<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/hq2p3GG.jpg)</div><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Wolverine</strong></span></span></div><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>The Basics</strong></span></span><br/><strong>Full Name:</strong>Laura Kinney f.k.a. X-23<br/><strong>Age:</strong>18<br/><strong>Gender:</strong>Female<br/><strong>Nationality: </strong>American<br/><strong>Occupation:</strong>Student<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Physical Description</strong></span></span><br/><strong>Hair Colour:</strong>Black<br/><strong>Eye Colour:</strong>Green<br/><strong>Height:</strong>5’1”<br/><strong>Weight:</strong>130 lbs.<br/><strong>Face Claim:</strong>Charli XCX (https://www.google.com/search?site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1366&bih=662&q=Lorde&oq=Lorde&gs_l=img.3..0l10.43.605.0.722.5.5.0.0.0.0.184.508.0j3.3.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..2.3.506.0oxeI1Q3xWM#tbm=isch&q=Charli+xcx)<br/><strong>Physical Features:</strong>When exposed to a trigger scent, Laura’s green eyes go red<br/><br/><strong>General Appearance:</strong>Laura looks the spitting image of her genetic father, Logan, or at least, before he went all gray. Black hair, green eyes, short, stocky, muscular.<br/><br/>Laura was cloned from Logan and raised in captivity for much of her life; Thus, she dresses like a blind man. Think…<br/><br/>Cargo shorts<br/>Steel-toe boots<br/>Athletic apparel (tights, under armor, running shoes)<br/>Shirts that would have been ironically funny ten years ago (http://6dollarshirts.com/image/cache//data/designs/001moretop100/46threeeyedbird/worldsdrunk-heatherred-750x750.jpg)<br/>Football jerseys (usually a size too large for her)<br/>Winter coats<br/>Nothing color coordinated<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_u">Who they are</span></strong></span><br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Laura grew up in captivity for much of her life. Her adoptive mother tried to give her training as a weapon as much humanity as she could, but Laura still came out of it damaged and unconditioned to social and behavioral norms.<br/><br/>She is usually silent, observant, always looking for threats and appraising others for their physical weaknesses.<br/><br/>After meeting Logan, she developed an obsession for her father, and adopted some of his mannerisms. She tends to be gruff, cocky and independent, though because it is an affectation, she can be talked down more easily from these obnoxious tendencies.<br/><br/>When Laura was in captivity, she got into the habit of self harm after being forced to kill her adoptive mother and others around her with the use of her trigger scent. Though she no longer cuts herself, Laura does tend to be rather reckless and borderline suicidal in combat situations, charging directly into danger headfirst without little concern for her safety.<br/><br/><strong>Biography:</strong>Laura is the clone of James ‘Logan’ Howlett, a.k.a. Wolverine; The DNA obtained for the cloning process had a damaged Y chromosome, and thus the scientists that engineered her were forced to duplicate the X chromosome to create a female clone. Property of her creators, she was named only X-23, and was raised to be an assassin for hire. She was raised by her ‘mother’, Sarah Kinney, who felt genuine affection for the clone and tried to treat X-23 as humanely as possible.<br/><br/>At the age of seven, to more quickly move her into ‘production’ as an assassin, the lead scientists that worked with her (save for Sarah Kinney) forced her through radioactive therapy, to induce an early trigger of her X-gene. Her regenerative abilities and her bone claws manifested soon thereafter, though unlike Logan, she has two claws in each hand, and one in her foot. Also unlike Logan, only her claws were bonded with adamantium, not her entire skeleton, enabling her to be a quicker and more agile killer.<br/><br/>X-23 was trained in combat, but her skill growth was deemed unsatisfactory at a young age, and her sensei was blamed for softening the girl. X-23 was then exposed to a trigger scent, which had been conditioned into her since infancy to induce a murderous rage, and she killed her sensei. Only after she came back to her senses did she realize what she’d done, and X-23 became depressed and begun to practice self harm. From there on, her training was handled by a harsh woman named Kimura, who regularly punished and beat X-we for failure.