Alison Blaire

**Alison "Ali" Blaire**, also known as ***Dazzler***, is a gifted individual who gained her abilities from genetic mutation.

## Biography

Alison was born to Carter and Katherine Blaire in the Long Island suburb of Gardendale, New York. Alison's parents had a tense relationship because her father was a stoic law student, while her mother was a free-spirited entertainer. Ultimately, this led to Katherine walking out on Carter while Alison was still a toddler, leaving Carter to raise Alison with the help of his mother, Bella Blaire. Katherine's leaving had a profound effecton Carter, who kept the shameful secret of Katherine from Alison most of her life.

As Alison entered adolescence and developed dreams of becoming a singer, her father, now a judge, became increasingly intolerant of the idea. Instead, Carter forced Alison to choose a life path similar to his own; Alison would become an academic star and continue on a path to law school. Alison's grandmother was more sympathetic to young Alison and encouraged her to explore her creative energies.

However, Alison manifested her mutant abilities while performing at a middle school dance, blinding all in attendance to save herself. For years, Alison kept her powers a secret from those closest to her, further alienating her from her father. By the time she reached university, Alison began to explore both her powers and her musical ability. She crafted her own performing suit, accessories, and named herself "The Dazzler". It was at this moment that Alison decided to abandon her father's dream. While at her graduation ceremony, Alison informed Carter that she would not be attending the law school he selected for her and, instead, would pursue a life as a singer, without her father's blessing or financial support.

Alison used her light-based mutant powers as a draw for her performances. Taking the sound of the music and converting it into dazzling displays of color drew the young singer enough attention to land her gigs at several New York clubs and discotheques. However, Alison knew that she would have to keep the nature of her powers a secret. Marketing her light shows as a "technological secret", Alison was able to bypass critical speculation for some time. Yet, while this little white lie fooled the club managers and others in her life, it did not escape the notice of other mutants, such as Emma Frost of the Hellfire Club and Charles Xavier of the X-Men.

Both the Hellfire Club and the X-Men sent entourages to one of Alison's performances to recruit her for their respective ideological side. The X-Men sent Phoenix, Cyclops, and Nightcrawler to identify and possibly recruit her, while the Hellfire Club sent a group of Hellfire Knights to take her by force. The combined powers of Alison and the X-Men suppressed the foes and freed other members of the X-Men who were being held captive by the Hellfire Club. Xavier offered Alison a position within in the X-Men, but she declined, choosing to focus on her career.

## Relatives

* Bella Blaire (*paternal grandmother*)
* Carter Blaire (*father, deceased*)
* Katherine Blaire (*mother*)
* Nicholas Brown (*step-father, deceased*)
* Lois London (*maternal half-sister*)
* Longshot (*husband*)
* Gaveedra Seven (*son*)

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

**Sound Conversion:** She has the ability to transduce sonic vibrations which reach her body into various types of light. This ability seems to operate over a great range of frequencies, including the audible spectrum, and a great variation of sound pressure levels regardless of the complexity, dissonance, or randomness of the sound. For example, a car crash and a symphonic passage of equal duration will both produce usable acoustic vibrations. Alison does, however, prefer the sound of music, particularly that which is rhythmically sustained. Not only is music more pleasant to her ears, but the steady beat of popular music provides a more constant source of sound to convert. However, she cannot use any sound produced by her own body. Despite the limits of her sound conversion ability being unknown, she is capable of absorbing unimaginable sounds, including the explosion of an entire galaxy.

* ***Sound Release:*** She has the ability to release all the sound she has absorbed in one burst.
* ***Echolocation:*** Alison can use her conversion ability to act as a very crude form of echolocation. After singing through an amplifier for a minute, she has displayed the ability to see humanoid shapes through a brick wall.

**Light Projection:** Alison possesses a body-wide energy field that controls the energy levels of the outer electron shells of her body in such a way as to cause the cascaded release of photons. In effect, this field is lasing with the apparent efficiency of a laser (99.9%). The released energy is far greater than the incoming kinetic energy and therefore must involve an outside energy source, the nature of which is unknown. Left undirected, Alison's light will radiate from her body in all directions, producing regular flashes of white light. By conscious control over the light she produces, she can control its direction, frequency, amplitude, and duration.

She can produce numerous effects with the light she converts from sonic vibrations. She can create very simple patterns out of rays of light, such as circles, squares, triangles, and s tars. She has learned to manifest her light as:

* ***Blinding Flash:*** She can create a pulse of light on the order of several thousand watts per second of power, temporarily blinding people with its brilliance.
* ***Lasers:*** By concentrating, Alison can generate a coherent beam of light approximating a laser beam with which she can cut through virtually anything. The field thus operates in a similar fashion as the process that creates a laser and apparently has the same efficiency of a laser.
* ***Photon Blasts:*** She can generate a blast of concussive, solid light.
* ***Illumination:*** She can cause a bright glow all about her body to create light.
* ***Stobes:*** She can generate a pulsating strobe-like effect.
* ***Dazzles:*** She can create a chaotic cascade of sparkling lights and colors that severely upsets other peoples' equilibrium.
* ***Holograms:*** With effort, she can even create holograms of human beings and other three-dimensional beings and objects.
* ***Rocket Burst:*** She has the ability to gain vertical altitude by directing a quick column of light beneath her.
* ***Destructive Shields:*** She has the ability to create a destructive shield of light around herself with laser light that can vaporize small projectiles.
* ***Light Mists:*** She can create a glowing or hazy (almost fog-like) effect that obscures the surrounding area.

**Light Immunity:** Her body, especially her eyes, shields itself against any injurious effects of her light-transducing abilities and against those of bright lights in general.

**Sound Immunity:** She has the ability to transduce sound which also protects her from being deafened by loud noises.

### Abilities

Alison is a highly skilled athlete and has become a good hand-to-hand combatant due to her training with the X-Men. She is also a talented singer, actress, dancer, and a highly accomplished roller skater.

## Paraphernalia

**Tape-Player (*formerly*):** Initially, Alison would carry a customized radio cassette tape-player to provide her with continuous sound until she gained a special costume that stores sound. Professor Charles Xavier conceived the idea for the specialized costume that Alison used to wear in battle. Devices within the costume enabled her to store sonic energy more efficiently and to gauge and focus the light she generates with greater skill. Later, Alison learned to store the sound inside her body and selectively release portions as either sound or light.

**Roller Skates (*formerly*):** She formerly wore a pair of size eight roller skates which magnetically adhered to her boots.