BEATRICE

Real Name: Beatrice (surname unrevealed)

Identity/Class: Human

Occupation: Cult leader;
    former government test subject

Group Membership: The Armajesuits;
    formerly Project: Armageddon (The General, others)

Affiliations: Armajesuits;
    formerly Father Rudolpho Boschelli

Enemies: Domino (Neena Thurman), Lazarus, Project: Armageddon

Known Relatives: Neena Thurman (Domino, daughter), Lazarus (son), unidentified other children (deceased)

Aliases: "My Lord," "Your Excellency"

Base of Operations: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

First Appearance: (seen only from behind and in a photo, identified only as "My Lord") Domino II#1 (June, 2003);
    (fully seen, unidentified) Domino II#3 (July, 2003);
    (fully seen, named revealed only as Beatrice) Domino II#4 (August, 2003)

Powers/Abilities: Beatrice has no superhuman powers but was extremely skilled in manipulation, leadership and covering up or outright erasing information. She is also an accomplished killer.

    In battle, she wore an armored mask and an armored gauntlet over her right hand. She also carried a sword.

    Beatrice suffers from dementia, which affects her sanity to a degree.

Height: 5'9"
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 145 lbs.)
Eyes: Green
Hair: Black (with a white streak)

History:
(Domino II#4 (fb) - BTS) - While voluntarily participating with the government's top secret genetic breeding experiment, Beatrice was artificially inseminated multiple times to produce a mutant offspring that the government could develop into a genetic weapon. While many of the offspring were killed due to either not possessing the mutant gene or not surviving the rigorous testing, Beatrice ultimately gave birth to a daughter within the Project: Armageddon complex that, while she survived the testing for mutant abilities, was also ultimately deemed a failure. Suffering from dementia and unable to take the experiments any longer, Beatrice escaped Project: Armageddon, leaving behind her catatonic daughter and a cryogenically preserved embryo that was cataloged for future government experimentation.

(Domino II#1 (fb) - BTS) - At some point, Beatrice was apparently arrested and a mugshot photo of her was taken during the booking (see comments).

(Domino II#4 (fb) - BTS) - Beatrice was institutionalized due to her dementia but she ultimately escaped the institution and ultimately drifted into the Armajesuits cult, an organization determined to protect society from itself. Once a part of the cult, Beatrice killed her way up to the position of cult leader.

(Domino II#1 (fb) - BTS) - As time passed, Beatrice went deep into hiding with almost all traces of her existence wiped from records.

(Domino II#4 (fb) - BTS) - Eventually, Beatrice sent Armajesuits to steal her daughter away from Project: Armageddon, hoping her daughter might see her vision of society's future and assist in "saving" society, and the daughter was placed in the custody of sympathetic priest Father Rudolpho Boschelli in Chicago, Illinois. Keeping updated on her daughter over the years, Beatrice learned that the girl remained catatonic until her mutant powers surfaced and she fled the church in fear of her own powers.

(Domino II#2 (fb) - BTS) - As an adult, Beatrice's daughter, now known as the government operative and mercenary Domino, retained only a vague memory of Beatrice, a woman who Domino was unsure was even her mother or not.

(Domino II#4 (fb) - BTS) - Over the years learning that Domino had not embraced her "clear" vision of society and instead used her mutant luck powers to guide her life, Beatrice determined Domino was of no use to the Armajesuits' plans for the world and she began shifting her focus towards acquiring the son that had resulted from the cryogenically preserved embryo to use as her "ultimate" weapon.

(Domino II#2 (fb) - BTS) - Still vaguely recalling the woman who may or may not have been her mother and wishing for her life to be more than her mercenary work, Domino sought to find out more information about her mother.

(Domino II#1 (fb) - BTS) - Domino took a job for Jonathan Shepherd in exchange for information on her seemingly long-lost mother.

(Domino II#1) - After completing the work for Shepherd, Domino was given her payment, which involved a cryptic note, a plane ticket to Atlanta, Georgia and a computer printout of a mugshot of Beatrice, Domino's supposed mother. As Domino flew to Atlanta, one of robed Armajesuits rushed to Beatrice to report on the readiness of their plan. Reminding her agent that they had waited a lifetime for such an opportunity, Beatrice ordered the agent to make sure the opportunity was not wasted. Unaware of who her mother truly was, Domino touched down in Atlanta and subsequently met with an unidentified computer hacker, who revealed that despite all information pointing towards Beatrice not existing, he was able to find information that she was in deep hiding. As the hacker passed an information disc on Beatrice over to Domino, however, the disc was destroyed by a sniper shot and the hacker himself was killed moments later.

