Josalyn Bryant-Frost

## Universe(s)

Cannon

AU

Warverse

What If

Rewrite

**Josalyn Bryant-Frost** is the youngest triplet born to Kimberly Braynt-Frost and Calvin Shadow making her the triplet of Lily Bryant-Frost - identical sister - and Merrick Bryant-Frost. She grew up hating her biological father.

## Powers

### Mutation

**Superhuman Speed**: Josalyn is capable of running faster than the speed of sound (770 miles per hour).

### Limitations

* High-speed movement are sometimes hard to control and adjust to.
* Lacking Supernatural Stamina, Josalyn's body produces toxins faster than normal, giving her a time limit of how long she can use her powers.

### Abilities

**Master Martial Artist**: Through training under Damon Petridis, Josalyn is proficient in many forms of martial arts, including but not limited to: Kunlunquan, Shaolinquan, Judo, Aikido, Ninjutsu, Karate, Boxing and even loose street fighting tactics.

## Name Meaning

* **Josalyn** is a Variant of **Jocelyn**, derived from the Germanic element *Gaut* meaning "Goth", combined with a Latin diminutive suffix.
* **Marie** the French and Czech form of **Maria**, the Latin form of Greek Μαρια, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (**Mary**). The meaning is not known for certain, but there are several theories including "sea of bitterness", "rebelliousness", and "wished for child". However it was most likely originally an Egyptian name, perhaps derived in part from *mry* "beloved" or *mr* "love".
* **Bryant** is from the given name **Brian**, the meaning of this name is not known for certain but it is possibly related to the old Celtic element *bre* meaning "hill", or by extension "high, noble".
* **Shadow** is from Middle English *shadwe* "shadow" and Old English *sceadu* (**Shade**) a topographic name for someone who lived near a boundary, from Old English *scead* "boundary". A nickname for a very thin man, from Middle English *schade* "shadow", "wraith".
* **Frost** is from of Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, Norwegian and German origin, meaning born at the time of frost (winter) or someone with an icy or unbending disposition, and was originally a title of one who was shown to be unflinched in times of battle or confrontation, or to have an "icy" disposition, rather than a surname.
* **Miller** an occupational surname referring to a person who owned or worked in a grain mill, from Middle English *mille* "mill".

## Canon

### Canon Biography

* Childhood
* Teens
* Twenties

Josalyn was the second daughter and last born of the triplets to Kimberly Bryant, Pretender, and Calvin Shadow. The story of her conception is a complicated one filled with great pain. Her mother had traveled to the future to stop Calvin Shadow from killing all mutants. During this time Josalyn’s mother was raped by her father, which resulted in the conception of himself and her and her siblings Merrick and Lily. When the group had traveled back through time it had an adverse affect on his mother’s pregnancy and actually sped it up. She and her siblings were born at the Xavier Institute under the assistance of their healers Mikali Hamilton and Kisa Sohma. During the delivery The Calvin Shadow of the present kidnapped Lily and began to raise her as his own. Kim met and fell in love with Christian Frost, a fellow member of the Acolytes.

After Polaris, Lorna Dane, gained the office of president she was able to use her new political standings to force Calvin to return Lily to Kim so she could be raised with her siblings. And by force this meant Calvin was killed and Lily was taken away. Not long after the Xavier Institute was attacked by an anti-mutant organization, Kim and Christian were married. From this Christian adopted Josalyn and her siblings. Wanting to protect young mutants who may be uneasy about going to the Xavier Institute as it was being rebuilt, Scarlet Witch, Wanda Maximoff built the Lehnsherr Academy. It was at this new school that Josalyn and her siblings were being raised and welcomed their younger sister Emma Grace the 2nd, named for their step-grandmother, and Sebastian Winston, named for their step-grandfather and step great-grandfather, Winston Frost.

It was during their pre-teen years that it became apparent that she and Merrick were mutants. It was earlier than that which Lily had started to develop her abilities, how much earlier only Demitri had been privy to. A choice then had to be made. Now that they had mutant abilities they had to start to study and learn to control their powers. Josalyn had developed the ability to run at super human speeds even being able to break the sound barrier. As mutants were currently a hot topic and in most cases feared, and human nature is to hate what you fear.

To Merrick and Josalyn the decision for where they would learn to control their abilities was an easy on. They enrolled at the Lehnsherr Academy where their parents taught. But a rift was torn between the triplets when Lily chose to enroll at the Xavier Institute, against the wishes of their parents. Since she was taken away from Calvin the connection between Merrick, Josalyn, and Lily just never seemed as strong as the connection just between Merrick and Josalyn. Now the siblings found themselves in opposing schools. Lily wasn’t the only family member to choose the Xavier Institute their cousins Landon and Cora Lee Bryant had also chosen to attend there over the Academy when their powers developed. It wasn’t a shock that Landon and Cora Lee attended the Institute, since the school had been attacked there had been a rift that could not be explain torn between the Haven and their parents.

