Marie Alexandria Holden (Heroes Uprising)

Fer gods sake Milo, yer gonna need other people's help if ya wanna be the hero everyone expects ya to be
Marie

Name: Marie Alexandria Holden
Codename: Aeris
Alias: N/A
Age: 24
Height: 5.4
Weight: 119 lbs
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Identity: Secret
Species: Homo-superior
Race: Caucasian
Personality: Marie is a very calm, caring and sweet girl, unable to harm people. Like the element she represents, she loves freedom and most of her free time is spent flying around the skies or just enjoying the breeze on top of her Master's dojo. She can't stand conflict and will avoid it at all costs. Her own past as made her a pacifist.
However, her suppressed negative emotions have created a sort of "alternate personality", that emerges only in situations fitting of her heritage: when she drinks to much alcohol. When she gets that way, she becomes violent and with a very big mean streak. However, she's still a good person, and just doesn't avoid conflict as much as she does when she's not drunk.
Known Relatives: Father (Mr Holden, Missing); Mother (Irene Alexandria, Incarcerated); Master Hong (Adoptive Grandfather)

Allies: Shadow X-Men, Avengers, Asgard, SHIELD

Enemies: AVALANCHE, Hellfire Club, Espada,

Occupation: Superhero, Martial arts student
Religion: Atheist
Theme Song:
Flogging Molly: Devil's Dance Floor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSwaVvF7rdU

Skills:
-Expert martial artist: She's an expert in the Chinese martial art of Bāguàzhǎng, taught to her by her master in order to allow her to master her powers. She uses this martial art in conjunction with her powers, allowing her to use defensive and swift movements that are perfect for counter attacks.

Powers:
Marie is probably the only one that has applied her powers and her fighting style better than Filipe, having incorporated her martial art into the power of her wind attacks. Unlike most other elemental manipulators, she prefers defense when sober. However, when she's drunk and her "alternate personality" takes over, she tends to be more aggressive.

-Aerokinesis: Marie can control and manipulate the air around her. Her attacks vary from simple gusts of wind to miniature tornadoes and cyclones, maintaining the circular theme. Even a simple movement can create an air gust, and Marie increases the power of her moves by performing larger sweeps and spins, using the momentum of their movement to simulate larger gusts. She can fly by levitating herself using air, or levitate others and send them flying.
She can bring objects to her or send them flying towards others for attack, and levitate objects for defense. She can control the density of the air and cause all air to leave a certain spot. She can protect herself using powerful shields
Marie's most used forms are defensive ones, often using the opponents moment against them. This is rarely to stop attacks directly and more often pushes the attack aside and away, conserving energy and allowing her to turn the movement into an attack at the same moment.
He attacks tend to be of a peaceful nature. However, if she wants, she can create massive tornadoes to cause havoc or air blades that cut through most flesh and even some solid materials.
--Air Form: At first she didn't have full mastery of this form, but since joining the SXM, she has moved to greatly master it. She can turn to air instantly, or only parts of her body to let others phase through her. She can also turn to air completely and merge with the surrounding air, making her invisible. She can use her own body as a blast of compressed air.



Bio:
Marie was born to an Irish mother and an American father. Her father disappeared when she was young, and she was left alone with her mother.
They moved to America, as her mother was looking for a better life. However, she didn't find it, and as the years passed, Marie was abused by her mother physically. He mother was a drunk, and she gained an aversion to alcohol.
She was mostly mocked at school while she was young, as she was a weird kid, not fitting in, and afraid to connect to others. She moved out of this phase though, learning to deal with the abuse.

When she was 16, she took a boyfriend to her house, but her mother, drunk, found them both about to have sex. She chased the young man out, killing him with a whiskey bottle when he moved to shield Marie, and then went after Marie. She tried to "clean her" by breaking a bottle of bleach over her head. Marie was gravelly injured, and a streak of her hair was made white. She was about to die when she pushed her mother away with a blast of air, awakening her powers and knocking her mother out. The neighbors heard the commotion and called the police
She was taken to a hospital, and her mother was taken to prison. While at the hospital, none other than Stewart Lawliet operated on her. Through this experience he gained his aerokinesis.

