Danièle Montour (Earth-515)

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 * Image                  = Danielle Moonstar.jpeg
 * RealName               = Danielle Moonstar
 * CurrentAlias           = Mirage
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 * Aliases           = Dani, Psyche
 * Identity           = Secret
 * Alignment           = Good
 * Affiliation           = X-Men, New Mutants
 * Relatives           = Black Eagle (grandfather), William Lonestar (father), Peg Lonestar (mother)
 * Universe           = Earth-515
 * BaseOfOperations           = Xavier Institute
 * Gender           = Female
 * Height           = 5'6"
 * Weight           = 123 lbs
 * Eyes           = Brown
 * Hair           = Black
 * UnusualFeatures           = None
 * Citizenship           = American
 * MaritalStatus           = Single
 * Occupation = Student, adventurer
 * Origin = Mutant
 * PlaceOfBirth = Boulder, Colorado
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Origin

 * Powers =
 * Empathic Illusion Casting: to create three-dimensional images of certain visual concepts from thoughts and emotional impressions within the minds of herself and others. Originally, Moonstar could only create images of the objects of other people's greatest fears. Later, she learned how to reach into another person's subconscious and project an image of the object of that person's "heart's desire." Still later, under Charles Xavier's further training, Moonstar learned to use her power to derive and project more specific images from another person's mind that were unrelated to such strong emotional states. Moreover, she learned how to project such images around herself and others in order to alter the appearance of herself and others. Most recently, Moonstar learned to project three-dimensional versions of images from her own mind, such as life-size images of the New Mutants training in the use of their powers. Despite the fact that Moonstar has to probe a person's subconscious in order to discover the mental image she wished to project, she isn't a true telepath. Although she can consciously initiate the mental probing in order to find and project an image, the probing process itself isn't governed by her conscious mind. Hence, Moonstar does not consciously know what the image she sought in another person's mind was (in any more detail than that it was the image of the object of his or her greatest fear, or that it was the image of his or her ideal customer, or whatever) until its image actually appeared in three-dimensional form before her. The three-dimensional images that Moonstar causes to appear are similar to holograms, although they are created by psionic energy rather than by lasers, and can be seen by anyone in their vicinity. However, only the people from whom Moonstar derived the images would perceive them as "real," indistinguishable from the real persons or objects they portrayed. To other people, the images are recognizable as immaterial illusions. Moonstar can use her power to derive and project mental images on several people at once. Each "victim" would see a different image, corresponding to his or her own individual concept of the kind of image that Moonstar sought. The seeming materialization of the object of his or her greatest fear of desire invariably has immediate emotional impact on the person from whom Moonstar had drawn the image she projected. Moonstar's images dissolve and cease to exist as soon as she ceases to maintain sufficient concentration to keep them visible. Moonstar is limited in the use of her power by her need to see the person from whose consciousness she derived her images. She can use her power on a person even if he or she can only be seen by Moonstar through binoculars. However, she can't draw images from a person who is standing only a few feet from her, but behind something she can't see through. Nor can she derive images from a person whom she sees via live television but who isn't actually within her vicinity. At first Moonstar could not control her image projecting powers, and she would draw and project images without consciously willing to do so; however, she learned to control her power due to Charles Xavier's guidance and her own growing maturity, so that her power operated only when she willed it to do so. Moonstar's ultimate potential is to be able to cause her three-dimensional images to become tangible entities of psionic force. Moonstar can also use her power to derive and project images of the objects of fear or desire from the minds of animals. The only difference is that the animal from which she derived the image would be the only being to see it. She could even use this power on fish and certain insects, although not on animals with intelligence any lower than these creatures.
 * Neural Arrows: She can focus her psionic powers into energy arrows which can stun an opponent by disrupting their central nervous system, or force them to relive a traumatic memory.

Moonstar is a better than average athlete for her age, in large part because of all the times she has spent on her own in the wilderness. She has a fair knowledge of hand-to-hand combat, has enhanced durability, and is a particularly good horseback rider and swimmer. Moonstar possesses the normal human strength of a girl of her age, height, and build who engages in intensive regular exercise. }}
 * Animal Empathy: Moonstar can achieve a quasi-telepathic rapport with higher animals including primates (but not including human beings), members of the dog and cat families (including wolves and mountain lions, for example), and birds. She can sense their feelings, consciously perceive images in their minds, and even see through their eyes. However, since an animal's ability to conceptualize is highly limited, she was limited as to what she telepathically could learn from an animal. This ability extends to Wolfsbane's lupine form. However, since Wolfsbane retains her human mind as a wolf, it is more difficult for Moonstar to sort out the mental impressions she receives from her than it is for Moonstar to deal with those of a real wolf. Moonstar's telepathic rapport with Wolfsbane was originally sometimes painful to Moonstar because of this fact, but it stopped after a period of time.
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