Mystique
Mystique (Scenesys ID: 197) | |||
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"Who am I? That, my dear, is an excellent question. Though not one easily answered." | |||
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Full Name: | Raven Darkholme | ||
Gender: | Female | ||
Species: | Mutant | ||
Theme: | Marvel (VFC) | ||
Occupation: | Mutant Rights Activist | ||
Citizenship: | Multiple Countries | ||
Residence: | New York City | ||
Education: | Self Taught | ||
Status: | Approved | ||
Groups: | Brotherhood, Xavier's School, Hellfire Club, Hench | ||
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Apparent Age: | 30s | Actual Age: | 129 |
Date of Birth | 13 September 1897 | Actor: | Florence Welch |
Height: | 178 cm (5'4") | Weight: | 54 kg (120 lbs.) |
Hair Color: | Red | Eye Color: | Yellow |
Theme Song: | "Change' by The Deftones |
Profile
Mystique has many faces and many names. Her real name is Raven Darkholme, which is associated with her time as the Deputy Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in the United States Department of Defense. Her true face was not associated with that role in her life. She's been a senator's wife in another incarnation. Basically, she is whomever she chooses to be, having the ability to take on the physical appearance of anyone. Her true cause is equal rights for mutants, even at the destruction of humans. She has lived over 100 years and has learned many skills during her long life. She will lie, cheat, steal and kill if it helps her achieve her goals. She's led villain teams and she has worked with the heroes. For her, everything is as mercurial as her appearance.
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Description
The woman before you stands out starkly as a mutant, presuming she's not disguised as someone else. Two immediate traits are readily apparent and either could draw another's eye first; the skin over her entire body is a medium shade of blue and her eyes are solid yellow lacking pupils or irises. Her hair is a vibrant red, contrasting in an almost shocking way against the pallete of her blue skin at at the crest of her head, a small white skull rests, some intricate piece of jewelry or headband, no doubt. Her lips are painted the same color as her hair to compliment that same contrast.
History
Raven Darkholme was born in the late 1800s in Austria as a normal girl. It wasn't until her twelfth year that her powers appearned. Her mother was very religious and when faced with the yellow eyes of what she presumed was a demon, she cast the child out of her home. Left on her own to fend for herself, Raven barely survived her first year but she learned to adapt. To survive. To overcome. That became the theme for her life. As she learned to control her shapeshifting powers, she also learned to lie and steal if she had to for her survival. In time, she managed to move to the United States where she continued her unlawful ways, running with unsavory sorts. From thief to killer, she did what she needed and didn't think twice about the blood money.
She met a fellow mutant named Irene Adler while still a young woman and the pair became fast friends then later, they became lovers. Irene would be the only person she allowed close for many years of her life. They had their ups and downs though, sometimes parting but always going back to one another in the end. During these times, Mystique lived as alternate people including Leni Zauber. It was in this persona that she met Sabretooth briefly, both on a mission to kill the same target. The result of that time together was Graydon Creed who she left in the care of others but monitored his life until he became a teen and showed no mutancy. While she kept track of him after, he was not as important to her any longer as she had decided by then humans were the enemy as their prejudices were what forced her to live the life she did in the shadows. She blamed them for her own choices.
Years passed. She found love in the arms of Baron Christian Wagner but they were unable to have a child due to his infertility. She started spending time with other men in secret and that's when she met Azazel. Unbeknown to her, he was actually a demon. She bore him a child, Kurt Wagner, also known as Nightcrawler. She tried to raise her son who was so much like her but when the biased villagers of the area they lived sought to kill them both, she was faced with a choice. Knowing she could shapeshift but he could not, she knew what his life would be like and she chose to sacrifice the child both to save him the pain of the life she livedand to save her own skin. He was tossed away and she believed him dead until many years later.
