James Howlett

## Background

### 1884 - 1900: James Howlett

James' life began in 1884 in Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada. He is the illegitimate son of Elizabeth Howlett (who was married to John Howlett, owner of a large estate) & the groundskeeper, Thomas Logan. As a boy, he was largely neglected by his mother, who had been institutionalized for a time following the death of her first son, John Jr. James was constantly under the pressure of his grandfather, Mr. Howlett, who believed that James required constant punishment by a strong hand, in order to be raised properly.

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 to be a companion to young James & a boy nicknamed "Dog," Thomas Logan's son. 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' dog, leading to the expulsion of Thomas and Dog from the estate.

Thomas, in a drunken stupor & armed with a shotgun, invaded the Howlett Estate with his son & attempted to take Elizabeth. John Sr. attempted to stop him and Thomas shot him in the head. Watching his father die, his mutation finally manifested with bone claws extended from the backs of his hands. He then killed Thomas & scarred Dog's face with three claw marks. Elizabeth, completely unhinged, drove James away & took her life immediately afterward with a blast from Thomas' gun.

### 1900 - 1907: Logan

Following the deaths of every parent he's very known, James would run away from the Howlett Estate along with Rose. The two received help from his grandfather, who gave them some money & told them to run far away. James & Rose eventually ended up in the Yukon Territories in Canada, taking refuge in a British Columbia stone quarry. This is when he began going by the new name of "Logan" to hide his identity.

For the next three years, Logan worked in the coal mine & formed a close relationship with one man named Smitty. Smitty would also become close with Rose with the two becoming engaged. Though jealous, Logan gave them him blessing as he could see how happy Rose was. That happiness didn't last long as Dog had finally hunt them down. The two ended up in a full blown brawl in the mining town & Dog was eventually overpowered by Logan. Realizing he wasn't going tp stop, Logan unsheathed his claws for the first time in public & went in for the deathblow. Rose would leap in to stop causing her to be impaled on one hand as Dog was stabbed with the other. Distraught over killing both his childhood friends, Logan fled into the woods in self exile.

He remained there for years, entering a feral state with a pack of wolves for at one point. He also tried to kill himself multiple times for what he did to Rose but his healing factor always brought him back to life.

### 1907 - 1914: Logan

While in the woods, Logan would eventually meet the Creed siblings, Clara & Saul, while the two were out hunting. Clara was able to get him to calm down but Saul used this opportunity to get the jump on him. His attempt were futile as Logan easily beat him down. Clara got the two men to reconcile & would become increasingly attracted Logan, which only further frustrated her brother.

For the following months, Clara tried to teach Logan how to act like a man but failed as Logan believed he was a lost cause. But Clara didn't give up on him & due to the amount of time spent together, the two began a relationship which made Saul even more jealous. To get rid of Logan, Saul told the people of their town what Logan really was. Led by Saul, the townspeople would come to kill Logan. To keep Clara safe, he took her with him as he fled but they eventually were caught by Saul, realizing his betrayal. The two began fighting but proved to be an even match as Saul also possessed a healing factor.

Realizing he could not beat him the old fashion way, Logan drowned Saul in a nearby river despite Clara's pleas. After his death, Clara told Logan that he was a coldblooded killer & she wanted nothing to do with him so Logan left. Unknown to him, Clara would later be found by her other brother who came looking for Saul. Clara told him about Saul's death at Logan's hands, leading to a long standing rival between the two.

### 1914 - 1932: Patch

At some point, Logan traveled to a frontier community in the Canadian Rockies & met a young Blackfoot Indian woman, named Silver Fox. The two quickly fell in love. They shared a cabin together near the woods & Logan was the happiest he had been for a time. Unfortunately, he went to go fight in World War I the next year. Silver was upset but knew that he would return to her. The two kept in contact for the following years until Logan returned early at the end of 1916. They went back to their normal schedule, he began hunting & farming chores while Silver cooked & cleaned. On Logan's birthday, he went into the city as Silver promised him a surprise when he returned home. Instead, he came home to find her brutally beaten & killed by Sabretooth. Enraged, Logan went to go battle him but would be defeated.

Not able to stay in the cabin any longer, Logan left. He was under the radar until he surfaced as the unkillable "Man From Up North" in 1920. He got this name after he helped some locals when four bodies turned up dead.

