Cassandra Nova

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Cassandra Nova Xavier was an Mummudrai/Mutant hybrid and the twin sister of Charles Xavier. Being banished to the Void by the Time Variance Authority, Nova took a liking to it and gained permission to run her operations there as she pleased, joining the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and eventually rising as its leader. Nova came into conflict with freshly pruned Deadpool and Wolverine who were trying to get home, while Nova had no intention to let them out. When the Legacy Heroes led by X-23 successfully disrupted her operations, Nova was betrayed and almost killed by Pyro but Deadpool and Wolverine helped her survive, so she got them out of the Void. Realizing that the TVA and Paradox broke their agreement, Nova followed them out of the Void, intending to use the Time Ripper and eradicate all the realities in the multiverse besides the Void. Her plan failed, and Nova was atomized by the energy of the Time Ripper when Deadpool and Wolverine overloaded it.

Despite Cassandra Nova's apparent demise, it was revealed that her consciousness had been fragmented into hundreds of pieces, reducing her to a childlike, animalistic state. An alternate version of her twin brother, Charles Xavier, attracted one of these fragments, which bonded with him.

This fragment manifested as a mindless alternate personality within Xavier, but as it grew, Nova's consciousness began to restore itself, leading to a struggle for control between the two. Ultimately, the fragment's fierceness allowed Nova's consciousness to become dominant, and Nova altered Xavier's DNA to remove his longevity. Nova planned to dominate her new world by sending fragments of her mind to possess other mutants and Deadpool's friends, creating a hive mind.

Xavier, now aware of his sister's origin, used his powers to isolate the fragment of Nova's consciousness within his subconscious. Upon reuniting with the other X-Men and Deadpool, he managed to purge Nova's consciousness from everyone, leaving Xavier as the last host. They reconstructed Nova's body using Xavier's DNA, transferred her consciousness back into it, and reunited all the fragments to fully restore her.

Jean Grey entered Nova's mind to heal her trauma and established psychic barriers to suppress her powers. Nova was subsequently transferred to a facility controlled by the X-Men for rehabilitation.

Personality[]

Cassandra Nova is characterized by a blend of mischievousness, courtesy, and unpredictability. Johnny Storm describes her as dangerously insane, with megalomaniacal and psychopathic tendencies. Cold and manipulative, she thrives on making life difficult for others. Her early denial of existence and upbringing in a lawless, chaotic environment have instilled in her a deep-seated malice and resentment towards the TVA. Unlike Professor X’s measured demeanor, she is playful and carefree in speech, but her actions are deeply malevolent. Notably, she killed the Human Torch after he insulted her, remained indifferent to her subordinates' fates, and feeds innocent survivors in the Void to Alioth to keep her safe. These actions in cold-blood reflect her fundamental neglect in the lives of others. She also exhibited streaks of insanity, as she laughed manically when she was stabbed in the back by Wolverine during their first encounter, and even when her life was at risk, being shot by Pyro multiple times while her powers were nullified by Juggernaut's helmet, she still laughed and threatened to kill Deadpool and Wolverine even if they saved her. Cassandra's mischievousness was exhibited in her use of telekinesis in which she not only subdues her enemies, but plays with them by controlling their body parts and torturing them both physically and mentally. Cassandra hated the fact that her mind-reading abilities have to be activated by direct physical contact with the enthralled's brain, having to reaching beneath the skin to do so, while Charles Xavier could do so with a thought alone. She had developed a hatred towards this skill as she was forced to read into the darkest secrets of others, some that profoundly disgust her. Although she speaks in a reassuring tone, this should not be mistaken as friendliness as she hides her violent inclinations behind her harmless front.

Cassandra's chaotic upbringing has led her to seek stability and control. She exhibited authoritarian tendencies, was highly intolerant of betrayal, and responded to threats to the stability of her rule with extreme cruelty. After years of management, she had become the de facto leader of the Void, with her crew of pruned villains and the Deadpool Corps working for her. Her vow to destroy all universes, leaving only the Void for her rule, reflects her vengefulness and lack of empathy, particularly in response to Pyro and Paradox's betrayal. Her sadistic nature is evident in her violent actions, such as peeling off Storm's skin, killing a variant of Doctor Strange and wearing his skin for days, and violently breaking Pyro's neck. After realizing Paradox's betrayal of their mutual agreement, Cassandra immediately decided to take over the Time Ripper and destroy all timelines as retribution for Paradox's actions.

