 Calling Stryker a martyr, Risman has taken up leadership of the Purifiers and is ready to continue his war on mutant-kind.In the crossover, the Purifiers are one of the three factions, alongside the X-Men and Marauders, searching for the first mutant baby born since M-Day.All three groups were alerted to the baby's birth more or less simultaneously, and headed for the remote Alaskan village where the birth took place.