Art by Kostmeyer
 
Written by Pharaoh, December 2002.
Updated, December 2006.

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Code Name: Quill
Real Name: Cassandra Morell.
Nicknames: None
Occupations: Formerly Black Rook of the New York Hellfire Club. Assistant to Krystil Frost (The White Queen). Teacher at the Massachusetts Academy.
Legal Status: No criminal record.
Identity: Known to some high ranking members of the Hellfire Club. The general populace is unaware of the existence of the Inner Circle.
Aliases: None.
Place of birth: Montreal, Canada.
Age: 26
Marital Status: Unknown.
Sexual Orientation: Unrevealed.
Known Relatives: Quill’s father was Red King of the Canadian Hellfire Club Chapter. He is apparently deceased.
Group Affiliation: Associate of The Inner Circle of the New York Hellfire Club.
Base of Operations: The Massachusetts Acadamy.
First Appearance: Hellions #1 "Hellfire".
Origin: Quill is a mutant and was born with her mutant powers. She was born with her dark red skin, allthough her powers did not manifest until puberty.
Height: 5 foot 4 inches
Weight: 120lbs (8 stones and 8 lbs)
Eyes: Red
Hair: Black with red tips, kept long.
Distinguishing Marks: Quill’s entire body is covered in long black quills. Approximately 8 inches long. When lying close to her body they are as smooth as silk. When they are extended she is almost impossible to touch.
Strength Level: Quill possesses heightened physical strength, enabling her to lift/press approximately 1 ton.
Known Superhuman Powers: Quill’s body is covered in quills which can be extended so that she is impossible to touch. She is able to throw these quills with pinpoint accuracy. Quills are able to penetrate through 6 inches of steel. She is also extremely quick and agile, and is apparently tireless.
Abilities/Special Skills: Quill is a gifted gymnast and is trained in many forms of hand to hand combat.
Weapons Used: None, except for her natural quills..
 

Personality: Quill is fiercely loyal, and is protective of her friend the White Queen, and her charges the Hellions. She has a temper and can be aggressive and violent.
Personal Interests: Unknown.
History: Cassandra grew up in the Hellfire Club, her father was Red King of the Canadian chapter. After her father's death and the destruction of the Canadian chapter of the Club, she moved to New York because it contained one of the three surviving Chapters. She was befriended by Krystil Frost, and the two of them advanced through the ranks together. Although because of her father’s rank Quill has the right to advance to the very top of the organisation, she seemed to have sacrificed her ambition for the sake of their friendship.
The biggest test of this friendship came when Krystil slept with Armand DeFaux shortly before her marriage to Roberto DaCosta, the Black King. Furious, DaCosta killed DeFaux. Quill later learned that the reason her friend had slept with DeFaux was that she had been manipulated by the White Rook Synn’s mutant powers. Quill attacked and brutally beat Synn, planning to force her to admit to her part in the affair in front of DaCosta. However, Frost, believing that her future husband was unaware of the affair, begged Quill not to mention the incident to him, and Quill agreed, even though she knew that if she could not give a reason for her attack on Synn, a member of the Inner Circle of equal rank to herself, there would be serious consequences. She remained silent, and as a result, lost her seat on the Inner Circle.
Quill returned to the Hellfire Club Brownstone for Frost’s wedding, during which the demonic invasion of Earth began. DaCosta now revealed that he had always known about the affair and threw his new wife outside of the mansion and to the waiting demons. Quill then led the Hellions in a rescue attempt and was involved in the final attack on the demonic Horde.