‘No more mutants’, with these three words mutant kind was no longer going to replace humanity at the top of the food chain, how could it with the spell working so well that there would be no more mutant babies. They became an endangered species, but unlike the sea otter this population could tear down cities. This new status quo was unbelievably appealing with the question, what would happen now? on the lips of every fan of Marvels merry mutants. However this concepts true potential seems to have been squandered with concepts being put in place, the sentinels guarding the mansion for example, which where either never explored or retconned into oblivion, does everyone remember Iceman being de-powered at the end of House of M, but as soon as the character was picked up in the actual X-books he in fact did have his powers he just blocked them out. We can all blame bad writing for these incidents, however I believe it is more like the writers don’t seem to understand the scale of the actions they take. As X-Men is a superhero book they concern themselves with the constraints of the genre itself, they don’t break the mold. They throw out these massive concepts but don’t necessarily follow them through. Which seems a little ridiculous as they have three titles devoted to the X-Men proper (not to mention the list of other books with an X) and they still have most of them doing the same thing. This leads me onto what is happening at this very moment within the X-verse, the X-Men’s exodus to Utopia, the newly christened island nation of mutant kind.

Ever since we found out Logan's son lived through Romulus' brutal murder of Itsu Wolverne: Origins #5) , Daken has been shrouded in mystery; Much like his master Romulus. Romulus kept a tight leash on Daken after pulling him from his mother's womb. Even though he left him with a young Japanese couple, he still watched from the shadows, manipulating Daken into becoming cold and heartless.

His first bout of evil came when he killed a young boy in his village for teasing him with the nickname Daken, English for mongrel. He was told he was a half-breed and not worthy. As the years passed, Daken became increasingly separated from his adopted mother but, surprisingly, had a close relationship with his father. His father introduced him to Dragons. Daken quickly developed a fascination with the Dragons, but also feared them. He was fascinated by their powerful presence and fearful of their iconic symbol.  This explains why Daken has the tattoo on his body and why he has his hair in the fashion that he does. He is representing something more than himself, he is representing the Dragons immortalized on his body.