James Howlett Hudson

James Howlett Hudson is a protagonist in ***Winter Risen*** and ***Spring Eternal***. He is portrayed by **WeaponXx**.

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## *James Howlett-Hudson

### Aliases

Jimmy, Saber/Alpha (by Arrow), Lad (by Joseph) Wolverine (At the start of his career) Cybertooth (Briefly after his revival)

### Relatives

Victor Creed (father); Magda Lensherr (mother, deceased); James Hudson (adoptive father, deceased); Heather Hudson (adoptive mother, deceased); Wanda Lensherr (half-sister); Pietro Lensherr (half-brother); Joseph Miles Memphist (father-in-law/brother in law); Jubilation Lee (Earth-326) (mother-in-law/adoptive sister); Arrow Memphist-Hudson (wife); Tyler Tripper (brother-in-law); Penemue Chazaqiel-Tripper (sister-in-law); Luke Creed (son, deceased); Kiko Creed (daughter, deceased); Miles Memphist-Hudson (son); Emma Memphist-Hudson (daughter, deceased)James "Logan" Howlett (Uncle/Father figure)

### Occupation

Next-Man (Formerly) Night Guard (formerly), Hitman (formerly) Brotherhood member

## Physical description

### Weight

265 lbs (Normal bones) 270 lbs (Organic steel bones) 330 lbs (Cybernetics)

## History

James Howlett-Hudson was born when Victor Creed forcefully impregnated Magda Lensherr. Creed then released Magda when he learned she was pregnant, abandoning her in the middle of nowhere. She left James on the doorstep of an infertile couple, leaving a note saying that he was the son of (Contrary to the ugly truth) Wolverine, her lover at the time and brother of Victor Creed. The husband was the local sheriff and the wife a pro-mutant radio show host. They took him in and named him James Hudson Jr. after the father. The truth of Jimmy's origin was kept secret until his high school days.

### Early Life

Jimmy grew up not knowing that he was a mutant, but always felt different from other people, but denied the possibility of being a mutant. Like Wolverine, Jimmy grew up with a taste for red-haired women, lived life being reckless, and had a feral personality, but that was soon turned against him when he joined a group of troublesome kids in high school. They raced old cars at night and took illicit substances during the day. One night, the night James turned 17, he had to race. He kissed his girlfriend and got in the car and the race started. It didn’t take long for James’ opponent to knock him off the edge of the track and send him crashing down a steep hill. His car exploded at the bottom, drawing gasps from the crowd of high schoolers and sobs from his girlfriend. Suddenly, the door of the car flew off and an injured James stumbled out, his wounds quickly sealing. He was a mutant. His friends and girlfriend rejected him, disgusted by his power. The next morning James lay on the metal roof of his shed, whatever injuries the Florida suns blaring heat giving him quickly fading. The following day, Kitty Pryde arrived and handed a box of Wolverine's possessions to James. The box contained Wolverine's old Canadian dog tag, Timesweek's cover featuring Wolverine and the X-Men, and a lock of Jean Grey's hair. In a holographic message, Wolverine appeared before James. Wolverine told James he was his son and to forget asking who his birth mother was, not to think about the past and focus on the future, respect the Hudsons for raising him, and learn to live with the choices he had made. Wolverine's final message was that he never regretted having James as a son. James joined the X men for the next three years before leaving to take some time for himself.

### Winter Risen

James returned to prominent action, meeting Marcus and Darius and clashing with them. He met Arrow Gook soon after and immediately asked for her number. He kept meeting new people like Tyler and flirting with Arrow more and more, trying to investigate their nightmares at the same time. He joined the Next-Men soon after. He went on some missions with the team and started talking to Arrow more and more. They soon had their first date and kiss. Soon after James moved in with Arrow and they confessed their love for each other, sleeping together eventually. Later in their relationship, James got upset and attempted suicide, hoping to protect Arrow from the monster he saw himself as. His memories were erased and he became known as Logan, a selfish amnesiac who hated everyone from his past, even trying to kill Arrow. Tyler eventually repaired him, restoring his brain, but he made an error and James ended up going by “Jimmy” and not having any feelings for Arrow. He had to have his brain repaired again, after which he promised to stay beside Arrow forever and never hurt her again. He later took her on a trip along with the rest of the Memphists (consisting of himself, Tyler, Arrow, Penemue, and Joseph) hoping to propose to her towards the end. He learned that his father was the infamous Victor Creed, rather than the lie of James Howlett (aka Wolverine) and began hating himself for it. At the end of the trip, James proposed to Arrow and they got engaged. Soon after that, the couple learned that Arrow was pregnant, and after much time discussing it, got married secretly, without the rest of the Memphist family.

