Scrawl Banditta
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Rémi Elayna LeBeau
Birthplace
New Orleans, Louisiana
Appearance
Rémi stands at 5' 5" (1.65 m). She's a slender young woman with fair skin, beautiful hazel eyes and is currently a brunette.
Gambit has limited Kinetic Energy Manipulation abilities:
- Kinetic Charging - Gambit is a mutant who has the ability to take the potential energy stored in an object and convert it to pure light pink-colored kinetic energy thus “charging” that item with highly explosive results. She prefers to charge smaller objects, such as her ever-present playing cards, as the time required to charge them is greatly reduced and they are much easier for her to throw. The only real limitation to this ability is the time required to charge the object: the larger it is the more time it takes to charge. Most charging takes place through direct skin contact. The power of her explosions is dependent on the mass of the object she is charging, for example, a charged playing card explodes with the force of a grenade.
- Gambit's ability to tap kinetic energy also grants her incredible superhuman physical abilities (strength, speed, reflexes and reactions, agility, flexibility, dexterity, coordination, balance, and endurance), as her body constantly generates bio-kinetic energy and so is perfectly constructed for constant motion. This gives her an added edge that she has used to her advantage by developing a unique acrobatic fighting style.
- She also has the ability to create static, because of the charged potential energy always in her body, that shields her mind from detection and intrusion by even the strongest and most powerful telepaths (such as Charles Xavier). The shield has the added effect of destabilizing touch-based abilities.
- As stated above, Remi's physical abilities (speed, reflexes and reactions, agility, flexibility, dexterity, coordination, balance, and endurance) have been increased to just beyond peak human ability. Her strength has also increased, but is not superhuman by any means. Remi can lift up to roughly 250 lbs.
- Gambit has been stealing things all her life. When it comes to pick pocketing, sleight of hand, lockpicking, hiding in the shadows, and burglary Remi has few equals.
- Remi always carries no less than 2 decks of playing cards, and often has her lockpicking tools with her.
- She is quite the marksman at throwing cards and other small objects whether they're kinetically charged or not.
- Remi is an excellent player of card games, especially poker.
- Remi is bilingual, speaking both English and Creole (though her player does not & will be using Google Translate).
- She hates cold weather.
- Remi has a criminal record (mainly from her activities from her childhood & early teenage years) and therefore is in the system.
- Due to the death of Bella Donna Remi is currently exiled from the city of New Orleans. Running into members of Thieves' Guild whether in New Orleans or not may or may not have negative consequences. While running into members of the Assassins' Guild, especially the Boudreaux family, will most definitely have dire consequences for Remi.
- Remi is still legally married to Julien Boudreaux of the Assassins' Guild.
- Remi has trust/loyalty issues. Up until this point in time she has only been truly loyal to the LeBeau family, Julien Boudreaux (until the death of Bella Donna), and herself. In every other relationship she has betrayed or been betrayed by the other person(s).
- She would rather flee than fight, so if given the opportunity she'll do just that as long as others aren't placed in danger.
The girl who would become called Remi LeBeau grew up on the streets of New Orleans under the care of Fagan's Mob, a gang of street thieves who raised the child. This, of course is where she would learn the ways of thievery. After living as an orphan on the streets, a 10-year-old Remi attempted to pick the pocket of Jean-Luc LeBeau, a master thief in his own right. Jean-Luc took the girl off the streets and adopted her into his own family. As a LeBeau Remi's thievery schooling went to the next level.
Remi's mutant abilities kicked in around 13 years old. She kept this a secret from her family, practicing in private when ever she could.
Jean-Luc was not only the patriarch of the LeBeau family, but also the head of a criminal organization known as the Thieves' Guild. When she was 15, Remi accompanied her cousin Etienne Marceaux on his "Tithing", the ritual initiation test of the Thieves' Guild. But, the initiation went very wrong with Remi and Etienne having to defend themselves against a couple of mutants. During their escape the two cousins had to dive from a cliff side into the sea below. Remi was ultimately saved by the Guild. Etienne drowned.
A year later, Remi would successfully pass her own Tithing. As an official member of the Guild Remi not accompanied other thieves on jobs, but was allowed to bring to the Guild and accept her own missions.
After coming of age and in an attempt to reconcile the Thieves' Guild with its rival criminal family, the Assassins' Guild, Remi married Julien Boudreaux, grandson of the head Assassin, whom she met at the age of eight. Unfortunately, she was challenged by his sister, Bella Donna, to a duel after the wedding. In the duel, Gambit killed Bella Donna, and she was exiled from the city, ending her romantic relationship with Julien.
(The GM is more than welcome to PM me with ideas to add to Gambit's history [such as her possible involvement with Candra, Pig, and Dr. Essex] and to have that history come back to haunt her & her teammates in present time.)
