Crystal Amaquelin

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I am here to learn. - Crystal

Born into royalty on the island of Attilan and being from a family where being a mutant is an accepted part of life, Crystal had to deal with culture shock on multiple levels since her arrival at the mansion. After the last day of school, Crystal left New York, never intending to return.

Details

Character Journal: x_aerial

Real Name: Lady Crystal Lia Amaquelin

Codename: None

Aliases: Called "Little Crystal" by her family

First Appearance: 6/04/2006

Date of Birth: September 8, 1990

Place of Birth: Attilan, Attilan

Citizenship: Attilani

Relatives: Amaquelin Family: Ambur Amaquelin (mother - deceased), Quelin Amaquelin (father - deceased), Medusa Amaquelin (sister); King Agon (uncle, father's brother - deceased), Queen Rynda (aunt - deceased), Blackagar Boltagon (cousin), Prince Maximus (cousin).

Education: Royal tutors until June 2006; graduate of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters

Relationship Status: Single

Occupation: Lady of Attilan

Team Affiliation: None

Biography

Mutant Childhood

Crystal was born into a mutant family and was raised to be proud of being a mutant, even though she grew up knowing that her powers were not to be used in front of people who were not already aware of her family’s mutant status. Young Crystal was always aware that she was going to have powers and looked forward to manifesting. However, despite the fact that her family had prepared her for it, her actual manifestation came as a shock. In a two-for-one deal, 7-year-old Crystal and her sister Medusa manifested moments apart during an assassination attempt on the royal children. Although the assassins didn’t know that the Amaquelins and Boltagons were mutants, the assassination attempt was due to Attilan’s mutant-friendly policies. After this, the Amaquelins began to become overly protective of their daughters. When Crystal was 10 years old, Erik Lehnsherr visited Attilan and met with Crystal’s parents in order to discover whether or not the island was truly ruled by mutants. While their parents were in the meeting, Crystal and Medusa met his son, Pietro Maximoff. Magneto was not pleased by what he learned and he and Pietro left without causing harm to anyone there. Later, upon realizing just who they had let into their home, the over-protectiveness of the Amaquelins intensified even more.

Crystal was an inquisitive child and was always interested in learning new things. However, it took her a few years to become interesting in learning how to perfect her control over her abilities. Before the age of 11, she found it quite amusing to crash into tables and walls and had no qualms about destroying random objects in her quest to see how much fun she could have with her powers.

Living at the X-Mansion

In June 2006, while vacationing with her family in Hawaii, Crystal received unwanted advances from an unwanted admirer. Knowing that using her powers against him in public would not be a good idea, Crystal held her winds in check. However, a new aspect of her power came into play, and the two of them found themselves under a small rain-shower of her creation. Alex Summers and a few of his friends noticed what was happening and Alex went to talk to her, telling her about Xavier’s.

On her first day at the mansion, Crystal was given a tour by Theresa Cassidy, and was surprised to get a glimpse into what life would soon be like for her: classes with other students, sharing a suite with up to five other people, a crowded rec-room, and the revelation that Lorna Dane, the Kitchen Goddess, did not like rich kids who couldn’t cook, so Crystal could look forward to Remedial Cooking on her class schedule. The next day, after making sure that Lorna wasn’t in the kitchen, Crystal had a hate-fest with the stove and ended up meeting Amanda Sefton who showed Crystal how to make pasta and confused Crystal by swearing, using words Crystal had never heard before.

Although Crystal is not surprised by things such as demon attacks and lakes on fire, she was taken aback by a few journal exchanges taking place within her first week at the mansion. During her first weekend at Xavier’s, while involved in a discussion about food, Lorna Dane asked Crystal for information about a recipe. When Crystal replied that she did not know how to prepare the item and offered to get the recipe for her, Lorna told her that it was an easy recipe and proceeded to insult the school’s newest student. Although Lorna later apologized on multiple occasions and explained to Crystal that she has returned from her friend’s funeral shortly before the journal exchange, the damage was done and left Crystal with a horrible first impression of the school and its staff. Crystal avoided the kitchen and the dining hall until the school year began, and even then she went only sparingly, usually taking the food and eating on her own or with Medusa, later also eating with Pietro.

