War of Kings: Road to War of Kings #[nn]

In the wake of the Secret Invasion, the Inhumans' Royal Family—Black Bolt, Crystal, Gorgon, Karnak, Maximus, Medusa, and Triton—struggle to rebuild amidst the lingering scars of Skrull betrayal. As tensions rise and old alliances strain, Vulcan finds himself caught between duty and the weight of what his people have endured. With the Kree, the Shi'ar, and a dying Skrull Grand Commander watching from the shadows, the fragile peace hangs by a thread.

Havok fights to stay conscious aboard a drifting ship in the void, while Vulcan’s voice echoes through the silence, taunting him with the news of Xavier’s death and the chaos unfolding back on Earth. With allies like Colossus, Wolverine, and Cable scattered across the planet, Havok must confront not just his enemy’s cruelty, but the weight of a world unraveling without its guiding light.

In "Kingbreaker," the remnants of the Starjammers—Lilandra, Rachel Grey, and Korvus Rook'Shir—fight to survive as fugitives while Havok and the others endure brutal captivity under Emperor Vulcan’s iron rule. As Vulcan’s campaign of conquest expands across the galaxy, the fate of the Shi'ar Empire hangs in the balance, and the line between rebellion and ruin grows thinner with each passing star.

In "X-Men: Kingbreaker Part Three," Emperor Vulcan turns his ruthless ambition against those he once called allies, dispatching his new Imperial Guard to eliminate Rachel Grey, Lilandra Neremani, and Korvus Rook'Shir—while leading the original Imperial Guard in a brutal assault on the remaining Starjammers. With the Shi'Ar Empire teetering on the edge of civil war, loyalties fracture and old wounds reopen as the Starjammers fight to survive the treachery of their own.

In the wake of a desperate escape, Havok and the Starjammers race to outrun Vulcan’s wrath and the looming shadow of the Shi'ar Empire, leaving Raza behind as the cost of survival. With Deathbird imprisoned and Vulcan reasserting his grip on the Shi'ar, the threat of war spreads toward Kree space and the Inhumans—whose own fate now hangs in the balance.