Post by Nightcrawler on Oct 19, 2007 14:41:14 GMT -5
Name: Kurt Wagner
Code Name: Nightcrawler
Team(s): X-Men
Age: Unknown
Sex: Male
Height and Weight: 5ft 9", 195lbs
Eyes and Hair Color: Yellow with no pupils, Indigo
Appearance (Pics are fine):
Personality: Friendly, a little too friendly at times. A bit of a loner. Mysterious.
Powers: Teleportation, Enhanced night vision, Superhuman acrobat/gymnast, Prehensile tail, Ability to stick to walls, Blending into shadows
Abilities: Skilled in martial arts, hand to hand combat and fencing training
Weapons/Equipment: Tail
Weaknesses: no armor, weak against strong opponents. Gets tired if teleporting to often.
History: Kurt Wagner was born with certain unusual physical characteristics, but his power of self-teleportation did not emerge until puberty. Margali Szardos, a sorceress and gypsy queen, found Wagner an hour after his birth, in a small roadside shelter in the Bavarian Alps. She found his father, Eric Wagner, dead of a heart attack on the road outside. Margali is said to have found Wagner's mother lying next to the baby and dying, but this assertion has been called into question, and not even Kurt Wagner knows the truth. Margali took the baby to the small Bavarian circus where she worked as a fortuneteller as a "cover" for her activities as a sorceress. Wagner was never legally adopted by anyone, but was raised by all the members of the circus, who had no prejudices against "freaks." Margali acted as Wagner's unofficial foster mother.
Wagner grew up happily in the circus, and his two closest friends were Margali's natural children Stefan and Jimaine. Long before his teleportation power emerged, Wagner had tremendous natural agility, and by his adolescence he had become the circus's star acrobat and aerial artist. Circus audiences assumed that he was a normal-looking human being wearing a demon-like costume.
Years later, the Texas millionaire Arnos Jardine, who ran a large circus based in Florida, heard of the circus Wagner worked for and bought it. Jardine intended to move its best acts into his American circus. However, he demanded that Wagner be placed in the circus's freak show. Appalled, Wagner quit and made his way towards Winzeldorf, Germany, where Stefan was. He discovered that Stefan had gone mad and had brutally slain several children. Two nights after leaving the circus, Wagner found Stefan and fought him, hoping to stop his rampage. In the course of the struggle, Wagner unintentionally broke Stefan's neck. Then the villagers of Winzeldorf, who assumed him to be a demon who was responsible for the child killings, discovered Wagner. They were about to kill him when they were all psionically paralyzed by Professor Charles Xavier, who had come to recruit Wagner into the X-Men. Wagner agreed to join the group, but before they left for America, he and Xavier went to the Bavarian circus so that Wagner could explain to Margali about Stefan's death. However, Margali was not there. She held Wagner responsible for murdering Stefan, but years later, she learned the truth and she and Wagner were reconciled. Wagner was also happily reunited with Jimaine, who now lives in the United States under the name of Amanda Sefton. Known as Nightcrawler, Wagner became a member of the X-Men.
Nightcrawler remained with the X-Men for years. Eventually, however, he became a founding member of the British-based team Excalibur and is now the team's leader.
Wagner has recently been told that his mother is the mutant known as Mystique. To save her own life, she claims she had to toss the newborn child into a waterfall, yet Mystique may have wanted to mislead Wagner and may not actually be his birth mother. Wagner now believes that his mother is Mystique and when and if new information comes to light it is not known how Wagner will react to the news, or to Mystique.
Sample Rp: A splash of the puddle waved in the air. It was caused by a fast footstep, most likely the owner was running from something. BAMF A dark blue cloud of smoke appeared from behind the man and one threw itself at the man. A figure appeared within it, kicking him down. A series of loud BAMFs occurred and the man was being thrown about the floor. The aftermath of the confusion had the man dazed, which was the perfect opportunity for the cloaked figure. He charged towards him, a series of teleportation happening all the while, which in the process led to his hat and coat being flung off until he reached the end of the path, in which his fist stopped right near the characters face. A sudden voice could be heard. "Simulation complete" was heard by his pricked up ears, and the lights flickered on. A door opened, and a man revealed himself. "Ah, Kurt..."
