<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/8KsWTIQ.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br/><strong>Character name:</strong>James 'Logan' Howlette<br/><strong>Alias:</strong>Logan, Wolverine, Formerly  Weapon X<br/><strong>Gender:</strong>Male<br/><strong>Orientation:</strong>Hetero-Flexible<br/><strong>Status:</strong>Complicated<br/><strong>Age:</strong>Estimated Age, 140<br/><strong>Height:</strong>6'2"<br/><strong>Weight:</strong>310 lbs (210 without Adamantium Grafting)<br/><strong>Hair color:</strong>Dark Brown<br/><strong>Eye color:</strong>Hazel<br/><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong>Alberta, Canada<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br/><br/><strong>Family:</strong><br/>John Howlette Sr.: Father, Deceased | Elizabeth Howlette: Mother,  Deceasedm | Daken: Son, Living<br/>John Howlette Junior: Brother, Deceased | Viper/Madame Hydra: Ex-Wife, Living | Itsu: Wife, Deceased<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Logan is best described as rough around the edges. His humor tends toward sarcasm, though he isn't overly antagonistic. He can be abrasive, as his somewhat loner nature would certainly indicate. Despite this he is a reliable ally, and quite loyal to those few he does get close to.<br/><br/><strong>Hobbies:</strong>Motorcycles, Pissing off Scott, Smoking, Drinking, Teaching.<br/><br/><strong>History:</strong>Logan's past is still somewhat of a mystery, even to him. He can recall much of his early life now, enough to have a rough gauge of how it all started. He remembers growing as the son of a wealthy landowner in Canada. He remembers how his father had fired two of the hired help for an indiscretion with his childhood friend rose. He remembers them coming back, shooting his father as they demanded their jobs back. That's when his mutation first manifested. He brought forth the claws and killed his father's assailant. His mother, already an unstable women kicked him from the house. He ran off with his childhood friend then, and until manhood reached him he worked at a mining colony.<br/><br/>Of course, shortly after this things once again become blurry. He can't remember why it happened, but a fight ensued with another figure from his past. In the midst of it, Rose attempted to stop the battle. This regretfully ended in her being impaled by Logan's claws on accident. There is a large time inbetween that his memories simply wont recall. He doesn't have another one until the midst of world war 1. It was short, rather uneventful for the mutant in comparison to what would happen as things progressed. He fought in the war, killed people and was re-stationed back in Canada. It was shortly after this that he made his sojourn to the US.<br/><br/>Logan had a rough time there. His wild nature often found him to jail cells, and eventually a drunken indiscretion had him set to be executed. Logan took the bullets, passed out and later awoke having successfully faked his own death. He rebuilt himself a rep as a bounty hunter for a while afterward. Keeping with generally the same Alias. This lasted until the beginnings of world war 2 when the US saw little in the way of a need for people like him. So without a means of making money aside from criminal activity, Logan got involved with the mob in the midst of prohibition in The US.<br/><br/>Logan made a good run of his criminal career too, till once again he found himself in over his head. Surrounded and on the verge of possible true death or exposure, Logan blew himself up in the midst of an underground refinery. His enemies didn't survive, but he did. From there he made his way to Japan where he could make use of his skills. He trained with masters in the martial arts there, that is until World War 2 began to creep into the US territories. Knowing he'd not likely get a chance to go back home if he proceeded as such, he journeyed back to the Americas. There he signed up with the US Marines under a fake birth certificate, and yet more forged records that his remaining criminal contacts had set him up with.<br/><br/>Then came the hells of WWII. Most of it Logan can't really recall. And everything from that point until the mid eighties is still a blur with only bits and pieces here and there cropping up. In the eighties, he just tried to get by. Made a breach into desert storm where he had flash backs of the Korean and Vietnam wars. And of course when he finally traveled home to Canada in hopes of learning how his claws had changed from bone to metal. Sometime after that Professor Xavier sent someone to approach him. He still doesn't know why the professor had an interest in him, and really now he doesn't care.<br/><br/>Logan first came to the school for the hopes of regaining his lost memories. He's since made progress, and has come a long way. Yet his grown an attachment to the ideals the school stands for. To the intentions, and most of all the kids here. It's truly why he's stayed, though anyone will be lucky if they ever get such an admission from the hardened soul. He's left on occasion to deal with personal struggles, but he always seems to come back. Over and over again.