<strong>CHARACTER NAME:</strong>Shadowcat<br/><strong>REAL NAME:</strong>Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde<br/><strong>AGE:</strong>18<br/><strong>SEXUAL ORIENTATION:</strong>Heterosexual<br/><strong>HEIGHT:</strong>5'1-5'2<br/><strong>WEIGHT: </strong>48-50 kg<br/><strong>AFFILIATION:</strong>X-Men, Hellfire Club (Formerly)<br/><br/>Appearance with Costume<br/>(http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_super/10/104941/2899412-kitty_pryde_.jpg)<br/><br/><strong>APPERANCE WITHOUT COSTUME:</strong><br/><br/>(http://ellenpages.com/gallery/albums/Photoshoots/2013/11/ep_2013-011_01.jpg)<br/><br/><strong>HISTORY:</strong><br/><br/>Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde was born in Deerfield, Illinois to Carmen and Theresa Pryde. Kitty started to have headaches at age thirteen, signaling the emergence of her mutant powers. She was approached by both the X-Men's Charles Xavier and the Hellfire Club's White Queen, Emma Frost, both of whom hoped to recruit her for their respective causes, not only for her abilities of phasing through walls, but also because of her high intelligence since he was taking college-level classes at only 13 years old.<br/><br/>Unnerved by Frost, Kitty decided she got along better with Xavier and the three X-Men who escorted him to his meeting with her and her parents, quickly becoming friends with Ororo Munroe. Ororo told Kitty who she really was and about the X-Men, which made the teenager even more enthusiastic about attending Xavier's school. She became the youngest person to ever join the X-Men. Kitty's parents allowed Kitty to join Prof. Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Kitty spent a great deal of time training and thanks to her high intelligence and rapid learning, she surpassed everyone's expectations.<br/><br/>During her teen years, Kitty fostered a number of close relationships with others at the school and in the X-Men. She developed a crush on Colossus and became close friends with his little sister Illyana Rasputin. Initially uneasy around Nightcrawler and other mutants with physical deformities, Kitty finally overcame her fears and became close friends with him. Kitty also befriended Lockheed, a highly intelligent alien resembling a dragon, who followed her home after a mission in outer space. Lockheed is extremely loyal to Kitty, and the two of them share a psychic bond. Wolverine became something of a mentor to Kitty despite his usually gruff personality. Storm came to view Kitty as the daughter she never had. Kitty convinced Professor Xavier to allow her to remain a full member of the X-Men on the basis of her high intelligence, maturity, and the fact that she was already a fully trained member of the team.<br/><br/><div align="center">(http://th07.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2012/105/d/d/kitty_pryde_and_lockheed_by_spidermanfan2099-d4waio2.jpg)</div><br/><strong>POWERS/ABILITIES:</strong><br/><br/>◾"Phasing" or quantum tunneling: Kitty is a mutant with the ability to pass through solid matter by passing her atomic particles through the spaces between the atoms of the object through which she is moving. In this way she and the object through which she is passing can temporarily merge without interacting, and each is unharmed when Shadowcat has finished passing through the object. This process renders her almost completely intangible to physical touch.<br/><br/>◾Kitty also shares a mental/empathic connection with her pet dragon Lockheed; both she and the alien dragon can "sense" each other's presence at times and generally understand one another's thoughts and actions.<br/><br/>◾The use of her abilities also interferes with any electrical system,  causing machines to malfunction or be destroyed as she phases through them, and can induce shock and unconsciousness in living beings.<br/><br/>◾Levitation and Immunity during phasing: While phasing, she does not physically walk on surfaces, but rather interacts with the molecules of air above them, allowing her to ascend and descend, causing her to seemingly walk on air. While phased, she is immune to most physical attacks, and has inconsistent showings of some resistance to telepathy.<br/><br/>◾Kitty can also extend her powers to phase other people and objects. She is able to phase at least a half a dozen other people (or objects of similar mass) with her, so long as they establish and maintain physical contact with her. Kitty can also make objects intangible by maintaining contact with them.