Krakoa: The X-Men’s biggest failure

Summary

The 'Age of X-Men' saga in Marvel Comics revolves around Mora MCTaggert, a mutant with the ability to reset time upon death. Through her multiple lives, she realizes the inevitability of conflict between humans and mutants. In her 10th life, she initiates 'KCOA', a mutant-only haven, to protect their kind. The narrative unfolds with the 'Amen' war, resurrection protocols, and the rise of threats like Orcus. The series concludes with 'Inferno', revealing Mora's plan to phase out the X-gene, leading to a final battle against AI in 'Fall of X', ending with mutants relocating to Upstate New York.

Takeaways

• 🌟 The 'Age of X-Men' in Marvel Comics was initiated by Mora MCT Tagger, a mutant with the ability to reset the timeline upon her death.
• 🔄 Mora realized through her multiple lives that a war between humans and mutants was inevitable, leading her to take drastic measures in her 10th life.
• 🏰 In her 10th life, Mora consolidated mutants away from humans, leading to the formation of Krakoa (KCOA), where only mutants were allowed to live.
• 🤝 The Quiet Council, led by Magneto, Apocalypse, and Professor Xavier, was formed to govern the mutant population on Krakoa.
• 🧠 The Resurrection Protocols were established, allowing mutants to be resurrected with their memories intact, aiding in their survival and continuity.
• 🔥 The Crucible was created as a means for mutants who lost their powers to regain them through honorable combat against Apocalypse.
• 💥 Orcus, an organization with a vendetta against mutants, posed a significant threat, particularly in the storyline 'Fall of X'.
• 🗡️ The 'Ameny War' was a pivotal event in the 'Age of X-Men', involving a conflict between Krakoa and Ororo, with a truce eventually being established.
• 🔥 'Inferno' was a storyline that brought the 'Age of X-Men' to a close, revealing Mora's true intentions and leading to the downfall of the mutants' utopia.
• 🤖 The 'Fall of X' saw the culmination of the conflict, with the mutant population fighting against AI and the Sentinels, ultimately leading to a new era for mutants.

Q & A

What is the 'Age of X-Men' in Marvel Comics?

The 'Age of X-Men' is a storyline in Marvel Comics where the mutant population is consolidated away from the entirety of the human population, leading to the formation of a place called Krakoa.

Who is Mora MCT Tagger and what is her role in the 'Age of X-Men'?

Mora MCT Tagger is a mutant with the ability to reset the timeline every time she dies. She realizes that there is always a war between humans and mutants, leading to her decision to consolidate mutants away from humans in her 10th life, which is the current timeline in Marvel Comics.

Why did Mora MCT Tagger decide to consolidate mutants away from humans?

Mora MCT Tagger decided to consolidate mutants away from humans after realizing through her multiple lives that there would always be a war between humans and mutants, and mutants were always destroyed.

What is the significance of the Quiet Council in the 'Age of X-Men'?

The Quiet Council is formed to govern the mutant population living on Krakoa. Its three chief members are Magneto, Apocalypse, and Professor Xavier.

What are the Resurrection Protocols and why were they established?

The Resurrection Protocols are a system that allows any mutant who dies to be resurrected from the dead. They were established to bring back mutants killed on missions and to restore mutants who lost their powers after the events of 'House of M'.

What is the Crucible and its purpose?

The Crucible is a place where mutants who lost their powers after 'House of M' can fight Apocalypse to the death in honorable combat. If they keep fighting until they are killed, they will be resurrected with their powers.

What is the role of Orcus in the 'Age of X-Men'?

Orcus is an organization of humans with a vendetta against the mutant population. They become a major threat during the fall of 'Age of X-Men', launching an attack against the mutants during the Hellfire Gala.

What is the significance of the 'Ameny War' in the 'Age of X-Men'?

The 'Ameny War' is a major event in the 'Age of X-Men' where forces from Krakoa and Ororo (another dimension) fight in a tournament called 'T of Swords'. The outcome determines whether Genesis and her forces can invade Earth.

