Charles Xavier

## Background

### 1956 - 1971: Charles Xavier

Charles Francis Xavier is the son of wealthy nuclear researcher, Dr. Brian Xavier & his wife, Sharon. At the age of seven, his father died in an accident explosion at a nuclear facility. After his father's death, Sharon got remarried to Xavier's colleague Dr. Kurt Marko. He also brought his son by a previous marriage, Cain Marko, to live in their ancestral mansion. Dr. Marko favored the gentle, smart Charles over his own son, which led to Cain constantly bullying Charles.

At the age of ten, Charles' telepathic powers began emerging & by the time we was fifteen, he learned to control them. Due to the immense psychic energies emanating from Charles' head, he became bald shortly after his powers manifested. With his powers, Charles discovered that Dr. Marko married his mother for her money, as he was jealous of Dr. Xavier's wealth. Realizing Dr. Marko did not have feelings for Sharon, she started drinking & later divorced Marko. From then on, Cain regarded Xavier as his enemy for destroying their family.

### 1971 - 1975: Charles Xavier

Xavier was a brilliant student, going on to attend Empire State University & graduating at just eighteen. He planned to further his education at ESU but Xavier was soon drafted for the War once he turned eighteen.

Having been drafted, Xavier was sent to Vietnam during the Vietnam War. There, Xavier & his former stepbrother Marko served in the same unit. He later served on search & rescue missions, where he earned the nickname, the "Good Shepherd." When the war ended a year later, Xavier returned home to finish his education.

### 1975 - 1993: Charles Xavier

Still intent on undertaking graduate studies, Xavier reenrolled at Empire State to gain his Ph.D.s in Genetics & Biophysics. Now with a doctorate on his resume, Charles became a professor of genetics at the school & continued his research on mutants in his spare time.

While attending a job fair, Xavier met Moira MacTaggert. The two began talking with Charles eventually sharing his ideals of the peaceful coexistence between humans & mutants after he was sure Moira could be trusted. Believing in his mission, she joined him in a long-term plan to guarantee the future of mutant-kind. Eventually, they fell in love as their passionate discussions on genetic mutation gave way to an equally passionate romance.

### 1993 - 1994: Charles Xavier

Once both Moira received her own PhD, they got married & decided to travel the world. Moira eventually retuned back to the states to focus on her career but Charles made one last trip to Haifa, Israel. There, he worked with the head of a clinic for traumatized war victims, Daniel Shomron. They soon became acquainted with a volunteer by the name of Erik Lehnsherr. The two of them frequently held debates hypothesizing what would happen if humanity was faced with a new super-powered race of humans, though Erik unaware that Charles was a mutant. After building a friendship for weeks, the two friends revealed their powers to each other. When Charles pitched his idea to start a school for the mutant youth to later strengthen mutant-human relations, Erik agreed & joined him. When Charles returned home, he informed of his idea about turning their home into school. In return, he received the surprise that Moira was pregnant with their first child.

## Romantic Relationships

* Moira MacTaggert: Girlfriend (*Unknown* - 1994); Wife (1994 - )

