Kitty Pryde

## Background

### 1984 - 2000: Kitty Pryde

Katherine "Kitty" Pryde was born to Carmen & Theresa Pryde in Deerfield, Illinois. Kitty essentially led a normal life for an extremely gifted child until she began suffering increasingly intense headaches at the age of sixteen. Unbeknownst to her, the headaches were a result of Kitty's mutant power emerging.

Professor Charles Xavier eventually located Kitty & was set on recruiting her for his school, and possibly become a new member of his X-Men in the future. At the same time, the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club also learned about Kitty & its White Queen Emma Frost went to invite Kitty to her newly opened Massachusetts Academy.

During her in-home visit with the X-Men, she & her new friend Storm visited a local malt shop when three Hellfire Knights burst into the shop in an attack led by the White Queen. They were overwhelmed until Cyclops & Xavier arrived to save them from Hellfire Club mercenaries. Kitty's father was furious at Xavier for the danger he believed he had placed his daughter in but Xavier was able to use her mental powers to calm Carmen Pryde's rage. Though her parents were quite wary due to the danger Kitty was now surrounded by, Kitty's growing relationship with Storm convinced her that the Institute was where she needed to be.

### 2000 - 2004: Shadowcat

Though not an official member of the X-Men, Kitty still spent a great deal of her time training. During her first training session in the Danger Room, Kitty easily walked through a scenario that took Professor Xavier weeks to program. Because of her powers, Storm christened Kitty with the codename, Shadowcat.

During her second year at the Institute, Colossus' younger sister Illyana Rasputina was kidnapped by Belasco & the X-Men followed to Limbo. They were able to rescue her with Kitty being crucial as she was the one to pull Illyana out when Belasco tried to pull her back. Kitty & Illyana became very close and seemed to share a link, with Illyana even joining Kitty at a dance studio & becoming roommates.

Through this friendship, Kitty became close Illyana's brother Piotr but both were too shy to fully admit their feelings for each other. However, after surviving an alien encounter, they grew closer & started to date. They had their fair share of issues, like the fact that Kitty was a devout Jew & Piotr was raised as an atheist.

Kitty also spending more time with her friend, Doug Ramsey, another computer genius. Soon after this, Piotr started to question the time she was spending with Doug. Doug later asked Kitty to accompany him to the Massachusetts Academy, where he had received a scholarship. Believing Emma to be in a coma, Kitty went & they were both captured by the White Queen. After the New Mutants rescued them, her friendship with Doug grew stronger, which even led to Kitty missing scheduled Danger Room sessions. After spending months jealous of the close relationship, Colossus broke up with Kitty. Things grew worse for Kitty as her parents recently decided to divorce.

Now a full member of the X-Men, Kitty grew close to her new teammate Wolverine, who became a mentor to her. Soon after, she discovers her father was dealing with Japanese gangsters. She followed him to Japan but was captured & put under the mental control of Ogun, the ninja master who was Wolverine's former teacher & now enemy. Ogun mentally had Kitty believe that she was his daughter & had been training in the art of ninjutsu since birth. Being the only one to receive her call for help, Wolverine followed. Kitty was sent to kill Wolverine & injured him greatly, but she was restored with help from Yukio & Wolverine defeated Ogun.

Returning home, Wolverine decided to teach Kitty's body to become skillful enough in the Japanese martial arts. Constantly telling her that she can either train or leave, Kitty eventually realized that Wolverine was giving her a choice that Ogun denied her & she slowly began to grow out of her childish, spoiled ways. In time, Kitty regained the innocence that Ogun had taken.

### 2004 - 2010: Shadowcat

When the Morlocks were indiscriminately massacred by the Marauders, the X-Men attempted to rescue many of its members. The Marauder called Harpoon seriously injured the phased Shadowcat with his energy spear, as she leaped between him & Rogue. Although she survived the attack, it affected Kitty's powers so that she could no longer regain her solidity & gradually began to dissipate. Kitty accompanied Dr. Moira MacTaggert to Muir Island to recover. Her condition began to worsen & unwilling to watch her die, Moira ended up getting help from Doctor Doom. Together with him & Reed Richards, they were able to cure Kitty so that she could remain solid.

While recovering on Muir Island, Kitty was attacked & captured by Technet alongside Meggan Puceanu. They were able to escape with the combined efforts of Kitty, Nightcrawler, Meggan & Captain Britain, as well as defeat Technet. At the urging of Kitty, she & Nightcrawler became founding members of the British-based team Excalibur. After battling the Juggernaut & a group of escaped prisoners, the team addressed Captain Britain's drinking problems & its effects on the team.

At this time, Kitty became infatuated with her teammate Peter Wisdom. But Nick Fury soon asked for her help & recruited her to become a temporary S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. Upon completing the mission, Shadowcat returned to Excalibur, where she continued to be a valued member of the team for a time until she decided to return to the X-Men while simultaneously finishing up her last year of college.

When she arriveed, she discovered Emma Frost took over Moira's position of Co-Headmistress of the Xavier Institute. Though reluctant as her dealings with Ms. Frost in the past were anything but friendly, Kitty still helped with the school. With her return, Kitty & Piotr suffered from months of initial awkwardness before they resumed dating. But things were not meant to remain good between them.

