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<td valign="top">[[Image:Kylun.jpeg|left|100px]]'''[[Kylun]]:''' Colin Mackay was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1974.  His physical mutation was less exaggerated at birth--abnormally large, catlike eyes were the only outward sign--and while they caused him some trouble with other children, his parents loved him dearly, and his early childhood was happy. When he was four years old, the family took a long-anticipated ski holiday to Switzerland, where Colin was snatched out of their hotel room by a Necrom cultist, who planned to use him as a sacrifice in a ritual designed to awaken and free the ancient evil. In the process of the ritual, Colin was convinced his parents had been killed.
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<td valign="top">[[Image:Kylun super.psd.png|left|100px]]'''[[Kylun]]:''' Stolen from his family for sacrifice by a cult worshipping the evil entity Necrom, led to believe his parents were dead, the young Colin McKay - obviously a mutant from birth with his fur, his lion-like facial appearance and claws on his hands and feet - was rescued by a group of monks, sworn enemies of the Necrom cult. Named "Kylun", he was brought up as a warrior and he came to the [[Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters - Phase 1| school]] seeking refuge after his second 'family' - including his wife - perished in a last, victorious battle against Necrom. A man adrift in the modern world, Kylun found purpose with the [[X-Men - Phase 1|X-Men]]. Upon discovering his true family were actually alive, he left to join them in Edinburgh, reestablishing ties with his long-lost parents. Raised to duty and battle, however, the warrior-monk may very well return to rejoin the fight for mutant rights.
  
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The Zz'rian monks interrupted the ritual before it could be completed. The cultist was killed in the fighting, but then they were left with a young boy, terrified and traumatized, with no apparent living relatives.  They brought him back to the monastery, for lack of any other acceptable solution, and Colin grew up among the monks, who gave him the name "Kylun," which means "chosen" in the Zz'rian ritual language. Kylun was brought up as a warrior, defending the monks with his skills.
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Kylun's only mutant ability is something he finds a little embarrassing, especially compared to the flashy, dramatic, useful powers possessed by most of the people at Xavier's. He can exactly replicate any sound he hears, from the call of a chickadee to the crack of a home run to the honk of a car horn to a full orchestra performance. However, he can only replicate sound--if he imitates someone's voice, he must do so using the words he heard that voice say, at exactly the volume and tone he heard those words spoken. He considers this ability a parlor trick that he isn't particularly proud of, and won't demonstrate it unless pressed.
  
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But the cult of Necrom was still out there.  Arriving at the scene of a sacrifice too late, Kylun and his warriors watched as Necrom was released, and in the ensuing battle with the cultists, Kylun's band were killed. Kylun himself rushed back to the monastery to find all the monks dead, cut down in an instant by the release of Necrom's power.  Zz'ria alone waited for him, holding on to life with all his fading strength.  Zz'ria blessed Kylun's swords with his dying breath, saying that no evil would withstand them, and no pure heart need fear them, and instructed him to go down to the crypts and destroy Necrom once and for all. Kylun battled his way to the crypts, fighting his own brethren, animated as zombies by Necrom's will, and there he found his wife, Sa'tneen, alone, holding Necrom back by the sheer force of her own will.  Kylun plunged his swords into the monster's heart, and Zz'ria's power cleansed Necrom from the earth--but it was too late for Sa'tneen, who had put too much of her own spirit into the binding, and she died in his arms.
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He is much more proud of his other skills--Kylun is an expert martial artist and swordsman, who maintains and improves his skills with daily practice. His strength, agility, and speed are all within human capability, but definitely on the high end of the bell-curve.
  
