Krakoa
Super Name: Krakoa
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Universe: Earth-616
OVERVIEW

Krakoa; "The Island That Walks Like a Man" is a sentient living island located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It was once believed that it was spawned from nuclear testing in the area. Somehow, the repeated bombardments of radiation caused the island to mutate into a living ecosystem. It's true origin was revealed to have been part of older sentient landmass known as Okkara, a being split the land apart using the twilight sword. Splitting it in two forming Krakoa and Arakko. Although hostile at first, the land eventually became a safe haven and later home nation for the Mutant people of Earth.

ORIGIN

Krakoa was believed to have been a very small island in the Pacific Ocean that was located close to where some nuclear bombing tests were done. It was thought that the radiation somehow turned the island's ecosystem into a single hive-mind entity. In reality, Krakoa was part of a greater land called Okkara, but it was attacked by an enemy wielding a twilight sword. Okkara was split into two creatures, Krakoa and Arakko. Apocalypse arrived with his First Horsemen and sealed away the enemy. However, both Arakko and the Horsemen had to be sealed away with them, leaving Krakoa feeling mournful and lonely.

WORLD WAR II

In 1945, during World War II; Nick Fury along with his Howling Commandos accidentally witnessed the explosion on Krakoa. Soon after that they crashed on the island where they came across the island's collective intelligence. In order to leave the place Fury managed to arrange a peaceful parting in exchange for keeping its existence a secret.

X-Men Tragedies

Original X-Men

The X-Men (then consisting of Cyclops, Angel, Havok, Iceman, Marvel Girl (Jean Grey), and Polaris came to the island after Cerebro detected an unknown mutant there, and were captured by Krakoa, who used them as food sources.

Another team of young mutants, composed of Petra, Darwin, Sway and the third Summers brother Kid Vulcan, from a parallel X-Mansion led by Moira McTaggart, were sent to help the original X-Men. They managed to save Cyclops and returned him to Professor X. However, Krakoa killed Petra and Sway and left Darwin and Kid Vulcan almost dead. Xavier erased all records of the real events and his brother from Cyclops' mind, and altered the other mutants' minds to cast the illusion of a speaking, sentient Krakoa.

Third Team

With the failure of the first team Professor X then decided to recruit international mutants to save his X-Men, namely Colossus, Nightcrawler, Storm, Sunfire, Thunderbird, Banshee, and Wolverine, and sent them to Krakoa. Cyclops' group of mutants paired off and after each pair encountered and defeated various aspects of the island, the new X-Men team found the original X-Men, who were weakened from being fed upon by Krakoa for so long. At this point, it was revealed that the island was itself the mutant they had originally detected and Krakoa battled the new and old X-Men by forming a giant humanoid body out of its terrain. With a combination of psi interference by Professor X and energy blasts from Cyclops and Havok, Storm was able to supercharge Polaris' magnetic powers with bolts of lightning. Polaris interacted with the Earth's core and created a magnetic pulse so strong that she was able to launch Krakoa into outer space. The X-Men—then counting thirteen members—were saved. As Krakoa left Earth’s atmosphere, the portion of the island containing Darwin and Vulcan broke free and remained in Earth’s orbit.

Krakoa was captured by the enigmatic alien, the Stranger, and was imprisoned in the Stranger's Labworld for the alien to study him. He remained there until freed by Overmind.

Legacy

As it left Earth’s orbit, Krakoa also released spores, some of which grew to sentience becoming Krakoa’s “children.”

A portion of Krakoa's biomass was used for construction of the Bio-Sphere at the Massachusetts Academy, nicknamed the "Danger Grotto" by Generation X.

A "son of Krakoa", the result of a spore that was released from Krakoa as it was shot into space, later appeared. Nightcrawler eventually defeated this "Vega-Superior" by tricking him into drowning himself.

The Young X-Men encountered another "Krakoa" when 56 construction workers disappeared from a construction site on a tropical island.

Rebirth

Through unknown means, Krakoa eventually returned to the Pacific Ocean after being freed from the Stranger.

After apparently abandoning his dream for peaceful coexistence, Professor X ultimately repurposed Krakoa into a sovereign nation state for mutants. Now donning a portable Cerebro, Xavier seemingly recruited and experimented on Krakoa with the help of Cypher. Both expanding Krakoa's consciousness and cultivating its biome to include exotic flowers that can be used for various purposes, as such becoming the primary economic resource of the mutant nation.

