Xorn

Alias
Xorn
Nick Name
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Civilian ID
Xorn I Kuan-Yin Xorn Xorn II Shen Xorn
Occupation
Xorn I Adventurer Healer Mutant Rights Activist Teacher Terrorist Xorn II Adventurer
Legal Status
Xorn I Citizen of China Xorn II Citizen of China with a criminal record.
Nation or Planet of Origin
Xorn I China Xorn II China
Group Affiliation
Xorn I Brotherhood of Mutants X-Men Xorn II X-Men
Base of Operations
Xorn I Xavier Institute, Salem Center, Westchester County, New York Xorn II China
Height
6' 2"
Weight
240 lbs.
Eye Color
None
Hair Color
None
Skin Tone
None
Known Powers
Mutation resulting in a quantum singularity which exist where the head should be. Kuan-Yin's singularity exist as a sun, while Shen's exist as a black houle. Kuan Yin could emit a blinding light that could incinerate anything it shone upon. Shen's black hole emits an intense gravity which even light can not escape. Both Xorns are capable of reversing the nature of their singularity thereby reversing their power to a sun from a black hole and vice versa. Both are capable of sensing energy and emotion on many levels. They are capable of manipulating energy and mass for a variety of purposes. Neither require nutrition, water or air to survive.
Accessories
Containment Helmet: Mask which contains the effects of the quantum singularity.
Common Enemies
Ao Jun Cassandra Nova X-Men
Regularly Appearing
Uncanny X-Men X-Men Vol. 2
First Appearance
Xorn I X-Men Vol. 2 An. 2001 (2001) Xorn II X-Men Vol. 2 #157 (July, 2004)
Creator
Xorn I Grant Morrison & Leinil Yu Xorn II Chuck Austen & Salvador Larroca
Origin
The brothers Kuan-Yin Xorn and Shen Xorn's heads converted into quantum singularities the force of the power devastated their small Chinese villages forcing the authorities to encase their heads in containment helmets. Both brothers were incarcerated, Kuan-Yin being held in an underground prison and Shen held at the site of his village guarded by the super-powered team known as the Eight Immortals. Kuan-Yin put up for sell to the leader of the U-Men, John Sublime, who intended to harvest his mutant mind. Kuan-Yin was rescued by the X-Men who he would apparently later betray in the guise of their oldest enemy Magneto. After the betrayal by Kuan-Yin the X-Men traveled to China to investigate his apparent return, but instead they discovered that the man calling himself Xorn was Kuan-Yin's brother Shen. The whereabouts of both men or their true stories is still a subject of speculation.