Alias

Snowbird
Nick Name
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Civilian ID

Narya

Alias

Anne McKenzie Thompson
Occupation

Adventurer

Goddess

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Officer
Legal Status
Citizen of Canada with no criminal record.
Nation or Planet of Origin
Resolute Bay, Northwest Territory, Canada
Group Affiliation
Alpha Flight
Base of Operations
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Height
5' 10" - varies with form
Weight
110 lbs. - varies with form
Eye Color

McKenzie: Blue

Narya: White
Hair Color

McKenzie: Blonde

Narya in animal form: White
Skin Tone
Caucasian
Known Powers
Godlike being with the ability to transform into and mimic the abilities of any animal native to northern Canada (polar bear, arctic wolf, snow owl, etc...) including the Sasquatch (Bigfoot) or a human being.

Powers extend to the supernatural in the form mystical perception and a limited pre and post-cognition giving her awareness of events taking place in the brief past or not to distant future of the location she is currently inhabiting.
Accessories
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Common Enemies
Great Beasts
Regularly Appearing

X-Men Vol. 1

Alpha Flight Vol. 1
First Appearance

Anne McKenzie

X-Men Vol. 1 #120 (April, 1979)

Swowbird

X-Men Vol. 1 #121 (May, 1979)
Creator
Chris Claremont & John Byrne
Origin
Conceived in a union between a human and the Eskimo goddess of the Northern Lights, Nelvanna, the girl who would be known as Narya was destined to guard the world from the Great Beasts of the ancient world.

Aiding in her mystical birth, Dr. Twoyoungmen (Shaman) bound the transmorphic embryo to the Earth so that she could assume human form, but at the price of only being able to mimic animals native to northern Canada.  Dr. Twoyoungmen raised the child in the secluded wilderness and she matured within a few years.

When the young medicine man and his mystic charge were visited by his former neighbors, Heather and James Hudson, the young woman's nature was discovered when Heather witnessed her transform into a snow owl in  search of her night prey.  Questioning Dr. Twoyoungmen about what she had seen, he explained to the couple Narya's true nature.

The doctor and Narya were offered membership in James Hudson's team of government operatives.  Accepting, Narya would take the codename of Snowbird.