History

The Techno-Organic Virus converts living material into technology, ultimately consuming its host. The converted life continues to "live" and function, but is driven by the desire to spread to other life forms. The virus has no known antidote, although it can be held in check by telekinesis and other powers. The Techno-Organic Virus also has the ability to re-animate dead life.

The exact origin of the Techno-Organic virus is unclear.

Early appearances

Apocalypse was introduced to the virus from a young Nathan Summers, calling himself the Traveler. In a battle between Traveler and Apocalypse, they were both cut and Ozymandias, Apocalypse's servant, had Apocalypse's body returned to the newly found Celestial Ship, that Apocalypse, at that time, could not understand or communicate with. With Traveler's blood mixed with the Techno-Organic Virus and his own, Apocalypse was healed in a chamber of the ship and, infected with the virus, could then understood the ship. Years later, Apocalypse used the virus to infect Nathan Christopher Charles Summers as an infant, leading to his transport to the future and his growing up to be Cable. It was possible that Apocalypse used this knowledge of past/future events to infect infant Nathan Summers so that he himself would become Apocalypse in the past.

Apocalypse also used the virus to infect Warren Worthington III, who had been beaten by the Marauders to the point that his wings needed amputation and almost killed in a plane explosion. Born with a set of bird-like wings originally, Warren's new wings could fly higher, faster, and were razor sharp, with feathers that were thrown as blades with a neurotoxin. Warren's Techno-Organic wings eventually molted off and his feathered wings were underneath.

The Phalanx also share many similarities with the Techno-Virus, as seen in its members Warlock and Magus.

The virus was later used again, by Stryfe, a clone of Cable created after he arrived in the future that was raised by Apocalypse, to kill Professor Charles Xavier. For reasons completely his own, Apocalypse cured Professor X of the virus.

After resurrecting and manipulating the body of Magus, Bastion used the virus to resurrect members of his newly created Human Council. At this time, Warren's feathered wings were ripped-off, by a controlled Wolfsbane, and, upon investigating, it was revealed that his feathered wings were simply Techno-Organic appearing feathers. Warren has since been able to switch back and forth between the two. Bastion used the feathered wings to create the Choir, a group of Purifiers endowed with Techno-Organic wings.

Being a member of Bastion's Human Council, Eli Bard stole a sample of the virus to use for Selene to resurrect all of the mutants slaughtered on Genosha and absorb all of their lifeforce to empower her to Goddess hood.

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See Also

• 4 Appearances of Techno-Organic Virus
• 11 Images featuring Techno-Organic Virus
• Item Gallery: Techno-Organic Virus
• Fan-Art Gallery: Techno-Organic Virus

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