Xavier, Charles

Professor Charles Xavier is a mutant gifted with vast telepathic powers, being a specialist in mutant biology and sociology and the founder of the Uncanny X-Men as Professor X. With immense support from Dr. Moira MacTaggert, his life has become dedicated to fulfill his dream of mutants and humans coexisting peacefully. As a young man, he traveled around the world to better comprehend mutantkind, meeting a dear friend and ruthless rival, the man who would become known as Magneto.

After becoming paraplegic following a conflict against the villain Lucifer in the Himalayas, Xavier transformed his family's ancestral home into the Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, a sanctuary for mutants to train and learn about their abilities. Under his supervision, Professor X's students formed the X-Men, a super hero group who fight for a world that hates and fears them, guided by Xavier's dream. Through the years, Xavier and his X-Men entered into conflicts with both humans and mutants with diverging ideologies, especially Magneto, who believed in mutant supremacy.

## Charles Francis Xavier

### Aliases

Baldy, Charlie, Charley, Charley-Boy, Chuck (Logan), Cue Ball, Proffy, Onslaught (psuedo-secondary personality)

### Relatives

Charles Xavier II (son), David "Legion" Haller (son), Xandra Neramani (daughter), Dr. Brian Xavier (father, dead), Sharon Xavier-Marko (mother, dead), Dr. Kurt Marko (stepfather, dead), Cassandra Nova (twin sister), Cain Marko (maternal stepbrother), Lilandra Neramani (ex-wife, marriage annulled),

### Affiliation

X-Men (founder), New Mutants (founder), Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters (founder),

### Occupation

X-Corp Liaison, Adventurer, Mutant leader, Mutant rights activist, Geneticist, Headmaster, teacher, heir, soldier (US Army)

## Biographical information

### Place of birth

New York City, New York, United States of America

## History

### Early Years

Charles Francis Xavier is the mutant son of a wealthy nuclear researcher, Dr. Brian Xavier, and his wife, Sharon. The Nuclear Research Facility where Dr. Xavier worked in Alamogordo, New Mexico was actually a cover for the study of genetic mutations, secretly run by Dr. Nathan Milbury (one of Mister Sinister's many aliases). While still gestating in his mother's womb, Charles recognized his twin as a malignant presence which he preemptively tried to kill with his nascent psychic abilities, causing the fetus' miscarriage. Since a very young age, Charles was subjected to Sinister's experiments, alongside Carter Ryking, his best friend and son of one of Dr. Xavier's colleagues, Dr. Alexander Ryking.

When Charles was nine, Dr. Xavier died in an accident in Alamogordo and the project was deactivated. Sharon moved to their ancestral mansion in Westchester after marrying her late husband's ex-colleague, Dr. Kurt Marko, in hopes of maintaining a well-structured family for Charles. However, Dr. Marko had married her for her wealth and due to being jealous of Dr. Xavier, though it might also have been due to Mister Sinister's machinations, as a way to keep Charles under his watch through Marko. Charles faced problems with his new family when Marko brought his teenage son, Cain Marko to live in the mansion, as Cain constantly bullied Charles. To make matters worse, Dr. Marko violently abused Sharon. With his growing telepathic powers, Charles attempted to alleviate her pain by sharing it. However, Charles could not prevent his mother's ruin, as she succumbed to alcoholism and died of a broken heart.

When Cain attempted to extort money from Dr. Marko by accusing him of murdering Dr. Xavier, a fight erupted between father and son, causing some of Dr. Marko's lab equipment to explode. Dr. Marko was mortally wounded but managed to drag the two children to safety before dying, begging forgiveness for not saving Dr. Xavier when he had the chance and telling Charles to keep his powers secret from Cain. From then on, the orphans Xavier and Marko lived as enemies under the same roof as Xavier realized the potential of his mutant powers. Due to his telepathy (which cost him his hair), Xavier excelled in most activities he engaged in, causing Marko's jealousy to escalate to the point he provoked Xavier into a car crash, badly injuring him and making him part ways with his stepbrother. A brilliant student, throughout his educational career Xavier attended Bard College in his early teens graduating when he was sixteen years old.

Charles Francis Xavier was the child of geneticist Dr. Brian Xavier and his wife Sharon. Brian worked at a top secret facility in Alamogordo, New Mexico. There he worked with leading geneticists Kurt Marko, Irene Adler, Alexander Ryking, and Nathan Milbury. Accounts of the nature of Brian's work ranged from nuclear research, and secret government research into mutation. In reality it was part of a secret project called Black Womb. The operation was run by Milbury who was secretly the nearly immortal geneticist known as Nathaniel Essex who was conducting his ongoing experiments human mutation and ushering in the age of Homo sapiens superior also known as mutants. During cellular mitosis the embryo of Brian and Sharon Xavier split in half forming twins. One child would eventually be born as Charles, while the other was his twin sister. Becoming self-aware in the womb, Xavier's twin sister attempted to kill him and Charles lashed back with his budding mental powers, seemingly killing her in the process. None would be aware of this until many decades later.

Charles was experimented on by Dr. Milbury along with the other researcher's children, Carter Ryking, Cain Marko, and Mortimer Toynbee among others. Charles and Carter became fast friends during this time, often playing together on or near the Alamogordo facility where their fathers' worked. Meanwhile, Millbury, in his true guise of Mister Sinister, continued to experiment on Charles alone, covering his memories of these events. Sinister's end goal was creating vessels in which he could transfer his mind into in the event his physical body should die. A truth Xavier would not learn until many decades later. Charles grew close to his mother, his budding telepathic abilities establishing a rapport with her. Unaware he was doing this, Charles formed a strong bond with her due to the fact that he was unconsciously reading her mind. Charles also developed a bond with the maid, Ms. Lafitte. Although she eventually stopped working for the Xaviers, when and how is unrecorded.

When Charles was 9 years old, tragedy struck when an explosion claimed the life of Brian Xavier. Kurt Marko, having grown jealous of Brian's wealth, had a chance to save Brian's life but chose not to. He soon came to console Sharon and eventually took advantage of her grief, convincing her to marry him giving Marko access to Brian's wealth. Charles, thanks to his growing telepathic ability, began to suspect that Kurt was somehow involved in the death of his father. Things for Charles got worse as Kurt's son Cain -- a child from a previous marriage -- had moved in to live in the Xavier Estate. Cain was a bully who constantly picked on Charles. Meanwhile, Kurt regularly abused Charles' mother, which Charles felt through his bond with her. But he was a silent witness as Sharon stayed with Kurt because she thought it what was best to raise her son. However, Kurt cared for Charles, due to his intellect, much to the chagrin of Cain. Eventually, Sharon Xavier died, leaving Charles to be raised by Marko. One night, Cain and Kurt got into an argument over money. When Cain accused his father or murdering Brian. Overhearing this, Charles confronted the Markos for the truth. During the course of the argument, Cain threw a vial of chemicals triggering an explosion. When Kurt initially went to save Charles from the blaze, this caused more hatred from Cain. In rescuing his child and step-child, Kurt Marko sustained fatal wounds. Dying he revealed that he was too cowardly to save Charles' father years earlier. Revealing that he knew of Charles' telepathic abilities, he warned Charles to beware of Cain if he ever found out about his abilities