Player Name: HenryJonesJr
Character You Wish To Play: Logan/Wolverine
Moral Alignment (Hero, Villain, Walking the Line): Hero
Affiliation (what group/team/organization, if any, is your character affiliated with?): X-Men
Character Origin & Backstory:| Birth and Childhood |
The man now known as Logan was born James Howlett in the Canadian Rockies during the 1880s. Howlett's family owned a successful whiskey distillery, and thanks to that, James was raised in the lap of luxury. His mother doted on him constantly as her first and only born. His father, however, was distant and solely focused on the business. He saw James as nothing more than a way to continue his line and pass on the family empire. James looked to make his father proud in every way he could think of, but the elder Howlett rarely noticed.
Tragedy struck the distillery when a bout of fever ravaged the small community. James came down with the illness, and passed it to his mother who insisted on treating him herself. The fever ran through her body and burned through her in a matter of days. James, however, miraculously recovered. But there was more than that. Claws shot out of the back of his hands and he began showing signs of his animalistic tendencies. His father, a religious and superstitious man, saw this as a sign of a curse or possession, and attempted to kill his son. James defended himself and ended up killing his father before disappearing into the Canadian wilderness.
| The War to End All War |
James took the alias "Logan" and wandered the wilderness. As he grew, he took on odd jobs in order to survive. He took work as a lumberjack, hired muscle, and a miner. His strength and animal instincts helped him survive the harsh, cold existence, and his reputation for brawling proceeded him. It wasn't until World War I erupted in Europe until Logan began to find his way in the world.
Logan enlisted in the Canadian Division of Englad's army and traveled to Europe to fight in the great conflict. All of his abilities combined to make him one of the most distinguished soldiers in the force, but due to fear of his true nature being discovered, he often passed his heroic deeds' credit onto others. It was during the war that Logan was dubbed "the Wolverine" by those around him, and it was also where he truly began to hone his fighting skills.
| World War II |
Logan went on to fight in World War II, recruited by Canada's mysterious Department K. They apparently knew of everything Logan had done in WWI, including what his abilities were. They said they did not want to study him, but that he was necessary to fight the Nazi war machine. Logan gladly accepted, and was sent once more to Europe. Once there, he was assigned to Captain America's Howling Commandos. The Wolverine served with honor, and became good friends with the American super soldier. Their squad fought against Hitler's HYDRA deep science division, and turned the tied of the war.
After victory was secured in Europe, Logan was sent as a spy to Japan. He was discovered, however, and was thrown into a prison camp. There, he befriended one of his guards, who taught him the ways of the katana and Japanese battle strategies. Here Logan stayed until the nuclear bombs were dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. As a free man, Logan decided to stay in Japan, as the culture agreed with his sensibilities. He settled down after a few years and married, and even had a child.
| Tragedy and Weapon X |
Happiness was not meant for Logan, it seemed. He returned home one day to find his wife and infant murdered. This set Wolverine on a rampage as he desperately searched for the men responsible. Instead, Logan ran into an old friend from Department K. They told him of a new project the Americans were starting called Weapon X. Its purpose was to create the next super soldier to replace the lost Captain America. Department K had put forth his name as a test subject. Seeing no other path for his life, Logan agreed on the condition that he would be allowed the resources to find who murdered his family, which was agreed upon.
But the reality was far different than the promise. Wolverine was forced to have the unbreakable metal called adamantium grafted to his skeleton. The process was lengthy and extremely painful. It ended successfully, but also put Logan in a coma for a week. During this time, Weapon X grafted Logan with an experimental mind control device. When he woke, Wolverine was unable to control his own action, but could see everything he was doing. He was sent on assassinations, sometimes even being sent to kill children and seemingly innocent people.
He learned, through his orders, that he was being sent to destroy mutant targets. This was the first time Logan had ever heard the term, and learned this was what he was the whole time. This led him to fighting back against his programming, eventually overcoming the mind control and retaking control of his body. He escaped Weapon X, destroying the facility where he was made in the process.
| Fugitive and Finding Xavier |
Now a man on the run, Logan did his best in order to help the mutant population under siege by a paranoid populace. It was during this time that he was drawn to the legend of a man known as "X" in the mutant community. It was said he was setting up a safe zone for mutant people. Wolverine made his way towards finding him, and in doing so began setting up a sort of mutant underground railroad.
Eventually, Logan met the mysterious "X", revealing himself to be Professor Charles Xavier. Charles offered Logan a spot at his new school, but Logan refused. He believed he could do more funneling mutants to Charles's safe area then staying in once place.
| Joining the X-Men |
That all changed when the Purifier attacks began. During the first round of lynchings, Logan interfered in a botched lynching. The mob had killed a young mutant's parents, and were going to kill the girl, named Jean Grey, when she lost control of her telepathic abilities and ended up killing them instead. Logan saved the girl and got her out of the rioting town before making his way towards Xavier's school. Once there, Logan learned how widespread the attacks were, and that it was finally time to put his loner streak to rest. He decided to stay, joined Xavier's X-Men, and decided to help raise young Jean as if she was his own.
