The All-Mother

The All-Mother (Mariana del Russo)

## Background

Mariana del Russo lost her mother to a robber’s gun when she was nine years old. Living with her father, she was a troubled child, spending most of her time playing alone while her father worked. She idolized her father, and as she grew, her dead mother became something of a goddess in her eyes. She became absolutely determined to make sure other kids didn’t have to grow up without parents, though she could never decide whether to become a marriage counselor, start an orphanage, or something else. Another choice became apparent when her powers manifested at age sixteen. Her abilities took control swiftly, when she was on a date with a boy in her class. She was overcome by a sudden, overwhelming desire to sleep with him, and he had little will to refuse her. Within weeks, she had bedded another two-dozen boys, and had a large family, or small army, of children, half of them GeneX, at her side. She had never been happier. This didn’t last long. She lived in a small town, and her powers had raised a huge amount of attention. A mob was raised against her and her children, and though they fought for her bravely, they had no training in their powers, and little intelligence or battle knowledge. They were slaughtered, but as the mob came close to her, her beauty ensnared the men in the crowd... And as they tried to attack, they lost all will to fight. She escaped in the ensuing confusion.

Mariana eventually resettled in Russia and became involved with Gene-X coup that took place in the nation.

Mariana was a victim of the Kurnian Bomb set off by Claire Stemplar.

## Motivation/Goals:

Mariana is driven by several forces. First, her powers have given her a greatly enhanced biological imperative. She is determined to find THE best father for her children, and make sure her children survive and spread across the globe, which they are capable of doing with tremendous speed. She wants her genes to be the dominant genes, and will stop at nothing to populate the world with her spawn. Further, she is very, very protective of her children, her experiences in the past have made her feel a failure as a mother, but she is determined to be the goddess to her new children that she believes her mother was to her. Despite their odd nature, her offspring are very real children, and she cares for them deeply.

## Appearance

Mariana is nineteen, with long black hair, brown eyes, and deeply tanned skin. She is very curvaceous, standing about five foot seven and a hundred and fifty pounds. She wears low cut robes that hang loose, but still display her figure.

## Powers and Abilities

Mariana’s powers can be summed up as “Enhanced Procreative Abilities.” Her body has been vastly enhanced in regard to having children. First, she emits a pheromone that intoxicates males around her, to the point of pure delusion. They will invariably hallucinate when looking at her, making her appear as an ideal mate to them. If they come into extended physical contact with her, they become even more ensnared, their self-control and their wits both diminished. Further, if Mariana has sexual intercourse with a male, she invariable becomes pregnant. The child, or, more often, children are born within hours, and grow to full mature size within a day. She suffers few ill effects of pregnancy, her body naturally much more elastic and her hormones much more carefully regulated than a normal woman’s. Her offspring are still children despite their form, generally as bright as a child of two or three, and imprinted strongly with their mother, making them unwaveringly loyal. If they are GeneX, their powers are as fully developed as their bodies, though they may have little control over them. Having reached maturity, the children age at a normal pace. Finally, Mariana is able to instinctively evaluate men genetically to determine their inherent value as a father to her children.