Penance (Monet St Croix)

Penance
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, Avengers Unity Squad
Aliases	M, M-Plate
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, shapeshifting into a Penance form with diamond hard skin and razor sharp claws
Skills and Abilities	Genius-level intellect, Fighting Experience
Paraphernalia	None

Penance (Monet St. Croix), also called 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 known as Penance, Monet St. Croix eventually freed herself and became a superhero, fighting for mutant rights.

Biography

Monet as M

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. Penance fled and Nicolle and Claudette, unable to find their sister, believed she was killed by Emplate. The twins used their own strange power, to combine into a single person, to pose as their sister to prevent their father from having a complete breakdown.

Claudette found Emplate and banished him through a portal, and Monet followed after, convinced by him that he could cure her. Now called Penance, she became Emplate's slave and he would feed her some of the marrow that he would feed on. This deeply scarred Monet, who would develop deep trauma from the experience.

Powers

Monet in her Penance form.

• Superhuman Physiology
  • Superhuman Strength (25+ Tons)
  • Superhuman Speed
  • Superhuman Stamina
  • Superhuman Endurance
  • Superhuman Agility
  • Superhuman Durability
  • Superhuman Intuitive Ability
  • Accelerated Healing Factor
  • Enhanced Senses
  • Invulnerability
  • High-Leveled Intellect
  • Telepathy
  • Telekinesis
  • Supersonic Flight
  • Levitation
  • Gestalt Form