Editing Nightshade (section)

==Background:==

Deadly Nightshade was a supervillainous sorcerer with control over shadows, drawing her power from a realm of darkness and commanding its denizens. In her final battle against the Sentinels, her attempt to summon an army of shadow demons was foiled and Sovereign was forced to banish her to the shadow realm in order to close the rift. She left behind a daughter, who became a ward of the state, her records locked in the hopes she could live a normal life.

Seren grew up knowing none of this. She spent her childhood in and out of foster homes, trouble always seeming to follow her around. Other children had nightmares. Things went missing, or broke. If Seren was upset, or angry, or had a bad day...so did everyone around her. What she didn't realise was that her misfortune was something more, the manifestation of the shadow powers she'd inherited from her mother.

It wasn't until her teenage years, with her powers growing ever stronger, that Sovereign decided he had to intervene. Seren's attempts at finding her family had only met with frustration, and keeping her ignorant of her abilities was doing nothing to quell them. And so he told her the truth of who she was and what she was capable of.

Another hero, the martial artist Devil Tiger, taught her the meditation and discipline she needed to bring her magic under control. Determined to use her powers for good, for a while she trained as Devil Tiger's sidekick, under the name Hellcat. But now she's decided to redeem her mother's name. By day Seren is a college student in ancient history. By night, she calls herself Nightshade.<br>