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| Quotation = Well, here's the thing, [[Charles Xavier (Earth-616)|Charles]]... It's not a dream if it's real. |
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'''Featured Characters:''' |
'''Featured Characters:''' |
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* {{Flashback|[[Charles Xavier (Earth-616)|Charles Xavier]]}} |
* {{Flashback|[[Charles Xavier (Earth-616)|Charles Xavier]]}} |
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− | * [[Man-Machine Ascendancy]] |
+ | * {{1st|[[Man-Machine Ascendancy (Earth-TRN753)|Man-Machine Ascendancy]]}} |
+ | ** {{1st|[[Librarian (Man-Machine Ascendancy) (Earth-TRN753)|Librarian]]}} |
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− | ** [[Librarian]] {{1st}} <!-- Moira’s sixth life aka Year One Thousand --> |
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− | ** [[Nimrod|Nimrod the Greater]] |
+ | ** {{1st|[[Nimrod (Earth-TRN753)|Nimrod the Greater]]}} |
− | * {{ |
+ | * {{Flashback|[[Moira MacTaggert (Earth-TRN748)|Moira Kinross]]}} |
* {{a|[[Krakoa (Earth-616)|Krakoa]]}} |
* {{a|[[Krakoa (Earth-616)|Krakoa]]}} |
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* {{a|[[Raven Darkholme (Earth-616)|Mystique (Raven Darkhölme)]]}} |
* {{a|[[Raven Darkholme (Earth-616)|Mystique (Raven Darkhölme)]]}} |
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* {{a|[[Max Eisenhardt (Earth-616)|Magneto (Erik Lensherr)]]}} |
* {{a|[[Max Eisenhardt (Earth-616)|Magneto (Erik Lensherr)]]}} |
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+ | * {{1st|[[X-Men (Earth-TRN756)|X-Men]]}} |
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− | * [[X-Men]] {{1st}} <!-- Moira’s ninth life aka Year One Hundred --> |
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+ | ** {{Only Dies|[[Cylobel (Earth-TRN756)|Cylobel]]}} |
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− | ** [[Cylobel]] {{Only Dies}} <!-- Moira’s ninth life aka Year One Hundred --> |
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− | ** An unnamed [[Cardinal]] {{1st}} <!-- |
+ | ** An unnamed [[Glossary:Cardinal|Cardinal]] {{1st}} <!-- Earth-TRN756 --> |
− | ** [[Rasputin |
+ | ** {{1st|[[Rasputin IV (Earth-TRN756)|Rasputin IV]]}} |
'''Supporting Characters:''' |
'''Supporting Characters:''' |
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* {{a|[[Mortimer Toynbee (Earth-616)|Toad (Mortimer Toynbee)]]}} |
* {{a|[[Mortimer Toynbee (Earth-616)|Toad (Mortimer Toynbee)]]}} |
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− | * [[X-Men]] {{1st}} |
+ | * [[X-Men (Earth-TRN756)|X-Men]] {{1st}} |
+ | ** {{Only Dies|[[Emmanuel Cortez (Earth-TRN756)|Percival]]}} |
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− | ** [[Percival]] {{Only Dies}} <!-- Moira’s ninth life aka Year One Hundred --> |
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− | ** [[Horsemen of Apocalypse|Last Horsemen of Apocalypse]] |
+ | ** {{1st|[[Horsemen of Apocalypse (Earth-TRN756)|Last Horsemen of Apocalypse]]}} |
− | *** [[North|Pestilence / North]] |
+ | *** {{1st|[[North (Earth-TRN756)|Pestilence / North]]}} {{Unnamed}} |
− | *** [[Xorn|Death / Xorn (Kuan-Yin Xorn)]] |
+ | *** {{1st|[[Kuan-Yin Xorn (Earth-TRN756)|Death / Xorn (Kuan-Yin Xorn)]]}} |
− | *** [[James Howlett|War / Wolverine (James Howlett)]] |
+ | *** {{1st|[[James Howlett (Earth-TRN756)|War / Wolverine (James Howlett)]]}} |
− | *** [[ |
+ | *** {{g|[[Douglas Ramsey (Earth-TRN756)|Famine / Cypher (Doug Ramsey)]]|First appearance; possessed by {{a|[[Krakoa (Earth-TRN756)|Krakoa]]}}}} |
'''Antagonists:''' |
'''Antagonists:''' |
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− | * [[Man-Machine Supremacy]] |
+ | * {{1st|[[Man-Machine Supremacy (Earth-TRN756)|Man-Machine Supremacy]]}} |
− | ** [[Nimrod|Nimrod the Lesser]] |
+ | ** {{1st|[[Nimrod (Earth-TRN756)|Nimrod the Lesser]]}} |
− | ** Unnamed hunters {{1st}} <!-- |
+ | ** Unnamed hunters {{1st}} <!-- Earth-TRN756 --> |
+ | ** {{1st|[[Karima Shapandar (Earth-TRN756)|Omega Sentinel (Karima Shapandar)]]}} |
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− | ** [[Omega Sentinel]] {{1st}} <!-- Moira’s ninth life aka Year One Hundred --> |
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− | ** Unnamed Sentinels {{1st}} <!-- |
+ | ** Unnamed Sentinels {{1st}} <!-- Earth-TRN756 --> |
'''Other Characters:''' |
'''Other Characters:''' |
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+ | * Numerous unnamed Oxonians {{FlashOnly}} |
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− | * Unnamed fortune-teller {{Mentioned}} |
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+ | * {{Minor|X-Men (Earth-TRN753)|X-Men|First appearance; drawing in flashback}} |
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+ | ** {{Minor|Rasputin IV (Earth-TRN753)|Rasputin IV|First appearance; drawing in flashback}} |
