Avalanche
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[edit] Characteristics
- Height- 5'7"
- Weight-195 lbs
- Eyes-brown
- Hair-brown
[edit] History
===BrotherhoodThe past of the mutant known as Avalanche before he was recruited by the shape-shifting mutant terrorist Mystique into the team of superhuman operatives known as the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants is almost entirely unknown, except for the fact that he is a naturalized American citizen after having immigrated to the U.S. from Greece. He first publicly appeared with the Brotherhood when they attempted to assassinate Senator Robert Kelly during his hearings on the alleged menace that mutants posed to humanity. The attempt failed thanks to the intervention of the mutant team of costumed adventurers known as the X-Men.Avalanche briefly left the Brotherhood to attempt to blackmail the state of California into paying him a large sum of money to prevent him from using his mutant power to trigger a major earthquake. Avalanche encountered the gamma-spawned behemoth known as the Hulk, and suffered serious injury when he attempted to use his power on the beast, resulting in him shattering every bone in both his arms. He returned to the Brotherhood to recuperate, and eventually both his arms were fully healed.
Mystique soon became aware of the United States government's increasing anti-mutant activity, and, tired of being hunted as outlaws, offered the services of herself and the Brotherhood to the United States government in exchange for a pardon for their crimes. Thus the Brotherhood was renamed Freedom Force, and Avalanche and Freedom Force's other members became superhuman operatives of the United States government. On their first official mission, they were dispatched to capture the self-styled master of magnetism, the mutant named Magneto.
As a member of Freedom Force, Avalanche was involved in missions that continued to bring him into conflict with super-heroes, most notably the X-Men, X-Factor, and the Avengers. However, after a disastrous mission in the Middle East against the Arabic super-team named Desert Sword, the government disbanded Freedom Force, and Avalanche became a free agent.
Avalanche later found himself in the employ of the government once again, this time as a super-powered operative for the government-sponsored Project: Wideawake. Working alongside his former Freedom Force teammate the Crimson Commando, Avalanche was dispatched to investigate the island home of renowned author Jonathan Chambers. Avalanche and Commando discovered that Chambers' island was actually a "leper colony" for mutants suffering from Legacy Virus infection, and that Chambers himself was a mutant who was able to absorb the powers of those mutants who had come into his care to bring them comfort as the disease ravaged their bodies. Discovering their former teammates Pyro and Blob were residents on the island as members of a new incarnation of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, led by the acrobatic mutant known as the Toad, Avalanche and Commando chose to remain with them.
Avalanche was later seen with an ad-hoc band of mutants suffering from the effects of the deadly Legacy Virus. Avalanche's former Brotherhood and Freedom Force teammate, Pyro, was amongst those infected, and Avalanche sought to help his friend find a cure. The team sought to obtain the powerful mutagenic compound known as Isotope-E from its creator, the enigmatic scientist known as the High Evolutionary, as they mistakenly believed it to be a possible cure. This brought the team into conflict with the mutant speedster known as Quicksilver and the team of superhumans known as the Heroes For Hire.
After the Toad's Brotherhood collapsed, Mystique returned to lead the team. Avalanche remained loyal to Mystique, helping her in an attempted second assassination of Senator Kelly. This time, however, the Brotherhood were stopped by their former teammate Pyro, whose last act before the Legacy Virus killed him was to save Kelly's life, forcing the Senator to rethink his anti-mutant stance.Avalanche was later forcibly recruited into the paramilitary group known as the X-Corps, headed up by the former X-Man named Banshee. Following the infiltration and subsequent betrayal of the group by Mystique, Avalanche assisted in an attack on the French capital city of Paris, himself destroying the Eiffel Tower. Recently, Exodus recruited Avalanche into a new incarnation of the Brotherhood which was defeated in an attack on the Xavier Institute, and the Brotherhood was sucked into the black hole of Shen Xorn.=== . The past of the mutant known as Avalanche before he was recruited by the shape-shifting mutant terrorist Mystique into the team of superhuman operatives known as the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants is almost entirely unknown, except for the fact that he is a naturalized American citizen after having immigrated to the U.S. from Greece. He first publicly appeared with the Brotherhood when they attempted to assassinate Senator Robert Kelly during his hearings on the alleged menace that mutants posed to humanity. The attempt failed thanks to the intervention of the mutant team of costumed adventurers known as the X-Men.
Avalanche briefly left the Brotherhood to attempt to blackmail the state of California into paying him a large sum of money to prevent him from using his mutant power to trigger a major earthquake. Avalanche encountered the gamma-spawned behemoth known as the Hulk, and suffered serious injury when he attempted to use his power on the beast, resulting in him shattering every bone in both his arms. He returned to the Brotherhood to recuperate, and eventually both his arms were fully healed.
