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.

• Plots: X2 - Jean 'dies' and John joins Magneto.

• 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.

• Plots: Kaiten - mutant terrorists strike at Elpis and other targets.

• 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