From a very young age, Raven Darkholme has learned to have control over her mutant transmutation gift, and can always maintain a false alien appearance. According to a retcon written by screenwriter Chuck Austen, she had a relationship in Germany with the mutant Azazel (while married to Baron Christian Wagner) until the day she gave birth to Kurt Wagner, a mutant with skin blue and demonic appearance (similar to Azazél), that later would become the Noturno, integral of the X-Men.