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+ | ** An unnamed [[Glossary:Cardinal|Cardinal]] {{Minor|||First appearance; drawing in flashback}} <!-- Earth-TRN753 --> |
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* Numerous unnamed Krakoan mutants |
* Numerous unnamed Krakoan mutants |
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* {{Mentioned|[[Victor Creed (Earth-616)|Sabretooth (Victor Creed)]]}} |
* {{Mentioned|[[Victor Creed (Earth-616)|Sabretooth (Victor Creed)]]}} |
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* {{Mentioned|[[Damage Control (Earth-616)|Damage Control]]}} |
* {{Mentioned|[[Damage Control (Earth-616)|Damage Control]]}} |
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+ | * {{Mentioned|[[Judas Iscariot (Earth-TRN756)|Judas Iscariot]]}} |
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− | * [[Judas Iscariot]] {{Mentioned}} <!-- Moira’s ninth life aka Year One Hundred --> |
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− | * [[ |
+ | * {{Named|[[Nathaniel Essex (Earth-TRN756)|Mister Sinister (Nathaniel Essex)]]}} {{Deceased}} |
+ | * {{Named|[[Quintavius Quire (Earth-TRN756)|Quentin Quire]]}} |
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− | * [[Kid Omega|Quentin Quire]] {{Named}} <!-- Moira’s ninth life aka Year One Hundred --> |
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+ | * {{Named|[[Piotr Rasputin (Earth-TRN756)|Piotr Rasputin]]}} |
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− | * [[Colossus|Piotr Rasputin]] {{Named}} <!-- Moira’s ninth life aka Year One Hundred --> |
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+ | * {{Named|[[Gunther Bain (Earth-TRN756)|Gunther Bain]]}} |
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− | * [[Unus|Gunther Bain]] {{Named}} <!-- Moira’s ninth life aka Year One Hundred --> |
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+ | * {{Named|[[Katherine Pryde (Earth-TRN756)|Kitty Pryde]]}} |
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− | * [[Shadowcat|Kitty Pryde]] {{Named}} <!-- Moira’s ninth life aka Year One Hundred --> |
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+ | * {{Named|[[Laura Kinney (Earth-TRN756)|Laura Kinney]]}} |
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− | * [[X-23|Laura Kinney]] {{Named}} <!-- Moira’s ninth life aka Year One Hundred --> |
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− | * [[Man-Machine Ascendancy]] |
+ | * {{Named|[[Man-Machine Ascendancy (Earth-TRN756)|Man-Machine Ascendancy]]}} |
+ | * {{Mentioned|[[En Sabah Nur (Earth-TRN756)|The "Old Man"]]}} |
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− | * [[Apocalypse|The "Old Man"]] {{Mentioned}} <!-- Moira’s ninth life aka Year One Hundred --> |
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− | * {{Named|[[Shi'ar Empire]]}} <!-- |
+ | * {{Named|[[Shi'ar Empire]]}} <!-- Earth-TRN756 --> |
+ | ** {{Named|[[Imperial Guard (Earth-TRN756)|Imperial Guard]]}} |
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− | ** [[Imperial Guard]] {{Named}} <!-- Moira’s ninth life aka Year One Hundred --> |
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− | ** [[Xandra|Empress Xandra]] |
+ | ** {{Named|[[Xandra (Earth-TRN756)|Empress Xandra]]}} |
− | * |
+ | * {{Minor|Cylobel (Earth-TRN753)|Cylobel|Only appearance; corpse}} |
+ | * {{Invoked|[[Yahweh (Earth-TRN753)|God (Yahweh)]]}} |
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− | * [[God]] {{Invoked}} <!-- Moira’s sixth life aka Year One Thousand --> |
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+ | * {{1st|[[James Howlett (Earth-TRN753)|Unidentified mutant]]}} {{Cameo}} |
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− | * Unnamed human woman {{1st}} <!-- Moira’s sixth life aka Year One Thousand --> |
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− | * Unnamed human man {{1st}} <!-- Moira’s sixth life aka Year One Thousand --> |
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'''Races and Species:''' |
'''Races and Species:''' |
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* {{Flashback|[[Homo superior|Mutants]]}} |
* {{Flashback|[[Homo superior|Mutants]]}} |
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* {{a|[[Sentinels]]}} |
* {{a|[[Sentinels]]}} |
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* {{Flashback|[[Homo sapiens|Humans]]}} |
* {{Flashback|[[Homo sapiens|Humans]]}} |
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* {{FlashOnly|[[Pigeons]]}} |
* {{FlashOnly|[[Pigeons]]}} |
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− | * {{ |
+ | * {{1st|[[Hounds (Mutants)|Hounds]]}} {{Origin}} |
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* {{Named|[[Shi'ar (Race)|Shi'ar]]}} |
* {{Named|[[Shi'ar (Race)|Shi'ar]]}} |
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* {{Named|[[Brood (Race)|The Brood]]}} |
* {{Named|[[Brood (Race)|The Brood]]}} |
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'''Locations:''' |
'''Locations:''' |
