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The Externals are a group of fictional characters. Considered a rare subspecies of mutants, most of them were X-Men antagonists. The original, unused name for the group was to be The Prophet, as seen on the back of the Sunspot & Gideon trading card included with X-Force #1. ==Background== 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 most were killed off. Only Selene, a previously established character, was spared from the purge. 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. At one point, X-Men regular and former New Mutant Cannonball was declared an External by Cable, although Selene denies this, suggesting it was just a ploy by Cable. More recently however, Cannonball was shot three times through the chest by Reverend Stryker's Purifiers, and was back up and around in a matter of hours. When asked about it, Hank McCoy mentioned Sam’s status as an immortal again, though it’s not sure if he was joking or not.〔''New X-Men'' (2nd series) #28〕 Apocalypse has also been referred to as an External on several occasions; his longevity is believed by Selene to be mostly due to technological means, although Apocalypse was already many centuries old before his first encounter with the technology he would later integrate himself with. To note, Selene herself needs to maintain her supply of life force that she drains from human victims. Each External was claimed to represent an intangible concept:〔''X-Force'' (1st series) #36–37〕 * Absalom - despair (killed by Selene after she drained his life force)〔''X-Force'' (1st series) #54〕 * Burke - fortitude (mentioned to have been killed by the Legacy Virus)〔''X-Force'' (1st series) #37〕 * Candra - guile (Thought to had been killed when the gem that housed her life-essence was destroyed by Cyclops, her psyche still lives on)〔''X-Men'' (2nd series) #61〕〔''Scarlet-Spider'' #12〕 * Cannonball - hope * Crule - ferocity (killed when his life force was drained by Selene)〔''X-Force'' (1st series) #54〕 * Gideon - opportunity (killed when his life force was drained by Selene)〔''X-Force'' (1st series) #52〕 * Nicodemus - wisdom (killed by the Legacy Virus)〔''X-Force'' (1st series) #20〕 * Saul - patience (killed when Selene drained his life force)〔''X-Force'' (1st series) #54〕 * Selene - corruption (killed at the end of Necrosha when X-Force prevented her from attaining godhood,〔''X-Force'' (3rd series) #25〕 later resurrected by Arkea) * Apocalypse - destruction (Taken away by the Celestials, his current status is unknown) Candra, Selene, Apocalypse and Cannonball are currently the only Externals alive, although, Apocalypse and Cannonball status as Externals continues to be unclear. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Externals」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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