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X-Men Noire: A Nation Reborn [High Casual]

Yukiko Masuyo

Name:
Yukiko (Meaning 'a thousand generations') Masuyo (Meaning 'Benefit the world')

Age:
17

Alias:
Shakita or Kita

Appearance:



costume:



Abilities:

Matter Manipulation
Yukiko, having just stumbled upon her power as she traveled to the United States from Japan, can manipulate matter. Currently she has only used this power once with turning a glass of water into nothing but an empty cup of air, as the hydrogen and one of the oxygen molecules were removed (scientifically speaking), but as she comes to understand her powers more (learning more about chemistry could definitely help), anything in the universe that has substance and mass/physical form can be manipulated into whatever it is she can understand and imagine. Of course, these abilities are limited by her knowledge, amount of concentration and mental strength.

Skills:
Yukiko was trained ever since she was able to walk in the art of stealth as well as how to wield blades of all types. As she got older, her more prominent skills were discovered and her training focused mainly on her acrobatics, small blade use, throwing ability (like throwing stars and other small, sharp objects) and stealth (along with that, flexibility from being forced to learn to navigate small areas). Amongst these, Yukiko has been trained in hand-to-hand combat and though not as skilled with it as she is with her other skills, she is able to hold her own against any normal fighter though her small stature almost forces her to keep unnoticed and ranged.

On top of that, Yukiko is fluent in three different languages: Japanese, as is her native tongue, as well as Mandarin and Russian. Her knowledge of other languages is very small, and English, perhaps, is her worst one.

Personality Traits:
Yukiko hardly speaks to anyone save for Logan. This doesn't just have to do with the fact that she doesn't understand a word of English, but she has always been quiet by nature, raised into knowing where her place is and will only speak up when she feels compelled to speak her mind.

Once you get to know her, however, Yukiko's other traits come out in her, revealing her to be firm in opinion, stubborn in her ways and prefers to do things on her own rather than in groups, having a hard time following anyone she does not deem worthy as a leader. She's a very independent spirit and exceptionally respectful towards those who have earned it as well as loyal to her culture and country. On the rare occasion when she feels completely relaxed and able to be herself, Yukiko is known to be a bit on the sassy side, but does indeed have a sense of humor hidden somewhere deep down.

Backstory:
From the very day that Yukiko was conceived, her fate was already written in stone. Youngest and only girl of six in the Masuyo family, Yukiko was brought up and raised in a family controlled by the Yakuza, a group of transnational organized crime syndicates in Japan. From the moment Yukiko started walking, training had begun, honing the small girl into a lethal weapon for the Yukuza’s own personal use. At first her missions consisted of small group missions with her older brothers as ‘debt collectors’, a little intimidation here and there; maybe someone lost a finger or two or a couple broken bones; but as the years went on her missions became more physical, daunting and brutal.

Strange enough as things were (though now considered normal to Yukiko) an American had moved in with Yukiko and her family. He was a friend of her father's, as she learned, and over the time that Logan spent with them, Yukiko and he formed a very close bond, perhaps a bond closer than she had with any of her family.

Yukiko first started questioning her family’s line of work when she was just thirteen years old and two of her brother’s had nearly exposed themselves in a mission they were working on together, and as penance they each had to remove the tip of their left little finger as was a customary ritual known as Yubitsume. As Yukiko sat there and watched her brothers disfigure themselves, her doubts began to climb and she made an effort to tread more carefully from then on. She always knew that failure would result in severe punishment, she just wasn't sure if she was able to accept just how the Yakuza went about it.

Three years later when Yukiko was sixteen, she had lost three out of the five of her brothers to the Yakuza whether it be by their own personal hand as punishment, or by getting killed serving them. Logan had also mysteriously vanished from their home, and Yukiko could only assume that he too was dead. It was during this time that Yukiko thought about wanting to escape the clutches of the Yakuza forever. The last act Yukiko ever did in Japan for the Yakuza happened on a cold November night. Suspicion of Yukiko's loyalty began to spread around the organization, and she was brought before one of the leaders of the Yakuza, Zurui. The room in which she was pulled into had about twenty or so other Yakuza members standing by for protection reasons, and in the center of the room was what looked like an ordinary man tied up to a wooden chair with a bag over his head.

Zurui assured Yukiko that the man hidden under the bag deserved his punishment, as he was found trying to profit for what it was that they did. Zurui handed Yukiko the sacrificial katana and she knew immediately that if she didn't do what she was told, she would surely die; but she had never taken a life before and was unsure if she could do so now. Her harsh upbringing however led Yukiko to take the katana from Zurui and the man was quickly untied from the chair and pushed before the sacrificial block. She had seen these sacrifices before, she grew up her whole life watching heads roll on the floor from the clean swipe of the katana. It was considered an honor to be the one to wield the blade, however Yukiko wanted no part in it. Despite being desensitized to blood and gore, the thought of taking one's life, despite what he may have done, did not set well with her.

Forcefully, Yukiko raised the katana, and with one clean swipe had beheaded the criminal; her first kill. But what surprised her even more then the rush of taking the life of another was when the bag hit the floor, the head of her very own father rolled out… the Yakuza had tricked her into killing her own father. Somehow managing to keep a brave face, Zurui informed the sixteen year old that Yukiko’s father had been suspected of working for some unknown organizations in America who aimed to take down the Yakuza and of course, must be stopped. Zurui then praised Yukiko for her lack of emotion during the 'test' and was promoted to a Yakuza assassin. As she left the room that day, she was warned that if she ever disobeyed, then what was left of her family would surely die in the most unpleasant way possible. She continued to do the bidding of the Yakuza for another year before Yukiko finally spotted her chance of getting out. An air raid.

People were being evacuated left and right; women and children being the first priority. Being mistaken as a 'normal' child, Yukiko was rounded up with some others her age and was immediately shipped off to one of their allied countries for safety. But Yukiko didn’t stop there. If her father had connections in America that aimed to stop the Yakuza, she knew then that it was America that she needed to be.

X-Men Noire: A Nation Reborn [High Casual]

~ Jean Grey ~

~General Information~

Name: Jean Grey.
Alias: Phoenix.
Gender: Female.
Occupation: Student; Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters.
Place Of Origin: ?; ?, USA.
Age: Nineteen Years Old.
Date Of Birth: 28th of July.

Appearance - Nineteen Years Old:



Costume:

~Relationship Information~

Relationship Status: Single.
Sexuality: Heterosexual/ Straight.
Partner: None.
Father: John Grey.
Mother: Mara Grey.
Siblings: Elion James Grey.
Pet/s: None.
Other: Laura Jane Grey (Aunt).

Detailed Relationships

"Nobody likes being alone that much… I don’t go out of my way to make friends, that’s all. It just leads to disappointment."
~ Jean Grey.

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~Personal Information~

Personality:
♦ Extremely Resourceful ♦ Outrageously Stubborn ♦ Brave and Selfless ♦ Violently Explosive ♦ Exceedingly Strong ♦ Slightly Manipulative ♦ Natural Survivalist ♦

Once seen to be a sweet and gentle young lady, Jean tends to close herself off to others doing her best to hide the kind and caring girl she once was deep inside of her, the now young woman strongly believing that she is long past the ways of saving; though on the rare occasion her old good intentions and nature slip through the cracks causing her to unintentionally show affection and even genuine helpfulness towards others. A very multi-talented person, Jean can be quite persuasive leading her to be very influential to those around her. Though loyal to only a few, Jean has issues when it comes to trusting others, both causing her see this as both a weakness and a strength.

Also brave, selfless, extremely resourceful and highly intelligent, Jean Grey has a very strong and independent survivalist instinct fueled by her difficult past causing her to be quite good at thinking outside the box. Very strong, often stubborn and unwittingly determined, Jean will most times act first before asking questions later, the woman learning from her past that she needs to do whatever she can to survive though she has a base instinct to protect those who are weak and have no skills or methods in which to protect themselves. Usually a very logical person, Jean sometimes has trouble controlling her emotions when things become quite stressful around her.

Unlike most who are forced into surviving on their own, Jean is not a natural born healer, becoming quite squeamish and reluctant when it comes to tending her own and the wounds of others around her, instead choosing to focus on things that she deems more important such as expanding her knowledge base by reading. Nevertheless, she knows the basics of first aid, including how to clean and dress a wound to keep it from getting infected and in turn the person getting worse over time.

