In the 1980s a young Charles Xavier met and befriended fellow mutant Erik Luu. The two grew closer over their shared dream of a place for mutantkind in society. The two would go on and discover the Savage Lands, a forgotten jungle in the Indian Ocean. In this lost tropical world, Xavier and Magneto built a home for the growing mutant population. Charles managed to escape and returned to the United States where he established his old mansion home as a school for young mutants.