This index, not to be confused with a collection of bios, is meant to serve a specific purpose. It’s here to give a running tally of the characters involved with this story, first and foremost. Past that, ChronCab has chosen to use these analyses to cover certain points that we feel are of utmost importance in understanding these characters. Points such as a character’s hair and eye color didn’t make the cut.
Here’s the basic runthrough:
First expressed is the name of the character, in the form that it’s most used, and the way it was last used. For example, Cable’s son, Tyler, will appear here under his codename, the last one he used before his death, Genesis.
Next, after the name, is a block of subject listings that looks like this:
Significance:
Status:
Beginning with “significance,” the first subject. In our story, there are many different kinds of characters that bring many different kinds of contributions on many different levels. This subject catagorizes them according to importance, or relevance, with four possible results:
“Negligible” characters are the least relevant. An example of a negligent character could be Stacy, who, though she’s a part of the story because she was Cable’s girlfriend, otherwise contributes no lasting effects to it in any substantial way.
“Obscure” characters serve a purpose, but more often than not, their purpose is as a tool, or a biproduct of more relevant characters. Examples of tools are characters who have never come into their own, like Spyne and Hurricane of the Dark Riders, a group that is controlled by a more relevant character, a la Apocalypse or Stryfe. A model biproduct could be the Dark Mother, whose relevance to the story is due only to her possession of Askani technology, as given her by a more active character, Blaquesmith.
The bulk of the characters in this story fall under the heading of “secondary.” Secondary characters are described as all active characters outside of “the big four,” the “primary” characters, who are mentioned below. Kane, Sinsear, and Blaquesmith are secondary.
“Primary” characters take the lead in the story. They are: Apocalypse, Cable, Stryfe, and Sinister.
The “Reference Under” category names characters related to the character being described, but it’s used somewhat more specifically than that. It names only the characters that come before the character being described, the characters responsible for the character’s existence or relevance. Using Cable as an example, characters listed in this category would be Cyclops, Madelyne Prior, and Sinister, those who came before. Genesis, though Cable’s son, would not be listed, since Cable owes nothing of who he is to his son. Rather, Cable would be listed in Genesis’s “Ref. Under” category instead.
“Abilities” are important to note since it can be very easy to forget a character’s specific powers, whether they be mutant or otherwise. This category is omitted where it does not apply.
The category labeled “Time Period” is a useful one. It expresses the eras that the character being described has been active in. We understand that the three possibilities listed (c. 3000 B.C., c. 2000 A.D., and c. 4000 A.D.) may seem limited, but they are the main eras involved in this story. 3000 B.C. is around the time of Apocalypse’s birth in Egypt. 2000 A.D. is the present (no kidding?). And 4000 A.D. is the period where Cable was raised in the future. A character will be assigned a “c. 3000 B.C.” Time Period listing if he or she was active from this date forward to the beginning of the modern world (the 16th Century). From the birth of the modern world through the present, characters will be listed under “c. 2000 A.D.” It gets sketchy where “c. 2000 A.D.” ends and “c. 4000 A.D.” begins because we know so little about what happens in between, but this should not pose a problem. As far as examples go, Rachel Summers will be assigned both “c. 2000 A.D.” and “c. 4000 A.D.” Time Periods because she’s been active in both. We should mention that characters of the “Days of Future Past” or “Age of Apocalypse” timelines appear under the “c. 2000 A.D.” Time Period.
Following “Time Period” is a short character analysis for each indexed character. This does not always focus so much on the character’s entire history, but instead on their significance and motive. For the much more specific histories of these characters, you should consult the main ChronCab history pages, compiled into chapters and sections.
Lastly, we’ve made it so that you can keep track of the characters indexed by consulting a “status” category, which explains and lists a character’s most recent appearance.
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Ref. Under:
Abilities:
Time period:
a) c. 3000 B.C.
b) c. 2000 A.D.
c) c. 4000 A.D.