Mystique

"*Some things are beyond our control...*"

**Mystique**, (real name **Eleanor May Constantine**, born August 2nd, 1992), formerly known as **Ghost Owl**, is a powerful Goetia Demon - Metahuman hybrid, who is one of the five founding members of the The Team, alongside Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash and Superboy, accidentally replacing Speedy/Red Arrow. She is the daughter of former British magical Haly's Circus performer Rain, a mysterious Geotia Prince named Stolas, and the unaware Batman, until a later DNA test, and niece of the infamous detective and con-man, John Constantine.

## True Form

As Ghost Owl, Eleanor bares the resemblance of an anthropomorphic owl with no wings, which makes her stand out from the crowd. Bluish-grey mixture of feathers and fur with dark bluish-grey markings cover her body. Black, scaly hands, forearms, calves and feet. Large, almond-shaped eyes with red sclera, silver-white irises and white pupils. Heart-shaped head with a white mask and black beak. Shoulder-length dark bluish-grey feathery hair with long bangs. Tall, athletic, slender but healthy build. Four-fingered hands with flexible thumbs. Digitigrade legs with four-toed bird-like feet. And a long dark bluish-grey tail with black tips.

As Mystique, Eleanor's appearance hasn't changed that much. She has cut her hair to a pixie-cut and her bangs now frame her face.

## Human Disguise

In her human disguise, Eleanor resembles a normal Caucasian girl, with cute elven facial features. Short ebony-black hair with a dark blue shine, blue eyes and lighter skin with freckles under her eyes.

## Civilian Wear

As of 2010, Eleanor's civilian attire consists of a white polo shirt, with black buttons, under a dark grey hoodie with black sleeves and a spider design. Black khaki pants and dark grey sandals. Around her neck is a black leather choker with a golden ankh symbol.

As of 2016, Nightshade's style changed. Her civilian attire has changed to a black t-shirt under a dark grey turtleneck sweater under a black trench coat with violet trimmings. Still the same black khaki pants, but shortened to 3/4 lengths, and black boots. She still wears the black choker around her neck.

Her style has not changed since then...

## Superhero Attire

As Ghost Owl, Eleanor wears a white polo shirt under a black formal tunic dress and a light blue chest plate over her torso. Along with black elbow-pads, galaxy-themed leggings and black finger-less gloves. She is barefoot.

As Mystique, Eleanor wears a black, armored, shorty wetsuit with violet accents under a dark charcoal grey trench coat. Black gauntlets with computer functions and a violet sash around her waist. Again, she is barefoot.

## Personality

Eleanor is kind, generous and compassionate, good to have around during a crisis as she knows how to remain calm and take control of the situation until it is resolved. Eleanor is very caring and nurturing to others, however she has a habit of neglecting her own needs while giving to others. She is very intelligent and loves to learn.

Eleanor tends to wear her heart on her sleeve, she feels anger intensely and joy quite well, but her sadness is silent and hardly, if ever, marked by tears. She hardly lets her rage control her and cheerfully remarks on the things that make her happy, but hardly says a word in her sadness, though it is visible to everyone. However, though she may feel sad, she never gives in to despair, always looking for a solution the right way. Her determination and little regard for pain can make her a powerful force to be reckoned with.

Alongside, Eleanor is gracious and well-mannered, knowing just the right things to say and do. Although she doesn't look it, Ellie has high moral standards and doing the right thing is important to her, along with being a loyal friend and a faithful partner, gentle but not passionate.

Although strong-willed and loyal, Eleanor is a good listener and can view others problems with empathy, clarity and a balanced analysis, seeing both sides while showing respect and caring.

In short, Eleanor is generally frank, fairly sociable, but preferring peace at any price. She can be too self-effacing, modest and patient, and run the risk of being exploited by others. She may appear to be innocent and naïve but she is actually quite streetwise and astute - she can read others well, but often keeps it to herself.

## History

Eleanor was born to a young sorceress performer named Lorraine Susan Constantine, who was the twin sister to the infamous con-artist and detective John Constantine and known Haly's Circus performer, and Bruce Wayne, who was also known as Gotham's Dark Knight; Batman.

Longing to have a child of her own, Lorraine turned to the help of Kent Nelson, who was the legendary Doctor Fate. Fortunately, Nelson gave Lorraine a ritual that could create life by using the stands of the chosen essence to be the parents. John Constantine warned Lorraine about using this kind of magic and tried to talk her out of performing the ritual. Lorraine assured she had everything under control.

Unfortunately, Lorraine slightly messed up the ritual circle and something demonic interfered with the ritual, and Lorraine ended up possessed by the essence of an unknown demon. 9 months later, Eleanor was born in Gotham City, but was born an anthropomorphic owl. Lorraine was scared at first, but grew to love her daughter, seeing that despite her owl-like appearance, Eleanor was as innocent as a child should be. But Lorraine feared for her safety.

When Eleanor was over four years old, Lorraine and John were visited by Klarion the Witch Boy, who demanded to take Eleanor away, to explore her demonic heritage. Lorraine and John Constantine refused and got into a magical battle with Klarion. Klarion stuck Lorraine and left the family to grieve. With her last breath, Lorraine told John to take Eleanor away, where Klarion or any powerful villain can't find her. John agreed.