Logan, now going by Patch, travelled south & find himself in front of firing squad beside a mysterious woman in 1921. Though the woman was able to escape, Logan's body was riddled with bullets but he easily survived. He would come across the woman shortly after, introducing herself Mystique. Bonding over the fact that they were both survivors, Logan followed her to Kansas City to commit bank robberies & start an intimate relationship. During a stint gone bad, the group separated & he wouldn't see her again for many years.

He continued his criminal ways by smuggling bootleg alcohol during Prohibition Era. His smuggling activities put him in direct conflict with Al Capone so his hitman, the Victor Creed, assassinates Logan’s girlfriend, Molly Barker. The two battled again at the site of the infamous St. Valentine's Day Massacre but Logan lost again, barely surviving.

He went under the radar again until he showed up in Madripoor in 1932. There he met Seraph, who taught him how to be a better assassin & better lover.

### 1932 - 1958: Officer Logan

After training with Seraph, Logan went back to his nomadic life. He was in Scotland in 1934, fought in the Spain's civil war in the mid 1930s then learned espionage under the infamous Taras Romanov (a relative of Natasha Romanoff) until 1939.

Once training was done, Logan entered into World War II on the side of the Allies. He even spent some time in Poland’s Sobibor Death Camp where he was known as "Prisoner Zero.” He also operated as a paratrooper for the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion. During D-Day, he slaughtered an entire Nazi patrol from the 21st Panzer-Grenadiers with nothing but a knife. It was also during this time that he met Captain America & Officer Barnes, fighting with them side by side.

In 1945, Logan ended up captured by soldiers in Japan & was sent to a prison camp near Hiroshima. Like always, he was able to escape & was nursed back to health by a local woman named Atsuko. The two fell in love but it didn't last long as the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima then Nagasaki. Atsuko would die when the bomb dropped, leaving Logan to feel that the women he chooses to love will always die.

To keep himself distracted, Logan begins training for about a year straight until a woman caught his eye like always. Itsu lived in Jasmine Falls, where Logan was training under Bando Saburo to learn how to be a man & leave his warrior nature behind. The two began a romance that led to them getting married in 1950. After living their peaceful life together for three years, Itsu soon discovered she was pregnant, leaving Logan filled with joy. That joy would be shattered when Logan discovered Itsu murdered. With his wife & child dead, Logan disappeared again.

### 1958 - 1974: Weapon X

Logan resurfaced again as a mercenary & does espionage work for various government agencies, most notably the CIA. He was quickly regarded as one of the deadliest free agents of the intelligence field, becoming a favorite of both America’s & Canada's secret services.

In 1961, he was brainwashed to join Team X of the Weapon Plus Program. He worked side by side with nemesis Sabretooth, Deadpool, John Wraith & Lady Deathstrike. It's unknown exactly what acts they committed though the bodies found with claw stab wounds make it pretty obvious. At one point, Logan & Creed were going by the names Emilio & Julio Garra when they operated in Cuba during a certain missile crisis.

For seven years this would continue until Logan was called to report to a base in Dallas, Texas. Upon arriving, he was shot with Carbonadium bullets. After pumping him full of Thorazine & beating him down, Logan was examined by various Weapon X doctors while floating in a containment tank. They bonded his skeleton, including his claws, with the indestructible metal known as Adamantium, thus making him unbreakable. They also managed to bury his personality with the most intense brainwashing he had ever undergone then put him under deep hypnosis. They repeatedly tell him that he was not a man or individual & that being a man disgusted him.

Their goal was to make Logan into an obedient animal & they would succeed as Logan, in a near-mindless state, was forced to slaughter every inhabitant in the lost colony of Roanoke as a test. Over time, Logan proved too difficult to control & eventually broke free of the programming. He fell into an uncontrollable rage & escaped the facility, killing nearly everyone.

