Origin
Dr. Nathaniel Essex was a 19th-century scientist in Victorian England obsessed with Darwin’s theory of evolution, though he felt Darwin and his contemporaries were shackled by too many moral constraints. While pursuing his own research in 1859, he discovered that humanity was undergoing increasing mutation, due to what he called “Essex Factors” in the human genome. His theories were mocked, making him bitter; his son’s death (at the age of four from numerous birth defects, including crooked bones & hemophilia) drove him deeper into his work. He approached many groups in search of funding, including the Hellfire Club, though all turned him down. He hired a group of thugs, whom he named Marauders, to kidnap people off the streets of London so he could perform experiments on them; he even went so far as to dig up his dead son and experiment on him.
During this time, Essex came into contact with Apocalypse (whom the Marauders had stumbled upon and awoken), accidentally educating the ancient mutant about the facts surrounding his nature. The two subsequently formed an alliance, during which Apocalypse used his advanced technology to mutate Nathaniel. A time-traveling Cyclops and Jean Grey tried to prevent Essex’s transformation but failed. In fact, Madame Sanctity of the Askani had sent Cyclops and Jean to the past to ensure Essex's transformation and further rebellion against Apocalypse, as Sinister was necessary for the birth of Cable. Cyclops & Jean also freed many of Sinister’s captives, two of whom (a man named Oscar Stamp and an apparently mute boy named Daniel) traveled to America and took the name Summers.
With his new abilities and dispassionate outlook, Essex took a new name "Sinister", the last word his wife spoke to him as she died, after discovering the horrors he’d been engaged in (the stress also caused her to miscarry their unnamed child). Apocalypse’s first command was to create a plague to destroy the weak of the world, but Sinister would not do it—he had clarity of purpose, and destruction for its own sake was not part of it. The plague Sinister created attacked only Apocalypse, driving him into hibernation.
Soon after, he left for the United States. Sinister continued his work, just as often allying with Apocalypse as against him. In 1891, he moved to New York, and posed as an obstetrician named Nathan Millbury; here he had unrestricted access to an abundance of generational genetic material to study, including that of the adult Daniel Summers and his wife, Amanda Mueller. He came across another pair of time traveling mutants from the future, the X-Man Gambit and a shape changer called Courier. Using his scientific equipment, Sinister managed to replicate the shape shifting abilities of Courier; before that, he’d hidden his pale complexion with common makeup. Gambit needed help getting back to the present, and to do so had Sinister re-implant a piece of tissue into his brain. Once the piece was restored, Gambit’s powers increased exponentially and he was able to return himself and Courier to the present. A century later, Gambit and Sinister would meet again.
Powers/Abilities
Mister Sinister's physiology was altered by Apocalypse, giving him an extended lifespan including superhuman strength and tremendous resistance to injury. Since then, Sinister has copied mutant genes into his own body to provide for additional powers. He can shapeshift, allowing him to alter his appearance or regenerate from massive damages or destroyed tissue. Sinister possesses formidable mental powers; he has been referred to as one of the six most skilled telepaths known to Exodus, and has demonstrated telekinetic abilities in the past. He has also been able to project force bolts and generate force fields possibly psionic in nature.
Sinister is a geneticist of the highest order, capable of creating superhuman abilities and enhancing or controlling mutant abilities, including being able to predict genetic mutations and splice DNA. He is also able to produce large amounts of clones; he has done so with all his Marauders (initially Sinister had indicated that Sabretooth's DNA was uniquely difficult to clone, but he apparently found a way to clone him nevertheless) and with Jean Grey. He is a skilled manipulator and engineer. Many of his bases seem to have some quasi-biological properties, able to “grow” tentacles from a surface to hold a prisoner at Sinister’s mental commands.
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There will be no ripping of body parts though. >.>
But welcome all the same! >
I believe you..?