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Character Basics
.:Name of Character:. Charles Francis Xavier .:Species:. Human Mutant .:Alias:. Professor X, The Professor .:Year Born/Timeline:. ~1935 .:Affiliation:. X-Men
Appearance
.:Physical Appearance:. Though he’s devoted the lion’s share of his early years to the world of academia, Charles spent a good amount of time in sports throughout his high school career and still maintains a slightly athletic build. In his younger years, he’s what many would consider as relatively good-looking, with a full head of brown hair and blue eyes. As he grows older, however, Charles goes bald and exchanges his cardigans for suits. As the result of an accident in 1962, Charles is paralyzed from the waist down. He has a small scar from the bullet wound, located on his lower back. .:Height:.5’7’’ / 170cm .:Portrayed by:. James McAvoy | Sir Patrick Stewart
Personality
.:Personality:. Perhaps the most striking piece of who Charles is would be his seemingly unceasing optimism. As a telepath, he has been made privy to the worst of humanity’s thoughts, but he has also been privileged enough to experience some of the best, as well. Charles, perhaps better than anyone, understands that humans are capable of both great good and great harm. This understanding, coupled with the fact that his mutation means he cannot afford to be “against” the world, results in Charles having faith that humans and mutants can live in peace. It’s a goal he’s committed to and driven towards.
In his youth, he was an unrepentant flirt and spent his fair share of time in the Oxford pubs using pick up line after terrible pick up line. Age and his paralysis have done little to hinder him in this aspect, and even as he gets older he remains and unabashed flirt. He was raised to be a high society gentleman and does quite well in social settings. At his best, he’s confident, energetic, encouraging, optimistic, and patient. At his worst, however, he can become bitter, self-loathing, manipulative, stubborn, and melodramatic. His mutation makes it a bit easier for him to fall into depression, given the completely mental and emotion nature of his abilities.
Following his involvement in the Cuban Missile Crisis and the simultaneous loss of both his best friend and his sister, Charles tried to commit himself fully-hearted to his dream of opening a school for mutant children. However, as the Vietnam War went on and the majority of his staff and older students were drafted or volunteered to fight, it became more and more difficult for Charles to keep the faith. Eventually the school had to close and Charles’s depression was left with no distraction to hold it back. When his mutation began to backfire on him, depriving him of sleep and slowly driving him insane, Charles got his hands on a serum (courtesy of Hank) that would dampen his telepathy and allow him to keep control. However, he quickly became dependent on the serum and used it as a means of attempting to drown out his own self-loathing.
Charles does have a darker side that he works to keep under wraps at all times. He is not ignorant of the things of which he could be capable if he decided to forgo his moral values. This is part of the reason he is so insistent on a peaceful resolution to the conflict between humans and mutants; if he went with Erik, if he joined the Brotherhood, Charles fears that his darker tendencies would finally get the better of him and he would be responsible for unspeakable acts. Despite what Erik may think, it isn’t so much his belief that peace is indeed an option that holds him back so much as it is the dichotomy between what he is capable of and the morals he holds.
Though Charles strives to be a good person, he has a manipulative streak and a tendency towards being overprotective that has cost him a number of friends and allies throughout his life. His fear that someone would discover Raven’s secret and react poorly—coupled with the fact that she had asked him to stay out of her head, a promise which he strove to honor at all times and in all ways—led him to inadvertently driving her away. It’s something he may never quite forgive himself for, and it will affect how he interacts with his students as he grows older.
.:Powers/Abilities:. Telepathy – Charles’s telepathic abilities range from basic mind reading and memory manipulation to psionic blasts and mind control. His range, while greatly impressive on its own at approximately 250 miles (400km) in any direction, can be amplified to encompass the entire world through the use of Cerebro. Charles is capable of learning a new language by accessing the language centers of a fluent speaker’s brain. He can toy with perceptions in order to make himself or others seem invisible, project illusions, and even induce certain emotions or sensations in others. While Charles is capable of controlling others and even doing severe, irreparable damage to them, he refuses to do so unless left with no other feasible option.
