History Characters / XMenRoguesGalleryAToI

* OrderVersusChaos: The Order To The Phoenix. While The Phoenix is a DestroyerDeity who perpetuates the cycle of life, death and rebirth throughout the universe, the First Fallen seeks to freeze the universe in unchanging, undying "perfection". Of course, OrderIsNotGood is firmly in play.

* LightIsNotGood: The first host we see him controlling is a handsome angelic pharaoh like man who tries to sell paradise in his "Shining City" to Psylocke and later The other X-Men in a soft, gentle tone. ''Both'' [[DarkIsNotEvil Kurt]] and [[TheMadHatter Jaime Braddock]] instantly through his "[[GuildedCage land of peace and honey]]" promises (with Kurt noting that if the devil where to trying to tempt you, he would not do it while wearing horns). The moment they refuse him and attack him, all his fake good will utterly disappears and he shows just how utterly tyrannical he is.

* LightIsNotGood: The first host we see him controlling is a handsome angelic pharaoh like man who tries to sell paradise in his "Shining City" to Psylocke and later The other X-Men in a soft, gentle tone. ''Both'' [[DarkIsNotEvil Kurt]] and [[TheMadHatter Jaime Braddock]] instantly through his "[[Guilded Cage land of peace and honey]]" promises (with Kurt noting that if the devil where to trying to tempt you, he would not do it while wearing horns). The moment they refuse him and attack him, all his fake good will utterly disappears and he shows just how utterly tyrannical he is.

* LightIsNotGood: The first host we see him controlling is a handsome angelic pharaoh like man who tries to sell paradise in his "Shining City" to Psylocke and later The other X-Men in a soft, gentle tone. ''Both'' [[DarkIsNotEvil Kurt]] and [[TheMadHatter Jaime Braddock]] instantly through his "land of peace and honey" promises (with Kurt noting that if the devil where to trying to tempt you, he would not do it while wearing horns). They moment the refuse him and attack him, all his fake good will utterly disappears and he shows just how utterly tyrannical he is.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Is this to the other supervillains (for an admittedly generous definition of friends). They see him as a pathetic wannabe, and after ''ComicBook/AvengersArena'', they now see him as a pathetic [[EvenEvilHasStandards disgusting]] wannabe.

* AGlassOfChianti: He casually enjoys a glass of wine, right after the third causality and first hero-on-hero murder happens in issue #6 of Avengers Arena.

!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''X-Men Battle of the Atom #1" (2013)

* LukeIAmYourFather: He's Nightcrawler's father, and TheReveal in 'The Draco' certainly rides this trope for all it's worth (so much so you'll briefly think you're watching mutant Series/{{Maury}}). [[spoiler:Then it turns out he was partly a smokescreen. Mystique , in her male form , and her wife Destiny , directly produced Nightcrawler, but Azazel was still one of the two original spermcell donors , as Mystique used the genetic material/information which she acquired from him (as well as her legal husband , the human German nobleman Christian Wagner), when she and Azazel had sex when Mystique was in her original female form , as the basis for the artificial spermcells she generated in her male form in order to impregnate Destiny .]]

[[folder:Apocalypse]]
!!En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse
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!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''X-Factor'' #5 (1986)

->''I am as far beyond mutants as they are beyond you.''

Originally introduced for the ''ComicBook/XFactor'' title, Apocalypse is an ancient mutant who lives by one very simple credo: [[TheSocialDarwinist survival of the fittest]]. Believing that conflict, war and strife advance civilization, Apocalypse has influenced human history since the days of [[UsefulNotes/AncientEgyptianHistory Ancient Egypt]], and after centuries of subtle manipulations he is ready to bring about his long-planned-for Age of Apocalypse in the present day. By sheer scope of power and ambition he has become generally regarded as the biggest bad among X-villains.\\\

See ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}} for more on him.

