Anna Marie (Spider-X series)

The mutant known as **Rogue** has the uncontrollable ability of absorbing the energy of others through physical contact, temporarily incorporating their abilities, powers, memories and even personality with a touch, a process which wears her victims out. A runaway, Rogue was found and adopted by mutant terrorists Mystique and Destiny. She had her abilities traumatically activated when she shared her first kiss with a boy and put him into a coma.

## Anna Marie

### Relatives

Mystique (adoptive mother), Destiny (adoptive mother), Night Crawler (adoptive brother), Sandra (adoptive sister)

### Affiliation

Bayville Brotherhood (formerly), X-Men, Spider-Man (as Ms. Marvel), Bayville Sirens (formerly), Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters

## Biographical information

### Place of birth

Caldecott County, Mississippi, United States of America

## Physical description

### Species

Homo sapien superior (human mutant), Mutate

## Appearances

### Debut

SpiderX Chapter 1 (The Spider of New York)

## History

Rogue was as a rebellious, yet deeply insecure teenager. Her powers made her cynical and reclusive, but deep inside she was consumed by the desire to touch the individuals that she loved. Kurt Wagner is her adopted brother.

Rogue never knew her real parents. Rogue was adopted by Mystique when she was four, and raised by Irene Adler in Caldecott County, Mississippi. She claimed that Irene was always a good mother to her, even if she could sometimes be strict. But unbeknownst to Rogue, Irene and Mystique were nurturing her as a potential tool for power. Irene, a precognitive mutant also known as Destiny, was able to predict the form of Rogue's mutant powers. In order to protect Rogue, she convinced Rogue that she had a skin condition that required she cover much of her skin. But she was unable to predict when Rogue's powers would manifest, which happened when Rogue touched a shy footballer named Cody Driscoll, during a school dance. When she absorbed his memories it confused her greatly and she ran away.

At this point, Rogue was located by Charles Xavier with Cerebro and Xavier sent the newly-formed X-Men to recruit her. But thanks to some trickery by Mystique, she was led to believe that the X-Men wanted to hurt her. She escaped, but not before Jean gave her a communicator. She soon agreed to join Mystique as a student at Bayville High School and became a member of Mystique's Brotherhood.

However, despite this, Rogue repeatedly helped the X-Men when they were in trouble, first by rescuing Jean Grey from Blob and later showing them how to find Nightcrawler after she had accidently zapped him to the Middleverse. She also developed a strong attachment to Cyclops; who she took English class with and developed a long-standing crush. Cyclops repeatedly reached out to her to join the X-Men and when Mystique attempted to kill Cyclops, Rogue turned on her. Rogue absorbed her powers and memories, realizing that Mystique had lied to her and that Cyclops was a good-hearted individual. Rogue helped to save Cyclops and thereafter joined the X-Men.

Rogue has a heavy crush on Cyclops, although later she showed an interest in Gambit. She was close friends with Kitty Pryde, surprisingly. She had a friendship with a disguised Mystique, known as Risty in her disguised form. This was before her boyfriend, Peter Parker had become worried for her since his spider-sense would go off whenever Risty was around and told her this.

She was kidnapped by a group of individuals who had been recruited by Magneto to use as a test subject for a machine that had been built to create "artificial mutants."

## Personality

Rogue is an uncertain and insecure teenager, not the voluptuous bombshell she was in the comics. She isolates herself from other people because of her mutant ability, which prevents her from making any physical (skin-to-skin) contact with people.

Rogue's isolation leads her to be petulant, sarcastic and alarmingly defensive. As a result of her isolation, Rogue has trouble trusting people. Since joining the X-Men, Rogue has become closest with her roommate, Kitty, and maintains a crush on the X-Men's field leader, Scott.

Rogue recently showed interest in Magneto's henchman Gambit, as they both realized that they had a great deal in common; including adopted parents who prefer to nurture their powers rather than them, and are now friends, if nothing else.

But Rogue is also very intelligent. She had two separate classes with Scott Summers, who is a year older than her, meaning that she has jumped forward a year in at least two of her classes, possibly more. She also seems to be quite well-read, as she recognized a quotation by Beast from Shakespeare's *Hamlet*.