### 1974 - 1999: Logan

After Logan escaped, no one knows exactly what he did other than his quick marriage to Viper & a pit stop in France in 1983). Eventually, he ended up back in Japan by the mid 1980s. He was looking for his old associate but found out he passed from his granddaughter, Mariko Yashida, who was now the heir to an extremely powerful Yakuza family in Tokyo. The two entered into a relationship as Logan became attracted to her gentle demeanor. The two even went on to foster a daughter together, Amiko Kobayashi. Unable to save Amiko's mother, Logan promised to look after her daughter. The three of them would have become a family but Mariko was forced to marry Noburu-Hideki, one of her father's criminal associates. Not wanting to ruin her family, Mariko ended her relationship with Logan & he left Amiko in her care as her family would make sure she was settled.

Always ready for a fight, Logan participated in many wars for the year to come but founded a lifelong friend in Derek Hudson during the Gulf War. Unknown to Derek, the two were distant relatives Logan's first cousin was Derek's grandfather. They became good friends, with Logan introducing Derek to his future wife Heather. After the two got married & tried to conceived, Logan would give them his son to raise after the boy's mother left him with Logan. Knowing they could provide a better home, they all agreed & the couple raised him as their own.

After the war, Logan joined Department H of Canada & continued his work in espionage. He accepted the deadly & brutal assignments that nobody else would & soon rose to Captain in the Canadian Armed Forces. He primarily served in Siberia, Asia's Pacific Rim & its adjacent islands, including Japan. While in Japan, he secretly visited Mariko & Amiko, learning that Mariko had become a force in the Japanese criminal underworld. Her authority has recently been challenged by various people who wanted to take over their organization. Logan, along with comrades, fought off her enemies on her behalf but when Mariko sought to make peace, she was poisoned by their leader. Faced with a slow & painful death, Mariko asked him to grant her a quick death, which a heartbroken Logan complied. As a mean to avenge her death, he promised her killer that he would slice off a part of his body on the anniversary of Mariko's death until there was nothing left of him.

Logan then took Amiko from the Yakuza & gave her to Yukio, a close friend of his & Mariko since their early relationship. After saying his goodbyes, Logan returned back to his duty for Department H.

### 1999 - 2002: Jim Logan

He eventually decided to leave that life behind & tried to live a normal, peaceful life. He began going by Jim Logan & settled down outside of Los Angeles. He began work as lumberjack & eventually met a woman named Maureen Bouchard. The two started a romance as Maureen was a recent divorcee with a child of her own. Logan became close with the kid, though this worried him as everyone he ever cared for eventually died. He did his best to keep them out of harm's way so he & Maureen moved into an abandoned barn that he renovated.

For the next three years, Logan had went without popping his claws until his & Maureen's home was attacked by agents of the Weapon Plus Program. Unfortunately, Doreen & Maureen were both still home. Logan massacred every agent but not before one of the agent shot Maureen right in the chest, as she protected her daughter. Blaming himself for taking away Doreen's mother, he brought her to her father after the police came to see the home invasion.

Logan went back to his nomadic ways, promising to never fall in love with another woman again. While roaming across the country, he was approached by Charles Xavier, who was attracted to Logan's various work. He was looking for mutants to help his students & more members for the X-Men. Seeing this as a good way to help young people who could end up on his paths, Logan came out of hiding to accompany Professor Xavier to the Xavier Institute.

## Romantic Relationships

* Rose O'Hara: Childhood Crush (1894 - 1903)
* Clara Creed: Lover (1907)
* Silver Fox: Girlfriend (1914 - 1918)
* Raven Darkholme: Lover (1921)
* Molly Barker: Dated (1928)
* Seraph: Lover (1932)
* Atsuko: Girlfriend (1945)
* Itsu: Girlfriend (1947 - 1950); Wife (1950 - 1953)
* Black Dragon: Lover (1956)
* Yuriko Oyama: Lover (1962 - 1968)
* Viper: Wife (1975)
* Melita Garner: Dated (1980)
* Cassie Lathrop: Lover (1982)
* Sylvie D'Arqueness: Lover (1983)
* Mariko Yashida: Girlfriend (1986 - 1988); Fiancée (1988)
* Yukio: One Night Stand (1994)
* Maureen Logan: Girlfriend (1999 - 2001); Wife (2001 - 2002)
* Jean Grey: Unrequited Love (2004 - )
* Amir: One Night Stand (2004)
* Elizabeth Braddock: Lover (2005)
* Native: Lover (2007)
* Elektra Natchios: One Night Stand (2008)
* Domino: *Unknown*

## Personality

Wolverine is a gruff loner who had a strong sense of personal honor. However, the true reason for Logan's wanting to be alone is due to the fact that so many people tend to die around him, such as friends & loved ones. He also has a wild, animal-like nature to him & a savage, or "berserker," rage which he has gained to control. He is also perfectly at home in the wilderness.

