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Glimmer - Unipax
Glimmer (c)
Created by the Norseman, Used in X-Men: Earth Prime

Fighting: 

Gd

Agility: 

Ex

Strength: 

Gd

Endurance: 

Rm

Reason: 

Ty

Intuition: 

In

Psyche: 

Gd

Health: 

70

Karma: 

56

Resources: 

Gd

Popularity:

20

Real Name: Patricia (Pat) Johnson
Alias': Too many stage names to list. (all male)
Form: Random Mutant
Occupation: Street magician
Legal Status: Charges of petty theft have been pressed against several of her stage identities.
Sex: Apparently male
Age: 17 (Apparently mid-twenties)
Known Relatives: Jack Johnson (uncle), Kevin Johnson (Father, deceased), Mary-Beth Johnson (mother, deceased)
Past Group Affiliations: X-Men
Known Powers:
Circular Vision:  Glimmer bends light, subconsciously, to reach her eyes.
Illusion Casting:  Am (50).  Glimmer can make light bending illusions that can fool most people.  Any damage done by these illusions is imaginary.  She uses this power, among other things, to alter her appearance.
Sensory Alteration:  Ex (20).  Glimmer can alter people's sense of vision.  She can affect the other senses at a -2cs.
True Sight:  Mn (75).  Glimmer can see through illusions and disguises, and other visually disguised items with ease.
Vocal Control:  Ty (6):  Glimmer can affect her voice to disguise it.  She can also effect most accents that she has heard.
Talents:
Sleight Of Hand (misdirection) - She doesn't have to use her illusionary abilities for many of the 'magic' tricks that she does.
Contacts:
The Department of Children's Services, and the few foster parents that cared, all beleive her to be dead.
Notes:
She has, among other things, a case of 'Multiple Personality Disorder'. (2 personalities, one completely submissive to the other)
History:
1982, June 20 - Born to Kevin and Mary-Beth Johnson in Hammondsport New York.
1984, April 2 - Grandparents die in an auto accident, Kevin is injured and is hospitalized for 27 days.
1985 - Unable to work due to lingering effects from the accident, Kevin turns to welfare and alcohol.
1989, September - Kevin commits suicide. Jack, Kevins's brother allows Mary-Beth and Patricia to live with him.
1991 (early) - Jack is abusive to Mary-beth, but convinces Patricia that her mother is just a bit clumsy.
1991 (late) - Mary-Beth conceives Jack's child.
1992, June - Mary-Beth dies giving birth to a stillborn son.
1992, July - Jack moves to Maine and takes Patricia. Neihbors in Maine never saw Patricia. Patricia was locked in the cellar, barely fed or washed.
1993 - Jack leads a bachelors life in the town.
1994, October - Patricia's first manifestation of power, an imperfect illusion of nobody being in the cellar. Her illusion worked only because Jack was drunk at the time. Jack left for Canada that same day, with the cellar unlocked, and all of his belongings forgotten.
1994, November - Patricia is found in the house shortly after a miscarriage.
1995 - Various psychiatric visits and foster homes with frequent, violent, fear driven, rages.
1996 (early) - Manifestation of a male personna, marked by a dramatic decrease of rages.
1996 (late) - With the rages gone, and medication lifted, Pat (and Patricia) had a clear head.
1997, January 3 - Patricia stages her own death by fire, and leaves for New York state.
1997 - Pat learns to use her abilities for profit, petty stuff, mostly street scams, then turns to prestidigitation. Patricia recedes into the very passive personna.
1998 - Most of Pat's income is now as a legitimate street magician. Sometimes Pat uses his skills to get more from an audience, but not very often. Patricia is coaxed into again 'talking' to Pat.
1999 (early) - Pat receives an invitation from someone called 'Professor Charles Xavier' to attend his 'School For Gifted Youngsters'. Patricia responds positively to internal jokes, and is more relaxed. She sometimes wants (and is given) the opportunity for dominance, but only when alone.
1999 (mid) - Arrived at the school.  Left the school shortly afterwards.