X-Men Mutants

"We're mutants. Born different from baseline humanity, with an enhanced genome that gives us super-powers. You piss us off at your peril." - Shadowcat
America is the nation with the most mutants, in a post Genoshan Massacre World. As such, this page will speak primarily of American Mutants and Mutant Culture.

Nature

Human Mutants have many distinctive traits in regards to biology, physiology and genetics from other humans. Mutants can have wildly varying biologies depending on the nature of their mutation.
Mutation is caused by the X-Gene in the mutants' DNA. Mutations normally manifest themselves during puberty, often as a result of a traumatic event. Some mutants exhibit their mutations at birth, however, while others do not manifest their powers until adulthood. Secondary Mutation is a phenomenon in which an existing mutant gains additional powers, or a change in their appearance due to a second mutation.
Mutant breeding has notable implications, regarding the transmission of the mutant genome, or to hybridisation with others of human or extraterrestrial species.

Mutant Culture

Clothing
Jumbo Carnation and the X-Factory.
Tee-shirts can be created by some like Quentin Quire to demonstrate their beliefs, among them the well-known Magneto was right.
After joining the Avengers Unity Division, Wasp launched a cloth line named "Unity" based on mutants to promote mutants with the young and help fund the team.

Music
Juggernaut, Sentinel Bait, Cerebrastorm, and Dazzler.

Collectibles
Some people enjoy collecting objects related to heroes and villains. Briar Raleigh was used to going to such markets, where her friend Henry (who had worked some time for the Mutants Among Us show) had a stand based on Magneto, where he sold "Magneto was Right" t-shirts, a helmet of his (or a replica), a book called Holy Magneto, action-figurines in the effigy of the Master of Magnetism, and videos of his attacks. Among Skrulls, Red Skull, and other non-mutant villains, Mystique and Apocalypse collectables could also be found.

Television and Cinema
Some projects focused on mutants, like the Mutants Among Us of GNN Television, a show focused on sensational and anti-mutant aspects,[7] X-Force, later renamed X-Statix, a team of violent and media-driven mutant heroes,[8] and a show featuring the New Warriors.
Mutants are also, in many ways, a source of entertainment for the Mojoworld.
Based on the eponymous team, X-Statix: The Movie, directed by The Director and featuring Lennox Capriati as Phat/Billy-Bob Reilly, Rimi Withnail as U-Go Girl/Edie Sawyer, Jenny as Dead Girl, El Guapo (Robbie Rodriguez) (an added character), and other unnamed actors. Most of the crew was slaughtered by Sharon Ginsberg,[11] but the film was eventually released, with an unknown cast, and Doop possessed a copy.