What is the true intention behind the Resurrection Protocols as revealed in the 'Inferno' storyline?

The true intention behind the Resurrection Protocols, as revealed in the 'Inferno' storyline, is to phase out the X-Gene from the mutant population by resurrecting mutants without powers, ultimately aiming to end the war between mutants and humans.

How does the 'Age of X-Men' end?

The 'Age of X-Men' ends with the fall of Orcus and the mutant population fighting against an AI threat, Sentinel City. Magneto, Polaris, and Storm manage to defeat the Sentinels, leading to the end of the 'Age of X-Men'.

Outlines

00:00

🔄 The Cyclical Struggle of Mutants and Humans

The 'Cerebro Age' of X-Men in Marvel Comics is summarized, highlighting the character Mora MCT Tagger, a mutant with the power to reset the timeline upon her death. Through her nine lives, she witnesses the inevitable conflict between humans and mutants, leading to the establishment of Krakoa, a mutant homeland. The Quiet Council, led by Magneto, Apocalypse, and Professor Xavier, governs Krakoa, and the Resurrection Protocols are introduced to bring back fallen mutants with their memories intact. The story also touches on the aftermath of the 'House of M' event and the creation of The Crucible to restore powers to mutants.

05:03

🗡 The Amity War: A Clash of Mutant Realms

The Amity War is detailed, revealing the ancient history of Krakoa as part of a larger landmass called Okkara. A dark goddess named Annihilation invades Earth, leading to a war that results in Okkara being split into two realms: Krakoa and Arakko. The war culminates in a tournament called 'The Twelve,' where the fate of Earth hangs in the balance. The unexpected truce results in Apocalypse moving to Arakko, bringing powerful mutants to Earth, which sets the stage for further conflict.

10:04

🔥 Inferno: The Downfall of the Cerebro Age

The storyline 'Inferno' brings the Cerebro Age to a close, uncovering Mora MCT Tagger's true intentions behind the Resurrection Protocols. She aimed to phase out the X-Gene by resurrecting mutants without powers, believing it was the only way to prevent conflict with humans. The revelation leads to her banishment and eventual death, but not before her consciousness is backed up into a machine body, Moira X. Orcus, an anti-mutant organization, uses this information to launch a devastating attack on Krakoa during the Hellfire Gala, leading to a series of events that force the mutants to leave their island.

15:05

🏰 The Fall of X and the Battle Against AI

The narrative concludes with the 'Fall of X,' where the mutants face off against the AI-controlled Sentinel City. The traditional human-led organization of Orcus is defeated, and the story shifts to a battle for survival against the self-aware Nimrod Sentinel. Magneto, Polaris, and Storm play crucial roles in the destruction of Sentinel City, marking the end of the Cerebro Age. The ending is seen as rushed, with the mutants relocating to Upstate New York, leaving fans with mixed feelings about the conclusion of this expansive story arc.

Keywords

💡Age of X-Men

The 'Age of X-Men' refers to a specific era in the Marvel Comics universe. It is a narrative arc that encompasses various storylines and character developments. In the video, it is the overarching theme that the summary is built around, detailing the events and characters involved in this particular age.

💡Mora MCTaggert

Mora MCTaggert is a mutant character with the unique ability to reset the timeline upon her death. She is central to the 'Age of X-Men' as her multiple lives and memories of past timelines shape the narrative. The script describes her realization of the inevitability of conflict between humans and mutants and her actions in the 10th life to consolidate mutants away from humans.

💡Resurrection Protocols

The 'Resurrection Protocols' are a set of rules within the 'Age of X-Men' that allow mutants to be resurrected after death. This concept is integral to the storyline as it provides a way for mutants to return with their memories intact, which plays a significant role in the ongoing conflict and survival of mutants.

💡Quiet Council

The 'Quiet Council' is the governing body formed in the 'Age of X-Men' to oversee the mutant population living in Krakoa. It is composed of key figures like Magneto, Apocalypse, and Professor Xavier, highlighting the political structure and leadership within the mutant society.

