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| History: Marrow is a mutant who, due to the physical appearance of her mutant abilities, hid herself as a young girl in the sewers underneath New York City as a member of the Morlocks, a group of mutants who were also physically deformed (see Morlocks). Marrow managed to survive the Morlock massacre by the Marauders and was later taken, as a young girl, to another dimension by the mutant Mikhail Rasputin in order to survive the destruction of the Morlock Tunnels (see Marauders; Rasputin, Mikhail). Time passed quicker in the other dimension, and Marrow returned a few years later as a full-grown adult leading Gene Nation, a rebel faction of Morlocks who wanted revenge for the massacre. Marrow and Gene Nation kidnapped a subway car loaded with humans on the anniversary of the massacre, in order to kill a human for every Morlock that died that day. The humans were rescued, and Marrow battled the X-Man Storm (see Storm, X-Men). Marrow had attached the triggering device for a bomb to her heart, telling Storm that the only way to stop the bomb was to stop her heart. Storm, needing to end the battle, ripped Marrow's heart out of her chest. It was later discovered that Marrow survived the fight, as her mutant physiology had granted her a second heart. Marrow later resurfaced in New York in order to stop the Prime Sentinels of Operation Zero Tolerance. Marrow encountered the X-Man Iceman and the mutant Dr. Cecilia Reyes, and subsequently became a member of the team. Following a near fatality due to injuries sustained on a mission , Xavier has Sage boost her mutant healing factor. Marrow emerged from the experience completely healed, and with a now incredible control over her powers. Under Xavier's guidance, she has mastered the art of hiding her horrific appearance, and is able to completely pull her bone growths into her body - revealing a beautiful young woman beneath. |