Post by James "Logan" Howlett on Jun 8, 2012 23:00:20 GMT -5
“I’m the best in the world at what I do. And what I do, isn’t very nice.”
WOLVERINE
Name: James “Logan” Howlett
Alias(es): Wolverine, Logan, The Ol’ Canuckle Head, The Best in the World at what He does, Runt
REGULAR , NPC, or TEMP Temp
Age: Over 100
Height: 6’
Physical Description: Logan is a man (who appears to be) in his late-30s who engages in intensive regular regimen of physical activity. He does this, not as an act of vanity or health, but to maintain his physical peek. Thus he is a man of exceptional physical strength and is above all physically and psychologically intimidating. He has never been a "slave to fashion", most of his clothing being purchased second-hand, and usually wears either black or blue jeans, boots, a white t-shirt or wife-beater under a plaid shirt. He is usually unshaven, almost to the point of sporting a full beard, and has been called slightly beastial in appearance. He habitually smokes a cigar while working. Once in a blue moon, Logan will clean himself up, and he can look quite dashing on these rare occasions.
Face Claim: Hugh Jackman
Personality: He's been called a killer, a monster, an animal, a wild dog that should have been put down a long time ago. He won't disagree however in contrast to his brutish nature, Wolverine is actually extremely intelligent. Due to his increased lifespan, he has traveled the world and amassed an intimate amount of knowledge of foreign languages and cultures. To the outside world Logan appears to be a gruff loner, often taking leaves from the X-Men to deal with personal issues or problems. He has used this image to protect those from his perceived sins from the past.
He is soft-spoken and laconic, speaking only when necessary, with as few words as possible and despite his apparent ease at taking lives; he does not enjoy killing or giving into his berserker rages, but he will if pressed. Logan adheres to a firm code of personal honor and morality, which has many connections to Samurai bushido. He is often irreverent and rebellious towards authority figures, though he is a reliable ally and capable leader. He is something of a father figure to Natasha Romanoff, Shadowcat, Rogue, X-23, and Jubilee. He has loved many women, including Rose, Itsu, Viper, Silver Fox, Mariko, and most recently the Phoenix/Jean Grey.
Affiliation: X-Men
Identity: SECRET
Powers or Special Abilities:
Skills:
Advantages:
Disadvantages: Logan suffers from major long term memory loss. He cannot remember most of his past until around the year 1999
Occupation: Hero
Citizenship: Canada/USA
Place of Birth: USA
Relatives: None Living, Logan doesn’t even remember his past as it is.
History: Wolverine's life began in Alberta, Canada, during the mid-19th century. The man who would come to be known simply as "Logan" was born James Howlett, the second son of Elizabeth Howlett (née Hudson) and John Howlett Sr., owners of a large estate. However, in his adulthood James came to resemble the appearance of the groundskeeper, Thomas Logan, much more closely than his legal father. It is possible that he is the product of an illicit affair between Elizabeth Howlett and Thomas.
As a boy, James was notably frail and prone to bouts of allergic attacks. He spent most of his early years on the estate grounds with two playmates that lived on the Howlett Estate with him: Rose O'Hara, a red-headed Irish girl who was brought in from town to be a companion to young James, and a boy nicknamed "Dog", the grounds-keeper's son. The children were close friends but as they reached adolescence, the abuse inflicted upon Dog warped his mind. Dog made unwanted advances towards Rose, which James reported to his father. In retaliation, Dog killed James' puppy, in turn leading to the expulsion of Thomas Logan and Dog from the estate.
Thomas, in a drunken stupor and armed with a shotgun, invaded the Howlett Estate with his son and attempted to take Elizabeth (implied to be his former lover) with him. John Sr. attempted to stop him and Thomas struck him in the head, killing him in cold blood. James had just entered the room when this occurred and his mutation finally manifested; his claws extended from the backs of his hands and he attacked the intruders with uncharacteristic ferocity, killing Thomas, and scarring Dog's face with three claw marks. Already an emotionally disturbed woman since the mysterious death of her first son, John Jr., Elizabeth took her life immediately afterward with a blast from Thomas' gun.
Fearing for their safety, Rose fled the estate with James, who appeared to have been deeply traumatized and had somehow repressed or forgotten most of the memories of life back at the estate. Dog falsely reported to the police and James' grandfather that Rose had murdered John Howlett, Sr. and Thomas Logan. Old Man Howlett shunned James and Rose for this, but still used his influence in town to help the pair escape due to blood ties.
