~PARENTS~
*Rohana "Hannah" Mandrake*
Rohana is Nancy's mother. Rohana was herself a mutant with the same physical mutation that Nancy has. She appeared to by 12 years old for most of her life. She was the mother of five daughters and one son (who died in infancy.) She herself died in childbirth at the age of 41.
*Colonel Jules Mandrake*
Jules is Nancy's father. He was a strict Englishman stationed in India. He arrived in 1875 and took a native bride. Jules was an extreme neat freak and he liked to keep his house like he kept his ranks. He remarried 10 years after Rohana died. He and his second wife, Maragaret had three children before his death in 1916, just before WWI.
*Margaret Stokes Mandrake*
Margaret was Nancy's step mother. She was a few years older than Nancy herself and may have also been a mutant, as she was known for her famous golden eyes. Margaret had three child by Jules Mandrake before disappearing after his death in 1916. She went back to England, but, no one ever heard from her again.
~SIBLINGS~
*Marian "Mitzi" Mandrake Adams*
Marian was Nancy's first younger sister, by two years. Marian showed no mutant signs during her life. Mitzi was the mother of three children, one of which had mutant gifts. She died in 1950 at the age of 70, still in India.
*Dorothea "Dolly" Mandrake*
Dorothea was Nancy's middle sister, younger by 6 years. Dorothea may have had some mutant abilities, including minor empathetic abilities. Dorothea caught tuberculosis in 1909 and died shortly after that.
*Eleanore "Nora" Mandrake Dumas*
Eleanore was Nancy's younger sister by 9 years. Eleanore married young and left India for England. There she had four children, two of which were mutants. The shock was supposedly too great for Eleanore's husband, Renard. Renard murdered the entire family before killing himself in 1914.
*Hugo Mandrake*
Hugo was Nancy's younger brother by 10 years. He died of the flu at age 2.
*Julia Mandrake*
Julia was Nancy's younger sister by 14 years, Her mother, Rohana, died in childbirth with her, and Julia always felt guilty. She was always moody and, in a final act of despiration, she wandered into the jungles at the age of 17. No one ever saw her again.
*Charles Mandrake*
Charles was Nancy's younger brother by 25 years, He showed signs of mutations, as he had the same golden colored eyes as his mother, Nancy lost track of him after her father's death in 1916.
*Otto Mandrake*
Otto Mandrake was Nancy's youngest brother by 28 years. He died in infancy.
*Elisabeth Mandrake*
Elisabeth was Nancy's youngest sister and only half sister. Elisabeth was born just months before her father's death in 1916. Nancy never met Elisabeth and lost track of her when Maragaret left for England.
~SPOUSES/SIGNIFICANT OTHERS~
*Captain Hilary Blackwood*
Hilary was Nancy's husband. He was four years older than her and served under her father in the British military stationed in India. Hilary was a severe alcoholic and was also addicted to opium. He died of an ulcer which became infected in 1921.
*Svyatoslav (Last name unknown)*
Svyatoslav was Nancy's first extra marital lover. He was a mutant wanted in his native Russia for his anti-Communist views. The two met in South Africa and had a short affair.
*Talfryn Davies*
Talfryn was Nancy's second extra marital lover. They met just prior to her leaving South Africa and he was a major deciding factor in her leaving. He was extremely abusive and possesive and threatened to kill her many times before she fled the country.
*Patricia Jeanne "Patsy" Hyatt*
Patsy was Nancy's best friend at the brothel in New Orleans where she worked from 1930 until 1933. Patsy was also a mutant with the ability to cause psychic explosions. Nancy and Patsy shared a few lonely nights together.
*Napier Boothe*
Napier was Nancy's last real boyfriend. They were companions while she lived in Mississippi in the early 1960's. He was in high school and he had a crush on her. The relationship was totally non sexual.
~CHILDREN~
*Richard Thorndyke Blackwood*
Richard was Nancy's oldest child. He was born when she was 21 years old. He showed no signs of any mutations. She lost track of him after she left for South Africa, but later learned he was living in England. Richard died in 1947 in a car accident.
