X-Force #14: Saturnyne draws the cards and summons Magik and Pogg Ur-Pogg for a rematch, a hand-to-hand combat without weapons. Pogg Ur-Pogg swallows Magik; however, Illyana learns that the large alligator surface is just a “costume”. The actual Pogg Ur-Pogg is a small troll-looking creature that Magik drags out of the alligator costume and defeats easily.
Magik wins.
Arakko 5 – 3 Krakoa
Magik wins.
Arakko 5 – 3 Krakoa
A number of non-sensical contests follow.
Torture endurance: War vs. Cable, Captain Avalon & Gorgon
War wins.
Arakko 6 – 3 Krakoa
War wins.
Arakko 6 – 3 Krakoa
Contest of pushing boulders: Death, Isca & Pogg Ur-Pogg vs. Magik
Arakko wins.
Arakko 7 – 3 Krakoa
Arakko wins.
Arakko 7 – 3 Krakoa
Battle under the sea: Isca & The White Sword vs. Gorgon
Arakko wins.
Arakko 8 – 3 Krakoa
Arakko wins.
Arakko 8 – 3 Krakoa
Eating disgusting food challenge: Redroot vs. Cypher, Captain Avalon & Cable
Krakoa wins.
Arakko 8 – 4 Krakoa
Krakoa wins.
Arakko 8 – 4 Krakoa
Dance battle: Bei & War vs. Cypher & Wolverine
Arakko wins.
Arakko 9 – 4 Krakoa
Arakko wins.
Arakko 9 – 4 Krakoa
Labyrinth escape: Redroot & Pogg Ur-Pogg vs. Captain Avalon & Storm
Arakko wins.
Arakko 10 – 4 Krakoa
Arakko wins.
Arakko 10 – 4 Krakoa
Puzzle contest: Death & War vs. Gorgon & Magik
Krakoa wins.
Arakko 10 – 5 Krakoa
Krakoa wins.
Arakko 10 – 5 Krakoa
Fashion couture contest: Redroot & War vs. Storm & Wolverine
Arakko wins.
Arakko 11 – 5 Krakoa
Arakko wins.
Arakko 11 – 5 Krakoa
Navigation in Blightspoke: Isca vs. Cable & Magik
Arakko wins.
Arakko 12 – 5 Krakoa
Arakko wins.
Arakko 12 – 5 Krakoa
Saturnyne then summons Captain Avalon and Redroot for a foot race in the Crooked Market. Knowing full well Brian is faster, Saturnyne rigs the match again and sends the Furies after Brian. While Brian is busy fighting them off, Redroot easily wins the contest. The point goes to Arakko, but since Redroot shattered a valuable crystal by accident in the Crooked Market, Mad Jim Jaspers shrinks her and traps her in a jar. Saturnyne warns Brian that he too broke many items in the Crooked Market and that he’s in Mad Jim Jaspers’ debt unless he asks for her help.
Redroot wins
Arakko 13 – 5 Krakoa
Redroot wins
Arakko 13 – 5 Krakoa
Spelling contest: Bei, Death & Pogg Ur-Pogg vs. Magik & Cypher
Arakko wins.
Arakko 14 – 5 Krakoa
Arakko wins.
Arakko 14 – 5 Krakoa
Watching all the people you killed without looking away: The White Sword vs. Wolverine
The White Sword winds.
Arakko 15 – 5 Krakoa
The White Sword winds.
Arakko 15 – 5 Krakoa
Resisting a rock siren: Isca & War vs. Gorgon, Magik & Wolverine
Arakko wins.
Arakko 16 – 5 Krakoa
Arakko wins.
Arakko 16 – 5 Krakoa
Killing a kitten: War vs. Captain Avalon
War wins.
Arakko 17 – 5 Krakoa
War wins.
Arakko 17 – 5 Krakoa
Death and Storm are summoned for the next battle in Sevalith. Whoever draws blood first wins. After drinking with Wolverine, Storm finds herself without her powers and dizzy. Nevertheless, Storms puts up a front and impresses Death. Death decides to take off his hood and show his death stare. Storm protects her eyes with her blade, and Death sees his own face in the reflection. Ororo takes the opportunity and stabs him in the guts, drawing blood.
Storm wins.
