Who's Who?

The staff here at Prime thought readers might be curious about the photos used for various characters. A few of them are purely based on the films. Many of them, however, have been changed to suit the changes to character and to mood. And, of course, those that haven't been featured in the movies at all... those we had to create from scratch.


Some of the characters that remained the same include:

Charles Xavier -- Patrick Stewart
Scott Summers -- James Marsden
Colossus -- Daniel Cudmore
Moira MacTaggert -- Olivia Williams

For these four, the actors playing them in the films still fit. Why fix what isn't broken?


Characters that were changed for the sake of the story are:


Rogue -- Eliza Dushku

In the movies, Rogue was given a Shadowcat role, a POV character to introduce us to the world of the X-Men. As, one, you can see that there's no Wolverine to be found in this book and, two, I'm dropping the readers into the middle of the story instead of the beginning, this no longer applies. I wanted Rogue to be older, scrappier, darker and more capable. Anna Paquin -- bless her -- didn't fit my criteria for Rogue very well. So I decided to go with Ms. Dushku. A little creative Photoshopping for the streak and the green eyes (Go ahead. Look closely. They're there.) and voila. Rogue.



Shadowcat -- Evangeline Lilly

Shadowcat of the Prime-Verse is no kid companion to the older crowd. Ms. Pryde was a fully drafted member of the second team of X-Men. She's the same age as Colossus, folks. Physically, I wanted her a match for her male (and female) teammates, something that Ellen Page -- as cute and quirky as she was as Kitty -- couldn't provide. This isn't Punkin, or Kitten, or Kitty Pryde. This is Kate. And yes, I realise that Ms. Lilly already plays a Kate. I guess the name fits, doesn't it?



Of course, there are characters that make no appearance in the films whatsoever. These include:

Cannonball -- Mike Vogel

While Mr. Vogel is often much too pretty for a rough country boy like Sam, his appearance in 2003's "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" fit the character like a latex glove. A little sweaty, a little scruffy, sunkissed and well-muscled, he became the perfect physical replica of Sam Guthrie. And since my version of him is pretty close to his current comic persona, everything came together rather nicely.




Proteus -- Giovanni Ribisi

Unfortunately, I no longer posess the unaltered headshot of Mr. Ribisi, but I'm sure a quick IMDB search will pull up plenty for you to look at. Proteus is a wildcard. I needed someone who looked a little unhinged, but still looked like he could pull off an angry, unstable nineteen year old. Since Ribisi is just so good at playing that twitchy type of character I was looking for, luck shined upon me when I thought of him. I found an image of him that wasn't so clean cut like he so often is, and it worked like a charm.

That's all for this installment of 'Who's Who?'. As I unveil characters to the series, I'll make another post with new characters, face, and information.

Cheers!

Xavier File 076

x076 -- Anne Marie Mathis

Vital Statistics

Height: 5'9" (168cm)
Weight: 145 lbs (59kg)
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Green
D-O-B: 18-7-1987

Classification: Homo Sapiens Superior - Delta
Codename: Rogue

Mutant Abilities: Energy absorption through skin contact

Xavier's Notes: "After all this time, Anne still goes by Rogue, as if she's uncomfortable with the name she was born with. Only Emma, myself, and a few of the administration staff at the Massachusetts Academy even know of it. She seems to prefer it that way. I do hope that there will be a time that Anne feels at ease with her teammates. Perhaps then, she will tell them.

"Despite her fears and her secrecy, Rogue has grown into a bright and capable leader, though she would never admit to being so. She came in a ward of the state, a petty criminal, and has blossomed under our care to graduate at the top of her class.

"I do understand her need for psychological distance, however. It seems to match the physical one she's erected around herself. Her powers, while growing more versatile and less deadly with each rare application, are still without control. It has been over ten years since the last time Anne's contact with another human being did not end with their thoughts swimming in her mind. In the years that I have tried to help her, I have come to believe that Anne's difficulties with her powers are psychological rather than physical. This difficulty, however, lies somewhere within the boundaries of a mind so guarded even I cannot breach."

Dramatis Personae Update

Want to know the skinny on the characters appearing in Children of the Atom? Look no further.
Meanwhile, get ready for the much anticipated (and running late, but nearly here) issues 2 and 3! Keep your eyes open and your ears to the wall.

Timeline Updated

The Prime Timeline has been updated. New entries will be added after future issues as new information comes along. All new timeline entries will be italicized.

Read the updated timeline here.

Solicitation - Children of the Atom #2 (of 3)

CotA's second issue is on the wings.

The players have been set and the first move has been made. The single most powerful mutant on the face of the Earth has broken out of prison and is gunning for Xavier. Problem is, it's his own son. How can a fractured, leaderless team of X-Men do anything to stop him?

Stay tuned!

Prime: Children of the Atom #1

The first issue of Prime's flagship miniseries has launched!

Xavier's revelation is being heralded by the global mutant community as the first significant victory in the cause of mutant rights. But not everyone is happy about the news. How are the X-Men involved, and what figure from Xavier's past has finally decided to collect on old debts?

