Alison Blaire

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* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

## Identity

### Known Aliases

Dazzler (Cryptonym)
Ali, AJ, Alison Brown, Lightengale (Aliases)

### Relatives

Carter Blaire (Father)
Katherine Edwards (Mother, Deceased\*)
Bella Blaire (Grandmother)

## Physical Description

### Childhood: 1979 - 1991

Alison is the daughter of Carter and Katherine Blaire. Alison's father was a stoic lawyer, while her mother was a free-spirited entertainer. Ultimately, Alison would never get to know her mother as she appears to have taken her own life when Alison was still a toddler. It is worth noting that no body was ever recovered, but a suicide note and a solid alibi appears to have cleared Carter from any suspicion of foul play.

Whatever the fate of Katherine, Carter was left to raise Alison with the help of his mother, Bella. Katherine's suicide had a profound effect on Carter, who tried to conceal the truth from Alison as much as possible. Still, Alison overheard her father and grandmother talking one night and her whole outlook on life changed. She became a more introspective and sadder child, who found music the only thing she could turn to make her feel more normal.

As Alison entered adolescence, her vocal talents really came into their own, and she blossomed into a dazzling beauty. Bella developed dreams of Ali becoming a singer, but her father, now a judge, was resistant to the idea, seeing too much of Katherine in Ali for his liking. Still, Carter was nothing if not a mama's boy, so he relented and Bella began booking Ali some publicity performances and auditions for talent agencies.

### Music Career: 1991 - 1995

Alison Blaire has her breakthrough when performing a cover of *"Coal Miner's Daughter"* at the county fair, followed by one of her own original songs. A local radio personality in attendance decided to make some calls on Ali's behalf to get her a record deal and air play. Her first year on the radio was challenging with her balancing school and music, but Alison made it work as best she could.

By her second year, Alison was a certified country-pop sensation and began touring coast-to-coast, with some stops in Canada. She also began filming music videos. With all this, school was not a realistic expectation, but Carter insisted Ali have an education to fall back on, so Bella hired a tutor to tour with Ali. Still, as her granddaughter's manager, Bella pressured Ali to focus on her singing and songwriting above all.

Without school, Ali struggled to make friends her age. However, her record company did set her up with a few other artists her age in hopes of creative some collaborative projects, only a few of these ended up with anything resembling music — one such creative partnership was with Lila Cheney, an up-and-coming rock guitarist and singer.

Though Lila and Ali's musical styling were different, they had more in common than just having the same record company. They got along surprisingly well, sensing come commonality between them that neither of them could quite define. The pair created not one, but three duets deemed worthy of being released as singles. Each one was a hit and when the pair went on national television to perform their songs at the Grand Ole Opry, there was a slight hiccup.

Before the show, Alison had an intense migraine that would not go away. Bella wanted the reschedule, but Alison's performative work ethic wouldn't allow it. The curtains went up and Ali and Lila gave it their all. It was a total hit with the crowd. During Ali's big vocal solo, there was a bright flash that left the crowd stunned and blind. Ali knew the flash came from her, but didn't know how she did it or how her flash caused Lila to disappear from the stage altogether. Lila hasn't been seen since.

### Gifted Youngster: 1995

After this, Xavier reached out to give Ali a break from the public eye.

## Analysis

* **Mutant Level:** Alison is a Gamma-Level Mutant with Alpha Class projected potential.
* **Mutation: Sound Conversion:** Alison has the ability to transduce sonic vibrations which reach her body into various types of light — including a hard-light that hits with concussive force. This ability seems to operate over a great range of frequencies, including the audible spectrum (35 to 16,500 cycles per second), and a great variation of sound pressure levels regardless of the complexity, dissonance, or randomness of the sound. For example, a car crash and symphonic passage of equal duration will both produce usable incoming acoustic vibrations. However, as Alison is a musician, she does prefer the sound of music over a simple noise. Not only is music more pleasant to her ears, but the steady beat or popular music provides a more constant source of sound to convert. However, it does not seem that Alison cannot use any sound produced by herself, unless if is amplified or filtered by another means (such as being transmitted through a microphone). Despite the limits of her sound conversion ability being unknown, she has shown herself capable of nullifying the sonic scream of Sean Cassidy.
	+ ***Razzle-Dazzle:*** Alison has the ability to release all of her absorbed energy in one burst, creating an explosive lightshow. This tends to leave her exhausted but can severely affect others' equilibrium and may cause those blast radius to lose consciousness.
	+ ***Echolocation:*** Alison can use her conversion ability to acts as a rather crude form of echolocation, provided there is ambient noise in her environment.
	+ ***Light Projection:*** When Alison has absorbed sonic vibrations, she can then release the stored energy, converting it into light in the process. She can control the light's brightness, color, and effect. She can produce numerous effects with the light she converts from sonic vibrations. She can create very simple patterns out of rays of light like circles, squares, triangles, and stars. She has also been experimenting with creating simple holograms.
	+ ***Flash:*** Ali can create a pulse of light which temporarily blinds people.
	+ ***Laser Beam:*** By concentrating, Alison can generate a coherent beam of light, similar to a laser (Light Amplification by Simulated Emission of Radiation), with which she can cut through virtually anything.
	+ ***Photon Blasts:*** Alison can generate a blast of concussive solid light. This can be a bolt (often projected from her fingertips, ala a "finger gun") or an orb that she can hurl like a baseball which then explodes outward, similar to a grenade.
	+ ***Illumination:*** Alison can cause a bright glow all about her body to great light in which to illuminate her environment. She can also leave touch something to leave a residual glow for a short period of time.
* **Expertise: Singer/Songwriter:** Due to her career as a musician, Alison has several skills she developed in the pursuit of fame and fortune (even though she has lost much of it due to contract violations and legal costs in the wake of her sudden disappearance to "focus on her education"). Alison is an accomplished singer, songwriter, dancer, and musical theorist. She also knows how to play several instruments, including guitar, the piano, and harmonica.
* **Fame:** Alison's fame is limited mostly to the rural United States and fans of Country Western music, she did have some breakout success and may be recognized when in public even when she uses aliases.

### Threat Assessment

* **Might:** 2 — Normal
* **Acumen:** 2 — Average
* **Speed:** 2 — Normal
* **Tactical:** 2 — Normal
* **Energy:** 4 — Extensive Ability
* **Resilience:** 3 — Enhanced, Tough
	+ **TOTAL:** 27
	+ **RANKING:** Capable

## Trivia and Notes

### Notes

* Alison Blaire resides in Subsidiary Reality M, within Murum Locus.
* Dazzler is a character originating from *Marvel Comics*.

## Links and References

* Appearances of Alison Blaire

1. ↑ Cerebro Files: Alison Blaire