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<td valign="top">[[Image:Pyro.jpg|left|100px]]'''Pyro:''' [[Pyro| John "Pyro" Allerdyce]] was the eldest of five children in a working class Catholic family in Chicago. John became the "man of the house' when his father died shortly after the birth of John's youngest brother and eventually joined a gang in his neighborhood. While cooking dinner for his siblings one night, John accidentally started a fire and manifested when he simply told the fire to stop - and it did. During an incident with a rival gang, John used his powers, resulting in reprisals from both the other gang members and police. As a condition of his parole, John was sent to [[Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters| Xavier's]] shortly after his fifteenth birthday.
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When John arrived at Xavier's, he was a sullen, unfriendly boy. Despite his irritable disposition, John still managed to form friendships with [[Kitty Pryde]] and [[Bobby Drake]]. The addition of [[Rogue]] to their group a year later created a great deal of friction as John watched Marie and Bobby's relationship begin and had to deal with his own romantic feelings towards Bobby. John continued to become more reckless in the use of his powers during the events of [[X2]] and began lashing out at those around him before joining [[Magneto| Magneto's]] [[Brotherhood of Mutants]]. Despite his defection, John continued to keep in touch with the school via the journals and instant messaging.  
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Amara's story begins (as far as she knows) in Nova Roma, a small town hidden in the rain forest of Brazil. Contrary to comic canon, the citizens didn't believe they were from the Roman Republic, and they lived fairly modern lives: running water, electricity, Levi's, etc.; they did not have access to television, radio, or internet, although they were allowed books. The secret city was created by Selene as an experiment to determine what would happen when you mind-wiped hundreds of people and replaced their real memories with false ones. This is the environment in which Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla, the only daughter of Senator Lucius Antonius Aquilla, grew up.
  
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When [[Cyclops]] received intelligence that John and another Brotherhood member were being sent on a [[X-Men Mission: Pyro| suicide mission]], the [[X-Men]] intervened and brought an unconscious John back to the mansion. Though unhappy with his situation, John remained at the school and resumed his loner persona, with new students aware that he had joined Magneto willingly. He was able to reconcile his friendships with Marie and Kitty, though his relationship with Bobby settled into an uncomfortable truce at best. He had a brief physical relationship with [[Angelo Espinosa]] that was over almost before it began.
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With the mysterious disappearance of Selene, her cult disintegrated into a confused mass of deranged fanatics, desperate to find a way to get her back. This eventually culminated in the planned sacrifice of all the city's young females, in the hopes that their goddess would return. Amara was abducted, brought to the pit of molten lava and ceremoniously thrown in. However, the incident triggered the girl's mutant powers, and she rose from the pit in her molten form. She destroyed the caves, killing the worst of the cultists and injuring several dozen other cultists and innocent girls. As personal survival instincts kicked in, she created a crack in the earth and pushed herself to safety using a spout of molten lava.
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Since leaving Xavier's to move in with friends in Salem Center, John has been studying to become a teacher at [[Westchester College]]. He is actively involved with a pro-mutant group on campus and still keeps in touch with Kitty via email.  
 
  
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Unlike many pyrokinetics, John only has the ability to control and manipulate fire. Due to this inability to generate flames, John always carries a silver Zippo lighter. John has phenomenal control over his power, though at times his anger has still caused him to lose control of his abilities.  
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Fortunately for Amara, members of X-Force had infiltrated Nova Roma, acting on information provided by Dr. Stephen Strange regarding the Selene cult. Upon realising what was planned for the city's young girls and aware the job was too big for them, Remy LeBeau called in Storm, who arrived with several other members of the X-Men in time to rescue Amara and many of the girls. Some, however, were killed in the volcanic eruption caused by Amara's powers, and it was with this knowledge that Amara decided to accept the offer to go to Xavier's School.
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Despite the strangeness of her new environment, Amara adapted quickly to the school, being keen to learn and expand her experiences of the world outside Nova Roma. Together with Amanda Sefton, another victim of Selene, she achieved a measure of closure upon visiting the site where the witch was sunk at the bottom of the bay. She has since thrown herself into the long hard job of catching up on an entire world.
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Revision as of 20:43, 27 March 2007

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Amara Aquilla

Amara's story begins (as far as she knows) in Nova Roma, a small town hidden in the rain forest of Brazil. Contrary to comic canon, the citizens didn't believe they were from the Roman Republic, and they lived fairly modern lives: running water, electricity, Levi's, etc.; they did not have access to television, radio, or internet, although they were allowed books. The secret city was created by Selene as an experiment to determine what would happen when you mind-wiped hundreds of people and replaced their real memories with false ones. This is the environment in which Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla, the only daughter of Senator Lucius Antonius Aquilla, grew up.

With the mysterious disappearance of Selene, her cult disintegrated into a confused mass of deranged fanatics, desperate to find a way to get her back. This eventually culminated in the planned sacrifice of all the city's young females, in the hopes that their goddess would return. Amara was abducted, brought to the pit of molten lava and ceremoniously thrown in. However, the incident triggered the girl's mutant powers, and she rose from the pit in her molten form. She destroyed the caves, killing the worst of the cultists and injuring several dozen other cultists and innocent girls. As personal survival instincts kicked in, she created a crack in the earth and pushed herself to safety using a spout of molten lava.

Fortunately for Amara, members of X-Force had infiltrated Nova Roma, acting on information provided by Dr. Stephen Strange regarding the Selene cult. Upon realising what was planned for the city's young girls and aware the job was too big for them, Remy LeBeau called in Storm, who arrived with several other members of the X-Men in time to rescue Amara and many of the girls. Some, however, were killed in the volcanic eruption caused by Amara's powers, and it was with this knowledge that Amara decided to accept the offer to go to Xavier's School.

Despite the strangeness of her new environment, Amara adapted quickly to the school, being keen to learn and expand her experiences of the world outside Nova Roma. Together with Amanda Sefton, another victim of Selene, she achieved a measure of closure upon visiting the site where the witch was sunk at the bottom of the bay. She has since thrown herself into the long hard job of catching up on an entire world.

This character is currently unplayed, but is open for applications. If you are interested in applying for this character, you can contact the mods at x_moderators @ googlegroups . com and you can find the application form here.

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