He is one of the most fearless, brave & dangerous men in the world. Though cynical & pessimistic, Logan is a good person & will always stand up for those who can't defend themselves or be willing to avenge them. He is extremely loyal and protective over those few who can gain his trust & respect. He is completely ready to sacrifice his life if it will save someone he loves & will stop at nothing to protect them He has established himself quickly as the X-Man most willing to *permanently* deal with their adversaries. Despite his willingness to use violence, he is still a moral person who does not do so needlessly, nor does he attack innocent people.

While he appears to be perpetually angry, he is a rather complicated man, due to his violent & mysterious past. His past has in fact emotionally scarred & hardened him to make himself used to the pain he has endured. Logan has very little patience for those around him, this adds to his gruff demeanor & solo attitude. He prefers to be alone due to him disliking & distrusting the company of others. Despite his disgruntled nature, he has a very dry sense of humor, constantly insulting others & giving them demeaning nicknames.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Mutant Physiology:** Wolverine is a mutant who had been given an Adamantium skeleton by the Weapon X Program.
	+ ***Regenerative Healing Factor*:** Wolverine’s body naturally regenerates most (if not all) damaged or destroyed tissue & organs at a rate which exceeds that of any normal human. The rate of regeneration is proportional to the damage caused. This process is automatic & Wolverine has no control over it. However, he does feel the pain of his wounds & sometimes the pain from regenerating himself.
		- ***Contaminant Immunity*:** Wolverine's natural healing also affords him virtual immunity to poisons, viruses, diseases & most drugs.
		- ***Fatigue Resistance*:** Wolverine is partially resistant to fatigue poisons produced from physical activity.
		- ***Telepathic Resistance*:** He is resistant to telepathic probing as his healing factor created “mental scar tissue” blocking it.
		- ***Longevity*:** In addition, Wolverine's healing factor provides him with an extended lifespan by slowing the effects of the aging process. He retains the health, appearance & physical vitality of a man in his physical prime. His healing factor has allowed has allowed him to live well over a century in his prime.
	+ ***Retractable Bone Claws*:** Wolverine's skeleton includes six retractable foot-long bone claws, three in each arm, that extract at his knuckles. The bone claws are naturally sharp & tougher than normal human bone, allowing them to penetrate flesh & many natural materials. After the Adamantium bonding, his bones became indestructible & his claws are capable of piercing any material. (relative to its thickness and the force Wolverine can exert). He can unsheathe any number of his claws at once.
		- ***Hot Claws*:** Occasionally, when he's in a berserker rage, his claws can heat up several thousand degrees in seconds. It remains a mystery how hot they can get but they can reach high enough temperatures to cause gasoline to ignite on contact with it.
	+ ***Superhumanly Acute Senses:*** His hearing, sight, smell, taste & touch are all enhanced to superhuman levels. Wolverine can distinguish individual ingredients in food or drink he consumes at a smaller part per volume than a normal person. His sense of touch gives him greater sensitivity to air direction & temperature differentials in his environment.
	+ ***Enhanced Strength*:** His reinforced skeleton allowing him to withstand high levels of physical pressure. His strength is also boosted to enhanced levels, allowing him to briefly lift over 800 lbs.
	+ ***Enhanced Speed*:** Wolverine is able to move at low level superhuman speeds. He has attacked faster than the eye could follow & even Spiderman briefly thought Wolverine was faster than he was in their first meeting. His combat speed seems more enhanced then anything else, as he has blitzed people before they pull their trigger fingers.
	+ ***Enhanced Stamina*:** Logan's healing factor grants him superhuman stamina & is partially immune to fatigue toxins generated by physical exertion & thus has greater endurance than actual humans. He can continually exert himself for several days at peak efficiency.
	+ ***Enhanced Durability*:** Wolverine has superhuman durability due a combination of his healing factor and Adamantium skeleton.
	+ ***Enhanced Reflexes & Agility*:** Wolverine's reflexes & agility are enhanced beyond the capabilities of the normal human body. On several occasions, he was able to dodge Cyclops' optic blasts with ease, although this is partly due to his enhanced senses

