Blue (Earth-616)

White Sword
Name	Blue
Current Alias	White Sword
Aliases	Nicknames: White Nothing Other Aliases: General, White Sword of the Ivory Spire, White Sword of the Celestial Spire
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	One Hundred Champions Formerly Swordbearers of Arakko, Okkara
Relatives	Grandparents: Unnamed paternal grandmother Parents: Ingios (father, deceased)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Eyeballs: White Irises: No Visible
Hair	Black
Skin	Blue
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Mutant
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	Okkaran, Arakkii
Occupation	Warlord
Base of Operations	Ivory Spire, Amenth Formerly Okkara
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz
First	X-Men (Vol. 5) #12 (September, 2020)
First	X-Men (Vol. 5) #12 (September, 2020)

There's a reason the tower never fell.

—The White Sword[source]

History

The mutant known as the "White Sword" was one of many mutants who resided on Okkara. When the mutant land was invaded by the Amenthi Daemons, the White Sword took the sword of his fallen father, and with his personal army of One Hundred Champions were sent to Amenth as an advance guard. It is unknown what transpired in the hellish dimension, but they bought the mutants precious time and allowed them to gain an upper hand in the conflict. After the battle, the White Sword disappeared and was presumed dead. Deep within Amenth, he built the Ivory Spire, a stronghold that he and his warriors would defend against any intruders. After the mutants of Okkara and Arakko (one of Okkara’s separated halves) were trapped in Amenth, they found countless crucified Daemons, proof of the White Sword’s wrath.

As countless years passed, the White Sword and his army kept fighting the endless hordes of daemons, everyday dying only for him to resurrect his army to fight once again. This cycle of death and resurrection seemingly drove him mad and alienated him from his people. When Genesis and her army encountered him, he saw them as enemies and showed his former allies no mercy, forcing Genesis and what was left of her army to return defeated to Arakko.

The First Horsemen approached the White Sword and asked him to join them in a tournament on Otherworld. He initially scorned their request, but agreed after they promised to give him whatever he desired, should they win. After winning various challenges against Krakoa's Champions during the tournament, the White Sword's last battle and the penultimate challenge for the tournament was against Gorgon. Instead of fighting him right away, the White Sword decided to summon his one hundred champions for Gorgon to fight before confronting him. However, as Gorgon was killing each of the champions, Saturnyne counted the slain as additional points for Krakoa, giving them a one-point lead over Arakko. An infuriated War then begged the White Sword to finish Gorgon immediately, but he wasn't rushed by her words. He proceeded to offer Gorgon a chance to be resurrected by the warlord and become a member of his champions, but Gorgon refused, so the White Sword finally killed him, tying the tournament score. After the final challenge in which Annihilation lost to Apocalypse, Annihilation summoned all of Amenth's forces to conquer Krakoa. However, as the war raged on, the White Sword and his army decided to leave since they had only come for a fight and not a war, leaving his teammates behind.

Arakko was ultimately defeated, with Annihilation re-shaped into a staff, to temper its influence, and given to Genesis. Returning to Amenth with her husband and their children, Genesis seemingly turned against the White Sword, and finally succeeded in defeating him. 99 of his sworn champions fell with him, but he sent his final soldier Jon Ironfire to Arakko bearing his blade Purity to warn them that Genesis was coming.

Personality

The White Sword is a man of honor, as shown when he used his powers to save Cypher after War accidentally poisoned him. He was a friend and ally to the mutants of Okkara, but after countless years of endless war and resurrection he lost his mind to battle, ruthlessly slaying not only his enemies, but also those who had considered him a friend. He also seems to hold no sympathy for those he has killed as he won the challenge of rumination endurance.

Attributes

Powers

White Sword is a mutant Omega healer from Okkara that displayed the following powers:

• Advanced Longevity or Immortality: White Sword is thousands of years old. Despite being described as immortal, White Sword did age during his thousand years on Amenth.
• Healing: White Sword has incredible healing ability. The White Sword has stated that he is unsure if he can heal or resurrect himself, and believes he will never find out.
  • Resurrection: White Sword's healing power is so profound that he can actually resurrect the dead. For millennia, he has used this power to resurrect his One Hundred Champions every morning so that they can fight the daemons of Amenth to the death again and again.
  • Thralldom: When the White Sword heals someone, he may also place them under his control, adding them to his army of champions. Those under his thrall experience that time as though it were a dream. If he releases someone from his thrall, he can never control nor heal them again.

Abilities

Fencing: White Sword is seemingly a master at sword combat.

Weaknesses

If a blade is cut into his heart, and kept there, Blue will not be able to heal it and will die.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• White Sword's Armor: White Sword wore a full-body silver armor with a circular symbol on.

Weapons

• Purity: White Sword had in his possession the sword of Purity.

Notes

• White Sword's characteristics appear to have been based on the Tarot card of The Emperor.
• It is not clear that he can heal or resurrect himself from death.
• The White Sword never eats, and claims to be beyond hunger, though he will occasionally make an exception.
• White Sword, along with all the Swordbearers introduced during "X of Swords," was initially envisioned by Jonathan Hickman and designed by Pepe Larraz.
• White Sword has been described as "immortal" and "External in X-Men (Vol. 5) #12 (by Summoner to his grandfather Apocalypse -himself an External- while recounting Arrako's history, quoting his grandmother Genesis), and as "Immortal" and "external" in X-Men (Vol. 5) #14 (by Genesis herself).
  • The exact meaning of the term "external"/"External" in this context, whether there was a letterer issue in one issue or another, and whether the White Sword is somehow connected to the likewise immortal mutants known as the Externals, remains unclear, it's unlikely.
  • X of Swords: Stasis #1 listed each Sword-Bearer of Arakko's mutant power as "healing", rather than mentioning immortality or being an External.
  • In Marauders #15, White Sword states he doesn't know if he could resurrect, thus has never died. Given the Externals demonstrate their immortality and status upon their first death, it discredits White Sword's being an External.
  • In X-Men: Red (Vol. 2) #12, Ironfire noticed that White Sword had aged since he last saw him thousands of years ago. This could hints towards virtual immortality or advanced longevity rather than true immortality.

See Also

• 16 appearance(s) of Blue (Earth-616)
• 5 mention(s) of Blue (Earth-616)
• 26 image(s) of Blue (Earth-616)
• 1 quotation(s) by or about Blue (Earth-616)
• 1 victim(s) killed by Blue (Earth-616)
• 1 item(s) used/owned by Blue (Earth-616)