Erik Lehnsherr (Earth-2326)

"I was powerless to stop the slaughtering of my people last time. I'll die before I let that happen again, Charles. We are at war. I intend to win it."

- Magneto

Erik Lehnsherr was a Holocaust survivor who developed his mutant abilities while in a concentration camp. He was eventually liberated by Captain America and the Howling Commandos, but only after he had already lost his parents. Erik would go on to become partners with fellow mutant, Charles Xavier, as they began to recruit the X-Men. However, Erik's radicalism eventually brought him into conflict with the team he helped form, and he went on to form his own group called the Brotherhood of Mutants, to fight by any means necessary.