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The United States has been carved up by violence. Hundreds of thousands have already been displaced and the coming conflict threatens to unsettle millions more...
It began with a fool and his folly, a terrorist attack that eventually ended up targeting both humans and mutants alike. However, it was the mutants who suffered the most dire consequences. No longer able to hide in plain sight after being exposed by the Dark Cerebro Incident, they were systematically uprooted from their homes and brutally attacked. Those that survived the initial onslaught sought each other out for protection. The numerous bands and ragtag armies that formed did not hesitate in taking what they needed from the human population, leaving destruction in their wake. The resulting fear and panic, along with increasing hostility, quickly silenced those working towards a peaceful settlement. It wasn't long before radicals on both sides came to power amidst calls for "just" retribution. The bloodshed grew to be a common occurrence as the two sides continued to clash. Human refugees filled the cities, abandoning the countryside in their search for safety. The mutant attacks began soon after.
Now, after several coordinated offensives, mutants are in control of large tracts of the country and actively engaging the National Guard. Rumors abound that the armed forces are being mobilized to counter the threat as well. The troops are said to be equipped with a new weapon, the recently developed cure for mutancy. This has incited even more anger from the mutant populace and reinforced the notion that the humans must be stopped at all costs. From the chaos, Magneto has emerged triumphant, gathering the various mutant forces around his message of mutant superiority. Still his hold is tenuous at best. Not all mutants are satisfied by simply subjugating the humans. These individuals believe that the world must be cleansed of them. Though few in number, they are by far the most powerful of mutantkind. The Mutant Underground also resists his influence. Consisting of the most independent and free-thinking of the mutant population, this group, though not seeking to actively undermine his leadership, nonetheless offers a tempting, practical alternative to his rhetoric.
Then there are those who would rather cooperate with the humans, not just the followers of Charles Xavier and his fading dream but the entrepreneurs who see a profit to be made by playing each side against the other. The members of this social elite readily dismiss Magneto's trite notions of brotherhood and feel no compunction to spare their mutant "brethren" from their secretive machinations.
Opposed to the mutant forces are the humans themselves, led by organizations such as the Friends of Humanity, the Church of William Stryker and the U.S. government itself. To combat the advantage that mutant powers provide, these groups have resorted to technology. They have acquired the most advanced weaponry known to both humans and mutants alike. In addition, Stryker's Weapon X program was revived and used to deploy captured mutants against their own kind. These brainwashed individuals will soon be accompanied by bio-engineered hybrids and robotic shock troops as well as regular forces equipped with the newly-developed cure.
1984: Xavier and Magneto establish the school in Westchester.
1985: First class attends Xavier's.
1987: William Stryker receives government approval for Weapon-X. He begins work on Wolverine in the same year. Jason Stryker leaves the school. Xavier and Magneto part ways over ideological differences.
1988: Jason Stryker is lobotomized and work begins on the mind-control serum. Wolverine escapes from Weapon-X after receiving the Adamantium feed. February 2007: A stranger presents Stryker with the solution to completing his mind-control serum. Magneto assembles the Brotherhood.
June-July, 2008 : Events leading up to Liberty Island occur. Mystique replaces Senator Kelly in the Senate.
Mid-October, 2008: An assassination attempt is made on the president leading up to the events of Dark Cerebro. Jean Grey is lost at the bottom of Alkali Lake. Many normal-looking mutants are exposed for what they are, leading them to flee for their lives. They gather together and form the Underground to aid others like themselves. The president makes a televised speech advocating mutant-human cooperation and is promptly voted out of office in a referendum. A hardliner is elected in his place. The new president's cabinet is filled with high-ranking members of the military. Humans begin attacking mutants in retribution for the Dark Cerebro disaster.
November 3, 2008: An anonymous informant leaks evidence that the government and Professor Charles Xavier were involved with the Dark Cerebro Incident onto the internet. Fanatical mutants start clamoring for revenge against the humans while the latter begin gathering in front of Xavier's estate, calling for his execution.
December 6, 2008: A "cure" for mutancy is announced by Worthington Laboratories. Magneto begins expanding Brotherhood in response.
December 18, 2008: Magneto's attack on the prison convoy causes national alarm. First major anti-mutant riots begin.
December 25, 2008: The Christmas Day Massacre occurs in Indianapolis. A mysterious band of mutants murder seventy-six at a Friends of Humanity rally. Magneto denies responsibility. President Clinton declares state of emergency in major cities. Mutant partisans barricade major highways to preempt the assertion of federal power.
January 2, 2009: The mutant blockades are broken. Many major cities are retaken by the government but not before some are set ablaze. Hundreds of thousands are displaced. Public outcry calls for a crackdown on mutants.
January 9, 2009: A distribution date is announced for the cure. Thousands of disenfranchised mutants gather in San Francisco to be the first to receive it. Despite continuing violence elsewhere, a tentative peace prevails in the city.
January 18, 2009: The mutant insurgency regains momentum. Just two weeks after being pushed out of most major cities, the mutants have regrouped and recaptured several key urban areas. Though federal forces were eventually able to drive them out once more, the insurgents had already completed looting of essential supplies and caused extensive property and infrastructure damage.
February 27, 2009: Several facilities related to the cure are attacked, prompting the government to step up its efforts at stockpiling the weapon. As a result, the distribution date for public use has been pushed back indefinitely, leading to unrest amongst eager mutants waiting for their humanity.
March 4, 2009: Video footage captured during the Bleeding of Detroit is released. The brutality of the images hardens the nation's resolve and pushes the country into an even harder line against mutants. At the same time, the glimpse of victory has encouraged even more mutants to join the insurgents' ranks.
June 20, 2009: The long stalemate that had been in place since the beginning of April continues to unravel. After a two month freeze in violence, the conflict reignites brutally following the Sack of New Orleans by mutant militia. With the barricades down, mutants now have free reign to travel most of the country and the government clings to vital cities in the hope of weathering the onslaught. An undertone of panic now begins to grip the wider public.
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