AZA CHORN

Real Name: Aza Chorn

Identity/Class: Alternate reality (Earth-82324) extraterrestrial (Phaidonian/"Warpsmith") cyborg

Occupation: Warrior, interspecies liaison/ambassador

Group Membership: Warpsmiths

Affiliations: Black Warpsmiths, Marvelman/Miracleman (Michael Moran), Miraclewoman (Avril Lear), Firedrake (Huey Moon)

Enemies: Gimsestra "Gimmy" Dal, Sususu "Hushabye Toomisususu, Jocsestra "Joxie" Sal, Kid Marvelman/Miracleman (Johnny Bates), Koma Chatt Krank, Qys

Known Relatives: Kana Blur, Hrrin Luli (husbands), Tenga Dril (husband, deceased), Uxu Chil, Llans Ivo, Phon Mooda (wives)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Earth;
   formerly Hod

First Appearance: Warrior#4 (August 1982);
  (US) Miracleman#12 (September 1987)
  (Marvel) Miracleman#2 (March 2014)

Powers/Abilities: Like all Warpsmiths Aza Chorn is incredibly fast moving, with reflexes far in excess of non-powered humans. He can teleport virtually anything, except items equipped with jammers designed to block Warpsmith abilities, through warpspace, with interstellar distances no more difficult than a few inches, and with microscopic precision no matter the object size or distance. He can generate lightning-like energies capable of slicing living flesh apart. He is equipped with a translator phone to facilitate communication, though it sometimes takes time to interpret nuanced statements (for example, translating "couldn't you have sex?" as "go f*** yourselves"); however, he also swiftly picks up new languages, among them English.

Height: 6' (by estimation)
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: White (no visible iris or pupils)
Hair: Black

History:
(Warrior#9/3) - Warpsmiths were an extraterrestrial species originally native to the planet Phaidon. Their society had different color coded castes, they lived in polyamorous clusters usually consisting of six partners, three male and three female, and through cybernetic "Derma Circuitry" implants installed in infancy they could teleport virtually anything instantaneously across even interstellar distances almost instinctively, hence the name their species had become known by. There was no word in the Warpsmith language for "distance." The Warpsmiths ruled of Gulf World Confederacy, which had been locked in a cold war with the Qys Imperium, an alien species who could manufacture custom bodies which they could switch their minds between.

(Miracleman#13 (fb) - BTS) - The cold war had lasted for eleven thousand years.

(Kimota: A Miracleman Companion: "A Chronology of Everything (Almost)") - In the Earth year 1700 A.D. the Chronarchy attacked the Warpsmiths of Hod. In response the Warpsmiths wiped out all but a few of the Chronarchy with Death-Cats, the ultimate weapon provided by the Rhordru Makers.

(Warrior#9/3) - Aza Chorn was a white Warpsmith, marking him of the warrior caste.

(Warrior#9/3) - Aza Chorn and his cluster were from and based on the planet Hod, where they protected the local Warpsmith Core-Complex. While doing so Aza Chorn detected a group of four intruders - Gimmy, Hushabye, Joxie and Krank - attempting to sneak into the Core-Complex. From their garb and jargon, they appeared to be young Gulfworlders out thrill-seeking by doing something forbidden, and thus effectively harmless, but that they had come so close before being detected or driven back by the hesitance stimulators bordering the complex meant they had advanced technology they should not possess, meaning they might also be disguised Qys saboteurs. Aza Chorn summoned the rest of his cluster and informed them of the situation. One wife, Llans Ivo, seemed convinced they were Qys, but while Aza Chorn acknowledged that possibility he pointed out that their people were sworn to protect the Gulfworlds, so slaughtering their children without trial would be diplomatic suicide. The Warpsmiths teleported to the intruders and issued them a warning that while friends of the Gulf would be honored and served, enemies would be destroyed without qualm. Ignoring this the four intruders panicked and tried to run, so Aza Chorn ordered Hrrin Luli to transport them to restraint chambers back in the Home Cluster, but the intruders had interferers preventing this. Taking this as proof they were Qys, Llans Ivo teleported next to Hushabye and Krank and rendered them unconscious with her martial prowess. Joxie threw a statue-cube at the Warpsmiths, temporarily freezing most of them in place, while Gimmy made a dash for the power core. The youngest and newest of the Warpsmith family, Uxu Chil, was the only one outside the stasis field, and unable to risk that the intruder might be carrying a bomb she teleported some support pillars out of the corridor, causing the ceiling to collapse and crush Gimmy. Free again, Aza Chorn watched as Joxie dropped to his knees besides Gimmy's corpse, wailing at how the Warpsmiths had killed his lover over a prank, confirming she didn't have a bomb.

