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X-Men '97: Mother Askani's Multiverse Mystery
1 Jul
Summary
- Mother Askani is Rachel Summers from an alternate timeline.
- She hails from a 'hellish' timeline where Sentinels eradicated mutants.
- Rachel sent Kate Pryde's consciousness to the past to alter history.
The "X-Men '97" Season 2 premiere, "Days of Past Future," set in 3960 A.D. under Apocalypse's rule, unveils Mother Askani. This enigmatic figure is identified as Rachel Summers, daughter of Cyclops and Jean Grey from a divergent reality. Her existence makes her a complex relative to Cable, being his alternate timeline sister.
Mother Askani describes her origin as a "hell" far worse than the present, referencing the bleak Earth-811. This reality is defined by the "Days of Future Past" events, where Sentinels systematically eliminated mutants and superbeings. Rachel was part of a dwindling resistance movement.
In this struggle, Rachel employed her psychic abilities to project Kate Pryde's consciousness into the past. The mission was to prevent a pivotal political assassination that precipitated their grim future. Rachel herself eventually navigated time and space, arriving in the primary Marvel Universe (Earth-616) where she has since undertaken numerous adventures.