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* {{Flashback|[[Earth-616|Prime Marvel Universe]]}} |
* {{Flashback|[[Earth-616|Prime Marvel Universe]]}} |
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− | ** {{Flashback|[[ |
+ | ** {{Flashback|[[Sol|Solar System]]}} |
− | *** {{Flashback|[[ |
+ | *** {{Flashback|[[Earth]]}} |
− | **** {{ |
+ | **** {{FlashOnly|[[United Kingdom]]}} |
− | ***** {{FlashOnly|[[ |
+ | ***** {{FlashOnly|[[England]]}} |
− | ****** {{FlashOnly|[[ |
+ | ****** {{FlashOnly|[[Oxfordshire]]}} |
− | ******* {{FlashOnly|[[ |
+ | ******* {{FlashOnly|[[Oxford]]}} |
− | + | **** {{a|[[Pacific Ocean]]}} |
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− | ***** {{a|[[ |
+ | ***** {{a|[[Krakoa (Earth-616)|Krakoa]]}} |
− | ****** {{a|[[ |
+ | ****** {{a|[[Grove (Krakoa)|The Grove]]}} |
− | + | ****** {{1st|[[House of M (Krakoa)|The House of M]]}} |
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− | + | *** {{Mentioned|[[Sun (Star)|Sun]]}} {{FlashOnly}} |
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− | **** {{Mentioned|[[Sun (Star)|Sun]]}} {{FlashOnly}} |
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** {{1st|[[Milky Way]]}} |
** {{1st|[[Milky Way]]}} |
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*** {{1st|[[Sol|Solar System]]}} |
*** {{1st|[[Sol|Solar System]]}} |
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**** {{Named|[[Mars (Planet)|Mars]]}} {{Destroyed}} |
**** {{Named|[[Mars (Planet)|Mars]]}} {{Destroyed}} |
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***** {{Named|[[Sinister Breeding Pits]]}} {{Destroyed}} |
***** {{Named|[[Sinister Breeding Pits]]}} {{Destroyed}} |
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− | **** {{1st|[[Asteroid |
+ | **** {{1st|[[Asteroid Belt]]}} |
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− | ***** [[Krakoa]] {{1st}} <!-- Moira’s ninth life aka Year One Hundred --> |
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− | ****** {{1st|[[ |
+ | ****** {{1st|[[Krakoa (Earth-TRN756)|Krakoa]]}} |
+ | ******* {{1st|[[No-Place Hub]]}} |
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** {{Named|[[Shi'ar Galaxy]]}} |
** {{Named|[[Shi'ar Galaxy]]}} |
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*** {{Named|[[Benevolence]]}} |
*** {{Named|[[Benevolence]]}} |
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*** {{Named|[[Chandilar]]}} |
*** {{Named|[[Chandilar]]}} |
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− | * |
+ | * {{a|[[Earth-TRN753]]}} <small>(Year One Thousand)</small> {{1st}} <!-- Moira’s sixth life --> |
− | ** {{1st|[[ |
+ | ** {{1st|[[Earth]]}} |
− | *** {{1st|[[ |
+ | *** {{1st|[[Nexus (Man-Machine Supremacy)|The Nexus]]}} |
− | **** {{1st|[[ |
+ | **** {{1st|[[Tower of Nimrod the Lesser|Mutant Library]]}} |
− | + | **** {{1st|[[Preserve (Man-Machine Ascendancy)|The Preserve]]}} |
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− | ****** {{1st|[[Preserve (Man-Machine Supremacy)|The Preserve]]}} |
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'''Items:''' |
'''Items:''' |
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* {{a|[[Cerebro (Mutant Detector)|Cerebro]]}} |
* {{a|[[Cerebro (Mutant Detector)|Cerebro]]}} |
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− | * {{1st|[[Soulsword]]}} <!-- |
+ | * {{1st|[[Soulsword]]}} <!-- Earth-TRN756 --> |
+ | * {{a|[[Flowers of Krakoa]]}} |
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+ | ** {{a|[[Gateways|Gateways / Black Seed of Krakoa]]}} |
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+ | ** {{a|[[Habitat]]}} |
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+ | ** {{1st|[[No-Place]]}} |
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* {{a|[[X-Uniforms]]}} |
* {{a|[[X-Uniforms]]}} |
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− | * {{1st|[[ |
+ | * {{1st|[[Magneto's Helmet|North's Helmet]]}} <!-- Earth-TRN756 --> |
− | * {{1st|[[ |
+ | * {{1st|[[Xorn's Helmet]]}} <!-- Earth-TRN756 --> |
− | * {{1st|[[ |
+ | * {{1st|[[Wolverine's Suit]]}} <!-- Earth-TRN756 --> |
− | * {{1st|[[Wolverine's Suit]]}} <!-- Moira’s ninth life aka Year One Hundred --> |
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'''Events:''' |
'''Events:''' |
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− | * [[Human-Machine-Mutant War]] {{1st}} |
+ | * [[Human-Machine-Mutant War]][[Category:Human-Machine-Mutant War]] {{1st}} |
− | | Synopsis1 = Powers of X, increasing in scale and complexity. X<sup>0</sup> - Year One, the Dream. X<sup>1</sup> - Year Ten, The World. X<sup>2</sup> - Year One Hundred, the War. X<sup>3</sup> - Year One Thousand, the Ascension. |
+ | | Synopsis1 = Powers of X, increasing in scale and complexity. X<sup>0</sup> - [[Earth-616|Year One]], the Dream. X<sup>1</sup> - Year Ten, The World. X<sup>2</sup> - [[Earth-TRN756|Year One Hundred]], the [[Human-Machine-Mutant War|War]]. X<sup>3</sup> - [[Earth-TRN753|Year One Thousand]], the Ascension. |
===X<sup>0</sup>=== |
