Remy LeBeau

## Background

### 1981 - 2003: Remy LeBeau

Abandoned at birth due to his burning red eyes, the baby was kidnapped from his hospital ward by members of the New Orleans Thieves Guild. Though they referred to the child as "le diable blanc," meaning the white devil, they named the child Remy. They believed he was the child that had been prophesied to unite the warring Guilds of New Orleans. Remy was placed in the care of a gang of street thieves who raised the child & taught him the ways of thievery. At the age of ten, Remy attempted to pick the pocket of Jean-Luc LeBeau, the patriarch of the Thieves' Guild. Jean-Luc took the boy off the streets & adopted him as his own son.

As part of a peace pact between the Thieves Guild & their rivals, the Assassins Guild, a marriage was arranged between Remy & Bella Donna Boudreaux, the granddaughter of the head of the Assassins Guild. However, Bella Donna's brother Julien objected to the marriage & challenged Gambit to a duel. During combat, Remy killed Julien in self-defense but was excommunicated & banished from New Orleans in an attempt to maintain the non-aggression pact between the two guilds.

Now alone in the world, Remy wandered around as he plied his skills as a master thief, aided by his mutant power to charge objects with explosive energy. He employed playing cards he charged with kinetic energy as his trademark weapon.

After two years of wandering, Remy encountered the crimefighting X-Men. He became quite the flirt among the woman, even trying his hand with Polaris before he learned she was with Havok. Though many girls were interested, Gambit found himself the most attracted to his fellow X-Man, Rogue. She was blessed & cursed with the ability to absorb other mutants' thoughts & abilities through skin-on-skin contact. Because of her powers, the two were condemned never to touch but that didn't change Gambit's feelings for her.

## Romantic Relationships

* Bella Donna Boudreaux: Wife (2001)
* Anna Marie: On & Off (2003 - 2010); Wife (2010 -)

## Personality

Gambit is cunning, smart, confident tricky, manipulative & sneaky. Despite all this, he has a good heart deep down & even a conscience. He can be prone to sarcastic outbursts when annoyed or stressed out & he can make a good quip. Depending on the situation, he would sometimes rather talk a problem out then fight.

Though everyone is aware that Gambit is flirtatious, he has only shown is romantic with Rogue. He is a sly, smooth-talking thief who always knows exactly how to get wherever he’s trying to go, like Rogue’s good graces. He is not shy about making his thoughts known & if he believes there’s a better way to get something done he won't hesitate to either let it be known or go off and do it his way anyway.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Mutant Physiology** Remy has the power to take the potential energy stored in an object & convert it to kinetic energy, thus “charging” that item with explosive results. He prefers to charge smaller objects, such as his ever-present playing cards, as the time required to charge them is greatly reduced & they are much easier for him to throw. The only real limitation to this ability is the time required to charge the object. The larger it is, the more time it takes. The power of his explosions is dependent on the mass of the object he is charging, for example, a charged playing card explodes with the force of a grenade. He typically cannot utilize his powers on living matter or organic molecules.
	+ ***Dissolution***: Gambit can cause objects to pull themselves apart instead of exploding violently making them harmlessly melt down to nothing. Once having focused charging on dissolving shrapnel in a victims stomach and at times when jumpstarted able to overcharge falling debris from crumbling buildings. His control over this has increased to the point he can shatter ice he was encased in without blowing up.
	+ ***Disruption***: Gambit can tame his explosive acceleration to temporarily scramble a person's sensory awareness, knocking them out cold.
	+ ***Enhanced Conditioning***: His ability to tap energy also grants him increased speed, strength, reflexes, flexibility, dexterity, coordination, balance & endurance. Bestowing him an added edge he has used to his advantage by developing a unique acrobatic fighting style. Under normal circumstances, the physical "charge" he receives makes his abilities exceptional, but not quite superhuman.
		- ***Accelerating Regeneration***: Gambit can enhance his own recovery rate by stimulating his own cellular activity.
	+ ***Enhancement***: He can supercharge the energy both converted & accelerated to get more of a bang out of even the smallest objects as well as giving them greater concussive or stopping power.
	+ ***Static Interference***: Creates natural static, because of the charged potential energy always in his body, that shields his mind from intrusion by telepaths. He can increase the effect by holding a charged object near his head. Although reportedly uncomfortable for the parties involved, this shield does not totally prevent telepathic invasion.
	+ ***Vibration Emission***: Through the kinetic acceleration instead of conversion, Gambit can emit a shockwave accompanying a bright flashbang which leaves a sizable crater in the ground.
	+ ***Remote Charging***: At the height of his power, he could activate the kinetic conversion process of matter from a distance with nothing but direct eye contact.
	+ ***Sheering/Cutting***: By charging his cards, Remy can use them to slice through objects as dense as solid steel without worry of it exploding.
	+ ***Acceleration Bestowal***: Gambit can take the energy locked within a charged slug & use it in order to continue pushing it forwards & onward in a given direction with enough concentration. Even through a solid energy field while withholding its explosive reaction.
	+ ***Delayed Charge***: With some effort, he can prolong the detonation time of his activated detonation. Causing a slight lag when he's prepping his potential/kinetic conversion of matter into volatile state.
	+ ***Hypnotic Charm***: He possesses a subliminal psionic talent channeled through his voice that allows a subtle influence over any sentient mind. This power allows him to compel others to believe what he says & agree with anything he suggests. More powerful minds have proven immune to Gambit's charm & people who are consciously aware can shake off the effects.
* **Criminology**: Gambit grew up in a criminal environment & spent years surrounded by them.
* **Hand to Hand Combat/Martial Artist:** Though not on the same level as the likes of Captain America, he is still a profound fighter, often employing martial arts, street fighting & acrobatics. He is well adept in the martial arts Savate (French kickboxing) & Bojutsu, the art of using a Bo staff.
* **Marksmanship:** He is extremely skilled in throwing small objects such as cards, bolas, knives & balls with great accuracy.
* **Multilingualism:** He is fluent in English and Cajun French. He also knows some Japanese.
* **Stick Fighting:** His extreme skills in bojutsu makes him dangerously skilled in the use of his bo staff.
* **Thievery:** Gambit became a thief at a young age. Upon being adopted, he became a member of the Thieves Guild.

### Weaknesses

* **Power Limitation:** Under classic conditions, Gambit's powers cannot affect living things & require physical contact to function.

### Ratings

* **Acumen:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Might:** 5 - Learned / Exceptional
* **Quickness:** 5 - Learned / Exceptional
* **Occult:** 1 - Nonexistent
* **Gadgets:** 4 - High / Trained
* **Projection:** 5 - Learned / Exceptional
* **Tactics:** 4 - High / Trained
* **Battle:** 5 - Learned / Exceptional

## Trivia

* Anna Marie calls him "Gamby Baby."
* He is a descendant of the 17th century French colonists who settled in Acadia.
* He once stole an Avengers Identicard from Clint Barton.
* Him & Rogue share three cats. They are all named after cats from Disney films (Oliver, Lucifer & Figaro).
* He is a mentor of the Chevaliers Squad. The current members are Kidogo, Bling!, Onyxx, Legion, Barrier & Ripper.
* Gambit has a power ranking of 124, classifying him as Power Level 3 / General Threat.

## Notes

* The original character of Gambit belongs to the Marvel Universe.