Fleur de Lys is a

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ine from

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and an ally of Northguard, created in 1984 by

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and

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in the comic '' New Triumph featuring Northguard''. The name of the character is inspired by the

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of the

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, which is the official emblem of Quebec and a prominent part of the

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. The character was honored with a Canadian postage stamp in 1995, with fellow superheroes

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and

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. Fleur de Lys uses a fleur-de-lys-shaped, non-lethal light saber to vanquish her foes. The character's civilian identity is martial-arts expert Manon Deschamps, from Quebec. In 2010, Fleur de Lys was featured in an animated web series, ''Heroes of the North'', where it was revealed that the Quebecois heroine has brothers who are separatist terrorists.

References

External links

Northguard.com archive
* http://www.skypoint.com/members/schutz19/fleurdel.htm Culture of Quebec National personifications Canadian superheroes Personifications of country subdivisions {{comics-char-stub