(Warrior#10/3) - Cluster member Tenga Dril, whose Derma Circuitry was malfunctioning and so had been forced to come to the complex via more conventional means, arrived shortly after the tragedy, and was informed by Aza Chorn as to what had taken place. He asked Aza Chorn if the Black Warpsmiths (the oldest of the species and their effective rulers and arbiters) were aware, and Chorn confirmed that since a few seconds had already passed since the incident they undoubtedly were, and he expected they would summon the family to their presence. As he said this last word, Aza Chorn vanished, transported by the Black Warpsmiths to their presence. He listened as the Black Warpsmiths detailed the serious injuries inflicted on each intruder, all of whom were the children of important officials within the Gulfworlds, and was asked his feelings on the matter. Aza Chorn claimed the fault, blaming his own worthlessness for letting the situation escalate and offering his own life in penance. However the Black Warpsmiths noted that he had been correct to believe the intruders were a Qys-sabotage mission, as the Qys had clearly hired the children and provided them the technology to breach Warpsmith defenses. The Black Warpsmith queried where the Qys had obtained the intelligence, reminding Aza Chorn that as beings capable of creating designers bodies they could look like anyone or anything, but there were a few things they couldn't do, most notably project their unique metabolisms through warp space using Derma Circuitry. At this Aza Chorn realized that the real Tenga Dril had been slain and replaced by a Qys imposter. The Black Warpsmiths teleported Aza Chorn and the fake Tenga Dril to face one another, and each stood deep in concentration, summoning energies while seeking to block the other, until suddenly Tenga Dril's focus momentarily faltered, and Aza Chorn sliced his foe into pieces. With the spy eliminated, the Black Warpsmith told Aza Chorn he and his cluster were dismissed, adding that a replacement would be assigned for Tenga Dril.

(A1#1/2) - To mourn Tenga Dril, Aza Chorn's cluster performed a ghost dance, with all of them sharing touches and kisses as they teleported around one another and slipped in and out of warp space. Afterwards they shared stories of their lost beloved, before returning to work, performing services only Warpsmiths were capable of across numerous planets of the Gulfworlds, but still returning to their gathering before their drinks had cooled. Uxu Chill, still feeling like a newcomer, asked about Tenga Dril's replacement and Aza Chorn informed her that the Blue Warpsmiths (the artist caste) had informed him they were to receive a new bondhusband named Kana Blur, the sole survivor of a cluster wiped out by the Whisper in the Dark Systems. Phon Mooda that to the Warpsmiths the universe was a very small place, and posited that they were strange creatures, but Aza Chorn queried who they were strange in comparison to? The Qys, able to change bodies at a word and so the concept of self was meaningless, or the Rhodru, who had domesticated death, or the Whisper, who had no quantifiable existence at all? Aza Chorn told his bondwife that he feared the Warpsmiths were very ordinary indeed.  

(Miracleman I#12 (fb)) - In November 1982 (Earth calendar) the Qys discovered that their technology had been discovered by humans in a crashed spaceship and used back in the 1950s to create superhumans; when the Qys traveled to Earth to retrieve them, they learned that a superhuman baby had been born. Since this meant by intergalactic treaty humanity was no longer considered animals it meant a tribunal would have to be held so the Qys and Warpsmiths could negotiate where Earth would belong among the intelligent worlds. Accordingly the Qys contacted the Warpsmiths, and Aza Chorn and a Grey (diplomat) Warpsmith appeared. After a brief discussion the Warpsmiths transported the Qys (including on fatally injured by the Earthlings) plus the two adult superhumans, Miracleman and Miraclewoman, away.

(Miracleman I#13 (fb)) - Aza Chorn transported them all to the Qys homeworld, then joined the diplomat in negotiations with the King-Queen of the Qys Held Court. The discovery of the first new intelligent-class world since their empires met, and yet one unaligned to either side, posed a quandary, since by law it had to be allowed to exist, but it might disrupt the delicate balance between the two empires. Aza Chorn expressed concern the new planet might trigger conflict, while the diplomat pointed out that since Earth harbored creatures created via Qys technology, the new world was already unfairly influenced by them. When the Qys monarch expressed sadness that the two empires seemed doomed to perpetual unproductive conflict, Miracelwoman suggested they use Earth as a way to build a detente. After some deliberation it was decided that Earth would remain uninterfered with, but that both sides would observe the world, a mutual surveillance to test the way for further cooperation. While the two superhumans would be the Qys observers, Aza Chorn and one of his cluster, Phon Mooda, would fulfill that role for the Warpsmiths. Then the Warpsmiths returned the humans and themselves to Earth.

