Jean-Marie Beabier -- Aurora

Name: Jean-Marie Beabier

Alias: Aurora

Affiliation: Alpha Flight

First appearance: Uncanny X-Men #139

Friends: Jean-Paul Beabier (twin brother, Northstar) Sasquatch (former lover) Nate Grey.

Enemies: Whoever Alpha Flight fought that weekend. Formerly the X-Men.

Created by: Johne Byrne, with some assistance by Chris Claremont.

Powers: Aurora's mutant power of flight kicked in after she attempted suicide by flinging herself from a balcony. When she and her twin Northstar hold hands, they can create a blinding flash of light. Both Jean-Marie and Jean-Paul can fly at super-sonic speeds.

Fact: After their parents were killed in a car accident, Jean-Paul and Jean-Marie were split up. JM was raised in a very strict, very stifling Catholic school. When the pressure became too much to bear, she attempted suicide, only to be saved by her newly manifested mutant powers. When she tried to tell her teacher about the incident, the other woman called her a liar. These experiences caused Jean-Marie's fragile mind to branch off into two separate personalities: the quiet, repressed Jean-Marie, who wants nothing to do with a super-powered lifestyle, and wild, rebellious Aurora, who revels in flirting and her powers.

Favorite quote: "Leathers and zippers and straps. Yum. What more could one ask for in a costume?" -- AF #107.

Where can she be seen?: Aurora is a long-time member of Alpha Fight; however, since that title's cancellation, she has not appeared often.

Aurora links: Sorry, haven't found any yet.