Siege Perilous
Named for the seat at King Arthur's
Round Table reserved for the knight of pure heart, the Siege Perilous
(lit. "dangerous seat") was a gem in a brooch that Roma, the omniversal
guardian protects. One night, as Brian Braddock was fleeing for his life
from some villains, he got into an accident, whereupon the Siege Perilous
appeared. Roma, and her father Merlin, offered Brian a choice between
a mace and an amulet, which would become his weapon with which to fight
evil as Captain Britain. Years later, Roma
gave the Siege to the X-Men upon their resurrection
from sacrificing their lives to stop the Adversary
(see Fall of the Mutants). It could
grow in size to become a doorway to another dimension, where those who
entered would be judged: if worthy, they would be reborn on Earth, if
not, oblivion. The X-Men used it on the first bunch of Reavers
that they captured, and later, Rogue was pulled
through the portal during the battle with Nimrod/Master
Mold. Not long after, the rest of the X-Men stepped into the Siege,
with a little telepathic pushing from Psylocke,
in order to escape being captured by the remaining Reavers. Immediately
following the transit, the brooch, which had shrunk down to normal size,
was smashed by Pierce. However, those that
had gone through were reborn anyway: Psylocke was captured by the Hand
and altered in mind and body, an amnesiac Dazzler
was found by Guido, then Lila
Cheney's bodyguard, Havok ended up in
Hodge,
and Colossus ended up in New York as an
artist under the name Peter Nicholas, also amnesiac. However, Rogue returned
a few months later, not amnesiac, but separated by the Siege into herself
and Ms. Marvel, whose powers and psyche
she had absorbed years before. Nimrod/Master Mold also returned in the
form of Bastion.
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