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admonition : SPOILERS forExcalibur # 1
TheX - Men ’s new mutant commonwealth was invaded by a mystical force inExcalibur#1 - and it could be a very familiar foe . Jonathan Hickman ’s ten - Men relaunch has seen the Adam - Men show a mutant commonwealth on the living island of Krakoa . And it has n’t taken long for Krakoa to come under plan of attack .
To the X - Men ’s surprise , the first invader is likely a mystical force play develop from a kingdom call in Otherworld . A mysterious portal has opened between Otherworld and Krakoa , and Apocalypse persuadedRogueto attempt to debilitate power from it . Too of late , the XTC - Men realized that there was some form of entity inside the portal , a mystic being that was assay a host . It ’s left Rogue comatose , her body apparently transmutating . Disturbingly , Excalibur#1 subtly hints thatApocalypseintended this to materialise .
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Excalibur#1 advisedly avoids identifying the magical entity , but it may have provide a clue . The same outlet reveals that the X - man have just used their Cerebro / cloning technology to resurrect Jamie Braddock , an Z degree mutant with the power to distort reality . Brother of Psylocke and Captain Britain , Jamie Braddock ’s mind is twisted and broken . He was in reality killed by Psylocke herself , in purchase order to avert a future timeline … in which he struck a mass with a magical force play that claim his physical structure as a host .
According toUncanny X - Force#23 , this quasi - diabolical entity was a creature call Horo’amce . Psylocke describe Horo’amce as " the goat devil of ego - propagation , " and unveil that he subsist purely to spread , to multiply and dominate . While the idea of a goat - demon seems a petty left - field to American reviewer , Excaliburis hard influenced by British mysticism , and they ’re a lot more common in European witchcraft mythology . Some learner point to the influence of Grecian mythology ( with gods such as Pan ) , or the Medieval daemon Baphomet , who the Knights Templar were accused of worshiping in the 1300s . Marvel ’s Horo’amce is an interesting and sinewy foe , and he ’d be fascinated by the idea of Krakoa , where potential clone - organic structure host are being create by the thousands every day .
If this is indeed Horo’amce , then it suggests the ex - Men have unwittingly reinitiated a timeline Psylocke had take extreme measures to avoid . The puppet has go far on Krakoa , but there ’s perfectly no understanding to expert it to remain inside Rogue ’s body . rather , it will seek a novel host - and it will naturally look towards the most powerful Omega variation like Jamie Braddock . Should Jamie Braddock ’s power and the consumptive desires of Horo’amce combine , then Otherworld itself will in all likelihood fall under its sway - and from there , Horo’amce could spread throughout the entire Multiverse .
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