Clan Akkaba
Clan Akkaba are a cult that feature in Marvel Comics.
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History
Origin
Clan Akkaba were a secret society that consisted of a lineage of Mutants that were the descendants of En Sabah Nur who was also known as Apocalypse. For thousands of years, they safeguarded the legacy of their lord where they inserted themselves in history where they acted when they were called upon by their patriarch. They were responsible for the burning of Rome, they aided in the culling of thousands by the guillotine during the French Revolution and it was said that they had representation onboard the Mayflower when it reached the New World. (X-Men: Apocalypse vs. Dracula v1 #1)
Long ago, it was said that the human servants of Clan Akkaba came to learn magic and believed this made them on par with Homo Superior. As such, they believed that they would be spared by Apocalypse during the end of days. For this heresy, the magi were purged from the ranks though some managed to survive where they formed a splinter group called Coven Akkaba. (Excalibur v4 #2)
In London 1897, a number of Akkaba members were killed by a mysterious attacker that had arrived in the city. This attracted the attention of Clan Akkaba whereby one of their leading members named Hamilton Slade sought to challenge this foe. Slade was seemingly killed leading to the clan engaging in the awakening of Apocalypse to lead them against this threat. (X-Men: Apocalypse vs. Dracula v1 #1) Upon awakening, he killed one of the Clan as the price for his awakening whereupon Akkaba member Jack Starsmore revealed that he believed the nature of the threat to be Vampires. Despite his status as a Lesser, he came to the council and brought with him the vampire hunter Abraham van Helsing who stated the threat came from Dracula. Ozymandias told his master that this was a former human warlord that Apocalypse had vanquished back during the Crusades. (X-Men: Apocalypse vs. Dracula v1 #2)
The Apocalypse Solution
The Clan was later responsible for resurrecting their master Apocalypse in a ceremony and sacrifice that brought him back as a young clone boy. (Uncanny X-Force v1 #1) This child was indoctrinated in the teachings of Apocalypse which was when he was being targeted by X-Force. (Uncanny X-Force v1 #2) To protect the child, the Final Horsemen were summoned by Ozymandias who sought to take the boy to safety on-board Ship. (Uncanny X-Force v1 #3)
The Apocalypse Twins later travelled into the Akkaba Metropolis where they were greeted with reverence by the inhabitants. This branch of the Clan had all been depowered by the actions of the Scarlet Witch which led to the Apocalypse Twins deciding that they were no longer Mutants and thus not able to survive the struggle of evolution. As a result, they decided to kill all the assembled Akkabans and destroyed the settlement. (Uncanny Avengers)
For centuries, Akkaba dreamt of the day of Mutant ascension on the planet and this came to pass following the Inversion when Genesis reclaimed the mantle of Apocalypse and with the aid of the X-Men began building a Gene Bomb intending to wipe out anyone that lacked the X-Gene. (Avengers & X-Men: AXIS v1 #6)
Genocide along with a faction of Clan Akkaba were working in secret during the M-Pox crisis where they had public communions that were overseen by the resurrected Angel. (Uncanny X-Men v4 #7) They had been removing the corrupted flesh from Warren Worthington in order to culture it into a whole host of Archangels that Genocide intendedto use as his death-flight to bring about the apocalypse. (Uncanny X-Men v4 #9)
Dawn of X
Coven Akkaba later came to ally with Morgan le Fay thus bringing them into conflict with the X-Men following the establishment of the Mutant nation of Krakoa. (Excalibur v4 #2)
Overview
In appearance, the members of Clan Akkaba were a secret society that consisted of the descendants of Apocalypse. Thus, they were all Mutants and each had inherited some of his powers ranging from shapeshifting and projecting psychic fire from the mouth. (X-Men: Apocalypse vs. Dracula v1 #2)
En Sabah Nur was said to be more than a god to them as he was their living ancestor. It was his blood that coursed through their veins that gave them powers beyond that of ordinary humans. Members of the clan used special tattoos that were part of a brand system where the larger the tattoo meant the person had the largest amount of En Sabah Bur's blood. The more blood held by the individual meant that they had a greater level of power which improved their status in Clan Akkaba. (X-Men: Apocalypse vs. Dracula v1 #1) Apocalypse was said to not favour those that showed a grey-skin similar to himself with it remarked that this was because he saw in them something that he did not like in himself. (X-Men: Apocalypse vs. Dracula v1 #2)
The inner circle of Clan Akkaba served as the leaders of the group who had the power to awaken En Sabah Nur. (X-Men: Apocalypse vs. Dracula v1 #1) However, calling upon their ancestor required a sacrifice and he killed one of the inner council as punishment for being too weak to combat a threat without his aid. Their ranks were divided between the Fittest and the Lessers with the former being in positions of power. (X-Men: Apocalypse vs. Dracula v1 #2) A splinter group consisting of human servants of the Clan formed where they learnt to be powerful magi and created Coven Akkaba. (Excalibur v4 #2)
One of their headquarters was the Akkaba Metropolis that was a large underground city situated underneath the North Pole. (Uncanny X-Force v1 #14)
Members
- Kabar Brashir :
- Hamilton Slade :
- Frederick Slade :
- Jack Starsmore :
Notes
- Clan Akkba was created by Terry Kavanagh and Adam Pollina where they made their first appearance in Rise of Apocalypse v1 #1 (October, 1996).
In other media
Films
- In X-Men: Apocalypse, a similar cult named Ashir En Sabah Nur appeared in the live-action film where they were followers of En Sabah Nur and sought to awaken him again.
Video games
- In Marvel Heroes, Clan Akkaba appeared in the Age of Apocalypse event of the MMORPG video game.
- In Marvel: Avengers Alliance, Clan Akkaba was referenced in the setting of the Facebook video game. It was initially believed they were responsible for the Incursions when the Grey Gargoyle was seemingly working for them but this proved to be a false lead.
Appearances
- Rise of Apocalypse v1: (1996)
- X-Men: Apocalypse vs. Dracula v1:
- Uncanny X-Force v1:
- Uncanny Avengers v1:
- Excalibur v4:
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