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Oracle
Real Name: Sibyl
Affiliation: Imperial Guard
Alternate-X Versions: (Oracle), (TAS)
Codename Etymology: Pronounced ôr'ə-kəl [From Latin ōrāre "to speak"]; An ancient Greek shrine where worships went to hear prophesies.
Powers & History: Telepathy of a fairly high level. Oracle is currently Gladiator's
love interest, although it appears that she was in love with Tempest (Flashfire?)
at some point. Oracle, like all the members of the Guard, has in the past appeared
to have the ability to fly, but whether that is natural or artificial is uncertain,
although the latter seems more likely. Her most notable contact with the X-Men
occurred right after Lilandra assumed the Shi'ar
throne, when Professor X inexplicably lapsed into a coma.
Lilandra brought Oracle to Earth to probe Charles's mind, but the intrusion created
a psychic backlash that knocked Oracle away. What no one knew at the time was
that Xavier had been implanted with a Brood embryo,
and that caused the coma and the backlash. Oracle serves as second-in-command
of the Imperial Guard.
Oracle was part of the Imperial Guard force that stayed on Earth after Onslaught, and recently returned to attack all mutants under orders from Cassandra Nova, who was masquerading as Xavier and controlling Lilandra.
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