In the years that followed, James and Rose took refuge in a British Columbia mining colony under the guise of being cousins. James also assumed the name of "Logan" in order to hide his identity. As the hard work of mining toughened his body, and his mutant powers developed, he grew to be unusually strong and ferocious. He was mostly immune to the elements and even ran with the wolves in the forest, learning to hunt like an animal. James/"Logan" became a valuable and admirable figure amongst the small community of miners due to his hard work and strong ethics, earning him the respect of his peers, including the foreman Smitty, who became a surrogate father figure to Logan. Logan even gained the nickname "Little Smitty" due to their similar work ethics. During this period, Logan developed strong feelings for Rose, but could not act on them for the sake of their guise as cousins. Smitty, who had been mentoring Logan all these years, had also grown close to Rose, and the two eventually fell in love and became engaged, much to the scorn and surprise of Logan, who later accepted the situation for the sake of Rose's happiness. Meanwhile, his grandfather, Mr. Howlett, was in failing health and asked Dog to find Rose and his grandson so he could make peace with them before he died. Dog agreed; however, Dog (who had become a physically formidable man himself) decided to track them down so he could kill Logan.
Dog hunted Logan and Rose down so easily that it seemed he had a preternatural skill for tracking. On the night that Smitty was due to leave the mining town with Rose, Dog finally found and confronted Logan. Dog reminded Logan of his past as James Howlett, and that fateful night back on the estate that had changed all their lives so. The two fought fiercely in the middle of the street and, despite being the physically stronger of the two, Dog was eventually overpowered by the enraged Logan. As Dog lay unconscious, Logan unsheathed his claws for the first time in public (to the shock of everyone watching) and was about to deal the deathblow when Rose leaped in to stop him but was accidentally impaled by his claws. Horrified, Logan held her in his arms as she died. He then fled into the woods where he lived in self-imposed exile with a pack of wolves, presumably for many years.
Later, regaining his humanity, Logan traveled to another frontier community in the Canadian Rockies. He met a young Blackfoot woman named Silver Fox, with whom he fell in love. The two shared a cabin together and lived happily for a time. Logan had made a new life for himself: hunting and farm chores around the homestead now his daily routine. But, as ever, there were other forces at work in his life.
On Logan's birthday, Victor Creed (Sabretooth) murdered Silver Fox, the first of many birthday "surprises" to come from him. Enraged, Logan battled him, only to be defeated. Sabretooth and a mysterious cloaked figure then manipulated a feral, mindless Logan to slaughter the inhabitants of the town, persuading him that "the townspeople are afraid of you - they don't want you around. So they got rid of the one thing keeping you here".
Later, employed by The Hudson's "Bay Company" as a fur trader to the Blackfoot Indians, Logan defeated the demonic snake-worm known as Uncegila, a feat which earned him the Blackfoot warrior name of "Skunk-Bear" (or "Wolverine", a name he took a liking to and would use for the rest of his life). A broad, largely unseen conspiracy thus began to shape Logan, now robbed of his conscience and free will, into the perfect killer. Wherever Logan went, Sabretooth and one of his handlers was not far behind.
Sometime later, Logan joined the Canadian Army, where he was assigned to a special unit known as the Devil's Brigade just before the first World War. Although under the Canadian flag, the Devil's Brigade's orders originated from the same mysterious figure that was responsible for the death of Silver Fox. Logan's commanding officer was a super-humanly strong man known as Silas Burr (who would later become the mercenary Cyber was formerly an agent of the Pinkerton Private Detective Agency, where he abused his position, committing several atrocities, even burning down a schoolhouse full of children once. After being sentenced to death for his crimes, Burr was rescued from the courthouse by Sabretooth and brought to the Facility, hired by Frederick Hudson due to his sadistic nature). Burr, under orders, killed Logan's then-girlfriend, Janet. He fought Logan and after severely beating him, he gouged out one of Logan's eyes, reducing him to his feral, animal-like state and sending him running off into the woods once again. Burr and Sabretooth retrieved him, his memory of the event evaporated due to his healing factor and their brainwashing.
Later in the war, while fighting in Ypres, Belgium, on April 22, 1915, Logan encountered a being called Lazaer (an anagram of Azrael, the Angel of Death), who was armed with a large broadsword and had been using it to kill soldiers on the same battlefield. They began to fight one another, with Lazaer initially gaining the upper hand. But after being impaled with Lazaer's sword, Logan pulled it from his chest and stabbed it through his surprised opponent. Besting Lazaer in combat sent Logan in to a deep depression, even causing him to put a gun to his own head at one point. He started drinking considerably more as the war dragged on, and ate less and less, until Lazaer finally confronted him. He explained that the depression was a punishment for defeating him and defying the natural order of things.
In 1921, Logan met the mutant terrorist Mystique in Mexico, where they were both going to be executed by firing squad. They managed to escape and formed a gang of con men and criminals. Mystique and Logan soon became friends and lovers, but the partnership ended when Logan informed the police of their plan to rob a bank. They both became involved in the Weapon X program, where Logan gained his indestructible Adamantium claws. This was the last time they were partnered together.
