D'Gard

D'Gard
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Uncanny X-Men Annual 1997
In-story information
Species	Human Mutant
Team affiliations	Morlocks Gene Nation
Abilities	Empath

D‘Gard is a fictional mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe. His first appearance was in Uncanny X-Men ‘97 Annual.

Fictional character biography

D'Gard is a mutant with empathic powers which helped keep him in tune with his people's needs, D'Gard was the leader of the Gene Nation a group of Morlocks whom Storm encountered and relocated to Africa.

D'Gard took over the position of leadership in Storm's absence, and strived to ensure the community lived under the guidelines Storm set for them after freeing them from Mikhail Rasputin's tyranny.

When D'Gard was captured by a government agency that was in competition with the recently reformed Weapon X project, the project's Director dispatched Marrow to assassinate him. Despite being a former friend, and having once saved Marrow's life, Marrow accomplished her objective by stabbing D'Gard through the heart with one of her bone knives^[1].

Powers and abilities

Has a broadcast empathy allows him to detect specific emotions and behavioral patterns of those around him.

Footnotes

1. ^ Weapon X - The Draft: Marrow

External links

• http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix4/dgardgnation.htm