Wolverine(James Howlett)(1459)

Logan was a member of the X-Men whose past in shrouded in mystery. What little that is known is that he was very old,

## Character Info

### Affiliation

X-Men, Savage Land Defenders, Team X, United States Army

### Occupation

Adventurer and teacher; former cage fighter, lumberjack, mercenary, soldier

## History

Logan's life began in Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, sometime in 1832. The mutant who would come to be known simply as "Logan" was born James Howlett, the illegitimate son of Elizabeth Howlett (who was married to John Howlett, owner of a large estate) and the Howletts' groundskeeper, Logan Creed. As a boy, James was notably frail and prone to bouts of allergic attacks. He was largely neglected by his mother, who had been institutionalized for a time following the death of her first son, John Jr.

James spent most of his early years on the Howlett Estate grounds with two playmates that lived at the estate with him: Rose O'Hara, a red-headed Irish girl who was brought in from town to be a companion to young James, and a boy V Victor Creed nicknamed "Dog", Logan Creed's son (and James's half-brother). The children were close friends, but, as they reached adolescence, the abuse inflicted upon Dog warped his mind. Dog made unwanted advances towards Rose, which James reported to his father. In retaliation, Dog killed James' puppy, leading to the expulsion of Logan and Dog from the estate.

Logan, in a drunken stupor and armed with a shotgun, invaded the Howlett Estate with his son and attempted to take his former lover Elizabeth with him. John, Sr. attempted to stop him and Creed shot him in the head, in cold blood. James had just entered the room when this occurred and his mutation finally manifested: bone claws extended from the backs of his hands and he attacked the intruders with uncharacteristic ferocity, killing Logan Already an emotionally disturbed woman since the death of her first son, Elizabeth, completely unhinged, drove James away and took her life immediately afterward with a blast from Thomas' gun.

### 1845-1848

James with Rose’s help decided to flee the mansion after Dog told the police that Rose was the one who killed John and Elizabeth Howlett, the duo decided to ask for the help of James’ grandfather who gave them some money and told them to run away. The duo then found themselves in the Yukon Territories in Canada, taking refuge in a British Columbia stone quarry, under the guise of being cousins. James also assumed the name of "Logan," in order to hide his identity. Here, Logan would become one of the most respected men by the miners for his hard work.

As time passed, Logan’s powers grew; he became stronger, his healing factor slowly removed the traumatic memories of his childhood, he accepted his feral nature and he started to hunt with a pack of wolves. During this period, Logan developed strong feelings for Rose, but could not act on them for the sake of their guise as cousins. Smitty, who had been mentoring Logan all these years, had also grown close to Rose and the two eventually fell in love and became engaged, much to the scorn and surprise of Logan, who later accepted the situation for the sake of Rose's happiness.

But as Logan accepted Rose’s decision and made sure that both her and Smitty could leave the mine and live a peaceful life, someone from Logan’s past came back looking for revenge: Dog. Dog attacked Logan and started to beat him up in front of Rose but in the midst of the fight, Logan finally remembered who Dog was and what happened on the night his father was killed. He then defeated Dog and was about to kill him with his claws, Rose tried to stop Logan but she accidentally fell and was impaled on his claws which killed her. Shocked by what happened, Logan’s mind shut down and he decided to abandon the civilized world and lived with the wolves

### 1848-1854

Living in the wild Logan was a part of a pack of wolves.

### 1854-1857

tracked down by Dog whom had preferred to go by his real name of Victor Creed now. He wanted revenge for what Logan did to his family, Victor captured him and sent him to the Ravencroft Institute where he was tortured and experimented on by Nathaniel Essex once again but thanks to the help of one the doctors, Logan was able to escape.

### 1857-1861

Having lost all his memories prior to escaping Ravencroft Logan ended up in the United States of America where he ended up in the heat of the American Frontier and the Wild West. During this time period Wolverine Met Raven Darkholme and Irene Adler

### 1861-1865

Logan took part in the American Civil War fighting on the Union side. Logan saved the lives of Mutants Raven Darkholme and Irene Adler, as they were both being held captive by a Confederate General, Hell bent on using them for their powers.

### 1865-1870

At some point Logan traveled to the West Coast and settled and met a young Blackfoot Indian woman, named Silver Fox, with whom he fell in love. The two shared a cabin together and lived happily for a time. On Logan's birthday, Sabretooth, brutally attacked Silver Fox, raping her and leaving her for dead, the first of many birthday "surprises" from him to come. Sabretooth manipulated the Local time folk that logan had killed Silver Fox, they came after Logan and the feral, Logan slaughter the inhabitants of the town that came after him.

