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Warlock is an alien being from an unidentified world where the a sentient life forms are "techno-organic" life that resembles circuitry and machinery in various ways. The son of the planet’s ruler and most powerful being, Magus, Warlock was fearful of being slain during a traditional rite of passage where the son combats father. He instead fled to Earth, finding himself drawn to the Shi’ar technology at Professor Charles Xavier's mansion. As the mansion was the home and headquarters of the New Mutants and the X-Men, Warlock clashed with the teams in the confusion of his arrival, and Warlock's life energies ebbed so much that he nearly died. The New Mutants’ Doug Ramsey befriended the alien, however, and convinced Xavier and the others to allow Warlock to stay.
Warlock’s personality resembled that of a young child, but he still proved to be a valuable member of the New Mutants and a worthy ally of the X-Men. He remained beside his friends throughout his time on Earth, running away briefly to join the Fallen Angels with his friend Sunspot. When appearing in public, Warlock used his powers to take on a human appearance, and he also found himself capable of merging physically and mentally with Doug Ramsey, so that they could operate as a gestalt and join the New Mutants on their adventures. Over time, Warlock's and Ramsey's consciousness rapidly began to resemble each other. The Ramsey-Warlock gestalt being could change its form so that Warlock's and Ramsey's bodies were separate but still linked at certain points. This developed a danger of permanently infecting Ramsey with the "transmode virus" and permanently merging the two so that they would not want to revert to normalcy.