Zzxz's History
Zzzxx, later known as Zzxz, was an unique symbiote mutation discovered by the Shi'ar, who managed to capture it. Emperor D'Ken took an interest in the symbiote, but before he had a chance to study it he was killed by
Vulcan. Zzzxx was classified as one of the five most dangerous criminals the Shi'ar Empire had ever captured, and was selected by
Vulcan to serve in his new Imperial Guard, having it bonded to an unnamed Shi'ar soldier. Zzzxx briefly encountered
Lilandra Neramani during a fight with the Starjammers and attempted to bond to her, but was repelled.
In a rematch against the Starjammers, Zzzxx's host was killed and the symbiote transferred to
Raza Longknife. All the Praetorians were captured on Kree-Lar by
Nova Prime, and imprisoned on
Nu-Xandar (Ego) for their war crimes against their Nova Corps prisoners. During this time,
Richard Rider had the remaining Nova Corps members, as well as the Worldmind supercomputer, look into ways to separate Zzzxx from
Raza without killing them.
When
Ego regained control of himself, Zzxz and
Raza were transferred on
Zan Philo's Corps starship Resolute Duty. Zzxz was successfully separated from
Raza and later launched at the corrupted Charles Xavier of the Cancerverse during the engagement at the Fault. As this Xavier was essentially a giant brain, the symbiote immediately began devouring him.
Some time after the Cancerverse incident, Zzxz was taken in and lobotomized by the Kin Crimson, an aeons old secret society of a shadowy order of Shi'ar. They used its DNA to create the Wet Skin, a technology that allows their Nobles to weaponize their own blood. The choice of Zzxz for the basis would prove, however, to be something of a mistake. While fighting Noble Pr!z the Red,
Cassandra Nova was able to activate the brain-eating genes of Zzxz, killing the Noble in the process.
Cassandra used her powers to resurrect the mutant symbiote and heal its lobotomization, later bonding to it in order to fight
Holocaust. After the battle concluded,
Cassandra passed it on to
Warbird.