### 2008 - 2010: Shadowcat

The world was hit with a devastating plague known as the Legacy Virus, affecting hundreds & mutating so bad that it affected baseline humans as well. The X-Men soon learned that Illyana had contracted the Legacy Virus. Despite all efforts to cure her, Illyana eventually died & became the first known victim of the virus. Her death greatly troubled Colossus, who had been on a mission looking for information on the virus when she passed away. During Illyana's funeral, Colossus abandoned the X-Men & broke up with Kitty. A couple days later, Beast found the cure for the Legacy Virus after consulting with Moira MacTaggart. However, it required a mutant to activate their powers & the process would be fatal. Colossus agreed to do it, not willing to let anyone die like his sister. Colossus was successful & the cure was spread worldwide but claimed his life in the process. Colossus' body was cremated & Kitty scattered the ashes over his Russian farmland home.

Following the tragic death of Colossus & too many loved ones before him, Kitty chose not to return to the team. Not too long after, Kitty met the Guardians of the Galaxy when they had come to Earth for a time. After teaming up with them, Kitty began a long distance relationship with Guardians of the Galaxy member Star-Lord. During one of their long distance dates, Star-Lord was captured by mercenaries so Kitty stole a Quinjet & flew into space to rescue him. She successfully saved Peter from the mercenaries' boss, who was revealed to be Star-Lord's father. After the dust settled, Star-Lord was so enamored with Kitty that he asked her marry him. Not wanting to spend their engagement apart, Kitty left Earth & joined the Guardians of the Galaxy.

## Romantic Relationships

* Pete Wisdom: Dated (2005)
* Seth Neo: Dated (2005)
* Piotr Rasputin: Boyfriend (2001 - 2002), (2006 - 2008)
* Bobby Drake: Dated (2004), (2008)
* Peter Quill: Boyfriend (2009 - 2010); Fiancée (2010 - )

## Powers & Abilities

* **Mutant Physiology:** Kitty possesses the ability to pass through solid matter & objects by passing her atoms through the spaces between the atoms of the object through which she is moving. In this way, she & the object through which she is passing could temporarily merge without interacting & each is unharmed when Kitty had finished passing through the object. This process is called "phasing." When Shadowcat is phasing, she is intangible.
	+ ***Selective Phasing/Intangibility*:** Kitty can make all or part of her body intangible while leaving the rest solid. Using her phasing ability, Kitty can also freely walk on both air & water. In fact, she can use this ability walk from the ground to the upper stories of a building as if she were climbing a staircase.
	+ ***Phased/Intangible Extension*:** From the first use of her phasing power, Kitty was able to phase her clothing along with herself. Through practice, she learned to phase other objects along with herself without harm to them & at one point phased an entire X-Men team. This technique can be used to allow objects to become intangible and pass through bodies or other solid objects such as buildings, planes, or trains.
	+ ***Phased/Intangible Camouflage*:** While phased, Kitty can easily blend into the colors of her immediate surroundings and environments, practically making her & others in physical contact with her, invisible to anything viewing them with the naked eye.
	+ ***Phased/Intangible Disruption*:** Kitty can easily damage tangible matter by passing right through it. When phasing through an object with an electrical system, the process often disrupts the system's workings.
	+ ***Phased/Intangible Travel*:** While Kitty is phased the planet continues to spin beneath her, allowing her to travel from east to west at a rate of nine kilometers per minute.
	+ ***Telepathic Resistance*:** Kitty's thoughts were highly erratic when phased as if there was no mind to telepathically affect
* **Aviation:** She is a skilled pilot of various aircraft & certain advanced interstellar vehicles.
* **Computer Operation:** Kitty was an expert in the field of computer science, demonstrating a genius-level aptitude for programming, modifying & diagnosing almost any computer system: even those of unfamiliar human & extraterrestrial origin. She used her skills in many high-stress combat situations to great effect & in combination with her mutant ability to disrupt electrical systems, she was a formidable foe for any enemy relying on advanced technology.
* **Dance:** Kitty is trained in ballet & modern dance.
* **Hand to Hand Combat/Martial Arts:** Shadowcat possessed moderate expertise of the martial arts of the Japanese ninja & samurai, which was taught to her by Wolverine. She also knows Israeli Special Forces Training.
* **Multilingualism:** She speaks fluent English Japanese & Russian. She also has moderate expertise in the royal & standard languages of the Shi'ar Empire & some Hebrew.
* **Swordsmanship:** Kitty is highly trained at swordplay, especially that used by Japanese samurai & wielding Japanese blades.

### Ratings

* **Acumen:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Might:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Quickness:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Mysticms:** 2 - Impaired / Below Average
* **Gagdetry:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Projection:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Tactics:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Battle:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **TOTAL:** 89 - Power Level 2 / Low Threat

## Trivia

* She is Jewish.
* She prefers "Kitty" over "Katherine."
* Kitty is slightly nearsighted.
* She's currently attending Robert A. Heinlein School on a full scholarship.
* She has crushes on Thor, Johnny Storm, James Madrox & the deceased Douglas Ramsey.
* She has preference for older men. She also has dated three men named Peter. Her childhood hamster was also named Peter.
* Memories of the Holocaust make her especially sensitive to prejudice against mutants or any alien species. She has stated that the same way that you cannot tell she's Jewish unless she states otherwise is similar to how most do not know she's a mutant unless she expresses it.
* She wears a Star of David necklace.

## Notes

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