Elizabeth Twoyoungmen (Earth-616)

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Real Name

Elizabeth Twoyoungmen

Current Alias

Talisman

Aliases

Princess

Identity

Secret

Alignment

Good

Affiliation

Omega Flight (Hero Team); Formerly Alpha Flight, Beta Flight

Relatives

Kathryn Twoyoungmen (mother, deceased), Dr. Michael Twoyoungmen (Shaman, father), unnamed great-grandfather (decased)

Universe

Earth-616

Base Of Operations

Canada

Characteristics

Gender

Female

Height

5' 8"

Weight

132 lbs (60 kg)

Eyes

Brown

Hair

Black

Status

Citizenship

Canadian

Marital Status

Single

Occupation

Adventurer

Education

University

Origin

Origin

Heir to the legacy of the Talisman.

Place of Birth

Canada

Creators

John Byrne

First appearance

Alpha Flight 5 (Volume 1, 1983) (2nd story)

History

Elizabeth is the daugher of Dr Michael Twoyoungmen, known to the world as Shaman. When Elizabeth was four years old her mother became deathly ill and her father promised Elizabeth that he would save her. He was not able to do so and Elizabeth hated him for it. She grew up with a neighbouring family, the MacNeils, not talking to her father for over fifteen years. She called on his aid then because she believed that she had seen a spirit escape from an archaelogical dig where she was working. She turned to him because she knew that he was Shaman, despite the spell he had cast to keep himself from being recognized, which he wrote off to the blood of many shamans over hundreds of years flowing through her veins.

Through the course of their adventure together though, it was revealed that she was in fact, a legendary figure, the Talisman. She soon joined Alpha Flight as only the second recruit was was not trained by Department H. She soon left though, after Shaman attempted to save both her and Snowbird but was only able to save Snowbird and the Beyonder had to save her. She then became extremely vengeful to her father and called upon the spirits to trick him. She told them to direct him to a birthing place for Narya's baby which contained an evil spirit, Pestilence. She intended to defeat the spirit to show up her father, but it, instead, defeated her, and ripped her circlet of power from her forehead. Shaman grabbed the circlet and became Talisman II. Elizabeth went back to university to return to her studies.

While at a dig, Elizabeth soon stumbled onto an ancient cairn, with a mystic object inside. Before she could touch it, she passed out. She was contacted through her dreams by Narya, who told her of the Dreamqueen and that she was coming to earth and that only she as Talisman could stop her. The mystic object would allow the Dreamqueen to control her if she touched it. She contacted Alpha Flight and soon became Talisman again. She defeated the Dreamqueen but soon realized her greatest challenge was next.

She had to fight Llan, the Sorcer, a being who wanted to destroy earth. She and Alpha Flight were finally able to beat him with some help from Dr Strange. She soon went through a great trauma, when in an attempt to save the lives of several of the Master's experiments, she became a living filter for all the knowledge in Shaman's pouch. This was too much for her brain, and over loaded her systems and she very nearly went brain-dead. After a great deal of work though, she finally recovered and once again became Talisman.

After her recovery, she began to feel extremely odd, distant and thoughts of death clouded her mind. While wandering through a mall, she was attacked by the second Omega Flight. After they accosted her, she realized that something had happened to her. She contacted her father who helped her discover that the Ska'ar had escaped from thieir prison dimension. Working with Beta Flight, she was able to battle the Master and Omega Flight and return the Ska'ar to their prison. Talisman then became a member of Beta Flight and slowly moved towards active membership in Alpha Flight once again.

Talisman has recently appeared of the newest version of Omega Flight

Powers and Abilities

Powers

As wielder of the talisman Elizabeth has a number of powers available to her. Her abilities include being able to control and summon spirits. She also appears to be in possession of Shaman's Medicine Pouch as of the Omega Flight limited series.

Abilities

None known.

Strength level

Average Human

Weaknesses

None known.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: Talisman of Power, Shaman's Medicine Pouch
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

• No special notes.

Trivia

• No trivia.

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Links and References

• Marvel Encyclopedia Vol 2: X-Men