So many lifetimes, so many identities. She served with the Israeli Special Forces in the identity of Amichai Benvenisti, learning the deadliest of skills by some of the most skilled in the world. As her life continued, as eventually took in a young girl in Mississippi. This girl would become her adoptive daughter. She taught her the ways that had kept her alive, which put the girl firmly as a villain. They faced off against multiple foes including Ms. Marvel. During this time Mystique was also living in the identity of Mallory Brickman, a US Senator's wife. Eventually she used her own name but not her true face, serving as Deputy Director of DARPA which gave her access to information and weaponry. Everything was fair game for Mystique if it helped advance her path.
Personality
Mystique is a strong woman with an amoral compass. She is very focused and goal oriented. She can be single-minded when she sets a path for herself. To the hazard of anyone that gets in her way. She has no problem with lying or manipulating people to get what she wants.
She does not let people in, doesn't trust easily. When she does let someone in, she may still keep parts of herself from them because she has grown so used to keeping secrets it is just an ingrained part of her being. This is not to say she doesn't love. She does and deeply, that same single minded focus she has on her goals focused on that other person. She will protect them with her life if she cares for them. It's just hard to get past those walls for that to happen.
Abilities
METAMORPH
Mystique is able to alter the formation of her biological cells with a thought. She can duplicate anyone as long as they are humanoid in appearance. She will become an exact duplicate of the person including sex, voice, fingerprints, retinal patterns, and palm/skin patterns becoming an absolute perfect copy of the person save for the fact she cannot duplicate another person's scent. The transition from one form to another is instantaneous when she chooses to do so. In addition, she can manipulate her own form to simulate any clothing visually or even simulate the appearance and refractive capabilities of metal to simulate armor as well as make additional growths appear (such as claws like Wolverine) though these are only copies made from her own body and do not have those items intrensic properties.
She has such precise control she can go beyond regular shapeshifting to simply duplicate people. She can move her major organs to other locations to protect them if she needs for any reason. She can change her skin color, allowing her to camouflage to an extent much like that of a chamelon. Somehow she is able to manipulate her body mass, drawing it from somewhere but it is not understood where. She can take on the form of someone as large as Blob or as small as Puck but she wouldn't be able to go further above or below those limits.
PSYCHIC DEFENSE
Due to the fluidity of her form and brain, it is difficult to manipulate Mystique or read her thoughts through psonic/psychic influence. She has a natural defense against mind reading and is somewhat resistant to other types of mental attacks but a psionic bolt by a strong telepath can take her out as much as any other person. She may recover from it more quickly due to her regenerative capabilities.
REGENERATION
Skills
COMBAT
Mystique's long life has allowed her to learn extensive combat and weapons skills. From hand-to-hand training in the Mossad to advanced experimental weapons with DARPA, her experience is vast and high level. In hand-to-hand combat, she would be on par with Captain America and the Black Widow. She is an expert marksman with any type of firearm in the world.
COMPUTERS
Mystique is dangerous with a computer, and realized their potential the moment they came on scene. Having 'been there since the begining', she can virtually hack or expose any system, or nearly fluently use any system she's not used before. Only other world-class hackers or tech geniuses if she's trying to access information from the outside. If she's inside? Kiss your data goodbye, most likely.
ESPIONAGE
With her ability to copy a person exactly, Mystique is the perfect spy and perhaps the best in the world because of that, coupled with her many years of experience in the field and honed skillset. She is able to act exactly like the person she is emulating. She can manipulate people to gain information or access to locations. She knows security and how to bypass it. She can get into places that are supposed to be impossible to breach, by skill alone and if not, by taking the place of someone who would be there. She would be considered on par with the Black Widow in her skill at espionage.
LANGUAGES
Mystique is able to speak at least eleven languages including English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Farsi, Czech, and Russian.
SCIENCE
Resources
IDENTITIES
Mystique can be anyone. She has a wide variety of established identities she can assume instantly should she choose. With a little work on her part, she can have any paperwork or identification necessary to become another in a short period of time. These identities are through multiple countries throughout the world, always giving her a way out when things get too hot for the current one.
