MANIFOLD

 

MANIFOLD

Real Name: Eden Fesi

First Appearance: Secret Avengers (Vol. 1) #4, May 2009 (As Fesi); Avengers (Vol. 5) #1, February 2013 (As Manifold)

Powers: Manifold is a mutant and a universal shaper under the tutelage of Gateway. His power is essentially teleportation, allowing him to bend folds of space to connect distant locations with one another. This creates a shimmering portal of energy which people and objects can travel down to instantly move between points. Eden can mentally choose who and what travels with him, preventing undesirables from following him through the portal. Mystical beings can disrupt his control. He can also move people and objects without traveling with them. Eden's ability to pinpoint his jumps requires a conscious, but intuitive grasp of mathematics and fourth-dimensional space. Manifold uses binary code and mathematics for portal generation, but must have positional awareness and know where the endpoint is. His range seems virtually limitless, but is confined to his own universe/dimension.

By understanding the variables affecting his present location (distance above sea level, significant gravitational influences, etc), Eden compensates for those variables while mentally computing the distance to his destination. If he is knocked unconscious or otherwise moved without being able to maintain his positional awareness, Eden cannot accurately construct the spatial folds he needs in order to teleport. Eden is a combat-grade teleporter able to use his powers with increasing finesse and tactical deployment. He can move starships inside each other or cause projectiles or beam weapons to be redirected back in the direction they came. He can shape light around his body to become invisible, or open a portal directly into a star to summon forth devastating solar plasma. As a Manifold, his power also has a subliminal quality for moving things "where they need to go". Far more intuitive than the conscious application of his power, Eden can sidestep any and all limitations on his ability to reposition people and objects based on a mercurial or metaphysical "need" to move or reunite. The full ramifications of his powers being employed like this has never been explained.

A "manifold" like Eden is a multiversal constant seeded into realities by the Molecule Man as part of the Rabum Alal scheme he hatched with Doctor Doom to prevent the early death of the universe.

He is trained in hand-to-hand and firearm combat, and skilled at accurately throwing a spear. He meditates and has basic medical and excellent wilderness survival skills.