Post by Wolverine on Jan 25, 2006 7:48:34 GMT -5
Name: unknown, uses the alias Logan
Codename: Wolverine
Eyes:hazel
Hair: black
Weight: 300lbs (due to his adamantium skeleton, although he only appears to be 195-200lbs)
Weight: 6"2'
First Movie Appearance: X-Men: The Movie
Powers:
- Accelerated healing factor: Logan can heal and regenerate a lot faster than normal people. He is able to recover from wounds that would kill others in a matter of minutes. He can heal extensive injuries over a course of hours or sometimes days; the healing factor also makes him immune to most toxins and poisons. It is possible that it is also partly responsible for his amnesia, in that it could have 'scabbed over' any harmful or traumatic memories.
- Adamantium skeleton and retractable claws: Adamantium is a nigh-indestructible metal that was used to lace Logan's skeleton and give him claws. The claws are retractable and concealed in the forearm; they are released through the skin in between his knuckles. The metallic skeleton does not weigh or slow him down due to his healing factor, which has adjusted his body to the extra weight.
- Enhanced senses: Logan can see and hear far more efficiently than a normal human; he can hear a conversation that is miles away, and see a man dressed in white in a snowstorm. However, the most powerful of his senses is his smell - he can detect a scent and follow it back to its source among hundreds of others. These enhanced senses are a result of constant cellular regeneration, which also increases his agility, strength, and reflexes.
History: James Howlett was born in the late 1880s, the second son of wealthy Candadians, John and Elizabeth Howlett. Their first son was a mutant; as a result of this, his grandfather killed him. Traumatised by this event, Elizabeth struck out against her father, and was kept a prisoner in the attic of their manor.
James was a sickly and weak boy; his allergies denied him the ability to go out and play, and he was lonely inside th manor. His father hired a young girl of the same age, Rose, to read to him and play with him. They were joined by Dog, the son of abusive ground owner Thomas Logan. However, as the years passed, Dgo became cruel and heartless, following in his father's footsteps.
Disaster struck when Dog killed James' dog, and John Howlett ordered them off the grounds. Thomas Logan, who had been secretly having an affair with Elizabeth (which caused many problems about the identity of James' birth father), broke into the manor and freed her, trying to persuade her to leave with him. Before they could flee, John entered the room and discovered their secret. Thomas shot him dead...just as James walked in.
Seeing his father being murdered activated his latent mutant abilities. His claws emerged and he slipped into a mindless range. He was carried along by anger and killed Thomas. When Dog tried to defend his father, he was badly scarred. With her husband and her lover both dead at her feet, and having to cope with the revelation that her son was a mutant, Elizabeth committed suicide.
Due to his alleged killing of his parents, James was exiled by his grandfather and was told to never come back. Suffering from a breakdown, James’ healing factor healed his mind as well as the body, blocking all memories from the Howlett estate that could have negative effect on his mind. It was Rose who brought him to a British Columbia mining colony, and gave him the name Logan to hide his true identity. There he grew into a strong and ferocious worker, providing both for Rose and himself and acquiring the nickname of Wolverine.
Three years later, Dog tracked them down. Traumatised by the terrifying memories that flooded his mind, Logan fought savagely with Dog. During the fight, Rose attempted to stop their quarrel and was struck by Logan's claws. She died in his arms. Grief-stricken, Logan fled into the wilderness and began to roam with packs of wolves, feeling that his terrible act had destroyed any right he had to live with humanity.
Very little is known about what happened to Logan between that time and the Weapon X project. In the second half of the 20th century, Logan was subjected to an experiment in which his skeleton and claws were bonded to the indestructible element adamantium, and he was indoctrinated into the Weapon X assassin program. To add to this, he was given memory implants that erased his memories and gave him false ones. Combined with the damage that his healing factor had on his memory, it became virtually impossible for Logan to know what had really happened and what not.
Haunted by traumatising flashbacks, he began to earn money as an underground fighter in sleazy bars. It was after one of these fights that he met the young mutant girl that would change his life forever...She was a runaway calling herself Rogue, and she had the ability to drain someone's skills, memeories and abilities into herself, absorbing them, if she came into contact with anyone. Wolverine refused to let her travel with him, so Rogue took desperate measures and hid in the back of his truck.
Logan soon discovered her, and reluctantly decided to take her along with him. As the drove through the country side, the truck veered off the side of the road and hurled Logan through the windscreen. He was then ambushed by the savage Sabretooth, whilst a helpless Rogue looked on from her position trapped in the truck. The two were saved when two X-Men, Storm and Cyclops, arrived and defeated Sabretooth. They then took an unconscious Logan and the terrified Rogue back to the X-Mansion.
The peace was not to last. Not only did Logan clash with his new team-mates, he began to flirt with Jean and developed a not-so-friendly rivalry with her partner, Cyclops. The X-Men were locked in conflict with Magneto, who was determined to turn all humans into mutants. Not only this, he was going to use Rogue's abilities to power the machine he was using to do it! Logan, seeing Rogue as a daughter to him, fought once again with Sabretooth and killed him, despite his incredible healing factor. He and the X-Men then managed to defeat Magneto and rescue Rogue.
Now the villain had fallen, Logan began to roam the wilderness, searching for clues to his past in an area known as Alkali Lake. After finding nothing, he returned to the Mansion and aided the X-Men in escaping an assault on the school. During this battle, he literally met his maker - the man who had bonded the adamantium to his bone, William Stryker. In the final showdown at Alkali Lake, Wolverine defeated Stryker's bodyguard, Lady Deathstrike, and resisted temptations from Stryker to join him. Logan left the anti-mutant fanatic to drown as the dam walls ruptured.
Logan was devastated when Jean sacrificed herself after Stryker's defeat, and is currently helping the X-Men train their younger recruits at the mansion.
