Jericho Welkin (Earth 4040)

{{Character Template Olive skin with thick eye brows and narrowed eyes. Instead of being white his sclera are black, his iris is amber colored and his pupil is white. His hair is sky blue and short in the back, but longer in the front. He is described as being more muscular than Michael with a thicker build. He has several tribal like tattoos on his body that appeared when his mutation activated. When he uses his powers or is feeling intense emotions they glow. He has two pairs of ink black wings on his back with white eye like markings on the tip of each feather. When not using his wings or in order to blend in with a crowed he can retract them into his back. He is described as having a seriously bad boy look by many.
 * Title = Catalyst
 * RealName = Jericho Sandalphon Welkin
 * Identity = Known
 * Alignment = Good
 * Affiliation = X-Men
 * Relatives = Mary Welkin (Aunt), Nathan Welkin (Uncle), Paxton Welkin (cousin), Maya Welkin (cousin) Michael Welkin (cousin) Josiah Welkin (Father)
 * BaseOfOperations = X-Mansion, His famil home
 * Gender = Male
 * Height = 6'1
 * Weight = 200
 * Eyes = amber
 * Hair = blue
 * UnusualFeatures = Black sclera, amber iris and white pupils. Whiteeye like markings on the tips of his feathers and several tribe like markings on his body.
 * Citizenship = American
 * MaritalStatus = Single
 * Occupation = X-Men Trainee
 * Education = High School
 * Origin = Earth
 * PlaceOfBirth = Seattle, Washington
 * Creators = Fusedtwilight
 * HistoryText ==Physical Description=

=Personality=

Unlike his cousin, Jericho is more aggressive and brash. He can be very hot headed and his blunt attitude tends to aggravate people. He is an avid partier and loves being the center of attention.

He appears to have a love for fighting, he enjoys watching UFC cage fights and battles between super-powered individuals.

He has a more sever disposition than his cousin Michael and can be less forgiving. According to Michael while he can be harsh Jericho can also be fair.

His relationship with his cousin is complicated. While he does care for him like a brother, he also feels jealous of the attention Michael receives because he is the heir to the family.

History
Almost the Heir

Jericho's family, the Welkins can trace their lineage back for thousands of years. They are unique in the fact their family produces many angel like mutants known as Cheyarafim.

The heir to this clan always has the same exact mutation as his or her forbears. While the other mutants in the clan posses their own unique abilities.

Jericho's father, Josiah hoped Jericho would be the next heir. But when Jericho's powers manifested it was clear to all he was not the next heir. A year after his powers manifested his cousin Michael was revealed to be the family heir.

Unlike his cousin Paxton (who felt nothing but resentment for Michael) Jericho loved his little cousin and they became very close, much of their time was spent flying above their families home.

As time went on Jericho became more and more resentful of his cousin, everyone praised Michael and Jericho's own father had little interest in his sons own abilities.

After Jericho's mother died from cancer he began to act out more. Causing trouble and making things difficult for his father.

Power Corrupts

Unlike Michael who was kept home until he learned better control his powers; Jericho was sent to public school. While his wings could be hidden his eyes betrayed his mutant nature and thus he was in the receiving end of many jokes and cruel comments from his peers.

Jericho was not one to suffer in silence. Any time someone dared insult him or his mutant heritage he would immediately physically retaliate.

One day, after a senior made a very insensitive comment about Jericho's dead mother, something unbelievable happened. The boy suddenly developed a frog like mutation. His skin secreted a toxin that would paralyze anyone who touched him.

While many assumed it was a simply X-Gene manifestation some went so far as to accuse Jericho himself for what happened. And Jericho was inclined to believe them.

Over the years Jericho began to realize he could sense the hidden power in other people. Or even the power in other mutants. He never told no one of this gift as he didn't think no one would care. But after what happened with the senior Jericho decided to tell his father.

Josiah was delighted to learn of his sons other gift and realized the potential he had. Josiah had always dreamed of raising the Welkin family to greater heights. He believed their clan deserved more prestige and influence and saw Jericho as key to this.

Josiah never told none of his other family members of this. He instructed Jericho to keep his ability secret. He moved the both of them out of Washington, telling the others that Jericho needed to live someplace else that didn't remind him of his mother.

With the help of some of his contacts in the military Josiah was able to obtain a base where he could train Jericho in the use of his powers. If Jericho could learn to control his gifts he could very well create an army of superpowered individuals.

Limitless

Jericho spent a lot of time training to use his power.

Over time many surprising aspects of his mutation was discovered.

Jericho was capable of sensing not only mutants, but Inhumans, mutates and anyone with the potential for some kind of enhancement. Not only was he able to unlock someone's potential he could also enhance ones gift to astronomical levels.

But his greatest power was what would break the camels back.

Jericho was able to remove an enhanced persons power and even transfer it to a normal person, granting them the same powers and limitations that ability granted.

