<div align="center"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>-  The Resistance  -</strong></span></span></span></div><br/><hr/><hr/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/c/c4/Colossus655l.jpg)</div><br/><hr/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 20pt;">     <strong>COLOSSUS</strong></span></span><br/><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Real Name:</strong> Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin<br/>       <strong>Known Aliases:</strong> Peter, Tin Man, King Kong, Petey Pureheart<br/>       <strong>Role:</strong>Brawler</span></span><br/><br/><hr/><br/><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Powers and Abilities:</strong><br/>     Able to transform his body into an organic steel granting him superhuman strength, stamina and durability. In his armored form he gains at least a foot of height and his weight is at least doubled. When in armored form he requires no food, oxygen or water. He is also extremely resistant to injury. He is capable of withstanding great impacts, large caliber bullets, falling from tremendous heights, electricity, and certain magical attacks. <br/><br/><strong>Training and Equipment:</strong><br/>     Piotr is an excellent hand to hand combatant, having received extensive training from Cyclops and Wolverine. He has also had training in acrobatics and sword fighting from Nightcrawler. He has completed college level courses at the Xavier’s School, where he has lived since he was a teenager. He is a moderately skilled pilot. <br/><br/><strong>Background and History:</strong><br/>      Born on a Soviet collective farm, he had supposed that is where he would spend his life. But once his mutation became active, he attracted the attention of Professor Xavier, who recruited him to his second class of X-Men. During his time with the X-Men, he has become the backbone of the team. His little sister, Illyana, has since joined the X-Men as well. He has been on many incarnations of the team, but has recently gone on an extended hiatus to explore other venues of his life. <br/><br/></span></span><div class="floatright">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/89/Jkhjygk.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Faults and Weaknesses:</strong><br/>     Piotr is often classified as the quintessential gentle giant. He has vast power and strength, but often hesitates to use it in a fight or to harm others. He is very compassionate, even in regards to his enemy. Some have used this as an exploit against him. <br/>While he has great resistance to temperature extremes of hot and cold, extreme heat followed by rapid super-cooling has been shown to cause extreme damage. He is vulnerable to the anti-metal vibranium in his metal form, his body instinctively shifting to human form when faced with a vibranium weapon. <br/>Piotr is extremely powerful in his armored form, but vulnerable in his flesh form. While he is still stronger and in better physical condition than the average man, he isn’t superhuman. <br/>He is vulnerable to telepathy and magnetism powers, the latter having been used against him a number of times. Including to force him to attack his own allies. <br/><br/><strong>Current Relations and Activity:</strong><br/>It has been a number of months, almost a year since Piotr has been amongst the X-Men. He has been dealt many losses in his life, and he felt like he needed to step away from the misery and depression that had been weighing more and more on his mind. So he took a leave of absence, in order to pursue other ventures. He has mainly been working as an illustrator for a small independent website (one that specializes in the equality of all people). He has also taken some work as a substitute teacher, specializing in the arts and social sciences.  </span></span></div><br/><hr/><hr/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/3/3e/CarolDanvers.jpg)</div><br/><hr/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 20pt;">       <strong>MS.  MARVEL</strong></span></span><br/><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong> Real Name:</strong> Carol Danvers<br/>       <strong>Known Aliases:</strong> Ms Marvel<br/>       <strong>Role:</strong> Beta type Brawler-Powerhouse who is willing to try talking before going full out into a battle rush.</span></span><br/><br/><hr/><br/><br/><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Powers and Abilities:</strong><br/>     Carol is superhumanly strong and is typically able to lift about 70 tons. However, since she is able to absorb various types of energy, she can use this energy to temporarily increase her physical strength to higher levels.  She is capable of running and accelerating to high speeds which a human could never achieve.  