Mystique

Powers

Metamorph: Mystique can psionically alter instantly the formation of her biological cells.[128] As a result, she can cause herself to look and sound like an exact duplicate of any human, humanoid, or semi-humanoid being of any sex, wearing virtually any kind of clothing. Her control is so exact that she can precisely duplicate another person's retina pattern in her own eyes, finger, palm and skin-pore patterns on her own hands and skin, smell to overlap the original being, and vocal cords to match voices to the point of corresponding voice prints. Mystique appears to have total control over every aspect of her physiology, allowing her to change the internal composition, primary function, and pigmentation of each of her body's cells.[129] Doctor Nemesis stated that she is capable of rewriting the genomic instructions in every single cellular nucleus of her body and is therefore a gene-shaper, not a shape-shifter. Describing Mystique's body as "the most sophisticated biological apparatus I have ever encountered," he wrote that the speed and accuracy of the calculations it performs to rewrite her genes exceed that of any known computer in the galaxy.[128] Mystique was once exposed to dangerous levels of radiation in order to save the life of Toad. The process dramatically morphed Mystique's appearance, causing her skin to become reptilian, and boosted her powers so that she could now morph her body into taking certain desired physical traits depending on her situation at the time (note: this reptilian form was quickly discarded, whether it was because of retcon or if she simply shape-shifted back to her previous form remains to be seen). Examples of this new ability included: night vision, wings on her back, talons in her fingers, sharp fanged teeth, natural body armor, mermaid-like tail, and the ability to compress her body into a nearly two-dimensional state in order to glide on air currents (similar to Mr. Fantastic), which she used to survive an explosion.

Sexuality

Bisexual

Children

Nightcrawler (AKA Kurt Wagner) Rogue (Step-Daughter)

Character Bio

Raven Darkholme, otherwise known as Mystique, has a very convoluted history about which very little is known, the exception being that she is over a century old and was most likely born somewhere in Austria. Mystique is one of the few bisexual characters in comics, having had a long relationship with Irene Adler, otherwise known as Destiny. Mystique initially met Destiny when she was hired to help her decipher her dreams and stop the worst of them from coming to pass. The two of them would eventually become life-long lovers. When Mystique was involved with Destiny the two of them actively tried to thwart Destiny's negative precognitive dreams from actually occuring. The relationship lasted decades, ending when Destiny was killed. Mystique has also been the mother of at least three children. She is the biological mother of both Nightcrawler and Graydon Creed, whose father was the mutant Sabretooth. Ironically, Graydon turned out to be just a normal human and became the mutant-hating leader of the racist group known as the Friends of Humanity. He was eventually assassinated by Mystique herself. Her third child, by adoption, was Rogue, who would eventually join the X-Men after turning her back on Mystique's Brotherhood Of Evil Mutants.

Biography

ARTICLE Best Stuff In Comics This Week: 1-25-16 ARTICLE The Best Battles In Comics This Week: 1-22-16 Mystique last edited by RedArmoredOne on 11/27/22 09:48PM View full history Character Creation Mystique's first appearance was in Ms. Marvel #16 where she was seen in a shape-shifted form. She was first seen as Mystique two issues later. Both drawn by Jim Mooney (Dave Cockrum, however, designed the initial look of the character, so is also credited). Writer Chris Claremont stated that he originally planned to have Mystique and Destiny be Nightcrawler's biological parents, but due to the Comics Code Authority, Marvel refused to do this. However, years later Mystique and Destiny were confirmed to be a lesbian couple. Origin Shapeshifter Shapeshifter Raven Darkholme, otherwise known as Mystique, has a very convoluted history about which very little is known, the exception being that she is over a century old and was most likely born somewhere in Austria. Mystique is one of the few bisexual characters in comics, having had a long relationship with Irene Adler, otherwise known as Destiny. Mystique initially met Destiny when she was hired to help her decipher her dreams and stop the worst of them from coming to pass. The two of them would eventually become life-long lovers. When Mystique was involved with Destiny the two of them actively tried to thwart Destiny's negative precognitive dreams from actually occuring. The relationship lasted decades, ending when Destiny was killed. Mystique has also been the mother of at least three children. She is the biological mother of both Nightcrawler and Graydon Creed, whose father was the mutant Sabretooth. Ironically, Graydon turned out to be just a normal human and became the mutant-hating leader of the racist group known as the Friends of Humanity. He was eventually assassinated by Mystique herself. Her third child, by adoption, was Rogue, who would eventually join the X-Men after turning her back on Mystique's evil mutants

