XM #75] Where did Pilgrimm escape to after the Rutai were defeated, and what happened to the Rutai mongrel taken by Black Air?
Mystery: When the X-Men defeated the Rutai in the Ngarai realm, they escaped through a portal with the survivors. The portal transported all of them to Las Vegas, where the police took charge of the survivors to get them back home. However, one of the survivors was actually the Rutai known as Pilgrimm in disguise as a human. He told an officer he was a student who had come to learn. Meanwhile, a lost mongrel Rutai was captured by Black Air and taken to unknown whereabouts. Resolution: A few years later in the X-Men: Black Sun limited series this plot would be resolved. When the Ngarai made a deal with Belasco so they could take back their realm, Pilgrimm allied himself with the X-Men, who were being hunted down by the Ngarai for Belascos spell. When the Ngarai emerged, the mongrel Rutai captured by Black Air escaped through a cairn. In the end, Belasco and the Ngarai were defeated.