Read now!

Xavier File 011

x011 -- Summers, Scott

Vital Statistics

Height: 6' (184cm)
Weight: 180 lbs (81kg)
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
D-O-B: 28-12-1979

Classification: Homo Sapiens Superior - Beta
Codename: Cyclops

Mutant Abilities: Concussive Optic Blasts

Xavier's Notes: "As much as it pains me to say this, there are times when I see Scott as the son I never had. Rationally, I know that I am a father; I have a son, but David has been so difficult for so long, and Scott... it seems like Scott's always been here at my side.

"Scott came into my life when he was very young, not long after the boy lost both of his parents to a plane crash. He was so frail and afraid then, so unwilling to ask for help or even to accept help as it was offered. That fierce self-reliance and introversion is with him even to this day. I wonder how much I have contributed to his impersonation of Atlas himself, carrying the world on his shoulders alone.

"Scott's abilities are impressive but have proven uncontrollable. I wonder sometimes whether my attempts to help him with his powers have truly helped him at all. Ten years have passed and Scott still relies on the rare mineral ruby quartz to keep them at bay. The span of years spent here, with the school and with me, has strengthened him in other ways, however; they have honed him into a man that I feel confident will only become stronger as time goes on.

"When my age finally catches up with me and I pass on, I fear Scott may become even more embittered than he is now. He has taken the death of Jean so hard, even harder than the deaths of his parents. Time has done little to heal those wounds, I'm afraid. My second largest failing with him has been my inability to help.

"I do know that beneath this harsher, colder exterior Scott has been exhibiting recently, the idealistic man within him still exists, though he strives so hard to pretend it doesn't. Perhaps one day, Scott will come out of his shell. If I ever retire, I hope to leave my school to him. Maybe, one day, he'll be ready."

Xavier File 010

x010 -- Xavier, David

Vital Statistics

Height: 5'10" (178cm)
Weight: 145 lbs (65kg)
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
D-O-B: 2-6-1991

Classification: Homo Sapiens Superior - Alpha
Codename: None

Mutant Abilities: Quantakinesis, Telepathy

Xavier's Notes: "David is perhaps both my greatest achievement and my greatest failure. A mutant of near omnipotence, David has shown the ability to do just about anything within his mental grasp. Exceedingly bright, that grasp has grown in leaps and bounds. His potential is nearly without limit. The only other mutant ever to come close to his levels of power is Jean Grey.

"Unfortunately, David's powers manifested too early; he was unable to cope with the sheer amount of power and control at his command. He became psychotic; he developed paranoia and schizophrenia. Unfortunately, David's break with reality manifested itself in unfathomable ways. The phantoms of David's mind become real; his bouts of madness are shared by everyone around him.

"There is one defense against David's vast power; steel. It seems neither his quantakinetic nor his telepathic abilities are able to pierce this particular alloy. It is a blessing, perhaps, that steel is in great abundance.

"David is disturbed in ways even I do not understand. His mind is closed off to me; nothing I have tried has made any progress. Perhaps I have simply not tried enough with him. I might as well be on another planet, running the Institute while David remains exiled to the lowest levels of Moira's Muir Island Research Facility. Even now, I do not know what I can do to reach out to him. I fear what may happen should David escape his steel prison. I fear what my failures may cost ."

Xavier File 000

Mutant Classification

For classification purposes, scientists studying the mutant genome have devided mutants into a number of groups, based on the strength of the particular X-Factors of each.


Alpha Class

Alphas are mutants whose abilities extend far beyond their physical reach. These mutants can use their powers in an extremely long range, and often global, scale. While Alphas are the most powerful of all mutants, they are also the most closely tied to their powers. These mutants have versatile abilities, and often have multiple aspects within their scope of influence. These mutants are often burdened by their powers as much as gifted by them.


Beta Class

Betas are mutants who still maintain a long range with their abilities. These mutants can effect the enviornment as far as they can physically see. Athlough not as versatile as Alphas, some Betas lose range to gain it. Betas are also given to bouts of loss of control, though they generally struggle less than others.


Gamma Class

Gamma Mutants still maintain ranged abilities, or, if they lack range, have a number of versatile powers to make up for it. Gammas typically master their powers, and can live with them the most easily.


Delta Class

Deltas are lower powered still, below other classifications. Often these mutants have only one or two abilities, with limited range. Deltas also can develop negative side effects of their powers rather than positive ones.


Epsilon Class

Epsilons are mutants who would most closely represent the term 'freak'. These mutants often suffer from physical deformities and handicaps which limit their ability to integrate into society. Any ability Epsilons develop is limited in use, if useful at all.

Timeline

April 4, 1945 -- Cpt. Steve Rogers, the original Captain America, falls into the North Atlantic during a mission to destroy the German prototype hydrogen bomb. His body is never recovered.

September 5, 1945 -- Charles Francis Xavier is born.

1960-1967 -- The Defenders operate out of Los Angeles, thus beginning the modern day era of superhuman based freedom fighting teams. Among its founding members were the original Human Torch - Jim Hammond, William Naslund - the second Captain America, and Namor.