A fiercely determined and resourceful fighter, Jean is easily underestimated by those who stand against her and almost always finds herself in some sort of disagreement with those in positions of authority, using her own resources when it comes to getting through life, showing that she has the true instincts of a survivor. Though seeming confident and calm in most situations she is forced into, Jean has a nasty habit of biting her nails whenever she gets nervous or anxious, sometimes having to force and consciously stop herself from doing so when she is in the company of others.

Skills: An extremely intelligent young woman, Jean has a knack for researching, able to recall almost every piece of information that she has ever read. A great strategist, she uses her talents well and when called upon, catching any flaws in the plans that others tend to more times than none, run by her. Mentally stronger than most and with a peak of durability, it shows that disease and illness rarely affect her in any way, allowing her to keep her keen senses sharp and ready to use at a moment’s notice.

Biography:
Born as the youngest child to a well-off and quite wealthy family, Jean was always lavished in the best that money could buy, the child rarely hearing the word "no" being uttered from her parents lips when it came to something that she wanted. Although raised to be nothing more than a proper young lady by her parents, growing up under the watch and care of her older brother Jean learned from a young age that she would need to learn how to look after and defend herself, both teachings helping her to grow into both a beautiful and confident young woman. Wanting to do her best in what she knew and make her family proud of the woman in which she was slowly becoming, Jean threw herself into her studies, pushing herself and working hard to pick up the many lessons that her mother believed would help her to lead a full and happy life in the future.

With news of the ongoing war looming ever closer to American soil, Jean watched as the men she had grown up around were one by one called to take arms and fight for the freedom of their country; the inevitable arrival of two letters to their family home, one for her brother and the other for her father caused the family to part ways with grief, a heaviness in their hearts with all knowing the potential outcome, but none wishing to speak it out loud. This was goodbye. Going with them to the train station, the young girl and her mother waved both the father and son farewell, wishing them a safe return while they themselves reluctantly boarded a train bound for the country fulfilling their promise of remain safe and sound in the company of her aunt and away from any potential threats that could harm them at their family home in the city.

Moving into her aunt's home in the countryside, Jean tried her best to take on more of the responsibilities at home, allowing her mother a well-deserved break from having to worry about her daughters care and well-being while still feeling the stress and worry for the son and husband that had been torn out of their lives. Growing into a beautiful young teenager, Jean did all she could to keep her head down and to stay out of trouble, the sweet and charming young woman always seeming to be found in a nice quiet corner of the house with her nose in a book when there was nothing else that could be done; the only true thing able to excite her or giving her any sense of joy being the letters that managed to come for her from her brother on the battlefield.

As the years began to wear on and the war becoming more and more dangerous with each moment that passed by, the thought of her usual monthly correspondence from her brother and father had Jean rushing home, the anticipation and excitement of once more being able to hear from them keeping the young woman sane with the knowledge that they were safe. Arriving with the hopes of receiving yet another letter from her brother to add to her collection, Jean instead found her heart breaking apart, her grief weighing down over her shoulders as instead the letter contained a brief condolence and explanation to the passing of her brother who had fallen in battle. Feeling a sharp and excruciating pain shooting through her very being at the thought of never being able to see him again, Jean quickly began to break down, her mental stability failing long enough for what seemed to be a small switch somewhere in the back of her mind to flick over, her emotions tipping her over the edge causing objects of all sizes around the room to shake violently before eventually shattering leaving shards and remnants of different materials littering the room around them.

Both surprised and fearful of what they had both witnessed the young woman do before their very eyes, Jean's aunt quickly set to work in taking over the child's life when her mother instead turned to the bottle to cope with the abnormality of her daughter, keeping Jean locked away in the confines of the family home so that she could further the girls education, while keeping her out of the sight and company of those that would tarnish the family name should they ever find out. Through the months of trying to come to terms with the death of her brother and the strange things she was able to do as well as the constant pushing and stressful torment of both her aunt and mother, Jean began to pull away from those that were still in her life, a hatred growing within her heart as she began resenting the hand in which she had been dealt.

Suffering in silence for the most part while at other times lashing out and causing her powers to once again flair out of control, Jean took the abuse and slight violent battery that her aunt continued to provided to her, the girl over time not caring as to anyone saw the abuse that she had gone through due to her strange and unexplainable tendencies. The constant brutality along with her now slightly hardened personality causing her to pull herself further and further away from them, their actions causing her to lash out more and more until they chose to lock her away in the isolation that was her room, the two of them not knowing what else to do with her... Until he showed up.

Introducing himself as Charles Xavier, a man with the power to help her control her abilities as well as give her a place in which she could live among others who were also special like her, Jean quickly jumped at the opportunity to leave the home which had over the years become her prison. Now existing contently among those who share the mutant gene with her, Jean had found a happy medium between who she used to be and who she is now, the bright young woman only doing what she is asked and which she is required to do in order to keep herself out of trouble.

~Ability Information~

Abilities:
♦ Telekinisis ♦ Telepathy ♦ Phoenix Force ♦

Telekinisis - An extremely powerful telekinetic, Jean has the strong mental capacity to not only influence matter, but to also manipulate and move it with just the sheer force of her mind; the woman, once able to put her full powers to use, is able to "evolve" them to the point where she could control anything at a subatomic level, opening up to her the chance to manipulate an objects physical properties.

*Once Jean is able to access and use her telekinetic powers to their fullest extent, she will also have the ability to use:

• Telekinetic Flight - Once unlocked with the rest of her potential, Jean will be able to use her telekinetic abilities to help her fly over vast distances.
• Disintegration - Once unlocked with the rest of her potential, Jean's telekinetic abilities are strong enough to allow her to disintegrate her opponents.

Telepathy - Along with her telekinetic powers, Jean also has the strong ability to harness telepathy, allowing her to not only read and sense another person's thoughts, but to also communicate with them mentally by projecting her own thoughts into their mind; if willing to put in the hard work and dedication into working on progressing her powers, Jean also has the ability to imprint on another's mind, creating a permanent bond between the pair, as well as to create illusions, project her astral form from her body, detect the presence of another superhuman mutant, and manifest her telepathy to take physical shape.

*Once Jean is able to access and use her telepathic powers to their fullest extent, she will also have the ability to use:

• Telepathic Manipulation - Once unlocked with the rest of her potential, Jean will be able to use her telepathic abilities to manipulate other people’s minds with relative ease, achieving a wide variety of effects.
  
  • Mind Control - Jean will be able to control the thoughts and actions of others.
  • Mind Possession - Jean will be able to possess the mind of another, to see through their eyes, and to use that being’s body as her own.
  • Personality Alteration - Jean will be able to alter the minds of others by force of will, permanently changing their personality either partially, or entirely.
  • Mental Paralysis - Jean can induce both temporary mental, and even physical paralysis.
  • Mental Amnesia - Jean has the power to erase any awareness of particular memories, or even potentially cause total amnesia.
  • Mind Transferal - Jean is able to transfer both her mind, and her powers into other host bodies if her own physical body could somehow be killed.
  • Induce Pain - Jean is able to induce mental pain merely by touching the brow of her victim.
  • Heal Trauma - Jean will be able to not only erase a person’s memories, and heal mental trauma through ‘psychic surgery’; but will also have the power to stimulate or deaden the pain and pleasure centers in a person’s brain.
  • Mental Sedating - Jean can telepathically ‘sedate’ her victims so that, if already rendered unconscious, they remain so for as long as she chooses to keep them in their sedated state.
  • Neural Jumpstart - Jean can increase the speed of the neural signals in the brain, allowing her to be able to increase another mutants powers to vastly incredible levels, however the effects are only temporary.
  • Dilate Power - Jean (much like Charles) has the ability to place ‘psychic inhibitors’ in the minds of other mutant adversaries, preventing them from being able to use their powers.
• Telepathic Defense - Once unlocked with the rest of her potential, Jean can manifest her telepathy in a number of defensive ways.
  
  • Telepathic Cloak - Jean can mask her presence and the use of her abilities from being detected by other psions, and psychic entities; her powers allowing her to extend these defenses to other around her as well, however cloaking via telepathy is not perfect, and powerful psis may notice and ‘see’ through this particular ability.
  • Cloak Mind - Jean has the ability to rearrange the ‘mental engrams’ of mutants so that their distinctive mutant thought patterns cannot be detected by Cerebro-type devices, or by other telepaths.
• Telepathic Illusions - Jean is able to create realistic telepathic illusions, and is able to cause others to experience events in which are not actually occurring.
  
