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Belladonna
Full Name: Belladonna Boudreaux
Affiliation: Assassins' Guild (New Orleans)
Relatives: Marius (father, deceased), Julian (brother, deceased), Remy LeBeau (Gambit,
ex-husband)
Status: Divorced (Gambit)
Alternate-X Versions: Belladonna (Mutant X)
Codename Etymology: Pronounced bĕl'ə-dŏn'ə [From Italian, bella, feminine of bello: "beautiful" + donna: "lady"]; An Old World poisonous plant (Atropa belladonna) of the nightshade family having purple or green bell-shaped flowers, glossy black berries, and root and leaves that yield atropine.
Powers & History: Belladonna possesses plasma blasts and some sort of spell-casting
ability. She also has some psionic powers. Bel was Gambit's childhood sweetheart,
but when they were forced to marry as part of an alliance, he left, and the marriage
was never consummated. When next she saw Gambit, Belladonna had somehow acquired
her powers (presumably from Candra's elixirs), and was
nearly killed by the Brood. Gambit healed her
with a potion, but Rogue accidentally touched her, and
some of her personality was transferred to Rogue. After her father's death, Bel
took over leadership of the Assassin's Guild, and abducted Cody, the boy put into
a coma by Rogue during her power's initial manifestation. This lured Rogue down
South, as intended, with Remy following close behind. Belladonna was then manipulated
by Candra into fighting Rogue without powers. Rogue won, but left the Assassins'
Guild in grief when Cody died. Belladonna remained head of the Guild and has been
building its resources up with good contracts. Most recently, though, she accepted
a contract to kill Gambit, bringing her once more into conflict with the man she
hates and loves with equal passion. Bel and Remy ended up trapped in a collapsed
building, where they reconciled their differences and agreed to unify their guilds.
Bel is now Viceroy of the Unified Guilds.
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