Weakness: While Charles’s telepathy is impressive, if he pushes too far or too quick, he tires out, which can create its own set of problems. He is at his most vulnerable when he is hooked up to Cerebro, and should something go wrong or some sort of backlash occur, Charles runs the risk of falling into a temporary coma or worse. Charles has also become slightly dependent on his telepathy as he finds it very hard to relate to others without it. Aside from the drawbacks of his telepathy, Charles’s paralysis causes him some degree of difficulty, particularly during his first few years in the wheelchair. Though he has learned to adapt, there are still no shortage of moments when he longs for the days when he could walk.
History
.:Birthplace:. New York .:Family:. Brian Xavier (father, deceased); Sharon Xavier (mother, deceased); Kurt Marko (stepfather, deceased); Cain Marko/Juggernaut (stepbrother); Raven Darkholme/Mystique (adopted sister) .:Occupation:. Professor .:Current Location of Residence:. Xavier Estate/Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters .:History:. Charles was born to nuclear researcher and scientist Brian Xavier and his wife Sharon. He lived as their only child until he discovered Raven looting their kitchen and decided to take her in. Though he grew up in a wealthy family, Charles was neglected and left primarily to his own devices for most of his life. His father’s sudden and accidental death drove his already semi-distant mother into alcoholism and her marriage to Brian’s former research partner, Kurt Marko, did nothing to improve Charles’s life. Kurt Marko was an abusive man, caring only for Sharon’s money, and regularly beat both Charles and his own son, Cain. Cain in turn became incredibly violent towards Charles and often took out his own frustrations and insecurities on him. While Sharon’s presence did little to curb the violence, the abuse only became worse after her death. When Raven came along, Charles made a considerable effort to keep her safe from Kurt and Cain.
Gifted with genius-level intellect, Charles sped his way through school and graduated college at the age of sixteen. After this, he took the first offer he had—graduate studies in Oxford—and fled his abusive home life, bringing his dear sister with him. While Charles reveled in his new freedom by throwing himself into his studies and getting to know the local pubs quite well, he earned PhDs in Biophysics, Psychology, Anthropology, and, of course, Genetics. Charles never really looked back after leaving Westchester, and had certain events never occurred, he would have been perfectly happy to let the Westchester estate rot.
Though Charles was aware logically that he and Raven couldn’t be the only mutants in the world, he hadn’t actually encountered any after her. So when Moira MacTaggert approached him about the possibility of the sort of genetic mutation he had discussed in his thesis already occurring, Charles was ecstatic. In the months between his jumping into frigid waters to rescue a drowning Erik Lehnsherr and the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Charles returned to his former home and immediately set about repurposing it. Prior to meeting Moira and Erik and locating Angel, Alex, Sean, and Armando, Charles hadn’t ever considered opening a school for young mutants. He had wanted to take a much more out-and-about activist approach, but his paralysis had forced him to consider a much more stationary approach.
Sample Post
Post X-Men: First Class
“They’re just following orders!”
Had he really said that? To Erik, of all people? What sort of idiot was he, saying something like that to someone who had lived through what Erik had? Just another installment to the depressingly long list of failures and screw ups that comprised Charles’s life, settled in right by how badly he messed up with Raven. It seemed that all he’d been doing lately was messing up, always saying the absolute worst possible thing he could. Really, it was only fitting that he lost his legs, his sister, and his—Erik all in one fell swoop. He should just feel lucky that his legs were all the bullet took.
He needed more morphine; the thoughts of those in the hospital were getting unusually loud again, and he had an oncoming headache he would wish no one. Charles reached his mind out to one of the nearby nurses, a small nudge for her to come check on him. If he had to be drugged while in a public place, then he was damn well going to be drugged properly.
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