Irene the Faceless

Irene, also known as Irene the Faceless, Irene the Disfigured, or by her opponents: The Freak Queen, was the only daughter and child outside wedlock of the Emperor Hannibul Washtenaw. Irene was the result of an affair between her father and one of his concubines, the dupe Jyriana, whom was known for her great beauty, yet possessed unnoticeable mutations. Irene was spared from bodily mutations, yet her face was severely disfigured and eroded, causing her to wear her distinctive metal mask from a young age to disguise her mutations.

Despite initially being an embarrassment to her father in the eyes of the predominantly mutant-phobic world, Irene showed intellectual prowess from a young age, with some speculating it to be the result of her mutation. Irene quickly learned to read and write, and later became close with her fathers Archivist court advisory and later Primate Zeth, a friendship which would last her whole life.