This and other events, such as being tricked into going to the garage by being told that it was a fun place, realizing that the other mansion residents did not view being a mutant in the same way she did, and being told that the way she did things were not the proper way (example: having a catered birthday party at the mansion), made Crystal act in a way that was seen as stand-offish. Although Crystal paid attention to the conversations on the school’s journal system, her own use of it is limited. She prefered to observe rather than state her opinions for all to read as on more than one occasion, her journal posts earned her the dislike of mansion residents and caused her to retreat from mansion life even more. While she did not intend to “do as the Romans do,” she also realized that other people have their own ways and custom and had no desire to attempt to force her beliefs on others.

After the events of Voodoo Child, Crystal parents decided to allow her to return home after her last exam rather than have her stay for parents' day(s) and graduation. Crystal accepted their offer quite eagerly.

Roommate Troubles

Used to having as much private space as she wanted, Crystal was shocked to discover that not only did the school require her to have a roommate, up to six people could share one suite. After refusing to remain with a roommate who snored, Crystal was moved into the room of Jennie Stavros. The two had a rocky start, and when Jennie made a journal post listing the pros and cons of having Crystal as a roommate, Crystal made a reply that alerted Marie D’Ancato to the fact that Jennie was breaking curfew. Both girls independently plotted revenge; Jennie hexed Crystal’s shoes and Crystal drowned Jennie’s CD player before giving it to Forge, recalling that Forge had asked for unwanted and broken electronics. Trying to make amends, Crystal purchased a new CD player for Jennie and Jennie accepted it, pretending she thought hers had broken on its own.

In August, Crystal realized that Forge’s journal entry about not receiving a certain call and wondering if anyone was missing messages was probably because he hadn’t heard from Jennie, and she went to talk to him about her concerns. Although he assured her that he would keep her apprised of the situation, it was not until two weeks later when Crystal contacted Forge again that she was told given vague information about a new approach Forge was taking. Forge told Crystal that, since no one was running around in a panic, everything was probably all right and let her know that was going to speak with Ororo Munroe and again promised to keep her informed of any new information. Although Crystal was not entirely convinced that the absence of widespread panic meant everything was ok, she decided to trust Forge’s knowledge of the school and didn’t speak up about her concerns again until five days later, when Scott Summers called her into his office to speak with her regarding her concern. Like Forge, Scott promised to keep her informed.

Having read earlier journal entries involving knowledge about past missing mansion residents, Crystal was surprised to discover that Jennie’s disappearance was being kept hidden. Not quite sure why no one else seemed concerned, and unhappy that no one had given her any new information, Crystal retreated even further into keeping to herself. As far as Crystal was concerned, no news was not good news. Not seeing that she had any reason to continue staying at the school, Crystal thought about returning home, but stayed knowing that was the only way to find out what had happened to Jennie and if she was safe. While speaking with Amanda as part of Snow Valley’s investigation into the missing Xavier’s student, Crystal discovered the “disappearance” of a former Xavier’s student: Jennie’s best friend, Marius Laverne. The discussion with Amanda calmed and comforted Crystal, but Crystal became extremely upset upon reading Forge's description of Marius as “one of the students who isn’t here right now” on Sooraya Qadir’s journal and barged into Forge’s workshop. The two quickly became engaged in a heated conversation over Jennie and the way the school was handling her disappearance, and Crystal’s intense anger caused an unintentional use of her power that nearly resulted in the destruction of Forge’s workshop.

