Who are the New Mutants?

Danielle Moonstar / Psyche (later Mirage)

Danielle “Dani” Moonstar was raised on a ranch near Boulder, Colorado. Her childhood was happy until she was ten. It was then that her powers were revealed. Nightmare about the death of her parents and the Demon Bear came back to her every night. When they disappeared during a mountain trip, the girl believed that they were actually dead. And not only her. Although their bodies were not found, the government declared them dead anyway, and Dani went to live with her grandfather, the Black Eagle, chief and shaman of the tribe of Cheyenne. It was he who taught Danielle meditation, thanks to which she not only began to master her telepathic abilities, but also developed an empathetic bond with animals. Seeing what was happening to his granddaughter, Black Eagle contacted his good friend Charles Xavier, wanting to put her in his care. This fact infuriated the girl so much that she sent a vision of his own death on her guardian. Ultimately, however, she found herself under the wing of Professor X. Soon after, Donald Pierce discovered her trail. As soon as he found out that Moonstar was not in the Indian village, he and his men beat her grandfather to death. Dani avenged her relative’s wickedness when she and the New Mutants group dealt with Pierce and his Hellfire Club. Then she began her exercises at school. Still, she was haunted by the vision of the Demon Bear. Xavier suspected she had schizophrenia, and Dani herself even wanted to commit suicide, which was dissuaded by other colleagues from the group. Over time, Danielle became the leader of New Mutants. She also showed her independence and introduced ethnic elements into the standard uniform. Finally, she also decided to defeat the Demon Bear, whose visions grew stronger and stronger. She summoned him in physical form and fought him, which she almost paid with her life. Morlock saved her, and the demon was finally killed by Magician with her Soul Sword. Moonstar was then kidnapped by Loki to Asgard, where the other Mutants followed her again. She also fought Hela, the goddess of death. For her heroism, she received a winged horse from Valkyries and was recognized as an honorary member of her group. Over time, it turned out to be a great move, because when Hela returned and deprived Valkyrie of free will, it was Dani who saved them from oppression and saved Odin himself from death. Later she studied with Magneto and Emma Frost. SHIELD also used her abilities, for which she infiltrated the terrorist organization Mutant Liberation Front. She was also part of the X-Force group for a while, but left it after an argument with Cablem. Eventually she became the caretaker of the New Mutants Squad. Currently, her powers remain blocked by the Scarlet Witch.

Danielle Moonstar, who nicknamed herself Mirage, was able to create astral images that represented the deepest fears or desires of the person under her influence. Initially, it was only one tangible illusion. Over time, her powers developed so much that Dani used psionic plasma to create a weapon (usually a bow and arrow) and attack her opponent. In this way, she caused her victim attacks of anxiety, sometimes even leading to death. It also formed a telepathic bond with mammals and birds that could transmit information to her or carry out simple commands. In Asgard, she also learned to see death approaching people, with which she could fight to save a person.

In New Mutants , Danielle Moonstar will be played by Blu Hunt, the American actress best known for her role as August in the series Another Life .