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The universe is a snow globe tossed between the hands of a gin-addled child.

—Destiny

Appearing in "Part Three: The New Testament of Irene Adler"

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  • The Spark Inquisition (Referenced)
  • Judgment Day (Vision or hallucination)
  • Krakoa Dissolution (Referenced)
  • Nimrod Extinction Event (Referenced)
  • Cassandra Supernova (Referenced)
  • The Reign of • --|A|-- • (Referenced)
  • Legion-XII (Referenced)
  • Canticle for Talia (Referenced)
    • AvX VI (Referenced)
      • Nimrod Extinction Event (Referenced)
      • The Dominion of Orchis (Referenced)
      • The Immolation of Judases (Referenced)
      • The Gene-Corsairs (Referenced)
        • Unity (Referenced)
        • The Expanse (Vision or hallucination)

Synopsis for "Part Three: The New Testament of Irene Adler"

At the age of 13 Irene Adler's mutant gene manifested, giving her the power to see the future. However, there was in fact no definitive future, meaning Irene was overwhelmed by visions of worlds that may or may not come into being. Within months she was blind, and her ability to see the future dimmed somewhat. Irene began writing down all she had seen when her powers manifested, writing thirteen volumes worth of material in thirteen months, describing all she had seen in a mix of truth and lie, determined to conceal the truth of the future from anyone other than herself.

In the present day, following the battle against the animated External Gate, Irene has once again begun experiencing wild and uncontrollable visions, leaving her unresponsive and in pain. Mystique brings in Emma Frost to scan her surface thoughts. She sees that Irene's mind is elsewhere, experiencing an overwhelming amount of visions. Realizing they can do nothing for Irene at the moment, they leave to attend a council meeting.

Lost in her visions, Irene remembers back to the day she first met Mystique. Mystique became her first, crucial nexus. While in short-term, Destiny can predict the future with great accuracy, the further ahead she looks, the more chaotic the visions become. A nexus allows her to navigate through her visions. Irene perceives many nexuses, small or large, which pulls timelines towards it, making things after it more predictable, for better or worse. Irene searches for these moments, pushing history either away or towards each nexus, depending on whether it is desirable or not.

Krakoa and the mutant paradise that would be created there was the limit of her vision, and Destiny was determined to steer the world towards it, though she was aware that it would only came to pass if she died. She decided to die on Muir Island, hoping that her death could be reversed in the future.

Meanwhile, at the meeting of the Quiet Council, Hope Summers is officially welcomed to the council and informed of all its secrets, including the role played by Moira MacTaggert in its creation. Hope suggests that the secret be shared with everyone on the island. As the discussion rages, Mystique's part in resurrecting Destiny by impersonating Xavier and Magneto comes to light. As debate rages on whether or not Mystique deserves to be punished, Destiny's visions reach a crescendo and she glimpses different versions of the far-future.

She sees multiple divergent paths, and notes that there is decidedly less future than before, with most timelines ending sharply after reaching a dramatic nexus-point. Destiny pushes further, and sees a vision of the far-future, the distant reach of a mutant church-empire. Mister Sinister is fleeing in a space-ship, pursued by a super-charged Exodus. As Exodus catches up to Sinister and prepares to kill him, Sinister mocks him. As Sinister dies, the timeline is suddenly destroyed. Destiny deduces that Sinister has cloned Moira MacTaggert and harnessed her ability to reset the timeline upon her death.

In the council meeting, the debate still rages, as Destiny makes her entrance, warning of a war coming in weeks, when mutantkind will be forced to fight for its immortality. Destiny's warning quiets the council, and their discussion of Mystique's treason is tabled. Destiny worries that Sinister will find out she has deduced his secret, in which case he will simply kill his Moira-clone and start over again.

Back in their quarters, Destiny and Mystique make love, before she begins writing down her visions. She makes Mystique promise to keep her text safe, but not to read it until she has to. Destiny writes her vision in tears, as she is gripped by a horrible realization; Mystique was not in any of her visions of the future.

Solicit Synopsis

THE DESTINY OF X!

Over one hundred years ago, Irene Adler wrote twelve books.

A sequel is long overdue.

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