What is the Siege Perilous?
The Siege Perilous is a large, brooch-like magical gemstone that Roma, a powerful mystical entity, gave the X-Men after the Fall of the Mutants storyline (UXM #229). The whole idea of the Siege was that one could send people through it, who would be “judged” by some unknown, higher power (possibly Roma herself), and then be given a second chance at life if found worthy, so they could try and correct their evil deeds, so to speak. This interesting way for heroes to rehabilitate their villains lasted for about one storyline, the original encounter with the Reavers (UXM #229) in Australia, until the press of crossovers and editorial interference kept Claremont from using it much more than he did. Claremont was, believe it or not, reportedly planning on spending well over a hundred issues of the X-Men based in Australia, and thus his leaving during the X-Odus could be viewed as somewhat of a relief, depending on what you thought of the Oz-Men. Indeed, pretty soon the Siege became an escape
The Siege Perilous is a large, brooch-like magical gemstone that Roma, a powerful mystical entity, gave the X-Men after the Fall of the Mutants storyline (UXM #229). The whole idea of the Siege was that one could send people through it, who would be “judged” by some unknown, higher power (possibly Roma herself), and then be given a second chance at life if found worthy, so they could try and correct their evil deeds, so to speak. This interesting way for heroes to rehabilitate their villains lasted for about one storyline, the original encounter with the Reavers (UXM #229) in Australia, until the press of crossovers and editorial interference kept Claremont from using it much more than he did. Claremont was, believe it or not, reportedly planning on spending well over a hundred issues of the X-Men based in Australia, and thus his leaving during the X-Odus could be viewed as somewhat of a relief, depending on what you thought of the Oz-Men. Indeed, pretty soon the Siege became an escape