John took Eleanor into a dark alley, and used his magic to open a portal to another universe. Our universe, where Eleanor's inherited magic shapeshifted her to look more human. As a last gift, John Constantine wiped Eleanor's memories, so she could live in safety. Eleanor was found by a young woman named Lorraine Gentry and a gentle giant named Steven Henderson. The couple took her in and raised her as their own, despite having no idea of her origins.

Eleanor grew up having dreams of owls, having magic and living in a world familiar to her. When she turned sixteen, Eleanor made a wish upon a star to leave the world she grew up in and find where she truly belonged. Little did she know, stars have ears too. Her magic responded to her wish and sent Ellie back to her home universe. However, her magic sent her to the alleys of Washington, DC, where scientists found her and took her to Project Cadmus to undergo experiments and numerous testing of her abilities and genetic code. To replace Superboy, if he fails his mission...

Until during Independence Day 2010, when Eleanor's empathic abilities sensed Robin, Kid Flash and Aqualad investigating Project Cadmus in DC. Maybe she'll be able to free herself and Superboy from Project Cadmus and live their own lives. Maybe even learn more about her true origins, and keep up the hero legacy.

## Powers

* **Owl/Demon Physiology:** As a child of a Goetia Demon, Eleanor shares a semblance of an anthropomorphic owl, and traits of demonic nature. However, this abilities have not shown themselves so what she can do is still a mystery.

* **Darkness/Astral Manipulation:** Mystique has the power to create and control the element of pure darkness and shadows and bend it to her will; often using it in conjunction with her psychokinesis.

* **Soul Self/Astral Projection:** Due to training with John Constantine, Mystique's powers have grown exponentially. She is able to project her own spirit from her body into a ghostly form, using it to interact with the physical world, affect others mentally, and to traverse through time-space. Her soul-self takes the form of a double of her own body, or more commonly, a large black owl with a white face or a bat. She is capable of changing its shape and mass at will, and can alter her own appearance with her soul-self, like increasing her size or making her face hideous. She is able to project her soul-self into the minds of others to communicate, facilitate calm or to force people into submission with a devastating mental attack. Though normally composed of energy that is colored black, Nightshade's soul-self can change color depending on her emotional state, manifesting as red or white.

* **Psychokinesis:** Mystique's Metahuman abilities allows her to manipulate the environment with the power of her mind. A powerful ability that she uses quite often. I can't fully explain this power with my own words. If you want more information, you can look up a character with similar abilities. His name is Silver the Hedgehog.

* **Empathy:** The psionic ability to sense the emotions of others, allowing her to gain insight into their thoughts and intentions, and even experience their own feelings. This also enables her to sense the mental state of others, as she has stated that she would know if someone's mind had been tampered with. Mystique can absorb the pain of others into her own body in order to induce rapid healing for them, and can heal herself by going into a trance of emotional calm. She can receive precognitive flashes of the future when exposed to extreme emotion. By using her empathy to guide her, she can track others.

* **Flight:** Mystique can levitate off the ground and hover, without visible projection of her dark energy as is shown when she utilizes her psychokinesis. Her power is also sufficient to enable her to counter the gravitational pull of other planets.

* **Magic:** Like Doctor Fate, Zatanna, Rain and John Constantine, Mystique has shown to have a powerful affinity with the mystic arts. This could be a mixture of her heritages and has shown quite good control. Nightshade has shown to conjure magic circles, harness magical energies, perform magical spells, and even project an astral form when needed.

* **Spell-casting:** The high-level spells she casts are usually spoken out loud; though she does have some practice in casting nonverbal spells to give herself more of an advantage over her opponents. These high-level spells are spoken in Latin.

* **Healing:** Though she is rarely seen using this talent, this is one of her most controllable and easiest skill to use. Through her magic and empathic abilities, Mystique is capable of healing others and herself. However, she cannot heal emotional scars or old wounds over a day old.

## Abilities

* **Martial Arts/Parkour:** Though not the most physically talented of the Team, Mystique is nonetheless a fairly skilled and proficient hand-to-hand combatant, having received at least some degree of physical training.

* **Master Hacker:**

* **Genius Intellect:**

* **Master Detective:**

* **Multilingualism:** Like her parents and years of studying, Mystique is fluent in French, Spanish, Japanese, Russian, German and Arabian. During her secret conversation with Aqualad, Nightshade has shown to be able to speak Atlantean. Mystique is also fluent in ASL and BSL.

## Weaknesses

* **Headaches:** When sensing too many auras, or overwhelmed by the pressure of missions, Mystique goes under headaches, depended on the intensities.

* **Astraphobia/Brontophobia:** Due to her sensitive nature and senses, Eleanor is deeply terrified of thunderstorms.

* **Camera-shy and Crowds:** Due to her shyness, Mystique is not a big fan of cameras or crowds.

## Quotes

"*Just because you have super-strength, doesn't mean the battle will always be yours to win. There'll always be someone stronger than you.*"

"*Hey Klarion! You want the Helmet? You'll have to take it over my dead body!*"

"*Never underestimate the power of a Goetia Princess...*"

"*Megan, do you really think that your friends, your family, are that shallow?*"

"*I guess only time will tell...*"