Barbara Norriss (Earth-616)
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History
Barbara Norris was born Barbara Denton to Alan and Celestia Denton, at a young age her family established a summer home in Cobblers Roost, Vermont. In her teen years she met her future husband Jack Norriss there and the two soon started a relationship. Barbara's mother was later killed in a car accident, however unknown to all her mother made a pact with the Undying Ones to formulate a complex plot offering up her daughter to them in order to regain her youth.
Shortly after they were married, Barbara and Jack joined a cult worshiping the Undying Ones led by a cult leader named Van Nyborg (unaware that they were manipulated into joining the cult by her mother) and were devoted to returning the Undying Ones to Earth. On the night they were to proform the cerimony to bring the Undying Ones to Earth, news of the Hulk being in the area promtede Van Nyborg to have the unconcious body of Bruce Banner brought to their headquarters and exploit the Hulk's strength to battle the guardian between Earth and the Undying One's dimension, a being known as the Nightcrawler. When Barbara began to have second thoughts and wished to save the Hulk, the cultists threw her into the dimension with the Hulk.
There Barbara witnessed the Hulk battle the Nightcrawler and their battle destroyed the Nightrcrawler's Dark Dimension between both worlds, taking their fight to the Undying Ones. There they would meet Dr. Strange who would aid him in his fight, and Barbara would sacrifice her own freedom to act as a guardian to protect Earth from the Undying Ones allowing the Hulk and Dr. Strange to escape.
Barbara would remain in the Dark Dimension for some time, and when Dr. Strange and the Hulk would return to that realm once more to fight the Undying Ones, now part of a group called The Defenders they would find that the Undying One's leader the Nameless One had forced her to mate with the creature, merging them togeather. Freeing Barbara and returning her to Earth, the entire experience had driven her mad.
The Defenders would then be drawn to a mysical world where they were posed against it's queen Casiolena with the Black Knight and the Enchantress. During the fight, Barbara's body was enhabited by the soul of Brunnhilde the leader of the Valkyrie, Barbara's body being the host for Brunnhilde's spirit, Barbara's would then habitate that of Brunnhidle's real bodt. Valkyrie would have many adventures in Barbara's body these adventures are documented in Valkyrie's Profile.
Barbara's soul would remain dormant until it would be manipulated by Ollerus and Casiolena who were vying for control over Valhalla by ursuping it's (then) leader Hela. Trapping the real Valkyrie in Ollerus' fortress, and sending Barbara Norriss (posing as Valkyrie) out into the real world to recruit the Defenders into Ollerus' army, the plan was ultimatly foiled when the real Valkyrie escaped and joined her comrades and helped Hela's forces to stop Ollerus. For her part in Ollerus' plan, Barbara was banished to Nifflehiem as punishment.
When Valkryie was slain in Barbara's body her soul was transferred into her sword Dragon Fang, and soon the Enchantress would manipulate the Defenders into searching for the Rose of Purity so that she may use it to win the effections of the embodyment of Love. To get the Defenders to do so, Enchantress promised to restore Valkyrie to her original body, an act that would sent Barbara's soul into limbo. However, Love ultimatly chose to return to the cosmos, and took Barbara's soul with him to put her soul to rest.
Since then, another woman named Barbara Norriss has surfaced who bares a striking resemblance to the previous, she was driven to dispare by D'Spayre and committed suicide, and her life would be breifly assumed once more by Valkyrie. If this Barbara Norriss is indeed the original, the reasons for her resurrection remain unrevealed, however one could speculated that she was restored to life either by Love or by Odin.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
Prior to her involvement with the Van Nyborg cult, Barbara had the average strength of a woman her age. When she was merged with the Nameless One, it is presumable that she shared the creatures abilities.
When her body was inhabited by Valkyrie, it was given enhanced strength, endurance, and durability, however it was not as strong as that of an Asgardian.
Abilities
When fighting in Valkyrie's body, Barbara has amble fighting abilities to wage combat in Ollerus' army.Strength level
Barbara's body had enhanced strength when enhabited by the soul of Brunnhilde, allowing her to lift cars and smash through stone buildings. When she was in the body of Valkyrie, she had the strength of an Asgardian woman of her strength and build.Weaknesses
After her experience with the Undying Ones, Barbara was driven insane and was incapable of functioning in life. Her sanity was partially restored when she was manipulated by Ollerus, and her sanity was eventually restored by Love.
Paraphernalia
Equipment
When she inhabited the body of Valkyrie, Barbara had access to Ollerus' arsenel which consisted of many melee weapons of Asgardian origin.Transportation
For a time Barbara ursurped control of Valkyrie's horse Aragorn.
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