===X<sup>0</sup>=== |
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− | Charles Xavier is walking through a |
+ | [[Charles Xavier (Earth-616)|Charles Xavier]] is walking through a fair. He is enjoying himself on this beautiful day, sitting down on a bench to people-watch. Here, he is approached by a young woman, [[Moira MacTaggert (Earth-TRN748)|Moira Kinross]], who makes cryptic remarks about a fortune-teller. As the conversation goes on, Xavier mentions a beautiful dream he had, which he is trying to work out in his head, so it can be a story he can tell people. Moira remarks that a dream ceases to be a dream once it becomes real. |
Xavier realizes that something is not quite right about this, so Moira asks him to read her mind. Puzzled, he complies, but is surprised by what he finds... |
Xavier realizes that something is not quite right about this, so Moira asks him to read her mind. Puzzled, he complies, but is surprised by what he finds... |
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===X<sup>1</sup>=== |
===X<sup>1</sup>=== |
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− | Mystique emerges from a Krakoan |
+ | [[Raven Darkholme (Earth-616)|Mystique]] emerges from a [[Gateways|Krakoan gateway]] onto [[Krakoa (Earth-616)|Krakoa]] accompanied by [[Mortimer Toynbee (Earth-616)|Toad]]. Telling Toad that he is off the clock now, she carries on alone to the [[House of M (Krakoa)|House of M]], where she meets Magneto. She tells him that her partner, [[Victor Creed (Earth-616)|Sabretooth]] was captured during the heist, but she got the target - a memory stick. She will hand it over, but says her demands have increased. Xavier steps into view, and counters that they will ask more of her in return. Mystique mocks his seeming lack of humanitarianism. Xavier merely says that he is building a world safe for [[Homo superior|mutants]], and that everyone will owe something to live there... |
===X<sup>2</sup>=== |
===X<sup>2</sup>=== |
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− | The war between the mutants and the Man-Machine Supremacy has gone on for years. A four-person squad of X-Men, consisting of three products of Mister Sinister's |
+ | The war between the mutants and the [[Man-Machine Supremacy (Earth-TRN756)|Man-Machine Supremacy]] has gone on for years. A four-person squad of [[X-Men (Earth-TRN756)|X-Men]], consisting of three products of [[Nathaniel Essex (Earth-TRN756)|Mister Sinister]]'s mutant breeding program - [[Rasputin IV (Earth-TRN756)|Rasputin IV]], an unnamed [[Glossary:Cardinal|Cardinal]], and [[Emmanuel Cortez (Earth-TRN756)|Percival]] - as well as one defector from the [[Man-Machine Ascendancy (Earth-TRN756)|Ascendancy]]'s black brain program - [[Cylobel (Earth-TRN756)|Cylobel]] - are on a mission to extract something from [[Nexus (Man-Machine Supremacy)|the Nexus]] in the [[Northern Territory (Nexus)|Northern Territory]]. Their mission has been discovered, leading to the death of Percival. The Cardinal plants a Krakoan seed to be the exfil point, but Cylobel is captured alive and Rasputin struggles to free her. Additional forces arrive, and Cylobel demands that Rasputin leave her behind to complete the mission. Anguished, Rasputin retreats. |
− | There is a description of Mister Sinister's mutant breeding program where he ran the Sinister Breeding Pits on Mars. The mutant leaders would only endorse the program because constant fighting made it difficult for mutants to find the time to have children. The program lasted through four iterations: |
+ | There is a description of Mister Sinister's mutant breeding program where he ran the [[Sinister Breeding Pits]] on [[Mars (Planet)|Mars]]. The mutant leaders would only endorse the program because constant fighting made it difficult for mutants to find the time to have children. The program lasted through four iterations: |
− | * The first generation were designed to be divergent copies of a singular DNA source with an uncompromised X-Gene. They were the fodder that were trained until the age of 16 where they would be sent to defend Krakoa which fell 30 years later. |
+ | * The first generation were designed to be divergent copies of a singular DNA source with an uncompromised [[Mutant Genes|X-Gene]]. They were the fodder that were trained until the age of 16 where they would be sent to defend [[Krakoa (Earth-TRN756)|Krakoa]] which fell 30 years later. |
− | * The second generation marked the beginning of the "Chimera" process. They had DNA comprised of two separate X-Genes resulting in a mutant with the predictable power set of the sourced mutants. |
+ | * The second generation marked the beginning of the "[[Chimeras (Mutants)|Chimera]]" process. They had DNA comprised of two separate X-Genes resulting in a mutant with the predictable power set of the sourced mutants. |
* The third generation produced mutants with amalgamated DNA featuring up to five X-Genes. These generations were universally successful against the Man-Machine Supremacy. |
