Wormwood (Invasion of the Bane)

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"Mrs. Wormwood" was the lead Bane, second only to the Bane Mother. After her failed invasion of Earth and the death of the Bane Mother, the Bane Kindred made her a pariah.

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Biography

As Sarah Jane Smith noted, in the [Book of Revelations] that at the end of the world a star called Wormwood will fall to Earth and poison the water. Posing as a Human using an image translator, she oversaw the distribution of Bubble Shock!, supposedly just a soft drink, which served as a front for the Bane takeover of Earth (specifically Great Britain, the country from which she ran operations). She was also in charge of the creation of an artificial Human called the "the Archetype", later known as Luke Smith. She managed to escape the destruction of the Bubble Shock! factory in London. (SJA: Invasion of the Bane)

She was blamed for the failure of the invasion and was cast out of the Bane Kindred, who attempted to eat her alive as punishment. She fled and made an alliance with the Sontaran Commander Kaagh. The pair set out to find one of two halves piece of Horath's identity. Mrs Wormwood kidnapped Gita Chandra at her work to draw Sarah Jane's attention and ask for her help in retrieving the other half. Sarah Jane had Mr Smith imprison her with a containment vortex. At the same time that Bane agents arrived, she escaped and re-united with Kaagh. Mrs Wormwood and Kaagh opened the Harath's Portal but Sarah Jane Stopped her from becoming Empress of the Galaxy. Kaagh then Pulled Wormwood into the Portal and they both fell inside it,The portal was a black hole. Sarah Jane Sealed the Portal and destroyed the device that opened it.Did Wormwood and kaagh died or lived is unknown but they are trapped in the portal, apparentlly forever.(SJA: Enemy of the Bane)

Tools and equipment

As an exile, she had a sonic disruptor in the form of a ring. (SJA: Enemy of the Bane)