Elizabeth Braddock

## Background

### 1980 - 2002: Elizabeth Braddock

Almost a decade after the birth of their first child, the Braddock family welcomed twins Brian & Elizabeth. Their father, Sir James Braddock, was one of the United Kingdom's leading research scientists. After marrying their mother Elizabeth Hartwood, they set their family up at the Braddock Manor.

Having been named after her mother, she was mostly referred to as Betsy to lessen the confusion. As a child, Betsy was much more closer to her older brother Jamie than to her twin brother Brian, idolizing Jamie for his adventurous lifestyle as a racing driver. At the age of sixteen, Betsy moved to New York City for the summer so that she could pursue a modeling career. After auditioning for a magazine cover, her telepathic mutant powers activated, linking her mind to millions of minds, forcing her to not leave her apartment for a month before returning home.

Betsy did her best to forget the ordeal & went back to her normal lifestyle. While Betsy & Brian were away at college, their parents were killed in an explosion in Dr. Braddock's laboratory caused by the malfunctioning computer. After their parents' deaths, Betsy again took up modeling while her brother focused on his studies. She had international praise as a model, becoming famous all over the world. With her psychic powers growing, Elizabeth confided her troubles with her superhero brother. As he was in America at the time, he had Betsy come out to visit him for some time. Upon her arrival, she witnessed a savage Sabretooth attacked civilians & engaged him in a brawl. Impressed by her courage, Professor Xavier & the X-Men offered her a position on the team. Betsy accepted & adopted the code name Psylocke.

## Romantic Relationships

* Logan: Lover (2005)
* Alex Summers: Lover (2006)
* Cable: *Unknown*
* Charles Cluster: *Unknown*
* Charlotte Cluster: *Unknown*
* Warren Worthington III: On & Off (2002 - )