## Powers & Abilities

* **Mutant Physiology:** Charles Xavier is an Alpha-Level Mutant, said to possess the most powerful brain in existence & to be the world's greatest telepath possessing vast psionic powers. Xavier is able to read minds & project his own thoughts into the minds of others within a radius of 250 miles (on Earth). With extreme effort he can greatly extend that radius. When synched with Cerebro, he can connect to every mind on a planet.
	+ ***Absorb Information*:** He has the ability to quickly process & store information, by mental transference.
	+ ***Astral Projection*:** Charles can use astral travel and communicate with others astrally through his own will, or through contact with the thoughts and memories of others. In the astral realm, he could use his powers to create "ectoplasmic" objects. He could not engage in long range astral projection on the earthly plane.
	+ ***Mental Amnesia*:** Charles can cause loss of particular memories or total amnesia in another person or a group of people.
	+ ***Mental Detection*:** He can sense the presence of another superhuman mutant within a small but as yet undefined radius of himself by perceiving the distinctive mental radiations emitted by such a being.
	+ ***Mind Alteration*:** He has the ability to alter the minds of others by force of will.
	+ ***Mind Blast*:** He has the ability to place large amounts of information in another's mind.
	+ ***Mind Control*:** Xavier possesses the power to control the minds of others upon mere concentration. This power could allow him to completely shut down several people's minds, making it appear as if time has stopped.
	+ ***Mind Link*:** He has the ability to develop a mental link with any person which remains as a connection to that individual.
	+ ***Mind Possession*:** Xavier can possess the mind of another, and use that being's body as his own.
	+ ***Mind Transferal*:** Xavier possesses the ability to transfer both his mind & powers into other host bodies if his own physical body was somehow killed.
	+ ***Multilingualism*:** As a result of his telepathic abilities, Xavier is able to communicate with any individual, regardless of languages barriers.
	+ ***Psionic Blasts*:** Xavier can project psionic force bolts which had no physical effects but can affect a victim's mind so as to cause the victim pain or unconsciousness & could even kill an adversary.
	+ ***Psionic Shield*:** He has the ability to erect a psychic shield for protection of himself and of other minds, so that he could prevent the free access to the conscious & subconscious mind of anyone.
	+ ***Telepathic Camouflage*:** Charles is capable of masking his & other peoples' presence from those around him. He can telepathically disguise himself, making his appearance to those around him quite different (changing the appearance of clothing, as well as more involved disguising).
	+ ***Telepathic Cloak*:** He can mask his presence from being detected by others. His abilities could at times go undetected or be counteracted by other more powerful telepaths depending on their level of skill in using their own psi abilities. He can extend these defenses to others around him as well.
	+ ***Telepathic Illusions*:** Charles has the ability to create realistic telepathic illusions & cause people to experience events which are not actually occurring.
	+ ***Telepathic Learning***: He is also able to telepathically teach information to other individuals. For example, when Illyana Rasputin first came to live at the X-Mansion, he telepathically taught many of the X-Men Russian & taught her English.
	+ ***Telekinesis*:** Professor X has shown low-level telekinetic abilities. When empowered by a Cerebro like helmet, Charles exhibited psionic mind over matter facilities refined enough to beckon a flash drive into his hand with a gesture.
* **Genius Level Intellect:** A natural genius, Xavier is a leading authority on genetics, mutation & psionics. He possesses considerable expertise in other life sciences. He is highly talented in devising equipment for utilizing and enhancing psionic powers.
	+ ***Leadership*:** Since their debut, Charles has successfully led the X-Men
	+ ***Military Training*:** Charles served in the United States Military, secretly employing his abilities to specialize in search & rescue missions.
	+ ***Tactical Analysis*:** Xavier is also quite the masterful tactician & strategist, effectively evaluating situations & devising swift responses. He has on numerous occasions, even fashioned long-term operations as complex as those of adversaries such as Sinister, Magneto & Apocalypse.
	+ ***Wealth*:** Professor X is extremely wealth, inherinting all the money from both of his aprents. He spends most of his money on the upkeep of the X-Mansion, equipment for the X-Men & funding of X-Corporation.
* **Hand to Hand Combat:** In his vast travels, he became a proficient hand-to-hand combatant & gained knowledge of pressure points.
* **Hover Chair:** Designed by Forge, the hoverchair served many of Professor Charles Xavier's needs, transportation being only one factor in its number of amenities. The chair had also been noted for not being strictly exclusive to hovering above the ground, once exhibiting the capacity to float several yards above the surface. On either side of the armrests were panels to an intricately integrated terminal directly networked with Cerebro, the X-Jet, a multitude of communications & all other technologies developed by X-Corp. He never used the chair in public, as to not alert the public of his technology & connection to the X-Men.

### Weaknesses

* **Paraplegic:** Professor X has often been unable to walk due to spinal damage.

### Ratings

* **Acumen:** 7 - Master / Elite
* **Might:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Quickness:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Mysticism:** 2 - Impaired / Below Average
* **Gadgets:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Projection:** 8 - Paragon / Proficient
* **Tactics:** 7 - Master / Elite
* **Battle:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **TOTAL:** 164 - Power Level 4 / Moderate Threat

## Trivia

* Charles has been the legal or unofficial guardian for many of his students due to their parents being deceased or giving up guardianship. Some of those students are Scott Summers, Alex Summers, Bobby Drake & Ruth Aldine.
* Xavier's Dream is peaceful coexistence between humans & mutants. Though he also wishes that all mutants could come together on common ground, united under one flag & for one cause.
* His favorite book is T.H. White's *The Once and Future King*.
* He loves Japanese green tea.
* He is a billionaire.
* He dislikes when Wolverine calls him "Charlie."

## Notes

* The original character of Professor X belongs to the Marvel Universe.
* Charles Xavier II is his son with Mystique while she's impersonating Moira. David is a nod to David Haller, his son with Gabrielle Haller. Alexandra is a nod to Xandra, his daughter with Princess Lilandra Neramani.