These Flowers of Krakoa could grow Habitat, self-sufficient offshoots of Krakoa that served as embassies around the solar system, while remaining connected to its hive mind via Gateways, which provided ways to instantly travel from one part of Krakoa to another.

Additionally, Xavier bought world leading pharmaceutical companies with his vast wealth to produce three new super drugs from Krakoan flowers, offering them to every country that formally recognized Krakoa as a nation. These drugs—dubbed I, L, and M—operate as a adaptive antibiotic, extend the human lifespan by five years, and prevent human "diseases of the mind" respectively, allegedly hereby solving the devastating health problems in humans.

An island known as Arak Coral later appeared off the southern coast of Krakoa. With Cypher offworld, Cable and Prestige accompanied their father in exploring the new landmass and learned about it from the High Summoner of Arrakoa before the two islands merged into one.

The island of Krakoa has NUMEROUS points of interest.

Residents/Citizens of Krakoa

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Absalom
Aero (Melody Guthrie)
Agent Abigail Brand
Adam-X
Agent X (Nijo)
Amahl Farouk
Amazing Baby
Anarchist (Tike Alicar)
Angel (Warren Worthington III)
Angel Salvadore
Animax (Blake Schiel)
Anole (Vic Borkowski)
Ariel (Coconut Grove)
Armor (Hisako Ichiki)
Artie Maddicks
Astra
Aurora (Jeanne-Marie Beaubier)
Avalanche (Dominikos Petrakis)
Axel Bohusk
Azazel
Banshee (Sean Cassidy)
Beak (Barnell Bohusk)
Beast (Hank McCoy)
Bedlam (Jesse Aaronson)
Bevatron (Fabian Marechal-Julbin)
Black Bishop (Shinobi Shaw)
Black King (Sebastian Shaw)
Black Knight (Andrea von Strucker)
Black Tom Cassidy
Bling! (Roxy Washington)
Blink (Clarice Ferguson)
Blob (Fred Dukes)
Boom Boom (Tabitha Smith)
Briquette
Broo
Cable (Nathan Summers)
Caliban
Captain Britain (Betsy Braddock)
Catseye (Sharon Smith)
Dr. Cecilia Reyes
Celeste Cuckoo
Cerebra (A.I)
Chamber (Jono Starsmore)
Changeling (Kevin Sidney)
Colossus (Piotr Rasputin)
Cosmar (Tashi Repina)
Curse
Cybelle
Cyclops (Scott Summers)
Cypher (Douglas Ramsey)
Daken (Akihiro)
Danger (Danger)
Darwin (Armando Munoz)
Dazzler (Ali Blaire)
DJ (Mark Sheppard)
Doctor Nemesis (James Bradley)
Domino (Neena Thurman)
Dragoness (Tamara Kurtz)
Dust (Sooraya Qadir)
Egg (Fabio Medina)
Elixir (Josh Foley)
Empath (Manuel de la Rocha)
Emplate (Marius St. Croix)
Eosimias (Hong Lianje)
Erg
Esme Cuckoo
Exodus (Bennet du Paris)
Explodey Boy
Eye Boy (Trevor Hawkins)
Fauna (Desmond Ochoa-Diaz)
Feral (Maria Callasantos)
Firestar (Angel Jones)
Fish
Forearm (Michael McCain)
ForgetMeNot
Forge
Frenzy (Joanna Cargill)
Gambit (Remy LeBeau)
Gateway
Gideon
Gentle (Nezhno Abidemi)
Glob Herman (Robert Herman)
Gorgeous George (George Blair)
Gorgon (Tomi Shishido)
Graymalkin (Jonas Graymalkin)
Grizzly (Theodore Winchester)
Gwenpool (Gwen Poole)
Havok (Alex Summers)
Healer
Hellion (Julian Keller)
Hope Summers
Husk (Paige Guthrie)
Icarus (Joshua Guthrie)
Iceman (Bobby Drake)
Ink (Eric Gitter)
Jelby
Jetstream (Haroun al-Rashid)
Jubilee (Jubes Lee)
Jumbo Carnation
Kara Bohusk
Karma (Shan Coy Manh)
Kayla
Kid Omega (Quentin Quire)
Kyle Jinadu
Kylun (Colin McKay)
Lady Mastermind (Regan Wyngarde)
Leech
Legion (David Haller)
Lifeguard (Heather Cameron)
Lila Cheney
Loa (Alani Ryan)
Lockheed
Madison Jeffries
Maggott (Japheth)
Magik (Illyana Rasputina)
Magma (Amara Aquilla)
Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr)
Mammomax (Maximus Jensen)
Manon
Marrow (Sarah)
Marvel Girl (Jean Grey)
Masque
Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde)
Mastermind (Martinique Wyngarde)
Match (Ben Hammil)
Maxime
Mentallo (Marvin Flumm)
Mercury (Cessily Kincaid)
Mesmero (Vincent)
Mimic (Calvin Rankin)
Mindee Cuckoo
Mirage (Dani Moonstar)
Mister Sinister (Nathaniel Essex)
Moira X (Moira MacTaggert)
Monarch (Jamie Braddock)
Mondo
Multiple Man (Jamie Madrox)
Mystique (Raven Darkholme)
Nanny
Nature Girl (Lin Li)
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)
Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier)
Omega Red (Arkady Rossovich)
Omerta (Paul Provenzano)
Orphan-Maker (Peter)
Outlaw (Inez Temple)
Oya (Idie Okonkwo)
Penance Twins (Claudette & Nicole St. Croix)
Penance (Monet St. Croix)
Petra
Phoebe Cuckoo
Piper
Pixie (Megan Gwynn)
Polaris (Lorna Dane)
Powerhouse (Franklin Richards)
Prestige (Rachel Grey)
Primal (Teon Macik)
Prism (Robbie)
Prodigy (David Alleyne)
Professor X (Charles Xavier)
Proteus (Kevin MacTaggert)
Psylocke (Kwannon)
Pyro (Simon Lasker)
Pyro (St. John Allerdyce)
Random (Marshall Stone III)
Razorhead
Red Bishop (Lucas Bishop)
Red Queen (Kate Pryde)
Rictor (Julio Richter)
Rockslide (Santo Vaccarro) (Deceased)
Rockslide
Rogue (Anna Marie LeBeau)
Roulette (Jennifer Stavros)
Sabretooth (Victor Creed)
Sage (Tessa)
Samurai (Ishiro Tsuburaya)
Saucier
Scalphunter (John Greycrow)
Scout (Gabby Kinney)
Selene Gallio
Shark-Girl (Iara Dos Santos)
Shatterstar (Ben Gaveedra)
Shogo Lee
Silver Samurai (Keniuchio Harada)
Siryn (Terry Rourke)
Skin (Angelo Espinosa)
Slipstream (Davis Cameron)
Sonos Rex (Robert Wynn)
Sophie Cuckoo
Speed (Tommy Shepherd)
Stacy X (Miranda Leevald)
Stinger (Wendy Sherman)
Storm (Ororo Munroe)
Strobe (Juliana Worthing)
Strong Guy (Guido Carosella)
Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida)
Sunspot (Roberto Da Costa)
Surge (Nori Ashida)
Sway (Suzanne Chan)
Synch (Everett Thomas)
Tag (Brian Cruz)
Tarot (Marie-Ange Colbert)
Tempo (Heather Tucker)
Tempus (Eva Bell)
Thunderbird (John Proudstar)
Thunderbird (Neal Shaara)
Tito Bohusk
Toad (Mortimer Toynbee)
Tommy
Trance (Hope Abbott)
Transonic (Laurie Tromette)
Triage (Christopher Muse)
Trinary
Unus the Untouchable (Gunther Bain)
Vanisher
Vulcan (Gabe Summers)
Warlock
Warpath (James Proudstar)
White Bishop (Christian Frost)
White Knight (Callisto)
White Queen (Emma Frost)
Wild Child (Kyle Gibney)
Wildside (Richard Gill)
Wither (Kevin Ford)
Wolf Cub (Nicholas Gleason)
Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair)
Wolverine (Laura Kinney)
Wolverine (Logan)
Wrench (Sandra Yo)
X-Man (Nathaniel Grey)
Xorn (Kuan-Yin Xorn)
Zorn (Shen Xorn)

Powers and Abilities

Powers:
-Krakoa possesses an instinct-based hivemind composed of the lifeforms that formed it. It can create moving, semi-humanoid and animal forms of various sizes out of its component earth. Its largest humanoid form possessed superhuman strength (lifting approximately 100 tons). It feeds on mutant energy, and drains that energy quickly, often rendering mutants powerless, and though it often traps beings using tentacle-like vegetation growth, it can feed off this energy as long as the being remains on the island. Krakoa can block the powers of telepaths trying to communicate with those on the island, and it can survive unaided in space. There is also a great amount of magic around Krakoa, according to Doctor Strange.

Weaknesses:
-Magnetic pulses supercharged with bolts of lightning.

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1ST APPEARANCE
Volume 1 July 1975
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