[3] Sergeant Fury and his commando team were accidental witnesses to the bomb drop which created Krakoa in early 1945, and soon afterwards crashed on and encountered the island's collective intelligence, with whom they arranged a peaceful parting in exchange for keeping its existence a secret.
According to Doug Ramsey, long ago, in ancient times, there was a single larger landmass called Okkara, which was attacked by an enemy that came from its core wielding a mystical blade known as the Twilight Sword.
[11] As time passed, a mournful and lonely Krakoa eventually became inert until being reawakened in early 1945 due to testing from the Americans nuclear bomb drop.
The government of Krakoa is headed by the Quiet Council, and an organization called the Great Captains led by Cyclops and consisting of Magik, Bishop and Gorgon.
Thanks to telepathic manipulation by Emma Frost, the vast majority of the world recognized Krakoa and established diplomatic/trade ties, with the exceptions of Wakanda, Atlantis, Azania, Canaan, Kenya, Honduras, Brazil, Santo Marco, Terra Verde, Venezuela, Iran, Madripoor, North Korea, Latveria, and Russia, for political and ideological reasons and/or because they belong in the Wakandan Economic Protectorate.
The subsequent connection meant an expansion of his field of awareness to include the plankton and kelp in the surrounding sea and the bacteria and spores floating in the air itself.
In total, Black Tom's plant-based awareness gives him a 25-mile radius of acute sensitivity to all that enters and exits the island nation.
The first major attack on Krakoan soil is made by a shadowy anti-mutant group who were able to easily bypass Krakoa's defenses by capturing Domino and faking her bio signature, and while Black Tom's connection to Krakoa and its defense systems proves to be so advanced that Tom becomes alerted to the invasion before even the resident psychics Jean Grey and Charles Xavier himself, the attack nevertheless causes the death of several mutants.
Beyond some unusually aggressive wildlife and a minuscule decrease in landmass, Jean Grey, Emma Frost and the other telepaths on the island have already noticed that Krakoa is taking more psychic energy than normal.
With Doug Ramsey off-world, communication with Krakoa is difficult, if not impossible, so Cyclops enlisted Cable and Prestige, to investigate the new landmass.
[16] After creating the External Gate to reach the dimension where Arakko is located at the start of the "X of Swords" storyline, Apocalypse sent Summoner with Banshee and Unus the Untouchable to herald his arrival.
When Summoner reemerged with a wounded and dying Banshee, he pleaded for help and the issue of the External Gate was brought before the Quiet Council.
However, as it turns out, they have no interest in unification because they have evolved from what they originally were, with their personalities becoming radically different over the incredibly long period of time that they have been apart, even needing Doug to translate for both of them.
Moira's role in the founding of their country was eventually revealed, thanks to Emma Frost, to the entire Quiet Council of Krakoa and they've all been sworn to secrecy about it.
[18] During the "Fall of X" as a host of mutants, human dignitaries, and superheroes gather at the latest Hellfire Gala to witness the election of a new X-Men roster and enjoy a night of drinks, dancing, and haute couture, Nimrod dive bombs the party from orbit, killing most of the roster, and proceeds to target every Omega-level mutant with haste, killing Iceman.
Before Jean Grey can shut it all down, Moira X shivs her with a blade coated with Blightswill and Professor X realizes he doesn't have a choice.
Doctor Stasis and MODOK Superior activate a virus that infects Krakoan medicine, using the humans of the Hellfire Gala as a hostage.
Apocalypse soon arrived and seeing that the living island was dying due to lack of mutant energy, he asked his companions to sacrifice themselves to feed it.
Some mutants, including Wrongslide, willingly stepped in to be sacrificed, and with a heavy heart Apocalypse killed them and used their blood to nourish Krakoa.
With time, study, and collaboration, Krakoans learned to master power feats, including transporting themselves and their island back to Earth.
Unfortunately Exodus becomes upset when he learns the two islands will be leaving and he starts a big fight in the Quiet Council chamber.
After finding peace, Krakoa permanently leaves Earth, relocating to the White Hot Room, where its lifespan and vitality will be greatly extended.
With Ironheart's help, they crafted the memorial "out of an abandoned Krakoan gate in Manhattan, with the inscription: 'Dedicated to Those Who Paid the Ultimate Price to Fight Fascism'".
2) #1, at Empire State University (ESU) in New York City, Prodigy teaches a class titled "Examinations of Post-Krakoan Diaspora" with Kamala Khan and Sophie Cuckoo as students.
[25][26][27] There have been several spawns of Krakoa: The first known spore was Vega Superior, who took control of an island, later christened Wagner's isle, whose inhabitants began to worship him.
[28] Another spawn of Krakoa would be fabricated by the anti-mutant tech genius Kaga, creating his own hybrid out of Brood DNA to attack the X-Men at a later date.
[29] Later when Wolverine and some of the X-Men splintered away from Cyclops' group, it is discovered that Beast has built the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning on top of a "male" spawn of Krakoa.
[33] After the Terrigen Mists were released into the Earth's atmosphere and began causing the M-Pox plague which was deadly to mutants worldwide, the X-Mansion was moved to the dimension of Limbo where it acted as X-Haven.
[39]: 76–77 Butler highlighted that "Hickman and other writers show how mutants declare independence through exclusive trade, create laws and punishment, establish mass transit routes, identify a national language, and negotiate property rights—none of which would be possible without the island of Krakoa providing the means and/or permitting them to do so".
: Deadly Genesis, Vulcan's trip to Krakoa saw him kill the rest of the X-Men by accident before the island itself was jettisoned into deep space.