Carol's musculature produces considerably less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the musculature of an ordinary human. She can physically exert herself at peak capacity for about 24 hours before fatigue begins to impair her. However, she is capable of channeling absorbed energy to further increase her stamina to higher levels.<br/>     Miss Marvel possesses an amalgamated human/alien Kree physiology that grants her a degree of immunity to poisons and a virtually indestructible body.  The tissues of her body are considerably harder and more resistant to physical injury than those of an ordinary human. Ms. Marvel is capable of withstanding high caliber bullets, great impact forces, falls from great heights, exposure to temperature and pressure extremes, and powerful energy blasts without sustaining injury. While channeling the energy she has absorbed, her body's resilience is extended to an even greater degree, even allowing her to survive in the vacuum of space for extended periods of time.  As well, Carol's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of even the finest human athlete.  Her reflexes are heightened in a similar manner and are superior to those of the finest human athlete.<br/>     Carol is capable of propelling herself through the air at tremendous speeds. She is capable of reaching at least Mach 3 in an Earth-like environment.  She can use absorbed energy to transform her regular clothing into her costume and vice-versa.  Carol can also fire powerful concussion blasts of photon and stellular light energy from her hands and fingertips.<br/>Her body is capable of absorbing various types of energy for the purpose of temporarily enhancing her own physical attributes. She also possesses a Seventh Sense, which enables her to subconsciously anticipate an opponent's moves.<br/><br/></span></span><div class="floatright">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/f/f6/MsMarvelClassicAvengers.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Training and Equipment:</strong><br/>     <em><span class="bbc_u">Multilingual:</span></em>  Carol is fluent in English and Russian, as well as minor knowledge of Kree and Shi'ar languages. <br/>     <em><span class="bbc_u">Expert Combatant:</span></em> She is extensively trained in unarmed combat, including martial arts. This would include training in Boxing, Brazillian Jujitsu, and Judo.<br/><br/><strong>Background and History:</strong><br/>      Miss Marvel's history in this universe is the same as it was in the 616 universe.  The divergent event was when Apocalypse's forces attacked the Earth.<br/>           Carol has had her fingers in a lot of pots: She was a Major for the US Air Force, the CIA. She lost her job with NASA when she failed to capture Captain Marvel. She also spent a good chunk of her Hero lifetime as an Avenger. Between times with Avengers she was with the Starjammers.<br/><br/><strong>Faults and Weaknesses:</strong><br/>     <em>Limitations:</em> She has a bit of a weakness to magic and she does not have a constant source of power, so if she uses them too much she will be drained for a while, until she can charge up. Carol also has suffered from alcoholism and continues to fight that battle as the damage done to her internal organs wouldn’t allow for another bout of drinking lest it could kill her. She is the sort who falls in love too quickly and has trusted too easily in the past, this has made her a bit more cautious but still weak willed when it comes to romances and hopeless romance.<br/><br/><strong>Current Relations and Activity:</strong><br/>      Recently she was back with the Avengers where she had hoped to stay when hell broke loose.  She was in New York when Apocalypse's armies attacked.  She fought valliantly and only survived thanks to her superhuman durability and battle savvy.  She saw friends and innocents die in droves... and it's really hard to believe that was only two days ago.  She reluctantly had to pull back and go into hiding.  She lost track of the surviving Avengers and is as of right now on her own.  But she will not... cannot give up now.  Despite everything that's happened, to her Apocalypse is just another supervillain that needs a swift punch in the face.</span></span></div><br/><hr/><hr/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://www.writeups.org/img/inset/Psylocke_psychic_ninja_hb.jpg)</div><br/><hr/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 20pt;">     <strong>PSYLOCKE</strong></span></span><br/><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Real Name:</strong> Elizabeth Braddock<br/>       <strong>Known Aliases</strong>: Betsy<br/>       <strong>Role:</strong> Assassin</span></span><br/><br/><hr/><br/><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Powers and Abilities:</strong><br/>     Betsy has a wide range of abilities and powers that have come and gone over the years due to different personal events. Through it all she has seemed to retain a portion of all of them, though none of them quite as powerful as when she would have possessed it at it's peak. All of her powers are primarily manifested through her mind.