Full Name: Kat (Katelynn) Hawthorne
Place of Birth: Herkimer County, New York

Age: 16
Hair: Blond
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 5’6”
Family: Glen Hawthorne (Father), Melody Hawthorne (Mother), Andy Hawthorne (Brother)

Powers

Kat’s mutant ability is a rather unique healing method. Kat’s fingernails became increasingly hard and sharp with the onset of her mutant powers. When she has pierced another with these nails, she can draw out sickness and injury in the form of negative energy. Poisons and diseases can be completely cured by her ability, though wounds are more difficult. A paper cut could be closed without a problem, broken bones would mend significantly faster, but her power could only buy a mortally wounded individual a few extra minutes to seek medical attention. Once she has healed another, she must then either hold the negative energy within herself, causing incredible discomfort and pain, or release the energy outward, causing an ill feeling in those nearby and potentially killing weaker living things such as plants.


Personality

Despite the change in locale, Kat still shows many signs of the ignorance that she was raised around. Since realizing that she is in fact a mutant, the things that her community regarded with fear, she now views with curiosity and innocence. She has every bit of sweetness you’d expect from a country gal. Although the schools in her hometown were also particularly poor, Kat is indeed quite bright; she simply still has a lot to learn if she wants to catch up with others both academically and socially. Nevertheless, her inquisitive nature and natural motivation drive her to work hard at overcoming any obstacle, assuming she can overcome the awe of being outside her little town.

History

Raised on a farm in an extremely rural area in northern New York, Kat had only heard about mutants through the news and what neighbors said. When her own powers manifested, their passive nature made them easily over looked and no one realized that she was a mutant until a scuffle with her sometimes bully of an older brother led to their accidental use. The sudden healing of his cold and her rapid acquisition of symptoms could have been overlooked as well, had her stroll to get some air not lead to the shriveling and dying of one of the family’s fields of corn. As much as her family loved and doted on the young farm girl, they were not immune to the ignorance of their community. Her parents drove her to Xavier’s school that very night, leaving her at the gates and not looking back.

Kat’s time at Xavier’s was interesting, as always seems to be the case with the school. She excelled in her studies, working immensely hard to overcome the poor education of her past. She also received combat training and field experience with the X-Men. Most of all, her understanding and control over her powers developed, as did her acceptance of mutants. Kat also met and fell in love with another healer at the school, a Russian boy named Nikolas. Although their romance was idyllic, Nikolas’ personal life was plagued by demons, allowing him to be manipulated by the villain Cameron Hodge. In the end, Nikolas defied Hodge, but his choices nearly cost him his life, leaving him in a permanent coma that even Kat’s powers could not alleviate. Devastated, Kat was sent to spend a year abroad studying at Muir Island where Nikolas would also be receiving his care.

In time, Kat made peace with her loss. Now, she had returned to Xavier’s, happy to return to the place she considers home.

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