MONEY
Mystique has been alive over 100 years. She has saved up money to have available to her when she needs it. She literally has millions of dollars she has earned either through her mercenary or larcenous means. This money is stored all over the world in a variety of accounts under a wide range of identities. If she needs it, she can afford it.
SAFEHOUSES
With the many sudden exits she has had to make, Mystique learned not to keep all her eggs in one basket. She has safehouses all over the world. They are owned under a variety of identities. There are resources kept at all of them, from money to weapons to new identification paperwork. These can be anything from a penthouse in Manhattan to a hovel in Austrian mountains or anything in between.
WEAPONS
Weaknesses
METAMORPH LIMITATIONS
Mystique is only able to copy the appearance of someone else. She is not able to copy their powers. Were she to take on the form of Colossus, she would be an exact replica of him but she would not have actual metallic skin. It may look like it and it will be a hardened version of her skin but it would not be metal and would not have that level of resistance. She may take on the appearance of Archangel's wings but she would not actually be able to fly.
MISTRUSTED
Because Mystique has, and does, shift loyalties from time to time, she is not the most trusted person on the planet by many parties. There are, perhaps, one or two that might trust her because they know her agenda aligns with theirs completely. Others might work with her if there was a common goal or need or she was -realy- convincing, but they most assuredly would question her motives, or be waiting for the knife in the back to come, unless they didn't know her.
SCHIZOPHRNENIA
Logs
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Title | Date | Scene Summary |
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Log 15975 | January 16th, 2024 | Summary needed |
We're going to accomplish grand things together | November 3rd, 2023 | Investigating the case of the spontaneously appearing heir to an old money fortune turns into beseeching the legendary mutant freedom fighter Mystique for aid. |
Log 15739 | October 25th, 2023 | Mystique and Tabitha. |
Meeting in Genosha | June 18th, 2023 | Polaris runs into Mystique in Genosha |
A Meeting of Two Minds | March 13th, 2023 | Magneto and Mystique discuss plans on reforming the Brotherhood of Mutants. Mystique warns Magneto of the consequences of ulterior motives. |
Can't even go shopping | March 1st, 2023 | A date for another time is made |
UFOs, Missing Kids and Yetis | February 28th, 2023 | The Xmen go searching for missing kids in the mountains and find more than they expected. |
Dinner at Xhouse | February 15th, 2023 | Mystique went to teach |
Breakfast at Remy's | January 30th, 2023 | Remy and Raven have a light breakfast before the day begins. |
Billiards game | January 7th, 2023 | Remy and Mysti play pool and discuss identity. |
Mystique Comes to Vist the Xmansion | December 2nd, 2022 | Off they went to get tea |
It's Hip to Be Square | May 16th, 2021 | At long last, Victor and Raven finally meet! She gives him a job, and not a good one at all.. |
Guilty Until Proven Innocent | May 12th, 2021 | Alex's 'arrest' likely isn't all it appears to be. |
Friends in High Places | May 6th, 2021 | The Diplomat makes a personal appearance at their latest endeavor. It all goes wrong when Cloak, Dagger, and Deadpool shows up on the scene. Deadpool makes contact, Sabertooth assists the Diplomat, the one and only Raven Darkholme, threats were thrown, a good portion of merchandise lost, and massive arrests for the goons at the docks. Heroes and villains are at a draw. |
Ground Work | January 31st, 2020 | Mystique goes under cover and meets Colossus as part one of her plan. |
Royal Problems | December 30th, 2019 | Lorna comes to Genosha looking for her father and finds Mystique instead. |
Dear Rogue... | September 4th, 2019 | Revelations and puppies in the park. |