### 1873-1882

Logan travels to Japan after accepting a job by an old Union friend to help train the newly created Imperial Japanese Army and also to escape from Creed hunting him hoping the distance he put between them the better. The Imperial soldiers are conscripted peasants with no battlefield experience or proper training. Before Logan can properly prepare his men, they are ordered by superiors to deploy in response to a samurai attack on a railroad. Dismissing Logan's protests that the men are not ready, the battle is a disaster, as the undisciplined conscripts flee in terror when the samurai charge. Logan fights viciously, suffering numerous injuries. Finally collapsing, he expects the samurai to kill him, but instead, the enemy commander, Katsumoto who had a vision earlier of a White Wolf defending itself from several samurai, believed that Logan was the White Wolf from his vision. Katsumoto decided to spare him and take him prisoner. Logan is taken to Katsumoto's village. While he is initially suspicious, he eventually befriends Katsumoto and earns the respect of the samurai. As months pass, Logan overcomes his alcoholism and guilt, learns conversational Japanese, and becomes proficient in the samurai style of fighting. He becomes sympathetic to Katsumoto's cause, appreciating their concern that Western technology and customs have eroded the traditions of their society. Logan and Yuriko Oyama, Katsumoto's sister and the widow of a samurai Logan killed in the original battle, develop an unspoken affection for each other. They both discover they have similiar powers, with Yuriko having a healing factor and the ability to grow sharp needle like claws from each of her finger tips.

One night, assassins infiltrate the village to kill Katsumoto. Logan saves Katsumoto's life and helps defend the village. Katsumoto requests a meeting with Emperor Meiji and is given safe passage to Tokyo. He brings Logan, intending to release him. Upon arriving in Tokyo, Logan finds the Imperial Army is now a well-trained, fully equipped fighting force under Silas Burr command. Katsumoto, to his dismay, discovers that the young and inexperienced Emperor is essentially Omura's puppet. Omura orders Katsumoto's arrest for carrying a sword in public and tells him to perform *seppuku* to redeem his honor. Logan refuses Omura's offer to betray Katsumoto and kills several armed men who try to ambush him. Logan assist the samurai in freeing Katsumoto; in the process, Katsumoto's son Nobutada is mortally wounded and sacrifices himself to allow the others to escape.

As the Imperial Army marches to crush the rebellion, a grieving Katsumoto contemplates suicide, but Logan convinces him to fight until the end, pledging to join the samurai in battle. The samurai exploit the Imperial Army's overconfidence to lure them into a trap, cutting them off from their artillery and showering them with arrows. The ensuing battle inflicts massive casualties on both sides and forces the Imperial soldiers to retreat. Knowing that Imperial reinforcements are coming and defeat is inevitable, Katsumoto orders his remaining men to join him in a suicidal cavalry charge. During the charge, the samurai break through Burr's line. Logan believes he kills Burr, but the samurai are quickly mowed down by Gatling guns. The Imperial captain, previously trained by Logan and horrified by the sight of the dying samurai, disregards Omura and orders the guns to cease firing. Mortally wounded, Katsumoto commits *seppuku* with Logan's help as the soldiers at the scene kneel in respect.

Days later, as trade negotiations conclude, Logan arrives and interrupts the proceedings. He presents the Emperor with Katsumoto's sword and asks him to remember the traditions for which Katsumoto and his fellow samurai died. The Emperor realizes that while Japan should modernize, it cannot forget its own culture and history; he promptly refuses to sign the trade treaty. When Omura protests, the Emperor silences him by threatening to seize his family's assets and distribute them among the populace.

Logan subsequently disappears. While various rumors regarding his fate circulate, Logan returns to the village and reuniting with Yuriko.

In 1882 nearly Ten years after arriving in Japan and falling in love with Yuriko, she is seemly killed on Logan's Birthday by Creed, Logan Buries what was left of Yuriko and promptly leaves Japan.

### 1882-1888

Logan returned to Canada where he met another Mutant who shared similiar powers to his own, this mutant went by the name Romulus, Logan learns from Romulus as the two of them travel throughout Canada, Logan and Romulus eventually part ways when Logan realizes that him and Romulus do not see eye to eye on their place in the world.

### 1888-1910

Logan lived peacefully in Oklahoma Territory during this time as the End of the "Wild West" came to and end.

### 1910-1914

Logan returned to Canada, after his life was upturned in America, he lives as a woodsman and lumberjack until WWI

### 1914-1918

Logan fought in World War I with the Canadian Army.

### 1918-1924

Logan after the War ended up in Madripoor where he spent several years under the Alias Patch.

### 1924-1939

During this time period Logan had return to Canada in 1924 He befriended several Locals at the time including Men named Tommy Prince and Rob Roy Mcgleish

### 1939-1945

All three Men enlist in the Canadian Army when Canada enters World War II

Logan saves the life of Yashida a soldier whom is imprisoned in the same POW Camp as him

Yashida had witnesses Logan's regenerative powers in work, as it heals all of Logan's wounds in a matter of seconds.

