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For tropes regarding Cable's present day counterpart, see [[Characters/CableNathanSummers [[Characters/MarvelComicsCable his page]]. For tropes regarding Xilo's present day counterpart, see his entry on the Characters/XMenArakko page.
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** Hope's immaturity is heightened, resulting in her becoming a kind of spoiled AlphaBitch brat. She also loses her reservations about being worshipped as some kind of mutant messiah and begins to narcissistically revel in the attention. Her tactical abilities become a kind of vicious bloodlust on an omnicidal scale.
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** Hope's immaturity is heightened, resulting in her becoming a kind of spoiled AlphaBitch brat.brat, and her tendency to be [[{{Jerkass}} abrasive and blunt]] towards others becomes a kind of constant snide contempt for everything and everyone. She also loses her reservations about being worshipped as some kind of mutant messiah and begins to narcissistically revel in the attention. Her tactical abilities become a kind of vicious bloodlust on an omnicidal scale.
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* TheUnfettered: The Sinister taint doesn't enable Sinister to control the others, much to his eventual chagrin; instead, it heightens their most negative ''and'' positive traits through Sinister's own scheming, amoral and sociopathic filter until they eventually become the worst possible version of themselves:
** Xavier retains his genuine belief in unity between mutants and humans and his belief in embracing and showing mercy to his opponents, but his manipulative and arrogant tendencies are heightened until he becomes a narcissistic monster intent on forcing everyone to mentally assimilate into his worldview.
** Emma keeps her genuine devotion to her students, but when coupled with her sadistic tendencies this is warped into a kind of [=BDSM=] MyBelovedSmother form.
** Hope's immaturity is heightened, resulting in her becoming a kind of spoiled AlphaBitch brat. She also loses her reservations about being worshipped as some kind of mutant messiah and begins to narcissistically revel in the attention. Her tactical abilities become a kind of vicious bloodlust on an omnicidal scale.
** Exodus remains as fanatically devoted to his mutant religion as ever, but becomes a lot more ruthless and even more fundamentalist. He retains his faith in Hope the messiah -- but this no longer extends to Hope the actual person...
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* TheUnfettered: The Sinister taint doesn't enable Sinister to control the others, much to his eventual chagrin; instead, it heightens their most negative ''and'' positive traits through Sinister's own scheming, amoral and sociopathic filter until they eventually become the worst possible version of themselves:
** Xavier retains his genuine belief in unity between mutants and humans and his belief in embracing and showing mercy to his opponents, but his manipulative and arrogant tendencies are heightened until he becomes a narcissistic monster intent on forcing everyone to mentally assimilate into his worldview.
** Emma keeps her genuine devotion to her students, but when coupled with her sadistic tendencies this is warped into a kind of [=BDSM=] MyBelovedSmother form.
** Hope's immaturity is heightened, resulting in her becoming a kind of spoiled AlphaBitch brat. She also loses her reservations about being worshipped as some kind of mutant messiah and begins to narcissistically revel in the attention. Her tactical abilities become a kind of vicious bloodlust on an omnicidal scale.
** Exodus remains as fanatically devoted to his mutant religion as ever, but becomes a lot more ruthless and even more fundamentalist. He retains his faith in Hope the messiah -- but this no longer extends to Hope the actual person...
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: By the year 1000+, events have clearly taken their toll on Sinister; he remains as self-serving, venal and narcissistic as ever, but is clearly a lot more weary and beaten-down, is less theatrical and posturing, and is as close to being regretful and remorseful about what has happened as he is capable of getting (in that it's largely because of how it's affected him).
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** By the year 1000+, events have clearly taken their toll on Sinister; he remains as self-serving, venal and narcissistic as ever, but is clearly a lot more weary and beaten-down, is less theatrical and posturing, and is as close to being regretful and remorseful about what has happened as he is capable of getting (in that it's largely because of how it's affectedhim). him).
** When Sinister is finally [[spoiler: sentenced to The Pit after the timeline is restored]], it is noted by a couple of members of the Quiet Council that his desperate pleading and ranting seemed a lot more sincere and less theatrical than it otherwise should under the circumstances. [[spoiler: This is because the one thing he ''has'' learned from the future is that another version of himself has ''already'' achieved Dominion and they're all in terrible, terrible danger, including himself. And it's heavily implied to be Mother Righteous, who has already begun worming her way into the confidence of the Quiet Council in the current timeline...]]
** By the year 1000+, events have clearly taken their toll on Sinister; he remains as self-serving, venal and narcissistic as ever, but is clearly a lot more weary and beaten-down, is less theatrical and posturing, and is as close to being regretful and remorseful about what has happened as he is capable of getting (in that it's largely because of how it's affected
** When Sinister is finally [[spoiler: sentenced to The Pit after the timeline is restored]], it is noted by a couple of members of the Quiet Council that his desperate pleading and ranting seemed a lot more sincere and less theatrical than it otherwise should under the circumstances. [[spoiler: This is because the one thing he ''has'' learned from the future is that another version of himself has ''already'' achieved Dominion and they're all in terrible, terrible danger, including himself. And it's heavily implied to be Mother Righteous, who has already begun worming her way into the confidence of the Quiet Council in the current timeline...]]
