Externals
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The Externals were a fictional group of X-Men antagonists and subspecies of mutants.
All of the Externals were originally portrayed as immortal and important, playing an extremely major role in the future and Apocalypse's rise to power (as expressed by Cable), but eventually all but one were killed off. Only Selene, a previously established character, was spared from the purge.
At one point, X-Men regular and former New Mutant Cannonball was declared an External by Cable, although Selene denies this. Apocalypse has also been referred to as an External on several occasions, however, his longevity is believed by Selene as mostly due to technological means (though Apocalypse was already many centuries old before his first encounter with the technology he would later integrate himself with).
[edit] Membership
- Absalom (died)
- Apocalypse
- Burke (died)
- Candra (died)
- Cannonball
- Gideon (died)
- Crule (died)
- Nicodemus (died)
- Saul (died)
- Selene
Saul, Absalom, Gideon, Nicodemus, Burke, and Crule (to a lesser extent) formed the self-fashioned "High Lords", bent on playing power games and manipulating events behind the scenes. Crule was employed as an enforcer and assassin for the other High Lords, while Candra and Selene preferred to play their own schemes separately and didn't take any part on the High Lords gatherings.
Each External was claimed to represent an intangible concept:
- Absalom - despair
- Burke - fortitude
- Candra - guile
- Cannonball - hope
- Crule - ferocity
- Gideon - opportunity
- Nicodemus - wisdom
- Saul - patience
- Selene - corruption
[edit] Member's fates
Nicodemus and Burke died of the Legacy Virus, Candra was destroyed by Storm, and the rest were drained of their life force by Selene. Selene is the only living confirmed member.
[edit] In other media
In the episode "Sanctuary Part 2" of the X-Men animated series, Saul and Gideon are seen watching Fabian Cortez announce his scheme to the Earth.
In the episode "Externally Yours" of that same series, Gambit's past involvement with the respective guilds of Thieves and Assassins, as well as with the External Candra (depicted here as an African-American "spirit lady", as opposed to a Caucasian telekinetic, and merely known as "The External") are detailed.