  • Telepathic Camouflage - Jean is able to alter the apparent physical appearance of both herself and others by altering the perceptions of those around her; this can go so far as to make other people believe that the camouflaged people are not even there (invisible)- the only limit, if one seems to exit, is only imposed by the number of people she is attempting to fool, not the number of people she is camouflaging.
• Psionic Blasts - Once unlocked with the rest of her potential, Jean will be able to use her telepathic abilities to create psionic blasts which can induce unimaginable pain, knock out, or even kill the person in which it is directed towards.
• Psionic Shield - Once unlocked with the rest of her potential, Jean's telepathic abilities are strong enough to allow her to create a telepathic shield to prevent not only her mind, but also others minds from being read, attacked, or even detected by those who would be able to sense them.
• Asteral Projection - Able to project her astral form from her body, and onto the astral planes or the physical planes- in the physical plane, Jean is able to travel over vast distances while in her astral form, however in the astral plane, she is able to mentally create psionic objects and manipulate the aspects of her environment. Also able to communicate with others, Jean is able to contact them through her own will, or with the thoughts and memories of the other person.
• Mental Detection - Though not as strong as others who share in this ability, Jean is able to sense the presence of another superhuman mutant within a small, but as yet undefined radius of herself by perceiving the distinctive mental radiations emitted by such a being.
• Psionic Firebird – Strong enough to be able to physically manifest her telepathy, Jean is able to meld it into taking the shape of a psionic firebird whose claws are able to inflict both physical, and mental damage onto her victims.

Phoenix Force - Along with both her telekinetic and telepathic powers, Jean also has the exceedingly strong ability to control and wield the phoenix force; a cosmic entity which embodies both creation and destruction, and derives its power from those who are yet unborn- while an entity of itself, the phoenix force believes Jean to be its ‘host, body and self’, and as such gives her vast Psionic abilities which allow her to manipulate not only time, but also space, matter and energy for virtually any purpose. Alongside these abilities, Phoenix (Jean) is also able to revive, absorb, re-channel and also preserve any kind of life-form as the Phoenix is the sum of all life-force.

Giving a significant boost to her mental abilities, and allowing her to rearrange matter at a molecular level; when acting as the Phoenix, Jean is able to fly unaided through space, and to create intense heat and thermal energy by stimulating molecular activity to create fire, flames, and concussive blasts- able to create fire under almost any condition, including while submerged in deep water, and able to manipulate thermal energy in her vicinity; Jean can also manipulate the voluntary and involuntary responses in the human body.

The Phoenix Force also allows for her to hold the power to control the whole universe as the ‘One-True Phoenix’, which allows her to change the very future of the universe with her infinite power.

*Once the Phoenix Force is no longer laying dormant, and Jean is able to access and use her Phoenix abilities to their fullest extent, she will also have the ability to use:

• Cosmic Pyrokinesis - Once unlocked with the rest of her potential, and after completely giving herself over to the Phoenix Force, Jean will be able to create both cosmic fire and flames at will; a rare ability known as Cosmic Pyrokinesis, which allows her to be able to not only create, but to also control and manipulate cosmic fire- a fire which is not dependent upon oxygen- derived from her ability to manipulate matter at an atomic level (which allows her to generate intense heat, combustion and concussive blasts by stimulating heat molecules, or simply from her access to cosmic energy, or by combining both powers at once to create more powerful flames), Jean’s cosmic fire is different from flames that are usually created by common Pyrokinesis due to the fact that they are not dependent on oxygen, meaning that she is able to create these flames under seemingly impossible conditions like being underwater, or even in the vacuum of space. Usually manifesting itself in the shape of a large fiery bird (a phoenix); Jean, once able to control her abilities, will have complete control over her fire, and can manipulate it into whichever shape she wishes, whether it be a fireball, fiery claws, or even the appearance of an ordinary fire- the pain caused by her cosmic fire ranging from mental to physical, and on the occasion, both. Although her cosmic fire (particularly when the Phoenix) is powerful enough to destroy entire galaxies, Jean’s control over it (once she has mastered her powers), is so complete that it is only able to harm what she chooses it to; thus, her cosmic fire will burn her enemies until they either die, or until she extinguishes it by her own volition.
• Telekinetic Sensitivity - Once unlocked with the rest of her potential, Jean's Phoenix Force will allow her the ability to feel the texture of objects that she has a telekinetic hold over, to feel when other objects come into contact with them, and to probe them at a molecular level so that she s able to identify whether or not they contain alien materials, or feel when two things which she has a telekinetic hold over are similarly composed.
• Resurrection - On any given time that Jean dies, the Phoenix Force will ultimately resurrect her- sometimes this resurrection is instantaneous, and at other times she spends time within the ‘White Hot Room’ doing ‘Phoenix Work’. If she dies, the Phoenix Force will automatically create a telekinetic cocoon around her body known as a ‘Phoenix Egg’; and while she is occupying the Phoenix Egg, the egg will grow exceedingly hot to the touch. Along with being able to once more rise from the proverbial ashes, Jean is also capable of resurrecting others from death by reconstructing and repairing the damaged parts of the person’s body at a molecular level, before ensuring that both their internal and external organs are all places in the correct place physiologically, and are all in working order. Though it is unknown just how she is able to resurrect someone who has been dead for an extended period of time; the one being resurrected, once healed, simply seems to wake up from a rather dream-like state.
• Pyro-Telekinesis - Once unlocked with the rest of her potential, Jean is able to move objects by increasing the heat around the object itself, using her fire to move the object.

~Other Information~

Other: Jean owns a beautiful heart-shaped locket which she is rarely ever seen without, this locket was given to her by her brother the day before he was drafted into the war; inside she keeps a picture of him so that she will never forget him and that she can hold him close to her heart. Jean also has a stack of old letters which she keeps locked away in the desk in her room, the letters written and sent to her by her brother while he was serving in the war.

~Theme Song~

Theme Song:
"Russian Roulette" by Rihanna.

Lyrics:
Take a breath,
Take it deep.
‘Calm yourself’, he says to me.
If you play, you play for keeps,
Take the gun, and count to three.
I’m sweating now,
Moving slow,
No time to think; my turn to go.

And you see my heart beating,
You can see it through my chest…
Said I’m terrified, but I’m not leaving,
I know that I must pass this test,
Soldiers pull the trigger.

X-Men Noire: A Nation Reborn [High Casual]

Logan Howlette

Name: Logan Howlette

Age: 66, looks much younger

Alias: Wolverine

Appearance:


Costume


Abilities:
His primary mutant power is an accelerated healing process, typically referred to as his mutant healing factor, that regenerates damaged or destroyed tissues of his body far beyond the capabilities of an ordinary human. In addition to accelerated healing of physical traumas, Logan's healing factor makes him extraordinarily resistant to diseases, drugs, and toxins. However, he can still suffer the immediate effects of such substances in massive quantities; he has been shown to become intoxicated after significant amounts of alcohol, and has been incapacitated on several occasions with large amounts of powerful drugs and poisons.

While the adamantium in his body stops or reduces many injuries, his healing factor must also work constantly to prevent metal poisoning from killing him, though it is effectively getting worse.

His healing factor also dramatically affects his aging process, allowing him to live far beyond the normal lifespan of a human. Despite being born in the late 19th century, he has the appearance, conditioning, health, and vitality of a man in his physical prime. While seemingly ageless, it is unknown exactly how greatly his healing factor extends his life expectancy.

Although his body heals, the healing factor does not suppress the pain he endures while injured. Logan also admits to feeling phantom pains for weeks or months after healing from his injuries. He does not enjoy being hurt and sometimes has to work himself up for situations where extreme pain is certain. Logan, on occasion, has deliberately injured himself or allowed himself to be injured for varying reasons, including freeing himself from capture, intimidation, strategy or simply indulging his feral nature. His healing abilities can provide increased recovery from psychological trauma by suppressing memories in which he experiences profound distress. Scratches heal within seconds, burns and cuts a few seconds more. Even bullet holes only take a matter of minutes to heal up completely, and all without a single scar to show for the pain he had been put through on a number of occasions.

Logan's mutation also consists of animal-like adaptations of his body, including pronounced, and sharp fang-like canines and three retractable claws housed within each forearm. These claws are a natural part of his body and are not made of keratin, as claws tend to be in the animal kingdom, but extremely dense bone. Logan's hands do not have openings for the claws to move through: they cut through his flesh every time he extrudes them, feeling a brief moment of slight pain in his hands whenever he unsheathes them.

