<div class="floatright">(http://img.olaserragaucha.com.br/blogs/pink-purpurina/1337724163528560.jpg)</div><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Psylocke</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>Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock<br/><strong>Age:</strong>22<br/><strong>Gender:</strong>Female<br/><strong>Nationality: </strong>British<br/><strong>Occupation:</strong>Student with interest in Anthropology<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 with dyed purple highlights<br/><strong>Eye Colour:</strong>Golden Brown<br/><strong>Height:</strong>5f 11i<br/><strong>Weight:</strong>155lbs<br/><strong>Face Claim:</strong>Olivia Munn<br/><strong>Physical Features:</strong><br/><br/>The most distinctive feature for Psylocke is the dying of her hair purple.  At one time she would dye her hair entirely purple but as of late she now only highlights the ink, black strands with purple.<br/><br/><strong>General Appearance:</strong><br/><br/>Betsy has never given up her roots in a world of high fashion and luxury.  While she can no longer obtain the latest runway clothing she still keeps up with name brand clothing when she can and tailors her looks to the latest trends.  When training or "in the field" she dons the black leotard and accessories that have become a second skin to her since her earliest days of training.  A stark contrast to her typical clothing these fibers are highly revealing and tailored to her body.<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><br/><br/>Elizabeth Braddock was known as a brat in her youth.  Young and adventurous with a taste for the luxuries of life she attended many parties and was consistently in the spotlight of the United Kingdom’s paparazzi.  Since her transformation into the body of Kwannon there has been a darker turn to her personality.  Subsequent brain washing, covert operations, assassinations and a rough introduction to the darker sides of humanity have jaded the seemingly youthful spirit of Betsy Braddock.  The figure that has emerged, Psylocke, still holds that adventuring spirit but is tempered with a far darker dose of reality than most would consider healthy.<br/><br/>Toward those she does not know Betsy can seem quite aloof and arrogant.  She maintains a cold tension around her that keeps many at a distance.  That many of the teaching staff and experienced X-Men do not trust her makes this tension all the more palpable and real for her.  There is an analytical nature to the coldness as well as even the simplest glance from her seems to be sizing people up for their usefulness to her and against her.  This feeling of being categorized and assessed that people speak of when engaging with her is in fact real as Betsy rarely enters a room without knowing at least how many are there and what she can use in her defense and exit.  Sarcastic wit and dry humor greet most anyone that interacts with her.<br/><br/>Only when familiarity is granted does the sarcasm lose its bite and the dryness of her humor reveal a deeper intellect.  Those the frigid nature does not melt away into warmth, friends will find an understanding and perhaps even freshness to her nature.  Most will learn of her loyalty and dedication to a cause that she feels is important.  She is diligent in planning and execution of her tasks.  While she might take on reckless and dangerous tasks, Betsy does so with superior planning and research to eliminate unnecessary risk.  This has set her at odds with the likes of the Brotherhood as she feels their goals, while attractive, are poorly planned and even more poorly executed.  She does not see the sense in failing to negotiate and sees even less sense in outward violence.  Psylocke is more comfortable and used to a subtle approach to her problems.<br/><br/>Tagging and categorizing of mutants is something she finds useful but distasteful.  She would never participate in such a program herself and would assist others in fighting against being tagged in such a way.  Psylocke though would give most anything to get her hands on those files if only to have the information.  Still the restriction of movement and freedom is harshly opposed to her own spirit of life.  There is simply no reconciling the actions of the government and her own beliefs on life.<br/><br/>The forgiveness of Charles Xavier is also counter-intuitive to her.  While she benefits from his mercy and was not killed or jailed when the X-Men assaulted the complex of The Hand, she does not understand such compassion.  Elizabeth knows she has no desire to hurt the man for now, but also knows what she is capable of and what she might one day do.  That, she would think, would make Xavier worried about having someone like her in hi facility.  Yet there she stands each day not only on the grounds of his compound but often in his own classes and within intimate distance during some of their conversations.<br/><br/><br/><strong>Biography:</strong><br/><br/>The story of Psylocke involves the very different tales of two women.  First is the story of the second born child to Sir James Braddock.  A twin to her brother Brian and the younger sister to her brother Jamie, Elizabeth Braddock grew up with both a royal title and riches to match.  