Timeline
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Overall timeline of pre-game and game events. Plots listed are those with (eventual) mansion-wide impact.
Pre-X2
1937 - Charles Xavier born
1940 - Cain Marko born
1954 - Erik Lehnsherr meets Charles Xavier.
Late 1970s - Mistra created.
1976 - Charles Xavier has a climbing accident in Switzerland, his injuries confine him to a wheelchair.
1980 - During renovation of the mansion into a school for mutants, Erik Lehnsherr lives in New York with Charles Xavier and Gabrielle Haller. The three become active in civil rights and research into the newly-discovered "mutant gene". (*)
1982 - Erik and Charles begin work on Cerebro and other technological advances in the mansion. (*)
1986 - Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters is opened to students. Thirteen year old Jean Grey is the first.
1987 - Kevin MacTaggart is born.
1988 - Hank McCoy comes to the school.
1991 - Moira MacTaggart begins accepting private patients on Muir Island Research Facility.
1993 - Scott Summers comes to the school.
1994 - Eric Lehnsherr and Charles Xavier have a falling out and Eric Lehnsherr leaves the mansion forever. Kevin MacTaggart dies.
1995 - David Haller is brought to Muir Island.
1996 - Haller transfers to the school. Morlock Massacre.
1997 - Nathan Dayspring arrives at Muir Island for treatment. Ororo Munroe and Warren Worthington arrive at the school.
1998 - Haller leaves Xavier's and returns to Muir Island.
1999 - Sam Guthrie, Bobby Drake and Theresa Cassidy come to Xavier's. Scott becomes leader of the X-Men.
2000 - Haller spends a month at Xavier's. Kitty Pryde, John Allerdyce and Piotr Rasputin arrive at the school. Pete Wisdom meets Charles Xavier.
2001 - Jubilation Lee comes to the school. Pete Wisdom becomes British government liason to the school. Betsy Braddock blinded during a S.T.R.I.K.E. mission.
2002 -
- Massachusetts Academy attacked by a Sentinel. Most of the student body wiped out. Emma Frost arrives at the school.
- (March) Betsy Braddock arrives at the school.
- (October) Artie Maddicks and Illyana Rasputin arrive at the school.
- (November) The events of X1 and the arrival of Marie D'Ancato and Logan.
- (December) Lorna Dane arrives at the school.
2003
January
February
March - Alison Blaire arrives at the school.
April
May - Scott becomes headmaster.
- Arrivals: Madelyn Bartlet, Nathaniel Essex, Kurt Wagner, Jamie Madrox, Jonothan Starsmore, Sarah Morlocke, Everett Thomas, Marie-Ange Colbert, Rahne Sinclair and Haroun al-Rashid.
June
- Plots: Crimson Dawn - Betsy Braddock approaches Nathaniel Essex about restoring her sight.
- Arrivals: Paige Guthrie, Alex Summers
July
- Plots: Crimson Dawn - Betsy prepares for her surgery in secret.
August - Information on the Sentinel project uncovered.
- Plots: X-Men Mission: Pyro - John Allerdyce is retrieved from the Brotherhood of Mutants
- Arrivals: Doug Ramsey, Angelo Espinosa
September - Alison Blaire becomes student counsellor. Pete is fired by the British government.
- Plots: Crimson Dawn - Betsy's surgery lands her in a coma.
- Arrivals: Moira MacTaggart, Tabitha Smith
October - Pete becomes the self defence teacher. Marie-Ange's precognition begins to surface.
November - Emma is kidnapped by a Sentinel.
- Plots: Crimson Dawn - Students kidnap Betsy from the school and Essex completes her surgery with an experimental process.
- Arrivals: Shiro Yoshida, Cain Marko, Jake Gavin
- Departures: Dr. Nathaniel Essex.
December - Emma retrieved by Pete and Brian Braddock
- Plots: Something Wicked - Betsy notices something strange about herself post-surgery.
- Arrivals: Monet St. Croix, Manuel de la Rocha, Shinobi Shaw, Leech, Clarice Ferguson
- Departures: Haroun al-Rashid
2004
January -
- Plots: British Invasion - Pete's former employers attack. Something Wicked - Betsy behaves strangely.
- Arrivals: Remy LeBeau, Amanda Sefton
February - Red X launched by the Red Cross. HeliX created by Jamie Madrox.
- Plots: Something Wicked - Kwannon becomes more active and uses others to trap Betsy. Love Potion Number Nine - A spell goes disastrously awry for Amanda and Doug. Limbo (plot) - Illyana is kidnapped by Belasco and ages into adolescence.
