the flying fiend.

SHORT BIO

abandoned at birth in bavaria, kurt was adopted by a circus fortune teller who found him as a baby. with his unusual velvety blue fur, yellow eyes, and prehensile tail, he was an instant crowd favorite: people came from all over to see the flying fiend and his acrobatic tricks. when he was 16, the circus came under new management and the new owner attempted to sell kurt to a freak show. he fled from the one home he ever new, pursued by an angry mob. he was found hiding in a church by charles xavier, who promptly took the young mutant back to america.

he found a new lease on life in new york, surrounded by fellow mutants in a safe haven. he’s settled well, finding his place as the heart of xavier’s ragtag team of mutants. though most of his focus falls to teaching and campaigning for mutant equality, becoming a poster child for non-human mutants everywhere.

BASIC

name ... konrad christian szardos wagner

nicknames ... kurt, fuzzball, elf, blue

date of birth ... june 15th, 1995

zodiac ... gemini sun, capricorn moon, aquarius rising

mutation ... oh man... right off the bat he's blue and covered with fine hair. he's got three digits on each hand, including an opposable thumb. 2 toes on each foot. uhhh a prehensile tail that can support his full body weight. he's got canine fangs and is prone to biting his tongue when he speaks. also got a weird spine! he can do all sorts of stuff that would break a regular person's spine!

powers ... his main ability is teleportation! he teleports by traveling thorugh the pocket brimstone dimension, which leaves a cloud of smoke that smells like brimstone and sulfur whenever he teleports. there are a lot more specifics to this power that i will get bored naming off.

alias ... nightcrawler

nationality/species ... german/mutant ( homo superior )

languages spoken ... fluent in german, english, french, and italian. was telepathically implanted with the ability to speak russian and japanese.

orientation ... bisexual, with a slight female preference but he really doesn't care

pronouns ... he/him

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

height ... 5'9" ( 1.75 m )

body build ... muscular, especially in his upper body. he's been a a trained gymnast/acrobat since he was child.

eye color ... solid yellow, they glow in the dark :)

hair type & color ... he got thick, wavy black hair. its darker than the fur that covers his body. he keeps it on the shorter side, hair in his face is one of his biggest pet peeves.

face claim ... brenton thwaites

distinguishing marks ... see mutations above

voice / accent ... german; despite living in america for a number of years now, his accent remains fairly strong. he has a tendency of switching between english and german when speaks.

clothing style ... kind of basic to be honest. its hard to find clothes that account for long tails. he's a fan of button up shirts and slacks, sometimes he spices it up with a fun pattern. he doesn't wear shoes often when he's not in costume, not a lot shoes on the market for his weird feet. but who needs shoes when you can teleport everywhere???

PERSONALITY

good traits ... loyal, kind-hearted, eternal optimist, faithful, honest, jovial

bad traits ... none <3 stubborn, hard on himself, insecure, struggles with very black and white thinking

personality type ... infp

archetype ... the lover

goals / desires ... to be accepted. he's very aware of the gawking and staring that comes naturally with his appearance, just once he would like to walk into a room without his image inducer and have nobody bat and eye.

fears ... dying. like every good catholic boy, he was instilled with the fear of the almighty power of heaven and hell and wondering where he'll go in the end is a thought that keeps him up at night.

what would throw this character's life into complete turmoil ... losing the x-men. kurt has never been an independent, solo act. teamwork and found family is all the guy knows, he would not survive 5 minutes having to do something alone.

character's soft spot ... babies, also grumpy ageless canadians

hobbies ... fencing, writing, pulling pranks, flirting with people

habits ... he will randomly start doing contortionist tricks, maybe its to show off, who knows? don't be surprised if he just randomly starts walking on his hands and then does the most gnarly looking back bend to stand back up.

PAST

hometown ... somewhere in the bavarian alps in germany. exact location is kind of murky, his father's castle was burned to the ground shortly after a demon baby ( kurt ) was born in its walls.

childhood ... was abandoned at birth due his physical mutation. adopted by a fortune teller in a traveling circus where he perfomed as an acrobat for most his early life.

dream job ... if he wasn't too busy fighting villains and for mutant rights, kurt would want to be an actor in hollywood.

education ... was homeschooled on the road with the circus, but got a full high school/college education at xaviers

FAMILY

mother ... raven darkholme / mystique

father ... baron christian wagner

relationships ... i choose to ignore the retcon about his father actually being a demon. he never met his father and honestly that doesn't upset him much anymore. as for his mother... they have a very strained relationship, its one thing to be abandoned at birth, its a whole other can of worms when your mother comes back and is constantly trying to ruin your life further. they've reached an uneasy peace. a bonus member of this is irene adler, mystique's wife and kurt's other evil mother -- we love a guy with evil lesbian moms

adopted mother ... margali szardos

relationship ... more mommy issues incoming. kurt can't catch a break with the women who raised him. she took him in when no one else would and raised him like one of her own. part of him will always love her... even if she was the one leading the mob as he was chased away from the one home he ever knew.

adopted sister ... jimaine szardos

adopted brother ... stephen szardos ( deceased )

foster sister ... anna marie / rogue

relationships ... he doesn't truly know how many siblings he really has. jimaine and stephen were a staple part of his childhood, loving him like a brother regardless of the fact they weren't biologically related. the last time kurt was in germany, stephen died by his sword. there is a deep set guilt that's kept him away from his adopted family ever since. rogue and kurt met later in life, bonded by the trauma that is having mystique for a mother. he cares about her a lot.

'child' ... pickles the bamf

relationship ... bamfs are a race of tiny teleporting pests accidentally made from kurt's dna. while most of them were banished back to their home dimension, pickles stayed around. kurt feels bad for the little guy so as the only one able to communicate with them, he kept him around.

PRESENT

current location ... westchester, new york, united states of america

currently living with ... the x-men at the mansion! just a simple teleportation commute into the city

pets ... pickles is technically a pet i guess

religion ... catholic :) he's a devout catholic ( almost became a priest once! ) racked with religious guilt!

political affiliation ... tends to lean more leftist. he is very much a 'stick with the mutants, humans come right after' kind of guy.

FAVORITES

weather ... kurt loves sunny days! sunlight warming his skin, a soft breeze blowing through his fur is when he's at his happiest.

color ... purple

music ... truly the definition of will listen to anything. though he has a soft spot for 60s and 70s music.

movie ... oh he is such a sucker for golden age of hollywood movies. he has watched every errol flynn movie multiple times, his favorite being captain blood (1935). kurt loves old adventure movies.

sport ... baseball ( only when the x-men play ) and competitive gymnastics

beverage ... was recently introduced to starbucks frappuchinos and he's a changed man. but has been known to out-drink even wolverine when it comes to german pale ales.

food ... such a soup guy, doesn't matter what kind or time of year he loves soup.