Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)

  As  a  young  child  Kurt  was  born   to  the  shape  shifting  Mystique in Germany.  Because  of  his  blue  skin  and tail  he  was  shunned  at  birth  and  run  out  of  town  with  his  mother.  Knowing  only  she  could  escape  the  persecution  by  just  changing  forms,  she  threw  little  Kurt  over  a  cliff.  As  you  can  tell  she  wasn't  a  very  good  mother.  Kurt  was  thankfully  saved  though  by  his  father  Azazel (Who  has  similar  powers  to  Kurt)  who  gave  him  to  his  friend, a  gypsy,  in the  travelling circus.  There  Kurt  grew  up  without  being  judged  by  the  other  circus  workers. He  soon  became a  great  acrobat  in  the  circus  with people   just  assuming   he  was  wearing  a  devil  costume   in  his  act  and  came  to  be  called  "Nightcrawler".

  His  gypsy mother  had  two   children  who  came  to  be  like  siblings  to  Kurt.  His  brother  Stephan  feared  he  would  one  day  be  corrupted  by  his  mothers  mystical  background  so  he  made  Kurt  promise  he  would  stop  him  if  he  went  on  a  rampage.  Kurt  also  developed  feelings  for  his "sister"  Amanda.  One  day  Stephan  did  go  on  a  rampage,  killing  many  in  his  small  town.  When  he  went  to stop  his  brother  he  accidentally  broke  his  neck.  When   the  towns  people  saw  Kurt  and  his  demon-like  appearance,  they  accused  him  for  the  mass  murders  and  swarmed  him. Professor  X came  just  in   time  and  stopped  all  the  people  and  brought  Kurt  to  the  Xavier  institute  were  he  soon  became  an  X men.

 At  the  Xavier  institute he  discovered  new  powers.  He  could  teleport vast  distances  and  also disappear  in  shadows. But  now that  he  was  out  of  the  circus,  people  judged  him  for  his  appearance.  This  caused  Kurt  to  at  times  seclude  himself  and  he  soon  turned  to   God  and  became  a  very  devote  man,  at  one  point  even  becoming  a  priest. He  eventually  came  to  terms  with  his  appearance  and  even  embraced  it,  realizing  it  was  okay  to  be  different.

  In  his  adventures  as  a  X  men  he  discovered  he  had  a  daughter  named  Nocturne  in  a  different  dimension.  He  took  her  on  his  own  child  and  they  continued  to  fight  side  by  side.  Nightcrawler  sadly  died  in  action  trying  to  protect  Hope,  the  new  mutant  that  was  rumored  to  be  able  to  save  all  the  other  mutants  during  M-day. ( M-day  was  a  disastrous  day when  most  of  the  mutants  powers  were  taken  away, destroying  the  mutant  race.)   Nightcrawler  was,  in  my  opinion,  one  of  the  greatest X men.  He was  loyal  and  a  great  help  to  other  mutants  and  humans  alike.  I  can  only  hope  he  will be  resurrected  soon  back  into  the  comic  world.