History[]
The Hellfire Club is a group of mutant villains that brings together members of the mutant aristocracy: whose hierarchy is based on the pieces of a chessboard with Kings, Queens, Rooks, Bishops, Knights and Pawns. Although the Club appears to merely be an international social club for wealthy elites, its clandestine Inner Circle seeks to influence world events, in accordance with their own agenda. More than once the members of the Hellfire Club clashed against the X-Men, being directly or indirectly responsible for dramatic events like the Dark Phoenix Saga and the reactivation of the Sentinel Program.
Membership[]
The current formation of the Hellfire Club consists of the following:
- Black King / Sebastian Shaw
- White King II / Mikhail Rasputin
- Black Queen / Raven Darkholme
- White Queen II / Adrienne Frost
- Black Rook / Azazel
- White Rook / Vargas
- Black Bishop / Shinobi Shaw
- White Bishop / Gideon
- Black Knight / Joanna Cargill
- White Knight / Daken Akihiro
- Black Pawn / Lois London
- White Pawn / Lucia Callasantos