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Snowbird (Comics) Snowbird is a fictional character who appeared in Marvel Comics' series Alpha Flight. She first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #120 and was created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne. The Inuit goddess Nelvanna appeared before a man named Richard Easton, insisting upon mating with him in order to produce a child who would grow to battle the evil, mystical "Great Beasts" of Canada. Easton reluctantly agreed and Nelvanna became pregnant. Michael Twoyoungmen, also known as Shaman, was chosen to serve as midwife to Nelvanna when she gave birth. Shaman named the child Narya, used a spell to bind her to the earthly realm, and agreed to raise her in his cabin in the Canadian wilderness. Ironically for a woman who embodies Inuit culture, Narya is blonde and has blue eyes. Narya grew at a rapid rate, and it was discovered that she possessed super natural abilities. Most notably, she can transform into any animal native to Canada, gaining the attributes of that creature while in its guise. In addition, she possesses the ability to fly, to sense mystic and magical power, limited precognition and postcognition, and a limited degree of super-strength. However, she is unable to leave Canada's borders without instantly falling ill; it is possible that being outside Canada's borders for too long could prove fatal. When Twoyoungmen's friends, James and Heather Hudson (also known as Guardian and Vindicator respectively), learned of Narya's powers and origin, they asked both of them to join the Canadian super team, Alpha Flight. They agreed, and Narya adopted the codename Snowbird on the battlefield and the ordinary identity of Anne McKenzie in public. Snowbird was a longtime member of Alpha Flight. In Alpha Flight #44, she was possessed by the villain Pestilence, who tried to drain the life of her teammates. In order to defeat Pestilence, Guardian (Heather Hudson) killed Snowbird. The mind of her teammate Walter Langkowski (Sasquatch), who was at that point trapped in another body, was transferred into Snowbird's body, and the body was eventually altered to resemble Walter's own body. Years later, Snowbird would return from the dead, rising bodily from her grave. Given that her original body was still in use by Sasquatch, it seems that she created a new body. She is again an active member of Alpha Flight, and is no longer physically limited to Canada's borders, as shown when she left, with the rest of the original Alpha Flight (bar Sasquatch, who remained to lead a new team) to return a clutch of Plodex eggs to their home planet. Recently, an alternate Snowbird, from relatively early in her Alpha Flight career was recently brought to the present-day with her teammates (apart from Sasquatch). At last report, while most of this group were continuing to act as Alpha Flight in the present day, the temporal copy of Snowbird had married Yukon Jack and become queen of his tribe. External links
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