Friedrich Von Roehm

Friedrich Von Roehm, also known as the Black Rook is a Marvel Comics supervillain, and an adversary of the X-Men. Von Roehm possesses a hereditary ability that is likened to lycanthropy. Von Roehm undergoes a transformation from his ordinary human form through a process mentally activated by Selene. He attained the rank of "Black Rook," of the Lords Cardinal of the New York branch of the The Hellfire Club, an exclusive secret society bent on world domination. In civilian life, he was a jeweler. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Bill Sienkiewicz, the Black Rook first appeared in New Mutants #22 (December 1984). The character subsequently appears in The Uncanny X-Men #189 (January 1985), and #208 (August 1986), in which he...