During his developing relationship, engagement, and marriage with Arrow, James was under constant attack by Creed, trying to torture him as well as trying to take Arrow for himself, only fueling James' rage. The relationship with his father always consisted of one or the other coming over and attacking, with James eventually losing their fights and being tortured and kidnapped, and sometimes Arrow getting kidnapped or other events along those lines. Time and time again he would have to be rescued by the efforts of the Memphists. James at one point in his Next-Men career was ridiculed for not wanting to help in a rescue operation that involved going to Magneto, which made him dislike Joseph and Tyler in particular. Seeing the bond Arrow had with Tyler, whom she viewed as a brother, and Joseph, who had adopted her and Tyler, he was jealous and thus made enemies of them, not wanting any of her attention on them. This would be especially true for Tyler after Joseph helped him save Arrow from Creed and from hypothermia, gaining James' trust and respect.

#### Death and Resurrection

James fought Creed in a particularly emotional and significant battle, involving the use of Carbonadium, which could stop James' healing factor. Through more fighting, Creed dragged James underwater, holding a gun up to his head. Tyler slammed into Creed, causing him to accidentally shoot James in the head. Tyler, who didn't want a pregnant Arrow to go without a husband and father for her kids, enlisted Joseph's help to resurrect and rebuild James temporarily into a cyborg, repairing his brain with nanotechnology. James continued life as a cyborg for a while before finally getting rid of the prosthetics, save for one arm, and regrowing his limbs.

#### The Mutant Purge and Final Battle

Emma Frost managed to break into the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters and use Cerebro to eliminate all mutant abilities. James was left unable to use his claws organically, and his healing factor suffered, albeit not entirely, so he could still heal, just slower. This is what made killing him so easy for Creed to kill him as well as why his cyborg abilities gave him a better shot. He continued his tormented life fighting Creed and protecting Arrow.

When Emma Frost finally gathered her forces to kill the remaining Next-Men, who were depowered (save for Tyler, thanks to some messy science), he traveled to the breaking X-Mansion where he learned from Tyler that Emma Frost was there. He was secretly in employment by his half-sister, Wanda Maximoff, to kill Emma, so this was his chance. Tyler and he set aside their differences to ensure Emma's death after Tyler, through much struggle, wasn't able to defeat her. When everything seemed hopeless, Tyler gave James his opening by circumnavigating the world three times at mach speeds, building up momentum, and punching Emma through the building with incredible force, damaging her incredibly. However, Emma had already peered into Tyler's mind before, and used him like a puppet to try and kill James. James realized that making an enemy of Tyler was a mistake, seeing the raw power he had within him, but never having unleashed it as violently as Emma made him. James brought Tyler to the edge of unconsciousness, suffering a controlled Tyler stabbing him in the eye and plunging a hand through his abdomen. Tyler was freed him from Emma's grasp, finally cementing a somber moment of understanding and budding friendship. Tyler managed to get up one last time and help James finally defeat Emma.

Later, James brought a bloody, beaten Emma to his sister at Genosha, where he was instructed to execute her. James pulled Emma's head off with his bare hands, which promptly returned the powers of all mutants around the world to them.

## Powers/Abilities

### Abilities

* Capable martial artist
* Skilled driver and pilot

### Mutant Traits

* Adaptive healing factor (Builds immunity against injuries through exposure; e.g. radiation)
* Immortality
* Can coat skeleton with organic metal
* Super Strength
* Telepathic immunity
* Godlike stamina
* Claws (formerly knuckle claws, currently fingernail claws)
* Feral senses (enhanced smell, hearing, sight, taste)
* Immunity to poisons, harmful drugs, and sedatives
* Infrared vision (Sees by heat)
* Temperature resistance (Diminished reaction to hot and cold temperatures)
* Cybernetic parts (Formerly)
* Computer brain (Formerly)

## Gallery

James as Ryan Stone, a disguise made by Joseph MemphistJames's more classic appearance with his knuckle claws