With Magneto now a martyr to the cause, Fabian Cortez gathered a new flock of Acolytes to him, unaware of his role in Magneto's downfall. When they eventually learned the truth, the Acolytes cast Cortez out and followed Magneto and Exodus aboard Avalon, until Holocaust killed several of them and destroyed their space station in X-Men (2nd series) #42-44.