* The third generation produced mutants with amalgamated DNA featuring up to five X-Genes. These generations were universally successful against the Man-Machine Supremacy. |
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** However, this generation had a 10% failure rate. These failures, with nonthreatening powers and pacifist dispositions, rejected individuality and refused names, thus collectively were called "Cardinal" |
** However, this generation had a 10% failure rate. These failures, with nonthreatening powers and pacifist dispositions, rejected individuality and refused names, thus collectively were called "Cardinal" |
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It was also mentioned that Mister Sinister was executed by the Man-Machine Supremacy after defecting. |
It was also mentioned that Mister Sinister was executed by the Man-Machine Supremacy after defecting. |
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− | Cylobel is taken to the Human-Machine Monolith, to stand before Nimrod the Lesser. Nimrod, recognizing her as a |
+ | Cylobel is taken to the [[Tower of Nimrod the Lesser|Human-Machine Monolith]], to stand before [[Nimrod (Earth-TRN756)|Nimrod the Lesser]]. Nimrod, recognizing her as a black brain, offers a faux-apology: Black brains like her were created by the Man-Machine Ascendancy to serve a purpose, but so many proved defective by defecting. Her very defective existence is a mark of the Supremacy's failure, and his tribute to that failure - her - will be to ensure that no-one like her is allowed to survive. |
− | The Supremacy wants to question Cylobel for information, but she is resistant to torture, and thanks to her status as a |
+ | The Supremacy wants to question Cylobel for information, but she is resistant to torture, and thanks to her status as a black brain, she is immune to telepathic reading. So, the Supremacy is forced to follow Nimrod's suggestion, which makes him briefly giddy. Nimrod orders that Cylobel be placed into a device of his construction - a coffin-sized tube of femtofluid, where she will drown as her body and mind will be rendered down as data, which, once the process is completed after an unknowable length of time, can be turned into a database to help the Supremacy win the war against the X-Men. |
− | There is a description of the Sentinel mutant breeding camps called the SalCen Khennil where they were used to breed mutants that were intended to fight other mutants. The first version of the program aimed to produced Hounds, fearsome man-hunting wretches who would evoke disgust and pity in the targets. This was a failure because the Hounds proved too psychologically submissive to be viable agents. The second version of the program aimed to produce |
+ | There is a description of the [[Sentinels|Sentinel]] mutant breeding camps called the [[SalCen Khennil]] where they were used to breed mutants that were intended to fight other mutants. The first version of the program aimed to produced [[Hounds (Mutants)|Hounds]], fearsome man-hunting wretches who would evoke disgust and pity in the targets. This was a failure because the Hounds proved too psychologically submissive to be viable agents. The second version of the program aimed to produce black brains - infiltration agents, immune to telepathy, who could be inserted into mutant groups, and would then betray them to the Ascendancy. This too was deemed a failure, as the agents programmed to betray would very frequently betray the Ascendancy instead. The SalCen Khennil was destroyed 10 years ago, along with ''"all their biological and research material."'' |
− | Emerging on Krakoa - now on Asteroid K - the Cardinal apologizes to Rasputin IV, saying that, as a Cardinal, he is psychologically incapable of violence. Rasputin is inclined to hate him in the moment, but they have a mission to complete. The rest of the X-Men, including an aging Wolverine, are there for her to speak of the successful extraction of the target item, at the cost of Percival and Cylobel. Wolverine says they need to take it to "the Old Man..." |
+ | Emerging on Krakoa - now on [[Asteroid K]] - the Cardinal apologizes to Rasputin IV, saying that, as a Cardinal, he is psychologically incapable of violence. Rasputin is inclined to hate him in the moment, but they have a mission to complete. The rest of the X-Men, including an aging [[James Howlett (Earth-TRN756)|Wolverine]], are there for her to speak of the successful extraction of the target item, at the cost of Percival and Cylobel. Wolverine says they need to take it to "[[En Sabah Nur (Earth-TRN756)|the Old Man]]..." |
There is a description of mutant demographic data: |
There is a description of mutant demographic data: |
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* With the deaths of Percival & Cylobel, the mutant population of Asteroid K is 8 |
* With the deaths of Percival & Cylobel, the mutant population of Asteroid K is 8 |
