They've been pushed to the brink. It's time to push back.
"We mutants never really defeated death. We danced like children at a party we pretended would never end. And now we hear the chimes at midnight."
—Emma Frost, Marvel's Voices #97
Fall of the House of X is a 2024 X-Men Bat Family Crossover and part of the Grand Finale of the X-Men: The Krakoan Age saga.
During Fall of X, the anti-mutant faction Orchis has kept a good standing with the governments of Earth despite the actions of the remaining mutants on Earth and their allies. But now, the mutants are ready to fight back in kind. With the aid of allies like Tony Stark, they seek to take revenge for Orchis' actions and avenge the fallen mutants. If they fail, the mutants are only the beginning. In this final battle, who will come out on top?
Series involved in the event:
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Ongoing Series
- Avengers (2023) (#12-13): Carol Danvers and the Avengers aid Tony in his fight against Orchis. Written by Jed MacKay with art by Francesco Mortarino.
- Invincible Iron Man (2022) (#14 - ): Tony Stark has bid his time. Now, it's time to take the fight to Feilong with the brand new Mysterium Armor. Written by Gerry Duggan with art by Juan Frigeri.
- Wolverine (2020) (#41 - 50): For the first time in the Krakoan Age, Wolverine and Sabretooth face off against each other. Written by Benjamin Percy and Victor LaValle with art by Cory Smith and Geoff Shaw
- X-Force (2019) (#48 - 50): The final battle against Beast begins. But the only one who can defeat Beast may be Beast himself. Written by Benjamin Percy with art by Robert Gill.
- X-Men (2021) (#30 - 35): The X-Men (comprising of Synch, Talon, Shadowkat, Wolverine and Ms Marvel) form the resistance and make their move against Orchis. Written by Gerry Duggan with art by Phil Noto and Joshua Cassara.
Mini-Series
- Fall of the House of X (Limited Series): Mutantkind's last stand against Orchis begins here. Five issue mini series written by Gerry Duggan with art by Lucas Werneck.
- Rise of the Powers of X: While the X-Men battle Orchis in the present, Xavier assembles a team to confront a time-travelling menace and avert the Bad Future that's waiting for them. Five issue mini series written by Kieron Gillen with art by R.B. Silva.
- Cable (2024): Kid Cable and Cable team up to fight against a common enemy to save both the present and the future. Four issue mini series written by Fabian Nicieza with art by Scot Eaton.
- Dead X-Men: During the 3rd Hellfire Gala, a new team of X-Men were formed before Nimrod brutally murdered them. Now, they've been revived for one final mission. Four issue mini series written by Steve Foxe and art by various artists.
- Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace: Ms. Marvel has revealed her status as a mutant to the world. Naturally, she runs into trouble because of it. Four issue mini series written by Iman Vellani (Kamala Khan in Ms. Marvel - 2022) and Sabir Pirzada with art by Scott Godlewski.
- Resurrection of Magneto: To defeat Orchis, their greatest foe and ally must be revived. But does he want to? And if he does, enemies wait in the wings to spoil it. Four issue mini series written by Al Ewing with art by Luciano Vecchio.
- X-Men: Forever (2024): How can you kill a digital god? What do you do when the Phoenix is bleeding out into nothing? Four issue mini series written by Kieron Gillen with art by Luca Maresca.
Following this storyline, the franchise will go through a relaunch with X-Men: From the Ashes, which sees a Revisiting the Roots angle.
Fall of the House of X contains examples of the following tropes:
- Anachronic Order: Mostly averted - almost all events take place in the order in which they are published. The exception of the Wolverine, which explicitly takes place prior to literally everything else in the storyline.
- Batman Gambit: Tony takes Feilong and the Stark Sentinels out of the equation by conning him, via Firestar, into thinking an invasion fleet from Arrako was landing in the Australian outback before he realizes it's not and he flies into a magnificent panic to confront Tony and his brand new Sentinel Buster armor.
- Big Bad Ensemble: The main threats for the grand finale are mutant-hunting organization Orchis and the Enigma/Sinister Dominion. This is reflected in the main titles: Orchis and the AI are fought over in X-Men and Fall of the House of X, while the Enigma Dominion concerns Xavier in Rise of the Powers of X and X-Men Forever.
- Continuity Overlap: Some of the mini-series are happening concurrently with each other, like Dead X-Men, Rise of the Powers of X and Fall of the House of X.
- Crisis Crossover: The conflict between Orchis and the Krakoan mutants/X-Men expands to involve Iron Man and the Avengers.
- Gambit Pileup: Everyone's plans (Orchis's, the X-Men's, Xavier's, Enigma's) start to come into fruition, even clashing against each other:
- The multiple plans people are developing to oppose Orchis begin to come into conflict; as an example, Wolverine, Colossus and Nightcrawler had planned to rescue Cyclops from his trial with aid of Rasputin IV, but she was called away to assist Xavier with another plan.
- Xavier has his own team of X-Men to act against Enigma.
- The Dominion Enigma is coming to ensure it becomes a reality, opposing Xavier's plan.
- As shown in the mini-series, the Sinister clones, especially Stasis and Orbis Stellaris, are working only for themselves in order to reach Ascension; the Machines (Nimrod and Omega Sentinel) have their secret plans which are against Orchis's.
- Grand Finale: The final chapter to the Krakoan Age of X-Men stories.
- Mêlée à Trois: This final battle is pit between our heroes, those living on Arrako and Orchis.
- Recycled Title: The Fall of the House of X was used as a title for a one-off X-Men Unlimited (2021) story, which also featured Krakoa, but is otherwise unrelated.
- Red Shirt Army: Lampshaded by most of Orchis geared with red combat suits and helmets. Every confrontation against the heroes has every Orchis soldiers and personnel present massacred without quarter.
- Rule of Three: Xavier had three plans to stop the Enigma Dominion:
- Jump into specific points in the timeline to stop his ascension.
- Go back in time and talk to Moira before her powers emerge in her tenth life. Xavier planned to kill her at this time.
- Summon the Phoenix.
- Superman Stays Out of Gotham: Finally averted with the Avengers, who'd been more or less staying out of the Orchis-Mutant conflict up to this point (albeit by Tony Stark's request while he and Emma Frost hammered out their game plan and coordinated with all the disparate Mutant teams). Now that all of Tony and Emma's ducks are in a row, the Avengers have finally been given the green light to openly engage Orchis.
- This Means War!: The event pits Marvel's great heroes, led by the X-Men, against Orchis and their fascist organization.