Logan's senses of sight, smell, and hearing are all superhumanly acute. He can see with perfect clarity at greater distances than an ordinary human, even in near-total darkness. His hearing is enhanced in a similar manner, allowing him to both hear sounds ordinary humans cannot and also hear to greater distances. Logan is able to use his sense of smell to track targets by scent, even if the scent has been eroded somewhat over time by natural factors. This sense also allows him to identify shapeshifting mutants despite other forms they may take. He is also able to use his senses of smell and hearing, through concentration, as a type of natural lie detector, such as detecting a faint change in a person's heartbeat and scent due to perspiration when a lie is told.

Due to his skeletal coating, his claws can cut almost any known solid material, including most metals, wood, and some varieties of stone. The only known exceptions are adamantium itself and Captain America's shield, which is made out of an proto-adamantium-vibranium alloy. Wolverine's ability to slice completely through a substance depends upon both the amount of force he can exert and the thickness of the substance. His claws can also be used to block attacks or projectiles, as well as dig into surfaces allowing Wolverine to climb structures. The adamantium also weights his blows, increasing the effectiveness of his offensive capabilities. Unfortunately, his adamantium skeleton makes him highly susceptible to magnetic-based attacks.

Logan's healing factor also affects a number of his physical attributes by increasing them to superhuman levels. His stamina is sufficiently heightened to the point he can exert himself for numerous hours, even after exposure to powerful tranquilizers. Logan's agility and reflexes are also enhanced to levels that are beyond the physical limits of the finest human athlete. Due to his healing factor's constant regenerative qualities, he can push his muscles beyond the limits of the human body without injury. This, coupled by the constant demand placed on his muscles by over one hundred pounds of adamantium, grants him some degree of superhuman strength. Since the presence of the adamantium negates the natural structural limits of his bones, he can lift or move weight that would otherwise damage a human skeleton. He has been known to break steel chains, lift several men above his head with one arm and throw them through a wall and hauling a concert grand piano, which can weigh as much as 1,300 pounds, and the platform it rests on, via a harness, while climbing a sheer cliff.

Skills
During his time in Japan and other countries, Wolverine becomes a master of virtually all forms of martial arts and is experienced in virtually every fighting style on Earth. He is proficient with most weaponry, including firearms, though he is partial to bladed weapons. He has demonstrated sufficient skills to defeat the likes of Shang-Chi and Captain America in single combat. He also has a wide knowledge of the body and pressure points. He is also an accomplished pilot and highly skilled in the field of espionage and covert operations.

He is fluent in English, Japanese, Russian, Chinese, Cheyenne, Spanish, Arabic, and Lakota; he also has some knowledge of French, Filipino, Thai, Vietnamese, German, Italian, Portuguese, Korean, Hindi, and Persian. When Forge monitors Wolverine's vitals during a Danger Room training session, he calls Logan's physical and mental state "equivalent of an Olympic-level gymnast performing a gold medal routine while simultaneously beating four chess computers in his head."

Personality Traits
Logan will sometimes lapse into a "berserker rage" while in close combat. In this state he lashes out with the intensity and aggression of an enraged animal and is even more resistant to psionic attack. Though he loathes it, he acknowledges that it has saved his life many times, it being most notably useful when he faces those with telepathic abilities, liking to keep his own thoughts to himself. Despite his apparent ease at taking lives, he does not enjoy killing or giving in to his berserker rages. Logan adheres to a firm code of personal honor and morality.

In contrast to his brutish nature, Wolverine is extremely knowledgeable. Due to his increased lifespan, he has traveled around the world and amassed extensive knowledge of foreign languages and cultures. Much to Professor Xavier's disapproval, Wolverine is also a heavy drinker and smoker; his healing powers negate the long-term effects of alcohol and tobacco and allow him to indulge in prolonged binges.

Logan is frequently depicted as a gruff loner, often taking leave from the X-Men to deal with personal issues or problems. He is often irreverent and rebellious towards authority figures, though he is a reliable ally and capable leader. He has been a mentor and father figure to several younger women, especially Yukiko, and has had romantic relationships with numerous women, though somehow always seeming to be 'in between girlfriends.'

Position in School:
Protector and Simulation Classes Instructor

Backstory:
Born in 1880 in a small town in Canada as James Howlette to rich farmers, Logan led a very comfortable life for the majority of his childhood. Then, one day, out of anger from being fired, Thomas Logan the previous groundskeeper, came to the farm and killed James' father. Furious, bone claws emerged from James' hands for the first time in his life and with an uncontrollable rage, killed Thomas by plunging his claws into Thomas' chest who upon dying, told James the truth that he was his real father. With the secret now brought to the front, James was cast out by his mother who James' learned a few years later when he came back, killed herself out of grief. He ran away with his childhood friend, Rose, and steadily grew into a man by taking up a job in a mining colony in the Yukon Territory, taking the name 'Logan' in honor of his real father.

After a slight incident that involved killing Rose with his claws, Logan once again was forced into running and for a couple of years lived with the wolves until returning to civilization, taking up residency with the Blackfoot Indians. It was here that he fell in love with an Indian woman, Silver Fox who died at the hands of Sabretooth who Logan then found out to be his older brother, Victor, whom he had never known. To escape his inner pain, Logan enlisted himself for World War 1, proving to be quite the combatant for reasons unknown, and unquestioned by his country. After the war, Logan spent some time in Japan where he became somewhat of an idol for the Yakuza, though working under-cover to help those who had been imprisoned by them. It was here that Logan met a good number of families forced into the Yakuza's bidding, namely the Masuyo family whom he lived with for a number of years and became a sort of brother figure to the youngest and only female, Yukiko.

However, after a handful of years World War 2 came around, and silently as though not to alarm the Yakuza, Logan left to help out where he could, serving no side but his own in what he felt was right in his heart. When it was over he resided in the United States where he was later approached by some men who pho promised to help him become a better mutant. Trusting these men, not having any reason not to, Logan went with them only to have his entire bone-structure remade out of adamantium, a metal that is virtually indestructible.

After learning that these men only wanted to use him as a weapon and to wipe his memory, Logan escaped, though not without massive bloodshed on his part. Once more alone, it was then that Charles Xavier found him, implying that he had a job for him and after a good amount of work done on him by Xavier, Logan grew to trust him and agreed to help with his cause. Logan hasn't been back to Japan since, but has kept secret ties with a couple of families, hoping to bring them over to the United States where they could be free of the Yakuza.

Other:
Logan has been involved in a couple handfuls of different wars over the years. Starting with World War I, Logan has since been involved in the Russian Civil War and World War II.

After returning from World War II, Logan went out and bought himself a 1932 DKW Block 350 Motorcycle to make it easier to travel between Charles and Erik's bar and his own log cabin that he built himself in an isolated part of the woods while Erik and Logan restored the bar. He didn't care much for the idea of room mates.

Although it rarely happens, sometimes Logan's body will completely shut down on him after a pulse of excruciating pain that will eventually render him unconscious. Unknown to everyone including Logan, this is because of the metal poisoning within his system that his body is slowly starting to reject.

X-Men Noire: A Nation Reborn [High Casual]

~ Erik Lehnsherr ~

~General Information~

Name: Erik Lehnsherr.
Real Name: Max Eisenhardt.
Alias: Magneto.
Gender: Male.
Occupation: Teacher; Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters.
Place Of Origin: Oświęcim, Poland.
Age: Thirty-One Years Old.
Date Of Birth: 27th of September.

Appearance - Thirty-One Years Old:



Costume:

~Relationship Information~

Relationship Status: Single.
Sexuality: Hetrosexual/ Straight.
Partner: None.
Father: Jakob Eisenhardt.
Mother: Devorah Richelle Eisenhardt.
Siblings: None.
Pet/s: None.
Other: None.

Detailed Relationships

"There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature, and good scotch."
~ Erik Lehnsherr.