She recovered, and decided to never cut the streak of white hair, and always bleach it as a reminder of the past she'd never allow to happen again. She was taken into the foster care system, and her powers, added to the fact she started drinking to bury her own fears and anxieties, nearly turned her the wrong way.
However, she meet an old man one day while walking home from a concert, completely drunk. The man tried to help her, but she attacked him with her powers. Despite her powers, the man still overpowered her using martial arts, and took her to his dojo. She woke up the other day, normal again, and thanked the man, Master Hong. The man warned her that her own hatred would consume her. He said that he could help her.
Marie took up martial arts with the man, and learned to incorporate them into her own powers. Over time she came to see Master Hugs (as she calls him) as her own grandfather.

As she grew up, she got a job helping her master around the dojo. She'd still like to party and drink from time to time (leading to her alternate and violent personality) but she came to terms with it, saying it was a part of her (she blames it on being half Irish).

One day, while she was drunk at a concert of the Flogging Molly, she meet Milo, Harry, Anna and Alisa of the SXM. After a small brawl, they took her with them because they didn't know who she was.
when she woke up the next morning, she took off. Milo however, tracked her down along with Harry and convinced her to join the SXM.

She joined at a bad moment, as the Akatsuki were looking for elemental users in order to open a portal for Iliria to pass into this world. She was captured and used for such, but soon rescued by the SXM. As this happened, she slowly connected with Milo, who during that time had fallen on a depressive state. As the two feel in love, Milo quickly managed to overcome it.

During the Poseidon arc, she fought alongside the SXM as a full time member, helping rescue civilians and then battle Hades monsters armies.
Afterwards she had to fight through the evil cult that targeted

However, it was not meant to last. Iliria, who had taken a liking to Milo, decided she wanted him for himself. She then kidnapped Marie, and threatening her with visions and torture of her past at the hands of her mother, made her break up with Milo. Marie did so, with a heavy heart. Milo however didn't take it well, and attempt to read her mind and find the reason. As he intruded on her mind, this only served to traumatize her even worse, and she forced Milo out and stopped talking to him.
After that she became a brooding person and slowly started drinking more and more. She still did her job, but didn't really care for interacted with the others. Filipe and Harry tried to help, but couldn't figure out the truth
When Iliria created the clone of Isabel to mess with Yama and used it to attack, she went after her and nearly managed to kill her, but Iliria managed to defeat her easily.
As this was happening, the SXM had to deal with the Priest and his attempts to resurrect Apocalypse

After that, as the clone slowly integrated into the SXM, Marie felt sorry for her. She decided that she would free her from Iliria's control, especially after the hunters were predicted to arrive in 3 days.
She and a group with to Iliria to force her to give the clone her freedom. However, they were defeated by Milo who was there to ask for Iliria's cooperation. While Harry and Milo fought, Harry realized and told Milo the truth between Marie and Iliria. Milo, outraged, forced Iliria to leave Marie alone, and Harry took the chance to give the clone her freedom
After that Marie and Milo made peace with each other and resume their relationship

During the Hunter war, she mostly showed great increase in her attack power and skills, helping fight the Hunters around the island.
As the war ends, she comforts Rachel over the loss of Filipe, while herself remaining happy with Milo
This would not last, as the Void, a powerful demonic entity, took over Milo and essentially attempted to rape and kill her. This followed itself by Jorgan's plot coming into motion, and the SXM being defeated instantly. Marie escaped very late into Dark Reign, and her first reaction was to find Milo, stopping Amber from killing him while he was till the Void. Milo regained his senses when he saw her get injured.
After Dark Reign, Marie moved in with Milo and Rachel. During this time, things were generally peaceful, until a plot vy Shawkun nearly lead to Milo's ultimate defeat. However he was again defeat.

Marie then aided in the taking back of Genosha, and the group once again reformed the SXM. Next was the defeat of HAMMER, and the events around the X-Lords, in which Marie took Milo's side out of love, despite being very much against everything he was doing.

Some time later, Iliria lost her sanity as the Outer God persona, Lilith, took over. Completely manipulating Milo into sleeping with her, this was the final straw for Marie in a series of problems, and she broke up with Milo.
She spent several weeks getting over this, but after a while began to regret what she did, as Milo became more and more reckless, she started to realize that she still cared about him

With the formation of the Shadow League, Milo approached Marie and asked for another chance. Marie decided to try once again, and the two are together again