<br/><br/>◾Besides her mutant powers, Kitty is a genius in the field of applied technology and computer science. She is highly talented in the design and use of computer hardware. She is a skilled pilot of piston and jet engine aircraft, and a competent pilot of certain advanced interstellar vehicles. She is a professional-level dancer in both ballet and modern dance. She speaks fluent English, Japanese, Russian, and the royal and standard languages of the alien Shi'ar and Skrull, and has moderate expertise in Gaelic, Hebrew, and German.<br/><br/>◾She has proven to be an excellent hand-to-hand combatant, having since been endowed with a lifetime of training in the martial arts of Japanese ninja and samurai, such as aikido, karate, and ninjutsu. She is also trained in the Israeli martial art of Krav Maga.<br/><br/>◾She can send the consciousness of another person back into his or her body in the past, allowing her to time travel and letting the consequences of that time traveling to bleed into the future.<br/><br/><strong>WEAKNESSES:</strong><br/><br/>During the first years of using her power, Kitty existed solely in a permanent phased state and had to choose to make herself solid. Through training, she was able to make solid become her primary state and make phasing her state of choice. Since she is unable to breathe while inside an object, she can only continuously phase through solid objects (as when she travels underground) as long as she can hold her breath. The density of some materials (such as adamantium) can prove deleterious to her phasing, causing her to be severely disoriented or experience pain if she tries to pass through them.Some energy attacks also prove problematic for Kitty. Magic and magical beings can also harm her in her phased state,<br/><br/><strong>PERSONALITY:</strong><br/>itty Pryde is, in her completely unbiased opinion, the perfect balance between ‘girl next door’ and ‘braniac nerd.’ She’s incredibly intelligent, whose hobbies include programming software, reading or watching a marathon of a science or historical series.. That said, she learned how to balance her geeky tendencies a long time ago, and doesn't display her entire geek arsenal until she gets to know that person better. No, the first impression most people get from Kitty is that she's a very open, approachable, and friendly girl -- the nerdiness comes later. And while 'perky' isn't exactly the word she would use to describe herself, it's sort of fitting -- she's the sort of person that you rarely see without a smile on their face, at any rate. Even if she's completely down in the dumps, she isn't the sort of person to sulk, pout, or throw a tantrum. She'll maintain a happy appearance, even if she'd rather be off punching a pillow.<br/><br/>Kitty can tend to be very opinionated and very assertive. She tries to avoid trivial arguments, but when it comes to something she feels passionately about? Kitty will fight you tooth and nail. And when it comes to defending her friends? She’ll fight you tooth, nail, and then some. Despite being quite young and smart and having all of her book smarts , she still has a few childlike habits. She doesn't handle criticism particularly well, and her feathers will get seriously ruffled if she feels liked she’s being patronized. And good luck telling her she’s wrong about something when she’s convinced she isn't – it’s like talking to a brick wall. She’ll come around eventually, and she’s getting better about it, but it’s still a problem from time to time.<br/><br/>Kitty is the sort of person that takes a lot of stock in first impressions. She’s a little too quick with her judgments of people and situations, and she often puts her foot in her mouth because of it. And when it comes to things that are outside the norm, like physical mutations? Kitty doesn't want to be weirded out by them, but they do creep her out a little. She isn't foolish enough to say anything about them, but her discomfort shows. But for all of her less than savory traits, Kitty Pryde is a good person. She’s loyal, dedicated, and, in her opinion, a pretty good friend. Those qualities, coupled with her intelligence, make her someone that’s fun to be around – she just needs to grow up a little.<br/><br/><strong>EQUIPMENT:</strong><br/><br/>Personal Weaponry: Apart from her powers, Kitty tends to carry a gun, her communicator, a personal radio and has a motorcycle she made some modifications to.<br/><br/>Special Weaponry: Lockheed, enough said.<br/><br/>Source of Paraphernalia: X-Men, friendly relationships with outer space aliens<br/><br/><strong>KNOWN ENEMIES:</strong>Emma Frost, William Stryker.<br/>