*Sidney Albert Blackwood*
Sidney was Nancy's second oldest son. He was born when she was 23 years old. He showed no signs of any mutations. He died in 1942 while serving in the British Navy during WWII.
*Alice Louise Blackwood Kent*
Alice was Nancy's only daughter and she was born when Nancy was 26. She showed no signs of mutation, however, her daughter Joan did. Alice died in 1987.
*Hadrian Blackwood*
Hadrian is Nancy's youngest, most beloved child. The product of a brutal rape, Nancy was originally going to give up the baby to adoption. But, after an excrutiating labour, in which she delivered her child herself, Nancy felt so close to him that she couldn't bare to leave him. So, at the age of 96, Nancy was once again a mother.
Unlike his siblings, Hadrian is a mutant. He has the ability to control the dead, as he sees them as physically being present in any place. He can also make ghosts/spirits visible, causing a "haunting" sensation. He can possess a spirit's "body" or likeness and make an individual believe they are speaking to a departed loved one.
His powers first manifested in nightmares when he was 7 years old. Soon, after his powers fully manifested, he began to gain full control of them.
Nancy has always been supportive and loving toward her youngest child. The two have shared a lot of terrible experiences and are extremely close. He is fiercely protective of her and vice versa. However, they rarely make it known that they are mother and son, as it causes vast amounts of confusion in the normal population. When travelling, they are "cousins".
~NEICES/NEPHEWS~
*Peyton Adams*
Peyton was Nancy's oldest nephew. He lived in India most of his life and showed no mutant traits. He died in 1977 of a heart attack. Born in: 1909.
*Basil Adams*
Basil was Nancy's third oldest nephew. He showed no mutant signs during his lifetime, however, he is one of Hadrian's favorite ghost friends. Basil died at the age of 13 when he drowned in a river in 1923. Born in: 1910.
*Charlotte Adams*
Charlotte was Nancy's third oldest neice. She showed the same physical mutation that Nancy had. She also had minor telekinetic powers. Charlotte is an elderly woman in the body of a child, travelling around Europe, to this day. Born in: 1913.
*Lillian "Lassie" Dumas*
Lillian was Nancy's oldest neice. She showed no signs of mutation during her young life. She was killed by her father in 1914. Born: 1907.
*Renard Dumas, Jr.*
Renard was Nancy's second oldest nephew. He showed no signs of mutations during his young life. He too was murdered by his father in 1914. Born: 1909.
*Olivia Dumas*
Olivia was Nancy's second oldest neice. She was definately a mutant. She had webbed hands and feet and yellow scales that covered most of her body. Her hair was naturally deep orange. She was murdered in 1914. Born: 1910.
*Geraldine Dumas* Geraldine was Nancy's fourth oldest neice. She was an infant when she was murdered by her father in 1914. Geraldine was also definately a mutant. She had three fingers on each hand and scales, similar to her older sister, Olivia. Born: 1914.
~GRANDCHILDREN~
*Joan Anne Lockley*
Joan is Nancy's only grandchild. Born to Nancy's daughter Alice in 1931, Joan made a career for herself in Hollywood as a movie star, despite the fact that she was a mutant. Her abilities included being able to crawl up walls on her hands and knees. Joan never publically acknowledged these "talents", so most didn't realize she had them. Joan tragically died of breast cancer in 1976.
~GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN~
*Susan "Susie" Lockley Ford*
Susan is Nancy's only great-grandchild. She was born to Joan in 1959. Susan showed no mutant gifts. She is living in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter.
~GREAT GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN~
*Christina "Tina" Ford*
Tina is Nancy's only great great-grandchild. She was born in 1983 and lived in Los Angeles with her parents. Tina is a mutant. Her mutations include a naturally forked tongue, transluscent scales covering her entire body (inlcuding her eyes), and the ability to appear in visible by blending in completely with her background. Tina was taunted as a child, called Lizard Girl, beaten up regularily. Now, she can control her mutant gifts and is now a member fo the Underground.