Mutant Drugs

• Toad Juice: In the mutant slum of District X in Manhattan, a new party drug called Toad Juice sparked a turf war between rival racketeers seeking to monopolize it. The source of the drug was a mutant boy nicknamed Toad Boy, who secreted a psychotropic sweat that was then placed in blotter sheets and sold at various locations including Daniel Kaufman's club Daniel's Inferno.[1] Mister M de-powered Toad Boy's, thus destroying the only known source of Toad Juice.
• Kick: Hypercortisone D, better known by its street name Kick, is a highly addictive aerosol, used by metahuman individuals to attain a boost in their superhuman/mutant powers and a mental high. It was later revealed that Kick was in fact an aerosol form of the sentient bacteria, Sublime. Unaware of its connection with Sublime, this drug became very popular within the mutant community, especially in areas such as Mutant Town. Kick is used by metahuman individuals to attain boost in superhuman/mutant powers and a mental high. According to Quire, a puff enhances mutant talents up to five times. Both Quire and Frost stated that a Puff had five hours of effects. The sensations described by Quire was that Kick "rotted his X-Gene and killed him dead", and that it was like "breathing the electric air of the future". Emma Frost said that the young used it because "it made them feel like movie stars beings directed by God, on location in Heaven", and that she felt herself "angelic and violently insane".[1] Redneck described it as making "feel like the Incredible Hulk". This drug is highly addictive. Although not confirmed, it appears that long-term use of Kick causes psychosis. Although this psychosis could only be temporary. In rare instances, extreme long-term use can result in physical and mental possession by Sublime. It was believed that the Kick was neuro-toxic and could irreparably damage the X-Gene. Death may occur from an overdose of Kick.
• Mutant Growth Hormone: The Mutant Growth Hormone or MGH has been marketed and available even before the start of the super-hero age: Wilson Fisk had access to it before he became a powerful crime lord and it was also available before Dr. Stephen Strange studied magic in the 1960s. After these events, biochemist Dr. Henry McCoy, while working for the Brand Corporation on Long Island, developed an experimental serum that purportedly acted as a catalyst to activate latent mutations, with effects similar to the MGH. This may have been either a re-discovery of the MGH, or alternatively a different chemical compound. While it is most of the time extracted from mutants, it can also be extracted/synthesized from other super-powered individuals, but the source of their superpowers must alter their genetic make-up. For example, the Owl or Spider-Woman are not mutants, but their powers come from genetic mutations, and they were both used as MGH sources. Recently, it appears to be derived from Inhumans and is often referred to as I.G.H. The MGH is a drug having effects on the superhuman capacities of the users and varies according to the user' initial abilities. MGH is known to be highly addictive especially in baseline humans, and a known side effect of MGH use is increased aggression. When used by baseline humans, will result what's known as a "temporary genetic shift". In other words, it temporarily grants super powers like flight, fire breath, teleportation, or increased strength to its users. Most of the time, the powers are duplicates of those belonging to the donor, but results are known to vary. When MGH is used by a mutant or a metahuman, it increases the powers they already possess. It was described by Nitro as "steroids for powers".

Before the Sentinel Massacre
A mutant baby boom occurred in 2001. By this time, the vast majority of Earth's mutant population lived in the nation of Genosha, ruled by Magneto. Beast believed that the surge in the mutant population was linked to the emergence of secondary mutations.
It was also discovered at the same time that the Extinction Gene (a gene activated when an "entire species is about to go extinct") present within the human genome was slowly pushing them towards extinction, and that humans would be extinct within three, maybe four generations, and mutants would replace them.

Sentinel Massacre: Genosha's destruction
Before the Wild Sentinels attack on Genosha occurred the same year, the mutant population of Genosha was estimated at 16 million. In a plot orchestrated by Cassandra Nova, Genosha was destroyed, with almost all of its 16 million citizens being killed. After the destruction of Genosha, Cassandra Nova possessed Xavier's body and outed both him and the students of his school as mutants. Nova would go on to spread havoc throughout the galaxy, before the X-Men could finally stop her. As a result of their increasing visibility, mutant culture grew more popular. Despite the Genoshan genocide decimating the mutant population, mutant birthrates continued to increase. One year before the passing of the Superhuman Registration Act, a census revealed that mutant population would overtake humans within 10 to 20 years.
A drug known as Kick, derived from the essence of the sentient bacteria Sublime, began to spread among the mutant community. X-Man Xorn would become addicted to the drug. Driven insane by it, he impersonated Magneto, who was believed to have been killed during the Genoshan massacre, and launched an ill fated attack on New York. The X-Men managed to kill Xorn, at the cost of one of their own members, Jean Grey. The attack sent shockwaves throughout the human world, causing mutants to become more hated and feared than ever before.

There are Mutants the world over, some having set roles in the world, others acting independently, but most being honest or hidden citizens of their respective countries.

• American Mutants, Mutants in the United States of America.
• International Mutants, for those known Mutants living outside of the United States.
• X-Men and the Xavier Institute Student Body, Mutants who fight for Professor Charles Xavier's Dream of Mutant and Human Cooperation and Harmony, as well as protect everyone, Human or Mutant, from threats that encroach on them.
• Mutant Superheroes, Mutants who may not be directly affiliated with the X-Men, or a particular country, who fight for freedom, wherever there's trouble, and to save the Innocent. Avengers, New Warriors, and others.
• Evil Mutants, while sometimes a debatable term, are Mutants who have chosen a path of Crime or Terror, using their powers to harm others or enforce their will on others.

