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Marrina Smallwood (Earth-616)

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Real Name
Marrina (Smallwood) McKenzie
Current Alias

Aliases
Leviathan

Identity

Alignment


Relatives
Dan Smallwood (adopted cousin), Tom and Gladys Smallwood (adopted parents), Namor McKenzie (husband), children (3, unnamed), Namorita Prentiss (cousin-in-law)

Universe

Characteristics
Gender

Height


Eyes

Hair

Skin

Unusual Features
Large opaque eyes, webbed hands and feet

Status
Citizenship

Marital Status

Occupation
Government operative

Education
High school

Origin
Origin
Member of alien race (Plodex)

Place of Birth

Creators

First appearance

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History

Image:Quote1.png Marrina sleeps a false death under the waves. Image:Quote2.png
-- Llan

Marrina is from an alien species known as Plodex. Her egg was found by Tom Smallwood who gave it to his wife Gladys. When Gladys broke the shell she imprinted Marrina with Human female DNA. Marrina grew up mostly normal, except for her odd appearance. She came to the attention of James MacDonald Hudson.

Marrina joined Department H when she was approximately 16 and was the first member of Gamma Flight. She quickly rose to Beta Flight and by the time that Department H's funding was cut she was ready to become a member of Alpha Flight. When Alpha became independent, she joined the team as an active member. She fell under the manipulations of the Master of the World and learned much of her history. She left Alpha Flight to explore a relationship with Namor. The two fell in love and married, after being a pawn in Atlantaen politics and destroying her mate, a monster whose sole intention was to take over the world.

She and Namor eventually conceived children together, but she soon underwent a strange transformation, becoming Leviathan and attacking the Avengers. Namor had to slay her with the Black Knight's Ebony Sword.

However, Llan, the Sorcerer, told the Master of the World that Marrina was sleeping a false death under the sea. The Master eventually found her body and kept her prisoner in one of his bases, held in a stasis tube.


Powers and Abilities

Powers

  • Amphibian
  • Although aquatic by nature, Marrina can exist as comfortably on land, as she does in the sea. She can remain underwater indefinitely, and function at ocean depths that would normally kill the average human being. Marrina possesses gills, which allows her to oxygenate her body, similar to that of a typical fish.
  • Shape-changing:
  • At times, Marrina's Plodex genetics forced changes to her phyiology.
  • Offensive secretion:
  • Upon instinctual command, Marrina's body can secrete an oily residue designed to fend off attackers. The secretion causes the pupils of a victim's eyes to sharply constrict, rendering them temporarily blind.
  • Water control
  • Marrina has limited control over surrounding bodies of water. She can channel existing volumes of water into a large, moving spout, and ride upon the crest of the spout should she choose to. The exact limits and range of this ability have never been measured, but Marrina can direct the flow of water for for several miles without any strain upon her person. In her first recorded mission as a member of Alpha Flight, Marrina channeled a spout of water for 3 miles, which she used to attack the Great Beast known as Tundra.
  • Swimming
  • Marrina is able to swim at tremendous speeds, rivaling that of even the Sub-Mariner. Her speed while swimming has been measured at 800 knots per hour, and it is believed that she might even be able to maintain speeds in excess of 900 knots per hour (Source).

Abilities

None known.

Strength level

Able to lift several hundred pounds

Weaknesses

None known.


Paraphernalia

Equipment: Marrina once wore a locket on a chain, which housed her Alpha Flight signal device.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.


Notes

  • The character of Marrina was created by writer/artist, John Byrne.
  • As Marrina was declared legally dead for an indeterminate period of time, it is reasonable to assume that her marriage to the Sub-Mariner has since been annulled.


Trivia

  • When Gladys Smallwood handled Marrina's egg, the unborn embryo biologically imprinted itself upon her. Using Gladys' form as a template, Marrina was born as a quasi-humanoid female. Traditionally, Plodex aliens assume a more formless, ambiguous shape.



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