Character Name: Sylvain Dupree
Character Aliases (if applicable): None
Gender: Male
Age: 20
From: Marseilles, France.

Physical Description: Shoulder length brown hair frames a face carved from stone. He stands 6'2, and packs 210 pounds onto an athletic frame. His eyes glow an unnatural blue as a byproduct of his mutation, and he has a number of scars from his years as a mercenary and lab rat. He considers himself to have 'more scars than fresh skin because someone couldn't stop poking me with sharp stuff', but considers the good looks he got from his mother- the  Swedish supermodel wife of his French diplomat father- to be a fair enough compromise that he quite simply doesn't care about the scars. He has three tattoos, Lord Byron's Destruction of Sennacherib on his torso to remind him of his past, and to remind him to look to his new future with the X-men and a rosary across his neck, which ironically helps keep him anchored when he needs it most, as religion is a big part of his life. The Grim Reaper holding a lightning bolt instead of a scythe covers his back, an ironic nod to his power, as well as to his past. A massive scar marks where his throat was cut when he was a child, which is the only scar normally visible. (He doesn't actually remember when it happened, but he will always mention that they 'must not have paid attention during anatomy in school'.) The rest are hidden by his clothing.

Personality: He's seen the worst humanity has to offer, and he's been through the worst humanity has to offer. Despite this, he is very trusting and loyal, figuring that the future is more important than anything that ever happened to him in the past. His past shaped him so that he can help make the world a better place. So with that in mind he's generally very open to discussing his own history, even the bits he's still dealing with on a psychological level, since talking about them makes him feel better and it's always awesome to have people around who understand. To him, this is a fresh start, and the X-men are the best way that he can use his past to help shape a better future for everyone in the world. He's driven and focused, and his training regimen- though  designed to help him burn off excess energy as he absorbs it throughout the day- is a product of that combined with an almost obsessive desire to get the most out of his natural talents in a place surrounded by people that are better equipped in the strength and durability department. As such, sometimes he needs someone to remind him that it's okay to take a break every so often.

In combat, he's intense with a deadly precision surrounding every movement he makes, a holdover from his past. He also lacks the capacity to feel fear, a byproduct of the experiments performed on him in his childhood. (He sometimes needs someone to tell him that what he's doing is a dumb idea and he'll pay attention.)

Power: Sylvain is an electrokinetic. He can manipulate electricity at will, whether through summoning lightning at will, using the bio-electric field within his own body to enhance his own hand-to-hand attacks, manipulating it in someone else's body to cause havoc in the nervous system or in the heart itself, the sub-atomic bonds between electrons, or using himself as a walking defibrillator or power generator. He can also 'see' electricity in every living thing, including through walls indoors, though he's gotten used to this, and it's completely normal for him. He can't really tell people apart if they're hidden from him since 'all those shapeless blue blobs sort of look alike'.

Weaknesses: As an electrokinetic, Sylvain hasn't quite figured out yet how to make himself stop pulling electricity in. He's gotten to the point where he's able to pull from the air alone instead of power sources inside buildings, but everything he pulls in that his body does not actually require must be discharged. This leads to lightning storms at night, which he views as simply his way of giving back to Nature what he stole. He is also not superhumanly strong or durable. His never-say-die attitude, though, is certainly a weakness, as is his inability to feel fear, as he will simply continue on fighting until he is knocked out or someone tells him he's being a dummy.

Non-mutant skills: A polyglot due to his travels (and likely inherited from his father), he speaks several languages other than his native French and English fluently. German and Spanish are easiest for him, though he took easily to Arabic as well. He's able to hold a conversation in Hebrew, though is trying to learn to read and write in it. Neither can he read Cyrillic, though he understands enough Russian to be able to hold a decent conversation. When it comes to combat, Sylvain is a great kick boxer, judoka, and freestyle wrestler. This gives him a wide variety of ways to use his body as a weapon, through kicks and punches to knees and elbows delivered with a focus on overwhelming his opponent. If his opponent grapples, Sylvain uses his natural strength and flexibility for an even wider array of throws and suplexes that he transitions to a variety of submission holds.

He's a decent shot with firearms, though he hates guns in general. He's a highly skilled fencer, preferring the speed of sabre instead of more common foil or épée and a classical singer and pianist. He's also a good cook, having used his travels to learn everything he could about the local cuisines in order to have ANYTHING other than military rations. It helped.

Equipment: Nothing important, he typically just improvises from what he finds in the field since he prefers to travel light. His clothing is generally comfortable and practical, though with an innate sense of style probably inherited from his mother.