Cassandra Nova is Charles Xavier's ruthless twin sister. An astral parasitic entity known as a mummudrai, she first appeared in New X-Men where she attempted to assassinate him during gestation.
Later, she utilized his telepathic mind to fashion her own body before unleashing a massive army of Sentinels on Genosha to execute 16 million mutants living there.
Origin
Cassandra Nova, one of Marvel's most intriguing villains ever created, will make her live-action debut in 2024 film Deadpool & Wolverine. Created by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely for New X-Men #114 of July 2001 by writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely as an evil psychic duplicate of Charles Xavier himself, Nova is known to exist without physical bodies but nonetheless remains part of our reality as she remains present psychically.
Cassandra Nova became obsessed with taking down all aspects of Xavier and everything he stood for after her presence was identified as evil during gestation and killed her, leaving her soul free to roam the Astral Plane seeking revenge against Xavier for killing her. Once Cassandra found a body to inhabit she became hellbent on taking his place and all he represented.
Nova has the telepathic abilities that enable her to read minds, as well as telekinetically control the nervous system and brain of living hosts in order to alter their behavior. Furthermore, her psionic abilities include jumpstarting or amplifying latent mutant traits - making her an extremely dangerous adversary.
Cassandra plotted to eliminate all mutants after her animus toward Xavier deepened. To achieve this end, she convinced Bolivar Trask, inventor of Sentinels robots that she sent on Genosha Island - using this strategy alone she managed to kill 16 million mutants off within hours! These Wild Sentinels.
Powers
Cassandra Nova, first appearing in Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's New X-Men #114 (July 2001), is a mummudrai, or parasitic lifeform which mirrors its host in appearance and behaviour, born to Charles Xavier despite not physically manifesting until birth, yet connected psychically with him and his telepathic abilities, taking some of his abilities for herself as she did hers. Cassandra manifested with him but didn't materialize until birth where she became her host's twin sister.
As a result, she developed an impressive array of powers, making her one of the most dangerous mutants ever known to exist. These included telepathy, psionic illusions, blasts of Psionic energy that duplicate DNA duplication/manipulation/astral projection/phasing abilities as well as her ability to jumpstart or evolve latent mutant genes within others.
Cassandra possesses both an advanced intellect and master strategist skills. A skilled warrior, Cassandra can pass effortlessly through physical objects using her ability to phase. Cassandra can hypnotize and control others such as mutants and humans alike through her telepathy powers; this ability makes battle more bearable for her as it allows her to hypnotize opponents while controlling battle strategies from her mind if need be; she can even use this trait to transfer herself physically into different host bodies as a form of escape or survival strategy; manipulate genetic codes of sentient beings from scratch and create their bodies from scratch.
Personality
Cassandra Nova, Charles Xavier's dark half, represents his destructive intentions by plotting destruction and genocide against mutantkind. First introduced in 2001 in Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely's New X-Men comic by Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely; she has appeared variously over time since, especially as part of Joss Whedon & Tom Taylor X-Men Red run that she really emerged as an international threat to mutantkind.
Nova was initially an entity from the Astral Plane who manifested in Xavier's womb to take possession of his body but was expelled by his psionic powers, killing her physical form but leaving enough cells alive so that she could reassemble herself into another body - though now looking human, Nova still retains her inherent ability to change into any shape she desires.
Mummudrai inherited not only Xavier's telepathy but also all of the mutant genetic gifts dormant within his DNA, becoming one of the most formidable villains ever faced by the X-Men. She uses her telekinesis, phase through solid matter and revive severed limbs with just her mind; evolve latent mutants into their full potential with ease; as well as possess a genius-level intellect, expert strategy skills, adept manipulation techniques and can fire energy bolts which vaporize or disintegrate any targets she targets - making her one of their most formidable foes ever faced by Xavier himself.
History
Cassandra Nova stands as one of Marvel's most devious villains. Her adventures in Deadpool & Wolverine perfectly encapsulate her unflappability; one example being how she almost completely dismantled an empire by manipulating its finances to end their existence! Cassandra Nova stands as an outstanding example of dangerous deceit.
Cassandra Nova made her first appearance in New X-Men #114 in July 2001 as Charles Xavier's opposite; an outcast born as an astral mummudrai. When in gestation she connected telepathically to him via his psionic powers which granted her some basic telepathic abilities.
Cassandra sought revenge against her brother by seizing control of Xavier's Cerebra device and using it to kill all mutants worldwide. She nearly achieved her aim until Jean Grey used her considerable psionic powers to free Xavier from Cassandra's control and set him free.
Since that time, Cassandra has slaughtered many mutants and battled the X-Men relentlessly. A master manipulator with an insatiable hunger for power, she is one of the X-Men's most intelligent adversaries ever encountered. Through symbiosis she can hop from host body to host body while possessing minds; furthermore her psionic abilities allow her to activate or enhance latent mutant genetic traits or augment existing powers thus becoming a dangerous foe of her foes X-Men foes.
