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X-Man
Real Name: Nathan "Nate" Grey Other Aliases: Nate the Great Identity: The general populace of Earth is unaware
of Nate Grey's existence. Occupation: Adventurer Legal Status: None Place of Birth: The American Northeast in an alternate
timeline Marital Status: Single Known Relatives: Nate Grey was created from the genetic
material of Scott Summers
and Jean Grey on an alternate
Earth Base of Operations: New York City, New York Group Affiliation: None First Appearance: X-MAN #1
History: Nate Grey was created in an
alternate timeline in which Apocalypse
had conquered North America. Nate was created by one of
Apocalypse's Horseman, Mister Sinister, from genetic material
taken from Prelate Cyclops and the captive X-Man, Jean Grey.
Nate was born and grew up in Sinister's slave pens, from
which he was released years later by Cyclops, who had turned
against Sinister. After his escape, Nate joined Forge, who
led a traveling band of performers, who were secretly conducting
guerrilla warfare on Apocalypse's minions in the American
Midwest.
Sinister, realizing the damage that would
occur if Apocalypse continued his reign, found and killed
Forge. Sinister revealed to Nate who Nate was and why he
was created: to destroy Apocalypse. In his grief over Forge's
death, Nate lashed out with his psionic powers and killed
Sinister. He then journeyed to Apocalypse's Citadel, located
in what once was New York City. Nate found the X-Men, led
in this timeline by Magneto, and helped them in their assault
on the Citadel.
During the attack, Nate battled Holocaust
by himself. Nate, in an attempt to breach Holocaust's armor,
stabbed him with a shard of the recently recovered M'Krann
Crystal, and both Nate and Holocaust vanished.
Through the powers of the M'Krann Crystal,
Nate was transported to our Earth, landing in the Alps.
When he first landed, his subconscious need for companionship
recreated a physical body for the dissipated essence of
the then-deceased Madelyne
Pryor. Nate and Madelyne, who became fast friends, journeyed
through Europe until Pryor was convinced to leave Nate by
Selene, who wanted Pryor as a member of the newly reformed
Inner Circle of the Hellfire
Club.
After leaving Europe, Nate encountered McCoy,
a twisted version of Hank McCoy from the timeline from which
Nate originally hailed McCoy told Nate that he recognized
Sinister's work, and explained that Sinister would not have
created someone so powerful without a fail-safe. McCoy claimed
that Nate's existence was to end the moment he accomplished
his mission (to destroy Apocalypse), and Sinister designed
Nate's psionic powers to kill him within a few years. To
investigate this claim, Nate traveled to Muir Island, where
Dr. Moira MacTaggert confirmed the diagnosis: his powers
could indeed kill him before he turned twenty-one.
After this revelation, Professor
Charles Xavier subjected Nate's mind to a probe. Sensing
evil (the part of Xavier's psyche that would eventually
break from Xavier and become the entity known as Onslaught),
Nate lashed out with his powers and pulled Xavier's psyche
from the astral plane.
Soon after that encounter, Nate saved the
mutant Threnody, who was fleeing clones of the original
Marauders, and the two began to travel together, finally
settling in New York City.
Recently, Madelyne Pryor, who was now a member
of the Hellfire Club, returned to find Nate, since she felt
a connection. Pryor encountered and killed Threnody, and
discovered that she (Pryor) had been reconstructed by Nate,
later becoming independent of him. Pryor was felled by the
combined effort of Nate and Phoenix, the Jean Grey of this
timeline.
In an effort to prevent his powers from killing
him, Nate recently closed his access to his telekinetic
abilities. Whether his telekinetic powers will return over
time remains to be seen.
A paradoxical being born of a reality that never will
exist, Nate dedicated the totality of his talents to the
preservation of his adopted homeworld. The promise of
his powers fully realized, X-Man became a modern-day mutant
shaman, existing to heal and guide his tribe, though forced
to live outside it. He loved them as a parent loves a
child, without question. A world-walker, he fought to
protect the planet from the incomprehensible, impossible
threats of the multiverse, parallel Earths strung along
a spiral from one end of reality to another. To save humanity
from destruction, he sacrificed himself for the greater
good, allowing his energy to flow into every being on
the planet.
Height: 5 ft. 9 in. Weight: 135 lbs. Eyes: Blue Hair: Brown
Strength Level: Nate Grey possesses the normal
human strength of a man his age, height, and build who
engages in moderate regular exercise.
Known Superhuman Powers: Nate Grey is a mutant
possessing vast psionic abilities. Nate has so far shown
telekinetic ability rivaling that of Phoenix, creating
destructive psionic spikes, and lifting objects of at
least 10 tons or more. Nate is also a telepath of the
first order, able to create psionic illusions, read, probe
and control the minds of others, and to pull a psionic
entity out of the astral plane. It is possible that, with
practice, Nate Grey could be the most powerful psionic
on the planet.