Several years later, Logan met Nick Fury, Captain America, and the Black Widow while fighting the Nazis in Madripoor and Europe during World War II. Afterward, he participated as a paratrooper for the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion during the Normandy landings on D-Day, as well as the liberation of the Netherlands. He had also been a spy for the Allied Forces and that he had spent time in the Sobibor concentration camp in Poland, where he psychologically tortured three commandants by simply never speaking and returning every time they ordered him executed. While at Sobibor, Logan was known as "Prisoner Zero".
In 1945, Logan unwittingly participated in another landmark of World War II when he was captured by Japanese soldiers while performing sabotage missions in Japan, where he was sent to a prison camp in Nagasaki. He escaped from his cell along with Lt. Ethan Warren, an American soldier who was also captured, and found refuge and love in a local Japanese girl named Atsuko. Unfortunately, Lt. Warren, himself a mutant, returned and murdered the girl, and the two men fought until both were caught in the atomic blast that destroyed much of the city. Logan survived, but was devastated to lose another woman in his life.
After WWII, Logan traveled to Madripoor, where he met Seraph, the woman who owned the Princess Bar and took him under her wing. During this time, he also became friends with the prostitute Madame Joy, and eventually became part owner of the Princess Bar. Seraph appointed herself the guardian of Madripoor against the Hand. Logan continued his travels again, this time landing in China, where he met a Chinese businessman named Chang, an employee of Landau, Luckman, and Lake (LLL). In Shanghai, Logan met Ogun, an immortal Japanese samurai and sorcerer. Impressed by Logan’s skill, Ogun offered to instruct him in the martial arts, and even taught him Sun Tzu and ideograms. Wolverine soon developed a deep and lasting love for Japan. After his training with Ogun, Logan traveled to the village of Bando Saburo in order to learn how to be a man. There, he met and fell in love with a local woman named Itsu. They married and conceived a child together, unknown to Logan (Daken).
After the demon sword-smith Muramasa created an explosion that caused Logan to accidentally stab a villager with his claws, Logan was banned from the village. Before he left, Logan found Itsu murdered. Unbeknownst to Logan, the mysterious cloaked figure (who accompanied Sabretooth when he murdered Silver Fox) took the child from Itsu's womb. Logan gave himself to Muramasa, thinking the villagers were responsible for the murder of Itsu. Muramasa vows to build a sword capable of killing even Logan himself. Logan is later rescued by the Winter Soldier and taken to Madripoor.
Logan once again fell under the manipulation of the mysterious puppeteer in his life, the callous man who stole Logan's baby from Itsu's womb. Working for the CIA, he helped participate in turning a boy named Frank Simpson into the deranged super-soldier called Nuke. Frank, growing up watching his alcoholic mother constantly verbally abuse his meek father, was influenced by his babysitter (another operative of the mysterious manipulator) into killing his mother. Meanwhile, as Frank's father drove the babysitter home, she abruptly pulled out his flask and began to drink it. She then seduced him, and he pulled over into the nearby woods, only to be interrupted by a police officer, who was revealed to be Logan. Logan asked Frank's father to sit back in his seat and shot the babysitter with Frank's gun. He then suggested that Frank's father had taken advantage of the babysitter, plying her with alcohol and even going so far as to shooting her because she resisted. Frank's father realized the gravity of the situation, and seeing no other way, he shot himself.
Later, during the Vietnam War, Logan tortured the already unstable soldier, carving stars and stripes into his face all the while screaming "No V.C.". Frank then escaped, fleeing into a local village, hearing several of the villagers shout "No Vee-See!", he thought back to his painful torture. It pushed him over the edge, and he brutally murdered the whole village, just out of vengeance for Silver Fox. Logan continued his espionage work, becoming a favorite of both America's and Canada's secret services.
Logan was next placed on a Black Ops squad run by the CIA called Team X with Sabretooth, Maverick, Kestrel, Mastodon, and a false Silver Fox (Mystique). The group was apparently disbanded after a botched mission concerning Omega Red. During their time with the group, Logan and the others had their memories tampered with in order for them to better controlled. This is why Logan would suffer from amnesia (with the exception of false memories) for many years to come.
Logan was kidnapped by agents of the Weapon X Program, the tenth installment of the Weapon Plus Project. The man known only as the Professor, Dr. Abraham Cornelius, and Dr. Carol Hines began to examine Logan while he floated in a containment tank. Logan's bones, including his claws, were bonded with the indestructible metal known as Adamantium, making them unbreakable. This Adamantium bonding process had apparently been stolen by the Weapon X Program from the Japanese scientist known as Lord Dark Wind, the father of Yuriko Oyama (Lady Deathstrike), which is why Yuriko would come to despise Logan in later years; it was actually stolen by the Brotherhood and sold to the Facility.
