Penance (Monet St Croix)

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Real Name	Monet Yvette Clarisse Maria Therese St. Croix
First Appearance	Uncanny X-Men #316 (September, 1994)
Creators	Scott Lobdell, Chris Bachalo
Team Affiliations	Generation X, X-Corporation: Paris, X-Corps, X-Factor Investigations, X-Men
Aliases	M-Plate, Penance, White Queen
Base of Operations	New York City
Powers	Superhuman strength, speed, agility, dexterity, reflexes, coordination, balance, vision, hearing, and endurance, Accelerated healing factor, Supersonic Flight, Telekinesis, Telepathy, Ability to perceive mutant auras
Skills and Abilities	Genius-level intellect, Fighting Experience
Paraphernalia	None

M is a superheroine in the Marvel Universe and a member of Generation X, X-Factor and the X-Men.

Origin

After her evil brother used her powers to trap her in another body, Monet St. Croix eventually freed herself and became a superhero, fighting for mutant rights.

Biography

Monet St. Croix was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia to Ambassador Cartier St. Croix and Jamila St. Croix, a descendant of Algerian royalty.  She was raised with her brother Marius and her sisters Claudette and Nicole, and was considered her father's favorite child.  When Marius mutant powers manifested, he found himself with an insatiable hunger for the genetic marrow of mutants, which resulted in him killing Jamila.  Cartier exiled his son and Marius went on to travel to other dimensions, gaining power from the people his killed due to his unique mutant power.

Marius eventually returned to his home, having learned dark magics and renaming himself Emplate and decided to ask Monet to help him in conquering another dimension. Monet refused and in return Emplate transformed her into a red razor-skinned creature named Penance.