The clandestine Inner Circle, who seek to influence world events to their own agenda, consists of:

BLACK KING
Sebastian possesses the ability to absorb kinetic energy and transform it into raw strength. He is the owner of Shaw Industries, and a member of the Hellfire Club Inner Circle.

BLACK QUEEN
A Sorceress and member of Hellfire Club's inner circle, Selene's long life is attributed to the fact that she is a psychic vampire, able to drain the life from others to extend her own. Selene is both a mutant and a powerful sorceress and possesses a wide range of superhuman abilities.

BLACK BISHOP
Thanks to his allegiance to Sebastian Shaw (Black King), Henry Leland attained the rank of "Black Bishop," of the Lords Cardinal of the New York branch of the The Hellfire Club. Leland possesses the mutant ability to increase the mass of an object or person, making it extremely heavy.

DONALD PIERCE
Donald Pierce is a cyborg with superhuman strength. Aside from his physical advantages, he is also a genius in robotics, cybernetics, and electronics. In these fields he has developed technology that exceeds that of conventional science by approximately two centuries.