Codename: Wolverine
Eyes:hazel
Hair: black
Weight: 300lbs (due to his adamantium skeleton, although he only appears to be 195-200lbs)
Weight: 6"2'
First Movie Appearance: X-Men: The Movie
Powers:
- Accelerated healing factor: Logan can heal and regenerate a lot faster than normal people. He is able to recover from wounds that would kill others in a matter of minutes. He can heal extensive injuries over a course of hours or sometimes days; the healing factor also makes him immune to most toxins and poisons. It is possible that it is also partly responsible for his amnesia, in that it could have 'scabbed over' any harmful or traumatic memories.
- Adamantium skeleton and retractable claws: Adamantium is a nigh-indestructible metal that was used to lace Logan's skeleton and give him claws. The claws are retractable and concealed in the forearm; they are released through the skin in between his knuckles. The metallic skeleton does not weigh or slow him down due to his healing factor, which has adjusted his body to the extra weight.
- Enhanced senses: Logan can see and hear far more efficiently than a normal human; he can hear a conversation that is miles away, and see a man dressed in white in a snowstorm. However, the most powerful of his senses is his smell - he can detect a scent and follow it back to its source among hundreds of others. These enhanced senses are a result of constant cellular regeneration, which also increases his agility, strength, and reflexes.
History: James Howlett was born in the late 1880s, the second son of wealthy Candadians, John and Elizabeth Howlett. Their first son was a mutant; as a result of this, his grandfather killed him. Traumatised by this event, Elizabeth struck out against her father, and was kept a prisoner in the attic of their manor.
James was a sickly and weak boy; his allergies denied him the ability to go out and play, and he was lonely inside th manor. His father hired a young girl of the same age, Rose, to read to him and play with him. They were joined by Dog, the son of abusive ground owner Thomas Logan. However, as the years passed, Dgo became cruel and heartless, following in his father's footsteps.
Disaster struck when Dog killed James' dog, and John Howlett ordered them off the grounds. Thomas Logan, who had been secretly having an affair with Elizabeth (which caused many problems about the identity of James' birth father), broke into the manor and freed her, trying to persuade her to leave with him. Before they could flee, John entered the room and discovered their secret. Thomas shot him dead...just as James walked in.
Seeing his father being murdered activated his latent mutant abilities. His claws emerged and he slipped into a mindless range. He was carried along by anger and killed Thomas. When Dog tried to defend his father, he was badly scarred. With her husband and her lover both dead at her feet, and having to cope with the revelation that her son was a mutant, Elizabeth committed suicide.
Due to his alleged killing of his parents, James was exiled by his grandfather and was told to never come back. Suffering from a breakdown, James’ healing factor healed his mind as well as the body, blocking all memories from the Howlett estate that could have negative effect on his mind. It was Rose who brought him to a British Columbia mining colony, and gave him the name Logan to hide his true identity. There he grew into a strong and ferocious worker, providing both for Rose and himself and acquiring the nickname of Wolverine.
Three years later, Dog tracked them down. Traumatised by the terrifying memories that flooded his mind, Logan fought savagely with Dog. During the fight, Rose attempted to stop their quarrel and was struck by Logan's claws. She died in his arms. Grief-stricken, Logan fled into the wilderness and began to roam with packs of wolves, feeling that his terrible act had destroyed any right he had to live with humanity.
Very little is known about what happened to Logan between that time and the Weapon X project. In the second half of the 20th century, Logan was subjected to an experiment in which his skeleton and claws were bonded to the indestructible element adamantium, and he was indoctrinated into the Weapon X assassin program. To add to this, he was given memory implants that erased his memories and gave him false ones. Combined with the damage that his healing factor had on his memory, it became virtually impossible for Logan to know what had really happened and what not.
Haunted by traumatising flashbacks, he began to earn money as an underground fighter in sleazy bars. It was after one of these fights that he met the young mutant girl that would change his life forever...She was a runaway calling herself Rogue, and she had the ability to drain someone's skills, memeories and abilities into herself, absorbing them, if she came into contact with anyone. Wolverine refused to let her travel with him, so Rogue took desperate measures and hid in the back of his truck.
Logan soon discovered her, and reluctantly decided to take her along with him. As the drove through the country side, the truck veered off the side of the road and hurled Logan through the windscreen. He was then ambushed by the savage Sabretooth, whilst a helpless Rogue looked on from her position trapped in the truck. The two were saved when two X-Men, Storm and Cyclops, arrived and defeated Sabretooth. They then took an unconscious Logan and the terrified Rogue back to the X-Mansion.
The peace was not to last. Not only did Logan clash with his new team-mates, he began to flirt with Jean and developed a not-so-friendly rivalry with her partner, Cyclops. The X-Men were locked in conflict with Magneto, who was determined to turn all humans into mutants. Not only this, he was going to use Rogue's abilities to power the machine he was using to do it! Logan, seeing Rogue as a daughter to him, fought once again with Sabretooth and killed him, despite his incredible healing factor. He and the X-Men then managed to defeat Magneto and rescue Rogue.
Now the villain had fallen, Logan began to roam the wilderness, searching for clues to his past in an area known as Alkali Lake. After finding nothing, he returned to the Mansion and aided the X-Men in escaping an assault on the school. During this battle, he literally met his maker - the man who had bonded the adamantium to his bone, William Stryker. In the final showdown at Alkali Lake, Wolverine defeated Stryker's bodyguard, Lady Deathstrike, and resisted temptations from Stryker to join him. Logan left the anti-mutant fanatic to drown as the dam walls ruptured.
Logan was devastated when Jean sacrificed herself after Stryker's defeat, and is currently helping the X-Men train their younger recruits at the mansion.