Adler, Irene

Irene "Destiny" Adler was a mutant seer and lover of Mystique. She is now the undead servant of the Lord of the Vampyr, Dracula.

## Irene Adler

### Relatives

Unknown husband, Anna Marie (adopted daughter), Justine Chase (daughter, dead), Trevor Chase (grandson), Cole Chase (son-in-law, dead)

### Affiliation

Black Womb Project (formerly), Mystique's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (formerly), Mystique (formerly), Freedom Force (formerly), United States Government (formerly), Dracula

### Occupation

U.S. Government agent (formerly), vampyr servant

## Physical description

### Species

Homo sapien superior (formerly), Mutant Vampyr

## History

### Early Years

Visually impaired from birth, Irene Adler was born to a wealthy family in Salzburg, Austria in the mid-to-late 19th century. Her precognitive powers activated when she was thirteen. To cope with the nearly overwhelming visions, she transcribed what she saw into a series of diaries over the next thirteen months. By the time she was finished, she was completely physically blind.

### Later Years

#### Mystique

A few years later, Irene hired Raven Darkhölme, a consulting detective, to help her make sense of her diaries. The two found that they shared a desire to use their powers to change the world. Not long afterward, they became lovers. Although the pair deeply cared for one another, they parted periodically, took up other lovers, and even raised separate families.

Irene travelled across Europe, and lived for several years in London, purchased a home in Valencia, and worked as a carnival future teller before becoming an archivist for the Black Womb Project in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Here she worked with other visionary scientists including Kurt Marko, Brian Xavier, Nathan Milbury, and Amanda Mueller.

Eventually, Mystique and Destiny reunited and together they raised their adopted daughter Rogue in a small home in Caldecott County, Mississippi. They remained together until Destiny's death.

#### Brotherhood of Evil Mutants II

Together Mystique and Destiny formed their own Brotherhood of Mutants. This group of ideologically-motivated terrorists worked for a pro mutant agenda. On one of their missions, Destiny almost assassinated the anti-mutant politician, Senator Robert Kelly, but was stopped by Shadowcat. She was arrested and taken to Ryker's Island but was freed by Mystique and the Brotherhood resulting in a conflict with the Avengers.

#### Pardons

Eventually, this Brotherhood became U.S. sanctioned Freedom Force. In exchange for pardons, they agreed to protect mutants from anti-mutant sentiment. At some point Irene was bitten by the vampyr, Rachel van Helsing and injected with said vampyr's blood, insuring the old woman's full transformation. While on a mission with Freedom Force to Muir Island, Destiny was believed to have been killed by Legion, who was being influenced at the time by the Shadow King. Destiny's consciousness survived within Legion's mind, and after Legion was also slain, both his and Destiny's spirits ended up assisting Margali in Limbo for a time.

### Beyond Death

Shortly before her death, she predicted that Mystique would become romantically involved with Forge. Although the pair loathed each other at the time, they did develop a brief relationship while both were members of X-Factor.

Sometime before her death, Irene also predicted that she would make Raven laugh if it was the last thing she ever did. She also gave Mystique very specific instructions for the dispersal of her ashes. After her death, Mystique carried out the instructions, throwing the ashes out to sea at a specific place and time, and then a sudden gust of wind blew the ashes back in her face. Realizing that Irene had planned the instructions specifically to reach this outcome, Mystique actually did laugh and received some measure of comfort.

After Destiny's death, Mystique protected a young mutant named Trevor Chase who addressed her as "Auntie Raven," strongly implying that Chase was Destiny's grandson.