August 2, 1974 -- Flight of the Fantastic Four. Scientist Reed Richards and his three member crew are exposed to radiation during an experimental long distance space flight. The resulting radiation causes spontaneous mutation among them, resulting in the first globally documented case of successful genome alteration in humans.

March 16, 1982 -- During a test to study the affects of Gamma Radiation on living tissue, an accident floods the entire research facility with fatal levels of radiation. The only survivor, Dr. Robert Banner, is transformed into the Hulk.

1987 -- The first team of Avengers is formed, based in New York City. Among its founding members are The Hulk, Thor, and the third Captain America - Jeffrey Mace.

1989 -- The Canadian government opens Department H, it's 'superhuman initiative', in an attempt to create their own, government sponsored version of the American Avengers called Alpha Flight. Sporting patriotic uniforms and codenames, Logan and James Hudson, aka Wolverine and Guardian, were among its founding members.

September 2, 1995 -- The Xavier School for Gifted Youth opens its doors. Scott Summers, Jean Grey are among the first class.

1996 -- SHIELD, a non-government organization designed to survey and defend against hostile superhumans, is formed. SHIELD, though not tied to any particular government, is based in the Western Hemisphere, namely North and South America.

1997 -- STRIKE, Europe's answer to the Western SHIELD program is formed.

May 14, 1999 -- Second Genesis. An emergency team of X-Men are gathered to rescue the originals from the island of Krakoa. John Proudstar, Katheryn Pryde, Piotr Rasputin join.

May 22, 1999 -- John Proudstar is killed.

October 4, 1999 -- Lacking government funding, Department H is shut down. Alpha Flight disbands.

September 11, 2001 -- The World Trade Center is destroyed in an act of terrorism. Paranoia begins to grow within the US, as the government initiates a 'War on Terror'. This would last throughout the current administration.

March 17, 2003 -- Jean Grey dies.

September 10, 2004 -- 'Third Genesis'. The Massachusetts Academy opens its doors to Generation X. The Xavier School for the Gifted is re-christened The Xavier Institute for Higher Learning. Emma Frost becomes acting Headmistress. Sam Guthrie, Anne Mathis are among the class.

December 20, 2004 -- Genosha, a small African island nation near Madagascar, gains sovereignty from England.

June 11, 2006 -- Sue Richards dies of cancer. Her death is mourned by thousands.

January 3, 2007 -- As distrust in all 'superhumans' grow, the Avengers are forced by the US Government to shut down.

April 7, 2008 -- The 'War on Terror' is finally ended, as the administration of the US Government changes hands.

February 19, 2009 -- Reed Richards dies of complications related to pneumonia. His death is mourned by the planet.

May 25, 2010 -- Generation X graduates. The Massachusetts Academy is closed and its staff is re-integrated into The Xavier Institute.

June 27, 2010 -- Race riots in Genosha reach global headlines as the Genoshan government institutes a Mutant Workcamp Program. Called legalized slavery by many, the program sparks heated debate over the issue of Mutant Rights and the UN's right to step in and mediate the conflict.

July 19, 2010 -- M Day -- In preparation of a 'Fourth Genesis', and in light of recent world events involving mutant rights, Xavier reveals himself to be a mutant; reveals Xavier Institute as a facility for Homo Superior. He publicly opens his doors to any that would seek sanctuary.

Solicitation - Children of the Atom #1 (of 3)

The first issue of Primeverse's Children of the Atom is ready to hit the airwaves. Here's a little teaser to whet your appetites.

By the time Xavier held National Adress, it had nearly been too late. Mass rioting in Genosha over their Mutant Workcamp Program had reached international news. As a member of the UN, Genosha proved untouchable; no country would step in to police the small island nation. Doing so would be tantamount to a declaration of war. And since no laws had been passed globally on the true status of Mutants--whether they fell under the same international law as humans, or they were merely another species of intelligent animal, no one group could prove the issue one way or the other. And so these mutants remained as they were, subject to the humane guidelines afforded to endangered monkeys. Subject to the needs and interests of the country they were in. And until UN made a final decision, mutants were property in Genosha. And the riots would continue.

Charles Xavier, human rights activist, Professor in the fields of Biology and Genetics, called together a National Address to open a forum on mutant issues. Calling out for public support, he declared that mutants were indeed human. They were just a little bit... different.


"--and with that in mind, I feel that it's finally time to put an end to masks, an end to hiding our gifts behind 'secret identities' and ill-fitting clothes.

"Ladies and gentlemen. My name is Charles Xavier, also known as Professor X. And I am a mutant."

Expect the full issue soon!

Purpose

Prime is a blog-style fanfiction universe. All stories herein exist within the same universe, namely Earth-659, also known as Earth Prime, or the Primeverse, one universe within the Marvel Multiverse. An established continuity has been developed for this Earth, and will continue to evolve will dates, places, and occasionally times as events unfold. See the Timeline section for more details.