Nate Grey was created by his reality's Sinister as a weapon with a finite lifespan. Despite all his adventures, this ticking clock was never addressed until the end. Facing his own early mortality, the X-Man absorbed the power of a Celestial Lifeseed with the intent of using his vastly increased might to reshape the world into a better order... regardless of who got in his way. With his Horsemen of Salvation and later the Age of X-Man, he tried to impose his views on reality, desperate to leave a legacy. Sympathetic or not, the X-Men opposed Nate's plans for the freedoms he was willing to sacrifice "for the greater good" were not his choice to make.

Added this week because of his role in X-Men '97, Carl Denti has been mis-cast as your typical Friends of Humanity bigot. The original X-Cutioner didn't hate mutants, and even worked with Xavier's FBI contact Fred Duncan. He took inspiration from Frank Castle, though, and believed that, once a mutant had killed, they had proven themselves dangerous and deserved punishment. This mentality brought him into conflict with the X-Men more than once, and his moral compromises eventually led Denti to abandon the role of X-Cutioner for his sanity. The Age of Krakoa apparently broke him again, for the X-Cutioner was seen fighting alongside the Nazi-inspired Hate Monger, believing the fight against the mutants was worth the compromise.