Spiral
Spiral is a comic book character that first appeared in Longshot #1
Extreme experimentation turned (the future) Rita Wayword into Spiral and Mojo's loyal servant. Presently, she is a member of Madelyne Prior's Sisterhood of Mutants.
Origins
The transformation by Arize left her with six arms, both cybernetic and organic, teleportation abilities and knowledge of the dark arts. While in the Body Shoppe she also learned the skills needed to perform body modification herself. Rita’s transformation into Spiral drove her insane, allowing Mojo to send her back into the past, to attack, both Longshot and her past self, thus setting into motion the events that made her Spiral.
Spiral was responsible for Psylocke’s cybernetic eyes that allowed Mojo to see everything that Psylocke saw. She also played a key part in Psylocke’s brain being transferred into the body of the Asian assassin known as Kwannon. Although changed by writers later, Spiral originally was responsible for Donald Pierce's Reavers and Lady Deathstrike.
Spirals loyalty to Mojo continued to switch back and forth. She often mocked him even while following his orders. On one such occasion she defied him by helping Longshot and Shatterstar. Mojo reduced Shatterstar to a digital form and Spiral helped Longshot and Shatterstar get to Earth. She then transferred his being into the comatose body of Benjamin Russell and left immediately afterward with source of her feelings for Shatterstar having yet to be revealed. Spirals dual nature resurfaced when she appeared with the mark of the Crimson Dawn on her face. She helped Excalibur free Captain Britain from the The Dragons Of The Crimson Dawn and vanished just as mysteriously after helping them. She was next seen returning to Mojo’s side when Nocturne possessed her in order to return to Earth along with Juggernaut. Nocturne's possession was not as complete as she thought when Spiral quickly recovered and turned the X-Men into the X-Babies once again.
In the Endangered Species storyline, Spiral and Mojo were one of the villains that Beast approached while searching for solutions for preventing mutants from becoming extinct. Although she offered no further advice, she did help Beast by informing him that no amount of science would solve this problem, and that he should instead turn to magic for a solution.
Spiral later resurfaced while she was helping to fix Lady Deathstrike, who had been brutally beaten during the Messiah Complex. The two women were then recruited in the Sisterhood of Mutants by the Red Queen, with Lady Deathstrike calling Spiral her mistress and willingly doing any task that she asked. Spiral had Deathstrike and Chimera assist her in digging up Psylocke's old body, and Spiral used her magic to assist the Red Queen in returning Betsy to her original form while keeping her under the control of the Sisterhood. Spiral then teleported the Sisterhood to the X-Men's headquarters where they easily get the best of the mutant team. Later, with the Sisterhood separated, they battled the X-Men again in Westchester while the Red Queen sought Jean Grey's body. With Spiral holding off Northstar, the Red Queen was defeated, and she was forced teleport the rest of the Sisterhood to a safety with their current location being unknown.
Powers
Spiral is an accomplished swordswoman, she carries two swords of an unknown metal and numerous other weapons. Her transformation in the Body Shoppe has granted her enhanced strength, speed and reflexes. She has considerable knowledge in the fields of cybernetics and genetics. Her magical abilities allow her teleportion, the ability to become invisible, stun or paralyze other people and remove superhuman abilities. Spiral casts many of her spells by dancing or using her swords, the more complicated the spell the more elaborate her dance is. Her immunity to some types of possession may stem from her magical abilities but that has not been revealed. She also possesses a genius-level intellect.
Characteristics
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 1162 lbs.
Eyes: White
Hair: Silver
Status
Known Relatives: UnrevealedCitizenship: U.S.A
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Adventurer, Servant of Mojo, executioner, spy; former stuntwoman, body shop owner
Education: Unrevealed
Alternate Realities
Earth-1610
In the Ultimate Universe, Spiral has no magical abilities and her arms come from her mutant gene. Still a skilled swordswoman, she was Longshot’s girlfriend until she cheated on him in favor of Lord Scheele. Angered about this, Longshot killed him and Spiral knocked him out unconscious. The X-Men investigate the murder and thought that Spiral did it, but with Jean Grey's telepathic powers, it was proven to be Longshot. She is later emigrated to the US to be with her sister, who is also a mutant.
Appearances in Other Media
X-men The Animated Series
Not much is know about Spiral here, other than the fact that she was a capable sorceress and it was implied that she had feelings for Longshot. 
Wolverine and the X-MenWolverine and the X-Men
Spiral and the Reavers work for Mojo. They were ordered to attack a ship named Avalon with mutant passengers heading to Genosha. Even of they have threatened all of its passengers, Nightcrawler and his team of mutants have defeated them in a battle that caused Spiral and the Reavers to teleport away from the ship. 
| Super Name: | Spiral |
| Real Name: | Rita Wayword |
| Aliases: |
Ricochet Rita Shiva Apocalypse |
| Publisher: | Marvel Publishing |
| Gender: | Female |
| Character Type: | Alien |
| 1st Appearance: | Longshot #1 |
| Appears in: | 106 issues |
| Birthday: | |
| Died: |
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