Josiah tried to keep the true limits of his son a secret. He knew if those in the army heard of what Jericho could do they would try and take him and use him for their own purposes and treat Jericho like a mere tool.

But Thaddeus Ross got wind of Jericho and took control of Josiah's operation. While most in the military saw Jericho as a way to create more superhumans Ross saw him as a way to finally control the ever rising population of enhanced humans.

Another Civil War

Jericho went along with Ross's plan. Though he did not like the general for taking control of the operation, he saw this as an opportunity to do some good.

There were many villans out there with dangerous power. What could be so bad about using his ability to make the likes of Magneto or the U-Foes human and less of a threat?

Ross took his plan to Congress. He proposed and law for the superhuman community. If anyone broke the law (even for minor infractions) they would be stripped of their powers.

The proposal appealed to many. Once rendered human those once dangerous threats could be sent to a simple human (and less expensive) prison.

When word of this new law broke out there was an immediate response.

Many superhumans saw the benefits of this law. For some heroes it would finally end the threats of their long time enemies and help prevent the loss of any innocent lives.

Some however saw this as a violation. Especially those in the mutant community who were born with their gifts and believed no one had the right to take someones powers.

There was also debate for the severity of even breaking minor laws, some even went so far as accusing the government of using this as an excuse to wipe out any powered individual who was not on their pay role.

No one knew Jericho was the secret weapon. Josiah however told Michael about Jericho's environment. He feared for his sons safety, he knew other groups would either want to use Jericho or kill him. Michael went to speak with Jericho. He to was concerned for his cousins safety.

At first their meeting was civil, both had not seen one another in some time and were happy to catch up. But when Michael tried to convince Jericho not to help Ross Jericho lost his temper. He accused Michael of being Jealous because he was no longer the most important person in their family.

Michael warned Jericho that groups like Hydra, AIM and others would soon come for him and that his life would not be one of glory and privlage


 * Powers = Wings: Michaels wings give him the supernatural ability to fly. They are not made from solid matter like Warren’s wings, he seems to have some control to their size, making them as large as fifty feet to ten feet from wing tip. They are shown to be more durable then they appear, he has used them to shield himself from gunfire and explosions. He is capable of retracting them into his back to blend in easier with humans.


 * Feathers: The feathers of his wings are imbued with small portions of his power. His feathers have been shown to heal injured people when they touch them and generate small amounts of angel fire. Michael used a feather to recharge himself after he lost his wings


 * Flight: His wings posses an innate power to grant him the power to defy gravity. He has been observed to hover and levitate in the air without moving his wings. With them he can fly at speeds around 250 miles per hour. When using his angel fire he can fly at even greater speeds and into the depths of space.

Angel Fire: Michael's most powerful and offensive ability. The angel fire is crystal white and is described as being like a mixture of fire and lightning. Magik has said the fire is actually the holy flame of angels and only used by the most powerful practitioners of white magic. Thanks to it’s mystical nature it does not have the regular limitations of fire or lightning. It does not require oxygen and can burn even underwater. It can not be extinguished using regular methods and is capable of harming those with pyrokinetic abilities. It is the antithesis of hellfire and is capable of breaking powerful dark magical spells and curses as well as protecting Michel from their effects.


 * Energy Projection: He can release Angel Fire as concussive force blasts that can level entire buildings. He usually uses his hands, eyes or wings to do this but can release it from any part of his body. Should his attacks be some how reflected back at him Michael can simply re-absorb it without harm into his body.


 * Burning Touch: By projecting his power over his skin Michael can burn anything that touches him. He can use this power to simply burn someone or incinerate them with a touch.


 * Shape Manipulation: Similar to how Psylock can form weapons made from her own psionic power Michael can shape his power into any assortment of forms like swords, spears, daggers, whips, rope, bow and arrows, etc. Similar to Indra he can make the weapons he creates levitate as well as alter their size and weight.


 * Holy Armor: By covering his whole body in Angel Fire Michael can create a defensive aura that greatly enhances his durability and protects him from melee attacks as his shield will burn anyone who touches him. It is strong enough to protect him from high caliber guns and explosions as well as extreme temperatures such as a river of lava and through an unknown means allows him to breath underwater and in space as long as it is active. The only downside it it reduces his reflexes and speed.


 * Force Fields: Michael can create barriers to protect himself or other people from harm, he can also use it to trap others, preventing them from escaping or fleeing. He used this power to protect a group of people from the debris of a collapsing building and on a group of thieves who were fleeing a scene of a crime.


 * Power Infusion: By touching an object he can channel some of his angel fire it to enhance it's natural features. He has used this on weapons like swords and staff's to increase their durability and on swords and bladed weapons to make them sharper. He can also channel guns, increasing the potency of the bullets. He has to be careful because if he puts too much power into an object he could destroy it. The items he infuses gain the abilities of his angel fire, making them effective against demons and specters.

