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Brothers and sisters ofKrakoa! Agreat thing has happened today. Amiracle made possible by mutant hands...The great work of theFive. Love them...for they haverighted the wrongs of man anddefeated our great enemydeath.

Origin[]

As part of the creation of themutant nation ofKrakoa, theFive were gathered to resurrect mutants who had met a premature end. The process is as follows;Egg uses his power to create eggs that will grow the mutant,Proteus manipulates reality to make the eggs viable, allowingElixir to then use his biokinesis to fertilize the eggs and grow a husk body. NextTempus manipulates time within the egg to grow the husk to its desired age. Additionally,Hope Summers allows for coordination between the other members of the Five and harmonizes their powers to complete the resurrection. Finally, when the husk emerges from the egg,Professor X (or a substitute telepath) telepathically imprints the mutant's mind from their most recentCerebro backup into the husk. This processes usually takes between approximately 48-54 hours.^[3] However, in extraordinary circumstances, this process can be completed in as little as one hour.^[4] Mutants are resurrected at their "peak physical form", but the Five may also be unconsciously correcting minor imperfections as well. For example, one week after his resurrection,Synch demonstrated a 4% increase to his previously established natural abilities.^[5] His powers have since continued to expand.^[6]

Strict protocols were established early on to guide the terms of resurrection. TheseResurrection Protocols offered structure and priority to govern the process of resurrection.^[4] For example, as the governing body ofKrakoa, members of theQuiet Council receive priority in the resurrection queue.^[7]

Shortly after some of the earliest resurrections, a change was made to the Resurrection Protocols. For the mental wellness of those being resurrected, mutants are now being resurrected in established social groups or clusters. For example, Synch seemed to be experiencing difficulties adjusting after his resurrection, soSkin's resurrection was moved ahead of schedule so they could act as companions for one another.^[5]

While the Quiet Council does consider the advice and input of the Five, X-Factor Investigations is ultimately responsible for making final decisions on resurrection.^[8][9] However, in certain rare cases, others (likeBeast andX-Force) are given ultimate authority over specific resurrections for security reasons.^[10]

The Crucible[]

With resurrection made possible, there were concerns aboutdepowered mutants committing suicide to be resurrected with their powers restored. Through several debates, theQuiet Council decided that for those who lost their powers onM-Day or were depowered by other means, resurrection with their powers fully restored could be made possible throughThe Crucible. When a depowered mutant was chosen for the Crucible, they must face• --|A|-- • in single combat and fight to the death. Only through valiantly fighting could the gift of resurrection and the restoration of their mutant powers be administered.^[11][9][12] Once • --|A|-- • left Krakoa,^[13]Silver Samurai appears to have taken over the ceremony. Now, instead of facing • --|A|-- • in combat, depowered mutants wanting to restore their powers through the Crucible are allowed to invite their own combatants.^[14][9][12] When no combatant can be found, volunteers are accepted.^[14]

After successfully completing the Crucible, combatants are moved to the head of the queue for a speedy resurrection. As noted byDoctor Nemesis, this practice is acting as a new evolutionary mechanism. This selection process means that resurrection will favor traits like strength, endurance, a warlike nature, and a certain level of personal recklessness.^[12]

Resurrecting Kate Pryde[]

WhenKate Pryde's lifeless body was discovered, her resurrection was made a priority of the Five.^[15] The Five tried multiple times to resurrect Kate, but none of her husks appeared viable as none stirred or broke out of their eggs.^[16] After 17 attempts, the Five were about to pause Kate’s resurrection to move on to others. However, through the supplication of bothNightcrawler andEmma Frost, Professor X agreed to one more attempt. On the eighteenth attempt, Emma guided Kate's husk to phase through the egg instead of bursting forth, and Kate was finally reborn.^[17]

X-Factor Investigation[]

Becoming overwhelmed with resurrection requests and due to the complexities of establishing proof of death, the Five endorsed the formation ofX-Factor Investigations. X-Factor Investigations was then tasked with solving cases of missing and/or potentially dead mutants and providingProof of Death to the Five to trigger adding someone to the resurrection queue.^[1] Prior to the establishment of X-Factor Investigations, the Five relied merely on testimony/confirmation before initiating resurrection.^[18] This new higher standard for proof of death can often be difficult to establish despite eye-witnesses.^[9]

X of Swords[]

