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Members: Callisto, Annalee, Ape, Beautiful Dreamer, Blow Hard, Cybelle, Erg, Healer, Leech, Masque, Piper, Plague, Scaleface, Skids, Sunder The Morlocks are a community of mutants who consider themselves out casts from society and rebels against it. They were named by their former leader Callisto after the subterranean race depicted by H. G. Wells in his novel The Time Machine. The community, which is organized like a large street gang, was led by its founder, Callisto, until she was defeated in single combat by Storm, a member of the X-Men. Storm is now officially leader of the Morlocks, although Callisto continues to act as their leader in her absence. The Morlocks live in a network of tunnels beneath New York City and much of the surrounding area in New York State, New Jersey, and Connecticut. The tunnels were constructed in the 1950s by the United States government for use in case of nuclear war but were later abandoned. The main tunnel is fifty feet in height and width and runs the length of Manhattan. The Morlocks call this main tunnel the “Alley.” They have both maintained and extended the tunnel system over the years. It was Callisto who discovered the Alley. She made her home there, and then found another mutant, Caliban, who had the psionic ability to locate other superhumanly powerful mutants. Using Caliban’s power, Callisto gathered together a large community of mutants who considered themselves social outcasts, and they became the Morlocks. As signs of rejecting society’s norms, many recruits to the Morlock community have their physical appearances distorted by the power of the Morlock called Masque. Apparently all of the Morlocks have superhuman powers of some sort. Three of the most prominent members of the Morlocks, are Caliban, Callisto, and Sunder. |