[[folder:The Genegineer]]
!!'''Doctor David Moreau / The Genegineer'''
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!!!'''Nationality:''' Genoshan
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Uncanny X-Men'' #236 (1988)
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A high government official of the small, high-tech state of Genosha, Moreau was in charge of mutant affairs--Which in Genosha meant supervising the implementation of a ruthless SuperRegistrationAct that made all mutants forced laborers for the government, under military supervision. Moreau, a highly moral man, was always troubled about the system he served (especially when his own family suffered the personal consequences of it, as his daughter-in-law-to-be was identified as a mutant), but remained convinced that it was the [[NecessarilyEvil least bad option]] in a CrapsackWorld where [[BewareTheSuperman rampaging superhumans]] would frequently cause disaster and ruin when not firmly kept down. First of all he was a patriot, [[MyCountryRightOrWrong always loyal to his nation]], for which he was prepared to suffer and die. In a later story, this bizarrely [[EnemyMine forced him into an alliance]] with the X-Men ''against'' the system he had so long championed, when [[CardCarryingVillain right-winger Cameron Hodge]] and [[GeneralRipper jingoist President Renault]] hijacked the Genoshan government and steered it towards [[MutuallyAssuredDestruction military confrontation with the United States]]. Hodge killed him, and the old Genoshan system died with him, soon to be replaced with a mutant-supremacist PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny.

* EvilTwin: Cassandra is the evi twin sister of Charles Xavier. Jean Grey describes her as a malevolent psychic parasite that is to the Professor what the Yin is to the Yang (yet another example of the Western misconception that Yin and Yang are about TheBalaceBetweenGoodAndEvil).

* EvilTwin: Cassandra is the evi twin sister of Charles Xavier. Jean Grey describes her as a malevolent psychic parasite that is to the Professor what the Yin is to the Yang (yet another example of the Western misconception that Yin and Yang are about the BalaceBetweenGoodAndEvil).

Of all the X-Men's villainesses, Cassandra is generally considered as the most dangerous. Completely amoral, power-hungry, she is on par with her brother, ComicBook/ProfessorX, in terms of psychic mastery. She has faded in the background lately but she remains unvanquished so far which means she may reappear at any time.

* CloneDegeneration: In ''X-Men '92'' Cassandra Nova is reimagined as a clone of Xavier created by Apocalypse rather than his literal EvilTwin. Why she is female is left unexplained.
* ContinuitySnarl: The issue of who she's presently inside of. The end of Morrison's run implies Ernst. The end of Austen's run implies Carter Ghazikhanian. And the end of her arc in Whedon's run implies Armor.

* EvilTwin: Cassandra is the evi twin sister of Charles Xavier. Jean Grey describes her as a malevolent psychic parasite that is to the Professor what the Yin is to the Yang.

* EvilutionaryBiologist: A pioneer of this trope in the X-Men universe, perhaps even on par with her lover Mister Sinister.

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: In the infamous 'The Draco' story. Azazel comes to Earth and sires a bunch of children with his mutant teleporting abilities so that when they get old enough he can... gather them all together and open a portal to come to Earth. Although the fact that he can only remain on Earth temporarily, as he keeps getting magickally pulled back to the Brimstone Dimension , plays a factor in this decision.

A SuperPrototype of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} villain Omega Red, Alpha Red is the first in a line of Soviet attempts to create their own version of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. As they had no version of the SuperSoldier [[SuperSerum Serum]] yet, they opted to use a Russian vampire as their subject. Naturally, he proved impossible to control and was sealed away, but the Soviet collapse resulted in him being literally sold by Soviet renegades to the Fenris Twins, who quickly put him to work attacking the X-Men. Revealed in the third issue to be {{Dracula}}'s bastard son.

* TheWorfEffect: Lives off it like a pig at a trough, first with the reveal that he is stronger than Omega Red (and subsequent beatdown to prove it) and then with the reveal that he is stronger than freaking {{Dracula}} (complete with panel of Very Worried Drac to prove it).

Of all X-men's villainesses, Cassandra is generally considered as the most dangerous. Completely amoral, power-hungry, she is on par with her brother, ComicBook/ProfessorX, in terms of psychic mastery. She has faded in the background lately but she remains unvanquished so far which means she may reappear at any time.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Really didn't make that many appearances, but sweet baby Jesus did this woman make an impact. She wiped out millions of mutants, wrecked unspeakable damage on the Shi'ar Empire and came close to wiping out the X-men after she'd already died.

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: In the infamous 'The Draco' story. Azazel comes to Earth and sires a bunch of children with his mutant teleporting abilities so that when they get old enough he can... gather them all together and open a portal to come to Earth. Although the fact that he can only remain on Earth temporarily plays a factor in this decision.
* DimensionLord: When he was first introduced he ruled his own dimension, which was apparently the place Nightcrawler passed through whenever he used his teleportation ability.

* HotAsHell: In order to seduce women and sire more children, he disguises himself as an attractive man.
* {{Irony}}: In order to stop Azazel from [[spoiler:running rampant in the afterlife]], Nightcrawler used BloodMagic to permanently tie his father to Earth upon his resurrection, which was what Azazel had originally wanted.