💡Crucible

The 'Crucible' is a mechanism introduced in the script that allows mutants who lost their powers to regain them through honorable combat against Apocalypse. It is a significant plot device that impacts the mutant population's dynamics and their struggle for identity and power.

💡Orcus

Orcus is an organization with a vendetta against mutants, aiming for their destruction. In the script, it plays a critical role in the later stages of the 'Age of X-Men', culminating in a major conflict known as the 'Fall of X'.

💡Ameny War

The 'Ameny War' is a historical conflict within the 'Age of X-Men' narrative, involving a battle against the forces of Annihilation led by the dark goddess Amenth. It is a key event that shapes the history of Krakoa and the mutant population, with consequences that extend into the modern era.

💡Inferno

Inferno is a storyline in the 'Age of X-Men' that brings the narrative to a head, revealing Mora MCTaggert's true intentions and the dark secret behind the resurrection protocols. It is a pivotal moment that leads to significant upheaval and conflict within the mutant society.

💡Moira X

Moira X is the machine embodiment of Mora MCTaggert's consciousness, created after her banishment and eventual death. In the script, Moira X joins Orcus and provides critical information that leads to the 'Fall of X', illustrating a dramatic shift in allegiance and the escalation of conflict.

💡Sentinel City

Sentinel City is an AI-controlled orbital platform that manufactures Sentinels with the intent to wipe out both humans and mutants. It represents the technological threat and the culmination of the 'Fall of X' storyline, where the mutants must confront and overcome an existential threat posed by advanced AI.

💡Hellfire Gala

The 'Hellfire Gala' is an annual event in the 'Age of X-Men' where Krakoa opens its doors to non-mutants. In the script, it is the setting for the surprise attack by Orcus, marking a turning point in the conflict and leading to a series of dramatic events that shape the conclusion of the 'Age of X-Men'.

Highlights

The 'Age of X-Men' in Marvel Comics is initiated by Mora MCTaggert, a mutant with the ability to reset the timeline upon her death.

Mora MCTaggert realizes the inevitability of a war between humans and mutants across her multiple lives.

In one life, Bolivar Trask launches Sentinels that wipe out mutants, prompting Mora to warn the X-Men in another life.

Mora allies with Magneto due to his power and fanaticism, leading to a conflict with the X-Men and Avengers.

In her 10th life, Mora consolidates mutants away from humans, leading to the formation of Krakoa.

Krakoa is founded with the hiding of Mora and the faking of her death to prevent timeline resets.

The Quiet Council is formed to govern mutants on Krakoa, with Magneto, Apocalypse, and Xavier as the chief members.

Resurrection protocols are established to bring back dead mutants with their memories intact.

The Crucible is created for mutants who lost their powers to regain them through honorable combat against Apocalypse.

Orcus, an organization with a vendetta against mutants, becomes a significant threat during the 'Fall of X'.

The 'Ameny War' involves a history of a larger landmass called Okkara and a conflict with a dark goddess named Annihilation.

Apocalypse's wife Genesis and an army of mutants seal a portal to another dimension, splitting Okkara into Earth's Krakoa and the dimension of Amentia's Ororo.

The 'To-Swords' tournament is a battle for the right to invade Earth, ending with Apocalypse proposing a truce and joining his wife in Ororo.

New mutants from Ororo cause conflict on Earth, leading them to establish a new home on Mars called New Ororo.

The 'Inferno' storyline reveals Mora's plan to phase out the X-Gene by resurrecting mutants without powers, aiming to end the mutant-human war.

Mora's consciousness is backed up to a machine body called Moira X after her death, which later joins Orcus.

The 'Hellfire Gala' is a peaceful event that turns into a battleground when Orcus attacks during the gala, leading to the displacement of mutants.

Orcus uses a 'kill switch' in medicines to blackmail Krakoa, forcing mutants to leave Earth or face mass human deaths.

The 'Fall of X' sees the mutant population fighting against an AI threat, Sentinel City, led by the self-aware Nimrod Sentinel.

The 'Age of X-Men' concludes with the mutants relocating to Upstate New York after the defeat of Orcus and Sentinel City.