- Arrivals: Nathan Dayspring
March - First manifestation of Askani
- Plots: Something Wicked - Kwannon is revealed and eventually imprisoned in Betsy's mind.
- Arrivals: Jane Doe
April
- Departures: Everett Thomas
May -
- Plots: Skippy (plot) - Jamie's evil dupe attacks.
- Departures: Emma Frost, Marie D'Ancato, Logan
June -
- Plots: Marauders (plot) - Sarah faces off against the Marauders (new) and is killed, but manages to heal.
July -
- Plots: Collateral Damage - Mistra attack Nathan at Columbia University.
- Arrivals: Sean Cassidy, Kylun, Jean-Paul Beaubier, Cecilia Reyes, Haroun al-Rashid
August -
- Plots: Asgard - Students and teachers are kidnapped to Asgard by Loki. Trojan Horse - Nathan is recaptured by Mistra.
- Arrivals: Xi'an Coy Manh
- Departures: John Allerdyce
September -
- Arrivals: Jay Guthrie, Jeanne-Marie Beaubier, Wanda Maximoff
October - Lockheed hatches.
- Plots: Repodemon - Demon attack at the Halloween party. One To The Chest - Doug gets shot.
- Arrivals: Kyle Gibney, Forge
- Departures: Cecilia Reyes, Shinobi Shaw
November -
- Plots: Sound and Fury - The Brotherhood attacks Miles Blaire and Alison at the mall. Heiress Discordia - Manuel's mind is wiped.
- Arrivals: Catseye
- Departures: Sarah Morlocke
December -
- Plots: Remy's Eleven - Staff and students coduct a heist in Las Vegas. Proteus (plot) - Moira's ex sends a reality-warping mutant to attack Muir Island at New Year's.
- Arrivals: Danielle Moonstar
- Departures: Jean-Paul Beaubier, Jeanne-Marie Beaubier
2005
January - Tommy Jones burns down the CoffeeQuake.
- Arrivals: Hank McCoy (from an absence)
February -
- Plots: Hellfire and Damnation - The killer of Pete's father is revealed and Pete leaves for revenge. Infectia (plot) - Hank gets killer cooties.
March -
- Plots: Reavers (plot) - Reavers attack the school and are repelled. Thermopylae - Mistra is defeated on Youra.
- Arrivals: Jean Grey
April - Pete becomes White King of the Hellfire Club
- Plots: This Love, This Hate - Tommy beats Jay nearly to death.
- Arrivals: Jake Gavin (after an absence), Meggan Szardos
May - Birth of William Norton McCoy. Marriage of Nathan and Moira.
June - Nathan's father Saul Morrow, makes an appearance.
July - Death of Charlie Plunder
- Plots: Bad Blood - Sabretooth abducts and tortures Alison.
- Departures: Monet St. Croix
- Arrivals: Jennie Stavros
August - Birth of Rachel Kinross
- Plots: With Malice Aforethought - Lorna is abducted and controlled by Magneto; Just One Drug - Amanda makes a deal with the devil. Traitor - Tommy Jones is outed as a mutant.
- Arrivals: Tommy Jones
September - Stepford Cuckoos brought to the mansion
- Plots: Upgrade - Haroun's new legs. Hellfire and Damnation - Nate fights Pete.
- Arrivals: Warren Worthington (after an absence)
October - Jono recovers his body, with the help of Forge and Paige.
- Plots: With Malice Aforethought - Forge is kidnapped by Lorna and builds the Neutralizer. High Cost Of Living - Amanda uses the energy of others to heal Remy from life-threatening injuries.
- Arrivals: Marius Laverne
November - Pete returns to the school after taking down Selene.
- Plots: Mutants and Molotovs - Riots in Seattle.
December -
- Plots: No Way Out - Tommy attempts suicide.
- Arrivals: Dr. Amelia Voght
- Departures: Jane Doe, Meggan Szardos, Madelyn Bartlet, Hank McCoy, Amanda Sefton, Remy LeBeau
2006
January - Marriage of Jean and Scott
- Plots: Trinity - Bridge is killed by Gideon Faraday
- Arrivals: David Haller
- Departures: Manuel de la Rocha
February -
- Plots: Not So Plain Jane - Jean's mind is taken over by an alter ego called Jane.
- Arrivals: Karolina Dean
March -
- Plots: Not So Plain Jane - Jane continues to wreck havoc on Jean's life.
- Arrivals: Logan, Amanda Sefton, Remy LeBeau
April -
- Plots: House of Wind - Nathan faces down Gideon Faraday.
