Xavin

Xavin is a member of the Xartan military that traveled to Earth aboard a Gibborim spaceship. Although they remained trapped for centuries after the spaceship crashed, they managed to escape in the aftermath of the Battle at the PRIDE Construction Site. Believing to be the subject of a prophecy that united two worlds and promised peace for the universe, Xavin approached Karolina Dean and introduced themself to her as her betrothed. They were allowed by the Runaways to remain in their hideout, the Hostel, although they were bewildered by her persistent belief to be Dean's betrothed. Xavin assisted Dean during the Chase of the Runaways, but failed to prevent her capture by the Magistrate, who had possessed Victor Stein, and revealed to the Runaways that they were up against a whole family of powerful extraterrestrial beings. They then helped the remaining free Runaways to rescue their teammates, offering them guidance to identify the possible traitor among them. Xavin also witnessed the birth of Elle Dean, and realized that the love mentioned in the prophecy they believed in could apply to a mother and daughter. With the blessing from Leslie Dean, Xavin adopted her and brought her back to their homeworld using a platform built by the Gibborim.
==Biography==
===Childhood===
During their infancy, Xavin was abandoned by their mother. Their father went to prison, they became a soldier, and they were trained to avoid showing feelings.Runaways 3.01: Smoke and Mirrors
===Quest to Destiny===
Millennia ago, Xavin heard a prophecy of two beings from different worlds who, through their marriage, would bring peace to the universe. Xavin became convinced that the prophecy was about them and went on a quest to find their soulmate. To that end, they stowed away on a spaceship crewed by a family of exiled Gibborim nobility. Xavin was eventually discovered by the Gibborim, however, and forced to steer the spaceship.
The ship eventually crashed on Earth in prehistoric California, where Xavin and most of the other passengers remained trapped for 11,000 years.Runaways: 2.13: Split Up
Eventually though, Xavin was telepathically contacted by Jonah, who instructed them to prepare the spaceship for takeoff. Xavin obeyed, unaware of the struggle that occurred above between Jonah, PRIDE and the Runaways. The spaceship ended up destroyed because of PRIDE, but Xavin survived the explosion and managed to escape from the PRIDE Construction Site.Runaways: 2.07: Last Rites
===The Betrothed===
====Meeting the Runaways====
Following their escape from the Gibborim spaceship, Xavin wandered on the streets of Los Angeles, ending up with the appearance of an elderly homeless woman. They then changed their appearance basing it on a young woman that had offered them some food. Later, Xavin then noticed a poster of Frank, Leslie and Karolina Dean promoting the Church of Gibborim, and made their way to the Church's headquarters. There, they inquired to Vaughn Kaye about an object that Karolina might have touched so that they could find her, but they left before Kaye was able to call security on them.
While the Runaways were shopping for Molly Hernandez's fifteenth birthday party, Xavin approached Karolina and introduced themself, revealing to have been looking for her. They touched Karolina on the forerarm and disappeared, leaving Karolina wondering where they went.Runaways: 2.11: Last Waltz Xavin later made their way to the Hostel and, under the disguise of Gert Yorkes, they approached Karolina once again, and introduced themself as her betrothed.Runaways: 2.12: Earth Angel Using telepathy, Xavin detailed the prophecy that has brought them to Karolina, as they believed to be destined to be with her. This left Karolina pretty puzzled and embarrassed, but Xavin insisted, kneeling in front of Karolina. They were interrupted, however, by the arrival of Nico Minoru.
Xavin was allowed to temporarily stay in the Hostel. They shared a meal with Leslie, apologizing for speaking with their mouth full as they were not used to have one. Upon learning that the Runaways would meet with their former teammate Chase Stein, Xavin wanted to go with them to protect Karolina, but the latter refused. Instead, Xavin was instructed to remain in the Hostel and protect Leslie, a task they accepted willingly. They also agreed to stop calling Karolina their betrothed.
====Confrontation with the Gibborim====
As they was alone in the Hostel with Leslie Dean, Xavin chose to take the appearance of Leslie's daughter Karolina, believing that it would make Leslie at ease, but Leslie instructed them not to. Xavin then asked Leslie about what they could do to have Karolina be more receptive to their courtship, only for Leslie to reply that they should not be as direct as they had been and that they actually should leave Karolina alone. However, Xavin insisted that they should be around to protect Leslie's future baby, and revealed to Leslie that the Magistrate, who Leslie knew as Jonah, was alive, as well as his family, and that the meeting the Runaways had gone to might be a trap.
Fearing that Karolina might be in danger, Xavin decided to track her down and found her as she had been cornered by the Magistrate using Inhibitor Pods. Approaching the scene under the disguise of Mike on a Bike, Xavin was able to disable the inhibitors and confronted the Magistrate. However, they was swiftly overwhelmed by the Magistrate's powers and knocked unconscious, thus allowing the Magistrate to abduct Karolina. Xavin thus returned to the Hostel and confessed their failure to the Runaways, who had also lost Gert Yorkes. Xavin told the Runaways that they all would have to fight against the family of Gibborim, which would be extremely difficult.
====Luring the Magistrates====
Xavin explained to Alex Wilder, Nico Minoru, Leslie Dean, and Molly Hernandez that the man they call Jonah was still alive and using someone else as host. They watched a PRIDE press conference where Xavin confirmed that Magistrate was Victor Stein, the wife was Stacey Yorkes, and the daughter was Tina Minoru. However, the son was nowhere to be found.
Later, Wilder and Minoru were at Stein Mansion saving the rest of the Runaways. In order to give them time, Xavin disguised themself as Gert Yorkes and called Magistrate claiming to be the son. Magistrate then told Xavin to give them the location. Xavin did, luring them away from Wilder and Minoru. When they arrived, Xavin revealed that it was a trick and ran.
====Defeating Magistrate====
Xavin and Molly Hernandez went to Stein Mansion to help. They walked in, seeing Chase Stein, Janet Stein, and Karolina Dean in Healing Algorithm's. They were forced to hide in the trunk of a car when Magistrate and his Daughter came downstairs. The Daughter took the car to Wizard Headquarters blasting , which Xavin believed to be ear torture.
At the headquarters, Xavin disguised themself as Tina Minoru in order to get the keys back from the valet when the Daughter went into the building. Hernandez pleaded to drive, but Xavin did it themself, saying it would not be hard. They were proven wrong as they could not drive, forcing Hernandez to take the wheel. Gert Yorkes then called and they agreed to meet at the mansion. The group arrived and found Magistrate fighting Nico Minoru. Hernandez took care of that and Xavin used the Inhibitor Pods to defeat Magistrate.
On the way back, Xavin witnessed Dean and Minoru kiss. At the Hostel, Minoru and Dean went to go upstairs, but Xavin cautioned them against it. Dean believed it was because they were in love, but Xavin said it was because the Magistrate's Son could be any of them and they wanted Dean to be safe. Minoru agreed, believing the Son was in her.Runaways: 3.02: The Great Escape
====Protecting Karolina====
The group decided to wait until morning to figure everything out. Karolina Dean and Nico Minoru went to sleep, but Xavin refused to let them be together alone. Dean assurred them it was okay. Xavin then stood outside the room for protection when Minoru ran out. Xavin told Minoru that they would be revealed eventually. Molly Hernandez overheard this and told Xavin to sleep, but Xavin had never slept before.
Hernandez then showed Xavin how to get comfy and sleep. The next morning, they went to Minoru Mansion to get the Inhibitor Pods. They did so and went to a public park to test who was the alien. Xavin said that a public park would not stop them from killing the alien. They soon found out nobody there was the alien, so it had to be either Alex Wilder or Leslie Dean, who were at the Hostel. They returned to the house and found it empty. Through the cameras, they found out that Magistrate's Son was inside Wilder and kidnapped Leslie in order to get the baby.Runaways: 3.03: Lord of Lies
====Fulfilling the Prophecy====
Karolina Dean soon got a call that Leslie Dean and Magistrate's Son were at Tamar's house. When they arrived, Karolina and Nico Minoru chased the Son while Xavin and Molly Hernandez helped deliver the baby. Once the baby, named Elle Dean, was delivered, Leslie talked with Xavin alone, showing them the original Church of Gibborim book. It spoke of the prophecy that Xavin knew about and it stated that a baby would be born and it would have to be protected by someone other than the birth mother. Leslie believed this to be Xavin.
