X-Men Forever (vol. 1) #1 (Jan. 2001):
“The Destiny Pact”
by Fabian Nicieza, Kevin Maguire, Andrew Pepoy

X-Men Forever (vol. 1) #1

Title: “The Destiny Pact”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 2001

Publisher:
Written by: Fabian Nicieza
Art by: Kevin Maguire, Andrew Pepoy

62 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Phoenix (Jean Grey)	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Iceman (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Mystique (Raven Darkholme)	mutant supremacist; manifestly non-religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark X-Men...  Freedom Force; The Marauders; The Mutant Underground; X-Corps; X-Factor; X-Men; Xavier Institute: Gambit's squad		451
Juggernaut (Cain Marko)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Brotherhood of Mutants; Excalibur...  Exemplars; The Exiles; X-Men		387
Toad (Mortimer Toynbee)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Misfits...  The 198		310
Prosh	N.A.	X-Factor; X-Force [ancient A.I. created by Celestials]		65
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Cable (Nathan Christopher Summers)	Askani (leader)	Cable's Underground (leader); Clan Chosen...  Six Pack; The New Mutants (leader); The Twelve; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		666
Gambit (Remy LeBeau)	Cajun Catholic	Horsemen of Apocalypse; The Marauders...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Ternals; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		954
Inhumans	Inhuman religion	[hidden race]		467
Graydon Creed	anti-mutant	Friends of Humanity (leader); Purifiers...  The Upstarts [son of Sabretooth and Mystique]		61
Senator Robert Kelly	anti-mutant activist; (AoA) mutant-human peace activist	Project: Wideawake		84
Celestials	Celestial	[alien race]		155
Xavier Institute		[high school]		373
Ruckus (Clement Wilson)	mutant supremacist	Nasty Boys (leader)		15
Madeline Drake	Jewish	[mother of Iceman]		13
William Drake	Catholic	[father of Iceman]		16
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
Ms. Parsons		[1st app: X-Men Forever (vol. 1) #1 (Jan. 2001)]		1
The Beast (Hank McCoy) (flashback cameo)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Angel (Warren Worthington III) (flashback cameo)	Episcopalian	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Renegades; Secret Defenders; St. Joe's Preparatory School; The Champions; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		1,741
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (flashback cameo)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (flashback cameo)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
Kitty Pryde (flashback cameo)	Jewish	Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Exiles; X-Men		3,128
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (flashback cameo)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur) (flashback cameo)	Clan Akkaba; Transhumanist / Social Darwinist	Arab; Dark Riders (leader)...  Horsemen of Apocalypse (founder); The Alliance of Evil (founder)		315
Skrulls (flashback cameo)	Skrull religion	[alien race]		344
Kree (flashback cameo)	Kree religion	[alien race]		238
Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon) (flashback cameo)	Inhuman religion	Illuminati; Inhuman Royal Family...  Inhumans; Inhuman		505
Medusa (Medusalith Boltagon) (flashback cameo)	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans...  Inhuman; Lady Liberators; The Fantastic Four; The Frightful Four		416
Triton (flashback cameo)	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans...  Inhuman		278
Phoenix (flashback cameo)	cosmic entity	The Hellfire Club; X-Men		129
Ikaris (flashback cameo)  During Prosh's account of history, Ikaris is shown as a representative of the Eternals.	Eternals religion	Eternals; New Breed...  Star Masters; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		103
The Watcher (Uatu) (flashback cameo)	monotheist / Watcher religion, focusing on non-interference and observation	The Watchers		582
Onslaught (flashback cameo)		[dark side of Xavier and Magneto]		56
Eternity (flashback cameo)	cosmic entity	Seven Friendless		84
The Living Monolith (Ahmet Abdol) (flashback cameo)	Egyptian classical religion: Cult of the Living Monolith (leader)	Children of the Sun (leader); The Twelve		46