statistics

Height: 6' 0" Weight: 160 lbs Eyes: Yellow Hair: Red Skin Color: Blue Known Relatives: Christian Wagner (ex-husband, deceased), Kurt Wagner (Nightcrawler, son), Graydon Creed (son, deceased), Anna Marie (Rogue, foster daughter), Miles Ralph Brickman (husband), Gloria Brickman (adopted daughter), Talia Wagner ( Nocturne, alternate time-line granddaughter), Raze Darkholme (Raze, son from an alternate future), Charles Xavier II (Xavier, son from an alternate future) Citizenship: U.S.A., criminal record Place of Birth: Unrevealed Marital Status: Single Occupation: Mercenary, adventurer, former terrorist, government operative, private investigator, model, journalist Education: Unrevealed

Biography

Freedom Force is founded when Mystique offers the Brotherhood's services to Valerie Cooper, the special assistant to the Head of Security. Because of the growing anti-mutant hysteria that was spreading through America, the government accepted Raven's request under the condition that they locate and capture Magneto. The team proved to be successful only because Magneto had already opted to turn himself in. As a reward for helping the government, Raven and the rest of the Brotherhood had their criminal past erased with the condition that they commit no other crime in the future. During Raven's tenure as leader, she helped to capture the Avengers, who had been framed in a federal crime by Quicksilver; fought with X-Factor in order to arrest Rusty Collins, and battled the New Mutants in another attempt to capture both Rusty and Skids. During the Fall of the Mutants, Destiny warned Mystique that if Freedom Force did not intercede in Dallas, Rogue would die. At the climax of this conflict, the goddess Roma appeared and made it appear as if the X-Men, including Rogue, were being escorted off of this plane of existence. Mystique later led Freedom Force to attack the Reavers on Muir Island, where Stonewall was killed. During the same battle, Mystique left Forge in charge of Destiny, until Destiny convinced Mystique she needed her aid more. Destiny was subsequently killed and Mystique blamed and swore vengeance on Forge for her death. Mystique eventually decided to take time off for herself so that she could spread Destiny's ashes in the ocean.

Biography

Mystique grew tired and depressed without Destiny, and was soon marked for death by the Shadow King. She was assisted by Xavier and the X-Men before saving Xavier himself by helping to defeat the Shadow King. Unfortunately, Mystique's mental condition only worsened when she was betrayed yet again, this time by her former teammate, Spiral, who tracked her across the globe. Mystique was eventually saved by Wolverine, who took her back to the X-Mansion so that she could recover. In the end, Raven had a complete mental breakdown and was taken to Forge's home in Dallas. With Forge, Mystique became horrified when she discovered that her son, Graydon Creed had become the leader of an anti-mutant hate group and had hired Sabretooth to kill Mystique. However, Mystique revealed the truth about their son to Sabretooth, convincing him to go after Graydon instead. Later, when a top ranking U.S. General with ties to Graydon turned up dead, Forge realized that Mystique was to blame and was preparing her next move to kill her son. This led to Rogue and Nightcrawler's interference as they attempted to stop Raven. Nightcrawler also finally learned the truth that Mystique was indeed his mother. Although, Raven failed to kill Creed, she was presumed dead after saving Nightcrawler, when Creed attempted to murder his newly discovered brother. During her time with Forge, the two were also attacked by the time-traveling Trevor Fitzroy, but the intercession of the X-Men saved them. Legion Quest Months later, Raven returned and attempted to kill Legion, who was responsible for Destiny's death on Muir Island. When her attempt failed, Raven began to flee from the government. Unfortunately, Forge had placed a tracking device in her head during their time together, allowing the government team, X-Factor to find and capture her. She was then forced to become a member of X-Factor, after she discovered a government plot to blow up a dam and blame it on mutants.

Enemies

David Haller, because he killed Destiny, whom Mystique loved

Secret

is willing to sleep with her son, Kurt Wagner

Personality

She perfers her original form. She's often agressive to those who came after her, even if its her own children