When the Runaways returned, Xavin explained that if the Magistrates leave, they would send kill bots that would wipe out all that came in contact with the Gibborim. Suddenly, the Son stole Elle. Xavin followed them to the location of all of the Magistrates and found their ship. Xavin disguised themself as Victor Stein so they could trick the Son into giving them the baby. Xavin the stepped into the ship, closing it and leaving with Elle as her new mother.Runaways: 3.04: Rite of Thunder
==Personality==
Due to their extraterrestrial nature, Xavin could be difficult to interact with for anyone who was not used to them. Indeed, their training as a soldier taught them to suppress all forms of emotion, resulting in them hardly displaying any, be it joy, disgust, anger, surprise, sadness or fear. As such, they usually appeared extremely calm and cold-headed. They also failed to understand some notions of social interactions such as sarcasm or dark humor, and did not understand the point of having dreams while sleeping, calling them simple "night illusions". Even though they called Karolina Dean their betrothed, the love they claimed to feel actually only stemmed from Xavin's belief in a prophecy, and they did not actually feel genuine love for Dean, which Molly Hernandez noticed. The realization of this mistake actually caused Xavin to feel sad and cry for the first time. Only after Elle Dean was born did Xavin truly experience love towards the baby and accepted to raise her as their own child, claiming that they felt in their heart that it was the right decision. Xavin also proved to be extremely stubborn, believing in the prophecy no matter what happened. They were also adamant that the Runaways should be ready to kill whoever was a host to the Magistrate's Son, although they later apologized to Nico Minoru for believing that it was her, thus showing their ability to acknowledge their mistakes.
==Powers and Abilities==
===Powers===
*Xartan Physiology: As a Xartan, Xavin has various superhuman attributes.
**Longevity: Xavin was able to survive in the crashed ship for about 11,000 years, though it is not known if this is to due to their inborn abilities, or if the ship itself trapped them and the other passengers in a type of suspended animation.
**Shapeshifting: Xavin is able to rapidly change their appearance at will. Over the course of their time with the Runaways, they notably took the appearances of Karolina Dean, Gert Yorkes, Nico Minoru, Mike on a Bike, Tina Minoru and Victor Stein.
***Invisibility: Xavin's shapeshifting abilities also allow them to perfectly camouflage with their environment, rendering their invisible.
**Telepathy: Xavin is able to hear thoughts. By touching the head of another being, Xavin can also transmit thoughts and images in a form understandable to the subject, as demonstrated when they told their story to Karolina.
===Abilities===
*Expert Pilot: As a trained soldier, Xavin received a training in piloting spacecrafts, a skill they used when forced to steer the Magistrate's Ship by the Gibborim. However, due to being unaccustomed to Earth's systems, they could be taken aback by the driving of a simple terrestrial car.
==Equipment==
===Other Equipment===
*Inhibitor Pods: Xavin retrieved these inhibitors from the Gibborim, and later used them against the Magistrate, trapping in a force field that depleted his health, although he was able to survive as Xavin simply left him for dead without ensuring that he would perish.
*Gibborim Transport Device: During the Battle at the Marine Vivarium Desalination Plant, Xavin used the platform that had been built by the Gibborim to regain their home planet, transporting themself and Elle Dean, away from Earth.
===Vehicles===
*Magistrate's Ship: Hoping to fulfill a prophecy about bringing peace to the universe, Xavin stowed away on the Magistrate's ship. They were found by the Gibborim, who made their steer the ship in their place. When the ship crashed, Xavin was trapped in the wreck for millennia, and was only able to escape following the Battle at the PRIDE Construction Site.
*: Xavin attempted to drive this car while impersonating Tina Minoru. However, due to the controls being very different from the spaceships they was used to, Xavin agreed to let Molly Hernandez drive it instead.
==Facilities==
*Hostel: Having tracked down Karolina Dean, who they thought to be their betrothed, Xavin sneaked into the Hostel and observed the Runaways before introducing themself to Dean by taking the appearance of Gert Yorkes. Despite their arrival being a source of bewilderment to the Runaways, Xavin was allowed to remain in the Hostel until they figured out what role they could play.
==Relationships==
===Family===
*Father
*Mother
*Elle Dean - Adoptive Daughter
===Allies===
*Runaways
**Karolina Dean
**Nico Minoru
**Gert Yorkes
**Molly Hernandez - Friend
**Alex Wilder
**Chase Stein
*Leslie Dean
*Tamar
===Enemies===
*Magistrate
*Magistrate's Wife
*Magistrate's Son
*Magistrate's Daughter
==Appearances==
Appearance for Xavin
==Trivia==
*In the comics, Prince Xavin is a member of the Skrull race who uses they/them pronouns and marries Karolina Dean in order to promote peace between the Skrulls and Majesdanians.
*Xavin is the first character identified as genderfluid in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
==Behind the Scenes==
*Tiffany Abney was a stunt double for Clarissa Thibeaux in the role of Xavin.
*Clarissa Thibeaux has clarified that Xavin's appropriate pronouns are they/them.Clarissa Thibeaux on Twitter Other characters mistakenly or unknowingly refer to them with the use of she/her pronouns due to Xavin shapeshifting into a human female as a default form during their interactions.
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