—Augusta BromesWell... you are, girly. You mutants are screwing up our plan.
Appearing in "Hordeculture"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Hordeculture (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Lily Leymus (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Edith Scutch (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Augusta Bromes (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Opal Vetiver (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Other Characters:
- Pixie (Megan Gwynn)
- Anole (Victor Borkowski)
- Black Tom Cassidy (Named only)
- Beast (Hank McCoy) (Named only)
- X-Men (Named only)
- Selene Gallio (Named only)
- Emplate (Marius St. Croix) (Named only)
- Good Lord / God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Walter Scutch (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- Douglas Ramsey (Mentioned)
- Magik (Illyana Rasputina) (Mentioned)
- Hellfire Trading Company (Mentioned)
- Jesus Christ (Invoked)
- YMCA (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Sven (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Mutants
- Mutant-Fairy Hybrids
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Krakoas
- Chimeras
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Antarctica
- Palmer Peninsula
- Savage Land
- Krakoan Harvest Center (Name revealed)
- Savage Land
- Palmer Peninsula
- Pacific Ocean
- Sahul
- Sweden, Europe (Mentioned)
- North America (Only in flashback)
- United States of America (Only in flashback)
- Antarctica
Items:
- Flowers of Krakoa
- Human Drug L
- Human Drug I (First full appearance)
- Human Drug M (First full appearance)
- Gateways
- X-Uniforms
- Cyclops' Visor
- Magneto's Helmet
Vehicles:
- The Green Thumb (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "Hordeculture"
In the Kroakoan Harvest Center of the Savage Land, mutants, supervised by Anole and Pixie, are tending to their fields when the Krakoan gateway emits a strange noise. Four masked figures in unusual armor and armed with weapons emerge from the gateway. Pixie informs them that they are on Krakoa, specifically in the Savage Land, where flowers are grown. Anole questions the newcomers, who respond dismissively before attacking the young mutants with a green substance that immobilizes them.
Meanwhile, on Krakoa, Cyclops and Emma Frost descend to the Quiet Council's meeting chamber. Magneto reveals an unexpected problem, and Jean informs Cyclops that the Council will send him out due to a malfunctioning gateway to the Savage Land, indicating something is wrong with Krakoa. Cyclops reassures them he will handle it.
In the Savage Land, the masked figures, now revealed as elderly women, incapacitate the mutants and begin picking Krakoan flowers. Cyclops, Emma, and Shaw arrive through a teleportation portal created by Gateway because the Krakoan gateway is not working anymore. The elderly women introduce themselves as Hordeculture. First Shaw and then Cyclops confront them but they are overpowered and immobilized by the green substance. Emma, in her diamond-hard form, demands an explanation.
Augusta, one of the women, explains that Hordeculture consists of radical botanists committed to restoring the planet to its natural state. They have infiltrated agritech companies and plan to control the world's food supply, ultimately reducing the human population drastically. The Krakoan flowers pose a threat to their plan, so they hacked the gateways to study Krakoa and potentially bend it to their will.
As Hordeculture departs through the gateway, Emma sarcastically thanks Gateway for his "help". Later, Emma and Shaw report back to the rest of the Quiet Council, informing them that they have a significant problem.
Solicit Synopsis
EARTH’S MOST POWERFUL! CYCLOPS STORMS THE SAVAGE LAND!
The most powerful heroes of the dominant species on the planet, the X-Men rise to protect the world against any threat. From a new foe in the Savage Land to an old nemesis’ surprising return…