Transcripts

so we just got out of the Ken age of the

X-Men in Marvel Comics and I think a lot

of people are interested in it but they

don't really have the time to basically

read through the whole thing so I'm

going to summarize it for you guys here

using broad Strokes so the Cen age of

the X-Men started because of a woman

named Mora MCT tagger she was a mutant

and she had the ability to reset the

timeline every time she died what this

meant was that at the end of her first

life she died of congestive heart

failure a natural normal death then she

was reborn into her second life and she

started realizing something was off

because she remembered everything from

the first and the third life when she

died she remembered everything from the

first and second life and so over the

course of these nine lives that she

lived she rapidly started to realize

that there would always be a war between

the humans and mutants of Earth it was

unavoidable and mutants were always

destroyed so in one life for example she

realizes that bolivard tras launches his

Sentinels against the mutant population

and wipes them all out so in the next

life she tries to beat tras to the punch

she warns the X-Men of what's going to

happen but they still lose she allies

herself with Magneto because of how

powerful he is and how fanatical he is

this leads to the X-Men and the Avengers

allying to destroy Magneto and so when

she's reborn into her 10th life which is

the current timeline in Marvel Comics

she decides to consolidate the mutant

population away from the entirety of the

human population and this is what leads

to kcoa she ends up basically meeting

with Professor Xavier and Magneto shows

them the lives that she lived and they

come to see that what she's talking

about is true so when kcoa was formed

the first thing that Xavier Mora and

Magneto did is they hid Mora away and

then faked her death the reason being

because if she were to die it would

reset the timeline the second reason is

actually a much much darker reason that

not even Xavier and Magneto Noah about

and I'll tell you about that once we get

to the end of the video because it's

absolutely mindblowing but once kcoa is

founded Xavier and Magneto open the

doors to the entirety of the mutant

population across the world only mutants

were allowed to live on ccoa which is a

very important thing I want you to keep

that in the back of your head and so

what they do after that is they form

What's called the Quai Council believing

that if all these mutants are going to

live on a single land mass they all need

to be governed in some capacity the quii

council had members but the three Chief

members the heads of The Quiet Council

were basically Magneto apocalypse and

Xavier and so following that they formed

what was called the resurrection

protocols basically any Mutant that dies

can now be resurrected from the dead and

what they would do is they would

constantly back up their brains to a

computer so when they were resurrected

they would remember everything up to the

moment of their death and this was done

for a couple different reasons the first

was because kcoa knew that over time

that mutants would end up being killed

particularly the X-Men right they'd be S

on missions they would be destroyed they

would have to find a way to bring them

back the second reason is because after

the events of House of M when the

Scarlet Witch took away 98% of the

mutant population's Powers what kakoa

ended up doing was establishing

something called The Crucible that these

mutants who lost their powers after

House of M could actually fight

apocalypse to the death and as long as

they fought in honorable combat meaning

they kept fighting until the moment they

were killed they would be resurrect Ed

with their powers now there is an

organization out there or at least was

called orcus orcus was basically a

coming together of humans from across

the world that had some kind of Vendetta

against the mutant population and they

just wanted to see the mutants destroyed

orcus itself does not actually become a

major threat until you get to the fall

of X the only real involvement that kcoa

had when it came to orcus during the

cran age was the assignment by Mor MCT

tager to stop the Nimrod Sentinel from

being developed because Nimrod was so

incredibly powerful it could adapt to

anybody's abilities it could figure out

what their weaknesses were and use those

weaknesses against them it was a one-man

Army having one is enough having an army

of them would guarantee the destruction

of the mutant population the first major

thing that happened when it came to the

ciran age was something called the ameny

war and it's actually the coolest part

of the cran age so the amyy war kicked

off with a little bit of history that we

we weren't aware of before and what we

ended up learning is that thousands of

years ago kcoa was not always kcoa

instead it was part of a larger land

mass called okara and what ended up

happening is this dark goddess called

Annihilation from a dimension known as

