Appearances: 1-22, 26-31, 34-37, 41-48, X-Men Unlimited #41
Talia Josephine Wagner is the daughter of Kurt Wagner, one of her world's greatest X-Men, and Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch. She was raised under the watchful eye of her parents and under the tutelage of Charles Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters where she quickly moved up the ranks to be an X-Man and fight at the side of her father. In this life that she loves so much, she is passionately involved with James Proudstar and is a member of a garage band called the Butt Monkeys.
Nocturne would eventually find solace in the arms of teammate John Proudstar, Thunderbird, older brother of her beau back in her reality. Their romance began after T-Bird defeated the Hulk in a world where Wolverine led the Canadian super team Alpha Flight. Their relationship nearly went down under a few weeks later in a world where the Savage Land covered an entire continent after John objected to their continued rapport as he claimed it was an immature refuge. He reasoned that they shouldn't bind themselves in emotional entanglements when their lives were so unpredictable and at any moment one of them
In the epic battle against Galactus, the Exiles devised a plan that involved the Banner Beast, this world's Incredible Hulk, pushing an anti-matter bomb into the armor that holds together the pure energy that comprises the Eater of Planets. However, at the denouement when Morph was finally able to breach the hull of the World Eater's exterior using a laser satellite, Galactus sent Banner hurtling away in pain with an energy blast from the palm of his hand. Thing, Colossus, and the Abomination, the other heavyweights, were all too far away from Galactus to get to him in time, so John picked up the highly volatile explosive and drove it into the heart of the beast.
![]() The resulting outburts caused the Plant Eater to resign from his campaign to devour Earth as there were other worlds that are less trouble. Although T-Bird survived taking the detonation at point blank, the injuries he recieved sent him into a comatose state in addition to possibly making him brain dead. As John was incapable of continuing, the Timebroker sends Sasquatch in as his replacement and the Exiles were forced to leave Thunderbird in this world despite strong objections from Nocturne.
Morph initially refused to jump through hoops for Mojo, but his decision was eventually won over when Mojo revealed that they had been brutally torturing Nocturne. T.J. was kept locked inside of an isolated cell while the Morph Show became the #1 sensation in all of the Mojoverse, recieving the highest ratings in Sometime later, the Exiles visited a planet that was plagued by an evolved Legacy Virus and ruled by a nation of infected creatures called Vi-Locks. Here, T.J. seemed to be completely over Thunderbird as she opened up to flirtation from Power Fist. After the body of Cypher, the original carrier of the Warlock Virus, was destroyed, all hope to create a vaccine seemed loss. Both the Exiles and Avengers saw no other pragmatic solutions to the Vi-Lock threat other than the destruction of Earth.
![]() T.J. volunteered to pilot an aircraft filled with nuclear warheads on a suicide run to crash land into the Vi-Locks' own store of nuclear weaponry. The explosion from the impact alone would most likely split the planet in half. At the last minute, Mimic hijacked the plane by nerve pinching Nocturne and flew the ship in her place. However, a better resolution was found when Rachel Summers was able to contact the Norse Gods and use the healing properties within their blood to create a vaccine.
As she approached the Xavier Institute, her thoughts are interrupted by an outsider who lead her away from the mansion to discuss other options aside from joining up with Xavier's crew... The stranger in the shadows was revealed to be none other than Exodus, former leader of the Acolytes and one-time disciple of Magneto. Exodus was intent on forming a new Brotherhood of Mutants to carry on the work of his past mentor who had apparently passed away. Uncertain with the situation and accustomed to doing things that would normally disagree with her from her time with the Exiles, Nocturne joined the Brotherhood because she misunderstood the circumstances.
After the Brotherhood's debut was spoiled by the X-Men, the need to remove the threat that the X-Men posed to them was brought to the forefront. With this, Black Tom revealed that he had already initiated a plan to strike the X-Men at their home by placing the Juggernaut However, this was not the case as the Juggernaut was not double-crossing the X-Men, but actually triple-crossing the Brotherhood. He faked Nocturne's death and whispered for her to run and get help from the X-Men, although she would arrive too late to warn them of the impending attack. During the skirmish, Black Tom's consciousness expanded to inhabit all of the surrounding plant life which he was using to overwhelm the X-Men. Left with seemingly no other alternatives, Nocturne attempted to put an end to the battle by possessing Black Tom to overtake his mind.
![]() Because Black Tom's consciousness was dispersed in every plant, Nocturne was unable to completely depose his will. At best, she could only temporarily restrain Black Tom from continuing his attack. With this in mind, Xorn, a guest of the X-Men, decided that he would open the black hole that was inside his mind to consume the Brotherhood. To ensure that the Brotherhood would never attack the school again, Mindee, a telepathic student at the Xavier Institute and ward to Emma Frost, elected to perform a mind-wipe on the band of misfit mutants, though she would be unable to ensure that Nocturne's mind would be unaffected by the process. Nocturne accepted the possibility of these dire consequences and was firm in her decision to sacrifice herself for the sake of the others. Juggernaut chose to follow Nocturne into the abyss to protect her, in the event that they survived the trip. They were both sucked into the black hole inside Xorn's head along with the Brotherhood.
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