"Hellfire Gala" is a comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics through the X-Men related title. It is the first storyline featured in the "Reign of X" relaunch after the "X of Swords" storyline. It is a twelve-chapter storyline. Krakoa opens its gates to non-mutants to celebrate mutant culture at an evening party. The gala unveiled the new team of X-Men and showcased the terraforming of Mars into Planet Arrako.
Plot
Lead-up
The gala was first mentioned during a conversation between Emma Frost and Callisto when the former asked the latter to be the White Knight of the Hellfire Trading Company.
Emma Frost asks Magneto to procure and develop an island as a secondary base of operations for the Hellfire Trading Company.
Emma Frost invites the Inner Circle to the Island of Mykines and announces that they will be hosting mutantkind's first state dinner. Kitty Pryde sends the first invitation to the Homines Verendi.
Cyclops and Jean Grey co-lead a new X-Men team; an election is to be held and the unveiling of the team is to be announced at the Hellfire Gala.
Captain America meets with Cyclops at Westchester, questioning the expansion of Krakoa and mutant population.
Magneto discusses his plans for Arakko to Isca the Unbeaten and the Quiet Council, and recruits Omega-level mutants from Krakoa and Arakko for the mission.
Event timeline
The gala starts with an opening remark from Emma Frost and a telepathic concert performed by Rhapsody, Marvel Girl and the Five-in-One.
7:30 PM: X-Corp arrives at the gala with plans for a back-to-back meeting with potential board members. 7:40 PM: X-Force welcomes the arriving guests: Avengers, Fantastic Four, Doctor Doom, and ambassadors from various nations. 8:12 PM: Professor X and Magneto fail to convince Namor to join the Quiet Council. 8:35 PM: Beast uses the ambassadors from Terra Verde to bug other nations. 9:00 PM: X-Corp CXOs Angel and Penance meet with Thunderbird for the board position. 9:30 PM: The Excalibur team arrives. X-Corp CXOs meet with Sunspot for the board position. 9:31PM: Deadpool attempts to gatecrash the party and is warded off by Wolverine and Domino. 9:32 PM: Shatterstar proceeds to the gala after his fight with the Morrigan to reunite with Rictor. 9:59 PM: X-Corp CXOs meet with the Black Priestess for the board position. 10:04 PM: Beast's telefloronic programming on the Terra Verdan ambassador is hacked and starts attacking the party. 10:15 PM: Marvel Girl telepathically unites mutants across the planet. 10:20 PM: Cyclops and Marvel Girl announce the elected X-Men: Rogue, Sunfire, Wolverine, Synch and Polaris. 10:40 PM: X-Corp CXOs meet with Mastermind for the board position. 10:45 PM: The uninvited Hellions gatecrash the gala. Havok is arguing for the resurrection of Madelyne Pryor. 11:00 PM: Ambassador Reuben Brousseau announces that Great Britain has left the Krakoan alliance. 11:30 PM: Andrea von Strucker sneaks into the X-Corp HQ before being stopped by Penance. The Hellions are teleported away by Magik due to a drunken brawl from the unexpected reunion of Wild Child and Aurora. 11:35 PM: The Omega-level mutants leave the gala to terraform Mars into Planet Arakko. 11:40 PM: Noblesse Pharmaceutical rescinds their interest in the board position of X-Corp and decides to go forward with Fenris Consulting, resulting to a fight between Angel and Swordsman. 11:45 PM: Emma Frost gives the closing remarks and a celebratory fireworks. An afterparty is held on Planet Arakko. 3:17 AM: Scarlet Witch arrives after the celebrations are over. 4:04 AM: Prodigy, Eye-Boy and Speed find Scarlet Witch's murdered corpse in the bushes.
During the gala, other things happen on the sidelines and elsewhere: