== Character Bio ==<br/><strong>Tackyhillbilly</strong><br/><br/>== Personal Information ==<br/>Legal Name: Kurt Wagner<br/>Alias: Nightcrawler<br/>Age: 32<br/>Sexuality: Straight<br/>Part of New York Residing In: Homeless<br/><br/>== Physical Description ==<br/><br/>(http://images.comicbookresources.com/c2f/x2_nightcrawler.jpg)<br/><br/>Nightcrawler is obviously a mutant. Blue skin, pointed ears, a prehensile tail, claws, two fingers... even the most concealing clothing won't prevent him from being noticed. His teeth are pointed, and iridescent eyes mean that it is impossible to look at him and see anything but a mutant... or a demon. Under all that, he is a rather thin man, with dark hair, and a rather serious... but at the same time giddy air.<br/><br/>== Persona ==<br/><br/>Kurt is a study in contrasts. He is a devoutly religious young man, attending mass at a catholic church every friday. At times, he attends in secret, teleporting to some place where he can watch, take part, and yet not be seen. He has accepted certain realities of his existence. He's admitted that he can't get a meal, or rent a home, or many of such kinds of things. That's the hand the god has dealt him. Nevertheless, he is very conscientious about paying. For instance, when he steals food, he will always leave behind the price of the meal, plus a little extra, along with a note explaining himself. This doesn't satisfy many people, but he still does it.<br/><br/>Despite this, Kurt is a thrill seeker. He loves challenges, and exciting adventures. He has a habit of trying to be a vigilante, usually ending up with villain and victim being terrified of him. He's fond of pranks and jokes, particularly on those he views as taking themselves to seriously. He is the kind of person that at times plays the game of love for the chase as much as the reward. This contrasts with his faith, but Kurt has long since accepted that his life will require compromises in that area. He just trusts god has a plan for him, and has decided to be the best hero, and enjoy the heck out of his life while he waits for it to develop.<br/><br/>== Key Skills ==<br/><br/>1) Kurt is a trained acrobat, and capable of feats of such that astound.<br/>2) He's skilled with his hands, capable of displays of legerdemain that astound without any use of his powers. Additionally, he's a talent juggler, and if he wished, could be a very talented pick pocket.<br/>3) Kurt is very stealthy when he wishes to be, capable of moving silently from place to place.<br/>4) Kurt is, oddly enough, an expert fencer. Were he to be allowed to compete, he could likely do so at an olympic level, though that is partially his natural agility.<br/><br/>== Advantages ==<br/><br/>1) Teleportation: Kurt's primary advantage is, of course, his teleportation. He is capable of moving from one place to another in a blink of an eye, vanishing with nothing but the scent of brimstone and the loud bamf to say he was there. Kurt is unsure of the maximum distance he can teleport. He has gone 2 miles before, though doing so leaves him completely exhausted. He has a limited ability to determine if an area he is about to enter has a solid object present, so as to avoid teleporting himself into a wall. He can only teleport with a limited amount of things. A single person doesn't exhaust him anymore, if they are on the lighter side, and he doesn't have to go that far.<br/>2) Concealment: Nightcrawler is capable of deflecting light from himself. Along with his dark fur, this makes him almost completely invisible in darkness. If he wishes to, he can ensure that nothing of his features is visible, even on the sunniest day, but doing so is rather obvious.<br/>3) Prehensile Tail: Nightcralwer's tail is extremely agile and strong, capable of lifting an individual in it. He's actually determined he can even fence with it... largely for the hell of it.<br/>4) Night Vision: Nightcrawler is able to see in any light at all. The blackest night is little difficulty for him.<br/>5) Agility: Kurt is extraordinary agile. His body lets him perform feats of agility that would be impossible. His spine is incredibly flexible, allowing him to bend freely in flight.<br/>6) Linguistics: Due to his life, Kurt speaks German, English, French, and Italian fluently.<br/><br/>== Disadvantages ==<br/><br/>1) Obvious Mutant: Kurt is what he is. He is mutant that looks like a demon. This has obvious implications.<br/>2) Chivalrous nature: Kurt is a believer in old school chivalry. He holds doors open for women, and naturally pays for the check. He also won't hit a woman under normal circumstances, and may be easily manipulated by one.<br/>3) Human: For all his abilities, Kurt is a human. If he is shot, he will die. He can get sick. He can have bones broken and shattered. He isn't remarkably strong.<br/><br/>== Background ==<br/><br/>Kurt has no idea who his biological parents are. It doesn't really bother him. He's content with his adoptive family, a group of circus performers. The found him as a babe (an obviously mutant) in the stables one morning. No explanation was ever found, and they took him under their wing. He was raised by the circuses trapeze artists, though the entire circus helped how they could. It was there he got both his thrill seeking life style, and his devout faith. Kurt learned a number of skills there, juggling, acrobatics, stage magic, talents abounding. He was introduced to the performance slowly, as it was determined that he was talented. As he slipped into the role, he revealed just how skilled he was. He soon became the star attraction, audiences assuming his appearance was just a costume. However, one evening that changed.<br/><br/>Kurt got... friendly, with a girl who came to see him after the show. She quickly realized just who he was, and... things deteriorated. The circus tried to get him to come with them as they packed up, but Kurt refused. If they ran off, they'd have to leave everything behind. The circus would be bankrupt. He would have destroyed his families livelihood. Instead, Kurt lead the people with the torches and pitchforks (figuratively) away, dashing across the landscape. He got backed against a cliff and forced off it... teleporting for the first time just before he hit the bottom. That was the first time. Kurt didn't return to the circus, instead taking off across Europe. Wandering. He adopted a vigilante like attitude, calling himself Nightcrawler as he stopped muggings and the like. Mostly for the hell of it. It didn't end well. Of late, he's heard of a place for mutants... a school. Having no other ideas, he elected to get on a transatlantic flight (not exactly hard for someone who can teleport aboard the plane.) He's arrived in New York, largely broke, and has set out to learn if this place is legit.<br/><br/>== Character Extras =<br/><br/>= Face Claim: = Alan Cumming<br/><br/>Ons: Damsels in Distress, Adventurous Women, Fun, Thrills.<br/><br/>Offs: Being dominated, scat, mutilation.