Destiny (Marvel Comics)
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Destiny (Irene Adler) was a precognitive mutant in Marvel Comics. The character was created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne.
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Character history
Mystique and Destiny formed the second Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, a group of ideologically-motivated terrorists and eventually went to work for the United States government as Freedom Force in exchange for a pardon and protection from anti-mutant sentiment.
While on a mission with Freedom Force, Destiny was killed by Legion who was being influenced at the time by the Shadow King. Shortly before her death, she predicted that Mystique would become romantically involved with Forge and although the pair loathed each other at the time, they did develop a brief relationship while both were members of X-Factor. Most recently, the team of X-Treme X-Men spent some time searching for her diaries of future predictions.
Although the identity of Nightcrawler's father was recently revealed, long-time X-Men writer Chris Claremont had originally intended for Destiny and Mystique to be his biological parents (Mystique taking the form of a man for the conception).
Power and abilities
Destiny had the ability to see future probabilities and interpret them to best select or manipulate what was likely to happen.
Trivia
Destiny's name comes from Irene Adler, a Sherlock Holmes character.
Previous supervillain Destiny
Another Marvel character named Destiny (real name: Paul Destine) fought the Sub-Mariner in the 1960s. This Destiny was a pawn of Set who was instrumental in causing the Sub-Mariner's temporary amnesia prior to the Silver Age of Comic Books. He was foreshadowed in Tales to Astonish #101 (March 1968), and introduced in the one-shot Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1 (April 1968).
Destiny in Other Media
Destiny appeared in the X-Men Evolution animated series. In the series she is not part of the Brotherhood and never wore a costume but Mystique's best friend who took care of Rogue before she joins the X-Men.
More recently, Destiny appeared as an NPC in X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse as an NPC. She is depicted as a former Brotherhood member but quit and relocated to Avalon in the Savage Land.