Mystique

Real Name: Raven Darkhölme
Group: Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Quiet Council of Krakoa
First Appearance: Ms.Marvel #18, March 1978

"I am everywhere. I am nowhere. A shadow, unchained and unleashed. The world made me this way, so let the world suffer. Whoever its masters may be"- Mystique

Little is known about the origins of the shapeshifting mutant terrorist known as Mystique, the mutant name adopted by Raven Darkhölme which itself is an assumed name. As a consulting detective, her services were enlisted by Irene Adler, a mutant clairvoyant who had written confusing passages concerning the future of mutantkind that needed to be deciphered. In their quest, Darkhölme became 'Mystique' while Adler became 'Destiny'. The more they attempted to control the future the more they failed, a struggle that has made an angry Mystique embrace extremist solutions to achieve her objectives. Alongside her wife Destiny, Mystique reformed the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants to assassinate anti-mutant politician Senator Robert Kelly, an attack that was prevented by the X-Men.