## Physical Appearance

### Base Appearance

Rogue has short auburn hair with white streaks as bangs in the front of her hair. She has green eyes and a pale skin complexion, and she wears purplish-blackish makeup and lipstick.

### First Outfit

Rogue's most frequently seen outfit consists of a sheer long-sleeved green blouse over a black halter top, a short black leather skirt, and black leggings. She wears thick combat boots, and dog collars around her neck and wrists. Black gloves cover her hands and easily come off when Rogue needs them to. So overall, she appears to be quite Goth. She has on occasion worn over this a long, dark brown coat.

### Second Outfit

Rogue shows more skin as she wears a dark, purple halter top, long purple gloves that come up to about her shoulders, and a knee length skirt covered with a white chain that hangs around her waist. Knee high boots are worn, and a light that purple scarf protects her neck and chest areas.

### Third Outfit

Her next outfit is less dressy, and a little less Gothic. She wears a purple shirt tied at the front and it falls onto her shoulders, showing some skin. Underneath the shirt is her black halter top. Either black or really dark blue jeans are worn instead of a skirt. They have tears around her knees. Sneakers are worn instead of boots. Again, gloves protect her hands from her power.

### X-Men uniform

Rogue wears a dark, navy-blue bodysuit. Gold platelets with the "X" logo are on both of her shoulders while a green platelet goes around her bust area. A gold utility belt, also marking the "X" logo, goes around her waist, while small platelets protect her knees. Knee-high boots are worn for shoes, and thick, brown gloves worn on both hands.

### Ms. Marvel (which she had stolen from a costume shop)

Rogue wears a black one piece that exposes her legs and arms with a yellow lightning bolt like mark on the chest area. Black, thigh-high boots and long gloves that end almost at the shoulder, as well a black domino mask and red sash about her waist completes the ensemble. Plus, a blonde wig to disguise herself further.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Power Absorption:** Rogue has the ability to absorb a person's life force through direct skin contact, acquiring the individual's memories, skills, powers and a fraction of the individual's personality for a limited time. The longer she stays in contact with them, the longer she retains the skills and abilities she absorbs. If she maintains contact for too long, she may put the other person in a coma or even kill them. However, Rogue retains the memories of those she touches for a much longer period.
	+ Even though the powers and skills she absorbs fade away, her mind retains a psionic imprint of every individual she has ever used her powers on. Following the absorption of Mystique's shape-shifting abilities, all the previous personalities that Rogue had absorbed begin to struggle for control of her body, and she begins to assume their physical appearance as well as their powers, such as, among others, Sabretooth, Juggernaut, Magneto, Cyclops, Multiple and Storm.
	+ Ultimately, she was able to use all the abilities she had ever absorbed for a brief period, though this posed considerable risk to her, before Professor Xavier used his telepathic powers to wipe all the imprinted personalities from her mind. Later, Rogue absorbed and consciously used the powers of the X-Men, Brotherhood, and Magneto's Acolytes, showing that, with time and development, she may be able to access past abilities and skills she has absorbed.
	+ It is currently unknown if she can absorb abilities from mutants with artificial enhancements; such as Wolverine; who has Adamantium bonded to his skeleton and claws, making them nearly indestructible.

### Mutate Powers

* **Superhuman Strength:** Rogue is capable of lifting about 50 tons at her peak.
* **Superhuman Stamina:** Rogue's musculature produced considerably less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the musculature of an ordinary human. She was able to physically exert herself at peak capacity for about 24 hours before fatigue began to impair her.
* **Superhuman Durability:** The tissues of her body were considerably harder and more resistant to physical injury than those of an ordinary human, making her impervious to injury to an extraordinary extent. Rogue was capable of withstanding high caliber bullets, great impact forces, falls from great heights, exposure to temperature and pressure extremes, and powerful energy blasts without sustaining injury.
* **Superhuman Agility:** Rogue's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of even the finest human athlete.
* **Superhuman Reflexes:** Her reflexes are heightened in a similar manner and are superior to those of the finest human athlete.
* **Flight:** Rogue was capable of propelling herself through the air at tremendous speeds, at just under the speed of sound.