Mystique soon became aware of the United States government's increasing anti-mutant activity, and, tired of being hunted as outlaws, offered the services of herself and the Brotherhood to the United States government in exchange for a pardon for their crimes. Thus the Brotherhood was renamed Freedom Force, and Avalanche and Freedom Force's other members became superhuman operatives of the United States government. On their first official mission, they were dispatched to capture the self-styled master of magnetism, the mutant named Magneto.
As a member of Freedom Force, Avalanche was involved in missions that continued to bring him into conflict with super-heroes, most notably the X-Men, X-Factor, and the Avengers. However, after a disastrous mission in the Middle East against the Arabic super-team named Desert Sword, the government disbanded Freedom Force, and Avalanche became a free agent.
Avalanche later found himself in the employ of the government once again, this time as a super-powered operative for the government-sponsored Project: Wideawake. Working alongside his former Freedom Force teammate the Crimson Commando, Avalanche was dispatched to investigate the island home of renowned author Jonathan Chambers. Avalanche and Commando discovered that Chambers' island was actually a "leper colony" for mutants suffering from Legacy Virus infection, and that Chambers himself was a mutant who was able to absorb the powers of those mutants who had come into his care to bring them comfort as the disease ravaged their bodies. Discovering their former teammates Pyro and Blob were residents on the island as members of a new incarnation of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, led by the acrobatic mutant known as the Toad, Avalanche and Commando chose to remain with them.
Avalanche was later seen with an ad-hoc band of mutants suffering from the effects of the deadly Legacy Virus. Avalanche's former Brotherhood and Freedom Force teammate, Pyro, was amongst those infected, and Avalanche sought to help his friend find a cure. The team sought to obtain the powerful mutagenic compound known as Isotope-E from its creator, the enigmatic scientist known as the High Evolutionary, as they mistakenly believed it to be a possible cure. This brought the team into conflict with the mutant speedster known as Quicksilver and the team of superhumans known as the Heroes For Hire.
After the Toad's Brotherhood collapsed, Mystique returned to lead the team. Avalanche remained loyal to Mystique, helping her in an attempted second assassination of Senator Kelly. This time, however, the Brotherhood were stopped by their former teammate Pyro, whose last act before the Legacy Virus killed him was to save Kelly's life, forcing the Senator to rethink his anti-mutant stance. Avalanche was later forcibly recruited into the paramilitary group known as the X-Corps, headed up by the former X-Man named Banshee. Following the infiltration and subsequent betrayal of the group by Mystique, Avalanche assisted in an attack on the French capital city of Paris, himself destroying the Eiffel Tower. Recently, Exodus recruited Avalanche into a new incarnation of the Brotherhood which was defeated in an attack on the Xavier Institute, and the Brotherhood was sucked into the black hole of Shen Xorn. The past of the mutant known as Avalanche before he was recruited by the shape-shifting mutant terrorist Mystique into the team of superhuman operatives known as the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants is almost entirely unknown, except for the fact that he is a naturalized American citizen after having immigrated to the U.S. from Greece. He first publicly appeared with the Brotherhood when they attempted to assassinate Senator Robert Kelly during his hearings on the alleged menace that mutants posed to humanity. The attempt failed thanks to the intervention of the mutant team of costumed adventurers known as the X-Men.
Avalanche briefly left the Brotherhood to attempt to blackmail the state of California into paying him a large sum of money to prevent him from using his mutant power to trigger a major earthquake. Avalanche encountered the gamma-spawned behemoth known as the Hulk, and suffered serious injury when he attempted to use his power on the beast, resulting in him shattering every bone in both his arms. He returned to the Brotherhood to recuperate, and eventually both his arms were fully healed.
Mystique soon became aware of the United States government's increasing anti-mutant activity, and, tired of being hunted as outlaws, offered the services of herself and the Brotherhood to the United States government in exchange for a pardon for their crimes. Thus the Brotherhood was renamed Freedom Force, and Avalanche and Freedom Force's other members became superhuman operatives of the United States government. On their first official mission, they were dispatched to capture the self-styled master of magnetism, the mutant named Magneto.
As a member of Freedom Force, Avalanche was involved in missions that continued to bring him into conflict with super-heroes, most notably the X-Men, X-Factor, and the Avengers. However, after a disastrous mission in the Middle East against the Arabic super-team named Desert Sword, the government disbanded Freedom Force, and Avalanche became a free agent.
Avalanche later found himself in the employ of the government once again, this time as a super-powered operative for the government-sponsored Project: Wideawake. Working alongside his former Freedom Force teammate the Crimson Commando, Avalanche was dispatched to investigate the island home of renowned author Jonathan Chambers. Avalanche and Commando discovered that Chambers' island was actually a "leper colony" for mutants suffering from Legacy Virus infection, and that Chambers himself was a mutant who was able to absorb the powers of those mutants who had come into his care to bring them comfort as the disease ravaged their bodies. Discovering their former teammates Pyro and Blob were residents on the island as members of a new incarnation of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, led by the acrobatic mutant known as the Toad, Avalanche and Commando chose to remain with them.
