I kinda expect the Hellfire Club to be looking like so:
White Queen: Emma Frost
White King: Sean Cassidy (Banshee)
Black Queen: Selene
Black King: Sebastian Shaw
White Bishops: Briar Raleigh & Astra
Black Bishops: Harry Leland & Jason Wyngarde (Mastermind)
White Knights: Christian Frost & Manuel de la Rocha (Empath)
Black Knights: Shinobi Shaw & Kevin Ford (Wither)
White Rooks: Clarice Ferguson (Blink) & Amara Aquilla (Magma)
Black Rooks: Regan Wyngarde (Lady Mastermind) & Martinique Wyngarde
Wither lol. Yea, doubt anyone wants to bring him back. Not even Selene. She had her fun with him already.
Moira Mctaggert would be my number one. If she really wants to use her powers to help mutants and that is what the new Hellfire is about. Perfect fit.
Otherwise M and then Negasonic, Destiny, Blindfold.
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Moira is old money. She would fit.
The assumption is that everyone is coming back. And who doesn't want some blind loyalty?
I would hope Emma would have a close confidant she can trust. Who better than her old pal Sean. I love their dynamic, and I'd love to see his interactions within a Hellfire Club environment.
Furthermore, Black Tom is apart of the Krakoan defense system and a member of X-Force, so likely doesn't have the time to be hanging with best-dressed HFC mutants
I’m holding out for a bigger role in the X-Men for Storm (High Priestess of Krakoa or some modern equivalent would be awesome), but I think she’d make an interesting HFC Black Queen depending on the club’s agenda or how Storm plans to use it.
him being part of an intelligence network would be highly useful to the Inner Circle, I would think. and, historically, the Club would only offer membership to very busy people. Sebastian and Emma run companies. Harold Leland was a corporate lawyer. these are people with a lot of responsibility. Sean was a street cop and what amounts to a gym teacher. he inherited a castle. but that doesn't mean that he wouldn't feel out of place in the club. he has never expressed interest in it, at least. Tom was already a member. Emma doesn't need to trust anyone. she's a telepath with an infinity gem shard. plus there's the Cuckoos.
We had Emma as the Black King, might as well take inspiration from it and make Exodus the Black Queen.
does Exodus have enough personality for that? and, more importantly, does he fake bake?
In the real world i would be BOTH pro registration and Pro mutant rights. Xavier and Trask were both right.
I'd put Sunspot in there. And add Black Tom instead of Sean because he's more influential, especially now on Krakoa (not as King though). Also Warren is missing.
My formation would be something like this
Lord Imperial - Emma Frost (they made a big deal about her not being a queen, might as well keep it going).
White Queen - Monet St.Croix (I like her in white)
White King - Roberto da Costa
Black King - Sebastian Shaw, just for the lolz of seeing him get owned again. I'd actually like Magneto and Roberto as kings.
Black Queen - Storm (much connections, much regal)
Black Bishop - Black Tom Cassidy (Briar is human so nope)
White Bishop - Warren Worthington
Black Rook - Karma (she's rich now)
White Rook - Empath (slightly reformed version)