Vixen

"*This totem I wear helps me use the power of Vodun -- the animal spirits*"
―Vixen to Abiesa[src]
**Mari Jiwe McCabe** is a fashion model and a representative of Zambesi's archaeology department. She owns the mystical Tantu totem and uses it to fight crime as the superhero **Vixen**.

Her life begins in Zambesi, where she was raised by her mother and her father, who was a reverend. Sometime during her childhood, her mother was killed by the warlord Aku Kwesi, and she was given the Tantu totem by her father in order to protect herself.

She took a career as an archaeologist and met with Diana Prince and Barbara Minerva, during an investigation in which Barbara turned into the primordial Cheetah, she joins forces with Wonder Woman and uses her abilities to defeat Cheetah. She later was invited to joined the Justice League.

During a weapons trafficking patrol with the Birds of Prey, she discovers the man who murdered her mother and returns to Zambesi to end him.

## Biography

### Early life

Mari Jiwe was born in 1987 in the African country of Zambesi, during her childhood her mother was killed by a man named Aku Kwesi.

### Discovery of Urzkartaga

Mari meets with Diana Prince and Barbara Minerva to investigate the lost city of Urzkartaga buried under the ground.

#### Wounded by Aku Kwesi

After Aku Kwesi's men arrives to the village and began to disturb the locals, Vixen fights them and eventually meeting the man himself. The two broke into a fight and Mari is surprised to find out Kwesi has superpowers.

## Powers and abilities

### Powers

* **Morphogenetic Field Energy Manipulation**: Due to her blood relationship to the Spider God Anansi, Vixen possesses the innate ability to make direct contact with the Earth's morphogenetic field, which is sometimes called "**The Red**". The Morphogenetic Field/Red is a primordial force that connects all life in the universe. This contact with the "Red" allows her to draw upon the abilities of any animal that has ever lived on the planet. By simply focusing on a specific animal, Vixen can draw its talent from the morphogenetic field and mimic its abilities, giving herself a variety of superhuman powers.
	+ **Animal Ability Replication**: The **Tantu totem** helps her harness her powers of channeling the special abilities of every single animal on Earth.
		- **Superhuman Strength**: Through the spirit of the elephant, gorilla, lion, or rhinoceros, Mari could gain the power of super-strength. She able to lift cars and overpower men who are larger than her.
		- **Superhuman Speed**: Through the spirit of the cheetah, Mari could run incredibly fast, even faster than the Cheetah herself as she had already trained this power in her early days.
		- **Superhuman Agility**: Through the spirit of the tiger, Mari was very agile, able to leap great distances and perform incredible acrobatic feats.
		- **Superhuman Reflexes**: Through the spirit of various felines, Mari's has superior reaction speeds.
		- **Superhuman Hearing:** Through the spirit of the owl, Mari had very acute ears, able to hear quiet noise from great distances.
		- **Superhuman Smelling:** Through the spirit of the wolf, Mari could lock onto a target's scent by first getting a sample of it.
		- **Enhanced Vision**: Through the spirit of the hawk, Mari can see great distances.
		- **Flight:** Mari could access the spirit of various birds, gaining the ability to fly.
		- **Regenerative Healing Factor**: Using various animals she can quickly recover from wounds.
		- **Claws**: With many feline animals she can grow her nails to become claws.
		- **Blood-shooting Eyes**: Mari can shoot blood from her eyes by channeling the abilities of the Horned lizard.
		- **Wall-Crawling:** Mari could gain the wall-crawling abilities of a spider, defying gravity.

### Abilities

* **Master Martial Artist**: Without her totem she is able to fight hand-to-hand combat.
* **Peak Human Condition**:
* **Athletics**: Mari is agile and can attack opponents using her
* **Boxing**: She trains boxing at times.
* **Bilingualism**: Mari can speak English and French.
* **Business Management**:
* **Investigation**: Mari can figure things out like that of a detective.

### Weakness

* **Animalistic Behavior**: A side effect of her powers is the possibility of channeling unwanted animalistic behaviors such as uncontrollable rage.

## Equipment

* **Tantu totem**: Vixen wields an object called the Tantu totem, a fox-shaped talisman, which enables her to tap into the "morphogenetic field" of the Earth, sometimes known as the Red. Contrary to popular belief, the totem is not the source of her powers but rather helps her channel the power.

## Relationships

* Richard Jiwe - father

Allies* Diana/Wonder Woman
* John Stewart/Green Lantern - love interest
* Birds of Prey
	+ Dinah Lance/Black Canary
	+ Barbara Gordon/Batgirl/Oracle
* Abiesa - childhood friend
* Justice League
	+ Batman
	+ Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman - former enemy
	+ Barry Allen/Flash
	+ Arthur Curry/Aquaman
	+ Hal Jordan/Green Lantern
	+ J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter
	+ Oliver Queen/Green Arrow
	+ Billy Batson/Shazam
	+ Wally West/Flash
* Justice Society of America
	+ Kara Zor-L/Power Girl
* Aku Kwesi
* Lady Shiva
* David Cain
* Lex Luthor
* Darkseid's Elite
	+ Darkseid
	+ Parademons

## External links

* Vixen on DC Database
* Mari Jiwe McCabe on DC Extended Universe Wiki
* Vixen (comics) on Wikipedia