madureira (pencils), Jasen Rodriguez & Steve Moncuse (inks), Dan Danko (editor)
   Story 2: Mike W. Barr (writer), John Statema (pencils), Temujin Minor (inks), Dan Danko (editor)
   Story 3: Mike W. Barr (writer), George Perez (pencils), Temujin Minor (inks), Dan Danko (editor)

First posted: 09/14/2026
Last updated: 10/27/2025

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