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Real Name

Idie Okonkwo

Current Alias

Oya

Aliases

Third Light, Girl Who Wouldn't Burn

Relatives

Unnamed parents (deceased);
Unnamed sister (deceased);^[1]

Affiliation

Hellfire Academy; formerly Lights, X-Men, Jean Grey School student body

Base Of Operations

Unknown; formerly Utopia, San Francisco Bay, California; Oyo, Delta State, Nigeria; Jean Grey School for Higher Learning, Salem Center, Westchester County, New York

Status

Alignment

Good

Identity

Public Identity

Citizenship

Nigerians

Marital Status

Single

Occupation

Student; formerly adventurer

Characteristics

Gender

Female

Eyes

Blue, (right eye);Orange (left eye)

Hair

Black

Unusual Features

Idie's right eye is bluish white and her left eye is redish orange.

Origin

Origin

Mutant (post-M-Day new activation)

Universe

Earth-616

Place of Birth

Oyo, Delta State, Nigeria

Created by

Matt Fraction, Kieron Gillen, Whilce Portacio

First appearance

Uncanny X-Men #528
(November, 2010)

HistoryEdit

Nobody listens to the prayers of a monster.

-- Idie Okonkwo ^src 

Origin

Idie (Pronounced "Ih-Dyay") was a young girl living with her family in Oyo, in the Delta State of Nigeria when her mutant powers manifested. She was located by the X-Men using Cerebra.^[1] With the advent of her mutant abilities, Idie accidentally burned down her village and killed her family. A paramilitary group that tracked down Idie attempted to murder her, but the arrival of Hope Summers and Storm prevented the troops from harming her.^[2]

The Five Lights

Idie, with no living family left, joined Hope and the other Lights as continued to rescue the last two Lights. First traveling with Rogue, Hope and the Light across Europe and finally to Florida while tracking Teon.^[3] Later the group traveled to Tokyo, Japan to stop Kenji's rampage. Though nervous, Idie stood with Hope in defiance of Cyclops' orders.^[4]

Once the Lights arrived on Utopia, Idie quietly submitted to Doctor Nemesis' tests and to Hope training.^[5] Idie also quietly accompanied Hope and the other Light on their first mission to Berlin to find a new mutant.^[6]

Schism

Wolverine took a liking to Idie and started to mentor her. She was at the Museum of Mutant History when the Hellfire Club attacked. Cyclops told her to "do what she thought was necessary". Idie decided it was necessary to stop them, and so killed them with her powers.^[7][8]

Regenesis

After the events of Schism, Idie went with Wolverine to Westchester County^[9] to attend Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.^[10] Later on she left the school and joined the Hellfire Academy.^[11]

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Powers

Idie is one of post-M-Day mutant activations. Her powers include:

• Thermokinesis: Idie has the ability to alter temperatures around her. However, she cannot simply create heat and cold; she can only rechannel temperature.^[12][13] These temperature manipulation powers results in:
  • Pyrokinesis: capable of generating flames from thin air, not requiring the consumption of oxygen or combustible objects to maintain the flames.
  • Cryokinesis: able to reduce the kinetic energy of atoms and thus reduce temperature, often used to generate ice.
    

TriviaEdit

• Idie's name is pronounced "Ih-Dyay" and not "Eye-Dee" as is commonly thought.
• Idie's last name is likely a reference to the protagonist of Things Fall Apart Okonkwo.
• Idie appears to be Catholic.^[2]
• Idie is the youngest of the Five Lights. However, her exact age seems to be a point of some confusion. In her original appearance Idie is said to only be 12 years old,^[2] but just a short time later Cyclops states she is 14 years old.^[5]
• Creators Matt Fraction and Kieron Gillen loosely based the Five Lights mutant powers on the the archetypal power-sets on the original five X-Men (with the exception of Gabriel).^[14]
  • Angel = Laurie Tromette
  • Beast = Teon Macik
  • Iceman = Idie Okonkwo
  • Marvel Girl = Kenji Uedo
• After months of cover art and promotionals depicting her hair in different styles, Idie finally changed her hair from a tight braided style into an afro in Generation Hope #8.
• Idie's field name is labeled after Yorùbá deity Oya (Pronounced "Aw-Yah") who is the Òrìshà of the wind and all standing water bodies.

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