House of M Backstory

[Siryn]

Human/Mutant War

When mutants started to emerge in society, the human population were scared of them. Their abilities were powerful and they were dubbed as troublemakers and scars on society. Homo Superior, as Magneto called mutants, were outcaste and they had to hide to survive. Some of them with physical mutations hid in the sewers. Humans began to lash out against the mutants, beating them and making them social outcasts. Mutants were not treated as people but as a plague on society and humanity. Charles Xavier formed a hidden school, to teach equality between humans and mutants but he didn’t have enough students to make a difference. Magneto, Charles’ best friend, had other ideas. With Magneto as a leader, a group of mutants called the Brotherhood waged war against the humans. The humans, not at all powerless, fought back and declared war on Homo Superior. Charles and a few students of his decided to head to Washington to plead their case to stop the war. They were caught in an attack between the Brotherhood and the US. Army, resulting in injuries and Xavier’s loss of life.

The war continued with many battles. The humans created technological marvels that would help them fight against the mutants. The mutants relied on their abilities to overcome the humans. The Brotherhood grew in numbers making an army of mutants. There were many casualties on both sides. The remaining students of Professor Xavier, helped on both sides of the war, not fully agreeing with either side. The human numbers began to dwindle and they were becoming desperate.

Several years into the war and after major campaigns throughout the world, the human army formed a barricade around Genosha, fortifying it with defensive canons and Sentinels. Giving up the rest of the world, this was their last stand for a mutant free world for themselves.

Magneto led an army of mutants into Genosha. The battle was long and hard fought by both sides but the mutants were victorious. They claimed the island of Genosha in victory. The surviving humans were spared, in honor of Magneto’s friend Charles Xavier, and they were able to roam wherever they please as long as they know that mutants are superior race. The Sentinels that were used against the mutants were completely destroyed.


House of M

It has been ten years since the final battle of the human/mutant war on Genoshan land. Mutants have overtaken everything, limiting humans to certain areas with their rights limited. Mutant kind elected Magneto as their dictator and leader for his leadership during the human/mutant war. Countries were run by Governors, appointed by Magneto and his family. All Governors answer to Magneto. The world is in Magneto’s hands and most mutants had no problem with it or his children. The world was in order, making everyone live their lives happily, except for a few groups that were made to offset the social ladder.

Peace had surrounded the world under Magneto’s rule. No one dared to oppose him and his family. No one wanted to. Except for Charles Xavier’s students and teachers. They still believed in Xavier’s dream of peaceful coexistence. Secretly, they trained mutants and humans to fight for their cause against the House of M, the ruling government out of Westchester, NY.

The House of M ruled over the world from Genosha, where the final battle took place. For ten years, peace has resumed throughout the world and Magneto was the cause for it. Issues arise, now and then, when human resistance decide to present themselves. The humans were not happy with their limitations. They formed a resistance so that one day, they would be able to overcome the mutant population.

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[Cyclops]

Brief history of the X-Men in this storyline.

Charles Xavier, the greatest mind to ever exist, had a dream. A dream that humans and mutants could live as equals and co-exist peacefully. He nurtured that dream, took in young mutants to shape their minds and pass on his dream. He even assembled a group of mutants into a secret peacekeeping force. Sean Cassidy, an ex-Interpol agent and NYC police officer, Elisabeth Braddock, an ex-model who had an out of body experience and was now a deadly ninja, and his first two students, Scott Summers and Jean Grey. They became Banshee, Psylocke, Cyclops, and Phoenix, their team dubbed the X-Men in honor of their mentor.

The human-mutant war broke out, much to Xavier's distress. The X-Men's first mission was to head to Washington, D.C., the former capitol of America, and try to keep peace. It was not to be. They got caught in the crossfire between the American army and a group of mutant militia. In the ensuing chaos, Xavier was struck down by a stray bullet. Sean and Scott rushed to save him, but another spray of bullets was fired at them. One was stopped by Cyclops' visor and sent shards of ruby quartz into his left eye. Banshee took a bullet to the knee. Jean managed to rescue them by making a tenuous deal with unknown entity and the power it gave her allowed the X-Men to escape.

The small, shattered team went underground for the rest of the war, secretly sheltering those displaced by the 'Mutant Revolution' as it would be called, mutant or human. When the war was over and Magneto in power, the four got together and decided to restart the Xavier Institute. They even gained Magneto's approval and endorsement, as Charles Xavier was a old friend of the mutant dictator and he found their starting a school for mutants in his honor admirable.

After restarting they school, the foursome restarted the X-Men covertly. But they have a new mission. They recruit students from their school who do not hate humans and think they are inferior, who want to live as equals, not be separated from their human families. They are slowly building an army. And when it is ready, they will take the world back from The House of Magnus.

And hopefully, they can share it in peace, just as Xavier dreamed it could be.

[Magneto]

The Marauders are a group of high paid Mercenaries on a permanent retainer for Lord Magneto under the command of Black Tom Cassidy.

They were created for two reasons. The first being Black Tom’s reward for his loyal service to Magneto. The second being to covertly handle any situation that may be seen as disreputable if the public were to know about it. They take care of the problems Magneto doesn’t want known. Every dictator, no matter how loved or revered, needs a few soldiers willing to do his dirty work, and that’s exactly what the Marauders are for.

They are the most powerful group of criminals in all the land.

[Magneto]

The Supreme Headquarters International Espionage Law-enforcement Division is the peacekeeping organization of the world. Before the war, it was a program which assessed and contained the threat from (among other things) the increasing mutant population of Earth. After a direct conflict with Magneto, director Nick Fury was forced into hiding. Since the war, Magneto has kept S.H.I.E.L.D. as the official army of the new government.

S.H.I.E.L.D. is comprised of three parts. The first part is the infantry, humans and mutants who make up the brunt of the organization, all enlisted. The second part is the Red Guard, which is headed up by Agent Raven Darkholme, and serves as the elite forces. The third is a section of the Royal Academy, where young mutants (known as the Hellions), are trained by the Red Guard itself honing their skills and hopefully eventually graduating to positions in the Red Guard