<strong>WOLVERINE</strong><br/><br/><br/>CHARACTER NAME: Wolverine<br/>REAL NAME: James Howlett/Logan<br/>AGE: over 100 years old<br/>SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Heterosexual<br/>HEIGHT: 5'7"<br/>WEIGHT: 300 lbs (due to Adamantium)<br/>AFFILIATION: X-Men, The Jean Grey School for Higher Learning<br/><br/>APPEARANCE/COSTUME:<br/>(http://31.media.tumblr.com/d893616c765ff15c84a22916cea33048/tumblr_mlrgupiViR1r72395o1_500.jpg)<br/>APPEARANCE WITHOUT COSTUME:<br/>(http://whatculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/wolverinejad.jpg)<br/>POWERS/ABILITIES:<br/>Wolverine has a wide variety of powers and abilities, nearly all stemming from his healing factor. This power enables him to regenerate damaged or destroyed tissue with far greater efficiency than an ordinary human. He can regenerate greatly damaged or destroyed tissue with few seconds. This power has healed him of wounds that would normally kill almost anyone else. It is even able to heal psychological wounds, but has often resulted in memories of traumatic experiences being supressed. He seems to be immune to any Earthly disease and poisons and drugs that aren't in massive doses. This includes alcohol. His healing factor has also extended his life so that even after a hundred years he appears to be a man in the prime of his life.<br/><br/>He possesses heightened senses that equal some animals. He can see farther than normal people and still see perfectly in near total darkness. He has enhanced hearing and scent abilities. He can recognise people by scent and can even detect lies through scent.<br/><br/>Due to his healing ability he can push his muscles beyond the normal strain that others can exert, meaning he is capable of feats of unnatural strength. The adamantium skeleton pushes this further by allowing him to do things that would normally damage bones and the constant extra weight increases his natural strength. His healing factor also allows his body to have heightened stamina. He has high levels of agility and fast reflexes.<br/><br/>He has bone claws which are now fused with adamantium. They are retractable and normally sit beneath the muscle and other tissue of his forearms. Professor Xavier has also provided him with psionic resistance, allowing him to resist telepathic probing and assault.<br/><br/>He is a tactician in battle, able to focus and think at high levels. He was taught the Art of War and many years of experience has provided him with a lot of knowledge. He is skilled in acrobatics and master of many fighting styles. He is a samurai, a soldier, and covert operative. He has mechanical abilities and enough knowledge to take care of complex vehicles like the ones the X-men use. He is fluent in many languages including English, Arabic, Japanese, Russian, Chinese, Cheyenne, Lakota, and Spanish; he has some knowledge of French, German, Thai, Vietnamese, Farsi and Portuguese. In his long life he has learn a lot about many cultures and places, as well as knowledge of literature and philosophy.<br/><br/>WEAKNESSES:<br/>Wolverine's specific vulnerability is the Muramasa Blade. It was forged with a piece of Logan's soul. The blade is thought to be the only thing that could put him down for good. Though it is also thought that decapitation would also kill him, but due to the adamantium in his skeleton that would be near impossible.<br/><br/>In battle his heightened senses can be used against him, even to the point of seriously harming him. His metal skeleton also makes it more difficult for him to swim.<br/><br/>Ingestion of Carbonadium can reduce his healing factor. Adamantium poisons him and if his healing factor were turned off some how his life could be in danger. Other forms of adamantium have been shown to weaken him.<br/><br/>Massive magnetic fields or the magnetic powers of someone like Magneto can also cause problems for him, causing pain and damage to his body that will need to be healed.<br/><br/>HISTORY:<br/>Logan has a long history due to his delayed aging. He was born in Canada in the late 1800s. His life as a child was rough, consisting of neglect and abuse from his family. After the death of his family he went to a small mining community with Rose, a childhood friend. There he grew up and developed as a man. His mutation started to take effect and he became agile and strong and incredibly healthy. He also developed his animalistic traits. He was a well respected member of the community. He loved Rose, but because they were pretending to be cousins he could do nothing about it. When his half-brother arrived to kill Logan the two fought and Logan eventually won. As he was about to deal the killing blow with his claws Rose leapt in the way and Logan impaled her. She died in his arms and he retreated into the woods to live in solitude with a pack of wolves.