Less than a week later, both Jennie and Marius returned. Jennie was extremely thin and although she did not speak to Crystal about the events of her summer, it was clear that something major had happened and that Jennie was bothered by those events. Because of this, Crystal did not make a fuss when Jennie evicted Crystal’s puppy, Lockjaw, from their room. Still, this bothered Crystal, as did the fact that Jennie remained silent about what had happened to her, even though it became obvious Jennie’s experiences weighed heavily on her mind. Growing extremely concerned when Jennie kept rearranging everything in the room and never left the suite, Crystal contacted Marie. Unfortunately, Marie’s mind was currently being dominated by Logan’s personality, and even though the RA sent another email to Crystal a few days later, her original response made Crystal lose even more faith in the school’s staff.

A month after Jennie returned, she told Crystal everything that had happened to her during the summer. However, Jennie also told Crystal that she was nosy and voiced concern about Crystal not keeping the information private; this furthered Crystal’s belief that Jennie did want her roommate around, and Crystal began to spend as much time out of their room as she could. Finally, after getting into another argument in December, the girls began to open up to each other and Crystal ceased her avoidance of Jennie and their room.

Accompanied by Medusa, Crystal went to Snow Valley to deliver a fruit basket to Amanda to thank her and her “associates” for their part in finding Jennie and Marius. When Jennie told her of the school’s part in bringing the missing teenagers back to the mansion, Crystal sent a fruit basket to each team member who had been part of the rescue.

Although Crystal trusted Jennie enough to joke with her on occasion, she never felt entirely comfortable being her roommate and was never quite sure what to think of her. Still, Crystal included Jennie in her only prank during her stay at the mansion - covering Forge's prized car with tiny decals. It was the sight of Jennie being harmed that threw Crystal into a frenzy when the two girls, along with Marius and Kyle, were victims of a surprise attack after a dinner off-campus one evening. Crystal stayed in the suite shared by Medusa and Monet while Jennie was missing, even staying there after Medusa left and Jennie was found, only returning to the room she shared with Jennie when Jennie told her she could move back in. Unlike the previous time Jennie had been kidnapped, this time Forge kept his promise to keep Crystal informed of events, a fact Crystal greatly appreciated. Jennie rejected an offer to visit Attilan but later agreed to attend Medusa's engagement party.

Starts and Stops

Always eager to learn whatever she can, Crystal jumped on the chance to begin lessons with Logan in August with he offered the chance for students to get a head-start on self-defense lessons before school started. Quite unpleased with the discussion that transpired during their first meeting and the way Logan spoke to her, feeling that Logan had been attempted to incite her to attack him, Crystal returned to her room and called Medusa, expressing her concerns about Logan, the teachers, and the school as a whole.

Still, having heard that Logan was a great fighter and wanting to be able to learn from him, Crystal decided to take his self-defense class when classes started in September. Logan poked fun at her and singled her out in front of the other students, but Crystal worked hard and came to believe that Logan recognized and appreciated her efforts.

In October, Medusa came across Logan working out in the gym and Logan repeatedly insulted Crystal to Medusa, taking amusement in it. Upon learning of the way Logan had spoken to her sister about her, Crystal decided to confront Logan in the gym. Logan told Crystal she was “coming along nicely” but also continued to insult her. Upset by the realization that no matter what she did, Logan and others at the school would never see her as more than a spoiled rich kid who couldn’t take care of herself, Crystal proceeded to use her powers against Logan, assuming that he would fall then quickly heal. When Logan lunged at her instead, Crystal hit him with a bolt of lightning. Logan pinned her to the wall with his claws, and what Crystal terms her “natural defensive mechanism” kicked in: a gale-force wind erupted, sending Logan flying through the gym doors.

Before going home that afternoon, Crystal had a discussion with Jennie about how she felt she was being treated and told her she had attacked Logan. She briefly spoke with Lorna, who had witnessed Logan’s “flight” through the gym doors, and emailed multiple staff members, giving a brief account of events. As she had promised in her email, Crystal returned to the school on Monday to discuss the events in detail, secretly planning on officially leaving the school once she had explained why she had acted the way she did. However, she decided to stay when Scott told her of Nathan Dayspring’s offer to work with her, one-on-one, on self-defense.

