Moira MacTaggert
Moira MacTaggert is a female comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Moira Kinross
Joseph MacTaggert proved to be a brutal husband. Moira eventually fled from him to New York City, but Joe tracked her down, beat her and assaulted her sexually, causing her to be hospitalized for a week and leaving her pregnant. From then on, Moira lived apart from her husband, although he refused to grant her a divorce, and she kept the fact that he had a son secret from him for twenty years. (X-Men v1 #127) Moira's journals would later reveal that she had re-engaged Joseph romantically as part of a plan formulated by Xavier to create a mutant with the power to warp reality, that might one day be used in tandem with other mutants to overcome death itself. Moira identified potential matches for both herself and Charles that might produce such a mutant, which eventually resulted in the births of Proteus and Legion respectively. She also ended her romantic relationship with Xavier due to fear that she was breaking him, rendering him useless for her future plans. (Powers of X v1 #6)
Moira MacTaggert led a brilliant career as one of the world's leading geneticists, earning a Nobel Prize for her work. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #348) She founded a Mutant Research Center on Muir Island off the coast of Scotland. She eventually renewed contact with Xavier during a period he spent in England working on a degree in psychiatry. Xavier and MacTaggert discussed the possibility of establishing a school for training superhuman mutants in the use of their powers. Eventually, MacTaggert became Xavier's 'silent partner' in founding this school, which trained the team of Mutant adventurers known as the X-Men. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #300)
X-Men
With the apparent death of the X-Men, Moira and Banshee formed an alternate team based from Muir, and carried on as the leader of the team without him when his duties with the X-Men called him away. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #254)
Legacy
During the Chaos War, Amatsu-Mikaboshi destroyed the dreaming causing the living to fall into a slumber and then shattered the underworld leading to the dead rising into the world. Moira awoke alongside many of the slain members of the X-Men where she found her old love Banshee. These X-Men rallied under the leadership of Thunderbird as they attempted to take stock of their situation. They uncovered clues within Destiny's diaries that contained information about the crisis they faced when they came under attack from the demonic Apache trickster god Carrion Crow. (Chaos War: X-Men v1 #1)
House of X
It was said that the version of Moira that had been killed was simply a Shi'ar golem meant to take her place. Faking her death allowed Moira and Xavier to run some preliminary testing with resurrection protocols, later perfected by the creation of the Five. Moira remained hidden from the world for a long time, her continued survival presumably only known by Xavier and Magneto. Together with Xavier and later Magneto, who eventually returned to the fold, she continued to work towards her plans. (Powers of X v1 #6) Moira and Xavier tasked several technopath mutants such as Cypher and Sage with creating a system called Sleeping Giant to monitor for Nimrod technological thresholds being reached such as the attempted creation of a Mother Mold that was a replicating, adaptive Sentinel factory that was self-aware and capable of creating Master Molds. Xavier and Magneto would eventually task the X-Men with destroying the Mother Mold and preventing the creation of Nimrod. (House of X v1 #3) Moira, Xavier and Magneto eventually moved their plan to unite Mutantkind into its next phase, through the creation of the mutant nation of Krakoa. Xavier extended an invitation to all of mutantkind, and managed to buy international recognition and a global amnesty for mutants in exchange for several Krakoan miracle-drugs. (House of X v1 #1) Faking her death allowed Moira and Xavier to run some preliminary testing with resurrection protocols, later perfected by the creation of the Five. Moira remained hidden from the world for a long time with her continued survival only known by Xavier and Magneto. (Powers of X v1 #6) A hidden area known as Moira's No-Space was created deep within Krakoa, where Moira dwelled. Prior to the first Krakoan Quiet Council meeting, Professor X and Magneto revealed to Moira the council line-up. Moira was suspicious about Emma Frost not having named her extra council seat yet, while Mystique only agreed to join the council on the condition that they bring Destiny back to life. Moira was staunchly opposed to having precognitive mutants like Destiny on Krakoa, since they could end up revealing Moira's ultimate secret: that despite all her striving, over ten different lifetimes, Mutants had always lost. (Powers of X v1 #6)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
She came to be one of the world's leading geneticists, earning a Nobel Prize for her work. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #348)
Notes
- Moira MacTaggert was created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum where she made her first appearance in Uncanny X-Men v1 #96 (December, 1975).
- During House of X, writer Jonathan Hickman retconned the characters backstory revealing her to be a Mutant who had experienced multiple lives.
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In X-Men, Moira MacTaggert appeared in the 1990s animated television series where she was voiced by actor Lally Cadeau.
- In Marvel Anime: X-Men, a character named Yui Sasaki in the animated series that bore many similarities to Moira MacTaggert.
Films
- In X-Men: First Class, Moira MacTaggert appeared in the live-action movie where she was portrayed by actor Rose Byrne.
- In X-Men: Apocalypse, Moira MacTaggert returned in the live-action movie where she was once again portrayed by actor Rose Byrne. She was without her memories of her time with Xavier and still operated for the CIA where she began investigating a cult that worshipped an ancient Egyptian Mutant named En Sabah Nur.
Video games
- In X-Men Legends, Mora MacTaggert appeared in the setting of the video game where she was voiced by actor Michelle Arthur.
- In X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse, Moira MacTaggert appeared in the setting of the video game where she was voiced by actor Jane Carr.
- In Marvel Heroes, Moira MacTaggert appeared in the setting of the MMORPG where she was voiced by actor Tara Strong.
Appearances
- Uncanny X-Men v1:
- Chaos War: X-Men v1:
- House of X v1:
- Powers of X v1:
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