Morlocks

The Morlocks were a large community of mutants who felt they were outcasts, living in the underground tunnels beneath New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. These tunnels were built in the 1950s by the U.S. Government as shelters in case of a national emergency, and later abandoned. The vast majority of the public had no idea these tunnels existed. There were numerous tunnels stretching out of sight, many unexplored. The main tunnel was 50 feet high and ran the length of Manhattan. It was called "the alley" by its inhabitants. The Morlocks were outcasts and rebels against surface society who named themselves after a race found in H. G. Wells' book, The Time Machine.
They were founded by Callisto, who discovered the tunnels and moved into them decades ago, shortly after they were abandoned. She enlisted the aid of Caliban in finding other mutants to create a new underground society and maintained the tunnels until the Mutant Massacre.
Morlock society had no actual class system, except for the leader who all Morlocks obeyed, somewhat like a huge street gang. Until recently, the leader was Callisto. Under her reign, Morlocks often raided the surface world, preying on the lower classes so that losses as a result of their activities would not be noticed. They stole furnishings, food, clothing, and the other necessities of life, but sometimes they stole children, too, as many Morlocks were sterile. This raiding was discontinued when Callisto lost her rule to Storm in a fight.
Most Morlocks were hideous and deformed, yet another reason for them to dwell away from society. When Storm and the X-Men offered to help resettle them on the surface, they declined because they felt the tunnels were the right place for them. This image of themselves as almost sub-human psychologically affected most Morlocks who felt frustrated, bitter, and vengeful about their situation.
Morlock society had many of its conflicts settled by combat. The decision of who would be the Morlock leader was settled by mortal combat in the past. Storm actually stabbed Callisto through the heart, officially killing her, and won the title. Though Storm was not in residence, she was still considered the leader. Callisto was saved from death at the last moment by the Healer. Though she was no longer the official ruler, Callisto usually made sure that law and order was upheld in Morlock society while Storm was gone.
Most of the Morlocks were hunted down and murdered by a group of mutant assassins known as the Marauders. The majority of the Morlocks that survived stayed with the X-Men. Sunder would later die by a Reaver, Masque and Callisto and others would leave the Institue. Many other Morlocks also were rescued by X-Factor and stayed under their protection for a while.
Masque would later lead a group of horribly mutated Morlocks against the X-Men and New Mutants.[8][9] When Masque was killed after challenging X-Force, the Morlocks fell into chaos without a leader.[10] Callisto returned and her suicidal lover Mikhail Rasputin was flooded the tunnels and transported a number of Morlocks to a dimension called The Hill.

Morlock Members

Callisto	Healer	Erg	Beautiful Dreamer	Berzerker

Cybelle	Bliss	Brain Cell	Bulk	Carapace

Brute	Hump	Samson	Cell	Electric Eve

Glow Worm	Litterbug	Madin	Ent	Eva

Marked Man	Masque	MeMe	Missy	Mole

Monte	Note	Postman	Revelation	Seer

Shatter	Soteira	Thumper	Tobe	Tommy

Tracker	Trader

Gene Nation

Boost	Charm	D'Gard	Ever	Loss

Hemingway	Iron Maiden	Integer	Membrain	Obsidian

Reverb	Sack	Tether	Vessel

Tunnel Rats

Cyclops	Burning Puddle	Double Helix	Nikolas	Harmony

Carver	Fugue

Trivia

There's a lot of mutant stuff. Feel free to invent your own ideas and pitch them to the GMs.

• Other Mutants are in: X-Men American Mutants, X-Men Mutant Superheroes, X-Men International Mutants - X-Men Evil Mutants - X-Men Members - Xavier Institute Student Body.