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This article contains spoilers forX of blade : Creation # 1 .
Jonathan Hickman’sX - Menrelaunch has been a phenomenal succeeder , display all his wonted skill and efficiency . Hickman is a passe-partout creation - builder , and he excels at creative Modern interpretations of old estimation , reinvent them to become his own stories . It ’s no surprise , then , that the " X of Swords " issue feature a reinvention of a conversant Marvel positioning , Otherworld , which will play a key role in the event .
Otherworld is a mystical sheet of reality traditionally viewed as the corporate subconscious mind of the British Isles , ass of King Arthur ’s toilet and dominated by the Starlight Citadel . The virtuously refutable Saturnyne rule the Starlight Citadel , using a hulk building complex from which it is potential to access any locating in the Multiverse . Otherworld was wracked with topsy-turvyness in the build up - up to 2015’sSecret Warsminiseries , and it is now in a time of crisis . The Captain Britain Corps , Otherworld ’s traditional defenders , have been destroyed . Now , marauding armies sweep across the planes of Otherworld , aim to get from there to Earth .
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The write up has been build up in Jonathan Hickman’sX - Menand Tini Howard’sExcaliburfor over a yr now , but it ’s been difficult to get a hold of the full scale of it . That ’s for the most part because , as is customary for Hickman , he has studiously avoided revealing his rendition of Otherworld until the right here and now . That time has finally get inX of Swords : Creation , and it ’s no wonder readers have been confused . Otherworld ’s lore has been completely rewritten .
Otherworld Is Bigger Than We Previously Thought
Otherworld had previously been report as a pocket dimension , butX of Swords : Creationincludes a map that bring out it is grown than anyone had previously thought . Indeed , a map of Otherworld presents it on the same scale as Earth , suggesting it should literally be deliberate a planet in its own right field . Given this fresh gumption of plate , it ’s unsurprising to see Otherworld divided into unlike kingdoms or orbit , each ruled over by a unlike trustee . These are the Fair and Foul Courts , although it is currently unclear what this designation refers to .
The Fair Courts are :
The Foul Courts consist of :
The establishment of Krakoa brought topsy-turvyness to Otherworld , under the principle of " as above , so below . " A severance spread out in Dryador , and invading armies drag in out of it from another world called Amenth . These US Army are led by the First Horsemen of Apocalypse , his children .
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Otherworld Is Dominated By The Starlight Citadel
Otherworld is rule by the Starlight Citadel , the center of Saturnyne ’s power . ecstasy of Swords : Creationgives the first full account of the Starlight Citadel ’s mystic role in Otherworld :
float high above the central diplomatical geographical zone in Otherworld is the Starlight Citadel , forcible demonstration of the epicenter of the Otherworld , where all realities intersect . If Otherworld were said to be a roulette wheel , the Citadel would be its speak - though it is unmoving , without it , the wheel can not turn .
The Citadel is more than simple a beautiful memorial ; it is a fortress serving as the defense of the infinite door within . Each doorway assist as passage to another world - making the Citadel the most literal representation of the conjunction of all realities that Otherworld symbolize .
According toExcalibur#9 , the origins of the Starlight Citadel are unknown . The earliest Ketubim from Otherworld advise the Starlight Citadel was name because its brightness is seeable from all across Otherworld , and in the past it has been home to the Captain Britain Corps . They defended this link of all realities , with one Captain Britain recruited from each dimension . regrettably , the Captain Britain Corps wasdestroyed by the Beyondersin the build - up to 2015’sSecret war . Saturnyne has assembled a Modern host , the White Priestesses , sworn to work as federal agent of balance and protectors of the realm . Each Priestess is crowned with the Moonlight Diadem , allowing them to travel across the Multiverse ; they are armed with the Crescent Bow , which allows them to externalise moonlight itself as a devastating weapon . " Those who fight you will be limited by the bonds of world , " Saturnyne taught them . " These chain dissolve in the Moon ’s white light . " There are also Green Priestesses , a rival cult to the White , who live among the unwarranted brush between the province of Avalon and the diplomatical zone . While technically firm to Saturnyne , they are more restrained .
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How Otherworld Fits Into “X of Swords”
According toPowers of X#4 , in ancient times the living island of Krakoa was part of a greater whole , a land called Okkara . This was torn apart by a mystic brand called the Twilight Sword , part into two live island called Krakoa and Arakko , and an invading horde swept through it . Fortunately , Apocalypse stood against the lunar time period of eviland protect the world from this invasion . He was able-bodied to force the monsters back , and somehow banished them to the world they originated from , Amenth . In Holy Order to achieve this , Apocalypse was force to sacrifice the island of Arakko , which was banish to Amenth . Apocalypse ’s married woman and his First Horsemenwere leave stranded on Amenth , forever fighting against the hordes to prevent Arakko being take .
But Revelation has been betrayed , and his First Horsemen have now ally with the forces of Amenth , who are rule by a goddess called Annihilation . They have come through in creating a rift between Arakko and Otherworld , and have conquered the Kingdom of Dryador . Meanwhile , Apocalypse has been mirroring their action , creating the External Gate between Krakoa and Otherworld , and appropriate Avalon in the name of mutantkind . Now , the two forces are total into hit , with the fortune of both Amenth and Earth - and , perhaps , Otherworldand even the Multiverse itself - hanging in the correspondence . regrettably , theX - Menare bound to get into the fight by their alliance with Apocalypse , creating yet another front in their conflict to survive .
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