Logan proved too difficult for the Weapon X Program to control and, after many years, he escaped the facility with the help of the Winter Soldier, killing nearly everyone except for the Professor, Dr. Cornelius, Dr. Hines, and Malcolm Colcord, who later became the Director of a new Weapon X Program.
Driven into savagery by the experiment, Logan wandered the forests of the Canadian Rockies for months, living in a feral state, ironically, not far from the place of his birth. It is during this period he saved the life of a creature known as a Hunter in Darkness, one of a race of feral beings apparently mystical in origin. A psychic link of some sort was established between the two, to resurface in later years. On occasion, Logan's human personality surfaces to the extent that, years later, he was able to recall pleasant experiences in these woods. Years after this experience, Logan's memories of much of his past would remain clouded as a result of the Weapon X experiment, and it is possible that he received additional false
Wandering the woods, Logan was eventually discovered by Heather and James "Mac" Hudson, a young couple honeymooning in the Rockies, who helped him regain his humanity (but not not his memories). After much persuasion from the couple, he became a member of Canada's Department H. Donning what would become his famous blue and yellow costume for the first time, he was dispatched to halt the destruction caused by a savage fight between the Incredible Hulk and the Wendigo. His speed and maneuverability proved to be a match for the two plodding powerhouses, but after realizing Hulk was a more formidable opponent, he changed tactics. Teaming up with Hulk to take out the Wendigo, Hulk threw the Wendigo into a patch of trees and Wolverine then delivered the finishing blow. The Hulk and Wolverine kept on fighting, with the Hulk emerging victorious. Hulk abandoned the unconscious Wolverine, unaware of his healing factor. The defeated Wolverine returned to Department H.
After his encounter with the Hulk, Wolverine was conscripted by Department H to join and lead Alpha Flight, Canada's government-run super team. During his leadership of Alpha Flight, Wolverine was approached by Professor Charles Xavier, who was looking for mutants to help his students, the X-Men, escape from the island-being known as Krakoa. Wolverine left Alpha Flight to accompany Xavier and rescue the captured X-Men. After Krakoa was defeated, Wolverine decided to stay with the X-Men with his fellow new recruits for reasons which included that he had fallen for Marvel Girl. Logan remained with the X-Men for quite some time, at one time being their field commander. At first skeptical of Professor Xavier's hope for mutant and human coexistence, he began to respect his ideals and grew to be a loyal and trusted member of the X-Men. He developed strong friendships with Nightcrawler and Colossus, but a rivalry grew between him and Cyclops, one of the reasons being they had both fallen for Marvel Girl. Though, when it came down to it in the end, Jean chose Wolverine - but not for some time, yet.
PLAYER DATA
Name: Cap
Preferred Method of Contact: PM
Other Character(s): Captain America, Giant Man
WOLVERINE
Name: James “Logan” Howlett
Alias(es): Wolverine, Logan, The Ol’ Canuckle Head, The Best in the World at what He does, Runt
REGULAR , NPC, or TEMP Temp
Age: Over 100
Height: 6’
Physical Description: Logan is a man (who appears to be) in his late-30s who engages in intensive regular regimen of physical activity. He does this, not as an act of vanity or health, but to maintain his physical peek. Thus he is a man of exceptional physical strength and is above all physically and psychologically intimidating. He has never been a "slave to fashion", most of his clothing being purchased second-hand, and usually wears either black or blue jeans, boots, a white t-shirt or wife-beater under a plaid shirt. He is usually unshaven, almost to the point of sporting a full beard, and has been called slightly beastial in appearance. He habitually smokes a cigar while working. Once in a blue moon, Logan will clean himself up, and he can look quite dashing on these rare occasions.
Face Claim: Hugh Jackman
Personality: He's been called a killer, a monster, an animal, a wild dog that should have been put down a long time ago. He won't disagree however in contrast to his brutish nature, Wolverine is actually extremely intelligent. Due to his increased lifespan, he has traveled the world and amassed an intimate amount of knowledge of foreign languages and cultures. To the outside world Logan appears to be a gruff loner, often taking leaves from the X-Men to deal with personal issues or problems. He has used this image to protect those from his perceived sins from the past.
He is soft-spoken and laconic, speaking only when necessary, with as few words as possible and despite his apparent ease at taking lives; he does not enjoy killing or giving into his berserker rages, but he will if pressed. Logan adheres to a firm code of personal honor and morality, which has many connections to Samurai bushido. He is often irreverent and rebellious towards authority figures, though he is a reliable ally and capable leader. He is something of a father figure to Natasha Romanoff, Shadowcat, Rogue, X-23, and Jubilee. He has loved many women, including Rose, Itsu, Viper, Silver Fox, Mariko, and most recently the Phoenix/Jean Grey.