### 1962-1969

Logan is tracked down by Yukio, who has the ability to see people's deaths. now the CEO of a technology zaibatsu. Ichirō, who is dying of cancer, wants Logan to accompany Yukio to Japan so that he may repay his life debt.

Yukio brings Logan to Tokyo where Logan is to meet the elderly and dying Yashida, who has become a very wealthy millionaire thanks to his various companies. At Yashida's estate, Logan meets the old man, who muses that he has not aged a bit while Yashida is old and on his deathbed. While Logan simply wants to say goodbye in respect, Yashida reveals his true intentions: he wants Logan to transfer his immortality to him, allowing Logan to live a normal life while Yashida can live forever. Logan refuses, knowing full well the tragedies and consequences immortality can bring to one. Logan refuses and prepares to leave the following day. That night, Ichirō's physician Dr. Green introduces something into Logan's body, but Logan dismisses it as a dream. With his last wish denied, Yashida instead begs Logan to keep watch on his granddaughter, Mariko, heir to his wealth and the target for many criminals for his wealth. Logan is hesitant until Yashida seemingly dies as Mariko grieves. Yukio is saddened due to the fact that she was unable to predict Yashida's death.

The next morning, Yukio informs Logan that Ichirō has died. At the funeral, Yakuza gangsters attempt to kidnap Mariko, but Logan and Mariko escape together into the urban sprawl of Tokyo. Logan is shot and his wounds do not heal as quickly as they should. After fighting off more Yakuza on a train, Logan and Mariko hide in a local love hotel. Meanwhile, Ichirō's bodyguard Harada meets with Dr. Green who, after demonstrating her mutant powers on him, demands he find Logan and Mariko. Logan and Mariko travel to Ichirō's house in Nagasaki, and the two slowly fall in love. In Tokyo, Yukio has a vision of Logan dying, and goes to warn him. Before Yukio arrives, Mariko is captured by the Yakuza. After interrogating one of the kidnappers, Logan and Yukio confront Mariko's fiancé, corrupt Minister of Justice Noburo Mori. Mori confesses that he conspired with Shingen to have the Yakuza kidnap Mariko because Ichirō left control of the company to Mariko, and not Shingen.

Mariko is brought before Shingen at Ichirō's estate when ninjas led by Harada attack and whisk her away. Logan and Yukio arrive later and, using Ichirō's X-ray machine, discover a parasite attached to Logan's heart, suppressing his healing ability. Logan cuts himself open and extracts the device. During the operation, Shingen attacks but Yukio holds him off long enough for Logan to recover and kill him. Logan follows Mariko's trail to the village of Ichirō's birth, where he is captured by Harada's ninjas. Logan is placed in a machine by Dr. Green, who reveals her plans to extract his healing factor and introduces him to the Silver Samurai, a man in a Japanese Samurai Suit with katanas made of adamantium. Mariko escapes from Harada, who believes he is acting in Mariko's interests, and manages to free Logan from the machine. Harada sees the error of his ways and is killed by the Silver Samurai while helping Logan escape.

Meanwhile, Yukio arrives and kills Dr. Green. As Logan fights the Silver Samurai, the Silver Samurai cuts through Logan's Bone claws on his left hand and then knocks Logan out and begins to extract his healing abilities, revealing himself to be Ichirō, who had faked his death. Ichirō regains his youth, but Mariko intervenes and stabs Ichirō with Logan's severed claws. Logan regenerates his bone claws and kills Ichirō. Logan collapses and has one final hallucination of Yuriko, in which he decides to finally let her go. Mariko becomes CEO of Yashida Industries and Logan stays in Japan to continue his relationship with Mariko and to explore the strange memories of his previous time in Japan.

1969-1970

After the death of Mariko Logan ended up adrift at sea for more then a year on a small fishing Boat until he ended up in California.

1970-1976

Logan ended up being recruited by Charles Xavier to become a member of his X-Men

### 1976-1988

Logan was captured by Major William Stryker a US Military officer and placed into a program titled Weapon Plus, the Program was to create Super Soldier's out of Mutants. During this time Logan was experimented on and his Healing Factor was artificially recreated and given to other Mutant's, while not as powerful as Logan's it gave these already Mutants advantages in the battle field. Team X, is what the Team was Dubbed during its Black Ops Missions, Their base of Operations was hidden in Canada at Alkali Lake. Logan bones were laced with Adamantium in 1988 which the experiment drove him mad and he regressed into a Feral state and escaped.

### 1988-1992

Hunted by the Government during this time Period Logan is saved by Xavier and his X-Men, Logan while not remembering his previous time with them, they help him search for those lost memories while he helps Mutant kind once again with them.

1992-1995

Logan continues as an X-Men until a night his best friend Morph is killed, after which Logan quits the team as he is bitter and upset over the Loss.

1995-