Cardinal (X-Men) (Moira 9)

Cardinal
Name	Inapplicable
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	X-Men
Relatives	Kurt Wagner (genetic template); Rachel Grey (genetic template); Francis Freeman (genetic template)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Red
Hair	Red
Unusual Features	This Cardinal has only three digits (including an opposable thumb) on each hand. He also has only 2 toes on each foot, each longer than an ordinary human's. He has a prehensile tail, pointed ears, and his body is almost entirely covered with a fine red-colored fur.
Origin and Living Status
Origin	3rd generation Chimera outlier created from the DNA of Kurt Wagner, Rachel Grey, and Francis Freeman
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Moira 9
Place of Birth	Sinister Breeding Pits, Mars
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Citizenship	Asteroid K
Occupation	Priest
Base of Operations	No-Place Hub, Krakoa, Asteroid K, Asteroid Belt
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Jonathan Hickman, R.B. Silva
First	Powers of X #1 (July, 2019)
First	Powers of X #1 (July, 2019)
Death	Powers of X #3 (August, 2019)
Death	Powers of X #3 (August, 2019)

History

Human/Mutant War

In the mutant-human species war on Earth, the mutant leaders of the nation of Krakoa sanctioned a mutant breeding program run by Mister Sinister in Mars in order to guarantee the maintenance of mutant population. The project focused on creating mutant warriors with militaristic and aggressive traits. The third generation of Sinister mutants comprised Chimeras, mutants with amalgamated DNA that featured up to five X-Genes from different sources. This generation resulted in almost one tenth of defective outliers, who developed passive and peaceful powersets and rejected conflict and individual identities. These variants became known as Cardinals and lent themselves to extreme pacifism and with an obsession with creating myths.

An unnamed Cardinal with three slivers of mutant DNA joined the surviving X-Men based on Asteroid K; however, he retained his pacifist ideals and refused to engage in physical combat, respecting all life. In order to locate a collection of data from the Man-Machine Supremacy, Cardinal and the X-Men Rasputin, Cylobel, and Percival. Although they secured the device that informed the piece of data they needed, Percival was killed in action and Cylobel was captured as the Cardinal did not help in the fight and only created a Gateway for retreat. Rasputin blamed the Cardinal's inefficiency for their teammates' demise.

Led by Apocalypse, the X-Men returned to Earth to gather the necessary intel for their plan. In order to overcome his genetic predisposition to pacifism, Cardinal consumed a terminal Apocalypse seed to join the war. He massacred cultists from the Church of Ascendancy who venerated machine life as a distraction, but was ultimately slain by Omega and her Sentinels. The X-Men were successful in acquiring the information they needed and infused Moira with it. As Wolverine killed her after that, he triggered her resurrection powers and reality was rebooted.

Attributes

Powers

This Cardinal was a third-generation Chimera created with the genomes of three different mutants, which were labelled "Wagner" (possibly Nightcrawler), "Grey" (possibly Jean Grey or Rachel Grey), and "Freeman" (possibly Ajax). As an outlier Cardinal, his creation was a failure and he manifested peaceful mutant abilities. His powers have not been revealed.

Abilities

The unnamed Cardinal was skilled in fencing.

Weaknesses

As a Cardinal, he is genetically unable to manifest aggressiveness and violence even in necessary situations.

See Also

• 4 appearance(s) of Cardinal (X-Men) (Moira 9)
• 2 minor appearance(s) of Cardinal (X-Men) (Moira 9)
• 13 image(s) of Cardinal (X-Men) (Moira 9)