<br/><br/>Over the next couple of decades Logan fought battles against Sabretooth and earned a reputation as a killer and the name Wolverine. He fell in love with many women and lost some tragically, usually through the manipulations of Romulus. During World War 1 he fought the angel of death and won. He also fell in love with a woman named Janet who was later killed by Romulus' orders to teach Logan that whenever he managed to overcome his bestial nature to care for someone, they would die. After the war Logan continued to wander the world. Eventually he returned to Canada to join the army for World War 2. After the war he went to Japan and married a woman there who was eventually killed, once again, due to Romulus.<br/><br/>Eventually Logan found himself going by the name of Wolverine and fighting for many different organisations, often brainwashed to turn him into a useful weapon. During this period of his life he was forced into a procedure to bond his skeleton with adamantium and then heavily brainwashed again. He was used as a weapon for a few years before breaking free. He managed to join up with a Canadian program and through that regained some of his memories, though not all of them. He also started to learn how to control his rage. He spent a long time with this program, called Department H. He started to help people and do good, unlike much of his past which had involved murder and death.<br/><br/>During a fight with the Hulk Wolverine was noticed by Professor Xavier who approached Logan while he was leader of a team. He invited Wolverine to help his students escape Krakoa. Wolverine resigned from Department H and joined Prof. X who managed to finally break him free from Romulus' manipulations. After helping save the X-men Wolverine decided to stay on with the team. It was also the first time he met Storm.<br/><br/>At first Wolverine was cynical about Xavier's dreams and beliefs about co-existence of mutants and humans, but over the years with the team he came to respect them. He stayed as a member of the team for many years, developing close friendships with some of the other members. He also became like a father figure to some of the younger members like Kitty Pryde and Jubilee. He fell in love with a Japanese woman named Mariko who was connected with the Japanese criminal underworld. Their relationship lasted until she was poisoned. To avoid her long, painful death she asked Wolverine to give her a quick and painless one and he reluctantly went through with it, though it resulted in him withdrawing emotionally, but also becoming more disciplined.<br/><br/>Wolverine and Cyclops never really got along, but the years found them getting farther and farther apart. Logan saw Cyclops' method of teaching young mutants to be soldiers was going to end up getting them killed and he left the X-Men for a time because of it. He formed the new school known as the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning, funded by the money he had amassed over his life. He felt the need to keep the legacy and dream of Prof X alive while also honouring Jean Grey.<br/><br/>When the Phoenix Force was on the way he refused to get the school involved in the fight, wanting to make sure the students were protected. However, he joined in the fight, assisting the Avengers. When the dust settled he returned to the school to help teach the young mutants in need of guidance. He hired on new staff, including Storm who he had fought beside for many years, though he had been surprised by her sudden marriage. He chose her to help him run the school and the team of X-Men.<br/><br/>PERSONALITY:<br/>Wolverine is known widely as a gruff loner, though over the years he has shown responsibility for others and a caring for people that would contradict that. He has worked in many teams and fought well with others. He is a strong leader when he needs to be, though he is not the type of person to sit back and guide others in a fight. He has a wild and animalistic nature and a berserker mentality that he tries to control. He has acted like a father figure to many and is capable of deep caring. His past relationships have often ended in his partner dying, so he is worried about loving again. There are few people who have gained his complete trust.<br/><br/>EQUIPMENT:<br/>Wolverine can use many different weapons and has in the past had various equipment, though he usually just uses his claws since they are convenient and unbreakable.<br/><br/>KNOWN ENEMIES:<br/>Many.<br/>