I'll do what I can to sniff them out. If nothing else, I should be able to pick up on Angel's expensive hair gel. 
Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- X-Men (Blue Team)
- Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) (Past)
- Jimmy Hudson
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Past)
- Iceman (Bobby Drake) (Past)
- Angel (Warren Worthington III) (Past)
- Beast (Hank McCoy) (Past)
Supporting Characters:
- Blackbird (Danger) (Identity revealed)
- Briar Raleigh
- Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr)
- Ferris
Antagonists:
- White Queen (Emma Frost)
- New Tian's strike force
- Hellfire Knights
Other Characters:
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Mentioned)
- Toad (Mortimer Toynbee) (Mentioned)
- Hydra (Mentioned)
- Sebastian Shaw (Mentioned)
- Johann Shmidt (Clone) (Earth-616)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Mentioned)
- Wolverine (Laura Kinney) (Mentioned)
- Daken (Akihiro) (Mentioned)
- Sean Cassidy (Earth-616)
- Remy LeBeau (Earth-616)
- Ororo Munroe (Earth-616)
- James Proudstar (Earth-616)
- James Howlett (Earth-616)
- Victor Creed (Earth-616)
- Piotr Rasputin (Earth-616)
- Nathan Summers (Earth-616)
- Shiro Yoshida (Earth-616)
- Rogue (Anna Marie) (Earth-616)
- X-Men (Gold Team) (Mentioned)
- Polaris (Lorna Dane) (Returns)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- Hydra Nation
- California
- New Tian
- Redwood National Forest
- San Francisco Bay
- Utopia
- Xorn's Throne Room
- Utopia
- New Tian
- California
- Madripoor (Mentioned)
- Danger Room, X-Men HQ, Hightown (Referenced)
- Vietnam
- Annamite Mountains (First appearance)
- Hydra Nation
Items:
- X-Uniforms
- Cyclops' Visor
- Inhibitor Collars
- Cosmic Cube
- Magneto's Helmet (Mentioned)
- Mothervine (Behind the scenes)
- Banshee's Wings
- Warpath's Knives
- Wolverine's Suit
Synopsis for 1st story
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
SECRET EMPIRE TIE-IN!
• EMMA FROST!
• She’s back… and badder than ever.