A little manipulation among friends | September 2nd, 2019 | Mystique and Surge talk mutant rights. An offer is made. |
Agamemnon Finds Mystique | May 5th, 2019 | Agamemnon provided Mystique with diagrams of the Sentinel Nullifier emitter in order to get the information to people she knows. |
A Shifty Time in Mutant Town | April 18th, 2019 | Mystique offers Lorna and Rogue some information while holding onto a death switch. The two are not receptive. |
When Two Are Better Than One | November 4th, 2018 | Black Cat comes Across a Duplicate? |
Throwback Evolution Party | October 27th, 2018 | Party at Club Evolution, Mystique talks with ash about Mutant Rights. |
Behind Enemy Lines | September 13th, 2018 | Summary needed |
Into Hellfire | September 13th, 2018 | Janet meets Shaw, Selene, and Mysique (after a fashion) at a Hellfire Club open event. |
Bad Medicine: Beginning | September 8th, 2018 | Summary needed |
Deal with the Devil | May 15th, 2018 | Mystique arrives at the Triskelion and turns herself in, claming innocence and wanting to make a deal. Director Fury takes the gamble. |
Shadow Bait and switch | December 26th, 2017 | Shadowlite gets a new job: breaking into SHIELD. |
Our Die Hard | December 22nd, 2017 | Summary needed |
Trouble Brewing in DC | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time.th, Error: Invalid time. | A bunch of people get together., Summary needed |
Lorna meet Mom | November 9th, 2017 | Summary needed |
The Legion of Doom | October 7th, 2017 | Summary needed |
You Are Cordially Invited | October 1st, 2017 | Summary needed |
Spies Like Us | September 22nd, 2017 | Sam Axe readies to meet with a contact, when things Go Wrong <tm>. |
Enchantment Under the Sea | September 5th, 2017 | Summary needed |
A Gracious Host | September 2nd, 2017 | Havok joins the Brotherhood, Molly meets Mystique-- Steps towards a brighter future. |
Frenemies Forever | August 24th, 2017 | Summary needed |
Doom in Deadlights | August 18th, 2017 | Summary needed |
Effect & Cause | August 18th, 2017 | Summary needed |
Mystique Comes To Parley. | August 13th, 2017 | Mystique investigates a generations old myth about a mutant legacy. |
A Dangerous Game: The Game Begins | August 10th, 2017 | A group of Mystique's associates have been brought together for one purpose: to exterminate mutant slavers. |
Memories of Winter: A Backstory | August 9th, 2017 | Two long-lived hunters meet for the first time when they have the same target, for entirely different reasons. |
Pink & Blue & Brotherhood All Over | August 7th, 2017 | Blink finally gets to meet Mystique. And gets offered her first real mission for the Brotherhood. |
A Dangerous Game: Recruiting the Luck Bearer | August 7th, 2017 | Domino comes home to find Mystique waiting for her. With an offer she won't refuse. |
A Dangerous Game: Recruiting the Sabrecat | August 6th, 2017 | Mystique catches up with Sabretooth, and offers him a 'job'. |
Reunions | August 6th, 2017 | Summary needed |
A Dangerous Game: Recruiting the Prodigy | August 5th, 2017 | Summary needed |
Temptations and Tonics | August 4th, 2017 | Mystique seeks out a new person on the chalkboard in St. Mary's Home For Wayward Girls to help her out with a little sumthin' sumthin'. |
The Chefs Are In Hell's Kitchen | July 31st, 2017 | Mystique & Gambit meet. Sort of. |
The meeting of minds | July 30th, 2017 | Mystique and Sebastian Shaw have a meeting. |
Rogue Meets Magneto (Backflash Scene) | May 8th, 2017 | Mystique takes Rogue to meet the Master of Magnetism |
Moral Compass | May 2nd, 2017 | Summary needed |
Cutscenes
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Title | Date | Scene Summary |
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Trouble Brewing in DC | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time.th, Error: Invalid time. | A bunch of people get together., Summary needed |
A Dangerous Game: The General's | August 12th, 2017 | Summary needed |
Gallery
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