Former Empress of the Shi'ar Imperium who once shared a psychic link with Professor Xavier.
History
The eldest heir to the Shi'ar throne was Lilandra's older sister, known as Deathbird. However, after murdering her father and one of her sisters, Deathbird was denied her birthright to be heir to the throne, and her younger brother D'Ken became emperor instead. For crimes against the state, Deathbird was exiled into space.
Lilandra, D'Ken's younger sister, served as Grand Admiral of the Imperial Guard, the legion of superhuman champions who enforce Shi'ar law throughout the empire. D'Ken was insane, and Lilandra learned that he intended to make use of the incredible power trapped within the M'Kraan Crystal.
The insane D'Ken was blind to the true danger that the crystal presented, and believed he could control its unleashed power and use it for his own ends. Lilandra opposed his plans in the Shi'ar High Council, and D'Ken had her arrested, he then had word leaked that she had tried to kill D'Ken and usurp the throne. Civil war broke out in the empire as a result. D'Ken had Lilandra held captive aboard the imperial flagship before she was to be executed, but Lilandra escaped in a small starship.
Lilandra needed help to stop her brother from destroying the universe. Then she mentally saw the image of the Earth telepath Charles Xavier ( Professor X), who at that time had used his powers to unite much of the collective will of Earth humanity to create enough psychic force to drive off the invading alien Z'nox. Knowing of Earth and its large number of superhuman beings, Lilandra traveled there for help. She finally met Xavier but was soon captured by the Shi'ar agent Davan Shakari, who transported her through an artificially created stargate through hyperspace to the world where the M'Kraan Crystal stood. Xavier's team of superhuman mutant champions, the X-Men, followed through the stargate to the same world. There the power of the crystal began to be unleashed, but the universe was saved from annihilation by the being known as Phoenix Force, who had taken on the form and persona of Jean Grey.
D'Ken went incurably insane and nearly catatonic as a result of a psychic attack on him within the Crystal. The X-Men returned to Earth and Lilandra joined him there, to await the decision of the Shi'ar High Council as to whether she should now become empress despite her having rebelled against D'Ken, the former emperor. Lilandra and Xavier became lovers, and, when the Council decided in Lilandra's favor (and when Xavier mistakenly came to believe the X-Men had died in battle), they left for the Shi'ar Throneworld.
Lilandra became Majestrix (empress) and Xavier became her consort. Xavier returned to Earth on realizing the danger that Phoenix presented to it. After Phoenix went insane and destroyed both a Shi'ar starship and an inhabited world allied with the Shi'ar, Lilandra demanded that the menace of Phoenix be ended forever to safeguard the cosmos. Xavier demanded a trial by combat to decide the fate of Phoenix, whom he believed to be the real Jean Grey, but during this trial by combat, Phoenix committed suicide to prevent herself from wreaking further destruction.
Deathbird allied herself with the alien Badoon and Brood, and finally succeeded in leading a coup d'etat in which she seized the throne of the Shi'ar Empire. Lilandra again found herself forced to flee Shi'ar imperial forces. However, she still retained a great deal of respect from other starfaring races, and thus was able to become the principal organizer of the trial of Reed Richards ( Mr. Fantastic) for saving the planet-destroyer Galactus from death.
During her second exile Lilandra allied herself with the Starjammers, a group of interstellar adventurers who had aided her in the past. Sensing telepathically that her lover Xavier was dying, Lilandra and the Starjammers' leader, Corsair, journeyed through an artificially created stargate from the Shi'ar Galaxy to Earth and back, taking Xavier with them. The advanced medical technology of the Starjammers fully healed Xavier's injuries, but they were unable to return him to Earth since their own ship's special hyperspace drive for intergalactic travel was damaged, and the Shi'ar stargates were all now heavily defended against Starjammer intrusions. Lilandra, Xavier, and the Starjammers traveled through space as exiles and rebels.
The Rise of Emperor Vulcan
As she was about to return to her duties as the empress, she was jumped by Chancellor Araki, who revealed to be part of the empire secret order to plot a coup d'etat to place D'Ken backed into the throne. Lilandra then escaped, with the help of the Shi'Ar guard still loyal to her and surprisingly found out that Charles had been captured and that the X-Men together with the Starjammers where going to help her regain her rightful place on the throne and save Charles. Lilandra becomes more assertive going as far as breaking out her uncle, an exiled Shi'ar General Ka'Ardum, who betrayed her during a failed military coup, to take on D'Ken. In the ensuing battle between Shi'ar soldiers loyal to D'Ken, those loyal to Lilandra, the X-Men and the Starjammers, Vulcan killed D'Ken after the wedding ceremony to Deathbird, declares himself emperor of the Shi'Ar with Deathbird as his empress, and kills his father, Corsair. Lilandra then assures Charles safety with some of his X-Men by sending them back to earth while she stayed behind to fight to regain her title as empress of the Shi'Ar empire.With the Shi'Ar displeasure with the false Emperor Vulcan Lilandra aided by General Ka'Ardum and the soldiers still loyal to her aided by the Starjammers now led by Corsair's elder son Havok continue to raid and amass their military force to fight Vulcan when a third more powerful alien faction joins the battle at Feather's Edge. Scyar'tal are determined to exterminate the Shi'Ar so the two enemmies ally themselves to fight their common threat. While Vulcan intends to eradicate the threat, Lilandra shows a more merciful approach wanting to end the fighting and come to an understanding. It is Vulcan who gets what he wants commiting Xenocide by using the weapon of Scyar'tal against their own forces. He is aided in this by General Ka'Ardum who advises his niece to flee while she can because he has decided to side with Vulcan as the Emperor of the Shi'ar Empire as he has proven to be a true Shi'ar taking the step necessary that Lilandra was unwilling to.
