| Aurora: Twin to Jean-Paul Beaubier, Jeanne-Marie suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder. One personality is the quiet, prudish and very human schoolmarm Jeanne-Marie, the other the super-powered and unstable Aurora. Separated from her brother after the death of their parents and brought up in a reactionary Catholic school for girls from an early age, Jeanne-Marie was tormented by her fellow students and manifested her flight, superspeed and invulnerability when she tried to commit suicide by throwing herself off the roof. Convinced she was a tool of the devil, Jeanne-Marie repressed her mutant powers, sparking off the split into her two selves, and over time her episodes became more dramatic. Recruited to Alpha Flight by Logan from off the streets, she was reunited with her brother but eventually she required hospitalisation for her mental issues. Escaping, she tracked Jean-Paul down to Xavier's, where she spent a short time confusing people before returning to Canada with him for further treatment. How successful that treatment is, and how well they cope with her mutancy, remains to be seen.
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. Due to an experiment in which Aurora attempted to separate her powers from her twin brother's, currently any physical contact between Jean-Paul and Jeanne-Marie temporarily negates their powers. In addition, the mental link they once shared is currently severed.
While moving at high speeds, Aurora's molecular structure becomes stronger, making her resistant to impact and friction caused by her power. The top limits of her power had not been measured before the experiment went wrong, and currently fluctuate from her normally impeccable control, depending on her mental state - which is often unstable to say the least.
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