(Miracleman I#14 (fb)) - Within a few weeks the two Warpsmiths had mastered English, speaking with perfect BBC pronunciation, and they had established a space station base orbiting the dark side of the Moon. Observing Earth from there via a holographic display, they set about the Gathering, a standard practice on new worlds to seek out existing talent and assemble it, so they would become friends rather than turn against them once their existence became known. However, outside of the existing superhumans resulting from the Qys technology, the Warpsmiths only found two others - the insane Big Ben, who was no use to them until a cure could be found, and a Firedrake, a pyrokinetic human named Huey Moon who uncontrollably ignited anything he got too close too, then living homeless in Philadelphia because of his powers. Though initially scared to be confronted by aliens and superhumans, he soon joined them willingly once he realized they meant no harm.

(Miracleman I#15 (fb)) - In 1985 the malevolent superhuman Kid Miracleman returned; since the Qys visit, he had been considered inert because his human side was non-responsive while his superhuman body was sleeping in subspace, but now his powered form was awake and active again. The other superhumans and the Warpsmiths were on the moonbase when this happened, and by the time they noticed his presence a couple of hours later Kid Miracleman had devastated London, murdering thousands with extreme sadistic brutality. Teleporting in, they confronted him, and as he threw away a severed human arm and turned to approach them, Aza Chorn dropped the Bank of England building on him, but this barely slowed the monster down. Kid Miracleman swiftly took down Miraclewoman then lunged at lightning speed for Aza Chorn, who proved even swifter, teleporting Marble Arch so that Kid Miracleman was engulfed within the structure. As Kid Miracleman ripped free of that too, Aza Chorn told Miracleman he needed to locate a means to purchase extra power, noting it would require a trip to Hod, several galaxies away. He momentarily vanished, then was back, having made the necessary arrangements. While Huey Moon kept Kid Miracleman busy, Aza Chorn teleported Miracleman away in search of greater power.

(Warrior#4) - Despite some of his Derma-Circuitry in his left arm being melted by the heat of Huey's inferno, Aza Chorn transported himself and Miracleman to Silence, an undersea base placed in the Mariana Trench by the Black Warpsmiths, contained a "tachyon subtractor" time machine. Aza Chorn intended to trap a massive field of energy in warpspace, ready to unleash against Kid Miracleman, but to obtain the necessary huge amount of kinetic energy he needed two incredibly powerful but equally matched forces to clash; thus he wanted to pit the current day Miracleman against his past self, and while they fought he would contain the energies thus unleashed and then deploy them against their foe. With the time machine capable of two excursions into the past, Miracleman first chose to go to February 13th 1963, the day he and the two superhumans he had once been allied with (a pre-villainy Kid Miracleman, and the now deceased Young Miracleman) had nearly been destroyed in a trap set by their creators. As Aza Chorn watched and gathered energies, the modern Miracleman attacked his younger self, as well as the other two heroes, and they all flew into one another. Aza Chorn immediately captured the concussive shockwaves generated, and with the three past heroes all unconscious the alien informed his ally he had warped the energies into Null Space, ready for retrieval in the modern day. He reassured Miracleman that a suppressor field would ensure the past heroes would not recall the encounter, but Miracleman wondered if they couldn't stop the whole chain of coming tragedies by warning them of the trap they were flying into, pointing out that this was the day Young Miracleman died and Kid Miracleman began his descent into villainy. However Aza Chorn pointed out this was not possible within the inflexible structure of time.

   Next they traveled to February 12th 1984, the day Miracleman recovered his memories of being a superhuman after being rendered amnesiac in 1963. Again Aza Chorn watched as the older Miracleman attacked his younger self, but this time the elder was caught off guard and knocked out. Aza Chorn stepped in, stunning the younger Miracleman unconscious and reviving the elder. Then they returned to the present, arriving back in silence. Unfortunately in their brief absence Kid Miracleman had defeated the others and tracked them to the base. He blasted Aza Chorn with eyebeams, one of which got past the defensive warps Chorn hastily generated. Then Kid Miracleman turned on Miracleman, still weak from his recent fights, and began to beat him. Realizing their foe was focused on Miracleman, Aza Chorn began to summon the kinetic energies that had been gathered, but Kid Miracleman spotted him and lunged, intent on ending the alien's existence. Aza Chorn in turn hastily tried to unleash his own attack, which blew a hole in the walls of Silence.