Despite her cruelty, Cassandra displays a vulnerable side. When entering Wolverine's mind, she appears genuinely moved by his pain and loss, attempting to convince him to join her by promising to alleviate his suffering and offer him a place in the Void. This is because Cassandra herself also had been through a similar situation. Having grown up alone without the love of family, she found that she could do whatever she wanted in the Void, where she sees as a paradise of freedom. Hence she suggested this Wolverine, who also lost everything, to embrace his beastly self. Cassandra also harbors an inferiority complex and sibling rivalry towards Professor X, having killed several of his variants and stolen one of their wheelchairs. She believes Professor X from her reality never pursued her out of indifference, though he was unaware of her existence. Later, when Wolverine saves her life and appeals to her heart, stating that Professor X would have done everything possible to bring her home had he known of her, Cassandra agrees to return them to their universe, reflecting that despite all she has done to the variants of her twin brother, she craves this sibling love deep down.

Powers[]

Hybrid Physiology: Cassandra is a Mummudrai/Mutant hybrid.
- Mummudrai Physiology: Cassandra is a Mummudrai, a psychic being that is the opposite of a living being. Due to Xavier's immense genetic potential, Cassandra was able to materialize herself in a physical body, essentially becoming his twin sister.
  - DNA Manipulation: As a Mummudrai, Cassandra is able to manipulate the DNA of other living beings.
    - DNA Replication: As a Mummudrai, Cassandra is able to replicate the DNA of another living being and integrate it into her own. She unconciouslly used this to replicate Xavier's DNA, becoming a mutant herself with the same powers her brother have and could have.
    - DNA Suppression: As a Mummudrai, Cassandra is able to suppress partially or totally the DNA of another living being. She used this to suppress part of Xavier's mutation and permanently remove his longevity.
  - Non-Corporeal Existence: As a Mummudrai, Cassandra is able to exist and survive in a disembodied form, making her immune to body destruction.
    - Possession: Cassandra was able to unvoluntarily possess her twin brother by having a fragment of her mind attached to her brother's mind. Later, she was able to use this ability conciouslly to possess a lot of mutants in order to dominate the world.
- Mutant Physiology: Cassandra Nova was an Omega-level Mutant as well as the twin sister of the powerful telepath Charles Xavier. Hence, she possesses powers similar to that of Xavier.
  - Psionics: Cassandra's mutation grants her a wide array of psionic abilities. As an Omega-level Mutant, her psionic powers are exceptionally potent, enabling her to endure in the hostile environment of the Void and establish a community of loyal survivors.
    - Telekinesis: Cassandra has the ability to move things with her mind, as shown when she telekinetically controlled Wolverine's body and easily skinned Johnny Storm, killing him.
      - Telekinetic Regeneration: Due to her advanced telekinetic capabilities, Cassandra can endure and regenerate from fatal injuries with ease, this ability allows her to survive most encounters with heroes who attempted to defeat her. However, this regeneration ability is limited, as she loses this ability, along with her other telekinetic-based ones, when she is under influence of a mind-nullifying object, such as Magneto’s helmet or Juggernaut’s.
      - Telekinetic Blast: Cassandra can project waves of telekinetic energy to impulse, hit and destroy multiple objects and/or people. With a snap of her fingers, she was able to create a shock wave of telekinetic energy to send Deadpool and Wolverine several meters away.
      - Intagibility: Cassandra has the ability to pass through solid matter by passing her atoms through the spaces between the atoms of the object through which she is moving. In this way she and the object through which she is passing can temporarily merge without interacting, and each is unharmed when Cassandra has finished passing through the object. She can make her fingers penetrate her targets' heads to read their minds, as demonstrated with Deadpool and Wolverine. Additionally, she can merge this ability with her telekinesis to break a target's neck, as she did with Pyro.
    - Tactile Telepathy: Unlike her twin brother, Cassandra needs physical contact with her target to activate her telepathy.
      - Memory Manipulation: Cassandra has the ability to enter and interact with another person's memories. She uses this power to extract information, as demonstrated when she delved into Wolverine’s memories to understand the root of his rage. She also employed this ability on Pyro and Paradox to learn about the Time Rippler and how to utilize it.

Former Powers[]

Magic: After killing an alternate Doctor Strange who was banished into the Void, Cassandra Nova keeps his Sling Ring which grants her several magic powers, including the ability to conjure Inter-Dimensional Portals at ease.
- Eldritch Magic: To be added
  - Portal Creation: Cassandra had a Sling Ring, able to create sustained portals between two points on the planet and transport others to another dimension, and later retrieve them.
Longevity: Cassandra's mutant genes originally slowed her aging, allowing her to remain at her prime even after decades. However, when she returned to her new body, also created with Xavier's DNA, she also lost her longevity.

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