The Symbiote Warriors were four clones of X-23 bonded to Symbiotes that Blackheart created to serve as his personal bodyguards.[1]
History
After Blackheart (under the human guise of Mr. Degli) purchased a vial of her blood, X-23 tracked him down to the Devil's Den casino, where she found four clones of hers in a tank. She was planting C4 bombs to destroy them when they abruptly broke the glass, ready to attack her. Seeing the clones bonded to Symbiotes made their purpose as living weapons clear to X-23, leaving her with no choice but to kill them. X-23 managed to kill one of them[1] while the other three went on to protect Blackheart, as they were created to do.[2] When X-23 tried to get to Blackheart, he ordered the three remaining Symbiote Warriors to kill her, but she killed them first.[3]
Notes
- Though the clones would have inherited X-23's healing factor, healing factors do not work in Hell, making them easier to kill than they might have otherwise been.
- The source of their Symbiotes is not directly stated, but they are implied to have been somehow derived from Toxin as this was the only symbiote in Blackheart's possession.