Thornn

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Thornn
Thornn's new look from New X-Men #133. Art by Ethan Van Sciver.
Publisher Marvel Comics First appearance X-Force #6 (January, 1992) Created by Rob Liefeld (co-writer and artist), Fabian Nicieza (co-writer)
Characteristics Alter ego Lucia Callasantos Species Human Mutant Affiliations Morlocks, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, X-Corporation Abilities Formerly: Feline appearance Brown and gray fur covering her body Sharp claws and teeth Superhuman senses, agility, strength, and healing ability Prehensile tail

Thornn is the name of a female fictional character created by Marvel Comics for their series X-Force. She was one of the few Morlocks to survive the Mutant Massacre and is the sister of former X-Force member Feral. Both have been depowered in the wake of M-Day.

This name has also been used by a male member of the Salem's Seven, first appearing in the Vision and Scarlet Witch limited series. He had the ability to project powerful spikes from his body at high speeds.

Contents 1 Fictional character biography 2 Powers 3 Notes 4 Bibliography 5 External link

[edit] Fictional character biography

Thornn made her first appearance in X-force #6 as a member of the Morlocks under the leadership of Masque. Toad, then the leader of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, was trying to form an alliance with the group of social outcasts, and it was Thornn's vote that swayed the opinion of the Morlocks. If they wanted to get what was theirs by right, then they needed to take it by force. Their first course of action would be to go after the defected Morlock, Feral. They are soundly defeated and Thornn is returned to the Morlocks with a warning from Cable to never mess with X-Force again.

Later when Mikhail Rasputin flooded the Morlock Tunnels, Thornn again was one of the few survivors. She attempted to save a young Marrow, but wasn't able to hold on to her with the rushing waters. Thornn was distraught and continued to search the tunnels for survivors, having no luck because Mikhail had transported a number of the Morlocks to a parallel dimension called the Hill. Running out of options, she contacted Cable and Domino to help her perform a ritual called the Ceremony of Lights—a practice where light illuminates the Alley by a series of cleverly placed mirrors and glass shards. When the Alley was illuminated the young form of Marrow appeared through dimensional walls to let Thornn know that there were Morlocks who had survived but they were too scared to come out hiding.

Thornn also aided X-Force in the capture of her rogue sister on one occasion. During this episode, it was revealed that Feral had killed several members of their family, including their step-father, mother, and little brother (never proven but strongly implied). It was also made known that their step-father had sexually molested both of the sisters.

Next, Thornn made an unexpected alliance with Charles Xavier and joined the Mumbai branch of X-Corporation along with her sister, former X-Force member Warpath, and Sunfire. This did not bode well with fans because of all of the tensions between those relationships: Thornn hated her sister for killing their family, Warpath had an extreme disgust for Feral because of what she had done to Siryn, and Sunfire had sworn off working with the X-Men a long time before. Nevertheless, this appearance was a brief one. The team helped save Professor X from an assassination attempt by a crazed Empress Lilandra, who still believed that Charles Xavier was Cassandra Nova.

She once more disappeared into comic limbo and reappeared after the event of M-Day, where the Scarlet Witch caused the mutant gene to disappear from 90-95% of the mutant population worldwide, making them "baseline humans". Both Thornn and her sister were shown to be depowered.

[edit] Powers

Formerly had a feline appearance that endowned her with a thin layer of brown and gray fur covering her body, sharp claws and teeth, enhanced senses, night vision, agility, strength, and healing ability as well as a prehensile tail. Now depowered.

[edit] Notes

• There was also a member of the Salem's Seven called Thornn who could project explosive spines. This Thornn's only appearance was Fantastic Four vol. 1 #186 where he was killed in the same issue. In Deadpool vol. 3 #0, Arnim Zola created a proto-husk of the Salem Seven's Thornn, which was destroyed by the title character in the same issue in which it debuted.

[edit] Bibliography

• Cable vol. 2 #15, 42
• X-Force vol. 1 #6-8, 40-41
• X-Men vol. 2 #133

[edit] External link

• Uncannyxmen.net bio on Thornn II