* **Computer Operation:** Wolverine is trained in the use of several computer systems
* **Hand to Hand Combat/Martial Arts:** Wolverine has mastered virtually every form of hand to hand combat on Earth due to his age & experience. He's also taught many heroes some form of fighting.
* **Multilingualism:** He is fluent in many languages including English, Japanese, Russian, Mandarin, Cheyenne, Lakota & Spanish. He also knows some French, German, Thai, Vietnamese & Farsi.
* **Tracking:**He is considered to be one of the world’s most skilled trackers.
* **Weaponry:** Wolverine is a trained expert with many guns, blades, explosives and other weaponry due to his experiences as a solider, samurai, spy and mercenary.

### Weaknesses

* **Memory Issues:**Likely due to his healing factor, Wolverine has experienced large periods of life without memories of certain traumatic events.
* **Sensory Overload:** One of Wolverine's weaknesses is the fact that his heightened senses could be taken advantage of.
* **Drowning:** Drowning is one of the few ways to kill him as his healing factor will only prolong the agony.
* **Decapitation/Severe Spinal Damage:** Professor X once stated that Wolverine could be killed if his head became separated from his body, causing his brain to be unable to send signals to the section(s) of his body that needs healing.

### Ratings

* **Acumen:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Might:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **Quickness:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **Mysticism:** 1 - Nonexistent
* **Gadgets:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **Projection:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Tactics:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **Battle:** 8 - Paragon / Proficient
* **TOTAL:** 200 - Power Level 5 / Elevated Threat

## Trivia

#### General

* He doesn't believe in traditional religions, stating that he never has & never will.
* Steve Rogers regards him as one of the most fearless, brave, and dangerous men in the world.
* As a result of having his bones & claws laced with the adamantium, his healing factor was weakened & he healed slower than before.
* Due to his containment immunity, it is extremely difficult for him to become intoxicated from alcohol.
* His most improved senses are sight, hearing and smell. Due to these enhanced senses, he can function in complete darkness as though it were daylight.
* He can sense Cyclops's power beam based on the shift in air pressure that precedes its arrival.
* Some of the previous jobs Logan has had are co-owner of a bar, bartender, bouncer, spy for several agencies, CIA operative, mercenary, criminal, soldier (specials ops & intelligence), sailor, miner & mechanic among others. Currently, he is in his most dangerous job... a teacher.
* O\*N\*E classifies him as a Severe Threat.

#### Relationships

* Ororo Munroe, Felicia Hardy & Alison Blaire have expressed a romantic interest in him.
* To his knowledge, he has five children. Akhiro is his son with Itsu. Amiko is his foster daughter with Mariko that was raised by Yukio. Charlie is his daughter with Sylvie D'Arqueness. Jimmy is his son with an unnamed woman that was raised by Derek Hudson & his wife. Laura is his daughter/genetic clone. Maureen & Native were both pregnant with Logan's child when they were killed.
* He only truly trust a few people (i.e. Steve Rogers, Nick Fury, Jean Grey, Professor Xavier & Spiderman)
* He is very close with his teammate Rogue & looks to her as a sister. She once heard Logan having a nightmare & tried to wake him. In his rage & confusion, Logan stabbed her in the chest with his claws. As Logan broke down & screamed for help, Rogue touched him to absorb his healing abilities but would also drain his life force. Many of the students walked in on her draining & began to consider her a freak. In response, Logan told her she could do that anytime she was in grave danger.
* In addition to Rogue, he has played a big brother/father role to Shadowcat & Jubilee.
* Kurt Wagner is his best friend. He views them as two sides of the same coin. Kurt looks to be a monster but has the soul of a man while Logan looks like a man but feels he has the soul of a monster.

## Notes

* The original character of Wolverine belongs to the Marvel Universe.
* In the comics, his height is 5’3 but the actor Hugh Jackman is 6’3.
* On Earth-44, Wolverine & Rogue's relationship more mirrors the movie than the comics as I never liked the romantic aspect of their relationship.