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[b]Name: [/b]Zahariel Jackson
[b]Alias:[/b] Kaleidoscope
[b]Age:[/b] 31
[b]Place of Birth:[/b] Detroit, Michigan, United States

[i][b]Powers:[/b][/i]

[i]"Like a shooting star, I can cross the distance... what, did you think I was going to sing the entire song?"[/i]

[b]Conduit Effect:[/b] Zahariel is directly channeling energy from a parallel dimension to use his mutant powers. This allows him to fire blasts of raw energy that can melt through metal, scorch flesh, and set wood on fire.

[b]Portal Creation:[/b] Zahariel is able to create portals that can cross up to 500 miles at a time, though energy consumption scales with distance. As such, it is preferable for him to limit his portals to about 100 miles, as he runs the risk of overexertion when going beyond that.

[b]Rift Storm:[/b] By opening a portal to the dimension from whence he draws power, Zahariel can unleash a powerful storm of extradimensional energy, which causes gravitational anomalies, hurricane-like conditions, and slows down the flow of time within. It also changes the affected area to resemble that dimension, which is a kaleidoscopic landscape laden with multi-colored crystals and clouds of purple mist. If a Rift Storm isn’t unleashed on that same area again for more than a day, it slowly changes back to normal.

[b]History:[/b] 

[i]"Coexistence was once a dream I had. Imagine a world where the mutated and the normal can live as one! Well, it's now a pipe dream, thanks to you people, of course."[/i]

It was once said by one wise soul that with great power comes great responsibility. Zahariel could only guess who coined that phrase, but being the eldest child in a family laden with the mutant X-gene surely brought a lot of responsibility, and, admittedly, pain, for him. Mutation had always run rife within his bloodline; his mother had purple scleras and pointed ears, while his father had powers of light and blood that glowed whenever it was exposed to the atmosphere. Too bad he can’t remember what their names were, as they had to give him and his two siblings early on to a foster home. Mutants with such visible mutations were often denied employment, and so, they could not provide for Zahariel and his siblings.

Fortunately for him, he was given over to good people. Zahariel and his siblings would be amongst the many young students within Charles Xavier’s school for gifted youngsters, which allowed him to know other people, mutants, like himself. He learned that his story repeats in so many other young mutants, as they were feared and despised by mainline society for their gifts. Never mind that the X-Men had, along with other teams of heroes, saved the world on numerous occasions. Well, if the Brotherhood weren’t so adamant about making trouble, then maybe the stigma wouldn’t be so bad, right?

The years blazed past. Zahariel and his two sisters would graduate from Xavier’s school with flying colors, and would join the X-Men in many missions, though he often feared what his own powers could do if fully unleashed. After all, it was determined that he was pulling it from a parallel dimension; a dimension that was, at best, poorly understood. Still, Zahariel managed to keep his volatile abilities under control, and would serve as a great asset for Xavier’s cause.

That was until it became clear that humanity and mutantkind were too different to coexist. Fear would always overcome reason; the voices of the insane, the greedy, and the paranoid would often drown out those who spoke of reasonable cooperation. And so, Krakoa would be founded as an independent nation. Because of his powers over portals, Zahariel would become part of the nation’s secret service team, the X-Force. He often went on missions outside Krakoa, assessing and sometimes eliminating threats to the nation of mutantkind. 

But now, he desires to know himself better. He wishes to understand where this power comes from, and why are there sometimes voices in his head…

[b]Story Arcs.[/b]

[u]“The Darkness Within”[/u]

Zahariel finally understands the dimension from whence he channels his powers. And it ain’t pretty.

[u]“In the Name of Krakoa”[/u]

As a member of X-Force, Zahariel is tasked with assessing who and what might pose a threat to Krakoa. There are a lot of options to choose from.

[b]Associates[/b]

The X-Men: Zahariel used to be in the X-Men about half a decade ago. One could say that both former and current members are friends of his.[/center]

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