### Canon Personal Information

* Family
* Jobs
* Alliance
* Other

Marital Status:Married

Parents:

* Kimberly Anne Bryant-Frost (mother)
* Christian Michael Bryant-Frost (step-father)
* Calvin Shadow (father)†

Sibling(s):

* Demitri Shadow (half brother)
* Lily Rosalyn Shadow Bryant-Frost (sister)
* Merrick Bryant-Frost (sister)
* Emma Grace Frost II (half sister)
* Sebastian Winston Bryant-Frost (half brother)
* Jean Shadow (sister-in-law)

Spouse(s):Robert Miller(m.2029)

Children:N/A

Extended Family:

* See Bryant (maternal family)
* See Frost(step family)
* See Shadow (paternal family)

Assistant to Mayor of Boston

Current Affiliation(s):Acolytes

Previous Affiliation(s):Lehnsherr Academy

Codename: Tempo

Alias:\*Jo

* Jos

Title(s):

Place of Birth:Xavier Institute; Bayville, New York

Place of Residence:Boston, Massachusetts
AU
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### AU Biography

* Childhood
* Teens
* Twenties

Josalyn was the second daughter and last born of the triplets to Kimberly Bryant-Frost, Pretender, and Calvin Shadow. The story of her conception is a complicated one filled with great pain. Her mother had traveled to the future to stop Calvin Shadow from killing all mutants. During this time Josalyn’s mother was raped by her father, which resulted in the conception of himself and her and her siblings Merrick and Lily. When the group had traveled back through time it had an adverse affect on his mother’s pregnancy and actually sped it up. She and her siblings were born at the Xavier Institute under the assistance of their healers Mikali Hamilton and Kisa Sohma. During the delivery The Calvin Shadow of the present kidnapped Lily and began to raise her as his own. Kim met and fell in love with Christian Frost, a fellow member of the Acolytes.

After Polaris, Lorna Dane, gained the office of president she was able to use her new political standings to force Calvin to return Lily to Kim so she could be raised with her siblings. And by force this meant Calvin was killed and Lily was taken away. Not long after the Xavier Institute was attacked by an anti-mutant organization, Kim and Christian were married. From this Christian adopted Josalyn and her siblings. Wanting to protect young mutants who may be uneasy about going to the Xavier Institute as it was being rebuilt, Scarlet Witch, Wanda Maximoff built the Lehnsherr Academy. It was at this new school that Josalyn and her siblings were being raised and welcomed their younger sister Emma Grace the 2nd, named for their step-grandmother, and Sebastian Winston, named for their step-grandfather and step great-grandfather, Winston Frost.

It was during their pre-teen years that it became apparent that she and Merrick were mutants. It was earlier than that which Lily had started to develop her abilities, how much earlier only Demitri had been privy to. A choice then had to be made. Now that they had mutant abilities they had to start to study and learn to control their powers. Josalyn had developed the ability to run at super human speeds even being able to break the sound barrier. As mutants were currently a hot topic and in most cases feared, and human nature is to hate what you fear.

To Merrick and Josalyn the decision for where they would learn to control their abilities was an easy on. They enrolled at the Lehnsherr Academy where their parents taught. But a rift was torn between the triplets when Lily chose to enroll at the Xavier Institute, against the wishes of their parents. Since she was taken away from Calvin the connection between Merrick, Josalyn, and Lily just never seemed as strong as the connection just between Merrick and Josalyn. Now the siblings found themselves in opposing schools. Lily wasn’t the only family member to choose the Xavier Institute their cousins Landon and Cora Lee Bryant had also chosen to attend there over the Academy when their powers developed. It wasn’t a shock that Landon and Cora Lee attended the Institute, since the school had been attacked there had been a rift that could not be explain torn between the Haven and their parents.

### AU Personal Information

* Family
* Jobs
* Alliance
* Other

Marital Status:Married

Parents:

* Kimberly Anne Bryant-Frost (mother)
* Christian Michael Bryant-Frost (step-father)
* Calvin Shadow (father)†

Sibling(s):

* Demitri Shadow (half brother)
* Lily Rosalyn Shadow Bryant-Frost (sister)
* Merrick Bryant-Frost (sister)
* Emma Grace Frost II (half sister)
* Sebastian Winston Bryant-Frost (half brother)
* Jean Shadow (sister-in-law)

Spouse(s):Robert Miller(m.2029)

Children:N/A

Extended Family:

* See Bryant (maternal family)
* See Frost(step family)
* See Shadow (paternal family)

Assistant to Mayor of Boston

Current Affiliation(s):Acolytes

Previous Affiliation(s):Lehnsherr Academy

Codename: Tempo

Alias:\*Jo

* Jos

Title(s):

