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Early Life[]

Marrina is from an alien species known as Plodex. Her egg was found by Tom Smallwood, a fisherman in Newfoundland, Canada 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 eventually came to the attention of James Hudson.[8][9]

Alpha Flight[]

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Alpha Flight

After reaching maturity, Marrina joined Department H and became a member of Gamma Flight. She worked her into Beta Flight[10] 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.[11] 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.[8]

The Collector[]

The Collector kidnapped Marrina for his Plodex collection. The Collector scanned the world for other unique specimens and finds Spider-Man and takes him as well using a Genie. He also used a giant snake called Snake-Eyes using its hypnotic powers. He controlled him using a Kymellian flute. The two heroes however escaped but in the process they released Snake-Eyes who was now loose on the planet.[12]

Marriage & "Death"[]

She and Namor eventually fell in love and married after being a pawn in Atlantean politics and destroying her mate, a monster whose sole intention was to take over the world.[13][14] She later accompanied Namor when he returned to active membership with the Avengers, and became an associate member herself.[15] They 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 Blade.[2]

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.[16] Sometime later, Namor was stabbed with the Ebony Blade and his soul taken into it. Upon escaping, he was able to bring Marrina's soul out with him, where it seemed to move onto whatever comes next.[17]

Marrina resurfaced, years later, in Norman Osborn's custody, and he used her as an endgame plan against Namor, who had recently betrayed him and allied with the X-Men. Osborn had her DNA spliced and modified, making her a leviathan/snake-like being, driven by a hunger that could only be satiated with Atlantean blood. Once released, Marrina wrought havoc on the undersea kingdom, injuring many and killing even more.[5]

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Marrina as Leviathan attacking Atlanteans

Namor and the X-Men devised a plan: using Magik and Pixie's powers of teleportation, they transported all of the Atlanteans across the globe, leaving Namor as the sole bait in the hemisphere. Once Marrina approached the X-Men's new base, Utopia, Namor realized who she was. The Stepford Cuckoos scanned her mind, revealing that there was nothing but rage, hunger, and hate. Having no choice, they engaged her. Eventually, Namor dragged a weakened Marrina underwater where he performed a mercy killing, ending Marrina's life once again.[5]

Second Chance at Life[]

Fearful of being killed by the Chaos King, the Great Beasts made a deal with Sasquatch to return the dead Alphans to life and help defeat the Chaos King, in return for Sasquatch helping them cross the barrier to Earth. Marrina, Shaman, Guardian, and Vindicator were returned to the living.[7]

Marrina remained with the reformed Alpha Flight and embraced a newfound pride in her alien heritage, while also adopting a harsher attitude, which caused some concern among her teammates.[18] Sometime after that, the Alpha Flight name was taken for a space program led by Carol Danvers,[19] but Marrina remained on Earth occasionally helping, when needed.[20] As time went by, however, she did visit the Alpha Flight Low-Orbit Space Station to assist her team in evacuating a large number of mutant refugees while looking after Claire Hudson at Heather's request.[21]

Attributes

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Powers

Plodex/Human Hybrid Physiology: In her normal form Marrina's body is adapted to live underwater and possesses hyperdynamic proportions, sleek skin and webbed extremities.[1]

  • Amphibian: Although aquatic by nature, Marrina can exist as comfortably on land as she does in the sea. She can remain underwater indefinitely, extracting oxygen from water with highly efficient gills.[1]
  • Shape-changing: At times, Marrina's Plodex genetics forced changes to her physiology.[10]
  • 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.[1]
  • Superhuman Speed: Marrina is able to swim at tremendous speeds and can reach 900 knots (mach 1) when underwater, she can also perform extremely tight turns without much efforts and when emerging from the water she can create water sprouts that could carry her in the air for three miles.[1]
  • Superhuman Strength: Marrina is superhumanly strong and can lift 2 tons.[1]
  • Superhuman Durability: Marrina is immune to climate extremes like the freezing temperatures in the ocean floor[1] and can resist ocean pressures that would otherwise kill any other being.[22] Namor considered her immune to almost anything except his full strength.[23]
  • Sonar Sense: Underwater Marrina can sense movements thanks to radar-like sense.[1]

Leviathan Form: When Marrina's Plodex instincts took hold, she became savage and homicidal. Her hands transformed into talons that could cut through steel. After Marrina became pregnant with Namor's child, her Plodex genetics caused her to transform into a massive sea serpent over a mile in length, akin to the legendary Leviathan. It shot beams of kinetic energy from its eyes, and laid thousand of Plodex eggs, using its own devastation to "build a nest".[2]

  • Superhuman Strength: As Leviathan Marrina's strength was incalculable.[1]
  • Superhuman Speed: As Leviathan, Marrina could move at incalculable speeds.[1]
  • Superhuman Durability: As Leviathan Marrina possessed vast superhuman durability.[1] She was nigh-invulnerable but Wolverine's Adamantium claws and high-yield explosives could damage her skin.[5]
  • Energy Projection: In her second transformation Marrina could project powerful energy beams from her eyes.[1] These beams were capable of easily tearing down buildings.[5]

Abilities

  • Gifted Intellect: Marrina has above-average intelligence.[1]
  • Hand-to-Hand Combat: Marrina was trained by Puck in unarmed combat.[1]

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Marrina once wore a locket on a chain, which housed her Alpha Flight signal device.[11]

Notes

  • 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.

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