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Deathbird is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. She is a mutant alien of the Shi'ar race who, unlike most other of her race, has wings. She first appeared in Ms. Marvel #9, but is better known as a foe of the X-Men.Deathbird was born Cal'syee Neramani to the ruling house of the Shi'ar Empire, but her name was stripped from her as it was determined that she was prophecied to do great evil. Her younger siblings, D'Ken and Lilandra, became Majestor and then Majestrix, respectively, of the Empire. Deathbird decided to take the throne for herself, and allied with the councilman Samedar and the alien parasites called the Brood. The X-Men defeated her and her allies, but not before being infected with the Brood, although they were ultimately cured. She later retook the throne, this time succeeding. However, Skrulls impersonating Lilandra and her consort, Charles Xavier, took the throne from her. With Lila Cheney 's help, she and the X-Men defeated the Skrulls, and Deathbird received a position of power in Lilandra's Empire. After the Kree-Shi'ar War, she was granted dominion over a portion of the conquered Kree Empire, although the Kree seem to have since become independent once more. More recently, she became a lover of Bishop during a space voyage, and later kidnapped him; when he escaped she hunted him down, only to apparently suffocate in the vacuum of space following a battle aboard a spaceship.
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