From a young age she enjoyed the spotlight and shined when out amongst the crowd.  Modeling was a natural choice for the rising socialite and she became a childhood sensation that was maturing into the complicated industry of fashion.  Betsy had enough money at her disposal that piloting became a childhood hobby.  Of course all this came crashing down around her with the death of her parents in an accident at their company’s main headquarters.  Their death is still shrouded in mystery but she knows the pair had made a breakthrough in artificial intelligence known as Mastermind.<br/><br/>A woman by the name of Kwannon forms the second part of Psylocke’s story.  Born into the occult like setting of The Hand she was raised as a child solider.  Death and murder were common place for her.  The first blood covered her hands at the tender age of four when she was commanded to murder a fellow classmate for the simple enjoyment of her instructor.  She did not question the command and did not fail.  For her the dolls that most girls played with were replaced with swords and knives.  Those weapons developed into guns and explosives as she grew older.  Her handlers had high expectations for her as she also developed the mutant power of telepathy.  From this development came a master plot of The Hand to remove high power individuals among the European Union.<br/><br/>The death of the Braddock leadership left Betsy in a state of disarray.  Without even attending the funeral she took off in her private plane for parts unknown.  She lasted a single month before waking up in the bowels of a dungeon maintained by The Hand.  Strapped to a table and staring into the eyes of Kwannon while around her people chanted and incense burned.  Hours passed in this way, hours of indescribable pain and suffering as Kwannon began the slow process of merging their hands.  Unknown to both though Elizabeth Braddock had her own abilities.  The merger of the minds did not go as The Hand had hoped and instead the pair switched their bodies.  Kwannon’s mind emerged in the body of Braddock while Betsy’s mind emerged in Kwannon’s body.  The problem came that Braddock’s body failed to respond to its new master, leaving Kwannon a raging mind in the shell of a body.<br/><br/>Elizabeth Braddock’s latent powers of telepathy had shielded her mind, keeping her personality intact while Kwannon had worked.  So when she awoke inside Kwannon’s body all remained as it had been.  Unfortunately Kwannon had injected enough of herself that the brain washing and servitude she experienced as a child carried over.  Kwannon was trapped inside Braddock’s body but she still exerted control over the mind of Betsy inside her former body.  The Hand saw opportunity to carry out their plans as Betsy had intimate knowledge of the ruling families of industry and capital across all of Europe.  For the next four years Betsy Braddock in the body of a young half-breed Japanese woman known as Kwannon became the primary agent of death for The Hand in Europe.<br/><br/>During this time she conducted espionage and assassinations for powers beyond her comprehension.  Money and power dictated her choices as Kwannon commanded her from a safehouse somewhere in Germany.  While The Hand congratulated themselves on such a useful weapon, Betsy moved in the shadows of her mind and inside the mind of the woman that took her body.  Walls were erected and a telepathic game of cat and mouse played out over those four years.  Betsy grew in strength both physically and mentally until all came to a climactic end.  She finally had the power to wall off the influence of Kwannon as she struck the compound where the body of Elizabeth Braddock was held.<br/><br/>At this time the X-Men were likewise making their own assault on the compound, something Psylocke used to her advantage in breaking into the facility.  Already known to the X-Men as a dangerous assassin and mutant killer, she avoided them as best she could.  Only when she drove her katana through the heart of former self did the X-Men finally stumble on her.  Kwannon would die that day inside the shell of a body that was not hers.  The power she maintained over Betsy’s mind gone and the walls she used to keep Betsy’s power from flourishing fading away.  Standing over her body there were no more tears to shed and no more pains to hold.  Psylocke was taken into custody by the X-Men.<br/><br/>Only a month would go by before Betsy Braddock, inside the body of Kwannon now and forever, would step out into the sunlight of the world again.  She was not a prisoner or assassin, not an agent or a socialite but rather a simple student to her own powers.  While not fully trusted she was allowed her freedom once more.<br/><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><br/><br/><strong>Telepathic Immunity:</strong>Due to her innate abilities as a telepath and her extensive battles for control of her mind with Kwannon, Psylocke has developed a strong defense against telepathic probing and manipulation.  While not entirely immune only the strongest telepaths could hope to breech her defenses and even then she would be a difficult mind to alter and control.