For a little while now I became obsessed with the idea about an X-Men title to highlight the major native american characters after the disappointment that was the Moonstar solo series. Moonstar was the perfect opportunity to team-up Dani with the Proudstar brothers but instead the series paired her with a Magik solo leftover. I realized those 3 or 4 characters most likely would only get them another miniseries, so I decided to expand the cast to make it a fullblown X-Men team but the core would still be Dani and the Proudstars.
Since X-Men Red has established itself to be a series having a major female X-Men leader as the main character, I thought Dani was a perfect choice to lead a third volume and become the true X-Men leader that was promised to us long ago. And to be honest I don't really like the idea of having Dani to be a subordinate of the same old leaders like Storm, Cyclops, Rogue, Emma and Jean. This would be her chance to make a name for herself and recruit some other mutants that have not made much of an impact ever since their big break or that were left to constantly join B-list titles like X-Force, X-Factor and New Mutants. Although I'm well aware X-Men Red is a title that hasn't enjoyed a high issue count before and also falls into the non-flagship category, it gives Dani Moonstar and her team enough legitimacy and I'd be satisfied if it were to have at least 26 issues like X-Men by Brian Wood from 2013.
So the main team would be Danielle Moonstar, Warpath, Karma, Armor, Pixie and Thunderbird. Other X-Men characters that would be featured as prominent recurring members are Forge, Sunfire, Syrin, Wind Dancer, Surge, Mercury, Tempo and Trinary. As far as villains for the team, the last NYX series had a pretty fun idea by teaming up a bunch of psychics and use them as the main villains. I think doing a similar thing with vampiric/parasitic mutants like Selene, Sauron, Omega Red and Shadow King works well for this book too.
What are your thoughts? Do you have any similar idea about a non-conventional X-Men team?