Trish Tilby

A reporter who took special interest in mutant affairs, she was responsible for releasing the news on the Legacy Virus to the world. She also had a long time relationship with X-Man/Avenger Hank McCoy AKA Beast.

Trish Tilby is a reporter for a big New York based new-station. Her life before her involvement with X-Factor has not been revealed, all that is know is that she had been a reporter for a long time and that she was once married.

Trish Tilby was sent to cover a story about X-Factor, that at the time were posing as mutant hunters but were actually protecting them, suddenly Vera Cantor appeared and was about to be interviewed by her but were interrupted by Beast; it was Trish that gave the name of X-Terminators to the teams other facet. She continued in her story about X-Factor and was constantly questioning their ways, she covered the story on Freedom Force trying to capture Rusty Collins and Skids, she also received inside information revealing that Warren Worthington III AKA Angel, a public mutant was the one funding all of X-Factor affairs, a supposedly mutant hating group. She released the story.

Warren was hospitalized after the attack of the marauders and got his wings damaged, Trish managed to get into his room and began interrogating him on why did he was giving money to X-Factor, she also told him that a court order was sent that forced him to amputate his wings, this information had been kept from him.

Warren was believed dead after an apparent suicide when his wings got amputated, she attended to the reading of his will and told the rest of the members of X-Factor that Cameron Hodge was the one behind everything, Warren's wings amputation and the fact that he was leaving all his money to him, at that moment they were attacked by The Right and she was badly injured but rescued by the elegant Beast.

She was hospitalized. One day she was roaming at the hospital when she encountered Beast, whom at the time was affected by Apocalypse and every time he used his strength he got dumber and dumber, they shared an intimate conversation until interrupted by Iceman who explained Hank's situation to her. When she got out, she released the story on Hank's McCoy loss of intelligence, this made Beast really sad and angry at her.

She was shortly captured by Warren that at the time was going by the Death persona, he wanted information on Candy Southern that supposedly was the one that leaked information about him, Beast saw this and tried to stop Warren but was quickly knocked down by him, Warren left, Trish was surprised to see this act of heroism even after she released the story on him. They grew a little closer.

When Beast recovered his intellect and his blue fur thanks to Infectia, Trish had a real hard time accepting this new Hank, not only about the beastly appearance, but also on the intellect, the vocabulary, the jokes; but she managed to realize that the sweet guy she knew all along was still there, after she defended him from some mutant hating humans they shared their first kiss. They soon formed a relationship and she got closer to the other members of X-Factor, they even double dated with Scott and Jean. She became almost like the exclusive reporter on mutant affairs, she covered some big events like the X-Tinction Agenda on Genosha.