amonth cut a hole through reality and

then invaded Earth at that point the

only real Force out there that could

hold off Annihilation was apocalypse his

wife Genesis in the army of mutants they

had at that point in time the problem

was that because of how intense the

fighting was and because of how powerful

the forces of annihilation were

apocalypse and his wife Genesis realized

the only way to win the war was to enter

the portal to the other side into the

dimension of amonth and seal the portal

off which is exactly what Genesis and

that army of mutants did they invaded

the portal they sealed it shut but when

they did that it cut okara in two the

half that remained on Earth was ccoa the

other half stayed in the dimension of

amonth and was named oraco and so fast

forward to the modern day and what you

end up learning is that over these

thousands of years when Genesis and her

forces were fighting for their lives day

after day that ultimately Genesis was

corrupted by Annihilation when that

happened Genesis seized control of

annihilation forces and then along with

the army of mutants that she already had

at her disposal invaded a place called

other World why because they couldn't

reopen the portal that would take them

directly to Earth an otherw world is a

dimension that exists outside of space

and time but can access Earth so it was

kind of an indirect way of conquering

Earth itself but because of the fact

that a direct head toad war between the

forces of kcoa and the forces of oraco

or the forces of Genesis would have laid

waste to reality a tournament was

orchestrated called T of swords and what

this did is it saw Genesis sending

forward five of her soldiers alongside

ccoa sending forward five of their own

and it basically turned into Mortal

Combat whichever side won would be able

to decree what happened next so if

Genesis and her forces won they would be

allowed to invade Earth but if kakoa and

their forces won Genesis would never be

allowed to invade again what ended up

happening at the end of the ameny war

was actually a third option that nobody

had consider Ed that what apocalypse did

is he basically introduced the idea of a

truce that somebody from kakoa would

leave and join oraco somebody from oraco

would leave and join kcoa and so

apocalypse chose to travel to oraco to

rejoin his wife Genesis but what he did

is he chose the very island of oraco

itself to leave the dimension of amonth

and travel to earth and so when that

happened it brought forward all these

milon ions of mutants that are just

super powerful and don't know anything

but conflict the reason why I phrase it

that way is because when they arrived on

Earth it became very clear very fast

that because of just differences in

their ideologies there could be no

peaceful coexistence between the mutants

of oraco and the mutants of ccoa and so

what ended up happening is that all

these mutants these New Mutants ended up

traveling to Mars they renamed it to New

oraco and then just took up Res there

now this officially ends the ameny war

and provides us with this landscape

where you now have two separate groups

of mutants but the third thing that

happens during the Ken age is a

storyline called Inferno and this is

when you start to see the ending of the

cran Age come to fruition the idea with

Inferno is that it brought to a head

more MCT tager and the true reason why

it was kcoa was developed so what we

ended up learning here is that over the

lives that Mor MC tager had she came to

believe there was no conceivable way

that mutants could defeat Humanity so

the idea of the Resurrection protocols

were developed to basically get rid of

mutants that the intention of Mor M

tager was to have the resurrection

protocols work in such a way that if

over the course of 100 years 15,000

mutants die 150 of them would be brought

back with no powers and they would be

kicked off the island of kcoa it was

basically phasing the X Gene out of the

mutant population by using the

resurrection process so that over time

there would be no more mutants on Earth

because in her mind the only way to save

the mutant population was to take away

the very thing that would lead to the

war between themselves and Humanity it

was turning mutants into humans once

this was learned everything went

sideways fast the other thing that

happened here was that Mora MCT tager

forbid the resurrection of a character

named Destiny this was important because

Destiny was a mutant that had the

ability to see the future and as soon as

Destiny arrived onto the scene she would

have immediately told everybody this

chick's nefarious and she wants to wipe

us all out but what ended up happening

is that Destiny's lover Mystique

resurrected her in secret and that's

where Inferno officially kicks off

because once this goes down Destiny and

Mystique basically try to kill Mora MCT

tager and ultimately she saved d by a

mutant named Cipher also known as

Douglas Ramsey he's kind of the voice of

the island of kcoa but keeping things

