[volume & issue needed], Hela summons Danielle Moonstar and calls in her favor: to gather the spirits of the Asgardians that fell in battle with Norman Osborn's forces. A mutant, Moonstar originally possessed the psionic/psychic ability to telepathically create illusions of her opponents' fears or wishes. After all, she trained with Professor X, and was a Valkyrie! Moonstar could derive mental images of her winged horse Brightwind's objects of fear and love even if Brightwind was beyond the range of her sight, and project such images to him over a great distance. Former aliases. The only difference was that the animal from which she derived the image would be the only being to see it.

[51], After their rescue from O*N*E organization, Scott Summer's began running up a list of potential targets to be taken care of in the wake of the X-Men's demise and mutant xenophobia cranking up to genocidal degrees. [69], As Malekith's war began dying down with the return of Mjolnir to Thor's hand, Mirage was there with Earth's Mightiest as the fallen god Loki used Heimdall's sword to cut his way out of Laufey's greedy gut, ending the frost giant king's life. Alongside some of her old team mates, and a few new members the New Mutants were reformed in Krakoa, realizing how good their life in Krakoa was, the New Mutants decided to go on a space mission to the Shi'ar Empire with the intent of bringing back their team mate Cannonball to Earth, and show him how life on Krakoa was. Hence, Moonstar did not consciously know what the image she sought in another person's mind was (in any more detail than that it was the image of the object of their greatest fear, or that it was the image of his or her ideal customer, or whatever) until its image actually appeared in the three-dimensional form before her. [24], While she was away in Asgard, The New Mutants had turned into the strike team called X-Force. In this universe, she apparently has the ability to summon small monsters, and is from India instead of being Native American. However, she couldn't draw images from a person who was standing only a few feet from her, but behind something, she couldn't see through. She was also a member of the X-Men, Young X-Men and Fearless Defenders. Moonstar could also use her power to derive and project images of the objects of fear or desire from the minds of animals. Danielle was then taken in by the family named the Roberts for a time, even becoming close to her adopted brother Pat. However, since an animal's ability to conceptualize is highly limited, she is limited as to what she telepathically could learn from an animal. She succeeded in driving away Hela when she attempted to claim the soul of Wolverine, and in driving away Death itself when it came for Margaret Power. Get the latest news, original content, and special offers from Marvel. [59] Moonstar and the others soon reconvene within Dark Beasts lab, where he regales them on how he found a way to neutralize the new x-gene vaccine used to kill future generations of Homo Superior. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Bobby implores Illyanna to warp everyone to safety but retorts she cannot due to Amora's hex. [6] They develop an intense rivalry with the Hellions, a super-powered team of young mutants led by the White Queen. She has a fair knowledge of hand-to-hand combat, has enhanced durability, and is a particularly good horseback rider and swimmer. She also helped the other mutants who were captured during the Younghunt when they were attempting escape from the Gamesmaster's prison. Selected by Brightwind as her rider, Danielle inadvertently becomes a Valkyrie. Dani also secretly became an informant for Cable, at one time assisting him when he was tracking down Feral. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Bob McLeod, Mirage first appeared in The New Mutants (September 1982),[1] part of the line Marvel Graphic Novel, and appeared as a feature character in The New Mutants (1983), New Mutants Vol. Dani was freed by attacking demons and killed Loca. She used her powers to torment Magneto with memories of Apocalypse, Jean Grey's resurrection, and the secret that he was hiding Sinister until she was struck by Dazzler. In the course of events evoked by Loki's machinations, Danielle eventually replaces Hela, who is destroyed during the ensuing conflict, as the ruler of Hel, with her teammate Magik serving as a liaison between the underworld and Asgard afterwards. Hence, Moonstar did not consciously know what the image she sought in another person's mind was (in any more detail than that it was the image of the object of his or her greatest fear, or that it was the image of his or her ideal customer, or whatever) until its image actually appeared in three-dimensional form before her. https://xmenkids.fandom.com/wiki/Danielle_Moonstar?oldid=13906, Dani, Dani Moonstar, Moonstar, Psyche, Spellbinder, Valkyrie, Hela's Dark Angel, Pocahontas. [44] She would feature at the aborted wedding of Kathrine Pryde and Piotr Rasputine as the bride left the groom at the altar.

