Paige Guthrie

## Background

### 1992 - 2005: Paige Guthrie

Paige Guthrie is the third oldest of the Guthrie clan born to Thomas & Lucinda. Just like her older siblings, she was born at the Guthrie Farmhouse during an in home birth in their small town in Kentucky.

After a mostly normal childhood (other than the abundance of siblings she gained), Paige didn't expect much to change for her until college. Then Sam & Elizabeth both found out they were mutants after their powers manifested when they got stuck in a coal mine. To help them control their powers, their parents enrolled Sam at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning. Paige kept her feelings to herself until two years later when Elizabeth then enrolled. She was instantly jealous of them & wanted to get powers of her own. She then did everything possible to discover if she was a mutant but all she got was failures so she gave up on her mission.

The next year, her father passed away from black lung he developed due to working in the local coal mines. After the funeral, Paige cried out in frustration to Elizabeth about their father's passing. At that moment, her powers manifested & her skin skin shed to reveal another. She begged Elizabeth to keep her powers a secret as she did not want to stress her mother out anymore. But after she accidentally shed her skin in front of her mother, she had Paige enrolled at the Xavier Institute & moved into the X-Mansion during the summer.

### 2005 - 2007: Husk

Paige instantly loved it at school as she was fascinated by the many other students & their powers. During her first year, she managed to become a better X-Man than her classmates through her studying. After a year at the Institute, Paige decided to take on the codename of Husk due to her ability to husk her skin to expose a new type of skin underneath.

Over the years, Paige excelled in both her education & training. Wanting to prove herself, she left campus to go join their fight against Hollow. Her confidence got the best of her as she believed that their razor sharp skin wouldn't hurt her, but after tackling Hollow, Husk was badly hurt & left with some bad gashes.Upset, Paige found herself some liquor & began drinking her sorrows away. She was eventually found by Jono (aka Chamber), who had come to her room to check on her. She impulsively decided to kiss him, which startled him & caused his powers to accidentally blow a hole in her room. Paige then changed into a form so that she wasn't hurt by the blast from his powers. But she told him to leave the room so no one knew what happened & because she was embarrassed that it was because of her that her room was blown up.

Paige tried to later thank Chamber for keeping what happened a secret but instead, he just brushed her off. She then confided in Jubilee that she didn't think a relationship with Chamber would ever work, though she told her not to lose hope.

### 2007 - 2010: Husk

In time, Paige & Jono eventually started a relationship though it would initially be awkward & strained. The relationship was terminated on more than one occasion due to Jono's self-sabotaging. After a bad break up, Paige began dating Tristan Brawn. She figured that since he was a human, he came with less problems. She would be wrong when it came out that his grandfather was the one who ordered the deaths of Jubilee's parents. Not only did he disown his grandfather but he personally did his best to make things right with Jubilee.

Eventually, the relationship ended & Paige started her senior year by focusing her studies on her true passion of environmental issues. Her studies led her to discovering corruption within Worthington Enterprises, the company owned by Warren Worthington III. Confiding in Warren, the two of them investigated though the mission would end her almost getting killed. Warren then saved her with his healing ability & also left Paige with a growing crush on the X-Man.

During her last year at the Xavier Institute, she renewed her relationship with Jono. She constantly contemplated between taking graduate classes through Empire State University or just remaining at the Institute but she definitely wasn't returning home. In the end, she decided to take some time off & become a full-time member for the X-Men. One of her first missions was when she discovered that their younger sister Joelle had fallen in with a group called Humanity's Last Stand. While investigating, Paige ended up kidnapped. Eventually, Joelle discovered her sister tied up & the group's real goal. She then helped her siblings save Paige & Joelle left the organization. Since the kidnapping, Paige remained shaken up by the ordeal.

## Romantic Relationships

* Jonothon Starsmore: On & Off (2007 - 2008); Boyfriend (2010 - )
* Tristan Brawn: Boyfriend (2009)

## Powers & Abilities

* **Mutant Physiology**
	+ ***Transitional Omni-morph*:** Husk has the mutant ability to shed her outer layer of skin & reveal a new state or shape underneath. Her power can cause random changes if she activates it without thinking, but by concentrating on specific chemical or elemental formulas, she can control the nature of her transformation. She can become any solid that she has studied & can imitate metal, diamond, granite, wood, rubber & even glass. Morphing has caused her to take on various powers such as
		- ***Enhanced Strength***
		- ***Enhanced Speed***
		- ***Enhanced Durability***
		- ***Flame Projection*:** In her magma form.
		- ***Impact-Absorbing Elasticity***
		- ***Amphibious talents***
	+ ***Accelerated** **Healing*****:** When Paige sheds the outer layer of her skin she can husk away sweat, grime, or minor injuries, but deeper ones will stay with her.
* **High Level Intellect:** Paige is said to be of gifted intelligence when it comes to technology.
	+ ***Computer Operation*:** Husk is adept at the programming & operation of computers, including computer hacking which she has a known reputation for

### Weaknesses

* **Power Limitation:** She can hold a form for about an hour before she needs to revert back to her original form. She can morph repeatedly & is not required to stay in any one form, but too many transformations can become very painful. In great stress or trauma, Paige can shed without control, revealing patchwork forms. When Paige ‘husks’, she often sheds her clothing as well. This has the unintended side effect of leaving her nude when she returns to her normal form.

### Ratings

* **Acumen:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Might:** 3 - Average / Basic to 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **Quickness:** 3 - Average / Basic to 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Mysticism:** 1 - Nonexistent
* **Gadgets:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Projection:** 4 - Trained / Learned to 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Tactics:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Battle:** 4 - Trained / Learned

## Trivia

* Ever since he saved her life, she's had a crush on Warren.
* She is extremely intolerant to alcohol. She can become drunk after drinking just one bottle of beer.
* After she & Tristan began dating, Jono threatened to blow Tristan's face off if he hurt her.
* The Thanksgiving fiasco with Jono hurt Paige so badly that she stayed at the Institute for Christmas with the other children who didn't have families.
* Her best friend is Jubilee. They have been roommates since they both enrolled at the school.
* However, she has been debating on moving out of her room with Jubilee & moving in with Jono as she already spends most nights there.
* When in her natural form, she has power ranking of 52, classifying her as Power Level 2 / Low Threat. In some of her transformations, her power ranking can reach up to to 104, thus classifying her as a Power Level 3 / General Threat.

## Notes

* The original character of Husk belongs to the Marvel Universe.
* In order of children, it goes Sam, Elizabeth, Paige, Jay, Melody, Jeb & Joelle, Lewis & Cissie then Bonnie.
* In the comics, her & Warren started a relationship after he saved her life.