Healing: Michael is capable of healing himself and others of any injury or disease. He can also heal people of mental illness and regrow lost or severed limbs. If a person has been brainwashed he can heal them or help a person remember things they have forgotten as well as purify people or places that have been tainted by an evil influence. He is also able to revitalize someone and restore their stamina, when Nightcrawler was too tired to teleport Michael was able to re-energize him so they could continue on their journey. He has also been shown healing tears in the fabric of reality and space. Closing a tear made by the N'Garai and a portal made by Blink. It tires him to do this and depending on the number of people he heals as well as the injury can drain him. Josh has stated his healing power is different from his own ability as Michael does not manipulate a persons genetic structure.


 * Healing Aura: Michael, according to Selene radiates life-force and vital energies. This gives him the ability to re-energize and help speed up the healing process of people near him. It also effects plants and vegetation, causing them to remain healthy and yield more produce. Because he leaks so much vital energy it makes him easily tracked by beings who feed on the life of others like Selene who wishes to feast on his life-force more then anyone else.


 * Regeneration: Thanks to this power Michael has been able to heal from massive and lethal energies. He has survived being shot multiple times and regrown an arm. He did die when he was impale through his brain but a few hours later when the obstruction was removed he immediately began to heal. This hints that although his healing factor is strong it does have limits. Hank has theorized that if he were to be decapitated or a large enough portion of his body was destroyed he would not survive.


 * Purification: When several of the X-Men became stranded in Limbo and began to become corrupted thanks to N'astirh's magical influence changing them into dark versions of themselves. But Michael was able to purify them when he touched them and returned them to their natural state.

Soul Perception: Michael has a unique ability to see the souls of other beings. It prevents him from being fooled by shape-shifters as he can see the difference between souls. This ability also allows him to see ghosts and other normally invisible beings. It also allows him to see through illusions and other powers that confuse the mind. It also lets him to see spiritual energy and magic. He can activate this power whenever he wishes. If he is physically touching someone he can share this power with them so they can see what he is seeing. It has shown to be less effective on those who do not have a soul.


 * Telepathy: As long as he is making eye-to-eye contact Michael can read the thoughts and memories of a person. If his own vision is obstructed or his targets eyes are damaged or destroyed it may prevent him from reading them. He can tell the difference between true memories and memories that have been altered or even erased, because as he has said that the mind may forget but the soul always remembers. If Michael is touching someone it makes it easier for him to read a person.


 * Visual Empathy: Michael can read a persons aura and visualize their emotions as colors. This allows him to tell a persons emotional state with a single glance. It can also tell him if a person is lying or telling him the truth and if they are being manipulated by empaths. He can also see strings of emotional energy that connect people. This lets him see what people feel for those around them, whether it be love, hate, longing, distrust, disgust or any other emotion.


 * Life-Force Detection: He can see the life-flow of living beings and differentiate the life energy of others. This allows him to judge a persons health or help warn him if someone is actually a shape-shifter by the difference in peoples auras. He was able to easily identify Mystique as he recognized her aura and can tell the difference between Multiple Man and one of his clones. He can also tell if someone is related by how similar their life-force is.


 * Aura Reading: By reading the unique auras people posses Michael can tell the nature of a person or object. He can tell if someone is a regular human a mutant, an inhuman or if they are aliens. He was able to tell both Rachel and Cable were time travelers but that Cable was from the same timeline as the 616 and that Rachel was from another separate timeline. He can even read the aura of certain objects to tell if they are magical.


 * Psychic Resistance: Michael has shown the ability to sense when his mind is being invaded. When Rachel tried to read his mind she was shocked to find he not only sensed her but had been going through her mind without her knowing and threatened to tell some of her embarrassing secrets if she told anyone what she learned from him.

Archon Mode: A form that taps into the primordial power of the Welkin bloodline, increasing his powers to extraordinary levels and giving him access to powers he normally does not have. When activated his eyes glow yellow, a halo appears over his head the markings on his body and wings begin to glow blue and his skin turns a bright luminescent white color.

He did not have access to this form until the pain and grief he felt at losing Jay caused him to enter the Archon state. Because he was filled with rage he went on a rampage and would have died from overuse of his power had Xavier not been able to telepathically contact him and calm him down

When he is in this form he was able to fight ten sentinels as well as fight beings like Exodus, Juggernaut and the Void. Storm says when he is in this form he is capable of leveling a whole city and Beast was amazed to see his energy readings were so high he could power the entire planet indefinitely. He can only able to maintain it for so long as it puts a great deal of strain on his body and if he overuses it he risks being incinerated by his own power. The longest he can use it for is five minutes.

Enhanced Angel Fire: Michael shows an even greater control and level of his offensive power. He can summon the fire with a simple thought and does not need any kind of physical gesture and was able to incinerate dozens of Purifiers with just a look.

