REAL NAME: Barnell Bohusk
KNOWN ALIASES: None
IDENTITY: Secret
OCCUPATION: Student, Reality Traveler
CITIZENSHIP: USA
PLACE OF BIRTH: Cheverly, Maryland
MARITAL STATUS: Single
KNOWN RELATIVES: Charles (father), Kathy (mother), numerous children (with Angel)
GROUP AFFILIATION: Exiles, X-Men; formerly Brotherhood
EDUCATION: Some college-level courses

HISTORY: Barnell Bohusk has lived a difficult life since his mutation first manifested. At Xavier's he befriended the Beast, finding a common bond with the X-Man with the most severe physical mutation. It was this bond that led him to visit the Beast with a gift, a baseball bat. Horribly, Beak was mentally possessed by a Cassandra Nova-controlled Charles Xavier and forced to beat his mentor brutally. The Beast would eventually recover but Beak's guilt over the event never went away.

Mocked by his peers at the Xavier Institute for his seemingly useless mutation, Beak gravitated towards a group of young mutants known as the special class - mutants with little drive and less ability. Ironically, in this class Beak truly began to realize his worth as a hero. The other special class students began to look up to him as a leader and he filled that role as best he could. This group also included his girlfriend and the mother of his children, Angel.

This group was mentored by Xorn who secretly believed he was Magneto. Beak and the rest of his special class followed Xorn, becoming the new Brotherhood in his takeover of the world. Beak stood up to Xorn and was cast out of the Brotherhood. He and a small group of X-Men were able to overtake Xorn and free New York City from his grip.

Soon after, the Exiles arrived at the Xavier Institute and Beak was forced to join their reality-fixing group. He left Angel and his children behind, unable to say goodbye to them. Angel assumes he deserted her. Since joining the Exiles, it has seems that Beak is the weakest link in the Exiles chain, but perhaps he is destined to perform some crucial, heroic feat in the future.

HEIGHT: 5 ft. 9 in.
WEIGHT: 140 lbs.
EYES: Black
HAIR: White
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Beak has a beak, feathered arms and talons.

SUPERHUMAN POWERS: Beak's is a mutant whose bones are light and hollow. His arms have begun to grow feathers which, when fully formed, may allow him to fly. He can currently glide and fly for short distances with great effort. Beak also has enhanced eyesight along with talons on his hands and feet.

SPECIAL LIMITATIONS: Even though Beak has birdlike qualities it is extremely difficult for him to fly.

PARAPHERNALIA: Beak currently wears the helmet worn by his former teacher, Xorn. and also carries the metal baseball bat he used to injure the Beast.

NOTE: Copied from The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: X-Men, Age of Apocalypse 2005