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br/><strong>Classification:</strong>Beta<br/><br/><strong>Type of mutant:</strong>First of The Family<br/><br/><strong>Powers:</strong><br/><em>Healing Factor - Logan possesses a rapid healing rate that far exceeds any normal measures. In seconds he can heal what might take others days or weeks, and in hours he can heal trauma that would kill any normal man. The more severe the injury, the longer it takes. This also makes him highly resistant to any disease or toxin. However, it is noted that excess quantities of alcohol or poison can incapacitate him.<br/><br/>Superhuman Senses - Wolverine possesses superhumanly acute senses that are comparable to those of certain animals. He can see at far greater distances, with perfect clarity, than an ordinary human. He retains this same level of clarity even in near total darkness. His hearing is enhanced in a similar manner, allowing him to detect sounds ordinary humans couldn't hear at a greater distances, enough to hear a teardrop in another room that have thick walls with enough focus. He is able to recognize people and objects by scent, even if they are well hidden. He can track a target by scent, even if the scent has been greatly eroded by time and weather factors, with an extraordinary degree of success. Wolverine can also use his keen sense of smell to detect lies due to chemical changes within a person's scent. These senses stem from, at least partially, his constant cellular regeneration, as are his enhanced physical capabilities. <br/><br/>Superhuman Strength, Speed and Agility: Logan's healing factor, along with the increased muscle and bone density from his other mutations gives him potent superhuman physical abilities. He's catlike in movement, can run and leap at 5 times that off a normal man and bench/press in excess of 800 pounds.<br/><br/>Insulated Weather Adaptation: Wolverine's body is highly resistant to certain elemental extremes, particularly cold, to the extent that he can sleep nude in subarctic conditions with no apparent injury.<br/><br/>Animal Empathy: Wolverine has the ability to sense the emotional state of animals on a basic level such as fear, anger, happiness or pain. He can even communicate with them to make the animal aware of his actions and or his intent.<br/><br/>Bone Claws: Wolverine's skeleton includes six retractable 12-inch long bone claws, three in each arm, that are housed beneath the skin and muscle of his forearms. Wolverine can, at will, release these slightly curved claws through his skin beneath the knuckles on each hand. The skin between the knuckles tears and bleeds, but the blood loss is quickly halted by his healing factor. Wolverine can unsheathe any number of his claws at once, although he must keep his wrists straight at the moment his claws pass from his forearms into his hands. When unsheathed, the claws are entirely within his hands, allowing him to bend his wrists when they are extended. The claws are made of bone, unlike the claws of normal mammals which are made of keratin.<br/><br/>Adamantium Laced Skeleton: Though Not part of Wolverine's natural mutant attributes, Wolverine's entire skeleton, including his bone claws, are laced with the rare, artificial, and virtually indestructible alloy known as adamantium or True Adamantium. As a result, Wolverine's bones are virtually unbreakable. The presence of the Adamantium has further enhanced the already razor sharp edge of Wolverine's bone claws. Aside from being practically indestructible, the claws are capable of cutting any solid material, with the known exception of True Adamantium and Vibranium. </em><br/><br/><em>Superhuman Durability:</em>Through a mixture of his natural healing and bodily mutations, along with the adamantium, Wolverine has an incredible amount of superhuman durability. Most attacks never reach his vitals due to the effective subdermal armor, making for quick regeneration, and those that do are often caught by his enhanced musculature.<br/><br/><strong>Abilities:</strong><br/>Master Martial Artist: - Through extensive military training, along with his time spent in Japan and personal honing, Logan is perhaps one of the finest hand to hand experts on earth.<br/>Expert Marksman: - Logan hates using guns, but he knows how and is quite deadly with them. A bi-product of his military service.<br/>Skilled Mechanic: Logan has maintained his own Cars and Motorcycles practically since their invention.<br/>Advanced Covert Ops training: Not just stealth, but subterfuge, lock picking and proficiency among the gadgets that such operatives use.<br/>Knowledge: - Not so much an education as just a wealth of personal experience. He may not remember, but he's traveled the world and is familiar with a variety of languages and customs. As well as world history, he just doesn't always know he knows it until the situation arises.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br/><strong>Classes Taught:</strong>History<br/><br/><strong>Staff Relations:</strong><br/>Scott Summers: Rival<br/>Jean Grey: Love Interest, Unrequited<br/>More to come<br/><div style="text-align: right;"><strong>Level of control:</strong>GM Only</div>