Affiliation: X-Men
Identity: SECRET
Powers or Special Abilities:
Skills:
- FIGHTING SKILLS: ACROBATIC - Wolverine's natural animal instincts and physical prowess allow him to be extremely flexible and agile.
- ASSESSMENT - Wolverine's training in various military organizations allows him an ability to assess a situation and be aware of any immediate difficulty that will prohibit or hinder the task or mission at hand.
- ATHLETICS - Wolverine is competitive by nature and with his abilities easily excels at many sports.
- BLIND FIGHTING - With his other heightened senses, seeing the person he is fighting is not so much necessary as it is helpful
- COMBAT MASTERY - Due to his extensive training as a soldier, a C.I.A. operative, a samurai, a spy, and a member of the X-Men, Wolverine is an exceptional hand-to-hand combatant, having either mastered or a working knowledge of virtually every fighting style on Earth.
- DIRECTION SENSE - His natural senses and animal-like abilities afford him a good sense of where he is at all times.
- ESPIONAGE - While subtlety is not a strong suit by any means, Wolverine can do a great many things that would tell of a history of training in Black Ops.
- ESCAPE ARTISTRY - With his strength, agility, indestructibility, and Adamantium claws... let's just say there are few places built that can contain Wolverine if he doesn't want them to.
- LANGUAGES - Due to his increased lifespan, Logan has traveled the world and amass ed an intimate amount of knowledge of foreign languages and cultures. He can speak English, Japanese, Russian, Chinese, Cheyenne, Spanish, Arabic, and Lakota; he also has some knowledge of French, Thai, Vietnamese, German, Italian and Portuguese.
- OBSERVATION - Wolverine's senses and judge of character and situation allow him to take in many aspects of people and places as well as situations all at once.
- PILOTING - Wolverine has shown the ability to pilot small planes as well as several more complex vehicles used by military organizations
- RESIST DOMINATION - Wolverine's mind is a labyrinth that any telepath, even someone as powerful as Charles Xavier and Jean Grey have trouble navigating.
- STEALTH - Wolverine might not always be quiet, but he can be the most undetectable predator when he needs to be.
- STREETWISE - Wolverine knows the true nature of people and how they interact in many places and cultures. You would be hard pressed to find an environment too wild for him to understand.
- SURVIVAL - Wolverine has been through more than most, more than anyone should have to have gone through. He knows how to survive whatever life throws at him.
- TACTICS - Not a strategic master by any means but he knows how to get a job done, while it might not be subtle or even bloodless... the job gets done.
- TRACKING - Wolverine's senses make it almost impossible, unless by mutant ability, to lose him if he's after you.
- WEAPONS MASTER - Wolverine is versed in the inner workings and mastery of many, many types of guns ranging in caliber and design. While preferring to stick to his claws, Wolverine knows how to use other blades with deadly efficiency.
Advantages:
- IRON MIND - Due to repeated mental intrusions, psychological torture, forced brain washing and repeated telepathic assaults Wolverine has developed mental scarring on his psyche making him resistant to telepathic intrusions and assaults allowing him to shrug off mental suggestions or a psi bolt attacks relatively unscathed.
- COMBAT REFLEXES - Wolverine has higher and more responsive reflexes, heightened further by the heat of battle. He is a formidable fighter and can react much faster than others when necessary.
- DANGER SENSE - Because of his keen senses and lots of experience, Wolverine has a knack for knowing when trouble is coming.
- HARD-TO-KILL - For over 100 years people have tried to kill Logan. He's been shot at, poisoned, blown up, and drowned, but he just keeps coming back.
- HOLLOW LEG - Either because of a long history of doing so or an after effect of his mutation, Wolverine can drink just about anyone under the table without feeling the effects of becoming drunk. His regenerative capabilities also ensure his liver has no lasting damage.
- Control: Wolverine has exceptional control over his senses of smell, hearing and eyesight. Taste and touch are autonomic and not something he can control.
- HYPER BALANCE - Wolverine's heightened agility and animal reflexes make it extremely hard for him to be thrown off balance.
- HYPER ENDURANCE - Due to his animalistic tendencies, Wolverine can exert himself to the limit for long periods of time, much exceeding average, before tiring.
Disadvantages: Logan suffers from major long term memory loss. He cannot remember most of his past until around the year 1999
Occupation: Hero
Citizenship: Canada/USA
Place of Birth: USA
Relatives: None Living, Logan doesn’t even remember his past as it is.
History: Wolverine's life began in Alberta, Canada, during the mid-19th century. The man who would come to be known simply as "Logan" was born James Howlett, the second son of Elizabeth Howlett (née Hudson) and John Howlett Sr., owners of a large estate. However, in his adulthood James came to resemble the appearance of the groundskeeper, Thomas Logan, much more closely than his legal father. It is possible that he is the product of an illicit affair between Elizabeth Howlett and Thomas.
