Morlocks

Origin

This community was founded by the mutant Callisto who discovered the "Alley", a tunnel that runs the length of Manhattan, and is the center of a network of tunnels built in the 1950's by the U.S.government in case of a nuclear war. It is part of a tunnel system which extends into New Jersey, Connecticut, and New York state. Callisto first found the mutant Caliban who had the power to psionically locate other mutants. Using Caliban ability, Callisto located and gathered together many other mutants who had run away from human society. Many had been experiments of the evil geneticist, Dark Beast who arrived in this time-line from the Age of Apocalypse, where he had worked under his reality's Mr. Sinister.

A change in leadership

At one point, Callisto and the Marauders had kidnapped Angel, intending to make him her mate. To save him, Storm fought Callisto and displacing her as leader and forming an alliance with the X-Men.

Mutant Massacre

The unthinkable happened when a group of mercenaries named the Marauders who had been hired by Sinister and lead by Gambit, to break into the tunnels and exterminate the Morlocks, because Sinister recognized that they were mutated using his work. Most had been killed but some escaped, a few with the help of the X-Men and original X-Factor.

M-day

After M-Day, Some former Morlocks who lost their powers were Angel Dust, Boost, Irving, Qwerty, Delphi, Callisto, Marrow, Postman, Shatter, Tether and the probability of Feral and Thornn. However, Feral and Thornn were later seen re-powered. Explanations as to how this happened have yet to be provided. Sally interviews Marrow about the Morlocks. Marrow reports that 80% of the remaining Morlocks are de-powered now and look like humans. She states that most of them are still afraid about going out of the tunnels.

Currently, Marrow works as a watchmen of the Morlocks, as she is called by the remaining ones when problems occur. She explained this status in the aftermath of thirteen de-powered Morlocks murder by Ghoul.One character commented that, post-M-Day, the chance of meeting a Morlock in the Tunnels under New York is now harder than meeting an alligator in the Floridian sewers. Some former Morlocks who actually kept their powers sought refugee at Xavier's Institute and became known as 198. They are Beautiful Dreamer, Caliban, Erg, Leech, and Skids.Dark Beast and Mikhail Rasputin are also still powered, though Mikhail is in The Dark Zone

Surviving Morlocks

There are not many of the Morlocks alive today, only Masque, Callisto (de-powered), Beautiful Dreamer, Caliban, Erg, Leech, Bliss, Litterbug, Marrow (de-powered) and Skids.

Alternate Realities

Earth-1610

The Ultimate Morlocks are led by Sunder. Members include Callisto, Caliban and Leech.