Irene Adler

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* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

## Identity

### Known Aliases

Destiny (Cryptonym)
Irene Adler, Irene Allerdyce, Irene Darkholme, Irene Dukes (Aliases)

### Relatives

Justine Chase, Sara Aldine, and Doris Allerdyce (Daughters)
Evelyn Dukes (Daughter, Deceased)
Fred Dukes, St. John Allerdyce and Mark Raxton (Grandsons)
Ashley Crawford and Liz Allan (Granddaughters)

### Affiliation

Essex Clinic (Beneficiary)
Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters (Beneficiary)
Hellfire Club (Affiliate)

## Physical Description

### Mysterious Origins: 1863 - 1880

Not much is known about Irene's childhood, nor is Raven offering to give any insight into her lover's origins. We believe "Irene Adler" may be an assumed name, but cannot confirm that to be the case. We do know that, according to Raven, Irene went blind as a teenager following the awakening of her mutant powers.

### Austria: 1880 - 1886

Irene had compiled an impressive number of journals documenting the contents of the visions she received since her powers emerged. Having money from a substantial inheritance, Irene decided to hire private detectives in order to confirm the validity of her visions, and on occasion, intervene with a concerning matter uncovered by the visions.

One of these investigators, Rufus Holmes, became of considerable interest to Irene. The detective had an ulterior motive for taking the work offered by Irene, suspecting there was more to the blind client than she let on. The detective chose to confront Irene and revealed he was not a man but actually a woman named Raven Darkholme who could change her appearance at will. Of course, Irene knew this, having seen as much in one of her visions.

The two became lovers and soon left Austria.

### England: 1886 - 1910

Irene and Raven resettled in England. Raven again assumed a male form and took the identity of Irene's husband. Using Irene's wealth, the two quickly became prominent figures in the high society. According to Raven, they befriended Arthur Conan Doyle himself and inspired some of his most famous works — with Doyle naming a certain character after Irene.

Though Raven could gradually use her powers to alter her appearance to match Irene's natural aging, when the two were alone, it was becoming increasingly apparent that Raven would outlive Irene. Further complicating this matter was that Raven's male form apparently lacked the reproductive ability to conceive a child with Irene, much to the two women's disappointment.

Knowing that Irene wanted a child, Raven decided to leave her lover so that Irene could pursue a relationship with another and have the child she so desperately wanted before it was too late for her to do so.

### World Travels: 1910 - 1937

Irene did not settle down as she was told. She tried, but she found her relations with men to be complicated. There was little attraction and many suitors seemed only interested in Irene's wealth and others acted as though they would be a dashing suitor for marrying a blind woman. Irene rejected the notion outright and used her money to travel the world to find Raven and resume their life together.

At times, she and Raven would reunite — whether by Irene's visions leading to her to Raven or through Raven finding Irene. Every time, their relationship was rekindled with great haste, only to eventually suffer the same fate after Raven became overwhelmed with the realization.

### America: 1937 - 1995

When she became too infirm to travel, Irene agreed to settle down on the condition that Raven promised to visit regularly. To fill her time, Irene took an interest in searching for other mutants. It was not long before she became aware of the Essex Clinic. Irene became a prominent backer of the clinic, shaping it into a charitable outreach program for mutants. She also became a financial supporter of this school.

## Analysis

* **Mutant Level:** Irene is an Alpha-Level Mutant with Alpha-Level projected potential.
* **Mutation: Clairvoyance:** Irene has the psychic ability to project elsewhere. Originally, Irene could only project her vision. The first time she used this ability, her vision left her eyes and never returned. Now, having refined her powers over a century, Irene can perceive other sensations including sound, taste, smell, and even tactile stimulation. It is suspected this is achieved through a specialized form of astral projection but it could be her clairsentience working in tandem with her clairvoyancy to provide a more in-depth extrasensory experience. Irene can use this ability to explore her surroundings but is unable to mimic her lost sight entirely as she cannot project her perceptions closer than approximately ten feet (or three meters) from her body.
	+ ***Clairsentience:*** Irene has the ability to simply know things without any apparent explanation for her knowledge. She has no control over this ability which functions on its own. In fact, Irene's attempts to will it to work often cause the ability to cease working entirely for days or weeks at a time. The ability works most effectively when Irene is calm.
	+ ***Extrasensory Perception:*** Irene can detect entities that are normally completely undetectable, like spiritual and psychic beings. This can be used with her clairvoyant projections and her remaining physical senses.
	+ ***Telepathic Resistance:*** As a psychic herself, Irene's mind is naturally resistant to psionic manipulation, intrusion, and detection.
* **Reduced Age:** The details for how Irene is still alive remains uncertain. As of 1995, she should be 132 years old. There are photographs that clearly show he being a very infirm and elderly woman as late as the 1950's when she would be nearly a hundred years old at the time. However, when Charles met Irene in the late 1980's, he described her as being a "handsome middle-aged woman" but she looks twenty years younger than that less than a decade later.
* **Expertise Philanthropist:** Irene spends her time finding mutants in need of help. Depending on their situation, will take them to various safe havens she has personally verified: mutant communes or conclaves, the Essex Clinic, or our school. In her travels, Irene has learned to speak over a dozen languages and has extensive connections across the world. She is well-versed in a variety of disciplines, ranging across the world. She is well-versed in a variety of disciplines, ranging from classical literature, medicine, archaeology, psychology, genetics, finance, politics, and more. This is the result of over a century of study and not indicative of a profound genius. Though Irene is a remarkably intelligent woman, she does not claim to be a genius of any sort and will often admits to having faulty memory — though she does like to think she's still got a hell of a wit for a woman of her age.
* **Blind:** Irene's eyes no longer respond to visual stimuli.
* **Secrets:** It is possible that Irene's work in the mutant community put her in touch with a mutant able to reverse her age. However, neither Raven or Irene will discuss the matter. As Irene is one of the school's key financial donors and a close relative to several students, Charles has asked me not to press this matter or delve deeper into the mystery at this time.

### Threat Assessment

* **Might:** 2 — Normal
* **Acumen:** 4 — Gifted
* **Speed:** 2 — Normal
* **Tactical:** 3 — Professional Training
* **Energy:** 3 — Moderate Ability
* **Resilience:** 2 — Normal
	+ **TOTAL:** 30
	+ **RANKING:** Capable

## Trivia and Notes

### Notes

* Irene Adler resides in Subsidiary-Reality M, within Murum Locus.
* Destiny is a character originating from *Marvel Comics*.

## Gallery

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## Cerebro Files

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## Links and References

* Appearances of Irene Adler

1. ↑ Cerebro Files: Irene Adler