| Rogue |
| Real Name: Unknown Powers: Rogue is a mutant who can absorb others' memories and abilities through physical contact. In battle with the original Ms. Marvel, Rogue assimilated the heroine's powers permanently -- acquiring invulnerability, super-strength and the ability to fly. Rogue's powers mutated when she absorbed the attributes and memories of a telepathic alien. Now, her abilities are far more uncontrollable, with the talents of all those she has touched fighting to be released. History: Very little has been revealed of Rogue's life before the manifestation of her mutation, not even her real name. What is known is that she grew up in Caldecott County, near the banks of the Mississippi River. In the throes of adolescent passion, Rogue kissed a boy named Cody Robbins and caused him to lose consciousness. Unable to shut out his memories, she fled. Rogue was discovered soon afterwards by the sinister shapeshifter known as Mystique, who recognized the young girl's abilities and adopted her as a daughter. Rogue lived with Mystique and her companion -- the blind mutant seer called Destiny -- for several years, engaging in terrorist activities as a member of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. When the others members of the Brotherhood were incarcerated, Rogue ambushed the original Ms. Marvel to steal her powers so she could free her teammates from prison. But the plan went horribly awry: Rogue absorbed all of the heroine's abilities permanently and assimilated Carol Danvers' psyche. Unable to purge Danvers' memories, Rogue sought the help of the telepathic, telekinetic Professor Charles Xavier -- founder of the X-Men, an outlaw team of mutant heroes. Xavier determined that the only way to help Rogue was to make her a member of the X-Men, but the rest of the team refused to accede to his wishes. After being reminded that Rogue would not be the only one among their number with a checkered past, the X-Men grudgingly accepted her into their ranks. A classic Southern beauty, Rogue has been known to turn heads...and break hearts. Confused after her separation from Danvers, she was attracted to the genetic terrorist known as Magneto. For a time, Rogue stayed with the Master of Magnetism at his fortress in the Savage Land, a prehistoric tropical jungle existing on the Antarctic continent. However, she saw through Magneto's noble facade when he killed the high priestess Zaladane, who had amassed an army of Savage Land natives. Rogue's perception of her potential lover shaken, she returned to the X-Mansion. After rejoining the team, Rogue fell for the mutant thief called Gambit; the feeling was mutual. But after sharing a forbidden kiss, Rogue learned Remy LeBeau's dark secret: He had aided and abetted the massacre of the Morlocks, an underground community of mutant outcasts. At Rogue's request, the X-Men left Gambit to fend for himself in the frozen wasteland of Antarctica. Eventually, he rejoined the team and reconciled with Rogue. When the Galactic Council transformed Earth into a maximum-security penal colony for hundreds of extraterrestrial criminals, Rogue absorbed the attributes of Z'Cann -- a telepathic alien shapeshifter who had joined Cadre K, Xavier's Skrull equivalent to the X-Men. Z'Cann purposely touched Rogue to activate the mutant's abilities as the two evaded bounty hunters. But Z'Cann used her telepathy to amplify Rogue's capacity to assimilate memories, causing her powers to mutate. While still coping with her evolved abilities, Rogue and several of her teammates left the safety of the X-Mansion to search for Destiny's missing diaries, which map out human history. |
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