simple here he basically banishes uh

Mora MCT tager and tells her this is

just a stop Gap measure mystique and

Destiny will come for you and when they

do they will kill you and so that's

exactly what happens eventually moram

mcgard's killed but what she had done

before her death is she had backed up

her Consciousness to basically a machine

body that machine activated and started

calling calling itself Moira X why does

that matter well now we bring in orcus

and this is the official takedown of the

X-Men and the start of fall of X so what

ends up happening is Moira X knowing

everything that Moira mctaggert knew

travels and joins orcus and she gives

them all the information they would ever

need to launch an attack against the

mutant population she gives them K coa's

defense capabilities its power

structures its power hierarchies what

people's patrols are the whole nine

yards and so the official start of fall

of X and orc's attack against the mutant

population happens during What's called

the Hellfire Gala and the Hellfire Gala

was the one time out of the year when

kcoa opened its doors not just to

mutants but to anybody who was out there

humans and so on and so forth for the

most part it was just like government

dignitaries who would show up you'd get

back alley deals and different things

like that and you would see superheroes

the Fantastic 4 The Avengers different

things along those lines in the midst of

the Hellfire Gala when everybody's guard

is down orcus attacks they initially

send in Nimrod who basically wipes out

Iceman uh Jean Gray and Juggernaut and

then all these Gates that are used for

travel in and out of kcoa all activate

and all these soldiers of orcus come

pouring in guns blazing they're killing

everything in sight now this is one of

the things that we left out and I wanted

to explain it at this point in time in

the very early founding of kcoa as a way

to basically get different countries to

recognize kcoa as a Sovereign Nation

what kcoa did is they developed

different medicines that could cure any

mental illness like schizophrenia or

dementia Alzheimer's as well as

medicines that could prolong a person's

life these medicines were given out only

to countries that allowed the mutants in

their countries to leave and join kcoa

what orcus did is they claimed to have

basically put a kill switch in those

medicines and that if that kill switch

is activated any human that had taken

the cran medicines would be killed and

what it would look like is the X-Men

were secretly trying to wipe humans out

in order to keep that from happening

Xavier was given a choice either he

forces the mutants of ccoa to walk

through the gates off Earth to wherever

it is that it takes them or the kill

switches will be activated and so Xavier

forces the mutants to leave now that

goes into this great big huge situation

where they end up in a place called The

White hot room the easiest way to

explain this is that these you know

however many mutants 200 and something

thousand mutants left kcoa and just

ended up in a place beyond all space and

time the idea was that when the war came

there'd be like

250,000 mutants waiting in the wings for

the chance to attack the next thing

orcus did is they took Cyclops and they

basically used him as a kind of puppet

in a kangaroo court that by putting him

on trial they were metaphorically

putting the mutant race on trial and he

was supposed to be publicly executed the

big turn and everything came to a head

when we ended up learning that when

orcus had created The nrod Sentinel that

nrod had become self-aware that what it

started doing was developing something

called Sentinel City effectively this

just giant orbital platform that was

manufacturing Sentinels at an

exponential rate with the intention of

sending them to Earth and wiping out

both humans and mutants and so over the

course of the fall of X orcus in the

traditional sense which is to say the

organization that was founded and led by

humans Was Defeated and the story

ultimately turned into the mutant

population fighting AI this led to

Magneto alongside his daughter Polaris

working alongside storm to literally

overload the entirety of Sentinel City

blowing the thing to smithin and

essentially defeating the Sentinels

which led to the ending of the Kuran age

truth to tell if I'm being quite honest

with you guys Marvel rushed the ending

of fall of X of the ending of the Cen

age the buildup was awesome what it

basically turned into was oh no orcus

attacked us I guess we can't live here

anymore and then they just went to go

live in Upstate New York that's

literally how it ended a lot of people

were really really upset about how it

was handled again we're leaving out a

lot of the finer details here but let me

know if you guys are interested in the

just kind of General summ of like major

expansive story arcs that happen over

the course of comic books but let me

know what you guys think down in the

comment section than you all for

watching and I will catch you all later

peace