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~Personal Information~

Personality:
♦ Strong Willed ♦ Rather Jaded ♦ Overly Sarcastic ♦ Extremely Intelligent ♦ Immensely Proud ♦ Slightly Vindictive ♦ Exceedingly Patient ♦

Known to have been typically carefree and exceedingly fun-loving young man when he was in his teen years, Erik was always seen to be an extrovert, extremely curious of the world around him, and only sometimes tolerable amongst his peers aside from those who he was able to call his friends- a rather hopeless romantic when it came to his first true love, Magda; Erik was quick to fall, promising her the world and doing everything that he possibly could to deliver it to her. Devastated, and completely broken by her passing; Erik was wracked with guilt at the knowledge that ultimately her untimely death had come by the mercy of his own hand- the humans responsible for the fire which had destroyed their home having come for him after having caught him slipping up one night as the local pub, using his powers to demonstrate a simple parlour trick which (among his friends) usually gained a laugh or two.

Darkened by his loss, and seeking revenge on those who had caused it, Erik fled across the sea and to America for a new start, biding time and only helping to deepen his already seething hatred towards the human race. Now naturally quiet and extremely sarcastic, Eric is seen by those who know him as being rather brooding and irascible, a man who oftentimes prefers to be within his own company, but one who possesses a great strength of character. Initially seen to be quite ill of nature, and rather dark minded, Erik throughout his life has began to become overly paranoid (especially of Germans) and just a bit cynical of the world around him; also known to be rather misanthropic, Erik has at times when his emotions are shown to get the better of him, become very defensive and prone to violence, lashing out at others, and unleashing his powers without really meaning to do so.

Living with a very jaded view on life, and lacking slightly in social skills; underneath the very hardened and angered shell he has placed around his heart, Erik hides a great deal of pain and loneliness over the tragedy of his past- riddled with survivor’s guilt over the death of his first real love, and the ultimate demise of any chance he had of a family which he more times than not blames on himself. Exhibiting an immense amount of pride in being a mutant; Erik often shows arrogance, seeking out power in his pursuit to survive, and to search for revenge against those that have wronged him, and the ones he loved in the past. Not above taking advantage of his underling’s insecurities, Erik chooses to offer them power, and as such, confidence in exchange for their compliance in his plans to get just what it is that he wishes- morally unsound in his means at best… rather brutal and haphazard when at his worst… Erik isn’t afraid to do what he must to keep them in line, even if it means scaring or bullying them. However, despite being the victim of multiple assaults, betrayals, and manipulations himself; Erik persistently endures any and all horrors that he finds himself up against; refusing to give up on his kind, and continually working to try and defend them against the monsters he knows the human race to be.

Skills: Both a mastermind, and a genius within various scientific fields; Erik is a very skilled and rather excellent strategist, not only within actual battles, but also in a game of chess- also holding a rudimentary knowledge of fighting, he is quite capable of handling himself during hand-to-hand combat.

Biography:
Once known by all to be a fun-loving young man, full of life and dreams; Max was born an only child to a young Jewish couple living in Poland. Growing fast, and into a curious and outgoing teen, it seemed he was always getting into trouble; his parents having to keep close eye on him, and those who never really considered him to be a friend tolerating him at the best of times due to his childish antics and slightly cocky nature.

Hitting the age of nineteen, and having matured quite a bit from the goofy kid he had once been, Max began to focus more on his future, and when his path unwittingly crossed with that of a young woman by the name of Magda, it seemed as though he had finally found everything that he ever wanted in life. Promising her the world, and doing everything that he possibly could to deliver on it; Max proposed to her, choosing to celebrate the fact that she had said yes, and the beginning of his new life with her by sharing a few drinks with his friends at a the local pub.

Having a few too many to drink, and unable to resist it when his friends begged for him to show them some of the tricks he had been doing for years, Max gave in, using his powers to pull a mug from one end of the bar to the other. A simple parlor trick… something that he had done so many times in the past… How was he expected to know that not all in the pub would find it as amusing as his friends did.

Woken in the dead of night by angered yells and the sound of broken glass, Max scrambled to help his fiancé escape, though separated from one another and unable to do anything due to the raging flames lapping up their home; Max made his way outside, hoping and praying to all and any who could hear him to help keep her safe from harm, though as the sound of her terrified screams filled the air, his heart was shattered, and he was forced to sit and watch as the fire destroying their home consumed the woman he loved with all his heart.

Finding nothing more than a necklace he had given to her for her birthday a few years prior, Max fled the country, his guilt of surviving turning into hatred with every mile that took him further and further away from his home. Arriving in America, and now going by the name Erik Lehnsherr, he once more threw himself into his work though now as a way to try and forget the horror of his past; though with his pain and fear never far from his mind, he began to plan, biding his time for when he would be able to return back to Poland, and take revenge on those who had wronged him in his life… it was during this time that he met him.

Charles Xavier; a professor at Oxford with an interesting outlook on life, and on what it was that he could do. Curious about what this man knew about his powers, Erik chose to stay, putting his plan for revenge on hold, and instead agreeing to help Charles in his attempt to make a better world… a safer world for people who were like them. Now a professor himself at the school for gifted youngsters, Erik focuses on doing all that he can to help young mutants not only accept what and who they are, but also to control and master what they can do- showing them that they are capable, and worthy of far greater things in life.

~Ability Information~

Abilities:
♦ Magnetokinesis ♦ Electromagnetic Spectrum Manipulation ♦ Telepathic Resistance ♦

Magnetokinesis - One of the more powerful mutants in existence on the planet, Erik has the power to not only channel, but also manipulate and generate magnetic fields that exist both naturally or artificially- a power which, for all practical purposes, limitless. Once able to hold more control over, and had time to master his abilities, Erik is able to maintain total control of an entire planet’s electromagnetic field, and manipulate it accordingly, giving him the power to use his harnessed magnetism to not only stop armies, but to also do things such as raise islands from the ocean floor, move mountains, change the course of rivers, threaten to devastate the world with apocalyptic floods and continent shaking earthquakes, and blanket the entire globe in a self-generated electromagnetic pulse that could (potentially) cause widespread panic and devastation.

Moreover, Erik is able to use his magnetic powers in more ways than one simultaneously, as well as do things such as completely assemble a complicated machine within seconds using nothing but his strong abilities- Erik is also one of the rare few mutants who is able to stop mind probes and attacks by interfering with the magnetic field used by telepaths to enter a person’s thoughts.

*This particular ability (for the most part) is extremely dependent, and controlled by his emotions.

• Magnetic Force-Fields - Eric is able to usually protect not only himself, but also others with a force-field that he is able to quickly expand to cover large areas; his force-field able to withstand the effects of multiple nuclear weapons, volcanic eruptions, the depths of space, and attacks from multiple mutants and superhumans.
• Magnetic Flight - Erik is capable of sustaining flight over vast distances, and at varying speeds using his magnetic abilities.
• Magnetic Pulse - Erik has the ability to focus his magnetic energy into an extremely powerful concussive blast which he is then able to utilize for multiple purposes.
• Matter Manipulation - Erik is able to manipulate matter, even to the subatomic level, and for a number of different purposes- this particular ability able to explain why he is not only limited to objects with metallic properties, and is able to manipulate objects with non-metallic properties such as wood, stone, plastics, ect. to such a degree; this is due to the electromagnetic force of which exists between the atoms and other subatomic particles.
• Electromagnetic Sight - By concentrating on what it is that he is doing, Erik has the ability to perceive the world around himself as patterns of magnetic and electrical energy; giving him the power to watch the natural magnetic auras surrounding living beings, and to study their current physical and mental condition.
• Metallic Bonding - Though unaware that he is able to do so, Erik has the power to atomically bond metallic substances to any designated surface material; this particular ability allows him to lend metallic alloys with not only the Earth, but also water, and air.
• Organic Iron Manipulation - Able to control the traces of iron within organic matter, Erik has the power to have full control over an opponent’s body, allowing him to manipulate the iron-enriched blood flowing through a person’s veins- to the point in which he is able to save or help people who have been injured by metal (bullets, ect.).
• Geomagnetic Link – Tied exceedingly close to the Earths EM field, Erik is able to be affected just as it is affected; this link allowing him to know instinctively all that happens to it, and as the Earth grows stronger, so does he, drawing on its power unconsciously.

Electromagnetic Spectrum Manipulation - Although Erik’s primary power is his Magnetism, he has an extensive ability to both project and manipulate any form of energy that is related to the electromagnetic spectrum; this particular ability allows him to not only fire and absorb bolts of electricity and magnetic force, as well as reverse lasers and other forms of radiation or energy, create enough intense heat as infrared radiation to level a city, manipulate gravity, and become invisible by deflecting visible light around his body.

*This particular ability (for the most part) is extremely dependent, and controlled by his emotions.

