Windrider Earth-X23

History

Windrider is known as "Kat" in this world. She is a devoloved mutant girl that serves Onslaught and Superman, and lives only for her freedom and return to her normal state. She might not admit it, but she also lives to feud with X-23.

Alternate versions of Karan: Windrider_Earth-295, Windrider

Early Years

As a child and young teen, Karan attended a prestigious private school in the richest part of sunny California with her half-sister, Kate. She lived in a mansion with her mother Ria (a trust-fund baby) and half-sister. She knew her father as only a nameless figure who wrote her messy letters asking about her powers, and never visited.Ria never spoke of the missing father and didn't seem to mind that he had no part in her girls' lives. And so Karan and Kate chose not to worry either.

Karan had many friends that would effect her later in life, including Trizen Takano and her half-sister Lily. Trizen, Lily, and Karan solved many mysteries together as friends, but when they got too close to a national problem, they had their memories erased of everything leading up to that point, including the fact that they knew each other.

Karan was close with her other half-sister, Kate. There was never any jealousy between the two of them. They were best friends, rich and happy. That is, until their mother mysteriously disappeared one night. Being the only source of income for the family, the sisters were forced to move to the darker part of town into a small one bedroom home.

Karan was also moved to a public school. While in high school, she enjoyed a stay at the top of the status ladder as a popular cheerleader. Most students thought she was haughty and often tried to tear her down, as teens are wont to do, but Karan's infectious personality soon won most over, including her best friend, the British Maria, and Karan's high school sweetheart Chase. Karan and Maria both developed mutant powers in their junior year of high school. Both kept it a secret as long as they could. Anthony, Maria's Friends of Humanity boyfriend, killed her after finding out she was a mutant.

The X-men

Karan returned home after Maria's funeral in London and found her house wrecked. A monster of a man was destroying the home. She instinctively knew the man was her father. After being grievously injured by Sabretooth, Karan was rescued by the X-men. She spent a long time recovering and spending time with fellow hospital mate, Warren Worthington, Angel. Almost as soon as she arrived she started a romance with Warren. It was "forbidden" for a time since she was a student and he an X-man, but when she graduated they became more open about their romantic affair. Karan also developed many friendships with the women of the X-men and adjacent teams. She spent quite a bit of time with Jubilee and Boomer. When Storm returned home from a stay in Africa, Karan immediately bonded with her. They had similar powers and Karan saw a mother figure in Ororo. Storm became her personal tutor and under tutelage Karan gained many new abilities and control over her powers. Storm also passed on the name "Windrider" to her. After finding out he was in love with Psylocke, she left the X-men.

After she cooled down, Karan returned and taught a new group of young mutants called the New Students. During this time she also discovered Maria's true killer and continued her relationship with Warren. When he left the team for political reasons, she fell into a bit of a depression and started dating Mark Maxwell, even though the Professor forbade it. He felt it was a bad influence on both of them. After they both began failing at their jobs and educations, he sent Karan away to a smaller school in Bludhaven.

Bludhaven

She rebelled, embarrassed, and started a life of thievery in Bludhaven. She even renamed herself "Darkrider". As Darkrider she clashed many times with Nightwing. As Karan, she started a tentative relationship with Dick. When Nightwing disappeared, she found she had no reason to stay in Bludhaven and moved back to the X-mansion. She stayed there only to train and started working with The Corporation on the side, to pay for her new apartment. After being sent on an assignment that she almost died from, Karan proved a useful witness against The Corporation during the trial of the superheroes. She then returned to the X-men.

Onslaught's Pet

The team was thrown into an alternate dimension where Onslaught devolved Karan into a feline creature he called "Kat". Her powers grew into the same set her father had. She no longer had the mental faculties to access her wind powers. Instead, she chose to learn about her new powers and fight to earn Onslaught's favor. Perhaps he'll then return her back to normal.
His devolution caused Karan's features to become more masculine. She let her hair grow wildly and her muscles develop. Although most would still find her attractive, Karan hates her appearance and doesn't even own a mirror in her small cell. She avoids them at all costs.

Enemies

Karan's greatest enemy is her father Sabretooth. He was always interested in her powers, hoping to find a protege. Instead Karan defeated him and ran away (the only time she had every defeated him, and the first time she revealed her power's true potential). Since then he has tried to kill her every year on her birthday.

She also lives in fear (mixed with loyalty) for Onslaught. She hates Superman and his pet X-23 with a passion.

Love Life

She has had no love life to speak of since being mutilated by Onslaught.

Roleplaying Statistics

NAME: Karan Lyn Creed
CHARACTER INFO: [Karan info]
AGE: 18
STRENGTHS: Healing factor; Talents: dancing (ballet, club), Weather reading, Street Smarts, Sleight of Hand, Feline skills, Stealth, acrobatics, tumbling
WEAKNESSES: Conniving but nowhere near as wise as she used to be; hard time processing difficult thoughts thanks to Onslaught
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STATS
STRENGTH: Remarkable
AGILITY: Amazing
ENDURANCE: Amazing
REASON: Typical
INTUITION: Amazing
PSYCHE: Poor
SPEED: Remarkable
POPULARITY: Onslaught's favorite pet
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DICE
PHYSICAL ATTACK: Remarkable 3d10
PHYSICAL DEFENSE: Amazing 1d100
ENERGY ATTACK: none
ENERGY DEFENSE: Amazing 1d100
PSYCHIC ATTACK: none
PSYCHIC DEFENSE: Poor 1d6
OTHER ABILITIES:
Karan's feline physiology grants her a number of superhuman physical capabilities.

• Superhuman Strength: possesses superhuman strength sufficient to lift about 5 tons, enough force to deform a 1 inch thick steel bar with ease. Her physical strength also extends, to a lesser degree, to her powerful leg muscles allowing her to perform a standing jump of 12 feet in height.
  
• Superhuman Speed: can run and move at speeds superior to that of even the finest human athlete. Her powerful leg muscles and superhumanly strong bone composition enable her to reach speeds up to 50 miles per hour over short distances.
  
• Superhuman Stamina: advanced musculature produces considerably less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the musculature of an ordinary human. She can physically exert herself at peak capacity for about 24 hours before the build up of fatigue toxins in her blood begins to impair her.
  
• Superhuman Durability: bodily tissues are much harder and more resistant to physical injury than those of an ordinary human. Her body is able to withstand great impact forces and blunt trauma that would severely injure or kill a normal human, though she is far from invulnerable.
  
• Superhuman Agility: agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete. She can perform complex gymnastics routines with little effort.
  
• Superhuman Reflexes: Her reflexes are similarly enhanced and are superior to those of the finest human athlete.
  
• Regenerative Healing Factor: If she is injured, she is capable of regenerating damaged tissue faster than an ordinary human, almost as quickly as X-23. She can heal injuries as severe as broken bones within a matter of hours.
  
• Superhuman Senses: her senses are about ten times as keen as an average human's, and about five times that of an average cat's. eyesight extends into the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. She has superhuman visual acuity. Her vertically-slit pupils allow a greater range of vision above and below her, which allows her to more easily detect the movements of an opponent. hearing is sufficiently acute as to detect a sound pressure level change from 4 decibels to 6 dB at a range of 40 feet. With her highly developed sense of smell, she can selectively sort through various odors so as to follow a quarry's trail. She can detect subtle alterations in the composition of perspiration that reflect mood or emotions, and is highly sensitive to pheromones.
  

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WEAPONS
CLAWS: Her nails have hardened into true claws. She keeps them sharp at all times. Can cause Excellent damage from just a swipe.
TEETH: Uses her fangs with a steely, razory bite. Can cause Excellent damage per bite.