Arakko 17 – 6 Krakoa
Storm wins.
Arakko 17 – 6 Krakoa
Bei, the Blood Moon wins.
Arakko 18 – 6 Krakoa
Cable attempts to reach out to Jean and Scott, but Saturnyne servers their connection. Jean and Scott decide to take matters in their hands. Gorgon and the White Sword are next for a battle to the death. The White Sword summons his fallen soldiers, each representing one of his one hundred swords. Gorgon slays 13 of the White Sword’s champions, giving Krakoa a narrow lead of 19 to 18. The White Swords decides to fight himself and gives Gorgon the option to be healed and serve him eternally. Gorgon rejects his offer. The White Sword stabs Gorgon through the chest. Gorgon dies in Otherworld.
The White Sword wins.
Arakko 19 – 19 Krakoa
The White Sword wins.
Arakko 19 – 19 Krakoa
The final contestants are summoned. Apocalypse and Genesis will fight the last battle and decide the outcome of the tournament.
“For so long, my life has been out of control. Chaos and serendipity, wrapped in insanity. I have suffered, I have lost. Not just my life, but my very soul, my self. But no more. Now I know who I am.” – Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Braddock, daughter of Otherworld, mutant, telepath, telekinetic, defender of the realm and, above all, X-Man.
33 comments:
So Gorgon, Nanny, Orphan-Maker and Wildchild are all dead for real. The body count is increasing.
And it seems Betsy's "death" (which we still can't tell if it's for real or not) will keep her out of action from the next issues. Honestly, if she isn't back before this event is over (and as herself, not this whole "coming back as a different individual" gimmick), I'll be severely disappointed with Howard's "love" for the character.
That said, I'm curious to find out how Scott and Jean will factor in this tournament. Some variant covers for Destruction do seem to indicate they'll take part in the final battle...
Nanny, Orphan-Maker and Wildchild died in Arakko/Amenth, not Otherworld. They'll be fine.
Another underwhelming week for the event. I can't wait till the X-Men get their asses back to NY. The Krakoa era sucks major ass.
Is dying in Arakko okay, though? I thought the effect would be the same than if it happened in Otherworld...
By the way, the first issue of Excalibur was finally published in my country (collected in a single book alongside the first issues of X-Men and Marauders). I bought it yesterday but will only have time to read it today. But from what I remember about the opinions here, the first issue was considered good, right?
(Grand Design - Second Genesis was also published this month, but I still haven't found it anywhere; GD - X-Tinction will probably only be published here around March 2021, assuming we're still alive by then)
This event is such a busy. Even if the last few chapters next week improve it doesnt validate all the previous chapters. Its been nothing but filler.
Jordan sucks at planning this stuff. He's been mandated these weekly big events since Disassembled. Only House/Powers were interesting (not mind blowing but not bad either)
I hope this is the last weekly xevent and next year (because events are inevitable) they do something different as far as formatting.
I'm just happy this crap is over next week.
first issue of Excalibur i wouldn't say it was good its just an okay set up issue. Nothing really incredible happens in it but the art is nice.
I remember when #1 released and idiots on Twitter were already saying it was better than the original run. Thats their opinion but a short sighted and frankly a stupid one.
I hate Tini Howard for robbing Betsy of a good fight in XoS. The event is a pile of stinky 💩💩💩 anyways but the ridiculous death Betsy had is the biggest crime. Meaningless and infuriating.
Underwhelming issues like everything after Stasis.
So much filler ! And why are they still introducing characters halfway past the event ?
That being said Storm vs Death and White Sword Vs Gorgon were decent moments, that's what I was expecting.
Hellions was the only remotely interesting issue and it has nothing to do with the main story, but it has what the event lacks, good character moments and interactions.
I thought Storm vs Death was pretty dull myself. Death didn't even try. lmao. very weak as a fighting sequence.
By the way, is Death dead? I hope not; I hope all four Horsemen can survive the XoS event...
...Well, Pestilence and Famine don't seem to be in danger, so my concern is about Death.
As for Kwannon, well, she died in Krakoa, so she should be able to be resurrected just fine.
She was killed by Sinister in Krakoa, so I think she will be resurrected. He only wanted to make sure nobody knew about his theft of Arrako mutant DNA.