Enhanced Healing: Michaels power to heal becomes powerful enough that he was able to heal those who were injured during the Purifier attack with his mere presence alone.

Enhanced Soul Perception: All of the abilities of his ability to read souls are greatly enhanced. He develops full telepathic abilities, no longer needing to look into anothers eyes to read their thoughts. He is also capable of talking to someone with his mind.

Superhuman Strength: When in the Archon mode Michael has strength that allows him to fight the likes of Juggernaut, Hulk and Thor. He was able to help safely land a plane that had been about to crash and punched his way through a mountain.

Teleportation: Capable of teleporting himself or even a large group of people to another location. The exact limits of this power are not known, but he has gone as far as Mars. He is also capable of summoning or banishing an object or people, so long as he can see what he wants or knows it's location. He was show to be able to teleport the entire X-Jet back to the Mansion with no effort.

Astral Projection: Capable of separating his spirit from his physical body. He can use this to travel through the physical or spiritual planes, such as when he fought the Shadow King on the Astral plane. He can enter the body of another when in spirit form and even project his power through them, but this is extremely dangerous as not everyone is capable of holding his immense power without being incinerated. He did this with Logan to help him fight a group of evil spirits.
 * Strength = Enhanced- he can lift over five hundred pounds on average, though when he uses his powers he can increase his strength to even greater levels.
 * Weaknesses = Wings: When his wings are retracted into his body, his powers are not as strong. If they were to be amputated then he would be severely weakened and would only gain his powers back if he got them back. If his wings were destroyed then the power they contain would be released and return to Michael and he would regrow a new pair of wings.

Will Power: The more Michael believes in himself the stronger he is, however feelings of doubt or insecurity can cause him to tap less then his full potential.

Overuse of power: If he uses his Archon mode for too long it can cause him to become unconscious for long periods of time or he will burn up from power excess, killing him in the process. He is also shown to be greatly tired after using it for long periods of time.

Loss of Control: When using his Archon form he must have a clear mind, otherwise he may lose control and go into a berserk rampage.
 * Transportation = X-Jet
 * Weapons = Teraphim: Made during the war with the Neyaphem and passed through the Welkin family for generations the teraphim appears as a simple metal bracelet when dormant but when activated it is capable of assuming a verity of weapon forms that Michael can project his power through. It has shown a level of sentience as it seems to chose who can wield it. It always works for Michael and a select few but others it has reacted violently to. When Mystique tried to steal it and it burned her hand. It allowed Noshiko to hold it at first, but when she called it a useless hunk of junk it burned her and would not allow her to touch it again.

It also serves as a countermeasure. In the event Michael should lose control of his powers or remain in the Archon state for too long the Terephim will automatically encase him in an egg like sphere. Shutting his powers down and forcing him to rest while it protects his physical body. How it is able to do this is unknown. His father told him it was designed not only to help the heirs of the Welkin family hone their power but protect them from it as well.

It's final purpose is as a sort of black box. It records the history of the heir of the Welkin family. Sometimes it shows the current heir it's memories of it's previous masters, either through it's reflection or in a form of a vision or in a dream in order to help the current heir master and understand their powers. When Michael was training to activate the Archon state at will the Terephim showed him a vision of the dangers of losing control of it's power.
 * Custom = Mutant
 * CustomLabel = Race
 * Abilities = Multilingual- He can speak Russian and Latin as well as understand and communicate using American Sign Language.

Skilled Tactician- He has shown a sharp analytical mind which gives him an edge in a fight as it allows him to plan effective strategies and face multiple opponents and maneuver them on the battlefield. Warren has stated Michael is similar to Scott in that way as he has multiple strategies in place to win a fight.

Intellect-Michael is skilled in genetics, physics and biochemistry. He was able to replicate Spider-Man's spider-webs as well as create a serum that slowed the effects of a secondary mutation on a mutant. |HistoryHeader = |NotesHeader = |Universe = Earth-4040|Trivia = Is moddled after Matthew Daddario

His favorite color is blue

Can speak Latin and Russian and knows American Sign Language.

Enjoys reading, his favorite genres are sci-fi and fantasy.

Some of his favorite music singers are Adele, One Republic, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Lindsey Stirling.

He enjoys Grunge music.

Is borderline Claustrophobic. Gets edgy in tight enclosed spaces and dislikes having to go through caves and tunnels.

His family crest is an angelic figure holding a sword.

Is a fan of the Seattle Seahawks.

Huskies are his favorite dog breed.

Manifested his powers at the young age of ten.

Even though he can retract his wings into his body he can not alter his eyes so when he would go out he wore colored glasses and told people he had an eye condition.

Is a omega-level mutant.

Politically affiliation is independent.

Sexual Orientation is biromantic.
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