Hallow's Eve

Elizabeth Tyne’s life was marked by trauma and violence from an early age. At seventeen, after years of sexual abuse at the hands of her father, she killed him in self-defense and fled her home, changing her identity to escape the law. Under the alias Janine, she met Ben Reilly—Peter Parker’s clone—in Salt Lake City. The two kindred souls, both running from their pasts, fell deeply in love. They shared their secrets, Ben revealing his origin as Spider-Man’s duplicate and Janine confessing her crime. For a time, they lived on the road together, seeking peace far from the shadows of their old lives.

Eventually, they settled in Santa Cruz, where they hoped to start anew. However, their brief happiness ended when Kaine, another clone of Peter Parker twisted by degeneration and jealousy, found them. Wanting Ben to remain pure, Kaine kidnapped Janine and forced her to fake her death, convincing her that Ben would be safer without her. For years, Ben mourned her loss, until Kaine orchestrated their reunion in New York. When the truth came to light, Janine turned herself in, deciding to face her past rather than keep running.

Years later, while imprisoned at Bedford Falls Correctional Facility, Janine was approached by Marcus Momplaisir, an agent of the Beyond Corporation. They promised her freedom and a reunion with Ben, now working as Beyond’s corporate Spider-Man. Accepting the offer, she was released into Beyond’s custody and reunited with Ben in New York. Though thrilled to be with him again, Janine soon realized she was effectively a prisoner under the company’s control. She grew increasingly uneasy with Ben’s forced servitude and Beyond’s manipulative hold over both of them.

Her suspicions deepened as Ben’s mental stability began to falter under Beyond’s psychological tampering. When she discovered their plan to erase Ben’s memories of Peter Parker, Janine rebelled. She stole a hard drive containing evidence of Beyond’s corruption and attempted to leak it, only to be thwarted by their agents. Despite her efforts, Beyond’s influence prevailed, leaving Ben’s mind fractured.

Ben’s mental collapse led him to take the name Chasm, an embodiment of his fragmented self. Janine, still loyal to him, followed him into Limbo, where he allied with the demon queen Madelyne Pryor. Desperate to help Ben and feeling powerless, Janine confided in Madelyne, who offered her magic from the demon S’ym’s finger—granting her supernatural abilities tied to enchanted masks. Each mask transformed her into different monstrous forms, allowing her to become the antihero Hallow’s Eve.

Together with Chasm and the Goblin Queen, Janine helped lead Limbo’s invasion of New York during the Dark Web event. But when Madelyne regained her memories and made peace with the X-Men, Janine and Ben felt betrayed. Stealing Madelyne’s Scythe of Sorrows, Janine gave it to Ben, who used it to usurp Madelyne’s throne and wage war on Earth. In the aftermath, Madelyne defeated Ben and imprisoned him, sending Janine away to save her life.

On her own, Janine turned to crime to gather resources and plan Ben’s rescue. Using her shape-shifting masks, she committed elaborate robberies and fought against Beyond’s remnants. During one heist, she accidentally scratched a security guard named Simon Carter while wearing a werewolf mask—transforming him into a werewolf. Seeking to fix her mistake, Janine teamed up with Marcus Momplaisir again, only to clash with Spider-Man and her former captors.

Janine later became entangled with the vampire cult known as The Structure, which plunged the world into darkness. Donning her vampire mask to survive, she fought alongside Elsa Bloodstone, Dagger, White Widow, and others to repel the invasion. After the battle, the group—now called the Blood Hunters—continued to hunt rogue vampires.

In time, Janine reunited with Ben after he escaped Limbo. Together, they descended further into moral ambiguity, pulling small heists and battling remnants of their enemies. Their chaotic partnership led to confrontations with Kaine, Druig, and the Moloids beneath New York.

Appearance: Hallow’s Eve’s skin is pale white, smooth and ghostlike in tone. She has neck-length red hair usually mostly hidden under her costume's hood. Her bodysuit is a seamless black material that clings tightly to her body. Around her lower legs and arms, the suit fades into an orange-gold hue that appears to burn away into tattered edges, creating a gradient of molten color that glows faintly in spots. She wears a hood of the same fiery orange, the fabric flowing in long, torn ribbons that trail around her. She also has a solid black domino mask, making her glowing yellow-orange eyes stand out vividly beneath it. Her lips are dark, glossy, and sharply defined against her pale complexion. A purple strap runs diagonally across her chest, leading to a small purple satchel that hangs at her hip. Gold clasps fasten the cloak at her collarbone, sculpted into circular emblems that reflect the same orange-gold as her hood and leg markings.

Personality: Clever, fiercely independent, and emotionally volatile, she hides deep scars behind sarcasm and confidence. Loyal to those she loves—especially Ben—she’s impulsive, cunning in danger, and unafraid to blur morality if it means survival or protecting what’s hers. However, there are times where she does act in a heroic manner to save the lives of others, making her an anti-hero.

Endowed with dark magic from the severed finger of the demon S’ym, Janine—now known as Hallow’s Eve—possesses the uncanny ability to craft enchanted masks that grant her a wide array of supernatural powers. These are kept in a satchel she carries with her. Each mask transforms her both physically and mystically, imbuing her with unique abilities tied to the creature or persona it represents. Humanoid masks generally modify her costume into the style of the mask she's wearing (so she usually still has a feminine form as well). Some masks are designed for pure offense, such as those that can curse her enemies, cause them to bleed, or splinter bone with devastating force. Others channel specific forms, like the mask of Frankenstein’s Monster which grants her immense strength and durability, or the insect mask inspired by the Human Fly which gives her agility and enhanced climbing abilities.

Her collection also includes masks that embody mythic or monstrous forms: the Werewolf mask bestows feral power and heightened senses; the Mummy mask allows her to summon and control ensnaring wraps; and the Witch mask enables her to cast spells, raise protective barriers, and telekinetically manipulate her masks. More deceptive disguises include the Model Mask, giving her the beauty and allure of a Hollywood icon, and the Police Officer Mask, which allows her to perfectly blend into human society. She can also adopt animalistic forms like the Gorilla Mask for raw strength or the Black Cat Mask for feline agility and reflexes.

Beyond these, her arsenal contains masks drawn from heroes as well—the Captain America mask grants her superhuman strength and a shield, the Hulk mask gives her monstrous might, and the Spider-Man mask provides her web-slinging prowess and agility. The Slasher Mask channels the unstoppable resilience of a horror movie killer, while the Kaiju mask transforms her into a towering, reptilian monster (very similar to Godzilla) capable of leveling entire structures.

From her years on the run and time spent imprisoned, Janine has developed an acute awareness of people’s intentions and hidden motives. Her survival instincts are sharp; she can sense deceit and danger with uncanny accuracy. She’s demonstrated this ability multiple times, such as detecting when Marcus Momplaisir lied about Ben’s condition or when a bounty hunter disguised himself as a coffee vendor to ambush her.