Don't forget sinisterade the council believe they died in Otherworld, so we'll have to wait and see how that affects the protocols
Except the Council believes they died in Otherworld, we'll have to wait and see what happens
All the flights sofar have been pretty dull, they'll have better fights if they didn't over fill the issues with Saturnyne's stupid antics
Good point; that may delay her resurrection as long as the Five believe Kwannon died in Otherworld...
Oh well, I just hope Death somehow manages to escape... well, death (no pun intended). But from the spoilers I've read, his chances don't seem too good...
But at least Ororo survived their battle (and this event). That's good.
He also has a clone farm under his house. Maybe the Hellions who were killed weren't the real ones?
I wouldn't have imagined Wolverine in a dance battle....anyway this event is full of bizarre touchs......
Didn't anyone care to check if Sinister's narrative was true?
I'm pretty sure Jordan D. White and the writers added these non-sensical "funny" battles to pander to X-Twitter and the Xavier Files minions. It's the type of shitty humor they love (see Marauders).
@Psi Girl Kwannon was already revived and stuck in Betsy's body as Revanche. I know she died of the Legacy Virus, but still lol. Both ladies need to keep their own bodies and if I had my way powers and codenames lol.
Oh dear... so, regardless of who wins the final battle between Genesis and Apocodaddy, Krakoa is kinda screwed!!!
Whoever beats the wearer of the mask essentially becomes the next to carry the burden of the of Annihilation!!! Apocolypse wearing that mask can't be good news.
Agreed. They love the mindless idiot fans on twitter with the banal "LOOK AT THEM. I LOVE THEM. LOOK LOOK AT THEM!!!!!!!!!! IM SCREAMING!!!!"
But if you have a question, or concern about a character you're completely ignored.
Fortunately, it seems from the solicits that Kwannon will still be in her own body after this event is over. And considering how Betsy was returned to her own body in Mystery in Madripoor exactly because people at Marvel considered problematic to have a caucasian woman "wearing" an Asian body, it would make no sense to have both women swap bodies again.
My concern about the "queen" cover is that it could indicate Betsy may "come out wrong" if she really died in XoS and is somehow brought back to life - that, like Rockslide, our Betsy is "forever gone" (we know she'd eventually be back, but it could take a while) and this is a different person with her appearance. And White did indicate in an interview that the character in that cover may not be the Betsy we know...
Oh well, if that's the case, I guess we could just take some months (maybe years) away from the X-line and wait for Betsy to be properly restored, just like they did to Warren ("gone for good" in the Dark Angel Saga with his body becoming hosted by a new personality, then restored as himself some years later in Cullen Bunn's UXM run).
By the way, I finally got to read the first issue of Excalibur, and while the story was good, it bothered me to notice that this issue already started to paint Betsy as someone who "stole from Kwannon", with both Morgan Le Fay accusing her of that and Betsy herself saying this to Brian. Apparently the fact that she was forced into another person's body (and that said person also took hers) isn't important to Marvel.
*sigh* One interesting thing, however, is that Saturnyne's involvement was already indicated in this issue, even though she doesn't appear in it (but is mentioned by Morgan). At least this shows there was some long-term planning.
Agreed. I seriously doubt Marvel will ever reverse the body swap. It would be a PR nightmare if it happened again.
This is what I've been saying since #1 released. I knew it would paint Betsy the wrong way..her declaring she stole the body just caused a bunch of readers (mostly new ones who were too young or not even born when the original body swap occured) to understand it that she stole the body. Zero context given for what happened just "Betsy stole kwannons body"
So stupid on Marvels fault but I feel it was handled that way marvel using the character as a scape goat to avoid having to admit the mistake they themselves made regarding the race swap and the readers have fallen for it. They place the blame on Betsy rather than the people at marvel who let the idea fester for decades. No one at Marvel has come out and said it was wrong they simply explain it as if Betsy has free will and did it on her own lol
Lol goodness I hope not haha. Then again "Jordan White" teased if that was really Betsy. I wish someone at Marvel would remember their history.
This is probably the worst stretch of X-Men stories ever created. And that's saying a lot. They don't even look like X-Men stories anymore, which at their core was about the struggle of mutant kind. Yeah, remember that? You don't? Neither does this creative team...
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