As a boy, James was notably frail and prone to bouts of allergic attacks. He spent most of his early years on the estate grounds with two playmates that lived on the Howlett Estate with him: Rose O'Hara, a red-headed Irish girl who was brought in from town to be a companion to young James, and a boy nicknamed "Dog", the grounds-keeper's son. The children were close friends but as they reached adolescence, the abuse inflicted upon Dog warped his mind. Dog made unwanted advances towards Rose, which James reported to his father. In retaliation, Dog killed James' puppy, in turn leading to the expulsion of Thomas Logan and Dog from the estate.
Thomas, in a drunken stupor and armed with a shotgun, invaded the Howlett Estate with his son and attempted to take Elizabeth (implied to be his former lover) with him. John Sr. attempted to stop him and Thomas struck him in the head, killing him in cold blood. James had just entered the room when this occurred and his mutation finally manifested; his claws extended from the backs of his hands and he attacked the intruders with uncharacteristic ferocity, killing Thomas, and scarring Dog's face with three claw marks. Already an emotionally disturbed woman since the mysterious death of her first son, John Jr., Elizabeth took her life immediately afterward with a blast from Thomas' gun.
Fearing for their safety, Rose fled the estate with James, who appeared to have been deeply traumatized and had somehow repressed or forgotten most of the memories of life back at the estate. Dog falsely reported to the police and James' grandfather that Rose had murdered John Howlett, Sr. and Thomas Logan. Old Man Howlett shunned James and Rose for this, but still used his influence in town to help the pair escape due to blood ties.
In the years that followed, James and Rose took refuge in a British Columbia mining colony under the guise of being cousins. James also assumed the name of "Logan" in order to hide his identity. As the hard work of mining toughened his body, and his mutant powers developed, he grew to be unusually strong and ferocious. He was mostly immune to the elements and even ran with the wolves in the forest, learning to hunt like an animal. James/"Logan" became a valuable and admirable figure amongst the small community of miners due to his hard work and strong ethics, earning him the respect of his peers, including the foreman Smitty, who became a surrogate father figure to Logan. Logan even gained the nickname "Little Smitty" due to their similar work ethics. During this period, Logan developed strong feelings for Rose, but could not act on them for the sake of their guise as cousins. Smitty, who had been mentoring Logan all these years, had also grown close to Rose, and the two eventually fell in love and became engaged, much to the scorn and surprise of Logan, who later accepted the situation for the sake of Rose's happiness. Meanwhile, his grandfather, Mr. Howlett, was in failing health and asked Dog to find Rose and his grandson so he could make peace with them before he died. Dog agreed; however, Dog (who had become a physically formidable man himself) decided to track them down so he could kill Logan.
Dog hunted Logan and Rose down so easily that it seemed he had a preternatural skill for tracking. On the night that Smitty was due to leave the mining town with Rose, Dog finally found and confronted Logan. Dog reminded Logan of his past as James Howlett, and that fateful night back on the estate that had changed all their lives so. The two fought fiercely in the middle of the street and, despite being the physically stronger of the two, Dog was eventually overpowered by the enraged Logan. As Dog lay unconscious, Logan unsheathed his claws for the first time in public (to the shock of everyone watching) and was about to deal the deathblow when Rose leaped in to stop him but was accidentally impaled by his claws. Horrified, Logan held her in his arms as she died. He then fled into the woods where he lived in self-imposed exile with a pack of wolves, presumably for many years.
Later, regaining his humanity, Logan traveled to another frontier community in the Canadian Rockies. He met a young Blackfoot woman named Silver Fox, with whom he fell in love. The two shared a cabin together and lived happily for a time. Logan had made a new life for himself: hunting and farm chores around the homestead now his daily routine. But, as ever, there were other forces at work in his life.
On Logan's birthday, Victor Creed (Sabretooth) murdered Silver Fox, the first of many birthday "surprises" to come from him. Enraged, Logan battled him, only to be defeated. Sabretooth and a mysterious cloaked figure then manipulated a feral, mindless Logan to slaughter the inhabitants of the town, persuading him that "the townspeople are afraid of you - they don't want you around. So they got rid of the one thing keeping you here".
Later, employed by The Hudson's "Bay Company" as a fur trader to the Blackfoot Indians, Logan defeated the demonic snake-worm known as Uncegila, a feat which earned him the Blackfoot warrior name of "Skunk-Bear" (or "Wolverine", a name he took a liking to and would use for the rest of his life). A broad, largely unseen conspiracy thus began to shape Logan, now robbed of his conscience and free will, into the perfect killer. Wherever Logan went, Sabretooth and one of his handlers was not far behind.