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* BritsLoveTea: One of his minor annoyances is that even in a world he's created, he can't get a good cuppa for nothing.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Mentioned in ''Storm and the Brotherhood'' #3 as having died at some point in the last thousand years during a fight with the Orphan-Madrox.
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The Legion of the Night, later known as Nightkin, are Chimera assassins created by Sinister in the first ten years after he corrupted the council. Ten years into the future they were freed by Vox Ignis and repurposed by Mother Righteous to serve her own cult.
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The Legion of the Night, later known as Nightkin, are Chimera assassins created by Sinister in the first ten years after he corrupted the council. Ten years into the future they were freed by Vox Ignis and repurposed by Mother Righteous to serve her own cult.
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* AllYourPowersCombined: Each of them combines Nightcrawler's teleportation (and appearance) with the powers of another mutant.
* MeetTheNewBoss: Mother Righteous has Vox Ignis free them from Sinister's control solely to bring them into service of her mysterious agenda, likely to become a Dominion Intellect first. Instead of genetic brainwashing [[IControlMyMinionsThrough she uses mundane cult methods]].
* SlaveRace: Engineered en masses by Sinister as a highly mobile squad of enforcers, disposable by their nature as clones.
* TwoDonorClone: Each of the Nightkin is a [[AllYourPowersCombined mutant Chimera]], created from Nightcrawler's DNA plus another mutant or superhuman donor.
* MeetTheNewBoss: Mother Righteous has Vox Ignis free them from Sinister's control solely to bring them into service of her mysterious agenda, likely to become a Dominion Intellect first. Instead of genetic brainwashing [[IControlMyMinionsThrough she uses mundane cult methods]].
* SlaveRace: Engineered en masses by Sinister as a highly mobile squad of enforcers, disposable by their nature as clones.
* TwoDonorClone: Each of the Nightkin is a [[AllYourPowersCombined mutant Chimera]], created from Nightcrawler's DNA plus another mutant or superhuman donor.
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* AllYourPowersCombined: Each of them combines Nightcrawler's teleportation (and appearance) with AchievementsInIgnorance: Invoked by her. She may not know the powers of another mutant.
* MeetTheNewBoss: Mother Righteous has Vox Ignis free them from Sinister's control solely to bring them into servicelimits of her mysterious agenda, likely powers, but this also means she doesn't know where those limits are. Or as she puts it, she hasn't learnt how to lose.
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: She, a freshly resurrected young woman with barely any memories, goes up against Emma Frost, who has now becomea Dominion Intellect first. Instead the physical avatar of genetic brainwashing [[IControlMyMinionsThrough she uses mundane cult methods]].
Cyttorak, and wins. However, her lack of experience prevents her from thinking of shielding herself from cosmic radiation, which kills her.
*SlaveRace: Engineered en masses by CameBackWrong: Yes and no. She's Ororo, resurrected into the prime of her life and with no Sinister as a highly mobile squad of enforcers, disposable by their nature as clones.
* TwoDonorClone: Eachcorruption, but without the memories and experiences of the Nightkin is original Ororo.
* ShockAndAwe: Manages to use her powers to generate a[[AllYourPowersCombined mutant Chimera]], created from Nightcrawler's DNA plus another mutant or superhuman donor.space storm big enough to fry Emma's giant Sentinel, and reduce Emma herself to tiny fragments.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Only lasts a single issue.
* MeetTheNewBoss: Mother Righteous has Vox Ignis free them from Sinister's control solely to bring them into service
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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:She spends nearly 1000 years fighting against Mother Righteous, corrupted Mutantkind and Sinister trying to get her child back. And she does for all of 10 minutes after with the timeline is erased]].
* BewareMyStingerTail: Has a concealed claw at the end of her tail.
* TheLeader: She’s the leader of the Legion of the Night.
* MamaBear: The last straw in turning her against Mother Righteous is her newborn child's disappearance being used to write new dogma for Mother's cult of personality. After learning they're still alive and being held captive by Mother Righteous, she'll stop at nothing to take Mother down.
* TwoDonorClone: Like all of the Nightkin, she was created from Nightcrawler’s DNA plus another donor - in Wagnerine's case, it was mixed with Laura Kinney's.
* BewareMyStingerTail: Has a concealed claw at the end of her tail.
* TheLeader: She’s the leader of the Legion of the Night.
* MamaBear: The last straw in turning her against Mother Righteous is her newborn child's disappearance being used to write new dogma for Mother's cult of personality. After learning they're still alive and being held captive by Mother Righteous, she'll stop at nothing to take Mother down.
* TwoDonorClone: Like all of the Nightkin, she was created from Nightcrawler’s DNA plus another donor - in Wagnerine's case, it was mixed with Laura Kinney's.
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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:She spends nearly 1000 years fighting against Mother Righteous, corrupted Mutantkind and Sinister trying to get her child back. And she does for all AllYourPowersCombined: Each of 10 minutes after them combines Nightcrawler's teleportation (and appearance) with the timeline is erased]].