- Departures: Alison Blaire, Miles Blaire, Haroun al-Rashid, Warren Worthington, Piotr Rasputin
May - Creation of X-Force and the Snow Valley Memorial Center for Mutant Affairs
- Plots: Operation: Opening Salvo - Pete brings together a team to rescue Romany Wisdom.
- Arrivals: Marie D'Ancato
June -
- Plots: Ghost of a Chance - Strange visions of alternate presents afflict the mansion. The Enemy Within - Cain vs. Cyttorak.
- Arrivals: Crystal Amaquelin, Kevin Ford, Sarah Morlocke, Mondo
July - Nathan buys a young mutant girl in Afghanistan.
- Plots: The Rictor Effect - Julio knocks down San Diego. Bleeding - Marius leaves the school.
- Arrivals: Julio Richter
- Departures: Jay Guthrie, Jubilation Lee, Jean Grey, Kitty Pryde, Jamie Madrox, Kylun
August - Marriage of Terry and Bobby.
- Plots: Bleeding - Marius' situation gets increasingly desperate and he buys a young Albanian girl to help with his powers.
- Arrivals: Sooraya Qadir, Angelica Jones, Mark Sheppard, Amara Aquilla
September - Nathan starts using the firebird exoskeleton.
- Plots: Bleeding - Marius is taken down, Manuel is hit by a truck. Mommy Dearest Redux - Kurt goes to find his mother, Mystique.
- Arrivals: Medusa Amaquelin, Yvette Petrovic
October - Marius is cured.
- Plots: Mommy Dearest Redux - Kurt protects Mystique from being captured by the X-Men.
- Arrivals: Pietro Maximoff
- Departures: Sean Cassidy, Manuel de la Rocha
November -
- Plots: The Gates - Riots in a Smichov mutant ghetto.
- Arrivals: Garrison Kane, Jean Grey (from an absence)
- Departures: Jono Starsmore, Kevin Ford, Paige Guthrie (to assist at Muir Island)
December - X-Force spend Christmas under quarantine.
- Plots: Living Pele - Alex is used as a power source for an Hawaiian "goddess".
- Arrivals: Alex Summers (from an absence)
2007
January - Kurt Wagner changes his name to Kurt Sefton and has his scars removed after a powers incident.
- Plots: When It All Goes Wrong Again - students fall into a coma after a field trip. Minitooth - Sabretooth is captured trying to assassinate a politician.
February - Red X goes to Kansas City.
- Departures: Forge (to Muir Island on sabbatical); Cain Marko
March - Haller discovers he is Xavier's son.
- Plots: Kaiten - Scott almost becomes a bomb, Angelo goes undercover, the terrorists are defeated.
- Arrivals: Monet St. Croix, Tabitha Smith, Janet Van Dyne, Forge (from sabbatical), Cain Marko (from an absence)
April - Possession Night at Harry's
- Plots: This Savage Land - a field trip goes wrong and dinosaurs attack New York; Remix - the adults run afoul of a gender-swapping mutant.
- Arrivals: John Allerdyce
- Departures: Janet Van Dyne (to complete high school at her own school); Bobby Drake (to oversee Cassidy Keep).
May - Kurt discovers his father.
- Plots: Remix - the staff have their genders swapped for a week; Ahab - three students are taken and made into Hounds.
- Departures: Theresa Cassidy (to join Bobby at Cassidy Keep); Lorna Dane (for a months' research project).
June - The Askani are invoked by an astral projector, Tara Trask.
- Plots: Voodoo Child - three-quarters of the mansion is held hostage by a Selene cult; Sound of Silence - Attilan disappears, taking with it Crystal, Medusa and Forge.
- Arrivals: Jonothan Starsmore and Paige Guthrie from Muir Island Research Facility, Lorna Dane from her project; Amahl Farouk, new staff member.
- Departures: Crystal Amaquelin and Medusa Amaquelin, returning home to Attilan.
July - Great Rift - Elpis helps T'Challa against vibranium smugglers.
- Plots: Sound of Silence - light is shed on the Attilan mystery.
- Departures: Lorna Dane, moving out of the mansion
August - Terry and Bobby's wedding
- Plots: Sound of Silence - Attilan returns; Alexander's Wall - Magneto gains a new potential Brotherhood of Mutants member.
- Arrivals: Forge, from Attilan; Crystal Amaquelin, for a visit; Theresa Cassidy for school.
September - Death of Margali Szardos; Marie discovers her father is Mystique
- Plots:
- Arrivals: Noriko Kikuchi