<br/><br/>At the age of ten, X-23 began her work as an assassin, brutally and efficiently killing her targets, though ultimately showing mercy and failing to kill when the targets or the family of the target included a child. Dissatisfied with their product’s failures, X-23 was slated to be destroyed and Sarah Kinney was fired. It was revealed to the scientist that X-23 had several viable clones in incubation pods. Sarah Kinney set her daughter loose in the facility and told her to kill the scientists and destroy the pods. X-23 was able to do so, but in one final act of revenge, the scientists exposed X-23 to her trigger scent, causing her to kill her mother. In her final moments, Sarah named her daughter Laura Kinney.<br/><br/>After living for some time with Sarah Kinney’s sister and her family, Laura sought out Wolverine, desperate to get to know her genetic father. After confronting and attacking Logan, who let the young girl defeat him, she discovered that Logan knew about her ordeals, as Sarah Kinney had written him a letter before her death. Before the two could reconcile, the Freedom Force had Laura arrested for the dozens of murders she committed as a younger child.<br/><br/>Fearing that Freedom Force would turn around and start using Laura as their own weapon, Wolverine freed her, and helped her disappear. Living homeless on the streets of New York, Laura worked as a child prostitute and a night club entertainer to survive until Wolverine and the X-Men rescued her and enrolled her at Xavier’s school.<br/><br/>Around her mutant kin and her adoptive father, Laura slowly acclimated to ‘normal’ life, unlearning some of her oppressed behaviors as a piece of property, slowly getting over her traumas as a slave, a weapon, and a reluctant sex worker.<br/><br/>Then, tragedy struck; Wolverine, a man previously thought unkillable, was killed. His healing factor had been robbed of him by a virus, causing all of his greatest enemies to seek him out to enact a revenge now that he was a mere mortal. Wolverine finally died after drowning in liquid adamantium, his body forming a macabre, silvery statue that has since been sealed away respectfully by the X-Men in a remote location. To honor her father, Laura took on the mantle of Wolverine, and hopes to take her place in the proper X-Men team when she’s deemed ready.<br/><br/>Laura's opinions on the three current factions:<br/><br/>Xavier and his school: Laura grew up in captivity. Then, she was sprung loose and forced to survive on her own and spent much of that time homeless. The experience was overwhelming to her. After coming to Xavier's school, even with the government restrictions in regards to mutants moving on or off campus, Laura feels more comfortable knowing her world is a little bit smaller. She has no quibbles with Professor Xavier's stance of non-lethality, as she is traumatized by the killing she was forced to do as a child assassin, and is in no rush to take another life, be it mutant or human.<br/><br/>Magneto and his Brotherhood: For a while, Laura was not sure if she preferred Magneto's stance over Xavier's. While she does not wish to kill, and ultimately wants humans and mutants to co-exist harmoniously, she sympathizes with Magneto's combative methods.  She knows what it's like to be under the boot of a violent oppressor, and while she does not wish to join Magneto and his cause, she silently hopes that he can further the goal of mutants in a positive way.<br/><br/>The anti-mutant U.S. Government: Laura shows open disdain for the government and their oppressive anti-mutant laws. Whenever 'ambassadors to mutantkind' appear at the school to speak to Xavier, Laura's hackles raise and she makes sure not to be near any of the humans.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_u">Superpowers &amp; Equipment</span></strong></span><br/><br/><strong>Class:</strong>Beta<br/><br/><strong>Advanced Healing Factor:</strong>Laura has a healing factor that exceeds the original Logan’s, as she has a much smaller concentration of Adamantium poisoning her body since only her claws are coated with the substance. She can heal from significant damage in a matter of seconds, and can revive from the dead within minutes.<br/><br/><strong>Bone Claws:</strong>Laura’s secondary mutation is not exactly like her genetic father’s. Instead of having three claws on her hand, she has two on each hand (protruding from between her knuckles rather than from them) and one that exudes from each foot.<br/><br/><strong>Superhuman Senses:</strong>Laura has telescopic sight with perfect clarity, allowing her to see minute details from afar, and to see well in anything but absolute darkness. Her ability to smell is extremely potent, and she can track even days old scents. Her hearing is equally sharp, allowing her to hear heartbeats and breathing from other rooms, and conversations at an even greater distance.