(Domino II#2 - BTS) - The next day, as Domino snuck into the deceased computer hacker's apartment, she thought back on recent events, wondering if the woman in the photo she was given was truly her mother and how an attempt to find her mother had resulted in a helicopter crash, a dead computer hacker and unwanted publicity. While inside the apartment, Domino located a backup disc matching the one destroyed by gunfire the day before. She then returned to her hotel room, where Jonathan Shepherd was waiting to question her about the previous day's events. As Shepherd asked if the information he provided had led Domino to make any discoveries about her mother, Domino took a shower. While the two discussed events from separate rooms during Domino's shower, Shepherd secretly made a copy of the information disc Domino had acquired. Following the shower, Domino demanded more information on her mother than a picture. When Shepherd admitted surprise that Domino had a photo at all of the woman who may or may not be her mother, he suggested Domino use her own resources to continue her search. After changing the subject to a new mission for Domino in Mogadishu, Shepherd departed and Domino renewed her search for her mother by reviewing the copied information disc. Finding files on a black ops government project called Project: Armageddon, Domino soon found files on Beatrice including the mugshot photo she had a printout of. Unaware that Shepherd was subsequently murdered in his office by the Armajesuits, Domino became sure that the woman in the photo was her mother.

(Domino II#3) - A group of Armajesuits interrupted Beatrice's meditation to inform her that they had encountered Domino, assuring Beatrice that Domino had not been harmed. One of the Armajesuits expressed concern that Domino had uncovered too much information about Project: Armageddon and revealed that some of the Armajesuits thought it best to kill Domino rather than have her jeopardize the Armajesuits' mission. Beatrice responded by suggesting Domino live to do their work for them while the Armajesuits reaped the benefits. She then ordered her agents to inform the doubting Armajesuits not to underestimate Domino, as both arrogance and disloyalty were mistakes they could ill afford. Stepping to the front of a larger group of Armajesuits, Beatrice donned a mask and announced that everything was proceeding as planned with Domino being manipulated into serving their needs. Proclaiming that Domino would infiltrate Project: Armageddon and retrieve the Project's ultimate weapon for them, Beatrice announced that the Armajesuits may yet save the world and that they would not fail. Unaware she was being manipulated by Beatrice, Domino faked her own death to get inside Project: Armageddon, hoping to secure the weapon the Project was working on and find her mother in the process.

(Domino II#4) - After Domino liberated Project: Armageddon's Lazarus, a young boy the Project was experimenting on, she ran into Beatrice and the Armajesuits during her escape. Admitting that she hoped to meet Domino under less strenuous circumstances, having known of Domino for many years, Beatrice removed her mask to reveal herself as Domino's mother. She then revealed her origins as a Project: Armageddon test subject, how Domino had been freed from the Project by her and how Lazarus was also her child. When Domino became angry that Beatrice had known of her existence for years and had manipulated her from behind the scenes rather than make any attempts to contact Domino, Beatrice explained that Domino's use of her luck powers to guide her life had made her of no use to Beatrice and Domino quickly suspected Beatrice's plans to utilize Lazarus as a weapon instead. Beatrice then proclaimed Lazarus to be the future and announced her plans to kill Lazarus before he could be utilized as a weapon by Project: Armageddon. Insisting that Lazarus would bring death and destruction if allowed to live, Beatrice then pulled out a sword in preparation of killing the protective Domino in order to then kill Lazarus. Project: Armageddon's General then entered the room, shooting down one of the Armajesuits and revealing how Beatrice had originally volunteered to work with Project: Armageddon, only to escape and be institutionalized with dementia. The General then called Beatrice a freak and proclaimed her offspring to be nothing more than inhuman government weapons. Raising her sword, Beatrice exclaimed that the General had no idea what Lazarus would do but the General shot Beatrice, grazing her head and remarking that he knew exactly what Lazarus would do.

    Realizing what his purpose was, Lazarus used his powers to freeze everyone in place, wishing for everyone to stop hurting one another. Unaffected by Lazarus' powers due to her blood relation to him, Beatrice revealed to the similarly-unaffected Domino that she had witnessed only a small portion of Lazarus' powers. Warning that, if left unchecked, Lazarus could manipulate minds and affect worldwide decisions, leading to the end of war and the collapse of religion, Beatrice announced her prediction that Lazarus would be hailed as a savior, with the world in a state of falsely-created bliss, and explained that what was she must kill Lazarus. Domino ordered Beatrice at gunpoint to put down her sword, insisting that Beatrice could not make such a decision for a child and the world, but Beatrice proclaimed that she had already made the decision and it was up to Domino to make her own decision about how to handle it. Feeling as if she had no other choice, Domino shot Beatrice, saving Lazarus. Leaving behind Beatrice's seeming corpse and the slowly-reawakening Armajesuits and Project: Armageddon personnel, Domino took Lazarus to a helicopter and the two escaped the complex. Domino then brought Lazarus to Father Rudolpho Boschelli, who revealed how a woman had once brought him a little girl and made a similar request for Father Boschelli to not ask many questions. Boschelli remarked on how the woman appeared as if she knew all of the world's sorrows but was powerless to relieve them and when he looked up, Domino was gone.

    Not long after, a surviving Beatrice snuck into Lazarus' bedroom and took him into her care, tearfully remarking that, in her eyes, there was no such thing a chance.

Comments: Created by Joe Pruett and Brian Stelfreeze.

