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| Charles Xavier | |
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 Portrayed by Patrick Stewart | |
| Known Aliases: | Professor X |
| Affiliations: | Xavier Institute, Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters - headmaster |
| Socked By: | Rossi for the Mods |
| Introduction: | X2 |
Professor Charles Xavier is the founder of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, a noted figure in the field of mutant genetics and sociology, and considered to be one of the world's strongest telepaths.
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Details
Name: Charles Francis Xavier
Aliases: Professor X
Occupation: Dean, Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
First appearance: X2
Family: Brian Xavier (father, deceased), Sharon Xavier (mother, deceased), Kurt Marko (stepfather, deceased), Cain Marko (stepbrother), David Haller (son)
Biography
Charles Xavier was born to Brian and Sharon Xavier in September 1937, the only child of the noted scientist and his wife. While Charles was still very young, his father died unexpectedly, and his mother remarried one of Brian's peers, Kurt Marko, who was also a recent widower. This marriage resulted in Charles acquiring a younger stepbrother, Cain.
Charles became aware of his telepathic powers at a young age, and after the death of his mother and stepfather in the early 1960s, Xavier travelled the world for a while. In Tibet, he studied with monks who helped him learn methods of focusing and controlling his massive power, as well as reinforcing his ethical code as to how it should be used. During his travels he also met Erik Lehnsherr, who would eventually become his closest friend and confidant, and later his greatest foe.
Along with Erik, Charles turned the mansion he had grown up in into a school for mutants like himself, training them in their abilities and helping them find their place in the world. To this end, he created Cerebro, a device that would help him locate mutants across the globe. In time, he and Erik had a schism in their views on the coexistence of humans and mutants, resulting in Erik leaving to become the mutant terrorist known as Magneto. Determined to oppose Erik's madness and prove that his dream of mutant-human coexistence was worth pursuing, Charles formed the X-Men, joined by a number of his students.
In the past few years, Charles has handed over the day-to-day operation of his school to Scott Summers and Ororo Munroe, acting as Dean for the institution as well as continuing his search for young mutants in need of training and traveling to various conferences and summits on mutant issues. However, following the formation of the Xavier Institute and plans to reduce the school numbers, Charles 'fired' his headmasters, giving them a much-needed reprieve from their heavy workloads, and once more began to take a more active role in the school's day-to-day affairs.
While dealing with the events of Day Zero, Charles was in Cerebro and psychically connected to hundreds of New Yorkers who perished in the collapse of the George Washington Bridge. The psychic backlash threw him into a temporary coma, and though he has recovered and returned to his daily business, it remains to be seen if there are any lasting effects.
In 2009, he assisted with the plan to take down the Taygetos program, providing mental blocks to facilitate hiding the X-Men's strategy from Tara Trask. In 2010 he had hard choices to make, choosing to involve the X-Men in international politics to prevent a war between Pakistan and India; only several months later, he lost a student when the Class of 2010's graduation ceremony was attacked. Another mansion invasion in July 2011 proved almost too much, with the death of a student and the apparent death of Dr. Amelia Voght and a prologed coma for Jean Grey. Under the pressures of these incidents, while for Jean and Amelia, at least, things turned out well, Charles aged considerably.
In 2012, Charles made a decision that would forever change the mansion inhabitants and everyone associated with them. He temporarily took in two Genoshan refugees, who disappeared after leaving the mansion. A few months after their disappearance, the New Mutants, along with several staff and X-Force members, were kidnapped from a protest rally outside of the Genoshan embassy. After this kidnapping, Charles met with the Genoshan ambassador, who informed Charles that his people would be safely returned if Xavier's stopped interfering with Genosha (a warning that went unheeded). The events that followed, while mostly everyone returned alive, left Charles guilt-riddened and nearly broken.
Powers/Abilities
Charles Xavier is considered to be the world's strongest telepath, almost without peer. Aided by Cerebro, his range for telepathic contact is almost global, and he is skilled enough to discern one specific mental pattern among millions with time and concentration.
Xavier is skilled in using his telepathy for therapeutic means as well, aiding trauma victims in recovery and assisting those under his care who have suffered psychic ailments.
Trivia
Charles suffered a serious spinal injury while mountain climbing in Switzerland in 1975, and has been reliant on his wheelchair for mobility since then. While his injury still allows him a range of feeling in his legs, he lacks mobility, and the source of the injury is in a location that made corrective surgery a significant risk at the time. To date, Charles has not expressed any wish to undergo any kind of procedure to restore the use of his legs.
Charles uses various wheelchairs for public appearances as well as daily use. He possesses an advanced motorized wheelchair with an experimental nonelectric motor, as well as various manually-powered wheelchairs.
Despite his normally staid and sober demeanor, Charles possesses a very dry wit and a healthy sense of humor. His students are often surprised to discover that their Professor is also a fan of Monty Python, as well as the Rolling Stones.
Plots
2003
2004
2005
X-Men Mission: Who's The Thief
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
X-Men Mission: Roller Derby Queen
2012
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria
Meta
PB: Patrick Stewart
Socked by: Rossi for the Mods
For OOC guidelines on Charles' role in the mansion, players are asked to see this post.
