Who Are Orchis? – Deadliest Villains in X-Men History Explained

Orchis is the villainous organization at the center of the X-Men‘s most dire existential crisis in years. While structural oppression is a recurring theme in Marvel’s mutant storytelling, Orchis is the most developed representation of a fascist operation influencing the wider world that the X-Men have ever faced. Their reach is far, and they have hooks planted in nearly every corner of Earth-616. So if readers are diving in blind to the Fall of X, or need a refresher since their introduction in House of X/Powers of X, here’s what readers need to know to understand Orchis.