Destiny (Irene Adler)

Destiny is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is the wife, former best friend in long love of the X-Men adversary and occasional ally Mystique, the mother of Nightcrawler and the adoptive mother of Rogue. She is also the stepmother of Graydon Creed, Gloria Brickman, Charles Xavier II and Raze Darkholme and the grandmother of Tenia Jean and Trevor Chase. Adler was created by writer Chris Claremont in artist/co-writer John Byrne, first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #141, published on October 21, 1980.
Destiny's civilian identity is Irene Adler, a blind mutant with precognitive abilities that allow her to accurately predict future events. She is also the person who was the Irene Adler from the Sherlock Holmes novels and short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Initially, Destiny was depicted as an adversary of the X-Men and member of the Brotherhood of Mutants, led by her wife Mystique, the two having raised Rogue together. Although originally portrayed as one of the X-Men's enemies, in other storylines Destiny has functioned as an ally.
==Publication History==
===Brotherhood===
===Freedom Force===
===The Books of Truth===
===Necrosha===
===Chaos War===
===Dawn of X===
=== Inferno ===
===Judgment Day===
==Other versions==
===Age of Apocalypse===
Destiny appeared in the Apocalypse ruled reality, the Age of Apocalypse. She had retired in the paradise of Avalon and was convinced by the X-Men that Bishop's claims were true. She was one of the three (along with Bishop and Magik) who entered the M'Kraan Crystal as they "no longer" had counterparts.
===Millennial Visions===
Destiny appears as a member of the Brotherhood on Earth-1043. In another snippet, Rogue (now a private detective) states that Destiny's diaries were a forgery by Mystique, who emulated Irene's handwriting.
===X-Men: The End===
Destiny's diaries and its prophecies reappear as a minor plot point in the 2004–06 miniseries trilogy X-Men: The End.
==In other media==
*Destiny appears in X-Men: Evolution, voiced by Ellen Kennedy.
*Destiny appears as an NPC in X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse voiced by Marsha Clark.
==Powers and abilities==
==Gallery==
File:Mystique & Destiny kiss in X-Men Immortal 3.png|Mystique and Destiny renewing their marriage vows
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X-Men - Irene Adler Cover.jpg|Irene face revealed
==Trivia==
*Destiny is blind and can see into the future, similar to Tiresias from Greek myths, a prophet blinded by Athena for accidentally seeing her bathe in the waters. However, Athena took pity on him and gave him the gift of foresight.
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