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− | * The majority of the mutant population lives on Benevolence, a converted transit station located on the fringe of Shi'ar space where it served as a buffer between the Shi'ar Empire and the wildness of the Brood breeding territory. The mutant population |
+ | * The majority of the mutant population lives on [[Benevolence]], a converted transit station located on the fringe of [[Shi'ar Galaxy|Shi'ar space]] where it served as a buffer between the [[Shi'ar Empire]] and the wildness of the [[Brood (Race)|Brood]] breeding territory. The mutant population there is around 8,000. |
− | * The Shi'ar homeworld of Chandilar has a mutant colony of just under 2,000 souls, by a treaty with the Shi'ar Empire. Most of them are used for warrior stock for the Imperial Guard. Currently, there are six mutants that serve as superguardians while 57 are under the subguardian classification |
+ | * The [[Shi'ar (Race)|Shi'ar]] homeworld of [[Chandilar]] has a mutant colony of just under 2,000 souls, by a treaty with the Shi'ar Empire. Most of them are used for warrior stock for the [[Imperial Guard (Earth-TRN756)|Imperial Guard]]. Currently, there are six mutants that serve as superguardians while 57 are under the subguardian classification |
===X<sup>3</sup>=== |
===X<sup>3</sup>=== |
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− | The Librarian considers the body of Cylobel, and laments that the minds in the database are beginning to fade to digital decay. Nimrod the Lesser has given way to Nimrod the Greater, who admits that the database was not meant to survive for so long. The database was intended as a tactical advantage to let the Supremacy win the war, but the world changed so much that the war became unnecessary. Homo sapiens and its subspecies are over and past, but a habitat is maintained in the Nexus, a sealed biosphere containing some |
+ | The [[Librarian (Man-Machine Ascendancy) (Earth-TRN753)|Librarian]] considers the body of [[Cylobel (Earth-TRN753)|Cylobel]], and laments that the minds in the database are beginning to fade to digital decay. Nimrod the Lesser<!-- Earth-TRN753 --> has given way to [[Nimrod (Earth-TRN753)|Nimrod the Greater]], who admits that the database was not meant to survive for so long. The database was intended as a tactical advantage to let the Supremacy<!-- Earth-TRN753 --> win the war, but the world changed so much that the war became unnecessary. [[Homo sapiens]] and its subspecies are over and past, but a habitat is maintained in the Nexus, [[Preserve (Man-Machine Ascendancy)|a sealed biosphere]] containing some preserved mutants living wild in a pristine wilderness. A museum piece, to prick the curiosity of younger minds. To give them a sense of wonder at the long story of life on [[Earth]] - and to give an idea of the horror that could ensue if such creatures ever ruled Earth again... |
| Solicit = FEAR THE FUTURE |
| Solicit = FEAR THE FUTURE |
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Revision as of 01:47, 10 November 2019
Appearing in "The Last Dream of Professor X"
Featured Characters:
- Charles Xavier (Main story and flashback)
- Man-Machine Ascendancy (First appearance)
- Librarian (First appearance)
- Nimrod the Greater (First appearance)
- Moira Kinross (Main story and flashback)
- Krakoa
- Mystique (Raven Darkhölme)
- Magneto (Erik Lensherr)
- X-Men (First appearance)
- Cylobel (First appearance; dies)
- An unnamed Cardinal (First appearance)
- Rasputin IV (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Toad (Mortimer Toynbee)
- X-Men (First appearance)
- Percival (First appearance; dies)
- Last Horsemen of Apocalypse (First appearance)
- Pestilence / North (First appearance) (Unnamed)
- Death / Xorn (Kuan-Yin Xorn) (First appearance)
- War / Wolverine (James Howlett) (First appearance)
- Famine / Cypher (Doug Ramsey) (First appearance; possessed by Krakoa)
Antagonists:
- Man-Machine Supremacy (First appearance)
- Nimrod the Lesser (First appearance)
- Unnamed hunters (First appearance)
- Omega Sentinel (Karima Shapandar) (First appearance)
- Unnamed Sentinels (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Numerous unnamed Oxonians (Only in flashback)
- X-Men (Earth-TRN753)
- Rasputin IV (Earth-TRN753)
- An unnamed Cardinal
- Numerous unnamed Krakoan mutants
- Sabretooth (Victor Creed) (Mentioned)
- Damage Control (Mentioned)
- Judas Iscariot (Mentioned)
- Mister Sinister (Nathaniel Essex) (Name only) (Deceased)
- Quentin Quire (Name only)
- Piotr Rasputin (Name only)
- Gunther Bain (Name only)
- Kitty Pryde (Name only)
- Laura Kinney (Name only)
- Man-Machine Ascendancy (Name only)
- The "Old Man" (Mentioned)
- Shi'ar Empire (Name only)
- Imperial Guard (Name only)
- Empress Xandra (Name only)
- Cylobel (Earth-TRN753)
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Unidentified mutant (First appearance) (Cameo)
Races and Species:
- Mutants (Main story and flashback)
- Chimeras (First appearance) (Main story and drawing in flashback) (Origin revealed)
- Sentinels
- Post-Humans (First appearance) (Unnamed)
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Pigeons (Only in flashback)
- Hounds (First appearance) (Origin revealed)
- Shi'ar (Name only)
- The Brood (Name only)
- Dinosaurs (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Prime Marvel Universe (Main story and flashback)
- Solar System (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United Kingdom (Only in flashback)
- England (Only in flashback)
- Oxfordshire (Only in flashback)
- Oxford (Only in flashback)
- Oxfordshire (Only in flashback)
- England (Only in flashback)
- Pacific Ocean
- Krakoa
- The Grove
- The House of M (First appearance)
- Krakoa
- United Kingdom (Only in flashback)
- Sun (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Solar System (Main story and flashback)
- Earth-TRN756 (Year One Hundred) (First appearance)
- Milky Way (First appearance)
- Solar System (First appearance)
- Earth (First appearance)
- The Nexus (First appearance)
- Northern Territory (First appearance)
- SalCen Khennil (Mentioned) (Destroyed)
- Tower of Nimrod the Lesser (First appearance)
- The Nexus (First appearance)
- Mars (Name only) (Destroyed)
- Sinister Breeding Pits (Name only) (Destroyed)
- Asteroid Belt (First appearance)
- Asteroid K (First appearance)
- Krakoa (First appearance)
- No-Place Hub (First appearance)
- Krakoa (First appearance)
- Asteroid K (First appearance)
- Earth (First appearance)
- Solar System (First appearance)
- Shi'ar Galaxy (Name only)
- Benevolence (Name only)
- Chandilar (Name only)
- Milky Way (First appearance)
- Earth-TRN753 (Year One Thousand) (First appearance)
- Earth (First appearance)
- The Nexus (First appearance)
- Mutant Library (First appearance)
- The Preserve (First appearance)
- The Nexus (First appearance)
- Earth (First appearance)
Items:
- Cerebro
- Soulsword (First appearance)
- Flowers of Krakoa
- Gateways / Black Seed of Krakoa
- Habitat
- No-Place (First appearance)
- X-Uniforms
- North's Helmet (First appearance)
- Xorn's Helmet (First appearance)
- Wolverine's Suit (First appearance)
Events:
- Human-Machine-Mutant War (First appearance)
Synopsis for "The Last Dream of Professor X"
Powers of X, increasing in scale and complexity. X0 - Year One, the Dream. X1 - Year Ten, The World. X2 - Year One Hundred, the War. X3 - Year One Thousand, the Ascension.
X0
Charles Xavier is walking through a fair. He is enjoying himself on this beautiful day, sitting down on a bench to people-watch. Here, he is approached by a young woman, Moira Kinross, who makes cryptic remarks about a fortune-teller. As the conversation goes on, Xavier mentions a beautiful dream he had, which he is trying to work out in his head, so it can be a story he can tell people. Moira remarks that a dream ceases to be a dream once it becomes real.
Xavier realizes that something is not quite right about this, so Moira asks him to read her mind. Puzzled, he complies, but is surprised by what he finds...
X1
Mystique emerges from a Krakoan gateway onto Krakoa accompanied by Toad. Telling Toad that he is off the clock now, she carries on alone to the House of M, where she meets Magneto. She tells him that her partner, Sabretooth was captured during the heist, but she got the target - a memory stick. She will hand it over, but says her demands have increased. Xavier steps into view, and counters that they will ask more of her in return. Mystique mocks his seeming lack of humanitarianism. Xavier merely says that he is building a world safe for mutants, and that everyone will owe something to live there...
X2
The war between the mutants and the Man-Machine Supremacy has gone on for years. A four-person squad of X-Men, consisting of three products of Mister Sinister's mutant breeding program - Rasputin IV, an unnamed Cardinal, and Percival - as well as one defector from the Ascendancy's black brain program - Cylobel - are on a mission to extract something from the Nexus in the Northern Territory. Their mission has been discovered, leading to the death of Percival. The Cardinal plants a Krakoan seed to be the exfil point, but Cylobel is captured alive and Rasputin struggles to free her. Additional forces arrive, and Cylobel demands that Rasputin leave her behind to complete the mission. Anguished, Rasputin retreats.
There is a description of Mister Sinister's mutant breeding program where he ran the Sinister Breeding Pits on Mars. The mutant leaders would only endorse the program because constant fighting made it difficult for mutants to find the time to have children. The program lasted through four iterations:
- The first generation were designed to be divergent copies of a singular DNA source with an uncompromised X-Gene. They were the fodder that were trained until the age of 16 where they would be sent to defend Krakoa which fell 30 years later.
