Ella Hansen

Kristie Nord (Alias)

Gregory Hansen (Brother, deceased)

Moira MacTaggert (Guardian)

Salem Center, NY

## Background

### **1989 - 2001: Arabella Hansen**

Arabella Hansen was born to Denmark immigrants, Christen & Elise. Unlike her parents & older brother Gregory, Arabella was born in the United States as they had moved when her mother was pregnant. It was an adjustment for them living right outside the big city of New York but Arabella easily got accustomed to it. Even though her parents tried to keep their culture & tradition, Arabella soon became a full blown girl.

Believing that she no longer had time for them, her parents forced her to spend her 13th birthday with them on camping trip in the Appalachians. She spent the whole trip annoyed with them & didn’t try to participate in any of their activities. On their last day, Ella’s mother decided to tell her off about her attitude after she was being rude to her brother. Ella fired back saying that she didn’t even want to come in this trip & that all she wanted was a dinner with her family then to go into the city with her friends. After she finished yelling, a mysterious rock slide suddenly occurred, killing the whole family except for Petra, who didn't have even a scratch.

### **2001 - 2003: Ella Hansen**

Now an orphan, Ella became a ward of the state & was placed in a crowded foster home. She remained afraid of her foster father as one the other girls had warned her from being alone with him. Ella listened to the advice but ended up stuck with him while on a trip to Central Park. Because they were public, she thought she would be fine but he then attempted to molest her. Before he could go any further, Ella unknowingly used her powers to have the ground swallow him. She was terrified as the man called her a freak & one of those mutants.

Discovering that she was a mutant, she ran away from her foster home & began living off scraps. She eventually moved into a nearby cave & manipulated the save to be a safe & secure hiding place. To survive, she resorted to begging & occasionally stole but was against drugs & prostitution. Other than when she pawned some of the stolen items, Ella stayed away from others so that they would not find out she was mutant. Her time alone left to her think about if she was responsible for her family's death. She couldn’t shake the memory of having a strange feeling while looking at the jagged rocks behind them before they came flooding down. She felt that even if she didn’t cause it, she should’ve used her powers to save them.

After a year on the streets, Ella learned that she could turn coal into diamonds & began pawning them for money. With her newfound “wealth,” Ella immediately rented a room at a local motel. She was just happy to have a real bed to sleep in & a shower to clean herself. She continued pawning the diamonds she made to keep a roof over her head but the pawnbroker became suspicious. As soon as clerk made an excuse to call the owner, Ella fled but was eventually cornered by the police. Though she used her powers to try to escape, the police tased her.

The next thing Ella knew, she was in a holding cell at some police station. Before she could get a word out, they led her to showers to get cleaned & dressed. They explained that a woman had gotten the charges against her dropped & agreed to take Ella into her care. She remained wary, considering her last foster home, but soon found out that the lady was an expert with dealing with people who had “gifts.” Dr. Moira Taggert brought Ella with her to the Xavier Institute to meet Professor Xavier & have her enroll at the school.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Mutant Physiology**: Ella posses the power of geokinesis, giving her the ability to control the Earth & rocks.
	+ ***Constructs***: Reshaping rock into different forms, such as weapons like hammers, maces, blades, barriers, shields, giants hands, etc. She usually fired the weapons at opponents from a distance.
	+ ***Earthquakes***: Creating & stopping earthquakes & rockslides.
	+ ***Earth Conversion***: Altering its state (transforming coal into diamond, sand into glass, etc).
	+ ***Flight***: She flies by projecting a lump of earth beneath her & telekinetically surfing through the air.
	+ ***Consistency Manipulation***: She can change the consistency by making the earth component wiggly or firm, soft or hard, smooth or rough, etc.
	+ ***Dust-Cloud***: Creating clouds of dirt to escape a tight spot.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Strength:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Speed:** 4 - High / Trained
* **Occult:** 1 - Nonexistent
* **Weapons:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Energy Projection:** 5 - Learned / Exceptional
* **Strategy:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Fighting Ability:** 3 - Average / Basic

## Trivia

* "Petra" is Greek for "rock."
* She likes to trap her targets by making holes or binding them.
* Her best friend is Suzanne Chan. The two were roommates back when they were students. They both bonded over the fact that they were orphans came to look to each other as family.
* Petra has a power ranking of 50, classifying her as Power Level 2 / Low Threat.

## Notes

* The original character of Petra belongs to the Marvel Universe.
* In the comics, her name is Petra & her last name is unknown. Instead, Petra is her codename.