    It was unclear when exactly Beatrice would have had a mugshot photo. While the photo does show her to be 5'9" in a lineup, Beatrice's arrest likely would had to have happened prior to her becoming the leader of the Armajesuits, as nearly all records of her existence were wiped during her time with the Armajesuits. I suppose it's possible that photo is not from an actual arrest at all but rather perhaps a government file photo taken during her time with Project: Armageddon. To me, the photo seems more like an arrest mugshot from a lineup so I lean more towards it being from some sort arrest that would have likely occurred after she escaped Project: Armageddon but before she became the leader of the Armajesuits. This is further supported by the General's claims in Domino II#4 that, after leaving Project: Armageddon, Beatrice was institutionalized with dementia. It stands to reason that her dementia-induced behavior likely lead to an arrest after she left Project: Armageddon, at which point she was placed in an institution during sentencing for her unrevealed crimes. I suppose one might argue that it could be an arrest prior to her ever being a part of Project: Armageddon and perhaps she was picked from jail as a test subject for Project: Armageddon, as government projects seem to be use prisoners as test subjects in fiction. Without more info though, we simply don't know for sure so I've placed the arrest as occurring after her escape from the Project but before the Armajesuits.

    Another possible point of conflicting continuity is that in Domino II#4, Beatrice specifically mentions that the only survivors of Project: Armageddon's testing were Domino, who was left in a catatonic state, and Lazarus, who was cryogenically preserved as an embryo before Beatrice departed the Project. Later in that same issue when Beatrice expresses an interest in killing Lazarus to prevent him from being used as a weapon, she exclaims that she birthed Lazarus and knew what his intended purpose was. How could Beatrice have birthed Lazarus if she left Project: Armageddon when Lazarus was still just a cryogenically preserved embryo? Sure, she is genetically Lazarus' mother but if Lazarus was taken from Beatrice and cryogenically frozen in the embryo stage of development, Beatrice would not have birthed him because Lazarus never made it to that stage before being frozen. Maybe Beatrice considered the point at which Lazarus was taken from her as the moment he was "born?"

    In case it isn't clear in the History section, Domino II#4 ended with the revelation that Domino had deliberately shot Beatrice in a way in which she would survive and Beatrice assumed it was because she was meant to care for Lazarus. While Beatrice might have believed that herself, I'm not sure Domino intended Beatrice to survive to raise Lazarus, as it was known that Beatrice suffered from dementia that left her sanity in question. Given that Domino placed Lazarus in the care of Father Boschelli, it seems more likely that Domino left Beatrice alive because she didn't wish to kill her own mother but took Lazarus to Father Boschelli to raise. In Beatrice's mind, she believed that Domino left her alive so that she could raise Lazarus. I'd love to see a story that deals with how Lazarus was raised. Would he perhaps become a villain after having been raised by the insane Beatrice and her Armajesuits cult? Or would he have used his powers to escape and if so, why did he not reach back out to Domino? As a mutant, he could've been welcomed to Krakoa during its time as a mutant haven...

    This profile was completed 10/31/2023 but its publication was delayed, as it was intended for the Appendix's 25th anniversary celebratory event.

Profile by Proto-Man.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Beatrice should be distinguished from:

Armajesuits

The Armajesuits were a religious cult that Beatrice fell in with following her escape from an institution. Killing her way to the top, Beatrice eventually became the leader of the Armajesuits and utilized them in her plans to protect society from itself by locating and killing her son Lazarus, whom she believed would be used as a weapon that would take over the planet. When the time came to initiate their plans, the Armajesuits reported to Beatrice and some were sent to the apartment of a computer hacker that given Beatrice's daughter Domino information on Beatrice. Encountering Domino within the apartment, the Armajesuits escaped via a window and reported back to Beatrice of Domino's involvement. Content to have Domino locate Lazarus for them, Beatrice announced to the other Armajesuits that the time for their plans had come and they would not fail. A small group of Armajesuits later accompanied Beatrice to the Project: Armageddon government complex, where they confronted Domino, who had just freed Lazarus from captivity. The Project's General soon appeared as well and killed one of the Armajesuits before Lazarus used his powers to freeze everyone in psychic bliss. After Domino downed Beatrice with a gunshot and absconded with Lazarus, Lazarus' powers wore off and the Armajesuits attempted and failed to stop Domino from escaping via helicopter.

--Domino II#1
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Domino II#3, p4, pan4 (Beatrice in Armajesuits robe, face obscured, main image)
Domino II#4, p7, pan3 (Beatrice, unmasked headshot)
Domino II#3, p5, pan3 (Beatrice putting on mask)
Domino II#4, p17, pan1 (Beatrice's seeming death)
Domino II#2, p5, pan5 (Armajesuits)

Appearances:
Domino II#1 (June, 2003) - Joe Pruett (writer), Brian Stelfreeze (story, art), John Miesegaes, Andrew Lis, Lysa Hawkins (editors)
Domino II#2 (June, 2003) - Joe Pruett (writer), Brian Stelfreeze (story, art), John Miesegaes, Andrew Lis, Lysa Hawkins (editors)
Domino II#3 (July, 2003) - Joe Pruett (writer), Brian Stelfreeze (story, art), John Miesegaes (editor)
Domino II#4 (August, 2003) - Joe Pruett (writer), Brian Stelfreeze (story, art), John Miesegaes (editor)

First posted: 09/24/2026
Last updated: 10/31/2023

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