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Alone once again, his family dead, and without a purpose in life, Kylun set himself the task of burying the bodies and putting the physical shell of the monastery to rights.  As he did so, he found a letter from Zz'ria--whose visionary skills had let him make preparations in the event of his death--instructing him to seek out [[Professor Charles Xavier]], a mutant like Kylun, who had studied briefly at the Zz'rian monastery while learning the mental discipline needed to control his telepathic powers. Kylun wrote to Charles, and received an invitation to come to the mansion. Kylun's purpose in life was to guard the monks who guarded Necrom. With the monks dead and Necrom --as far as he knows--destroyed, he arrived at the mansion fairly adrift in a world far larger than he ever expected to see, with all the definitions of his identity stripped away.
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The mental discipline of the Zz'rian monks gives Kylun excellent psychic shielding--a sufficiently powerful, sufficiently determined psion could breach them, but his mind is basically impenetrable to casual scans. His shields are a conscious, self-willed act, and he can lower them if he chooses.  
  
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Upon his arrival, Kylun was in for a bit of culture shock. Painfully naive regarding modern life and social interaction, Kylun arrived with no experience whatsoever with anti-mutant prejudice; he had never used a telephone, a computer, a gas stove or an electric light. He lived nearly his entire life in a very close, tightly-knit society based on self-discipline and altruism, so his expectation was to find the same in the Xavier community.
 
  
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It was not to be - the mansion was a strange and chaotic place, confusing to the sheltered warrior-monk. What he did find, however, was the X-Men. Within their structure he found a purpose in life again, and became an integral part of the team. His personal connections were few - he and [[Alison]] compared training and meditative techniques, and he struck up a tenative friendship with [[Terry]] based on music after he performed, using his mutation, at the [[Thermopylae| funeral]] of [[Nathan Dayspring | Nathan's]] [[The Reclaimed| friends]] who died on [[Youra]]. He also struck up a rapport with [[Paige]], having accompanied Alison into the [[Morlock Tunnels| Morlock tunnels]] to retrieve her during her [[Stigmata| breakdown]].
 
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There were always questions, however, about the truth of his family's fate, and in [[January 2005]], information came to light that forced him to face those questions. After some deliberation and the confirmation of a blood test, in [[April 2006]] Kylun agreed to meet with the Mackays, who were very much alive and living in Scotland. The reunion went well despite his very obvious mutation, and he found a measure of peace in his life that had been missing since the deaths of the monks.
 
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After meeting with his parents, in [[July 2006]], Kylun decided to leave the mansion in order to explore that relationship and restore his family ties. He is now living with them in Scotland.
 
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Latest revision as of 19:21, 1 January 2021

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Kylun: Stolen from his family for sacrifice by a cult worshipping the evil entity Necrom, led to believe his parents were dead, the young Colin McKay - obviously a mutant from birth with his fur, his lion-like facial appearance and claws on his hands and feet - was rescued by a group of monks, sworn enemies of the Necrom cult. Named "Kylun", he was brought up as a warrior and he came to the school seeking refuge after his second 'family' - including his wife - perished in a last, victorious battle against Necrom. A man adrift in the modern world, Kylun found purpose with the X-Men. Upon discovering his true family were actually alive, he left to join them in Edinburgh, reestablishing ties with his long-lost parents. Raised to duty and battle, however, the warrior-monk may very well return to rejoin the fight for mutant rights.

Kylun's only mutant ability is something he finds a little embarrassing, especially compared to the flashy, dramatic, useful powers possessed by most of the people at Xavier's. He can exactly replicate any sound he hears, from the call of a chickadee to the crack of a home run to the honk of a car horn to a full orchestra performance. However, he can only replicate sound--if he imitates someone's voice, he must do so using the words he heard that voice say, at exactly the volume and tone he heard those words spoken. He considers this ability a parlor trick that he isn't particularly proud of, and won't demonstrate it unless pressed.

He is much more proud of his other skills--Kylun is an expert martial artist and swordsman, who maintains and improves his skills with daily practice. His strength, agility, and speed are all within human capability, but definitely on the high end of the bell-curve.

The mental discipline of the Zz'rian monks gives Kylun excellent psychic shielding--a sufficiently powerful, sufficiently determined psion could breach them, but his mind is basically impenetrable to casual scans. His shields are a conscious, self-willed act, and he can lower them if he chooses.


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