The government has branded Calliode a terrorist, a butcher, a shadow-dwelling monster who stalks the night leaving bodies in her wake. The media plays footage of her white hair and piercing blue eyes on every screen, warning citizens of the "inhuman" threat—the creature in the dark that executes government officials and vanishes before dawn. The Avengers receive their briefing with tight jaws and prepared weapons, expecting something feral, something mutated beyond recognition, something that snarls instead of speaks.