Telepathic Resistance - Although having no experience in this particular ability at the moment, with practice Erik will be able to build up a resistance to almost all but the strongest of telepathic attacks; and along with his strong will, Erik’s ability to resist mind attacks is strong and almost unbreakable.

*Though he is unaware of this particular ability; like his others, this power (for the most part, and until he learns more about it) is extremely dependent, and controlled by his emotions.

~Other Information~

Other: The only thing he has left of his childhood love, Erik keeps on him at all times a beautiful necklace that used to belong to the love of his life, Magda; the necklace itself a delicate golden chain holding a rather large pendant with a picture of a beautiful magnolia tree in it.

~Theme Song~

Theme Song:
"Hero" by Skillet.

Lyrics:
I’m just a step away,
I’m just a breath away,
Losin’ my faith today.
(Fallin’ off the edge today).
I am just a man,
Not superhuman
(I’m not superhuman)
Someone save me from the hate.

It’s just another war,
Just another family torn,
(Falling from my faith today)
Just a step from the edge,
Just another day in the world we live.

I need a hero to save me now,
I need a hero (save me now),
I need a hero to save my life,
A hero’ll save me, just in time.

X-Men Noire: A Nation Reborn [High Casual]

Professor Charles Xavier

Name:
Dr. Charles Francis Xavier

Age:
30, born December 19th, 1916

Alias:
Professor X

Position in School:
Headmaster / Mutation 101 Teacher

Appearance:


Height:
5'7"

Costume (if any):


Abilities:

Telepathy:
Considered by many to be the strongest, most powerful telepath in the world, Professor Xavier can perceive the thoughts of others or project his own within a range of approximately 150 miles. His vast psionic powers enable him to manipulate the minds of others, warp perceptions to make himself and others appear invisible, project mental illusions, cause loss of particular memories or total amnesia, and induce pain or temporary mental and/or physical paralysis in others; though he is loath to use the latter three abilities unless absolutely necessary, given the moral and ethical dilemmas they pose.

Within close range, he can manipulate almost any number of minds for such simple feats. However, he can only take full possession of one other mind at a time, and must strictly be within that person's physical presence to do so. He is one of the few telepaths skilled enough to communicate with animals. He can also telepathically take away or control people's natural bodily functions and senses, such as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch. However, he cannot permanently "reprogram" human minds to believe what he might want them to believe even if he wanted to do so, believing that the mind is an organism that would always recall the steps necessary for it to reach the present and thus 'rewrite' itself to its original setting if he tried to change it; though such rewrites could theoretically take years, if not decades.

He can learn foreign languages by reading the language centers of the brain of someone adept, and alternately "teach" languages to others in the same manner, transmitting information between minds at an execrated speed.

Xavier can perceive the distinct mental presence/brain waves of other superhuman mutants within a small radius of himself (e.g. New York City.) To detect mutants in a wider area beyond this radius, he must amplify his powers through artificial augmentation to expand his psychic perception.

Should the need for offensive action occur, Charles can project concentrated bolts of psychic energy from his mind that can cause effects ranging from significant pain and discomfort, to loss of consciousness, or even permanent mental trauma and death; though Charles ensures that every potential alternate route is taken before resorting to outright violence.

Skills:
A natural genius, Charles is a renowned mind on the subjects of genetics, mutation, and psionics. He possesses considerable expertise in other life sciences such as biology, psychiatry, psychology, and anthropology. He is highly talented in devising equipment and techniques for utilizing and enhancing psionic powers, and is in the process of developing blueprints towards an "amplifier" capable of enhancing his telepathic range.

He is a gifted tactician and strategist, effectively evaluating situations and devising swift responses using both his intelligence and telepathic capability to his advantage. He constantly plays chess as a recreational activity in order to hone his strategic abilities.

Charles possesses a talent and passion for oratory and teaching, capable of holding a crowd to his attention despite his humble, unassuming appearance. His love of knowledge easily carries towards a love of sharing that knowledge, finding lessons woven into everyday occurrences to serve as a teaching opportunity for his students.

Surprisingly perceptive, Charles is capable of gauging a person's character, strengths, and weaknesses in a short amount of time, tailoring his teaching technique to best suit that student by complimenting on their strengths and compensating for their weaknesses.

Incredibly charismatic and even charming, Charles radiates a comforting and approachable aura that not only draws people to him, but calms them in his presence. He is quite capable of swaying others towards his point of view, and possesses a mixture of idealism, self-confidence, and intelligence that puts weight to his promises.

Personality Traits:
"Just because someone stumbles, loses their way, it doesn't mean they're lost forever."
-Charles Xavier

Philanthropist, scientist, humanitarian, and teacher, Charles Xavier has devoted the better part of his life to the betterment of both man and mutantkind, wishing to create a co-existing society where the human need not fear the mutant, and the mutant need not resent the human. Called a genius by many, a father figure and leader by his students, and a lunatic by his opponents, Charles presents himself as a moral, selfless, and benevolent teacher; possessing immense discipline and strength of character. Viewed as a pillar of strength and morality by many of his students and even co-teachers, Charles often puts his own needs and concerns aside to ensure the safety and well-being of those under his care comes first.

A fully-fledged genius, Charles spends much of his spare time in the pursuit of knowledge and learning, frequently finding new topics and histories to explore. His office is known to be packed to the brim with books and encyclopedias; while his desk is more-often-than-not crowded by some new map or tome from ancient times.

Though born into wealth and raised rather lavishly, Charles never received much in the way of attention or love from his mother, and was often left inside his family's spacious mansion alone; developing closer relationships with the house's servants than with his own family. As a result, Charles is empathetic and compassionate almost to a fault, carrying all the world's concerns on his shoulders in hope of a better future.

However, in spite of all his compassion, Charles can be arrogant, callous, and over-controlling at times, his strong desire to help others often causing him to unintentionally control those around him. This paternalistic attitude stems from being born in the early 1900s as a privileged male and as a highly skilled telepath, he thinks he can understand a person better than they can know themselves, and therefore believes that he knows best in terms of what it is they truly "need."

Despite this arrogance, Charles is aware of his extremes and faults, and will repent should he discover that he has gone too far.

In the end Charles' greatest strength is his moral compass and indomitable will that would never waver, no matter what obstacles he faces.

Backstory:
"Fratrem tuum adjuva." - Help your brother.
-Xavier family motto

Born in the town of Salem in Washington County, New York late December, 1916, the young Charles Xavier lived a life of luxury since infancy.

His father, Brian Xavier was a well-known and respected nuclear scientist, known for his philanthropy and strength of character that he sought to instill in his young son.

Charles showed signs of his mutant abilities from a very early age onward, randomly speaking aloud, as though in conversation, even if he was the only person in the room, or spending hours upon hours playing against himself in chess, or even simply staring at a wall, totally lost in thought. Though unnerved, Charles' parents equated his strength behavior towards simple developmental phases he would outgrow.

Upon reaching the age of eight years old, Charles' father was killed in a fatal lab accident that caused minor unrest, though all investigation declared the incident an accident. Now left without a major source of income, Charles' mother, Sharon; a wealthy British socialite, soon married Brian's lab assistant Kurt Marko, barely a year after her husband's death.

Charles' withdrawn behavior continued, and his new stepfather attempted to teach him how to play sports, to run, or climb trees; such lessons ending after a particularly nasty fall during an ill-fated lesson broke Charles' leg, leaving him with a permanent, pronounced limp on his right side.

Left to his own devices once again and unable to experience the full potential of athletics, Charles devoted himself to study, using his family's vast resources to read hundreds of books and encyclopedias, using this newfound passion towards learning to excel in his studies.

By the age of eighteen, Charles had graduated from Harvard University with a PhD in genetics, ranking amongst the academy's most prestigious alumni.

Having grown tired of being stuck in the family mansion, Charles, overcome with wanderlust decided to spend the next few years of his life traveling; absorbing different cultures with a ravenous hunger for knowledge.

His travels led him to Asia, Europe, and Africa, where he amassed a vast repertoire of knowledge and experiences that shaped his life from his sheltered upbringing.

Eventually settling in Britain, the homeland of his mother, Charles decided to settle down and pursue a career in education; pooling his resources together and applying for a job as a lecturer at Oxford University.

Though astounded by his young age and lack of experience, Charles' record and accomplishments spoke for themselves and he was soon offered a position as the new lecturer of biology at Oxford.