(Miracleman I#15 (fb)) - As the massive pressure so deep down caused the waters to rush in with crushing force, Aza Chorn hastily threw a shield around himself and Miracleman and transported everyone back to London. He told Miracleman to strike swiftly, since the explosion and subsea pressures had temporarily weakened Kid Miracleman. For the next few minutes the pair battled, and though Kid Miracleman slowly gained the upper hand, it gave Aza Chorn the time to figure out a solution. Their foe had been unharmed when a bank was dropped on him, and broke out when warped into stone, but unlike the Qys he was more used to fighting, Kid Miracleman did not rely on bodies with tough skin, but a forcefield. He reasoned that you didn't need to throw a bank at a forcefield when a pebble would suffice, picked up a fist-sized chunk of rubble, and teleported it inside Kid Miracleman's skin-tight forcefield. The debris appeared in the middle of Kid Miracleman's skull, destroying his right eye along with much of his brain. Unfortunately he clung on long enough to blast Aza Chorn with an eyebeam, taking off Chorn's right arm at the shoulder. Mortally wounded, Chorn collapsed, but as he did so in his dying seconds he warped a large twisted metal girder, making it appear inside Kid Miracleman's chest. In agony Kid Miracleman did the only thing he could, switching back to his physically intact, innocent and vulnerable human alter ego, who Miracleman swiftly killed to ensure the villain could not return. Though the hero ended it, it was Aza Chorn who in his final moments had brought Kid Miracleman down. 

(Miracleman I#16 (fb) - BTS) - In the aftermath the cluster-mates of Aza Chorn came to the base behind the Moon to mourn his death. Kana Blur was chosen to replace him on Earth, and the three Earth superhumans - Miracleman, Miraclewoman and Huey Moon - were asked to stay and watch the ghost dance orgy in Aza Chorn's memory. The superhumans, assisted by the Warpsmiths, took over Earth, and raised a palace, Olympus, towering above the ruins of London.

(Miracleman I#13 - BTS) - Two years later as Miracleman sat by Aza Chorn's memorial in his palace, Olympus, he remembered his first meeting with the Warpsmith.

Comments: Created by Gary Leach; first published story by Alan Moore and Steve Dillon.

   Strictly speaking Aza Chorn's first appearance in Warrior was in an advert on the back cover of Warrior#3 (July 1982), which used the artwork that then became the cover of #4.

   The Chronarchy, a race of time travelers mentioned in the above history, are alternate reality counterparts of the Time Lords from Doctor Who. The Death-Cats the Warpsmiths used against them is a reference to a planned but ultimately unmade Doctor Who TV "The Killers of the Dark," routed through fans mistakenly believing it had been called The Killer Cats of Gin-Seng; though that wasn't the actual name, expanded media has since run with it, bringing said creatures into Doctor Who canon. Expanded media has likewise introduced the counterparts of the Warpsmiths, the Phaidonians, as one of the "Temporal Powers" in the Doctor Who universe, though in that reality they lost the conflict with the Time Lords rather than the other way round.

   This profile was completed on 09/27/2026, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25^th anniversary's celebratory event to represent Miracleman.

Profile by Loki.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Aza Chorn has no known connections to:

• any other "Aza" or "Chorn" characters

images: (without ads)
A1 Sketchbook, Aza Chorn pin-up (main image)
Miracleman (2014)#3, p45, pan3 (headshot, with helmet off)
Miracleman (2014)#3, p44, pan9, p45, pan9 (slicing up the fake Tenga Dril)
Miracleman (2014)#15, p17, pan1-4 (death)
Miracleman (2014)#13, p3, pan1 (memorial)
Miracleman (2014)#3, p31, pan1 (design sketch)

Appearances:
Warrior#4 (August 1982) - Alan Moore (writer), Steve Dillon (art), Dez Skinn (editor)
Warrior#9 (January 1983) - Alan Moore (writer), Gary Leach (art), Dez Skinn (editor)
Warrior#10 (April-May 1983) - Alan Moore (writer), Gary Leach (art), Dez Skinn (editor)
A1#1 (1989) - Alan Moore (writer), Garry Leach (art, editor), Dave Elliott (editor)
Miracleman#12-16 (September-December 1987) - Alan Moore (writer), John Totleben (art), Cat Yronwode (editor)

First Posted: 09/28/2026
Last updated: 09/27/2026

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