Afterward, the evil mutants admit that they nothing to do with the murders in the Morlock Tunnels, after Jono summarily executes them in cold blood and in turn is cut down by Harpoon with his last breath. However, she learned to control her power due to Charles Xavier's guidance and her own growing maturity, so that her power operated only when she willed it to do so. But the Valkryor were all killed in the attack, and now Dani is all that is left of the once mighty slain choosers of Asgard. Following the events of the superhuman Civil War, Dani is recruited by the Initiative program to serve as an instructor to the next generation of superheroes, alongside her former colleague, Beast. [108][109] Dani is the main protagonist and the catalyst for the film's events. She still retains some of her Valkyrie abilities, namely the ability to sense the dead, but they are not as strong as they once were. It has been mentioned that she was specifically designed to take down a god. Empathic psi powers: Dani can see into people's minds and affect their emotions; again, based on how much she can control. However, only the people from whom Moonstar derived the images would perceive them as "real," indistinguishable from the real persons or objects they portrayed. Later she arrives for the final battle with her powers as a Valkyrie fully restored and she takes on Ares, defeating him after a brutal battle. [38], Following the revelation that the Terrigen Cloud that is covering Earth is poisonous to mutants, Storm's team began using Dani's death-tracking abilities that she possesses thanks to her role as an Asgardian Valkyrie to track down those who are afflicted with the M-Pox and gets them to Storm's X-Haven located in the Limbo dimension. [citation needed], This ability extended to Wolfsbane's lupine form.

Mirage (born Danielle "Dani" Moonstar) is a mutant who possesses the ability to create illusions of her opponents’ fears or wishes. They are soon met by more of Malekith's forces who were warded off by the arrival of Hrimhari, bringing with him his family and their familial friend Illyana back to the mutant's care. [104], In the alternate future depicted in X-Men: The End, Dani was imprisoned in Neverland, a concentration camp for mutants.

Despite the Front's malicious motives, Dani secretly works against them, working with Cable to turn Feral over to law enforcement authorities for past crimes,[18] sabotaging a mission in China,[19] and harboring a resentment towards members of the Front, aside from Forearm, with whom she develops a genuine friendship. One of her first manifestations is a vision of her parents' death, killed by a demonic bear.

However, even though each "victim" in such a group would see only one image, Moonstar herself and anyone else in the vicinity would see each of the images drawn from the minds of each of the "victims.". [34], After Pierce was imprisoned, Moonstar and Sunspot remained on at Utopia as teaching instructors for the Young X-Men squad. Danielle Moonstar was first introduced into the X-Men world as a member of the Cheyenne Nation. [33], When the X-Men were temporarily disbanded, Donald Pierce posed as Cyclops and gathered some of the younger students as a hit squad. To other people, the images were recognizable as immaterial illusions. Each "victim" would see a different image, corresponding to his or her own individual concept of the kind of image that Moonstar sought. Like her fellow X-Woman Psylocke , Dani's powers first manifested in a series of precognitive visions; that's a favorite trick of writer Chris Claremont, who seemed to be believe that most psionics should also have a degree of precognitive power. [1], After Moonstar helped Prof. Xavier and other young mutants he had enlisted in defeating Pierce, she and the other young mutants became members of his new team, the New Mutants. She can even create illusions by channeling residual thought and emotional impressions in an area (such as showing Wolverine a battle scene between Mister Sinister and unknown assailants, simply by entering the area where the battle had recently taken place). Brown. Quantum Energy Manipulation: The ability to manipulate quantum energies to affect energy and matter on a subatomic level and fire powerful energy blasts. After she had been at the Roberts' home a week, Moonstar was at Sunday dinner with them, when Pat said something to her that provoked her. She can perceive a "deathglow" surrounding a person who is in serious danger of dying. [37], As her part of the deal, Dani was convinced by Hela to be her Valkyrie during the Siege. However, due to her belief that Trauma could and should use his powers in a therapeutic nature, Henry Peter Gyrich, who intends to use Trauma as a weapon for the Initiative, is quick to dismiss her from Camp Hammond once she provides Trauma with enough training in his powers. Danielle became close friends with their son, Pat. She enters a relationship with Rahne Sinclair. [62], Reconnoitering with Scott and his scout team, Dani was dismayed to hear that Cyclops lost more people while failing in their primary mission to rescue Elixir. Each of these Moonstar's represented a different aspect of Dani - New Mutant, Valkyrie, M.L.F.

She regained her Valkyrie powers after making a deal with Hela. Danielle also became a Valkyire, gained new pow… Danielle and her teammates fought back and revealed Pierce's duplicity to the kids. [12] Danielle gets worse and worse headaches, which causes concern with the team but all this is interrupted by many things, including X-Factor being drawn away in battle. Dani became an especial friend of Rahne Sinclair (Wolfsbane), in part due to the psychic rapport they shared when Wolfsbane was in non-human form.