- The second generation marked the beginning of the "Chimera" process. They had DNA comprised of two separate X-Genes resulting in a mutant with the predictable power set of the sourced mutants.
- The third generation produced mutants with amalgamated DNA featuring up to five X-Genes. These generations were universally successful against the Man-Machine Supremacy.
- However, this generation had a 10% failure rate. These failures, with nonthreatening powers and pacifist dispositions, rejected individuality and refused names, thus collectively were called "Cardinal"
- The fourth generation suffered a systematic failure were produced with a corrupted hive mind that were responsible for the destruction of Krakoa and 40% of the mutant generation. They committed mass-suicide, collapsed Mars, the Sinister Breeding Pits, and themselves into a self-singularity.
It was also mentioned that Mister Sinister was executed by the Man-Machine Supremacy after defecting.
Cylobel is taken to the Human-Machine Monolith, to stand before Nimrod the Lesser. Nimrod, recognizing her as a black brain, offers a faux-apology: Black brains like her were created by the Man-Machine Ascendancy to serve a purpose, but so many proved defective by defecting. Her very defective existence is a mark of the Supremacy's failure, and his tribute to that failure - her - will be to ensure that no-one like her is allowed to survive.
The Supremacy wants to question Cylobel for information, but she is resistant to torture, and thanks to her status as a black brain, she is immune to telepathic reading. So, the Supremacy is forced to follow Nimrod's suggestion, which makes him briefly giddy. Nimrod orders that Cylobel be placed into a device of his construction - a coffin-sized tube of femtofluid, where she will drown as her body and mind will be rendered down as data, which, once the process is completed after an unknowable length of time, can be turned into a database to help the Supremacy win the war against the X-Men.
There is a description of the Sentinel mutant breeding camps called the SalCen Khennil where they were used to breed mutants that were intended to fight other mutants. The first version of the program aimed to produced Hounds, fearsome man-hunting wretches who would evoke disgust and pity in the targets. This was a failure because the Hounds proved too psychologically submissive to be viable agents. The second version of the program aimed to produce black brains - infiltration agents, immune to telepathy, who could be inserted into mutant groups, and would then betray them to the Ascendancy. This too was deemed a failure, as the agents programmed to betray would very frequently betray the Ascendancy instead. The SalCen Khennil was destroyed 10 years ago, along with "all their biological and research material."
Emerging on Krakoa - now on Asteroid K - the Cardinal apologizes to Rasputin IV, saying that, as a Cardinal, he is psychologically incapable of violence. Rasputin is inclined to hate him in the moment, but they have a mission to complete. The rest of the X-Men, including an aging Wolverine, are there for her to speak of the successful extraction of the target item, at the cost of Percival and Cylobel. Wolverine says they need to take it to "the Old Man..."
There is a description of mutant demographic data:
- With the deaths of Percival & Cylobel, the mutant population of Asteroid K is 8
- The majority of the mutant population lives on Benevolence, a converted transit station located on the fringe of Shi'ar space where it served as a buffer between the Shi'ar Empire and the wildness of the Brood breeding territory. The mutant population there is around 8,000.
- The Shi'ar homeworld of Chandilar has a mutant colony of just under 2,000 souls, by a treaty with the Shi'ar Empire. Most of them are used for warrior stock for the Imperial Guard. Currently, there are six mutants that serve as superguardians while 57 are under the subguardian classification
X3
The Librarian considers the body of Cylobel, and laments that the minds in the database are beginning to fade to digital decay. Nimrod the Lesser has given way to Nimrod the Greater, who admits that the database was not meant to survive for so long. The database was intended as a tactical advantage to let the Supremacy win the war, but the world changed so much that the war became unnecessary. Homo sapiens and its subspecies are over and past, but a habitat is maintained in the Nexus, a sealed biosphere containing some preserved mutants living wild in a pristine wilderness. A museum piece, to prick the curiosity of younger minds. To give them a sense of wonder at the long story of life on Earth - and to give an idea of the horror that could ensue if such creatures ever ruled Earth again...
Solicit Synopsis
FEAR THE FUTURE
Superstar writer Jonathan Hickman (INFINITY, NEW AVENGERS, FANTASTIC FOUR) continues his revolutionary new direction for the X-Men. Intertwining with HOUSE OF X, POWERS OF X reveals the secret past, present and future of mutantkind, changing the way you look at every X-Men story before and after. You do not want to miss the next seminal moment in the history of the X-Men!Notes
- A trailer was released by Marvel on YouTube to promote this series and House of X:
See Also
Recommended Reading
House of X / Powers of X | |||||
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House of X #1 | Powers of X #1 | House of X #2 | Powers of X #2 | Powers of X #3 | House of X #3 |
House of X #4 | Powers of X #4 | House of X #5 | Powers of X #5 | House of X #6 | Powers of X #6 |