A supporting character in stories featuring Captain Britain, and the X-Men. A mutant empath and shapeshifting elemental, she was created by writer Alan Moore and artist Alan Davis, and first appeared in Mighty World of Marvel #7, which was published in the United Kingdom by Marvel’s British publication arm, Marvel UK. Her first appearance in an American Marvel publication was in New Mutants Annual #2. She eventually chose the codename Gloriana, a name of victory coined by the demons of Hell.