When the Starjammers were captured by Vulcan, Lilandra, Korvus and Marvel Girl where the only ones to escape.
Kingbreaker
Lilandra joins the Starjammers and uses the spies still loyal to her over the next months to find out the location of the Starjammers ship as well as find out where Vulcan has inprisioned the other members of the Starjammers joined by Korvus and Marvel Girl. Together the three cause Vulcan enough grief especially after they regain the Starjammer ship that causes Vulcan to commit a new group of Imeperial Guards amongst them Xenith, a fellow Strontian and Hodinn a deranged man with the power of a star with the specific task of killing Lilandra and the others.
Determined they go in to extract the rest of the Starjammers from the Prison but arrive to find them already freed and Havok unwilling to leave till he faces Vulcan who has been visiting them in prison. However before they can discuss this the new Imperial Guards arrive they find themselves battling them. Till the old Imperial Guards show up together with Vulcan and Deathbird. She pleads with Kallark not to kill Havok but Gladiator doesn't listen but luckily is distracted by Xenith. When Deathbird attacks her determined to kill her. Lilandra finds herself forced to defend herself and critically injures her older sister. Before she abruptly despite Havok's objection initiates the teleport evac back to the Starjammer and proceeds to fly the ship away from Kr'nn with the Kree homeworld in mind.
War Of Kings
On Hala she seeks an audiance with the new Kree King the inhuman Black Bolt wishing to seek assylum and warns them of Vulcan's intention of conquering known space. Medusa, who speaks for Blackbolt however states that Vulcan wouldn't attempt such. The Queen however is proven to be wrong when the Imperial Guards attack in the middle of a wedding ceremony and snatch Lilandra from right under their noses.Vulcan who is in high spirits due to his victories against the Kree taunts Lilandra who is brought before him by Gladiator however later his moods sours as the Inhumans joined by the Starjammers retaliate with a vengeance. Furious Vulcan intends to kill Lilandra but is stopped by the General turned Admiral of the Shi'ar fleet Ka'Ardum. Vulcan opts to send Lilandra back to Chandilar to face trail certain that she will be found guilty and then he could proceed to kill her and has her escorted back by Gladiator.
The Starjammers joined by a faction of the Guardians of the Galaxy intercept the vessel carrying the exiled Empress back and try to free her. However Kallark quickly best them and soon recaptures Lilandra who again pleads with him and is shocked when suddenly Kallark turns on his own Imperial Guards and kills Smasher and declares he serves at the pleasure of Empress Lilandra.
Powers
Lilandra has peak human strength, speed, agility, endurance and reflexes and limited telepathic powers. She usually wears body armor.
Alternate Universes
Earth-1610
In the Ultimate Universe Lilandra is a normal human (not alien or mutant). She recently entered the lives of the X-Men and Charles Xavier in particular as the Majestrix of the Church of the Shi'ar Enlightenment. She introduces their beliefs to Xavier as centering around worshiping a cosmic entity known as the Phoenix, and believes that Jean Grey may be the human host to the power of the Phoenix. Lilandra offered Charles funding for the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning in return for allowing her to perform some tests on Jean to determine if she truly is the Phoenix host. To prove her goodwill, Lilandra had a new blackbird built for the X-men. However, Jean didn't like the expirements, and attacked Lilandra with her powers. Xavier was able to stop her, and Lilandra decided to postpone her experiments. Before she can do much else though, Lilandra's assistant convinces her that Jean's powers are natural. Along with a professional relationship, Lilandra has developed a romantic relationship with Xavier.
Earth-982
In the MC2 universe, the Shi'Ar throneworld is devoured by Galactus. With the help of the Imperial guard, Lilandra escape the planet before it was consumed.
Earth-295
In the Age of Apocalype universe, Lilandra was killed by D'Ken when she tried to stop him from using the M'Kraan Crystal.
Other Media
X-Men Animated SeriesX-Men Animated Series
Lilandra asked help from Professor X to defeat her brother D'Ken. After defeating her brother, she and Xavier fell in love with each other up to the point when Lilandra even asked him to stay in their planet but refused to continue his dream of a peaceful co-existence between mutants and humans.Lilandra was abducted by Black Tom Cassidy with the help of Juggernaut and Gladiator. She was unconsciouss. To save her, Professor X made a telepathic link between the two of them but was destructed by the Gladiator. When Banshee accompanied the X-Men to their castle after knowing her location, the X-Men fought to save her even if they were clueless about who she is. Jean Grey then appeared and aided the situation. Lilandra then became a temporary ally during the Phoenix Saga. At the end of the series, Magneto received the news that Professor X was dying. To help his friend, he use his powers with the conjunction of Professor X's and used it to contact Lilandra and give him a better cure in their planet.
| Super Name: | Lilandra |
| Real Name: | Lilandra Neramani |
| Aliases: |
Lilandra Neramani Majestrix Shi'ar Lux Gloriana of the Shi'ar |
| Publisher: | Marvel Publishing |
| Gender: | Female |
| Character Type: | Alien |
| 1st Appearance: | X-Men #97 |
| Appears in: | 148 issues |
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