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Personality: Spitfire has only recently developed
her powers and is enjoying her new life as both a super hero and a
celebrity. Before her powers developed, Carrie had the vague ambition
of being a reporter, but was doing her best to put off making any
kind of important decision until the last possible moment. She now
feels that her life has a purpose and direction - that she has been
given the powers for a reason - to help people. She has so far rejected
Pilgrim's attempts to recruit her in his war on Apocalypse.
Personal Interests: Hanging out with her friends,
shopping, watching old films and doing as little work as it is possible
to get away with.
History: Little has been revealed of the life
of Carrie Conway before she enrolled in a course in English Literature
at Braddock University in London. She discovered her powers during
an attack on London by the Shrine, and met the enigmatic Pilgrim who
told her that her powers stem from the Knights of Adrastraea.
After several high profile fights with super-powered criminals, she
was enjoying great popularity, and under the guidance of the millionaire
businessman Edgar Lackham, made a substantial amount of money from
personal appearances and merchandise. Devoting more time to this,
Carrie left university. However, Lackham was revealed to be a member
of the British branch of the Hellfire Club, and used his knowledge
of Spitfire to blackmail her into working for them. Spitfire unwillingly
carried out several missions for the Hellfire Club, and on one occasion
worked with the Hellfire Club’s team, the Hellions. During this
mission she earned the enmity of the Hellions team leader Teryn, who
told the Inner Circle that Spitfire had betrayed them. The Hellfire
Club took its revenge by attacking her friends and family, injuring
them and putting Gary McGuiness into a coma. Spitfire was rescued
from the attack by Pilgrim and taken to the Hidden City of the Knights
of Adrastraea, where the Elder revealed what had happened to the Knights
in their war on Apocalypse and again tried to persuade her to join
them. Carrie returned to England and defeated the Hellfire Club, destroying
their London Mansion. Spitfire intended to return to the Hidden City
to learn more about her abilities, but was prevented from doing so
by a series of adventures, notably dealing with a number of escaped
convicts from the Stanton Correctional Facility for Superhuman Criminals.
During the demonic invasion of Earth led by the Horde, Carrie fought
Maaxa, but was defeated and killed. She was resurrected by the ghost
of Reece Kahn – the Hellion Conjur, who had been waiting for
an opportunity to return to the earthly plane, and knew that his magic,
in conjunction with Spitfire’s own regenerative abilities would
enable him to achieve this. Conjur, controlling Spitfire’s body,
journeyed to New York where he met up with his former team-mates.
The Hellion finally restored Carrie’s spirit to her body, and,
guilt stricken over using her, returned to England and saved the lives
of her friends from the invading demons, and restoring the comatose
Gary to health.
Spitfire then joined the Hellions in the final attack on the Horde’s
headquarters at Wundagore, but it remains to be seen how the traumatic
experiences will affect her. |
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