Code Name: Nightcrawler
Team(s): X-Men
Age: Unknown
Sex: Male
Height and Weight: 5ft 9", 195lbs
Eyes and Hair Color: Yellow with no pupils, Indigo
Appearance (Pics are fine):
Personality: Friendly, a little too friendly at times. A bit of a loner. Mysterious.
Powers: Teleportation, Enhanced night vision, Superhuman acrobat/gymnast, Prehensile tail, Ability to stick to walls, Blending into shadows
Abilities: Skilled in martial arts, hand to hand combat and fencing training
Weapons/Equipment: Tail
Weaknesses: no armor, weak against strong opponents. Gets tired if teleporting to often.
History: Kurt Wagner was born with certain unusual physical characteristics, but his power of self-teleportation did not emerge until puberty. Margali Szardos, a sorceress and gypsy queen, found Wagner an hour after his birth, in a small roadside shelter in the Bavarian Alps. She found his father, Eric Wagner, dead of a heart attack on the road outside. Margali is said to have found Wagner's mother lying next to the baby and dying, but this assertion has been called into question, and not even Kurt Wagner knows the truth. Margali took the baby to the small Bavarian circus where she worked as a fortuneteller as a "cover" for her activities as a sorceress. Wagner was never legally adopted by anyone, but was raised by all the members of the circus, who had no prejudices against "freaks." Margali acted as Wagner's unofficial foster mother.
Wagner grew up happily in the circus, and his two closest friends were Margali's natural children Stefan and Jimaine. Long before his teleportation power emerged, Wagner had tremendous natural agility, and by his adolescence he had become the circus's star acrobat and aerial artist. Circus audiences assumed that he was a normal-looking human being wearing a demon-like costume.
Years later, the Texas millionaire Arnos Jardine, who ran a large circus based in Florida, heard of the circus Wagner worked for and bought it. Jardine intended to move its best acts into his American circus. However, he demanded that Wagner be placed in the circus's freak show. Appalled, Wagner quit and made his way towards Winzeldorf, Germany, where Stefan was. He discovered that Stefan had gone mad and had brutally slain several children. Two nights after leaving the circus, Wagner found Stefan and fought him, hoping to stop his rampage. In the course of the struggle, Wagner unintentionally broke Stefan's neck. Then the villagers of Winzeldorf, who assumed him to be a demon who was responsible for the child killings, discovered Wagner. They were about to kill him when they were all psionically paralyzed by Professor Charles Xavier, who had come to recruit Wagner into the X-Men. Wagner agreed to join the group, but before they left for America, he and Xavier went to the Bavarian circus so that Wagner could explain to Margali about Stefan's death. However, Margali was not there. She held Wagner responsible for murdering Stefan, but years later, she learned the truth and she and Wagner were reconciled. Wagner was also happily reunited with Jimaine, who now lives in the United States under the name of Amanda Sefton. Known as Nightcrawler, Wagner became a member of the X-Men.
Nightcrawler remained with the X-Men for years. Eventually, however, he became a founding member of the British-based team Excalibur and is now the team's leader.
Wagner has recently been told that his mother is the mutant known as Mystique. To save her own life, she claims she had to toss the newborn child into a waterfall, yet Mystique may have wanted to mislead Wagner and may not actually be his birth mother. Wagner now believes that his mother is Mystique and when and if new information comes to light it is not known how Wagner will react to the news, or to Mystique.
Sample Rp: A splash of the puddle waved in the air. It was caused by a fast footstep, most likely the owner was running from something. BAMF A dark blue cloud of smoke appeared from behind the man and one threw itself at the man. A figure appeared within it, kicking him down. A series of loud BAMFs occurred and the man was being thrown about the floor. The aftermath of the confusion had the man dazed, which was the perfect opportunity for the cloaked figure. He charged towards him, a series of teleportation happening all the while, which in the process led to his hat and coat being flung off until he reached the end of the path, in which his fist stopped right near the characters face. A sudden voice could be heard. "Simulation complete" was heard by his pricked up ears, and the lights flickered on. A door opened, and a man revealed himself. "Ah, Kurt..."