Characters? Everyone remembers distantly the media storm that was the whirlwind courtship, marriage and divorce of one Emma Frost and Warren Worthington III. Oh yes, no couch jumping but we were close when the inevitable happened and the two split as loudly as they had gotten together.
Some say their pre-nup was powered by the force of a thousand lawyers' cold dead hearts. *spooky fingers*
Thusly, Warren is greatly involved in the funding of the Academy, but he don' come 'round here no' mo' to avoid You Know Who. But this is why we invent daughters.
Meet Contessa Harlow Worthington, mostly called Duckie, one of those unfortunate nicknames that occurs in adolescence. She was time-shared between the two parents so if you grew up in the Mighty Mutant Marching Society, you probably remember her. Hey! You might have even given her the nickname! Any takers?