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Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Thief, adventurer
Legal Status: Wanted by U.S. authorities
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: U.S. South-Central
Past Group Affiliations: X-Men
Known Powers:
Explosive Projectiles: Gambit can take any object that he throws and imbue in it an explosive energy that detonates when the object reaches its target. Energy flows from his hands and eyes into the object before it is thrown. These projectiles cause Remarkable force damage for each object thrown. Gambit’s maximum range for his projectiles is two areas.
Emotion Control: Remarkable level Emotion Control. He has to talk to the recipient of this power for it to work.
Talents:
Gambit is skilled with throwing all forms of projectiles. He is especially skilled at throwing single playing cards. He also has talents in the areas of Crime (thievery and lock picking). and Acrobatics.
Contacts:
Storm, X-Men
Role-Playing Notes:
Gambit is a loner. He sees himself as a care-free, modern-day Robin Hood; once embroiled in combat, however, he becomes deadly serious.
While naturally a loner, he is currently with the X-Men because of the bonds
forged between himself and Storm during their time together while Storm was
trapped in the body of a child. He sees Storm and him self as partners, with the
X-Men team intruding upon that partner ship. He has shown some resentment
against the team for taking the young Storm away from him. Recently, he has
acted more in the heroic role, working with the team, especially with Jubilee.
In battle, he jokes and banters with his teammates, but when it comes to talking
about himself, his powers, or his past, he is absolutely closed-mouthed.
History:
Gambit’s history is largely a mystery. The first known information about him is that he was a Robin Hood-type thief, operating in the south-central area of the U.S, based out of New Orleans.
Storm, bereft of her memory and in the body of a child, was also surviving in the same area of the country as a thief. One night in Cairo, Illinois, Storm was breaking into a river-side mansion when the Shadow King and his Hounds attacked her. She managed to escape by falling from the third floor into a pool.
Gambit fished the child out of the water and brought her with him back into the mansion’s vault. The Hounds continued to pursue them and a fight ensued. Using his explosive projectiles and his persuasion, along with Storm’s mutant powers, the two of them escaped the Shadow King’s clutches. After an initial period of distrust, the Cajun thief and Storm became companions and finally friends. Gambit and Storm then began a campaign against the criminals of the area. They would steal from the looters and give the booty to people who needed it.
This campaign lasted until Nanny and the Orphan Maker finally caught up with Storm. In the following battle, Storm regained her memory and both she and Gambit escaped.
Gambit followed Storm back to the X-Men. He became an uncomfortable member of the team, frequently asking Storm when they were going to return to the old days.
Gambit recently defeated Wolverine in a one-on-one Danger Room session, which hints at some unrevealed martial training in his past.
The X-Men were abruptly teleported into deep space by Lila Cheney to rescue their old mentor, Professor Xavier, and were just as abruptly captured by Deathbird. Wolverine and Jubilee freed the team. They fought alongside the Starjammers and Lilandra against the Imperial Guard and won back the Shi’ar Empire’s throne for Lilandra.
Gambit and Jubilee, both being of a suspicious nature, discovered that “Professor X” was actually a Skrull impersonating the mutant leader. Just as the mind-controlled Gladiator was about to kill the helpless Deathbird, Gambit burst out of hiding and attacked the impersonator. Gambit and Jubilee battled the fake Professor Xavier and Gladiator to a standstill, giving Lila Cheney enough time to teleport Deathbird to safety. In a last-ditch effort, the two X-Men combined their powers—Jubilee cast a wide dispersal of her fireworks, then Gambit tossed some charged rocks into the fireworks. The result was a huge explosion that brought the rest of the team rushing to the scene.
The real Professor X and captured X-Men were eventually rescued. Gambit and Jubilee both escaped harm in the explosion and now have a wise-cracking bond that was forged in the heat of battle.