Shalimar Fox, code-name Shadowfox (played by Victoria Pratt), is a character on the Canadian Sci-Fi TVshow Mutant X (2001-2004). She is a sexy, alluring and tough member of Adam's team of New Mutants. She is classified as a Feral New Mutant, with DNA that has been spliced with a Feline, giving her incredible agility, enhanced speed, senses, metabolism, strength and reflexes as well as a fiery temperament to go along with it. She is a member of the organization Mutant X, which attempts to see to the welfare of New Mutants, as well as preventing them from abusing their powers. Shalimar is also romantically involved with the New Mutant and team-member Brennan.
Shalimar Fox is in her late twenties. She has feline feral capabilities, which according to Genomex sources maybe either Cougar or Lynx. Her feral capabilities make her wild, unpredictable, territorial and protective of her pack, which is the Mutant X team.
Nicholas Fox, Shalimar’s father and the owner of Naxcon, believed there was something wrong with his daughter due to her New Mutant abilities. At age 10, Shalimar’s parents locked her in a mental institution where she was subjected to various beatings for behavior modification, in hopes that it would cause her feral abilities to go away. While at the institution her feral powers began to grow. One day when the guards came to give her daily treatment, she was strong enough to fend off their attack and escape the institution. She never spoke to her parents again for years, until a mission for Mutant X required her to do so.
At age 15, Shalimar was living on the streets until Dr. Adam Kane found her. However, this new home was only temporary. After living with him for only a few days she ran away. The ever-persistent Dr. Kane found her a few days later in a rundown motel, she hadn’t eaten in a few days, and her feral abilities were running wild.
Her new life with Dr. Kane at Sanctuary was very different from her life prior to this point. Adam Kane helped her learn to control her feral side and a close father-daughter bond formed between the two of them.