For two weeks, Crystal did not fly or use her powers in any active way. Even after she took to the sky once more, she still remained quite careful about the way she used her powers. Although she was initially afraid that she might do something that could be seen as an attack when Pietro suggested an experiment involving the use of their powers, she agreed to work with him when he commented that he could learn from her. Still, Crystal is afraid that others will fear her if they know what she did to Logan, so she only spoke with Kyle Gibney about the events when he approached her and has not spoken with anyone else about the events.

A little over two months after the altercation in the gym between Crystal and Logan, the two found themselves in the kitchen at the same time. Once again, Crystal found herself completely afraid to use her powers lest they be seen as an attack. Logan mostly ignored her, and Crystal carefully left the kitchen before racing down the hall in midair.

In April, Yvette Petrovic approached Crystal with a "problem" after Logan told her his side of what happened in the gym, also informing Yvette that Crystal viewed her and others as being beneath her. After speaking with Yvette, Crystal paid a surprise visit to the headmaster's office to tell him about the recent conversations.

As far as Crystal knows, the only people who know what happened in the gym (other than her family and the school’s staff) are Jennie, Kyle, Pietro, and Yvette.

Currently

Crystal just finished her year at Xavier’s and returned home to Attilan. Although she participated in activities with other students (such as jogging and archery with Laurie Collins and horseback riding with Sooraya Qadir), she did not enjoy her stay at Xavier's and looked forward to going home.

In January, Jean Grey approached Crystal to ask whether or not she was interested in the possibility of providing assistance in the Medlab should the need arise; Crystal accepted and remained a Medlab volunteer until she left the school. Crystal also volunteered to sort mail from November until she left the mansion.

During her last month in New York, Crystal worked with Sofia Mantega-Barret on new uses of her ability to control and direct the movement of air.

Crystal is still recovering from the broken leg she received during the fight that ended with Jennie, Marius, and Kyle being teleported away.

Physical Characteristics

Height: 5’5”

Weight: 110 lbs.

Eyes: Blue-green

Hair: Blonde

Other Features: None

Powers

Crystal is able to control air on a molecular level and can solidify it in order to create a shield by means of an air wall. Her primary uses of power deal with air as a whole, as she is able to create winds up to 115 MPH and control those up to approximately 75 MPH. She is able to move faster by air, as she can fly as fast as the winds she creates. Crystal can create atmospheric disturbances of various kinds, including small bolts of lightning. She is able to alter air pressure and can mimic the effect of traveling into high altitudes. Crystal is a living air conditioner/heating system and can change the temperature of the air around her; she can also turn water into ice or steam.

Crystal can join together molecules of oxygen and hydrogen in order to form rain. She can create fire by controlling oxygen molecules and can stop existing fires or those of her own design by removing the oxygen from around the flames. Crystal always tries to discover new ways to use her powers and is working on being able to control the movement of water and divining water from the ground.

Crystal can also use her powers to provide or deny air to living bodies.

Equipment

None

Trivia

Crystal doesn’t like to have layers of clothing between her and the air and tends to wear lightweight, revealing outfits.

Crystal is not a fan of “one size fits all” and almost all of her clothes have been altered for an exact fit.

Crystal prefers to hover in the air rather than remain on the ground and is more likely to be seen floating a few inches off of the ground than she is to be seen walking on the ground.

Crystal grew-up multilingual and is fluent in Portuguese, English, Spanish and French. She also has limited knowledge of a few other languages.

Plots

2006

The Rictor Effect (as a Red X volunteer)

Living Pele (as a Red X volunteer)

2007

When It All Goes Wrong Again

Red X Mission: Whiteout

Kaiten

This Savage Land

Ahab

Voodoo Child

Meta

Player: Cassidy

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AIM: xLadyCrystal

Player Icon Base: Jennifer Hawkins

Meta Trivia

Crystal’s workout outfit is based off of the one worn by Crystal on the cover of Ultimate Fantastic Four Annual 1