Emplate (comics)

Emplate
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Generation X #1 (1994)
Created by	Scott Lobdell Chris Bachalo
In-story information
Alter ego	Marius St. Croix
Species	Human Mutant
Team affiliations	Hellions
Partnerships	D.O.A. Chimera
Notable aliases	M-Plate
Abilities	Interdimensional travel, Invisibility, Density control, Fanged mouths in the palms of hands, Ability to see and "read" mutant auras, Ability to temporarily duplicate a mutant's abilities once he has sampled their marrow Able to transform others into beings like himself through vampire-like infection

Emplate (Marius St. Croix) is a fictional character, a mutant supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in Generation X #1, and was created by Scott Lobdell and Chris Bachalo. Emplate would serve as one of the major antagonists to the Generation X comic book series during its run.

Emplate was born Marius St. Croix, the brother of Generation X's M (Monet) and the M-Twins (Nicole & Claudette). When his mutant powers first manifested, his sisters were disgusted, especially Monet. In retaliation, Marius somehow turned Monet into the mute and diamond-skinned Penance. With their sister missing, Nicole and Claudette turned to Marius for answers, blaming him for her supposed death. They opened a dimensional portal to imprison Marius; afterwards, he called after Penance to join him, saying that only he could cure her. She followed after him and became his slave and "dinner" until the events of Generation X #1. The twins panicked and decided that they would pose as their missing sister so that their parents would not be angry (as they thought that Monet was their favorite child). It was in these roles that the characters would be introduced to readers.

In this other dimension, Marius was under extreme torture by some unknown beings, and traversing between dimensions was characterized as a thousand hands ripping at his flesh. Due to this torture, Marius had to acquire a respirator to aid in his breathing. Still he had to feed, and, fueled on by the marrow of the captive Penance, Emplate would periodically travel to our plane of reality. In one of these trips he encountered Chamber and tried to feed off of his powerful energy signature, but Generation X arrived in time to save him. When they returned to the Massachusetts Academy, the team found Penance passed out on their lawn. She had been shuttled by the enigmatic Aborigine mutant Gateway, whose only word to the confused team was "Penance".

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