- Candra (comics)
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caption= Candra, X-Men #60 art by Scott Lobell
comic_color=background:#ff8080
character_name=Candra
real_name=unknown
species=Human Mutant
publisher=Marvel Comics
debut=
creators=Rob Liefeld
alliance_color=background:#c0c0ff
alliances=Externals Assassins' Guild Thieves Guild
aliases= Kandra, the Benefactress, Candra of the Floating Spires
powers=Telekinesis ,
Slowed aging process,
Acceleratedhealing factor |Candra, sometimes called Kandra is a
fictional character , a Mutantsupervillainess appearing inMarvel Comics universe.She is a member of the
Externals and has exhibited immensely powerful telekinetic abilities in addition to being immortal.Fictional character biography
Origin
Candra is an immortal, so her exact origin is unknown. Her story picks up when she had a deal with the Thieves' and Assassins' Guild of New Orleans, in which she provided them with power in exchange for monetary tributes. This deal was broken by Gambit, whom she encountered when he journeyed back to the past to stop the Thieves' Guild from giving her the secrets of Apocalypse. Candra was also behind Bella Donna's abduction of Cody, the boy sent into a coma by Rogue's first kiss, in an attempt to torture Gambit by trapping Rogue and having her killed. Fortunately, Rogue survived the attempt.
Demise
Candra never joined with the other Externals, and preferred to play the power broker alone. To that end, years ago she placed the sum total of her power into a gem, which a young Storm stole. Recently, when Storm's teacher Achmed-el-Gibar died, Candra convinced the young thief Jamil, who seemed to be a powerful mutant, to join her, promising him even greater power. However, in reality Jamil was the psychic projection of Karima, a young thief from Cairo whom had grown close to Storm due to their similar backgrounds. Candra kidnapped Karima and tied her to a pillar in an Egyptian-themed exhibit at a museum in order to lure Storm there and reclaim the gem. Before she arrived, Candra taped Karima's mouth shut to hide the truth about Jamil. Storm engaged Jamil in a lengthy battle, but was able to calm Karima, who then made Jamil vanish. Cyclops then destroyed Candra's heart, killing her instantly.
Powers & Abilities
Candra's mutant ability is telekinesis, the ability to move objects with the mind.
Candra can use this ability at a molecular level and often uses it to activate latent mutant genes in an individual, granting them active mutant powers. She has also implied that, once given, she can also take these abilities away, presumably by returning the appropriate genes to their latent states. She also uses this ability to heal herself and, apparently, to stave off the aging process.
Other versions
Age of Apocalypse
Candra was one of the accomplices to Apocalypse in the
Age of Apocalypse reality, and held the title "Herald of Apocalypse". She was also one of his first Horsemen, and was chosen to lead the other Horsemen after Sabretooth refused to use nuclear weapons to attack North America.She is not seen after the attack on Cape Citadel (X-Men Chronicles #1), but we learn that she was killed by Holocaust after working with the Assassins Guild (from "Gambit and the X-Ternals" #1).
In other media
Television
*A character based on Candra is featured in the "X-Men" animated series episode"
X-Ternally Yours ". In it, she has the same connection to the Thieves and Assassins as in the comics, offering them great power and protection in exchange for decennial tithings, with those who broke the tithe punished greatly. She is not as inherently evil as her comics counterpart, more focused on the tithe and ensuring its sanctity than any real criminal behavior. She eventually turns on the Assassins, after they threaten the tithe by kidnapping the Thieves' "chosen one" Bobby (Gambit's brother), and replacing their tithe with an empty box. Her name is never given, the character is referred to only as The Spirit or The External. Another difference is that instead of a caucasian mutant, The X-Ternal is African-American in appearance and not necessarily humanOr|date=January 2008.External links
* [http://www.mutanthigh.com/candra.html Candra in X-Men Character Bios]
* [http://members.fortunecity.com/dm_bishop2/marvel/belladonna.html Bella Donna's Comic Reference HQ]
* [http://www.thexaxis.com/indexes/xmen/60.htm Review of X-Men 60, where she plays a promenant role]
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