Universe
Marvel Universe

Real Name
Unrevealed

Aliases
Project Nineteen

Identity
Secret

Citizenship
Unrevealed

Place of Birth
Unrevealed

First Appearance
X-Force #26 (1993)

Born under unspecific horrific circumstances, the protoplasmic mutant later known as Reignfire became geneticist Dr. Segismund Joshua's test subject, code-named Project Nineteen. Telepathic scans confirmed that despite it lack of human characteristics, the entity possessed a rudimentary consciousness, but after a decade of experimentation the fluid began to suffer physical deterioration and was placed in an oxygenated nutrient bath to slow its decline. Dr, Joshua transfused it with blood from another test subject, Sunspot (Roberto Da Costa), curious to see if it could duplicate Sunspots photovoltaic abilities. Instead unexpectedly, it could use Sunspot's cells as a template to regenerate, becoming a physical duplicate of Sunspot, an establishing a telepathic bond between them that provided Nineteen with a complete copy of Sunspot's memories.With his new-found powers, Nineteen escaped, setting fire to Joshua's lab and killing five people in the process. Unaware of any of this, Sunspot later regained his own freedom, and joined Cable (Nathan Summers)'s X-Force.