O (Order) (flashback cameo)	cosmic entity	Young Allies (Counter Earth) [embodiment of Order]		14
K (Chaos) (flashback cameo)	cosmic entity	Young Allies (Counter Earth) [embodiment of Chaos]		16
Domina (flashback cameo)		Neo; Warclan		9
Jaeger (flashback cameo)  During Prosh's account of history, Domina and Jaeger are show as representatives of the Neo.		Neo; Warclan		3
Eon (flashback cameo)	cosmic entity	[embodiment of time; appoints protector of the universe]		9
The In-Betweener (flashback cameo)	cosmic entity	[1st app: Warlock (vol. 1) #9 (Oct. 1975)]		4
Infinity (flashback cameo)	cosmic entity	[personification of sum total of all that exists]		31
Living Tribunal (flashback cameo)	cosmic entity	[1st app: Strange Tales (vol. 1) #157]		8
Oneg the Prober (cameo)	Celestial	Celestial [experimenter, implementer]		9
Oblivion (flashback cameo)	cosmic entity; Nihilist	[ 1st app: (cameo) Iceman (vol. 1) #1 (Dec. 1984); (full) Iceman (vol. 1) #3 (Apr. 1985) ]		12
The Watchers (flashback cameo)	Watcher religion	[alien race]		38
Deviants (flashback cameo)		[hidden race]
Eternals (flashback cameo)		[hidden race]
Ethicals (flashback cameo)
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) (talked to, but not seen or heard)  Phoenix (Jean Grey) talked to Sam Guthrie on the phone.	Baptist	Academy of Tomorrow; The Avengers...  The New Mutants; X-Corporation; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		831
White Queen (Emma Frost) (someone disguised or dressed as)  Prosh (Ship) assumed the form of Emma Frost in Iceman's body (based on an earlier event).	Episcopalian (nominal); mutant supremacist	Academy of Tomorrow; Dark X-Men...  Generation X (teacher); The Cabal; The Council of the Chosen; The Inner Circle; X-Men		3,409
Destiny (Irene Adler) (someone disguised or dressed as)  actually Prosh (Ship), disguised as	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Freedom Force...  HYDRA		127
Death (someone disguised or dressed as)  Prosh took the form of the cosmic construction worker (revealed in Excalibur #23 to be a manifestation of Death) who confronted Phoenix after she sacrificed herself on the moon.	cosmic entity	[embodies death/mortality]		587
The Stranger (someone disguised or dressed as)  actually Prosh (Ship), disguised as	pseudo-cosmic entity	[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #11 (May 1965)]		188
Kurt Marko (someone disguised or dressed as)  actually Prosh (Ship), disguised as		[Juggernaut's father; Charles Xavier's step-father]		17
Franklin Richards (mentioned)  Prosh explains that timelines have been created and mixed due to mutants like Legion, Apocalypse, Franklin Richards, and Onslaught.	Episcopalian	Daydreamers; Fantastic Five...  Fantastic Force; Generation X; Power Pack; The Fantastic Four		650
Legion (David Haller) (mentioned)  Prosh explains that timelines have been created and mixed due to mutants like Legion, Apocalypse, Franklin Richards, and Onslaught.	Jewish; part Muslim	X-Men		59
Mannites (mentioned)  Prosh explains that genetic diversity has advanced beyond mutants with the Mannites and the Neo.		[young people created by nanotech]		6
Elders of the Universe (mentioned)  Prosh returns to Earth to gather a group of key mutants who will go on a time trip through their pasts to learn the lessons needed to keep the Elders of the Universe from destroying humanity.
The Neo (mentioned)  Prosh explains that genetic diversity has advanced beyond mutants with the Mannites and the Neo.		[hidden race]		82

In this issue, Prosh (who was previously X-Factor's "Ship") returns to Earth and gathers five people who are key in this plan to save humanity. In gathering them, he visits each of them in the form of a key figure from their past. Prosh:
- visits Phoenix (Jean Grey) in the form of the cosmic construction worker (a manifestation of Death) who confronted her after she sacrificed herself on the moon
- visits Mystique as Irene Adler (Destiny)
- visits Iceman as Emma Frost in Iceman's body (as seen in Uncanny X-Men #314)
- visits Juggernaut as his father, Kurt Marko
- visits Toad as the Stranger

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for X-Men Forever #1 (Jan. 2001) created 21 November 2013. Last modified 3 February 2018.

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