Purity (Earth-616)

Purity
Name	Purity
Members
Current Member(s)	Jeff Holloway, Alice Tremaine, Unnamed webmaster at ESU
Former Member(s)	Tom More
Affiliation and Identity
Identity	Public
Allies	Supporters of: Alan Lewis, Bastion, Sentinels, Bolivar Trask
Enemies	Mutants, tolerance parts and others targets: Charles Xavier & X-Men, Magneto, Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver, John Sublime & Third Species, Moira MacTaggert, Advanced Physics Tutorial Students
Origin and Status
Origin	Mutant-hate group.
Reality	Earth-616
Base of Operations	Empire State University, & Mutant Town, New York City; University of Chicago, Illinois Internet
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Chris Claremont, Salvador Larroca
First	X-Treme X-Men 2001 #1 (December, 2001)
First	X-Treme X-Men 2001 #1 (December, 2001)

History

Appearing after the Wild Sentinels's attack on Genosha, causing the death of over sixteen million people, principally mutants (as well as humans such as Shadowcat's father Carmen Pryde), Purity is a group of anti-mutant militants. They were active on the internet and in the field, delivering flyers, provoking riots on campus, and even murdering people.

They were shown to be present at Empire State University, New York City and University of Chicago, Chicago (Illinois). In ESU, the webmaster explained to Chamber their strategy: humiliating mutants to make them feel like outcasts and leave, instead of killing them which would make the victims martyrs.

Mekanix

In Chicago, Tom More hacked, under the direction of Alice Tremaine, into the system of the class project of Advanced Physics Tutorial, a device create by the Nobel laureate Simon Benes and Kitty Pryde, among others. The failure of the system caused massive destruction in the city.

Tom More participated in the rescue, and was saved by the mutant genoshan Shola Inkose, witnessing him using his mutation. After this, and learning his role into the massive accident, Tom distanced himself from the organization's leader and his lover, Alice Tremaine.

Purity assaulted Shola's flat, deserted by him but visited by Kitty and Shan, who were looking for the mutant too. Both Tom More and Shola appeared to save the two mutants and Shan's sister and brother from the assailants.

During a students' confrontation on a decree to ban mutants or Purity from the University, Wild Sentinels attacked the students center, considering everybody as "potential mutants".

While Tom More definitively quit his anti-mutant ideology and helped Kitty, Shan and Shola, Alice Tremaine fled and found a damaged sentinel, who recognized her as a true human and authorized her as a user. Alice went back to her parents' house to repair the robot.

Purity outed David Alleyne to his parents, then attempted to attack him; David was rescued by the librarian at his school, the former New Mutant Karma, and her former teammate Dani Moonstar.

Decimation

After M-Day, they were no longer afraid to enter Mutant Town, where they went looking for mutants expelled from The Xavier's Institute, which had been turned by the O.N.E. and the X-Men into a safe haven for mutants.

They assaulted Lorelei next to the Wildkat Nightclub, cutting her mutant hair, before Toad came to her rescue and brought her to the Xavier Institute.

Their current activities are unknown.

Notes

It is unknown if the Purity Singers are part of Purity, or just share a close name and same goals.

See Also

• 21 appearance(s) of Purity (Earth-616)
• 1 minor appearance(s) of Purity (Earth-616)
• 8 mention(s) of Purity (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Purity (Earth-616)
• 1 image(s) of Purity (Earth-616)
• 4 member(s) of Purity (Earth-616)