Psylocke

Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock is a British mutant telepath who is a member of the X-Men as Psylocke.
== History ==
Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock was born in London to Sir James Braddock and Elizabeth Hartwood, and is the sister of Jaime Braddock and the twin of Brian Braddock. Betsy's father wasn't from Earth, but was a denizen from Otherworld, who was sent there to father a child that would become Captain Britain. During her childhood, Betsy was closer to Jaime than Brian, as she admired her older brother's occupation as a race driver. Once she reached her teenagers years, Betsy decided to move to New York to become a supermodel, and while there, her mutant powers activated presumably due to suffering from trauma. After her parents were killed in an accident caused by Mastermind, Betsy became a charter pilot.
After Brian became "Captain Britain", Betsy assisted him in going to the Braddock manor to help Jaime after he suffered a car accident. When arriving at the manor, her plan was downed by Dr. Synne, who then proceed to brainwash Betsy to kill Jaime and Brian, but they subdued her. Betsy would then leave piloting to continue her modelling career, where she came into contact with S.T.R.I.K.E.'s psi team that decided to recruit her due to her telepathic powers. While as an agent of S.T.R.I.K.E., Betsy suffered from mental trauma when her colleague Tom Lennox was killed when she had a psychic link with him, but was taught by Victoria Bentley to learn how to harness the trauma to control her powers.
When Brian refused to help the R.C.X., Betsy was persuaded by Agent Gabriel to become the new Captain Britain, which gave her enhanced strength and flight. She then received training from Captain UK, who became her partner for several months until he decided that she could begin a solo career as the new Captain Britain. During her tenure as the hero, Betsy was blinded by Slaymaster and Vixen, which led to Brian to take back the mantle as his twin had to recover from her injuries. She began a romantic relationship with Agent Gabriel, and later accepted his proposal of marriage.
Though Betsy intended to get married to Agent Gabriel, she was kidnapped by Mojo and Spiral, who proceeded to give her cybernetic eyes and have her brainwashed to star in their show, the Wildways. Braddock was given the codename "Psylocke" by the villains, and was brainwashed to star in the show to lure in teenagers to join the Bratpack. She would be rescued by the X-Men members Cypher and Warlock when they rescued their teammates, and decided to bring her to Professor X's school since her powers were mutant in origin. Betsy battled Sabretooth while the X-Men dealt with the Marauders, and impressed with her courage, decided to allow her to join the team.
== Personality ==
Psylocke is a very calm, determined individual when she wants something. She's not the type to explode into histrionics, or ever really let anyone get a good bead on how she's feeling -- stiff upper lip and all that. She can be stubborn, but only when she knows she's right, and frankly, she knows she's right 100 of the time. All the same, she's not the type to be goaded into a fight, what with cooler heads prevailing and all. Most attempts to bait her will fail.
This side of her extends to Psylocke's working habits. When 'on the job,' the X-Woman tends to be of the no-nonsense sort, aside from a stray quip where she deems one to be appropriate. She's not interested in horsing around or doing things inefficiently. Sometimes, this makes her seem like a dour wet blanket. Well -- she is. And if people don't like it, that's their problem, according to her.
Off the clock, though, Betsy Braddock can be a very charming, fun person. She enjoys a very high quality of living, and anyone able to match it would have no trouble seeing the vibrant, dryly humorous side of her personality. Unfortunately, because of her exacting tastes, most of her friends tend to be the fellow rich, or other longtime X-Men who've spent years getting to know her. To those capable of making it over that wall, she's a loyal friend and a surprisingly gentle soul, despite her tendency toward know-it-all-ism.
== Powers and Abilities ==
* Psionic Energy Manipulation: Psylocke is able to create, shape and manipulate psionic energy which she can use for a variety of effects, mostly creating weapons out of it or enhancing other weapons that she carries with her such as her katana.
** Psionic Blades: Psylocke was capable of generating psionic blades.
** Psionic Katana: Psylocke was able to charge her katana with psionic energy, allowing it to inflict more damage and slice through more substances such as an entire car.
** Psionic Whip: Psylocke can generate a whip made from psionic energy, as shown during her fight with Beast.
* Enhanced Agility: Psylocke has demonstrated agility beyond that of regular humans.
== Appearances ==
* X-Men: Titanic
Category:Characters
Category:Mutants