Mystique

### Powers

Can psionically alter the formation of her biological cells at will and, as a result, allow herself to resemble a virtually exact duplicate of any human, humanoid, or semi-humanoid being regardless of gender coupled with near total control of her physiology with enhanced physical attributes

### Afflictions

Often seen as treacherous and untrustworthy by others; apathetic to the suffering of humanity and motivated by self-preservation and her own self-interest while staying an enigma as to her specific motivations

### Occupation

Adventurer, terrorist, criminal, government operative, crime lord

## Outside of Lore

### Created By

Chris Claremont, Jim Mooney

**Mystique**, also known as **Raven Darkhölme**, is a mutant spy and shapeshifter with the ability to impersonate nearly anyone. A master deceiver and infiltrator, she has previously infiltrated several organizations to take what she wants for the sake of her own self-preservation and self-interest. She is a member of the Brotherhood of Mutants led by Magneto, solely remaining part of its membership for her own gain. Apathetic to humanity at large, she represents a complete enigma with the potential to be anyone and no one simultaneously.

## Biography

### Origin

There is not much about Mystique's early life or apparent origin other than her own admission that she had to "fight just to survive" and that her powers awakened when she was merely twelve years old. Her past can be traced back to a friend and lover, Irene Adler, an Austrian mutant with precognitive powers. Hired by Irene to make sense of what she had transcribed in multiple diaries, Raven would keep contact with Irene for many years to come, later reuniting with her to solve a series of murders related to London serial killer Jack the Ripper.

### Cheating Death

In the year 1921, Raven was strapped down to a pole in the Mexican Sonoran Desert and targeted by firearms as the next casualty of the firing squad. Her unusual features such as her blue skin and yellow eyes led locals to believe she was a witch. Just before the firing squad could fire, she managed to slip away, resulting in a man right beside her taking the hail of gunfire instead. Believing the man to be dead, she escaped, only to find that the man had caught up to her, murdering the fire squad. She sparked a friendship with the man, who introduced himself as Logan Howlett.

### Betrayal

Raven told Logan that she and her crew were in the midst of planning a bank heist. Acknowledging his skill, she expressed that she wanted him to join the bank heist and Logan responded with reluctance, bringing up his past. Raven empathized and Logan eventually agreed to join the bank heist. Once Logan was on board during the bank heist, Raven betrayed him, alerting the police to his presence and leaving her crew as the scapegoat. Leaving no trail save for the money she stole, Raven disappeared, later to cross paths with the same man she betrayed.

## Powers & Abilities

### Powers

* **Metamorph:** Mystique is capable of psionically altering the formation of her biological cells at will. Consequently, she can allow herself to resemble a virtually exact duplicate of any human, humanoid, or semi-humanoid creature. With a control over this ability so exact that she can nearly duplicate the retina pattern in another person's eye in her own along with other patterns such as skin-pore patterns, her possession of this ability has allowed her to get past detection and recognition systems unrecognized despite extensive analysis. She can change the internal composition, primary function, and pigmentation of each of her body's cells.
	+ **Toxin & Disease Resistance:** She is capable of quickly developing a response to toxins and foreign diseases once exposed to them.
	+ **Decelerated Aging**
	+ **Accelerated Healing:** Mystique's biologically versatile nature through her psionic alteration of the formation of her biological cells allows her to accelerate the pace at which she heals and has naturally elevated the rate at which healing occurs, allowing her to regrow limbs, repair wounds, and regenerate herself from relatively minor to major, near-death injuries in a comparatively shorter time than it would take a normal human. Furthermore, her experience with her metamorphing ability allows her to maintain her form even when drugged or unconscious.
	+ **Psychic Defense:** Mystique's ability to alter the formation of her biological cells at will also extends to her mind, affording her a form of psychic defense. By manipulating the hemispheres of her brain, she can maintain a psychic defense against telepathic intrusions into her psyche.

### **Abiltiies**

* **Martial Arts (Advanced):** Mystique is an extremely skilled martial artist whose skills rival that of the best and most distinguished in the art.
* **Trained Actress**
* **Expert Marksman**
* **Multilingual**
* **Covert Operative**

### Weaknesses

**Appearance Limitation:** Mystique cannot copy the powers of the individuals she morphs into. As a result, her ability to duplicate the appearance of others is strictly limited to their appearance. She can, however, use her ability to psionically alter the formation of her body's biological cells to simulate the powers of the person she is copying without actually possessing those powers. For example, she could use her ability to grant herself enhanced senses of touch, taste, smell, and etc. copying Sabretooth as those are abilities he exhibits to simulate his powers with her ability.

**Immutable Body Mass:** Though Mystique can make it that she looks almost exactly like a person who is physically bigger than herself in her original form, she cannot alter her weight so that she weighs the same as the real person. As a consequence like in the case of extreme cases like Colossus where the person's weight and density plays a great factor in their strength level, she will not be as strong as the person she copies. The greater the mass of the person she is copying, the more focus it takes for her to maintain such form.