The fictional scientifically and technologically advanced militaristic alien race, from which Sequoia descends, is called the Ruul.
 He is the son of Mantis and the elder member of the Cotati contingent which was transplanted from the Kree home planet Hala to Vietnam on Earth. 
The Kree, briefly known as the Ruul, are a fictional scientifically and technologically advanced militaristic alien race appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. 