Young enough to be a student, himself and possessing the look of a vagabond, Charles was nonetheless an excellent teacher, his sheer knowledge and method of instruction quickly making him a favorite among students.

It was during this time that Charles, still curious about his own relatively unexplored telepathic abilities began to use the university's resources to do research into Homo sapiens superior: mutants, humans born with a rare genetic trait called an X-gene that granted them superhuman powers and abilities.

Research turned into borrowing books from the library; borrowing books from the library turned into writing thesis papers on the subject, containing remarkable theories regarding the existence and genetic makeup of mutants.

Word was spread of Charles' work, and he quickly turned from being a marvel of the university to a mentally deranged lunatic, "swaying his students away from science with talks of fictitious magic."

Charles knew it wouldn't be long before the school board eventually stripped him of his degree and reputation before promptly terminating his employment. Deciding to try and preserve as much of his dignity as he could, Charles quickly turned in his resignation, leaving him jobless on the streets of Britain while now the laughingstock of Oxford.

However, the passing glares and snickers from bystanders did little to dissuade Charles, only reinforcing his desire to learn more about his condition -- and find if anyone else like him existed. He began searching for connections anywhere he could find them, relying on a few old colleagues from the university who did not totally shun him.

One of these colleagues spoke of an acquaintance he knew who was also rumored to be studying the mutant condition. Given the man's name of Erik Lehnsherr and that he was last heard from in New York, Charles quickly sought out once more to return to his homeland.

Using his telepathic abilities, Charles eventually managed to locate Erik, and introduced himself as a scientist seeking to research the mutant condition.

Though put off at first by this stranger's apparent clairvoyance, Erik soon discovered that Charles was a mutant as well; and the two decided to form a partnership that shared one goal: to unite mutants together in a haven they could live without worry, without fear of prejudice. Erik, having seen firsthand how even regular humans were treated by each other, accepted Charles' offer to join him, the two of them spending the next few years of their lives recruiting young mutants around the world, occupying a refurbished bar and military bunker as their home and school, Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters: The X-Men.

Other:

• Charles still suffers apparent pain in his right leg, caused by arthritis that settles itself in his knee due to odd posture. Though quite manageable, Charles finds it nearly impossible to walk without the aid of a personal cane.
• Charles possesses exceptional talent at playing the piano, keeping his own personal keyboard inside his office. Charles emphasizes that students are more than welcome to observe him play, so long as they abide by the rule to keep quiet and non-disruptive.
• As a notable side-effect of his telepathy, Charles possesses a powerful photographic memory that allows him to recall most experiences and images with incredible accuracy.

X-Men Noire: A Nation Reborn [High Casual]

Thank you, Vicier, for voicing my thoughts.

Sorry guys, for my disappearance the last few days. We just had someone at work get fired who's been there for seven years, and I've been filling in their shoes. Anyway, Vicier pretty much covered everything I was going to say and @Musoka we will be accepting your CS :)

For everyone else, please keep the CS's coming! However now that we have a good amount of accepted CS's, we are now going to be moving over to a new thread to get this roleplay started. I will be posting the accepted character sheets on the page, so all you need to worry about is making your presence known in the new thread :)

Happy roleplaying!

X-Men Noire: A Nation Reborn [High Casual]

Hey guys! Alright, I get it, that's a lot to read and a lot of history to be brushed up on for an interest check, so let me just break down what you guys need to know in accordance if you want to be involved or not. While we have some already accepted characters, this roleplay is still open to join.

Basically, we are starting at a point where Charles Xavier is starting up his school. Now obviously, given the time period, this is an AU and not exactly following the movies and/or comics. This is a period where the influence of the second world war is taking a heavy toll on everyone in nearly every corner of the world so this is a great time to expand your character selection by bringing in foreigners, religious buffs, all-Americano's and so on and see just how well these new students get along with one another with the only (seeming) common denominator being that they are mutant and don't quite understand what is going on with them.

We will have the three teachers to start out with: Charles Xavier, Erik Lehnsherr and Logan Howlette. These three teachers, though widely different, will all be working together (in the start) to try and help the mutants come to terms with their abilities and who they are as young-adults. Though, as things go, it won't be that simple.

For this roleplay, I see the school eventually breaking up into three different factions. We all know Charles and Erik's outlook on mutants, though I would expect a few select students to take the Logan road... but still, the choice will be up to you in how you will want your character to align. Pro mutant? Everyone lives in peace? Who gives a flying fuck (<--- lol)?

Anyway, long story short, if you have any interest or any questions, please let me know here. I also have two very lovely co-GM's that will be helping this roleplay along with different plot elements to keep the story going. So pick your student, canon or not, give them a twist (no gender bending please) and lets see what we can do!

X-Men Noire: A Nation Reborn [High Casual]

X-Men Noire: A Nation Reborn

Mutation. It is the key to our evolution. It is how we have evolved from a single-cell organism into the dominant species on the planet. This process is slow, normally taking thousands and thousands of years. But every few millennia evolution leaps forward.
-Charles Xavier

Setting

The year is 1946. The Second World War has just ended. The Nazis have been defeated and everything is finally starting to get back to normal, or as normal as an entire world can get after the most emotional war in history, recovering from a conflict that would go on to shake minds for nigh-on centuries.

Henry Truman is the current President of The United States Of America, argued to be the greatest country in the world now during this trying time. Even through the crisis, it is still (and even more so now) known as The Land of Opportunity, The Land of the Free and Home of the Brave. New York City - The Big Apple is where the eyes of the world are. The United States was really starting to turn things around for themselves.

America is now a place of prosperity and happiness, where everyone enjoys their time. Where a man can carve his name into history. It's the greatest time yet to be alive... granted of course you have no problem with the drug-trading, human trafficking, murdering and kidnapping; The Mob having their finger up everyone's backside and oh, the Chinese slicing up people. Not to mention the xenophobic, racist and homophobic nature of the city - the whole world, in fact. But in hindsight, America was doing better than most countries.

This is where our story takes place. It starts with the name of a single scientist, none the less. Charles Francis Xavier. The 26 year-old genius is a man who's found proof of a brand new species living amongst us... and he is one of them. They are Homo Sapiens Superior - in Layman's terms, Mutants; people with extraordinary gifts and very few of them have made it through puberty already. Maybe it's because of the nuclear testing around the globe. Maybe it's something in the milk. Hell, maybe it's the coke everyone and their nan has been snorting. Not even Charles knows, but what he does know is that their gifts are to be used, not abused. His wish is to help every single one of his kind to a better life, a life with more control over their abilities, a life where retribution, segregation and judgement was no longer a concern. It is this, most importantly, that Charles wants... acceptance in the eyes of the general public who, for the most part, are currently unaware of their existence.

Not everyone can be Captain America.

Questions

Q:Will there be any other kind of ultimate enemy that we'll be facing, or will it just be essentially a mutants slice of life in the 40s kind of thing?
A:Yes, there will be an ultimate 'threat' for our characters, though what that threat (or villain) is I will keep that to myself for the time being, but it will be revealed slowly as the roleplay goes on.

Q:Do you have an age range for the characters?
A: Ideally I would prefer if the characters be limited to that of a younger age simply because it is slowly becoming a known fact during this time that the mutant gene is brought out though puberty, more or less. Not only this, but if a character were to have had their abilities for a good number of years now, their chances of getting caught and killed or imprisoned are much more likely. This can be side-stepped, however, if you give me a convincing story as to this 'older' character having just come by their powers recently, triggered by something other than just growing up.

Approved Spots

1. Logan Howlette - YoshiSkittlez (GM)
2. Yukiko Masuyo - YoshiSkittlez (GM)
3. Alan Carpenter - YoshiSkittlez (GM)
4. Charles Xavier - Ghost Shadow (Co-GM)
5. David Thurman - Ghost Shadow (Co-GM)
6. Erik Lehnsherr - Vicier (Co-GM)
7. Jean Grey - Vicier (Co-GM)
8. Syleste Nioré - Vicier (Co-GM)
9. Darlene St. James - FantasyChic
10. Alexander Minksy - WanderingSpirit
11. Sebastian King - Musoka
12. Jae Won Choi - Bangtan Girl

Wait List

None at this time

What you need to know

The 1940's were dominated by World War II. European artists and intellectuals fled to the United States from Hitler and the Holocaust, bringing new ideas created in disillusionment. War production brought America out from the Great Depression. Women and blacks were needed to replace men who had gone off to war, and so the first great exodus of women from the home to the workplace began. Rationing affected the food eaten, the clothes worn, the toys with which children played with and so on... without a doubt your character has been affected one way or another (harshly) by the war.

