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[b]Name:[/b]
Katherine “Kitty” Anne Pryde

[b]Codename:[/b]
Shadowcat (Retired)

[b]Age:[/b]
33

[b]Place of Birth:[/b]
Deerfield, Illinois

[b]Occupation:[/b]
- Headmistress/Teacher of Computer Science (Xavier Institute)
- X-Man (Retired)

[b]Family:[/b]
- Piotr Rasputin (Colossus) - Husband

[b]Relationship Status:[/b]
Married to Piotr Rasputin

[b]Mutant Ability:[/b]
[i]Phasing/Intangibility:[/i] Shadowcat possessed the ability to pass through solid matter and objects by passing her atoms through the spaces between the atoms of the object through which she was moving. In this way she and the object through which she was passing could temporarily merge without interacting, and each was unharmed when Shadowcat had finished passing through the object. This process was called "phasing." When Shadowcat was phasing, she was, for all intents and purposes, intangible. Hence, when attacked, she could shift into a "phasing" state (even if she was not at the time passing through an object) so as to allow oncoming projectiles or energy blasts to pass through her harmlessly. Shadowcat passed through objects at the same rate of speed at which she was moving before she "entered" it.

[b]Personality and History:[/b]
Katherine "Kitty" Anne Pryde was leading the normal life of an extremely gifted thirteen year old girl in Deerfield, Illinois when she began suffering increasingly intense headaches. The headaches were a result of Kitty's mutant power emerging. Kitty possesses the ability to pass through solid matter. Professor Charles Xavier located Kitty and set out to recruit her for his school and possibly as a new member of his X-Men. Kitty's parents allowed Kitty to join Prof. Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. She became the newest member of the X-Men. Kitty spent a great deal of time training. During her first training session in the Danger Room, Kitty easily walked through a scenario that took Professor Xavier weeks to program, this showed off her great natural intelligence.

Kitty served with the X-Men until she was eighteen, becoming increasingly close with the likes of Ororo Monroe and Piotr Rasputin before she headed off to college, specifically MIT. Occasionally she would return to her duties as an X-Men when the situation called for it until finally she decided to become an instructor at the school, teaching computer sciences. Of all the X-Men and young mutants that passed through his doors, Professor X saw more of himself in Kitty than any other. The two shared a special bond closer to father and daughter, rather than teacher and student.

An ancient evil, buried alive in the tombs in the Valley of the Kings was accidently awoken and Apocalypse was reborn. He began to target mutants and in a mighty battle, he destroyed half of the X-Mansion and Professor X with it. There was no time for grieving as Kitty and her fellow X-Men found themselves in an all-out war against the first evil of the world. Eventually he was defeated but at the cost of many friends lives as well as the lives of the poor civilians that wandered into the path of destruction.
In the event of death, Professor Xavier had bequeathed his entire estate to Kitty, who decided to use the money he had left to rebuild and improve the mansion. Upon its completion, the young mutant re-opened the doors and became headmistress of the new institute in the hope that she could honor the legacy of Professor X and instill his ideals into a new generation of mutants.

[b]Extra:[/b]
- Although married, Kitty and Piotr are currently in a long distance relationship as he is working overseas to help those affected by Apocalypse’s rampage