<br/>     First, she has a fairly potent grasp of telepathy - though not quite as broad in scope as Xavier or Jean Grey. She has the capability of creating small mental illusions in an individuals mind, as well as the ability to read people's thoughts and communicate telepathically at a moderate distance (less than 100 yards). <br/>     Second she has a firm understanding of Telekinesis - though it is very focused in nature. While she does have the ability to push a person or large object around with significant force... she is not able to accomplish actions like carefully manuevering small objects skillfully. It's almost more of a reflexive surge that she can direct. She is also able to slightly modify her strength, speed, and agility with her mind (actually moving her own body). She has also shown the ability to teleport herself and others over short distances - though this expends a great amount of her energy to do so.<br/>     Finally she has the ability to physically manifest psionic energy into real concentrated matter. She is so skilled in this art that she can actually create dense psionic blades that can effortlessly penetrate a person's armor (without doing damage to it) and stun them with the psionic energy of her blade on the other side of it. The potency of this power has diminished somewhat though, and she can only maintain one weapon at a time, not dual wield anymore.<br/><br/></span></span><div class="floatright">(http://x.annihil.us/u/prod/marvel/i/mg/1/c0/4e98469f28473/detail.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Training and Equipment:</strong><br/>     Psylocke is a highly trained assassin, martial artist, and weapon duelist. She has been trained in several forms of martial arts and close quarters combat nearly rivaling the Black Widow in her ability and talent. She is an exceptional melee fighter and also has  some training with sidearms and other ranged weapons. She usually doesn't carry much equipment on herself other than maybe a blade that she can enhance with her psionic energy. However, in her past her eyes were transplanted with cybernetic ones, which instantly adjust to any level of light - preventing her from being blinded. <br/><br/><strong>Background and History:</strong><br/>     Betsy was born with precognitive abilities and over her young years developed her affinity for telepathy into potent powers. Having started using her abilities at a very young age she quickly began using them for work - ditching her modeling career in favor of mutant aspirations. It didn't take long for her to realize her forte as a spy and informant and she was soon trained in hand to hand combat should the need for it arise. <br/>    Not too far into her life she was captured by Mojo and implanted with cybernetic eyes, which prevented her from being blinded but were also cameras Mojo could see through. He used her for several missions before she was rescued by the X-men - whom she stayed with to recover and also receive more training from. She spent a lengthy amount of time with the X-Men, helping them defeat several foes before she finally was pulled elsewhere.<br/>    Betsy hopped and skipped around different superhuman teams that benefitted from her widely-applicable skillset. On several of those stops Psylocke went through grand transformations where certain aspects of her power were greatly intensified to 'class five' levels. Eventually she always ended up reverting to her normal self, though she retained many of those exotic abilities in a more decreased aspect.<br/><br/><strong>Faults and Weaknesses:</strong><br/>     Psylocke's biggest weakness is her infatuation with her male teammates. Over the course of her life Betsy has had various relationships with men in her units - sometimes even telepathically manipulating them into being attracted to her. Her most notable relationships were with Tom Lennux, Cyclops, Archangel, and Sabertooth.<br/>     Though she is a powerful telepath and highly trained combatant - she can still be fatally wounded rather easily... having only a telekinetic shield to defend against powerful attacks (which will drain and fatigue her mind rapidly if she is forced to sustain that defense for more than several seconds).