Polaris
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[edit] Early life
Orphaned just after her birth when her parents died in a plane crash. She was adopted by the Danes, who she believed to be her birth mothers sister and brother in law. She did not learn the fate of birth parents or of her adoption until her early twenties.
The earliest sign of Lorna's mutation was her green hair, which her adoptive parents concealed by dieing it brown, other than this she did not carry any of the genetic triggers that would have seen her power become active with puberty. In the aftermath of the original X-Men defeat of Magneto, and his subsequent death, the robotics engineer Samuel Saxon constructed a Magneto replica in an effort to gain criminal wealth. Using the Magneto bot, and troop of robots he abducted Lorna, and using a genetic stimulator altered her genetic structure and activated her latent mutant abilities. Hiding behind the Magneto robot he recruited the mutant Mesmero who would in turn use his hypnotic powers on Lorna making her believe that the Magneto bot was her father and gaining her loyalty. Saxon now had the image of Magneto and the powers to match. During an altercation between Saxons' Magneto bot and the X-Men, Mesmero released his control over Lorna thinking she would now follow the man she believed to be her father. This was his fatal error, Lorna sided with the X-Men and defeated Saxon.
Lorna now a member of the X-Men and student of Professor-X, was romantically inclined towards Iceman (Bobby Drake). She eventually fell in love with Havoc (Alex Summers).
Now as a graduate of the Xavier Institute and longer wishing to lead he life of a costumed adventurer both she and Alex decided to leave the X-Men, moving to the Diablo mountain range to begin degree work in geophysics.
With their college degrees completed Alex and Lorna now occasionally and reluctantly aid the X-Men until they found themselves hunted by the Mauradrs. The Mauraders leader Malice uses her psionic powers to possess Lorna, and turns Lorna's powers against Alex and the X-Men. Alex and the X-Men overcome the Mauraders but Malice escapes with Lorna.
Malice discovers that she and Lorna have been bonded. Lorna eventually overcomes Malice's influence and contacts the X-Men fro help.
Be the time the X-Men arrive, they are to late to prevent Lorna's capture by the Savage Land Priestess Zaladane. Zaladane claimed to be Lorna's sister and used a device to transfer Lorna's power to her. This permanently severed the link between Lorna and Malice and caused an additional mutation in Lorna exhibiting increased height, superhuman strength and resistance to injury.
To discover more about her new abilities Lorna decided to move to the mutant research center on Muir Island, off the cost of Scotland. While traveling on a freighter she learned that her new powers were feed by negative emotions. The Shadow King used this as an opportunity to gain access from the Astral Plain, possessing Lorna.
After an altercation with a revived Magneto and Rogue, Zaladane was defeated and Lorna's powers returned to her.
Lorna was then recruited by the United States government, as part of the state sanctioned mutant team X-Factor, where she was finally reunited with Alex.
[edit] Powers and abilities
Polaris' mutant powers, which were originally dormant, enabled her to sense and control magnetism, including manipulating metals which are susceptible to that force. She can also manipulate the Earth's magnetic field to allow herself to fly generate magnetic energy pulses and create force-fields. She has bright green hair, the first indication of her mutation. At first, she dyed her hair brown to hide this. In recent comics she appears with her characteristic green hair.
[edit] In other media
Television
- Polaris appeared in the animated television series X-Men episode Cold Comfort as a member of X-Factor. Polaris had been a member of the X-Men alongside her boyfriend Iceman, though they eventually left to pursue a normal life. However, Polaris left Iceman and became member of X-Factor and fell in love with Havok. She was later featured in the second part of the episode Phalanx Covenant, in which she aided Beast, Magneto, Forge, Warlock, and Amelia Voght battle the extraterrestrial Phalanx Empire
Flim
- In the film X2, her name appears on a list of names Mystique scrolls through on Stryker's computer while looking for Magneto's file
Video games
- While Polaris could only be glimpsed briefly in a corner of a cinematic, she appeared in X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse having been captured before the game began. She plays a role in the prequel comic book published as a companion to the game.
