Jeanne-Marie Beaubier
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Character Journal: x_borealis
Real Name: Jeanne-Marie Beaubier
Codename: Aurora
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First Appearance: September 11, 2004
Date of Birth: May 26, 1970
Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec
Citizenship: Canadian
Relatives: Jean-Paul Beaubier (twin brother)
Education: Teaching degree in History and Religion.
Relationship Status: Single
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Team Affiliation: Alpha Flight
Biography
Childhood
At the age of two, Jeanne-Marie?s parents were accidentally killed. The Martins, cousins of the twin?s mother and the family that adopted Jean-Paul, were unable to afford to adopt both children and so the twins had to be separated, with Jeanne-Marie going to live at Madame DuPont's School for Girls. It was a reactionary religious school, residing in LaVelle, Quebec. She did not have a particularly enjoyable childhood there; Jeanne-Marie was shy and quiet and often picked on by both fellow students and her teachers. She was so miserable that it got to the point where at the age of thirteen she turned suicidal and attempted to kill herself by throwing herself off the roof of the school.
It was then that her mutant abilities kicked in, allowing her to fly to safety. Living a rather sheltered life, Jeanne-Marie had no idea that it could be a mutation and assumed that it was result of a divine miracle. Tragically, upon explaining what had happened to the Mother Superior, she was severely beaten for "blasphemy". It was this incident that triggered her second personality, her polar opposite, and Aurora was born. Aurora is the dominant personality, a free spirit who is notorious for doing before thinking and even when her actions have negative consequences she has little trouble with dismissing them. When given a tough hand, she merely plays by her own rules; there is very little that affects her the way one would think it should. However, she also manages to be very fragile, and is occasionally set off by minor instances.
Jeanne-Marie is Aurora backwards. She is a straight-laced, strict Catholic and spends weeks debating problems with herself. She comes off as strong to the point of cold but has a hidden fragile side to her, mostly due to the fact that while Aurora and Jeanne-Marie believe they are two different entities, not even living in the same body, she, unlike Aurora, knows something is wrong. Jeanne-Marie actually worries about the long bouts of time that she loses, while Aurora cares little.
Jeanne-Marie repressed Aurora for several years, becoming a prim and proper young woman and earning her teacher's degree in Religion, as well as History. On the day that her application to teach at Madame DuPont's was accepted, however, Aurora decided to make an appearance, stronger than ever, which led her onto the streets of Montreal and danger, where she spent some time learning to make ends meet and getting into trouble.
It wasn't until Aurora was twenty-one that she finally got into some trouble publicly, however. Confronted by muggers, she used her mutant abilities to effectively get rid of them, all in the sight of one Wolverine. Impressed by her obvious skills he invited her to meet Hudson who was currently recruiting for Alpha Flight. It was through Alpha Flight that Aurora was reunited with her brother Jean-Paul.
Alpha Flight
Aurora participated actively in Alpha Flight on and off for over ten years in which many things happened, but nothing worth going into great detail. The twins were notorious for constantly fighting and reconciling, but it wasn't until the Christmas of 2003 that the two of them swore never to speak to one another again.
They had decided to spend Christmas together, Aurora bringing their close friend, the man who altered her mutation (more about that later) and her boyfriend, Walter Langkowski, to dinner. Little did either of them know that Langkowski would propose at that dinner. Jean-Paul suddenly found himself thirty-four, alone, and in love with his sister's fiancee with little of what he considered a future and ended up taking it out on his sister. Visibly shaken, he turned cold, even rude. Aurora, hurt and appalled that the man she loved most in life, her brother, could not be happy for her on such a joyous occasion, she confronted him in anger which only managed to start a huge argument, eventually leading to their separation, convinced this was the end of their relationship.
It was this revelation that sent Aurora tailspinning until Jeanne-Marie returned. Finding herself betrothed to a man that turned into a furry beast, a mutant, she only managed to cause another grand screaming match, this time between herself and Langkowski. The engagement broken, her brother long gone, Jeanne-Marie slipped into her suicidal state in which Langkowski, thinking it for the best, sent her to a mental institution. It was here that Jeanne-Marie was once more severely beaten and mistreated, bringing out several alternate personalities before a bruised and battered Aurora gained dominance and decided she needed to find her brother, the only person who could save her.
Living At The X-Mansion
Escaping from the mental institution, Aurora found her way to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, appearing on the doorstep one morning and found by Sam Guthrie. She then proceeded to mistake Hank McCoy for Walter, attacking him in the medlab until Jean-Paul came down to retrieve her. The twins reconciled, and Aurora remained at the school, refusing to leave her brother's side.
Aurora's time at the school was brief and somewhat bemusing for the residents, due to her rather idiosyncratic way of dealing with others. When Jean-Paul returned to Canada, she returned with him.
Further Information
Jeanne-Marie now lives with her brother in Canada.
Physical Characteristics
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 152 lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blue-black
Other Features: She has an elven look to her, with dainty features, pointed ears, and smooth, naturally fair skin. Virtually identical to her brother, she also looks to be in her twenties.
Powers
Aurora has the ability to direct the kinetic energy in her molecules to propel herself through the air at superhuman speeds, manipulate the atomic motion of other objects upon contact and generate innate radiant energy as dazzling flashes of light when in contact with her brother.
One of the many fights between Aurora and Jean-Paul resulted in Aurora attempting to detach herself from her brother by giving herself a separate set of mutations through Langkowski's experiments. It didn't manage to give her a totally new set, and caused many problems through the years, problems that are still not totally solved, but eventually her original mutation returned with the added bonus of being able to generate light without being in contact with her brother, although, with her brother it has the approximate power of a lighthouse beacon, and with only herself it only manages half of that. This is done by varying the rate of acceleration of the molecules of her body out of phase with each other, and can also be used to create little phonetic discharges or directed beams of light.
Aurora has the potential to move at the speed of light, but that would be potentially fatal and is said to currently move at approximately at the speed of sound, except while carrying someone in which she only moves at approximately 60 km/hour.
As an effect of partially removing her molecules of their atomic motion, the binding forces between and within them increase. This is what allows Aurora to survive such fast speeds including wind, friction and turbulence. She has also figured out how to alter the energy in one particular part of her body, such as her arm, to super speed her hitting abilities.
She has quite impressive control with all aspects of her mutation, except during times of high stress in which she has been known to glow. The problem is, her mutation is also not totally 'fixed' as it were. While it is well on the way to reconstructing itself, it still totally and completely shuts down when she and Jean-Paul come in physical contact of one another and not only does her own mutation collapse, her brother's does as well.
Needless to say, this causes some major issues and makes it difficult for the two of them to be close, never mind on a team together. Not only that, but the mild twin psi link that the two of them had was severed by the experiments and is, at the moment, unable to be mended.
Equipment
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Trivia
Aurora goes by the nickname 'Rora'.
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