* LukeIAmYourFather: He's Nightcrawler's father, and TheReveal in 'The Draco' certainly rides this trope for all it's worth (so much so you'll briefly think you're watching mutant Series/{{Maury}}). [[spoiler:Then it turns out he was partly a smokescreen. Mystique , in her male form , and her wife Destiny , directly produced Nightcrawler, but Azazel was still the spermcell donor , as Mystique used the genetic material/information which she acquired from him (as well as the human Christian Wagner), when she and Azazel had sex when Mystique was in her original female form , as the basis for the artificial spermcells she generated in her male form in order to impregnate Destiny .]]

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: He seems to have some sort of link to the demonic world, but exactly how demonic he is is never specified. He poses as Satan, wields Mephisto-level power in his native dimension, and has done the Mephisto bit of pretending to be Satan, but in post-'Draco' appearance he's been written as much less mystical, basically just being a more skilled and evil Nightcrawler. Marvel still considers him enough of a "demon" to give him a character file entry in the demon section of their ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies'' Handbook, so take from that what you will.
** Its canon in the Marvel Multiverse that deities and demons are both naturally born and artificially made (either created by other entities or magickally transformed/evolved)

* ParentalFavoritism: For Nightcrawler, who he favors above his other children such as Abyss and Kiwi Black. [[spoiler:Ironically, he is technically not the only biological father of Nightcrawler, but just one or three: himself, Christian Wagner, and Mystique in her male form.]]

* Really700YearsOld: Quite possibly ''thousands'' of years old. He claims to have existed in biblical times.
* ReallyGetsAround: He has dozens of children by multiple women and tends to leave them pretty quickly too. Kurt even calls him "a Lothario with regrets".

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:''X-Men Blue: Origins'' reveals he wasn't happy in the slightest when Mystique dumped him, possibly the first time in his whole life when he'd ever ''been'' dumped by one of his conquests. She states that in-between his blustering that he didn't care, Mystique was certain he was actually crying.]]

A demonic overlord and Nightcrawler's father, [[spoiler:except not really]]. Millennia ago, he was banished into the Brimstone dimension by the Cheyarafim, a group of xenophobic mutants with angelic appearances. He possesses an impressive amount of powers, teleportation included. He appeared in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' (however with a different look and reimagined backstory) and was portrayed by Creator/JasonFlemyng.

* LukeIAmYourFather: He's Nightcrawler's father, and TheReveal in 'The Draco' certainly rides this trope for all it's worth (so much so you'll briefly think you're watching mutant Series/{{Maury}}). [[spoiler:Then it turns out he was just a smokescreen. Mystique and Destiny made Nightcrawler, not Mystique and Azazel.]]

* ParentalFavoritism: For Nightcrawler, who he favors above his other children such as Abyss and Kiwi Black. [[spoiler:Ironically, Nightcrawler is not his child.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:''X-Men Blue: Origins'' reveals he wasn't happy in the slightest when Mystique dumped him, possibly the first time he'd ever ''been'' dumped. She states in-between his blustering that he didn't care, Mystique was certain he was actually crying.]]

A demonic overlord. Millennia ago, he was banished into the Brimstone dimension by the Cheyarafim, a group of xenophobic mutants with angelic appearances. He possesses an impressive amount of powers, teleportation included. He appeared in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' (however with a different look and reimagined backstory) and was portrayed by Creator/JasonFlemyng.

A demonic overlord and Nightcrawler's biological father. Millennia ago, he was banished into the Brimstone dimension by the Cheyarafim, a group of xenophobic mutants with angelic appearances. He possesses an impressive amount of powers, teleportation included. He appeared in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' (however with a different look and reimagined backstory) and was portrayed by Creator/JasonFlemyng.

* EvilCounterpart: One to his son Nightcrawler, like Nightcrawler he has been been called a demon but he believed it and so began acting like one.

* LukeIAmYourFather: He's Nightcrawler's father, and TheReveal in 'The Draco' certainly rides this trope for all it's worth (so much so you'll briefly think you're watching mutant Series/{{Maury}}).

* ParentalFavoritism: For Nightcrawler, who he favors above his other children such as Abyss and Kiwi Black.

* CloningBlues: In ''X-Men '92'' Cassandra Nova is reimagined as a clone of Xavier created by Apocalypse rather than his literal EvilTwin. Why she is female is left unexplained.