• The
House of X and the
House of M are Xavier and Magneto’s residences, and the location of one of the Cerebro “cradles.”
• The
Arbor Magna is the big tree where the Resurrection system is located in/on.
• The
Arena we don’t know anything about, but from the name it suggests that it’s a combat-oriented location, either for training or for entertainment purposes.
• The
Akademos Habitat is almost certainly Krakoa’s educational facility that Jean mentions back in House of X #1, but the fact that it’s a Habitat is interesting, because a Krakoan Habitat is a ”self-sustained environment” of its own that is “part of the interconnected consciousness of Krakoa,” and I had thought that having a Habitat on Krakoa itself, as opposed to one out on the moon or Mars would be redundant. My guess is that this is meant to provide an additional layer of safety to the next generation of mutants.
• We saw
Transit back in House of X #1, this Transit location is the Grand Central Station for Greater Krakoa, linking all gateway locations together. Yet another sign that, for Krakoa, their nation has a different conception of distance.
• The
Oracle is, I would guess, probably one of the
Krakoan Systems, most likely either Sage’s or Beast’s part of the system.
• I don’t know what the
Grove is supposed to be, but given its proximity to the Akademos Habitat, I think it’s supposed to be a living space, possibly just for the young and possibly not.
• The
Cradle, it turns out, is just a cradle.
• The
Reservoir could be that lagoon we saw back in House of X #1, which would make sense if the
Wild Hunt is a nature preserve, because animals love to congregate at watering holes.
• The
Carousel’s name suggests it’s an entertainment facility.
• We know what
Bar Sinister is from its last appearance; it turns out that Sinister recreated his little island Edwardian eugenics nightclub on Krakoa. Interesting that it’s located so close to Transit; maybe Sinister wants to be able to make a quick getaway.
• Speaking of the fruits of faustian bargains, it turns out that the quid-pro-quo for becoming the economic engine of a nation is that the Hellfire Trading Company gets a whole
Hellfire Bay to itself as its headquarters.
•
Red Keep is almost certainly Kate Pryde’s new pad, which is conveniently ocean-ajacent for our newest mutant pirate privateer queen.
•
Blackstone is Sebastian Shaw’s Gilded Age “gentleman’s” club.
•
The White Palace is naturally Emma’s boudoir, complete with buzzsaws and spikes.
• The unnamed location 18 is clearly
Moira’s No-Space.