## Powers & Abilities

* **Mutant Physiology - Telekinesis:** She has the ability to psionically manipulate & control the physical aspects of reality. She can also move & levitate other people. While she can move objects from a distance & fly as other telekinetics do, she has shown little inclination to do either in combat situations. She can also create telekinetic shields of various sizes and strength.[121] Her telekinesis is also much stronger now than it was before. Psylocke at first seemed to find that using her telekinesis in forceful ways was easier than in delicate ways (i.e. shattering a brick wall proving more easy than levitating a pencil across a room). However, over time she displayed further control over fine matter.
	+ ***Force Fields*:** Psylocke can create a telekinetic shield of all sizes to deflect/decelerate incoming attacks.
	+ ***Telekinetic Invisibility*:** Psylocke has been shown to be capable of using her telekinesis to render herself invisible by modifying her molecular structure.
	+ ***Telekinetic Weapons*:** Psylocke, since before showed great versatility over her telekinesis, in which she uses to construct psionic weapons that damage a target either physically, mentally or both in some point. She showed skill in using creating multiple types of psionic weapons that differ in size, length & power which she uses in combat. She has even been just using her raw psi-energy for energy blasts.
		- ***Telekinetic Sword*:** Psylocke can manifest a telekinetic sword composed of raw psi-energy at will, which at its lowest intensity, functions to disrupt neural pathways and at its highest level, her swords can slice an armored opponent & cut through the armor, but leave the attacker physically unharmed. She can also use her swords to shatter telepathic power-inhibitors imposed on others. Betsy's telekinetic manifestations produce visible radiance in the physical world. Thus, she can use her psychic sword as a makeshift light source in areas of darkness. Her telekinetic sword is strong enough to harm other beings more powerful than herself.
		- ***Telekinetic Crossbow*:** As of late, Psylocke has been showing even more versatility when it comes to her psionic constructs. She has been seen creating psi-bows & arrows. She has created psi-crossbows with a rope-attached bolt that allows not just her to swing on it, but other people as well.
		- ***Telekinetic Bow & Arrow*:** Psylocke has the ability to create a bow & arrow made of telekinetic energy that can pierce through armor or damage the target mentally or physically on contact.
		- ***Telekinetic Spiked Flail*:** She can manifest a psionic spiked flail which weighs ninety pounds she used to save a baby to destroy the wall.
		- ***Telekinetic Claws*:** As an extension of her psionic constructs she is able to create claws like X-23's but made of pure psionic energy which can affect the target physically, and also to slice through armor.
	+ ***Telekinetically Enhanced Condition*:** She can use her telekinesis to enhance her speed, strength, agility & other fighting skills to superhuman levels.
	+ ***Flight*:** Psylocke can personalize her telekinesis in such a way that she's able to levitate & propel herself through the air at variable speeds
	+ ***Advanced Telekinetic Combatant*:** As a telekinetic, she often uses her powers to augment her strength & speed, which made her fighting skills so strong that she was able to match & even outmatch other superhumanly strong opponents like a holographic version of Sabretooth in the Danger Room. Psylocke was also able to match Rogue’s attacks during a training session, despite the fact that Rogue had greatly enhanced speed & strength at the time.
* **Mutant Physiology - Telepathy:** She possesses mental powers to affect and manipulate the minds of other sentient beings. Psylocke can read minds and communicate mentally with others over long distances. When she telepathically communicates with another person over a distance, that person often perceives her presence as a butterfly-like image bearing large eyes on its wings.
	+ ***Psionic Knife*:** Described as "the focused totality of her psychic powers," by intensely channeling & focusing her psionic powers to her hands to create “psychic blades”, razor-sharp edges of pure mental energy which are said to be the ultimate physical manifestation of her powers which she plunges into the minds of her targets directly. She often uses them to disrupt the neurons of her foes by driving the glowing "blade" of mental energy into their skulls. It is able to kill.
	+ ***Astral Projection*:** She can project her astral form from her body onto astral planes or the physical plane. In the astral plane, she can mentally create psionic objects & manipulate the aspects of her environment. Her astral form is normally undetectable.
	+ ***Psionic Shadow*:** She is able to mask her presence from others. Her abilities can go undetected & are very difficult to track, even by very powerful telepaths such. She can extend these defenses to others around her as well.
	+ ***Telepathic Illusions*:** She has the ability to create illusions to make herself seem to be invisible, look like someone else, or make others experience events that are not truly happening.
	+ ***Mind Control*:** Capable of controlling the minds of others.
	+ ***Telepathic Detection*:** She can scan large areas & detect threats in her vicinity. She can also detect the psyches of the inhabitants of a city to learn of their condition.
	+ ***Mental Paralysis*:** She has the ability to induce temporary mental or physical paralysis.
	+ ***Mental Amnesia*:** She can erase any awareness of particular memories or cause total amnesia.
	+ ***Telepathic Tracking*:** She has enhanced psionic senses that enable her to track other sentient beings by their unique psionic emanations (thought patterns contained in the psionic portion of the spectrum) especially if they pose a threat in her immediate vicinity.
	+ ***Psionic Blasts*:** She can project psionic force bolts which have no physical effects, but can affect a victim's mind so as to cause the victim pain, unconsciousness, or even death.
	+ ***Psionic Immunity*:** Psylocke has been shown to have an immunity to certain psionic attacks such as mind reading & illusions.
	+ ***Master Telepathic Combatant*:** As a telepath, Psylocke takes advantage of her powers in a fight by reading her opponent's' movements seconds before they make them, giving her the opportunity to counter-attack faster & she can also use her telepathy to mask her presence from other people, humans and super-humans alike. She also creates telepathic illusions to distract her enemies while fighting them & as a ninja, she uses her psychic knife to incapacitate her opponents without killing them, though she has less inhibitions about doing so & will if necessary.
* **Aviation:** She is trained pilot.
* **Hand to Hand Combat/Martial Artist:** Psylocke has been classified as a master martial artist. She is skilled in various Ninjutsu techniques such as Taijutsu & Kenpo. Her skills have been said to rival those of a ninja grandmaster (10th Dan level black belt or above).
* **Stealth:** She is well versed in stealth methods, silent movement, escape, infiltration & concealment.
* **Weaponry:** She is highly skilled with all Ninja weapons.
* **Shurayuki:** Psylocke currently carries a katana named Shurayuki. She can focus her powers to create a psionic Katana or a crossbow. Psylocke also carried & employed a pair of katana as well. Psylocke can kinetically charge weapons with psionic energy. When charged, her weapons glow purple.

### Weaknesses

* **Power Limitation:** The downside of her powers is that the strength of her telepathic & telekinetic powers depend on how much she is using the other. Using two powers at once makes it hard for her to focus & lowers their level of power. For instance if she is using her telekinesis, her telepathy is limited to only reading & broadcasting thoughts & she is unable utilize her other telepathic skills. Aside from this, her previous resistance to both reality manipulation & telepathy seemed to diminish & she can now be detected by electronic devices.

### Ratings

* **Acumen:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Might:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Quickness:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Mysticism:** 1 - Nonexistent
* **Gadgets:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **Projection:** 7 - Master / Elite
* **Tactics:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Battle:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **TOTAL:** 150 - Power Level 4 / Moderate Threat

## Trivia

* Dr. McCoy had a crush on her when she was a supermodel.
* She shared a "psychic (telepathic) bond" with Wolverine.

## Notes

* The original character of Psylocke belongs to the Marvel Universe.