Prof X bites it after trying to utilize a hive mind to defeat Mother Righetous Dominion, lives are lost. Jean intervenes with the Phoenix Force and saves Krakoa.
TO virus is purged from the island. Sage and Forge take on roles of Beast and Cypher.
Cyclops and Jean have schism based on removing the evil villains from their place in Krakoa, and philanthropic acts.
Jean's UXM, Storm's XM Red, and Betsy's Excalibur stand unified while Cyclops XM, Havoks Hellions, and Cables SWORD are on the other side of things believing they're taking step backward and work around the darker side of things.
XForce, New Mutants, and Marauders all bounce between both factions. With double agents across all teams.
UXM - Phoenix, Angel, Psylocke, Nightcrawler, Jubilee, Synch, random fan VOTE (S)- Global ambassadors. Jean XM are elected fully and also work as Council.
XMRed- Storm, Sunspot, Polaris, Iceman, Firestar, Thunderbird, Madrox - keep Arraki at bay, space diplomacy, need powerhouses
Excalibur- Captain Britain, Colossus, Askani, Magma, Captain Avalon, Rasputin - Otherworld and magic fun, Apocalypse is ally or not? Adventures together but is he using them?
XM- Cyclops, Rogue, Bishop, Emma, teenaged Vulcan, Mystique - vengeful and proactive, taking down threats like Orchis. Simliar to Cyclops UXM under Bendis. Rogue keeping eye on everyone,
SWORD- Cable, Hope, Exodus, Destiny, Manifold, Xandra - SoS fall out vibes, cable & destiny playing at intergalacic long game
Hell******* Havok, Maddie, Sebastian Shaw, Magik, Wild Child, Marrow- Limbo based, Magik quelling issues, Sebastian dealing with Mother Righteous to Hell
UXM vs XM, XMRed vs SWORD, Hellions vs Excalibur-- not ongoing, but keep coming up across each other in their efforts on same turf. Eventual blow up battle for each. I like the 3 powerhouse X-Women ready to go against a misguided Summers.
XForce- Wolverine, Monet, Warpath, Domino, Vanisher, BoomBoom - secret ops for both teams, Logan threats.
New Mutants- Mirage, Cannonball, Husk, Chamber, Pixie, Anole, rotating characters -ambassadors to youth, rehab image- maybe NXM spinoff on Krakoa
Marauder- Shadowcat, Gambit, Tempo, Hellion with new codename, Jubilee, Skin, Armor- rescue team, street level action across globe, simliar to Volume 1
Beast and Sinister maybe uneasy team up in the background, meddling and recruiting who they can that's been dejected. Spies spread across teams. Separately monitoring, but aligning as needed. Beast eventually betrays Sinister for Jean and he ends up back.
Sabretooth, Fenris, Selene all back to threats. Someone maybe forms new Brotherhood and/or Acolytes worshipping a fallen Xavier & Magneto.
Cypher, Legion, Warlock, and Blindfold have removed themselves from everything but come up against a few of the teams. That eventually plays into the Mother Righetous issue which will cause some re-unification and re-shuffling of teams.
Haven't done this in awhile, but was fun to play around and swap between each team. I feel like it's a balance but divide following the Fall.