<strong>Character Name:</strong>Jacqueline Soria<br/><strong>Nickname(s):</strong>Jack; Jackie<br/><strong>Code Name:</strong>Broodmother<br/><strong>Parent(s):</strong><br/><em>Mother:</em>Adriana Soria<br/><em>Father:</em>Unknown<br/><strong>Role:</strong>Villain<br/><strong>Character Model:</strong><br/>With Makeup (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/rcburner/BugMutantWoman.jpg)<br/><div class="floatright">(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/rcburner/Dreads.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Gender:</strong>Female<br/><strong>Birthdate:</strong>June 28, 2033<br/><strong>Age:</strong>22<br/><strong>Birthplace:</strong>Facility within the London Underground<br/><strong>Nationality: </strong>Presumed Caucasian<br/><strong>Orientation:</strong>Pansexual<br/><strong>Dominance:</strong>Dominant<br/><br/><strong>Height:</strong>5'6"<br/><strong>Weight:</strong>136<br/><strong>Eye Color:</strong>Violet<br/><strong>Hair Color:</strong>Violet (Natural, Dyed Bright Green)<br/><br/><strong>Known Mutant Power(s):</strong><br/><br/><strong>Active:</strong><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Total control of insects and insectoid species.  Strong influence over other insect-related mutants.</li><li>Capable of producing pheromones to influence the emotions of others.</li><li>Able to give birth to a variety of mutant insects with enhanced strength and other unusual abilities.</li></ul><br/><strong>Passive:</strong><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Immunity to poisons originating from insect species.</li><li>Reincarnation:  If "killed", Jacqueline is able to use her former body as a cocoon and be reborn several years older than her previous state.  Presumably, if her physical body became too old, she would come back as a child once more. </li></ul><br/><strong>Weaknesses:</strong><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Insecticides and other man-made poisons.</li><li>Phobia of reptiles and large birds.</li><li>Without her insect swarms, Jacqueline is every bit as vulnerable as a normal human being.  Being a bit "soft around the edges", she is not much of one for direct combat.</li></ul><br/><strong>Personality:</strong><br/><br/>Jackie has a very eccentric personality, something most likely caused by her very unusual and physically exhausting ability to give birth to "monstrosities" on a regular basis.  She considers herself to be something of an artist playing God, with her womb as the canvas to give life to entirely new species that would otherwise never evolve in a natural environment.  Her interest in bugs is obsessive, and she goes out of her way to avoid killing them whenever possible.  Whenever someone purposefully stomps an insect in her presence she becomes visibly distraught, berating the individual for their "murderous tendencies".  When one of her own brood is slain she will become overcome with grief and rage; understandably, as they are quite literally her children.<br/><br/>Strangely enough, she does not harbor the anti-human prejudice that seems to be a common stereotype amongst most insect-inspired super villains.  Though holding the opinion that "her kind" are not meant to be at the bottom of the food chain, she also accepts that the consumption of insects is necessary for the balance of nature to hold strong.  Watching a bug be eaten by some predator is enough to make her uncomfortable, but if it is for sustenance she will not intervene.  Humans that do not go out of their way to step on "pests" are perfectly alright in her book.<br/><br/>Her insect-related tendencies aside, Jacqueline is not a typically nasty villain.  She does what she must in order to survive, and is not much one for grandiose plots or slaughtering innocents.  When "on the job" she has a tendency to fall into theatrics, even going so far as to forget the original goal of the mission in order to put on a good show and get a few laughs.  This does not do much to put her in the good graces of her fellow "Mutant Terrorists" that continue to follow the code of Magneto, though when she is forced to concentrate the results can be absolutely terrifying.<br/><br/>Though generally friendly, she can be understandably difficult to approach due to the nature of her powers.  She tends to require a great deal of personal space, particularly during "spawning periods", at which point she may hole herself up in her room for days at a time.  When her reserves of "children" are satisfactory she can be far more social, though even her fellow mutants have a tendency to shun her.  As a result Jackie prefers the company of the more "freakish" mutants, particularly those with inhuman appearances that have to deal with a similar amount of social stigma.  A bit chatty and naive, she prefers to put on a warmer front instead of dwelling on her painful origins.<br/><br/>Her biggest vice is her weight; the constant strain of having to provide for so many creatures forces her to require plenty of food so that she doesn't waste away to nothing.  Though certainly not fat by any means, she secretly wishes she could look like all the athletic, skinny, and "pleasing" mutants that she sees on television or during her acts of villainy.<br/><br/><strong>History:</strong><br/><br/>Though she does not speak of her mother to anyone, there are those that vaguely remember the infamous "Queen" that held New York hostage with explosives, mind controlled countless innocents, and even went so far as to mutate Spiderman into a hideous beast in order to spawn her own super powered children.  The plan ultimately failed, and Adriana Soria was presumed to have been killed in an explosion when her plans finally came crumbling down around her.  Jacqueline does not know the details of her mother's survival, only that she made her escape to Europe in disgrace after being severely wounded.  Though her power of the mind remained great, her body would only grow more and more frail from disuse.  Harboring an intense loathing for humanity and particularly Spiderman, the Queen plotted to give birth to a child that could succeed where she had failed.<br/><br/>Presumably the vile woman used her unnatural power to seduce some prize specimen of a man, perhaps even a fellow mutant like herself, and rape him for his seed.  Though the Queen eventually gave birth as a result, her unusual physiology resulted in an all too fitting end for the super villainess: Jacqueline developed into that of a prepubescent child within her mother's body, eventually bursting forth in a grisly display that killed Adriana almost instantly.  In the way of some insects her child was able to survive by sustaining herself on her own mother's body.<br/><br/>Thankfully the Queen suspected such an abnormality might occur, having remembered the near fatal incident with Spiderman years before.  The facility in which she was housed took over immediately, the computers instructing a quickly developing mind in the ways of humanity.  Furthermore, it indoctrinated her with a severe hatred of both Spiderman and Captain America and the way to combat them, all part of her mother's plan to unleash a weapon of vengeance upon her former enemies.  But by the time Jacqueline was directed to the surface world, supplied with an address to a home and enough money to sustain herself, the enemies she had been raised to defeat were no longer active or even relevant.<br/><br/>Without any clear purpose to guide her, Jacqueline became cloistered within her inherited estate until she reached the peak of her maturity, when her first mutant abilities became manifest.  For nearly a year she produced unspeakable creatures, transforming the house and the ground beneath it into a veritable hive, with her as its Broodmother.  Eventually her neighbors noticed something was amiss, and when the authorities arrived all hell broke loose.  As could be expected, the police panicked and some were immediately devoured by the insect hordes.  Special Forces were called in, along with several well-known heroes, in order to eradicate the infestation.  Confused and terrified she fled from her only residence, the shrieks of her children echoing in her mind.<br/><br/>It was some time before she came into contact with the followers of Magneto's creed in America, finally fleeing to her mother's birthplace in the hope that she might find some safe haven.  She has plenty of horror stories to tell of her times abroad, when "home" happened to be whatever abandoned basement could be turned into a nest, and each time resulted in a similar extermination that made her increasingly desperate to find those that would understand and accept her.  All she knew was that it would be "impossible" for her to ever become a "good guy", as she puts it.  Though society might accept mutants, there were certain powers that the general public would always despise.  Especially ones involving "Creepy Crawlies".  Her longing to be accepted by society, rather than its destroyer, frequently puts her at odds with her fellow Mutant Supremacists, making her more of a Reluctant Villain than anything else.