| Alias |
 |
|
M
Penance |
| Nick
Name |
| | |
| Civilian
ID |
|
Monet Yvette Clarisse Maria Therese St. Croix |
| Occupation |
|
Adventurer
Juvenile
Private Investigator
Student |
| Legal
Status |
| Bosnia, Algeria & France |
| Nation
or Planet of Origin |
| Sarajevo, Bosnia |
| Group
Affiliation |
|
Generation X
X-Corps
X-Factor
|
| Base
of Operations |
|
Professor Xavier's School
for Gifted Youngsters, Massachusetts Academy, Snow Valley, Massachusetts |
| Height |
| M:
5' 7" Penance: 5' 5" |
| Weight |
| M:
125 lbs. Penance: Unknown |
| Eye
Color |
| M: Brown
Penance: Blue |
| Hair
Color |
| M: Black
Penance: Red |
| Skin
Tone |
| M: Semitic
Penance: Red |
| Known
Powers |
| Mutation resulting in
superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, durability, flight, heightened
senses, telepathy and an ability to perceive the auras of other mutants.
Genius level intelligence with a superb education
Excellent hand-to-hand combatant.
Note: In the form of Penance, St. Croix has diamond hard
skin and razor-sharp skin, hair and claws. |
| Accessories |
| Wealth
and resources of the St. Croix fortune. |
| Common
Enemies |
| Emplate |
| Regularly
Appearing |
|
Generation
X
X-Factor Vol. 3 |
| First
Appearance |
|
Uncanny X-Men #316 (Sept.
1994) |
| Creator |
| Scott
Lobdell & Roger Cruz |
| Origin |
| The eldest child of a
wealthy ambassador, Monet St. Croix was a spoiled, pompous girl. When
she rejected her brother Marius' invitation to use his skills as a dark
sorcerer to rule world, he trapped her in the form of a red-skinned mute
dubbed Penance. St. Croix younger twin sisters used their power
to banish Marius to another dimension - were Penance followed in a hopes of
being returned to normal. To spare their father the loss of his
favored daughter the twins used their powers to merge with one another into
a single being that duplicated Monet mentally and physically. It was
while in this form that the twins along with other mutants were abducted by
the alien techno-organic race
known as the Phalanx.
Following the defeat of the Phalanx,
Professor
Charles Xavier, decided to see to it that the teenage mutant captives were
instructed in the uses of their powers; establishing a new version of his
School for Gifted Youngsters at the Massachusetts Academy. In the
guise of Monet St. Croix the twins became members of the team known as
Generation X.
Eventually the true Monet St. Croix and her brother, now
assuming the name Emplate escaped their dimensional prison. Still
trapped in the form of Penance, St. Croix was found by the Australian
aboriginal mutant Gateway, who sent her to the Massachusetts Academy
attended by her sisters - who were still assuming her form. After an
altercation with Emplate, the twins would be revealed and Monet would be
restored to her true form and powers as M. |