After creating theExternal Gate to connect Krakoa andOtherworld, • --|A|-- • sentSummoner withBanshee andUnus the Untouchable to herald his arrival.^[19] When Summoner reemerged with a wounded and dying Banshee, he pleaded for help. To rescue Unus and assess the threat, • --|A|-- • led a small team of volunteers through the External Gate and was almost immediately ambushed by theFirst Horsemen. During the attack,Rockslide was killed and both • --|A|-- • andRictor were wounded.^[20] Rictor died in theHealing Gardens after being brought back to Krakoa. As a casualty of war, his resurrection was fast tracked. Unfortunately, because Rockslide died in Otherworld, his resurrection did not go as planned even temporarily glitching all fiveCerebros and leaving the Five and Xavier unconscious. As Otherworld is a nexus connected to the entirety of theMultiverse, when mutants die in Otherworld they cannot be properly resurrected. Instead, this resurrection will be a random amalgamation of their multiversal counterparts and their original Cerebro backup will be corrupted and lost forever.^[4]Gorgon also died in Otherworld and was later resurrected, but is also reportedly acting "strangely".^[21][22] Conversely to the Otherworld resurrections, individuals who died onAmenth were resurrected as morehoned versions of themselves. Additionally, their actual Cerebro back-up were reduced in size resemblingdefragmentation of computer software. BothWild Child andNanny were resurrected as keener, sharper versions of themselves, but still certainly themselves.^[21] The Five have chosen not to make this information widely available.^[22]

Death of the Scarlet Witch[]

When theScarlet Witch was murdered at theHellfire Gala, the Quiet Council was presented with a unique decision. Cerebro had created backups of both the Scarlet Witch andQuicksilver when they were believed to be mutants, so resurrection was theoretically possible. Despite Magneto's pleading, the Quiet Council voted against resurrecting the Scarlet Witch by a 6-to-3 vote.^[23]

However, Wanda was eventually resurrected and, with the aid ofLegion andProteus, performed a magic ritual to create Krakoa's very ownElysium Field. This resulted in 20 million new mutants being added to the resurrection queue that either died before Cerebro was operational or died before their X-gene activated. The need for the Crucible was also replaced by theWaiting Room, where anyone who wanted to be resurrected could just step through a gate and be added to the queue. Additionally, the Waiting Room solved the problem of resurrecting mutants who had died in Otherworld, allowing them to return as their true selves instead of a multiversal amalgamation.^[24] The first lost mutant to be resurrected was the originalThunderbird.^[25]

The Great Ring of Arakko[]

To serve on theGreat Ring of Arakko, one must challenge a sitting member in theCircle Perilous and win. However, when two Krakoans (Storm andMagneto) gained seats on the Great Ring, the Arakkii members raised the issue of the resurrection protocols which the Arakkii's had fully rejected. As a demonstration of their commitment to serveArakko, both Storm and Magneto chose to erase theirCerebro backups and opt out of future resurrections.^[26]

Going Public[]

With rumors and suspicion mounting following the return of several seemingly deceased mutants to the public life, reporterBen Urich began investigating the possibility of mutants secretly being resurrected.^[27] Per Quiet Council protocol, Synch used borrowed telepathic abilities to erase Urich's memories of the investigation.^[28][29] After learning thatOrchis was planning to trap theX-Men in a lie about resurrection, Cyclops decided that he would come clean about Krakoan resurrection with Ben Urich just prior to the secondKrakoan Hellfire Gala.^[29]

The Phoenix Foundation[]

Following the trials ofJudgment Day and the public revelations of mutant resurrection,Jean Grey proposed the creation of thePhoenix Foundation as a form of foreign aid. The Phoenix Foundation, independent from Krakoa, would select candidates with Jean personally scanning the those selected for immediate backup and recovery. Using five percent of the Five's work, the Phoenix Foundation prioritizes the vulnerable, the weak, the poor, and those whom the world abandoned for resurrection.^[30][31] Exodus vocally opposed against the formation of the Phoenix Foundation, but was outvoted.^[31]

Resurrection of Hope Summers[]

When Mister Sinister killed Hope Summers, Professor X, Emma Frost, and Exodus as part of one of his schemes, Krakoa was left with a dilemma.^[31] Without Hope, the Five were left to their back-up plan for resurrection by usingMimic orSynch as a substitute. Although Mimic was too nervous, Synch was able to properly stand-in for Hope and resurrect her though it did cause considerably strain. However, unbeknownst to everyone, Sinister had been secretly been attempting to splice in his own DNA since the beginning of Krakoa while Hope had been subconsciously correcting this. But when she not part of the Five circuit, Sinister's DNA meddling was left unchecked.^[32] Forewarned byMother Righteous andRasputin IV, the Quiet Council was able to hold Hope Summers, Professor X, Emma Frost, and Exodus in thePit of Exile untilForge and others were able to erase Sinister's DNA splicing.^[33] However, concerns still exist that Sinister may have tampered with them in other more secret methods.^[34][35][36]

Resurrection of Ms. Marvel[]