After the war, however, the men returned and the women and blacks had to give up their jobs back to the men, but now having that taste of independence. No longer was the family farm an ideal; no longer would blacks accept lesser status. The GI Bill was now allowing more men than ever to get a college education.

Penicillin was just introduced successfully, revolutionizing medicine and curing what had previously been death sentences for thousands upon thousands.

The government reclassified 55% of their jobs, allowing women and blacks to fill them. First, single women were actively recruited to the workforce. In 1943, with virtually all the single women employed, married women were then allowed to work. This courtesy was not extended to foreigners brought over by the war, however. Japanese immigrants and their descendants, suspected of loyalty to their homelands, were sent to internment camps as the government didn't know what else to do with them. It is no secret that America had very big trust issues when it came to Germans and the Japanese.

Scrap drives were very common for the war effort and the production of cars stopped completely.

Franklin Roosevelt was president until 1945 when he died and Harry Truman took over to finish out the war.

Japan finally surrendered in 1945 after Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the United States came out the victor, though was challenged by the USSR. While the USSR subjugated the defeated countries, the US implemented the Marshall Plan, helping war-torn countries to rebuild and rejoin the world economy. However, disputes over ideology and control led to the Cold War. Communism was treated as a contagious disease and anyone who had contact with it was under suspicion and more than likely killed or imprisoned.

Television made its debut at the 1939 World Fair, but the war interrupted further development. In 1947, commercial television with 13 stations became available to the public. Computers were developed during the early forties. The digital computer, named ENIAC, weighing 30 tons and standing two stories high was completed in 1945.

Music

You were 'cool' if you listened to Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Glenn Miller, and Django Reinhardt (Jazz music)

Dating

Dating was 'absolutely essential' back then because life expectancy was low so there was that feeling of 'get married now or die alone.' Birth control options were limited and divorce just never happened.

If there was a single, healthy, young, American man, you can bet he was shipped overseas after Pearl Harbor, as conscription was very powerful during the time. Thanks to the war, the average life expectancy for a man was only 60 years, while a woman’s was over 68.

There were two types of single men left in the early 40s — those who wanted to sleep around because they knew they could die tomorrow, and the ones who wanted to land the love of their life, because they wanted something to have faith in if they died tomorrow.

It was always expected that a man pay for dinner.

In the 1940s, it was common for young people in their late teens to go out with a different person each weekend. The more dates someone had lined up, the more they displayed their popularity. Boys were obligated to ask the girls out, and sometimes they had to schedule a date weeks in advance. By the time a woman was ready to settle down, she would have gone on many dates and even had experienced “going steady” with a fellow or two. Of course, girls who smoked or had sex were considered easy and snubbed by the neighborhood. Thankfully, Hollywood took up smoking in the mid-40s and suddenly cigarettes became more acceptable and even sex but there are still those out there that will turn up their nose to the change.

Clothes

Wartime rationing left little time for fashionable whims or embellishments. Both men and women re-wore leftover outfits from the 1930s, re-tailoring clothes to hike up hemlines. Women slimmed down old mens coats and slacks, wearing pants in the factories to guard their legs against machines. Girdles were ditched for T-shirts. The bikini was first introduced in 1946.

Entertainment

Liquor, like all good things, was rationed during the war, but thanks to Roosevelt’s open trade policy with Latin America, rum was plentiful and popular. The rum daiquiri was a hit, simply sweetened with lime juice and a teaspoon of sugar.

WWII affected nearly every aspect of American life, and film was no exception. Thrillers and dramas like Casablanca, Notorious, and The Great Dictator reigned in the theaters. Big band music dominated the early half of the decade, while Frank Sinatra and his crooning cohorts wooed newlyweds by the end of the 40s.

CS

Note: At this time, I WILL NOT be accepting any characters that have any physical abnormalities like Beast in the sense that their physical appearance isn't anything considered 'not normal.' With the current problems of racism, sexism, religious and political differences playing a MAJOR role in the time period, that diversity is enough for now. However, as time moves on, I may be convinced to have a character or two under-go a 'freak accident' that later alters their physical appearance, but you must convince me hard.

That being said, I am accepting both Canon and Original Characters at this time.

Name:

Age:

Alias (If they already have one or what you want it to be once they get one):

Appearance:

Costume (if any):

Abilities:

Skills:

Personality Traits:

Backstory:
(If I haven't seen you around before, I might ask you to write a longer, more detailed backstory, or provide a sample-post through PM so I can gauge your writing ability)

Other:

The School

Back in 1939, just as the war was taking off, many places of business were immediately run under and eventually abandoned. It was one of these buildings that Charles and Erik decided to take over for themselves, deeming it a practical place to start to gather and shelter mutants that should so need it, doubling as both a living place and an eventual school. Going with the vision in his head, Charles spent the next year or so cleaning the place up to make it acceptable for liming accommodations before he even thought about searching out other mutants. The building is split up into three levels; the main floor, the upstairs, and the basement.

The Outside

From the outside looking in, The Old Rose bar looks like any other building around the immediate area... run down and abandoned. All the windows are boarded up and the walls which Charles thought it best to leave that way for anonymity, keeping people from walking into the bar thinking it was open to the public. So far there haven't been any problems.

The Main Floor

The Bar

The only room that Charles and Erik were able to restore back to its former glory, the bar is the first room you walk into when you come in through the front door. This is the main area of ‘hangout’ for both teachers and students, since it’s the only really comfortable space within the entire building. Just down the hall are two different bathrooms, one male and one female. The bathrooms on the main floor do not have showers, only a toilet and sink. Unfortunately for some, the alcohol is off limits to anyone under the age at all times and anyone who is underage cannot be in the bar any later than 8pm unless they are passing through to get to the bunker or have special permission by one of the teachers.

Upstairs

Charles’ Office

Charles, taking up the post of ‘headmaster’ for this new beginnings school, has the larger of the two rooms upstairs in which he has converted into both his office and living/sleeping space. He has made it clear to any and every one that he has an open-door policy at all times, the only exception being when he is with someone who has required his attention or on the rare occasion wishes to be alone, in which case the door will be locked, letting whoever know that they simply need to try again later. He has a chaise lounge chair tucked into the corner for sleeping.

Erik’s Office

Erik, like Charles, has his own office/living space though significantly smaller, since most of the meetings and private conversations happen within Charles’ room. Because of this, Erik has his own rules of when people may come to him in his room, more often than not having it locked when he doesn’t wish to be bothered. His bed is tucked into a private little area behind the grey curtains for extra privacy.

Basement

The Bunker

Straight into coming down the stairs, the room is opened up in an underground bunker where all of the classes and training sessions take place. It is large enough for, say Charles, to conduct a class on one end and Logan to spar with a few of the students on the other end. There is noise beyond what you could believe, but it is the only space they have as of right now to do so. Because of this, there is a very rigid schedule of who conducts what classes and when. However, with the frequent sparring/training sessions, the ‘school’ equipment is replaced almost every day.

Bedrooms

Just past the bunker is a narrow cement hallway that is lined with a dozen or so doorways. Some of these doorways have doors, some don’t. It is beyond these doorways that are where the students sleep, a simple room with cement for walls, floor and ceiling. There is a small cot pre-provided for each student, but Charles has made it clear that any student may bring it whatever they would like to decorate the room however they wish so long as it’s tasteful and inoffensive. This includes any furniture they might be able to find or purchase on their own dime, but Charles has made it clear that any bedroom renovations will be done on their own time and not during school hours. Some of these rooms are better than others. Some have cracks in the walls, some have busted pipes causing water damage and slight drips. These rooms are first-come-first-served upon student arrival.

The Bathroom

Continuing down the hall past the student bedrooms is the large, open bathroom. Although crappy with pathetic water pressure and a water heater that likes to kick off more times than not, Charles has made sure that each shower stall has a curtain to keep some sort of modesty since there is only the one room, thus has a forced co-ed policy. At least, however, the bathroom stalls all have doors.

X-Men Noire: A Nation Reborn [High Casual]

Pretty much everyone in the time period was incredibly racist but back then it wasn't being racist it was normal... such a weird period

X-Men Noire: A Nation Reborn [High Casual]

Alright so I think we will wait on one more accepted CS before the thread is made. Good news is that the intro is already typed up and ready to go