Place of Birth:Xavier Institute; Bayville, New York

Place of Residence:Boston, Massachusetts
## Warverse

### Warverse Biography

* Childhood
* Teens
* Twenties

### Warverse Personal Information

* Family
* Jobs
* Alliance
* Other

Marital Status:Married

Parents:

* Kimberly Anne Bryant-Frost (mother)†
* Calvin Shadow (father)†

Sibling(s):

* Demitri Shadow (half brother/foster father)
* Lily Rosalyn Shadow Bryant-Frost (sister)
* Merrick Bryant-Frost (sister)
* Jean Shadow (sister-in-law/foster mother)
* Zoe Petridis Bryant-Shadow (sister-in-law)

Spouse(s):Robert Miller(m.2029)

Children:N/A

Extended Family:

* See Bryant (maternal family)
* See Frost(step family)
* See Shadow (paternal family)

Assistant to Mayor of New York City

Current Affiliation(s):X-Men

Previous Affiliation(s):Haven

Codename: Tempo

Alias:\*Jo

* Jos

Title(s):

Place of Birth:Xavier Institute; Bayville, New York

Place of Residence:Manhattan, New York
## What If

### What If Biography

* Childhood
* Teens
* Twenties

Josalyn was the second daughter and last born of the triplets to Kimberly Bryant-Frost, Pretender, and Calvin Shadow. The story of her conception is a complicated one filled with great pain. Her mother had traveled to the future to stop Calvin Shadow from killing all mutants. During this time Josalyn’s mother was raped by her father, which resulted in the conception of himself and her and her siblings Merrick and Lily. When the group had traveled back through time it had an adverse affect on his mother’s pregnancy and actually sped it up. She and her siblings were born at the Xavier Institute under the assistance of their healers Mikali Hamilton and Kisa Sohma. During the delivery The Calvin Shadow of the present kidnapped Lily and began to raise her as his own. Kim met and fell in love with Christian Frost, a fellow member of the Acolytes.

After Polaris, Lorna Dane, gained the office of president she was able to use her new political standings to force Calvin to return Lily to Kim so she could be raised with her siblings. And by force this meant Calvin was killed and Lily was taken away. Not long after the Xavier Institute was attacked by an anti-mutant organization, Kim and Christian were married. From this Christian adopted Josalyn and her siblings. Wanting to protect young mutants who may be uneasy about going to the Xavier Institute as it was being rebuilt, Scarlet Witch, Wanda Maximoff built the Lehnsherr Academy. It was at this new school that Josalyn and her siblings were being raised and welcomed their younger sister Emma Grace the 2nd, named for their step-grandmother, and Sebastian Winston, named for their step-grandfather and step great-grandfather, Winston Frost.

It was during their pre-teen years that it became apparent that she and Merrick were mutants. It was earlier than that which Lily had started to develop her abilities, how much earlier only Demitri had been privy to. A choice then had to be made. Now that they had mutant abilities they had to start to study and learn to control their powers. Josalyn had developed the ability to run at super human speeds even being able to break the sound barrier. As mutants were currently a hot topic and in most cases feared, and human nature is to hate what you fear.

To Merrick and Josalyn the decision for where they would learn to control their abilities was an easy on. They enrolled at the Lehnsherr Academy where their parents taught. But a rift was torn between the triplets when Lily chose to enroll at the Xavier Institute, against the wishes of their parents. Since she was taken away from Calvin the connection between Merrick, Josalyn, and Lily just never seemed as strong as the connection just between Merrick and Josalyn. Now the siblings found themselves in opposing schools. Lily wasn’t the only family member to choose the Xavier Institute their cousins Landon and Cora Lee Bryant had also chosen to attend there over the Academy when their powers developed. It wasn’t a shock that Landon and Cora Lee attended the Institute, since the school had been attacked there had been a rift that could not be explain torn between the Haven and their parents.

### What If Personal Information

* Family
* Jobs
* Alliance
* Other

Marital Status:Married

Parents:

* Kimberly Anne Bryant-Frost (mother)
* Christian Michael Bryant-Frost (step-father)
* Calvin Shadow (father)†

Sibling(s):

* Demitri Shadow (half brother)
* Lily Rosalyn Shadow Bryant-Frost (sister)
* Merrick Bryant-Frost (sister)
* Emma Grace Frost II (half sister)
* Sebastian Winston Bryant-Frost (half brother)
* Jean Shadow (sister-in-law)

Spouse(s):Robert Miller(m.2029)

Children:N/A

Extended Family:

* See Bryant (maternal family)
* See Frost(step family)
* See Shadow (paternal family)