Sometime later, Logan joined the Canadian Army, where he was assigned to a special unit known as the Devil's Brigade just before the first World War. Although under the Canadian flag, the Devil's Brigade's orders originated from the same mysterious figure that was responsible for the death of Silver Fox. Logan's commanding officer was a super-humanly strong man known as Silas Burr (who would later become the mercenary Cyber was formerly an agent of the Pinkerton Private Detective Agency, where he abused his position, committing several atrocities, even burning down a schoolhouse full of children once. After being sentenced to death for his crimes, Burr was rescued from the courthouse by Sabretooth and brought to the Facility, hired by Frederick Hudson due to his sadistic nature). Burr, under orders, killed Logan's then-girlfriend, Janet. He fought Logan and after severely beating him, he gouged out one of Logan's eyes, reducing him to his feral, animal-like state and sending him running off into the woods once again. Burr and Sabretooth retrieved him, his memory of the event evaporated due to his healing factor and their brainwashing.
Later in the war, while fighting in Ypres, Belgium, on April 22, 1915, Logan encountered a being called Lazaer (an anagram of Azrael, the Angel of Death), who was armed with a large broadsword and had been using it to kill soldiers on the same battlefield. They began to fight one another, with Lazaer initially gaining the upper hand. But after being impaled with Lazaer's sword, Logan pulled it from his chest and stabbed it through his surprised opponent. Besting Lazaer in combat sent Logan in to a deep depression, even causing him to put a gun to his own head at one point. He started drinking considerably more as the war dragged on, and ate less and less, until Lazaer finally confronted him. He explained that the depression was a punishment for defeating him and defying the natural order of things.
In 1921, Logan met the mutant terrorist Mystique in Mexico, where they were both going to be executed by firing squad. They managed to escape and formed a gang of con men and criminals. Mystique and Logan soon became friends and lovers, but the partnership ended when Logan informed the police of their plan to rob a bank. They both became involved in the Weapon X program, where Logan gained his indestructible Adamantium claws. This was the last time they were partnered together.
Several years later, Logan met Nick Fury, Captain America, and the Black Widow while fighting the Nazis in Madripoor and Europe during World War II. Afterward, he participated as a paratrooper for the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion during the Normandy landings on D-Day, as well as the liberation of the Netherlands. He had also been a spy for the Allied Forces and that he had spent time in the Sobibor concentration camp in Poland, where he psychologically tortured three commandants by simply never speaking and returning every time they ordered him executed. While at Sobibor, Logan was known as "Prisoner Zero".
In 1945, Logan unwittingly participated in another landmark of World War II when he was captured by Japanese soldiers while performing sabotage missions in Japan, where he was sent to a prison camp in Nagasaki. He escaped from his cell along with Lt. Ethan Warren, an American soldier who was also captured, and found refuge and love in a local Japanese girl named Atsuko. Unfortunately, Lt. Warren, himself a mutant, returned and murdered the girl, and the two men fought until both were caught in the atomic blast that destroyed much of the city. Logan survived, but was devastated to lose another woman in his life.
After WWII, Logan traveled to Madripoor, where he met Seraph, the woman who owned the Princess Bar and took him under her wing. During this time, he also became friends with the prostitute Madame Joy, and eventually became part owner of the Princess Bar. Seraph appointed herself the guardian of Madripoor against the Hand. Logan continued his travels again, this time landing in China, where he met a Chinese businessman named Chang, an employee of Landau, Luckman, and Lake (LLL). In Shanghai, Logan met Ogun, an immortal Japanese samurai and sorcerer. Impressed by Logan’s skill, Ogun offered to instruct him in the martial arts, and even taught him Sun Tzu and ideograms. Wolverine soon developed a deep and lasting love for Japan. After his training with Ogun, Logan traveled to the village of Bando Saburo in order to learn how to be a man. There, he met and fell in love with a local woman named Itsu. They married and conceived a child together, unknown to Logan (Daken).
After the demon sword-smith Muramasa created an explosion that caused Logan to accidentally stab a villager with his claws, Logan was banned from the village. Before he left, Logan found Itsu murdered. Unbeknownst to Logan, the mysterious cloaked figure (who accompanied Sabretooth when he murdered Silver Fox) took the child from Itsu's womb. Logan gave himself to Muramasa, thinking the villagers were responsible for the murder of Itsu. Muramasa vows to build a sword capable of killing even Logan himself. Logan is later rescued by the Winter Soldier and taken to Madripoor.