Avalanche was later seen with an ad-hoc band of mutants suffering from the effects of the deadly Legacy Virus. Avalanche's former Brotherhood and Freedom Force teammate, Pyro, was amongst those infected, and Avalanche sought to help his friend find a cure. The team sought to obtain the powerful mutagenic compound known as Isotope-E from its creator, the enigmatic scientist known as the High Evolutionary, as they mistakenly believed it to be a possible cure. This brought the team into conflict with the mutant speedster known as Quicksilver and the team of superhumans known as the Heroes For Hire.
After the Toad's Brotherhood collapsed, Mystique returned to lead the team. Avalanche remained loyal to Mystique, helping her in an attempted second assassination of Senator Kelly. This time, however, the Brotherhood were stopped by their former teammate Pyro, whose last act before the Legacy Virus killed him was to save Kelly's life, forcing the Senator to rethink his anti-mutant stance. Avalanche was later forcibly recruited into the paramilitary group known as the X-Corps, headed up by the former X-Man named Banshee. Following the infiltration and subsequent betrayal of the group by Mystique, Avalanche assisted in an attack on the French capital city of Paris, himself destroying the Eiffel Tower. Recently, Exodus recruited Avalanche into a new incarnation of the Brotherhood which was defeated in an attack on the Xavier Institute, and the Brotherhood was sucked into the black hole of Shen Xorn.
[edit] Legacy Virus
Although free of the Legacy Virus himself, Petros was later seen with a band of infected mutants who were seeking a cure by attempting to obtain Isotope-E from the High Evolutionary. The mutant Quicksilver was headquartered at the Evolutionary's base at the time, and elicited help the team of Heroes for Hire, who defeated the mutants.
[edit] X-Corps
Petros was later recruited by the X-Men's Banshee to form a paramilitary force that could police the mutant community, the X-Corps, which enjoyed official sanction from many countries in Europe. When the X-Men learned of the team's existence, they warned Banshee to abandon the idea because he had recruited several known villains. In fact, Banshee had imprisoned the second Mastermind and was using her psychic powers to dull the violent impulses of the "reformed" villains on his team, including Petros. The villain Mystique infiltrated the X-Corps under the guise of a mutant named Surge, and freed Mastermind and the other villains. The villains embarked on a rampage through Paris until the X-Men were able to defeat them.
[edit] Back to the Brotherhood
When the Brotherhood reassembled under the leadership of Magneto's protégé Exodus, Petros was among their number. The Brotherhood first appeared by terrorizing Philadelphia, but they were confronted by the X-Men. The Brotherhood was able to flee before their ultimate purpose was revealed, but they soon took the battle directly to the X-Men, using their member, Juggernaut, to infiltrate the team. In fact, Juggernaut had turned a new leaf, and betrayed the Brotherhood to side with the X-Men. The X-Men only managed to hold the Brotherhood at bay until their associate Xorn managed to defeat them all by removing his helmet and exposing the Brotherhood and the Juggernaut to the black hole it contained. They were all sucked inside, although it was unclear what ultimate fate awaited them.
Avalanche is a mutant with the superhuman ability to generate powerful waves of vibrations from his hands, creating highly destructive effects. The vibrations can cause an inorganic object to shatter or crumble into dust. When directed against large objects, like buildings or upon the earth itself, the vibrations can produce effects similar to those of an earthquake or an avalanche within a limited area. Avalanche can cause the ground to move like a tidal wave and ride it for quick transportation. He need not touch an object to affect it; he can direct the vibrations against it from some distance away.
Avalanche is himself immune to the effects of generating these intense vibratory waves. However, if the vibrations were to be reflected back upon him, he would be injured. Moreover, Avalanche's power has little or no effect on organic tissue. Attempting to use his power on such tissue results in a feedback effect that can shatter the bones in Avalanche's arms.
As yet there is no known limit to the amount of area upon which Avalanche can use his powers at a given time. However, there is no evidence that he could create an earthquake capable of destroying an entire city. Avalanche is a mutant with the superhuman ability to generate powerful waves of vibrations from his hands, creating highly destructive effects. The vibrations can cause an inorganic object to shatter or crumble into dust. When directed against large objects, like buildings or upon the earth itself, the vibrations can produce effects similar to those of an earthquake or an avalanche within a limited area. Avalanche can cause the ground to move like a tidal wave and ride it for quick transportation. He need not touch an object to affect it; he can direct the vibrations against it from some distance away.
Avalanche is himself immune to the effects of generating these intense vibratory waves. However, if the vibrations were to be reflected back upon him, he would be injured. Moreover, Avalanche's power has little or no effect on organic tissue. Attempting to use his power on such tissue results in a feedback effect that can shatter the bones in Avalanche's arms.
As yet there is no known limit to the amount of area upon which Avalanche can use his powers at a given time. However, there is no evidence that he could create an earthquake capable of destroying an entire city.