<br/><br/><strong>Current Relations and Activity:</strong><br/>     TBD</span></span></div><br/><hr/><hr/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x158/Punstarr/Thor-Movie-Chris-Hemsworth-5.jpg)</div><br/><hr/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 20pt;">     <strong>THOR</strong></span></span><br/><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Real Name:</strong> Thor Odinson<br/>       <strong>Known Aliases:</strong> None<br/>       <strong>Role:</strong> Brawling God of War and Thunder</span></span><br/><br/><hr/><br/><br/><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Powers and Abilities:</strong><br/>     Thor is the son of a Skyfather and an Elder Goddess, and thus his body is more dense and far more resistant to injury than a mortal.  His body is also resistant to temperature extremes and virtually immune to radiation and disease.  Thor only physically ages one year for every 100 years. He will age, just very slowly.  Thor possesses Class 100 Strength, enabling him to lift over 100 tons.<br/><br/><strong>Training and Equipment:</strong><br/>     As a warrior god of Asgard over two thousand years old, Thor has more battle experience than most mortals could ever dream of.  He is especially adept at using his enchanted Uru hammer, Mjolnir.<br/><br/>     <em>Mjolnir:</em> Forged of Uru metal and virtually indestructible, Thor's hammer has the following abilities...  Mjolnir always returns to Thor's hand when he wills it to.  Mjolnir allows Thor to fly at great speeds.  The hammer even allows him to function and breathe while in space.  With Mjolnir, Thor can manipluate the weather, cause storms and strike foes with bolts of enchanted lightning. Mjolnir can also absorb great amounts of energy that are directed at Thor as well as allow Thor to travel between worlds - such as from Midgard to Asgard and back.  Only one who is worthy may lift Mjolnir.  Physical strength is moot if an unworthy being attempts to lift it; even The Hulk has struggled to heft it at the peak of his strength.<br/><br/></span></span><div class="floatright">(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x158/Punstarr/Blake1.jpg)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Background and History:</strong><br/>      Thor is at least 2,000 years old. He is the son of the Skyfather of the Asgardians, Odin, and an Elder Goddess, Gaea, though she is known to Odin and Thor as Jord. Because he is a union of Asgard and Earth, he has powers far beyond the natural abilities of other Asgardians.<br/>     When Thor was "eight", he was sent by his father to Nidavellir, the land of the dwarves, so that he could have a special weapon forged. This weapon was Mjolnir, which would one day become Thor's, but only after he had performed a number of good deeds. It was during the next ten years that Thor would strive to become worthy of the hammer, often foiling the plots of his foster-brother, Loki. Thor considers this one of the happiest periods of his life.  When Thor was "eighteen", Thor finally earned the right to wield Mjolnir, when the young goddess Sif was captured by Storm Giants. Thor grabbed Mjolni and rushed to the Storm Giants' fortress. There he learned that the Storm Giant King had given Sif to Hela, in return for immortality. Thor rushed to rescue Sif, and volunteered to give up his own life for Sif's. Hela was so impressed by his selflessness, that she chose to release Thor and Sif.<br/>     Thor quickly rose in rank in Odin's army, and came to lead thousands of warriors. His prowess in battle led him to become overconfident and arrogant.  During the age of Vikings, Thor was placed in mortal form by Odin, where Thor was known as Siegmund, and later Siegfreid. The legends of these heroes from Norse mythology were in fact based on Thor's exploits.  Thor actively sought the worship of the Vikings, until he learned of the atrocities some of his more fanatical followers committed in his name. It was then that Thor allowed the worship of his race to die out.<br/>     In recent times, Odin learned that if Thor was not kept safe from harm for several years he would die. This would cause Ragnarok, the end of the world, to have a worse outcome than had been foretold, and no new race of gods would rise from the ashes.  Odin chose to place Thor in the mortal form of Donald Blake, so that he would be safe, and he would also learn some measure of humility. This strategem was successful, but has caused Thor to become very attached to Earth, in part due to his mother.  Thor no longer has a mortal form, per say, though he does use the identity of Blake Donaldson when he does not wish to be readily recognized as the god of thunder.<br/>     Over the past few years, Thor has done many things for Midgard and it's mortal inhabitants, serving as a protector in times of need.  Odin dislikes that Thor splits his attention between Asgard and Midgard, but allows his son to do what he must, for now.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Faults and Weaknesses:</strong><br/>     Thor fears becoming weak and unable to help those that he feels need his protection.  