Cyttorak is a god-like creature who was banished from Earth so long ago that no one even remembers why. He had a crew of eight other gods who all thought they were the strongest. Instead of fighting it out, they put a fraction of their powers into different artifacts. If someone found their artifact, that person would become powerful. When all eight were found by their respective leaders, they would start a war among all of humanity until one power's army was left standing. And to think, they could have just had an arm wrestling match.
The famous X-Men character, Juggernaut, gets his power from Cyttorak's gem. THat's unlike the Juggernaut we see in 'X-Men: The last Stand' who is just a normal mutant. I like the comic book version much better. It has more of a mythos to it.