<br/><br/><strong>Telekinetic Strikes:</strong>Psylocke is able to sheath her hands and body with energy from her mind so that each strike is made with superhuman force.  This telekinetic ability also manifests itself in the form of purple blades that can take the shape of simple knives or a full length katana.  Striking someone with a telekinetic manifestation can induce sudden unconsciousness as she is able to channel her telepathic abilities through the blade.  Psylocke has caused instant death with her weapon before but to do so she must pass the blade into the victim's head directly and maintain contact to shut down their nervous system.<br/><br/><strong>Telepathy:</strong>Psylocke's full potential with her powers of telepathy is far from being realized.  Years of being under the control of another telepath have reduced her potential and kept her from developing her skills beyond the defensive.  Still the powers have manifested themselves in unusual ways to assist with her martial arts training and her duties as an assassin.  Precognition is one path her abilities have taken as she is able to read surface thoughts during a fight that allow her to anticipate and react to an opponent's next move.  She is also able to make small, mental illusions in her targets so as to distract them during a fight or lead them astray.<br/><br/><br/><strong>Body Armor:</strong>While many laugh at the leotard and outfit she typically wears in training and combat, there is a practical side to the ensemble.  Freedom of movement is of course a boon, but the suit is crafted of durable microfibers.  Glancing strikes with fist or blade would not penetrate the armor and small arms fire proves ineffective unless a direct shot.  Larger caliber rounds would easily penetrate the armor though.<br/><br/><strong>Cache of Weapons:</strong>While Charles does not allow weapons on campus, Psylocke knows the placement and position of various Hand safehouses and weapon caches throughout the world.<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>Close Proximity:</strong>Much of Psylocke's training with her mutant abilities has been for hand-to-hand engagements so that nearly all of her abilities require being within striking distance of her target to use.<br/><br/><strong>Wanted:</strong>Kwannon's face is known by various agencies throughout the world including The Hand.  She is wanted for questioning by several governments and has a price on her head by less honorable institutions.<br/><br/><strong>Mistrust:</strong>Psylocke is not the only one to question the mercy of Charles Xavier in regard to herself.  Many X-Men remember days of tracking her as an assassin and more than one has lost a friend to her hands over the course of her career with The Hand.  While none have gone so far as to disobey Charles, there have been some rough engagements in training.<br/><br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Other</strong></span><br/><br/><strong>Relationships</strong><br/><br/><em>Anna Marie "Rogue"</em>- I have felt her power and it is truly terrifying.  She has felt the weight of my past and I think she regrets the night we meet.  I don't because that night she took away the voices and I made my fateful decision.  Rogue does not know the debt I owe her but she has my shadow at her back.<br/><br/><em>David Alleyne "Prodigy"</em>- I remember the night we meet.  Shadows, starlight and knives sounds like an exotic first encounter doesn't it?  He was so scared but so determined to do what he thought was right.  Of course I let him continue doing my work for me as I had already taken the information from his research that was required for my employer.  A quick bit of shuriken steel was enough to convince him to run.  I wonder if he would be so patient with me in class if he knew that his hated research was never really gone but turned over to a more wicked cause.  So many secrets......so many lies to tell.<br/><br/><em>James "Logan" Howlett "Old Man"</em>- He is strange and looks at me as if I should know him.  At times he even talks to me as if we have fought together, have seen hell together.  I think he is disappointed when he comes out of his little delusion to find me standing there, different somehow.  Sad man, dangerous man.  Not a pleasant combination.<br/><br/><em>Laura Kinney "Wolverine"</em>- I believe the poetic turn of phrase is "born to end lives."  Our relationship is not what one would call friendship but maybe just mutual understanding.  We have come to blows only in training and we both know things could go much farther than they have.  I do not think either of us wants to know who would win in that conflict.  For now we have a regular appointment for drinks on the weekend.  We don't talk much.  We don't really need to.<br/><br/><em>Rhane Sinclair "Wolfsbane"</em>- Laura's room mate and her shadow.  Only someone with a secret tries this hard to remain unnoticed.<br/><br/><em>Salem Summers "Cyclops"</em>- Cute kid.  She ever finds herself than someone is certainly in a lot of trouble.  Still she is obsessed with being a girl scout.  I bet she ever tries to sell me some cookies later this year.  Maybe if I introduce her to the shadows she will learn to leave me alone and keep from knocking on my door.