When theMutant-Inhuman HybridMs. Marvel was resurrected by the Five, they failed to properly replicate the effects ofTerrigenesis, causing Ms. Marvel's body to occasionally malfunction and melt whenever she tapped into herInhuman polymorphing abilities, which taxed her cells beyond measure. When Ms. Marvel's condition worsened, she was immediately attended to by theInhuman Royal Family, who were angered that the mutants of Krakoa did not contact them when Ms. Marvel was resurrected. To restabilize Ms. Marvel's body and save her life, the Inhumans exposed her to theTerrigen Mist to undergo Terrigenesis again, but doing so further delayed the activation of Ms. Marvel's dormant mutant powers.^[37]

Rules of Resurrection[]

• Article I. No resurrection will be initiated without proof of death.^[1]
• Article II. -- Resurrection queue --
  • (a) --
  • (b) --
    • 1) --
    • 2) --[Augury_Incident]
  • (c) --
• Article III. In the event of forced protocol -- Ref: [Resr/Five...[001]_01]_05].
• Article IV. --
  • (a) --
    • 1) --
    • 2) --
• Article V. Requests for proof of death, -- , -- , and missing mutants cases shall hereby be made toX-Factor Investigations.
  • (a) Missing mutants cases are generated automatically under the following circumstances:
    • 1) Cerebro has been unable to pull a back-up from a person for no less than a month;
    • 2) Upon which a report is automatically generated forSage for identification and categorization. If Sage is then unable to detect this mutant;
    • 3) The mutant is then categorized as officially "missing" and a report is automatically generated for X-Factor's investigations queue.
  • (b) --
• Article VI. If -- Jane/John Doe.
  • 1) -- Addendum 6.1 --
• Article VII. -- does not wish to be resurrected, --
• Article VIII. --
  • (a) --
  • (b) --
    • 1) --
• Article IX. --
  • (a) --
  • (b) --
  • (c) --
• Article X. --
  • (a) --
    • 1) --
    • 2) --
    • 3) --
    • 4) --

Clones and Duplicates[]

The decision to prohibit the creation of duplicates was one of the first made when discussing the resurrection process. Additionally, it was decided that duplicates of other origin such asclones, time-traveling doubles, oralternate universe counterparts would also be ineligible for resurrection - or rather, only one of the duplicates would be allowed to exist at once.^[2] The exception was made for mutants with duplication as part of their gifts, such asJames Madrox and theStepford Cuckoos.^[38]Madelyne Pryor was specifically denied resurrection under this restriction,^[8][2][38] despite the pleas ofHavok, as due to the similarities to their progenitors, clones they were not considered unique beings.^[39]Evan Sabahnur, a clone of • --|A|-- •, hasn't been resurrected either, likely for the same reason.^[40][38]

TheQuiet Council allowed the resurrection of the olderCable so he could assist his younger self with hunting downStryfe. Kid Cable requested it, knowing that in return he would return to the future to become the older Cable.^[41]

The Five later broke this rule by resurrectingScout, a clone ofLaura Kinney. They proceeded to send a memorandum requesting that the Council update their definitions of a "dupe", arguing that individuals such as Gabby, Madelyne Pryor, and Evan Sabahnur were their own individual people regardless of genetics, which was bolstered by the fact that Cerebro had separate backups for them.^[42] Emma Frost eventually convinced the Council to allow Madelyne Pryor to be resurrected as well, as a favor to Havok.^[43]

Confirmed Krakoan Resurrections[]

• Currently there has been no experimentation with placing a mutant mind in a husk that is not their own.^[3] Additionally, there has not been anyauthorized experimentations with combining the DNA of multiple mutants.^[201][11]
  • However, several individuals have written wills requesting they be resurrected in aMagneto husk withhis powers.^[11]
• Synch was one of the earliest mutant resurrected as it was believed that his powers would allow him to act as a substitute for one of the Five, if needed.^[5] Though it was never tested, both Synch andMimic are considered to be possible stand-ins for the Five.^[3]
• While not an official rule, because ofMoira's need for secrecy, no precognitive mutants were allowed on Krakoa and would therefore not be resurrected.^[202][203] Mystique managed to circumvent this by posing as Xavier and Magneto and orchestrating the resurrection ofDestiny.^[99]
• Unless otherwise noted,X-Force has full authority over individual resurrection protocols for security reasons.^[10]
• Before being revealed to the world by Cyclops and Ben Urich, Krakoa's ability to resurrect the dead used to be a state secret. Even allies like theAvengers were not told of the Five's existence, with the Quiet Council ordering Jean Grey to remove memories of any sighting of the process.^[204]
  • Despite this secrecy, Magneto did share this information withScarlet Witch.^[164]

• Pyro was resurrected early on as a test to see if the process worked.^[168]
• As a member of theQuiet Council, theWhite Queen has used her sway to prioritize the resurrection of culturally important mutants, likeJumbo Carnation.^[143]
• Several beings have been powerful enough to partially resurrect themselves by placing their own minds into new husk bodies. These include:
  • Legion^[150]
  • Scarlet Witch^[164]
  • Vulcan^[194]

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