X-Men Transformed By Jonathan Hickman

Years ago in the House of M,House of Mcrossover eventWanda MaximoffWanda Maximoff used her reality-altering powers to depower about 98% of Earth's mutants, an event called the Decimation. This action made Maximoff an outcast among Krakoa's mutants; they even made her name a curse. Depowered mutants remain on Krakoa, but they must earn their powers back.

Mutants regain powers only through resurrection. The Quiet Council of Krakoa invented “the Crucible.” Here, depowered individuals fight to the death in a gladiatorial arena against Apocalypse to earn rebirth with their abilities. The Crucible stops depowered mutants from killing themselves to join the resurrection queue, but the process remains morally gray.

Charles Xavier broadcast a psychic message worldwide, announcing every mutant on Earth became a citizen and welcome on Krakoa.everymutant. The invitation reached everyone with an X-gene, including those who previously did not fit into any formal society.

Mutants like Mystique, Exodus, and Pyro appear immediately. Also, those most considered evil receive full immunity for past offenses, including genocide. This grants Apocalypse, Mister Sinister, and Sabretooth a clean slate on Krakoa. They assume any past wrong was done in a world that feared them. Further malice, however, faces Krakoan law.

Charles Xavier changed mutantdom most fundamentally by trading the Xavier School for a bigger base. Xavier, Magneto, and Moira MacTaggert founded Krakoa. Krakoa became the official nation and homeland for all mutants. Birth grants every person with an X-gene citizenship.

Past attempts to create a nation just for mutants occurred, like on Genosha, but none matched this scope. Over 200,000 mutants now live in the House of X.House of XThe combined power of mutantkind consolidates, changing them from an oppressed minority to the planet's most potent nation.

Having their own nation is a major change for the X-Men. However, the biggest shift is that mutants are now functionally immortal.

Moira MacTaggert’s knowledge from a past life and a few mutant powers create this new situation. Charles Xavier uses Cerebro to keep a current backup of every mutant’s mind. This backup downloads into a new “husk” body if a mutant dies unexpectedly.

A team of mutants calls themselves “The Five create nonviable biological eggs. They inject DNA from Mister Sinister’s collection into them. Proteus, the reality-altering force, makes the eggs viable. The healing Elixir brings them to life. Time-master Eva Bell rapidly ages them correctly. Mutant mimic Hope Summers ties this whole process together. She ensures all powers work together. No mutant meets death again.who have earned a near-religious status on Krakoa.Egg creates nonviable biological eggs. Mister Sinister’s DNA is injected into them. The reality-altering Proteus makes the eggs viable. The healing Elixir brings them to life. Time-master Eva Bell quickly ages them. Mutant mimic Hope Summers manages this process, ensuring all powers work together and no mutant dies again.The Five, previously called Goldballs, create nonviable biological eggs. They inject DNA from Mister Sinister’s extensive collection. Proteus, the reality-altering force, makes the eggs viable. The healing Elixir brings them to life. Time-master Eva Bell rapidly brings them to the correct age. Mutant mimic Hope Summers ties the process together. She ensures everyone’s powers work together. No mutant meets their demise again.

Any nation needs a government. Krakoa has one: the The Quiet Council rules the Mutant Nation. Some unexpected members sit on this Council., which rules all mutantkind. Charles Xavier, Magneto, and Moira MacTaggert—whom most mutants do not know exists—formed the Quiet Council. This group is a strange mix.

The Quiet Council splits into four houses, each with three members. Krakoa and Cypher, the only mutant who can talk to the island, get special status. Professor X, Magneto, and Apocalypse form Autumn. Mister Sinister, Exodus, and Mystique make up Winter, who are morally gray. Emma Frost, Sebastian Shaw, and Kitty Pryde handle Spring’s affairs. Jean Grey, Storm, and Nightcrawler form Summer, the council’s moral core.

The Quiet Council named four “captains” to lead Krakoa’s military: Cyclops, Magik, Bishop, and Gorgon.

When mutants sought a home before, a ruthless human faction or another group always appeared to stop peaceful living before the mutant nation could start. Krakoa found a way to bribe other world nations into accepting its existence and its government demands: super-pharmaceuticals.

An unknown process engineered Krakoa’s island to grow a unique flower. This flower makes three medicines that greatly improve human life by extending it, curing most sicknesses, and eliminating mental illness. Krakoa offers these drugs to any country that accepts its sovereignty and mutant diplomatic immunity. Most nations cannot refuse this offer; even the United Nations quickly accepted Krakoa.

Most Krakoan citizens relax on the island paradise. They enjoy nightly parties at Krakoa's tiki bar, the Green Lagoon. Mutants like Wolverine and Gorgon, who fought before, share drinks every night.

The “Make More Mutants” law ended many romantic rivalries. Polyamory negated love triangles. Jean Grey has a room next to Cyclops’s and Wolverine’s in the Summer House. Cyclops accepts this because he remains with Emma Frost.

The House of XHouse of XThe House of X and Krakoa appeared fast. Charles Xavier and Magneto planned this shift over decades.Moira MacTaggertMoira MacTaggert might be the most important mutant to ever live.

Professor X thought Moira was just a casual love interest. Nobody knew Moira had an X-gene.Powers of XPowers of X revealed Moira can relive her life every time she dies. She is now on her ninth existence, perhaps the last. She uses past lives to guide the mutant nation’s plans with Moira X and Xavier.

Despite Krakoa's peace, some want to destroy it. A strike force infiltrated Krakoa, shooting Charles Xavier in the head. This forced them to resurrect the man who invented resurrection protocols. X-Force reformed as the mutant nation's ‘CIA’. Beast, Jean Grey, and Sage handle intelligence. Wolverine, Quentin Quire, and Domino serve as the black ops branch. Black Tom Cassidy completes the team as homeland security.

