Inkblot Killer

Possible true appearance for Inkblot, made in Artbreeder

Not much is officially known about Inkblot; due to his particular powers, it is difficult to discern his true identity to corroborate any information, and all information on his past is taken directly from his own mouth. As such, this information can be unreliable as it is impossible to tell if he is unreliable or outright lying.

According to Inkblot, he was the son of a Catholic priest in a small, isolated town on the East coast. He grew up highly religious, and as he hit puberty, his particular mutation developed. He began to show the ability to transform his shape into any being whose DNA he imbibed, as well as the ability to mimic their mutations (if they had them). At first, he believed his mutation to be demonic and began praying obsessively to God to save him from Satanic influence - however, he became curious over time about his ability and, as he began to explore it, became convinced that rather than being demonic, this power was given to him directly by God. As he explored his powers, he also began education to, himself, become a priest. He became obsessed with blood, as it was a highly efficient method of imbibing DNA, as well as the metaphor between imbibing blood and Catholic mass. Shortly after taking his rites, he began to abandon his belief in God altogether, beginning to believe in a sort of Gnosticism, that he is himself an Aeon, or an emanation of God, and will reshape the world with his powers, that he is powerful in order to lead the meek and destroy the Demiurge. He began teaching these beliefs in his church, often frightening the congregation, but managing to glean a few devoted followers as well, most of them mutants who felt oppressed and afraid of their powers or afraid to reveal them to the small, conservative town. He began to refer to these followers as his disciples, giving them new names as a symbol of rebirth, and he left the town to spread his beliefs across America, as well as to attempt to find the Demiurge and its Archons, and the followers of such.

At some point, Inkblot encountered the X-Men. It was at this point he was given the name Inkblot; until then, he had been referring to himself as The Father, Monsignor, or The Reverend. During this fight, he obtained blood from Gambit, and began to disguise himself as him. After escaping, he fled to Bay City, Michigan, where he would meet Maureen Valentine, a young waitress at a local diner. He became curious about the laws governing his abilities, and wondered if a child conceived while disguised as another person would bear his own DNA or the DNA of the person whose identity he stole. He convinced Maureen to name the child Victoria, as he believed she would eventually become his greatest victory and assist him in his final battle against the Demiurge. However, he left the city suddenly just before she was born, feeling he needed to continue in his journey. He kept an eye on Victoria for as much of her life as he was able (except for the years she was missing), mostly through his disciples, and has come to see Victoria as a sort of son-of-God messiah, who has a great purpose she will come to fulfill. Despite all evidence showing that Victoria has inherited only Gambit’s DNA, Inkblot is convinced there is an amount of his genetic material present in Victoria, and that one day it will present in the form of his own intense bloodlust.

Inkblot is one of the most wanted criminals known to the X-Men, as he is known to serially murder non-mutants, favoring Catholics, believing himself to be ‘liberating’ the innocent from the physical world built by the Demiurge.