He fears for his father, Odin, who is vulnerable once a year during the Odinsleep.  Despite all the lessons he has learned, he can still show signs of overconfidence, especially in battle.<br/><br/><strong>Current Relations and Activity:</strong><br/>      Thor has been defending the realm of Asgard from the threat of Ymir and his frost giants and now returns to his beloved Midgard to find it all but conquered by a nefarious villain!  What has become of his friends and allies, the Avengers?  How could so terrible a thing have happened so quickly?</span></span></span></div><br/><hr/><hr/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4378/xmenl35.jpg)</div><br/><hr/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 20pt;">     <strong>ROGUE</strong></span></span><br/><hr/><br/>       <span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Real Name:</strong> Anna Marie<br/>       <strong>Known Aliases:</strong> Rogue<br/>       <strong>Role:</strong> Brawler, Pilot, Command</span></span><br/><br/><hr/><br/><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Powers and Abilities:</strong><br/>     Rogue's primary defining consists of the draining of the life energy, powers and memories of anyone she touches.  She has no control over this power; it comes without an off-switch. She is incredibly tough and resistant to injuries, possesses  super strength and stamina as well as the ability to fly. She can withstand great impact, blasts and falls, and to a lesser extent: bullets, poisons and shifts in temperature.<br/><br/><strong>Training and Equipment:</strong><br/>     Rogue has had the benefit of training with the X-men which included a wide array of training scenarios. Specific, extensive training has focused on: martial arts, strategy, leadership and survival. Rogue is also an expert pilot who at times operates the blackbird for the X-men. <br/><br/></span></span><div class="floatright">(http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/1771/rogue5.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Background and History:</strong><br/>     Rogue grew up in Caldecott, Mississippi. When her mutant abilities manifested her childhood sweetheart Cody was hospitalized as a result. Guilt ridden, Rogue ran away from her home to be taken in by Mystique from the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. At Mystique's instigation Rogue permanently absorbed the powers and memories of another super hero; an action which later came back to haunt her. <br/>     For the second time in her life Rogue ran away. She was taken in by Professor Xavier who helped her deal with the trauma the event had caused. Rogue gave up her former life and dedicated her powers to Xavier's ideals and benefit of human- and mutant kind. Rogue now despises the evil Mystique had wrought and believes the woman only cared for her because of her powers. This makes her relationship with her adopted brother, Nightcrawler, an ambiguous one. While Rogue cares for Kurt and empathizes with him, he also represents an episode in her life she'd rather forget.<br/>     During her time with the X-men Rogue forged friendships with many of her team mates: Jean and Storm in particular, but also with Wolverine and Beast. She is often seen as a mentor to younger mutants and is highly protective of them.<br/>     Rogue has an on/off relationship with Gambit, and although she wants to smack him on the head more often than not, there is just no denying the Cajun means the world to her. Since she cannot ever touch him she keeps trying to push him away. And if that isn't enough to hamper any relationship, the duo is plagued by trust issues. Rogue suspects Gambit hasn't been entire straightforward about his past -the Morlock incident as one example - and she too carries her own set of demons. <br/><br/><strong>Faults and Weaknesses:</strong><br/>     Rogue cannot touch another human being without draining their powers and energy. This makes her very uncertain in relationships, especially where Gambit is concerned, her one true love. She is constantly reminded of what she cannot have by those around her (Scott and Jean as a prime example). As a result she sometimes turns away from her friends to battle the green eyed monster on her own.<br/><br/><strong>Current Relations and Activity:</strong><br/>     Rogue had been on a mission to California for the X-men when Apocalypse's attack shook the world. She immediately notified Charles Xavier and -based upon her report- it was decided that Rogue would stay in LA for now to aid the survivors. While Rogue is worried for her fellow X-mem she has pushed those worries to the back of her mind to devote her efforts to the survival of innocent people in LA, and fighting Apocalypse' forces.</span></span></div></div>