Logan once again fell under the manipulation of the mysterious puppeteer in his life, the callous man who stole Logan's baby from Itsu's womb. Working for the CIA, he helped participate in turning a boy named Frank Simpson into the deranged super-soldier called Nuke. Frank, growing up watching his alcoholic mother constantly verbally abuse his meek father, was influenced by his babysitter (another operative of the mysterious manipulator) into killing his mother. Meanwhile, as Frank's father drove the babysitter home, she abruptly pulled out his flask and began to drink it. She then seduced him, and he pulled over into the nearby woods, only to be interrupted by a police officer, who was revealed to be Logan. Logan asked Frank's father to sit back in his seat and shot the babysitter with Frank's gun. He then suggested that Frank's father had taken advantage of the babysitter, plying her with alcohol and even going so far as to shooting her because she resisted. Frank's father realized the gravity of the situation, and seeing no other way, he shot himself.
Later, during the Vietnam War, Logan tortured the already unstable soldier, carving stars and stripes into his face all the while screaming "No V.C.". Frank then escaped, fleeing into a local village, hearing several of the villagers shout "No Vee-See!", he thought back to his painful torture. It pushed him over the edge, and he brutally murdered the whole village, just out of vengeance for Silver Fox. Logan continued his espionage work, becoming a favorite of both America's and Canada's secret services.
Logan was next placed on a Black Ops squad run by the CIA called Team X with Sabretooth, Maverick, Kestrel, Mastodon, and a false Silver Fox (Mystique). The group was apparently disbanded after a botched mission concerning Omega Red. During their time with the group, Logan and the others had their memories tampered with in order for them to better controlled. This is why Logan would suffer from amnesia (with the exception of false memories) for many years to come.
Logan was kidnapped by agents of the Weapon X Program, the tenth installment of the Weapon Plus Project. The man known only as the Professor, Dr. Abraham Cornelius, and Dr. Carol Hines began to examine Logan while he floated in a containment tank. Logan's bones, including his claws, were bonded with the indestructible metal known as Adamantium, making them unbreakable. This Adamantium bonding process had apparently been stolen by the Weapon X Program from the Japanese scientist known as Lord Dark Wind, the father of Yuriko Oyama (Lady Deathstrike), which is why Yuriko would come to despise Logan in later years; it was actually stolen by the Brotherhood and sold to the Facility.
Logan proved too difficult for the Weapon X Program to control and, after many years, he escaped the facility with the help of the Winter Soldier, killing nearly everyone except for the Professor, Dr. Cornelius, Dr. Hines, and Malcolm Colcord, who later became the Director of a new Weapon X Program.
Driven into savagery by the experiment, Logan wandered the forests of the Canadian Rockies for months, living in a feral state, ironically, not far from the place of his birth. It is during this period he saved the life of a creature known as a Hunter in Darkness, one of a race of feral beings apparently mystical in origin. A psychic link of some sort was established between the two, to resurface in later years. On occasion, Logan's human personality surfaces to the extent that, years later, he was able to recall pleasant experiences in these woods. Years after this experience, Logan's memories of much of his past would remain clouded as a result of the Weapon X experiment, and it is possible that he received additional false
Wandering the woods, Logan was eventually discovered by Heather and James "Mac" Hudson, a young couple honeymooning in the Rockies, who helped him regain his humanity (but not not his memories). After much persuasion from the couple, he became a member of Canada's Department H. Donning what would become his famous blue and yellow costume for the first time, he was dispatched to halt the destruction caused by a savage fight between the Incredible Hulk and the Wendigo. His speed and maneuverability proved to be a match for the two plodding powerhouses, but after realizing Hulk was a more formidable opponent, he changed tactics. Teaming up with Hulk to take out the Wendigo, Hulk threw the Wendigo into a patch of trees and Wolverine then delivered the finishing blow. The Hulk and Wolverine kept on fighting, with the Hulk emerging victorious. Hulk abandoned the unconscious Wolverine, unaware of his healing factor. The defeated Wolverine returned to Department H.
After his encounter with the Hulk, Wolverine was conscripted by Department H to join and lead Alpha Flight, Canada's government-run super team. During his leadership of Alpha Flight, Wolverine was approached by Professor Charles Xavier, who was looking for mutants to help his students, the X-Men, escape from the island-being known as Krakoa. Wolverine left Alpha Flight to accompany Xavier and rescue the captured X-Men. After Krakoa was defeated, Wolverine decided to stay with the X-Men with his fellow new recruits for reasons which included that he had fallen for Marvel Girl. Logan remained with the X-Men for quite some time, at one time being their field commander. At first skeptical of Professor Xavier's hope for mutant and human coexistence, he began to respect his ideals and grew to be a loyal and trusted member of the X-Men. He developed strong friendships with Nightcrawler and Colossus, but a rivalry grew between him and Cyclops, one of the reasons being they had both fallen for Marvel Girl. Though, when it came down to it in the end, Jean chose Wolverine - but not for some time, yet.
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Preferred Method of Contact: PM
Other Character(s): Captain America, Giant Man