X-Force is not the island’s scariest team. Excalibur, a magic-themed unit led by Apocalypse, or the Hellions—mutants who only go on missions expecting harshness and carnage—could be scarier.

Magneto always believed mutants are superior to humans. The villainous philosophy of the Brotherhood of Mutants established this.Brotherhood of MutantsMutants now share this belief; it is a core tenant of Krakoan philosophy. Mutants embrace their status as the next step in evolution and the rightful inheritors of Earth.

Early days ofHouse of XWhen Charles Xavier and his team negotiated world sovereignty, foreign delegates questioned why mutants thought they could ignore their new status, which many viewed as playing god.

Magneto replied simply: “You have new gods now.”

Most of Earth’s mutant population now lives on the island nation ofKrakoaKrakoa is a name long-timeX-MenReaders will recognize that. Krakoa is a mutant island—a living mass of land—and a mutant-eating island, which has caused conflict with Charles Xavier and his team many times.

Krakoa previously held the original X-Men team hostage, which led to the formation of theAll-New, All-Differentroster that brought Storm, Wolverine, and Colossus in. Fellow mutant linguistic powers, like those ofDouglas RamseyDouglas Ramsey convinced Krakoa to ally with Xavier, allowing every mutant to settle on its paradise surface. The island grew architectural designs and wilderness to give mutantkind a place to live.

The Quiet Council of Krakoa created laws for the mutant nation, aiming for simplicity. Instead of using huge rulebooks like humanity, the Council boiled down their wishes into three edicts:

1) Make more mutants.
2) Slay no man.
3) Respect the sacred land of Krakoa.

“Slay no man” is the only law that causes debate. But they argued that since mutants are functionally immortal, they should work to stop the loss of those who can still die.

Sabretooth broke that code first. He was punished by being put into immobile stasis in Krakoa’s depths for a long time.

Charles Xavier and Mister Sinister keep every mutant’s brainwaves and DNA. Every mutant who died since the plan started, not just current X-People, now qualifies for resurrection. They must wait in line for it. This brought back lost mutants like Banshee, Xorn, and Vulcan, the third Summers brother.

Hundreds of thousands await resurrection. The queue prioritizes mutants with useful powers or those who served Krakoa. This resurrection queue rule helped early on in the House of X saga.House of XAn entire X-Men team, including Wolverine, Cyclops, and Jean Grey, met a tragic end in a space mission. They were immediately reborn on Earth.

Unlimited resurrections raise tough questions in Krakoa. Generations will take to fix all details. Since mutants can theoretically restart with any mind or abilities intact, Charles Xavier has allowed requests—like removing traumatic memories—to be granted.

The issue of mutant abilities is more complex. The far-flung future of Powers of X shows it is possible to create “chimera” mutants combining multiple X-People's powers.Krakoan citizens write requests like “Bring me back with Magneto’s mastery of magnetism” into their wills.Chimera mutants now exist. They combine multiple X-People's powers into one. Krakoan citizens write things like “Bring me back with Magneto’s mastery of magnetism” into their wills.

Creating outright duplicates is another option. Xavier has refused to cross this bridge so far.

Charles Xavier first united the X-Men with a dream: mutants and humans could coexist peacefully and equally. As of the Dawn of X, however, Professor X abandoned that dream, favoring a model where mutants are the superior beings on Earth.Professor X now prefers a model where mutants are the benevolent superiors to all other beings on Earth.Professor X abandoned that idea. He now favors mutants as benevolent superiors to all other beings on Earth.

This shift in thinking makes some question Xavier’s morals. No mutants on Krakoa seem bothered by the change. This suggests Xavier secretly influences everyone on the island toward complacency, but that suspicion lacks proof.

Nightcrawler has established a unique mutant religion, one he hopes guides his fellow mutants through this change toward a new future.NightcrawlerNightcrawler is long regarded as the most pious X-Person. He decided to build a mutant religion to guide his peers through this change.

Mutantkind’s sudden claims of sovereignty and superiority face resistance from the rest of the Marvel Universe. The Fantastic Four worry about what these changes mean for their family because Franklin Richards, son of Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman, is the most powerful mutant ever born, and Charles Xavier desperately wants him to join their island collective.Franklin RichardsFranklin Richards, son of Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman, is the most powerful mutant ever born. Charles Xavier desperately wants him to join their island collective.Franklin Richards is the most powerful mutant ever born.Charles Xavier desperately wants Franklin Richards to join their island collective.

The Fantastic Four doubted the mutants' new situation when X-Men stopped them from taking Sabretooth. Trying to bring in a Richards family member proved too much. Franklin wanted to try the Krakoan life, but the fight might have split the heroes, a split that won't mend simply.

Most Krakoa flowers make super-pharmaceuticals for people. One special plant has a different job: travel. Planting certain Krakoan seeds makes 'gates' sprout. Any mutant uses these gates to instantly reach the island, and theHouse of X.The House of X has worked hard to plant these portals across the world and beyond.

Only mutants use the gates automatically. Humans can pass if a mutant joins them. Most Earth nations have a Krakoan gate. Some anti-mutant governments block these gates. The Summers family lives on one on the moon.

Only one mutant cannot use the Krakoan gates. It isKitty Pryde leads a team of mutant pirates protecting Krakoan interests on the high seas.No one knows why. Pryde lets this happen. She does not stop her from joining the creation of a mutant nation.

Kate, now called that, hijacked a ship to Krakoa the long way. She joined Emma Frost and the Hellfire Club to police the underground market for Krakoan drugs on the ocean. She and her crew, the Marauders, call themselves the 'Red Queen.' They patrol, stopping illegal drug shipments and moving mutants who cannot reach a gate to their home.