The X-Men were comprised of Xavier, a powerful telepath, Logan, Doctor Hank McCoy, known as Beast thanks to his wild appearance, Storm, who was able to control the weather, and Warren Worthington III, known as Angel thanks to his angelic wings. The team traveled the world to protect mutants from the Purifiers, while also fighting Erik Lahnsherr's Brotherhood. The two groups clashed many times over the span of two years until the fateful day on Cape Citadel. There, Magneto was believed to be killed, and Xavier was paralyzed when debris fell on him during the fight.
After the battle, the US Government began cracking down on anti-mutant rallies and violence. With this and the dissolution of the Brotherhood after Magneto's death, the X-Men disbanded and went back to teaching at the school, save Worthington who went on to run his father's company.
Logan was in charge of training the next round of X-Men should the need for them ever arise. As the years went on, two students showed the most potential for the team. One was Logan's own adoptive daughter Grey, and the other was Scott Summers. Summers demonstrated a militaristic discipline and dedication to the training, and Grey, according to the Professor, could one day be the most powerful telepath in the world. The two made a good team, and eventually fell for one another romantically. But Wolverine worried about Summers. He seemed to have a radical view on saving the mutant race, and Wolverine worried that one day he may snap.
They were eventually joined on the new team by Scott's brother Alex, Kitty Pryde, and Piotr Rasputin.
| Year One |
The new version of the X-Men was deployed for the first time after a pro-mutant rights rally was attacked by a new version of the Purifiers, aided by their new Sentinel battle armor. The X-Men and Purifiers clashed many times over the year, leading the mutant team to find where their new sense of power came from. The Sentinel armor came from wealthy industrialist Bolivar Trask, an anti-mutant supporter. Trask thought the advent of mutant kind would end with the end of the human race, so he dedicated his life to creating anti-mutant weapons.
The X-Men managed to put Trask behind bars, but eventually had an unexpected confrontation when the Brotherhood emerged yet again. The evil mutant group attempted to take over the Sentinel Armor facility in order to turn the weapons against humanity, but were stopped by the X-Men. Unfortunately during the battle, Scott and his brother were seduced by the Brotherhood's rhetoric, and Cyclops switched sides, turning against humanity. Logan also had a personal encounter during this battle against the Brotherhood member known as Sabertooth, who seemed to share many of Logan's abilities.
Now the X-Men have had their team depleted, and their world is even more dangerous than ever.
First X-Men-Charles Xavier (Leader)
-Wolverine
-Storm
-Beast
-Angel
Current X-Men-Wolverine (Leader)
-Storm
-Beast
-Colossus
-Jean Grey
-Shadowcat
Brotherhood-Magneto
-Cyclops
-Havok
-Sabertooth
-Toad
Powers and Abilities (What can you're character do? What can't they do?):Logan's main mutant ability is an incredibly potent healing factor. He is able to recover from the most grievous injuries. The healing factor has also extended Logan's life to an extreme degree. While he is nearly 140 years old, he has the body of a 45-50 year old. His body also is kept at peak physical condition thanks to his cells' super-active nature. It's thought that decapitating the mutant could kill him, but his adamantium-laced skeleton prevents that from happening. The metal covering his bones is impervious to all forms of damage, and makes Wolverine a walking tank. His mind is also incredibly difficult to read, which is believed to be another side effect of the metal coating.
Logan's other mutant abilities are his animalistic traits. He has claws, now coated with the same adamantium on his bones making them ultra-sharp blades. His senses of smell, sight, and hearing are also at superhuman levels, making Wolverine the world's most skilled hunter/tracker in the world.
During his long life, Logan has learned multiple forms of martial arts and battle strategies, making him one of the sharpest tactical minds in the world. However, his temped can sometimes get in the way of his smarts.
Sample Post (This is used as an introduction to your writing – try to keep it to around three paragraphs or more and try to include dialogue):His targets were sloppy. Logan could here them kicking the debris of the crumbling buildings around them as they ran from cover to cover. He could smell the fear on them. It wasn't going to take long to corner them. He slid down a drainpipe, making as little noise as possible. He slunk through the shadows, making sure his enemies had no idea where he was coming from. He slid against a wall, peering over it at the young woman frantically scanning the area for him. He hopped the low, crumbling wall and rushed her, popping out his claws in the process.
SNIKTShe turned, but by then it was too late. He swung down with his claw, stopping just before hitting her. He smirked at her, "Yer out, Red."
"No fair, Logan," Jean rolled her eyes. "Put me up against someone I can actually read."
Jean was a smart kid, but wasn't taking to the Danger Room training like he had hoped she would. Chuck said she had unlimited potential, but she seemed tentative to really push herself. It made sense, after all. When he found her, she was a three year old who had just accidentally killed the Purifiers that had killed her parents and who had tried to kill her. Since that day, Jean had always seemed scared of her abilities. But now things were different. She needed to be able to defend herself if she was going to be on this team and help protect mutant-kind. And she needed to be able to do it now.
"Then you wouldn't learn anything, kid," was Logan's response as he went off to engage his other students.
