NOCTURNE

 

NOCTURNE

Real Name: Talia Josephine Wagner

First Appearance: Blink (Vol. 1) #4, June 2001

Powers: Nocturne is native to the alternate timeline of Earth-2182 and is the mutant daughter of that reality’s counterparts of Nightcrawler and the Scarlet Witch.

She has inherited most of her father's unique physical traits, including iridescent eyes, blue fur, pointed ears, odd number of fingers and toes, and the ability to adhere to solid objects. She also has a prehensile tail identical to his, which is retractable. Nocturne is capable of accessing extra-dimensional space like Nightcrawler, but in different ways. By opening a warp into the space between dimensions around her hands, she can focus a concussive discharge of energy into our world, creating what she calls her "hex bolts". She also has the power to possess other people by coming into contact with their body and then shifting herself partially through extra-dimensional space. This causes most of her body mass to exit our plane, but allows her to maintain a spectral presence in his victim's body, controlling them.

Nocturne apparently has some low-level telepathic abilities which aid her in assuming control over the mind of her host. Nocturne is in complete control over all her host's conscious actions: Body motion, vocal cords, triggering special powers, etc. Furthermore, Nocturne can express her own physical aspects through the host -- she has manifested significant agility inside her hosts, cast her hex bolts from their bodies, and revealed her presence by causing their eyes to become iridescent like her own. Upon exiting a host body, her victim tends to fall into a temporary coma for about 12 hours.