Dazzler 3.0 from New Excalibur

I have not read Die by the Sword as of yet, so I can't comment as to anything therein. I'm doing this based upon her appearances in New Exaclibur and what I recall of her past, which is quite a bit. :P

Codename: Dazzler
Real Name: Alison Blaire
Known Aliases: Lightengale, Songbird, Petals
Occupation: Entertainer, Adventuress, formerly actress & model
Citizenship: Naturalized citizen of the UK
Legal Status: No criminal record
Identity: Public
Birthplace: Gardendale, Long Island, NY
Birthdate: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Widowed
Known Relatives: Carter Blaire, Esq. (father, deceased)
Katherine Blaire (Barbara London, mother, deceased)
Lois London (half-sister)
Bella Blaire (grandmother)
Longshot (husband, deceased)
Base of Operations: London, England
Group Affiliation: Excalibur
Past Group Affiliations: X-men, Gladiators, Mojo-world Rebels
Extent of Education: Bachelors in pre-law, performing arts
Race/Type: Altered Human Mutant

Ht: 5'8" Hair: Pink Build: Fit/toned
Wt: 140 Eyes: Blue Skin: Fair
Apparent Age: Mid 20s True Age: Unrevealed
Other: Hair is naturally strawberry blonde.

Fighting: Rm
Agility: Rm
Strength: Gd
Endurance: Rm
Reason: Gd
Intuition: Ex
Psyche: Ex

Health: 70
Mental Health: 50
Karma: 50
Resources: Ex
Popularity: 25
Appearance: Rm
Known Powers:

Invuln to Sound/Light/Vibration
Resist: Kinetic: Rm
Self-Revival: Un Recently discovered to have a mysterious resurrection factor which prevents her from being killed by conventional methods.

Sound/Vibration to Light Conversion: ability to transduce sonic vibrations, which reach her body into various types of light. This ability seems to operate over a great range of frequencies, including the audible spectrum (35 to 16,500 cycles per second), and a great variation of sound pressure levels regardless of the complexity, dissonance, or randomness of the sound. For example, a car crash and a symphonic passage of equal duration will both produce usable music incoming acoustic vibrations. Dazzler, however, does prefer the sound of music, particularly that which is rhythmically sustained. Not only is music more pleasant to her ears, but the steady beat of popular music provides a more constant source of sound to convert. She cannot, however, use any sound produced by her own body.

Complete Silence: Sh 0
Humming: Pr
Singing, unamplified: Ty
Normal background: Gd-Ex
Radio, crowds: Rm
Loud music, traffic: In
Subway, explosions: Am
Jets, rockets: Mn
Banshee/Siren's scream: Un
Blackbolt's voice: Sh X +

Known Stunts:

Laser: 2 areas

Photo Blast: 4 areas

Dazzle: Confuse or blind for 1-100 rounds. Endurence FEAT vs. Intensity or be at -4CS penalty

Calm/Hypnotise: 1 area, Psyche FEAT or be tranqualised for 1-100 rounds

Holograms: with effort, she can even create holograms of human beings and other three-dimensional beings and objects

Lightshow: Harmless display of light, simliar to those used for concerts, Cirque d'Soliel and other theatrical or performance arts

Light-mist: A glowing or hazy almost foglike effect that obscures the surrounding area

Laser-field: ability to create a destructive shield of light around herself with laser light that can vaporize small, oncoming projectiles. Self-only.

Rocket: ability to gain verticle altitude by direction a quick column of light beneath her.

Solid Light Shapes & Weapons: Dazzler has learned to create a sword that functions similarly to Psylocke's telekinetic katana, and she has also been seen using solid light jo sticks and a bo staff that do blunt damage.

Energy Sheath or Energy Body w/Flight: Dazzler has more recently been able to transform herself into light, or surround her body with an energy sheath that allows her to fly.

Intimidation: Because they look extremely spectacular an opponent unaware of her true abilities must make a Good Psyche FEAT or flee or fight at -2CS.

Sound Release: Dazzler may release the sound she's absorbed or stored at -2CS intensity. This is apparently released through her mouth as a sort of primal scream.

Talents: Law (Entertainment), Biz/Finance (Show Biz), Performer (Sing, Dance, Keyboards, Guitar, Acting, Skating), Martial Arts: A/C/E, Weapon Spec: Light Weapons, Resist Domination, Leadership, Pilot: Motorcycles, Acrobat, Tumbling

Contacts: Excalibur, X-men, Lila Cheney, Guido Carsella, Show Biz, Brit-gov, formerly Mojoverse rebels and Longshot, Gladiators

Equipment:

Armor Specifications: Costume: Dazzler's costume can store energy for 5 Remarkable rank attacks. The costume also provides her with Good ranked body armor against physical and energy attacks.

Personal Weaponry: Unrevealed

Special/Unique Weaponry: Dazzler uses a sword or jo sticks of solid light,
possibly other martial arts weapons.

Other Accessories: Originally Dazzler used to carry a customized radio cassette tape-player to provide her with continuous sound until she gained a special costume that stores sound. Professor Charles Xavier, the founder of the X-Men, conceived the idea for the special costume that Dazzler used to wear in battle. Devices within the costume enabled the Dazzler to store sonic energy more efficiently and to gage and focus the light she generates with greater skill. Later on she learned how to store the sound inside her own body and then selectively release portions as either sound or light. Her body is constantly absorbing and storing sound.

Transportation: The Dazzler also occasionally wears a woman's size eight pair of roller skates or roller blades which magnetically adhere to her boots. She is a highly accomplished roller skater, and can use the skates to move at high speed. When with the X-Men, Dazzler had access to the X-Men Blackbird.

Design/Manufacture: Unrevealed

For more current background data, please consider these links:

[en.marveldatabase.com]

[en.wikipedia.org]

[www.uncannyxmen.net]

[www.marvel.com])

I don't know why it is, but Chris Claremont seems insistant on writing his favorite female characters as unkillable super ninja babes.

I can't wait until Marvel gets wise and fires him permanently...

Hey, he used to be a good writer. Emphasis on "used to be"... I swear he got replaced by an insane alien.

Wha? Yet another "immortal" mutant? *groans*

Nice writeup though, Niniri. Very thorough.

Let's leave the comic writer/Marvel editorial bashing out of this thread, please.
This is *just* a character write up for folks. That's all. Enjoy it for what it is...

Cheers,

Niniri