Assistant to Mayor of Boston

Current Affiliation(s):Acolytes

Previous Affiliation(s):Lehnsherr Academy

Codename: Tempo

Alias:\*Jo

* Jos

Title(s):

Place of Birth:Xavier Institute; Bayville, New York

Place of Residence:Boston, Massachusetts
## Rewrite

### Rewrite Biography

* Childhood
* Teens
* Twenties

Josalyn was the second daughter and last born of the triplets to Kimberly Bryant-Frost, Pretender, and Calvin Shadow. The story of her conception is a complicated one filled with great pain. Her mother had traveled to the future to stop Calvin Shadow from killing all mutants. During this time Josalyn’s mother was raped by her father, which resulted in the conception of himself and her and her siblings Merrick and Lily. When the group had traveled back through time it had an adverse affect on his mother’s pregnancy and actually sped it up. She and her siblings were born at the Xavier Institute under the assistance of their healers Mikali Hamilton and Kisa Sohma. During the delivery The Calvin Shadow of the present kidnapped Lily and began to raise her as his own. Kim met and fell in love with Christian Frost, a fellow member of the Acolytes.

After Polaris, Lorna Dane, gained the office of president she was able to use her new political standings to force Calvin to return Lily to Kim so she could be raised with her siblings. And by force this meant Calvin was killed and Lily was taken away. Not long after the Xavier Institute was attacked by an anti-mutant organization, Kim and Christian were married. From this Christian adopted Josalyn and her siblings. Wanting to protect young mutants who may be uneasy about going to the Xavier Institute as it was being rebuilt, Scarlet Witch, Wanda Maximoff built the Lehnsherr Academy. It was at this new school that Josalyn and her siblings were being raised and welcomed their younger sister Emma Grace the 2nd, named for their step-grandmother, and Sebastian Winston, named for their step-grandfather and step great-grandfather, Winston Frost.

It was during their pre-teen years that it became apparent that she and Merrick were mutants. It was earlier than that which Lily had started to develop her abilities, how much earlier only Demitri had been privy to. A choice then had to be made. Now that they had mutant abilities they had to start to study and learn to control their powers. Josalyn had developed the ability to run at super human speeds even being able to break the sound barrier. As mutants were currently a hot topic and in most cases feared, and human nature is to hate what you fear.

To Merrick and Josalyn the decision for where they would learn to control their abilities was an easy on. They enrolled at the Lehnsherr Academy where their parents taught. But a rift was torn between the triplets when Lily chose to enroll at the Xavier Institute, against the wishes of their parents. Since she was taken away from Calvin the connection between Merrick, Josalyn, and Lily just never seemed as strong as the connection just between Merrick and Josalyn. Now the siblings found themselves in opposing schools. Lily wasn’t the only family member to choose the Xavier Institute their cousins Landon and Cora Lee Bryant had also chosen to attend there over the Academy when their powers developed. It wasn’t a shock that Landon and Cora Lee attended the Institute, since the school had been attacked there had been a rift that could not be explain torn between the Haven and their parents.

### Rewrite Personal Information

* Family
* Jobs
* Alliance
* Other

Marital Status:Married

Parents:

* Kimberly Anne Bryant-Frost (mother)
* Christian Michael Bryant-Frost (step-father)
* Calvin Shadow (father)†

Sibling(s):

* Demitri Shadow (half brother)
* Lily Rosalyn Shadow Bryant-Frost (sister)
* Merrick Bryant-Frost (sister)
* Emma Grace Frost II (half sister)
* Sebastian Winston Bryant-Frost (half brother)
* Jean Shadow (sister-in-law)

Spouse(s):Robert Miller(m.2029)

Children:N/A

Extended Family:

* See Bryant (maternal family)
* See Frost(step family)
* See Shadow (paternal family)

Assistant to Mayor of Boston

Current Affiliation(s):Acolytes

Previous Affiliation(s):Lehnsherr Academy

Codename: Tempo

Alias:\*Jo

* Jos

Title(s):

Place of Birth:Xavier Institute; Bayville, New York

Place of Residence:Boston, Massachusetts

## References

1. ↑ Behind the Name:Josalyn - accessed September 7,2016
2. ↑ Behind the Name: Jocelyn - accessed September 7,2016
3. ↑ Behind the Name: Marie - accessed September 7,2016
4. ↑ Behind the Name: Maria - accessed September 7,2016
5. ↑ Behind the Name:Mary - accessed September 7,2016
6. ↑ Behind the Name Surnames:Bryant - accessed September 5,2016
7. ↑ Behind the Name: Brian - accessed September 5,2016
8. ↑ Ancestry:Shadow - accessed September 6,2016
9. ↑ Ancestry: Shade - accessed September 6,2016
10. ↑ Surname: Frost - accessed via Wikipedia September 6,2016
11. ↑ Behind the Name Surname: Miller - accessed September 7,2016