<br/><br/><strong>Adamantium-coated Claws:</strong>After her mutations were prematurely manifested, the scientists that owned X-23 performed a similar adamantium bonding process with her claws as Weapon X did with Logan's entire skeleton. This means that her hand and feet claws are razor sharp, but without her entire skeleton being coated in the metal, she is much more quicker than agile than Wolverine ever was.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u"><strong><strong>Flaws or Weaknesses</strong></strong></span></span><br/><br/><strong>Trigger Scent:</strong>Laura has been trained from birth to have a trigger scent, a particular smell that sends her into a mindless berserker rage. The smell is concocted from a special formula of chemicals to be a unique scent that could not be replicated in the wild, so there would be no accidental triggering.<br/><br/><strong>Ill-Adjusted:</strong>Most of Laura’s life has been spent in captivity, serving as a living weapon, or surviving on the street by selling her body. She has little idea what ‘normal’ is, though she does her best to imitate it and present a facade of normalcy.<br/><br/><strong>Suicidal Tendencies:</strong>Laura knows that she has done terrible things in her life. She has killed dozens of people against her will, including her own adopted mother. While homeless on the streets of New York, she did depraved things as a child prostitute and nightclub entertainer to make sure she had a meal every night. On top of it all, she was helpless to do anything but watch as her adopted father was killed and encased in adamantium. She no longer practices self harm, but she tends to be reckless to the point of being suicidal, even if she’s practically unkillable.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Other</strong></span><br/><br/>PC & NPC Connections:<br/><br/>Lady Deathstrike and Sabertooth: These two were the previous Wolverine's chief rivals. Though they do not view Laura in the same light as Logan, they are offended by her choice to wear his cowl and continue his legacy. Laura in terms considers them her enemies, as they were instrumental in Wolverine's defeat and death.<br/><br/>Rahne Sinclair: Laura can be intimidating and even bestial. Sometimes it's because of her desperate upbringing and sometimes it's because she tries to emulate the Logan that died not too long ago. Some students are put off by this behavior, but Rahne in particular is made incredibly nervous by interactions with Laura, and Laura doesn't 'get' Rahne at all.<br/><br/>Betsy Braddock: They aren't best friends, but they get along well enough. Betsy is one of the few people that Laura likes spending time with, probably because Betsy isn't interested in getting too close to her. Through this mutual understanding of each other, they operate well together in combat situations.<br/><br/>Charles Xavier: Laura has regular therapy/counseling sessions with the professor, much to her dislike. In the two years she'd spent in his school, her resistant and hostile attitude towards him has cooled as she's come to trust him. Still doesn't mean she likes counseling.<br/><br/>Piotr Rasputin: Colossus is one of the few people in the school that she respects. It's probably not a coincidence, considering he's one of the only ones in the school that doesn't treat her like a ticking timebomb.<br/><br/>Salem Summers: Laura doesn't like her. Their personalities are just dynamically opposed to one another; They haven't spoken much, but there's a mutual dislike there that neither of them have been willing to mend.<br/><br/>Kitty Pryde: Laura doesn't know much about Kitty. Her phasing powers creep her out as they are very tricky to her keen senses.<br/><br/>Jean Grey: Laura doesn't know Jean that well but is fond of her. Jean created the Wolverine costume that Laura now uses, for which she is eternally grateful, and has promised Jean that she 'owes her one', even though the telepath has politely refused this offer.<br/><br/>Netty Laveau: Netty is Laura and Rahne's new roommate. She doesn't know much about Netty yet, but she's extremely intriguing to her and is possibly Laura's first crush.<br/><br/>Heather Donald: Heather confuses her. She's ethereal and weird, and she smells different from almost anyone she's met. Laura is fascinated by her hair, which looks so soft, and the colors seem to change every time Laura sees her. Otherwise the two have not interacted much.<br/><br/>Joanne Weber: Laura and Joanne often spar in the gym or danger room, as they're both obsessed with improving their abilities. Neither of them are particularly outgoing so they have not made any inroads towards friendship or even acquaintanceship yet.