* BewareMyStingerTail: Has a concealed claw at the endpowers of her tail.
another mutant.
*TheLeader: She’s the leader of the Legion of the Night.
* MamaBear: The last straw in turning her againstMeetTheNewBoss: Mother Righteous is has Vox Ignis free them from Sinister's control solely to bring them into service of her newborn child's disappearance being used mysterious agenda, likely to write new dogma for Mother's become a Dominion Intellect first. Instead of genetic brainwashing [[IControlMyMinionsThrough she uses mundane cult methods]].
* SlaveRace: Engineered en masses by Sinister as a highly mobile squad ofpersonality. After learning they're still alive and being held captive enforcers, disposable by Mother Righteous, she'll stop at nothing to take Mother down.
their nature as clones.
* TwoDonorClone:Like all Each of the Nightkin, she was Nightkin is a [[AllYourPowersCombined mutant Chimera]], created from Nightcrawler’s Nightcrawler's DNA plus another donor - in Wagnerine's case, it was mixed with Laura Kinney's.mutant or superhuman donor.
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* DyingAsYourself: After feeling Sinister's programming reasserting itself, he makes a HeroicSacrifice, volunteering for a suicidal recon mission.
* HeroicSacrifice: Of course the DNA of two of the [[NiceGuy nicest guys]] in Marvel would create someone who'd do this. Unfortunately it’s for a pointless cause that only benefitted Mother Righteous.
* TwoDonorClone: Like all of the Nightkin, he was created from Kurt Wagner’s DNA plus another donor. In Wallcrawler's case, the second donor was the non-mutant Peter Parker. Unfortunately, that gives him less resistance to Sinister's corruption than his comrades with two mutant donors.
* HeroicSacrifice: Of course the DNA of two of the [[NiceGuy nicest guys]] in Marvel would create someone who'd do this. Unfortunately it’s for a pointless cause that only benefitted Mother Righteous.
* TwoDonorClone: Like all of the Nightkin, he was created from Kurt Wagner’s DNA plus another donor. In Wallcrawler's case, the second donor was the non-mutant Peter Parker. Unfortunately, that gives him less resistance to Sinister's corruption than his comrades with two mutant donors.
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* DyingAsYourself: After feeling Sinister's programming reasserting itself, he makes a HeroicSacrifice, volunteering for a suicidal recon mission.
* HeroicSacrifice: Of course the DNA of two of the [[NiceGuy nicest guys]] in Marvel would create someone who'd do this. Unfortunately it’s for a pointless cause that only benefittedAllForNothing: [[spoiler:She spends nearly 1000 years fighting against Mother Righteous.Righteous, corrupted Mutantkind and Sinister trying to get her child back. And she does for all of 10 minutes after with the timeline is erased]].
* BewareMyStingerTail: Has a concealed claw at the end of her tail.
* TheLeader: She’s the leader of the Legion of the Night.
* MamaBear: The last straw in turning her against Mother Righteous is her newborn child's disappearance being used to write new dogma for Mother's cult of personality. After learning they're still alive and being held captive by Mother Righteous, she'll stop at nothing to take Mother down.
* TwoDonorClone: Like all of the Nightkin,he she was created from Kurt Wagner’s Nightcrawler’s DNA plus another donor. In Wallcrawler's donor - in Wagnerine's case, the second donor it was the non-mutant Peter Parker. Unfortunately, that gives him less resistance to Sinister's corruption than his comrades mixed with two mutant donors.Laura Kinney's.
* HeroicSacrifice: Of course the DNA of two of the [[NiceGuy nicest guys]] in Marvel would create someone who'd do this. Unfortunately it’s for a pointless cause that only benefitted
* BewareMyStingerTail: Has a concealed claw at the end of her tail.
* TheLeader: She’s the leader of the Legion of the Night.
* MamaBear: The last straw in turning her against Mother Righteous is her newborn child's disappearance being used to write new dogma for Mother's cult of personality. After learning they're still alive and being held captive by Mother Righteous, she'll stop at nothing to take Mother down.
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* DyingAsYourself: After feeling Sinister's programming reasserting itself, he makes a HeroicSacrifice, volunteering for a suicidal recon mission.
* HeroicSacrifice: Of course the DNA of two of the [[NiceGuy nicest guys]] in Marvel would create someone who'd do this. Unfortunately it’s for a pointless cause that only benefitted Mother Righteous.
* TwoDonorClone: Like all of the Nightkin, he was created from Kurt Wagner’s DNA plus another donor. In Wallcrawler's case, the second donor was the non-mutant Peter Parker. Unfortunately, that gives him less resistance to Sinister's corruption than his comrades with two mutant donors.
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* AesopAmnesia: Lampshaded; both [[spoiler: Moira and Ironfire]] are struck by the fact that, despite everything that happens, Sinister goes through 1000+ years of hellish dystopia and fails to learn a single thing from it.
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* IgnoredEpiphany: Lampshaded; both [[spoiler: Moira and Ironfire]] are struck by the fact that, despite everything that happens, Sinister goes through 1000+ years of hellish dystopia and fails to learn a single thing from it.
