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File:Logan.jpg Wolverine: The man known as Wolverine knows little of his past. A product of Stryker's Weapon X program, which bound the unbreakable metal adamantium to his skeleton and gave him three foot-long retractable claws housed in each forearm, he was discovered running feral in the Canadian wilderness by Heather Hudson and her husband, John McDonald Hudson, who took him in and christened him 'Logan' after the nearby mountain. He and Marie D'Ancato came to Xavier's after being targeted by Sabretooth and Magneto, and after the events of X2, they both remained as part of the X-Men. A relationship with Marie ended during a 2-year long sojourn in Canada with Alpha Flight, and the two remain close friends, almost family to each other. Upon returning to the school in 2006, Logan found himself ill-at-ease and unable to properly interact with the majority of the students; an incident with Crystal Amaquelin lost him his teaching position. He kept to himself mostly after that, assisting X-Force with their combat training and forming a relationship with Sarah Morlocke. The arrival of Garrison Kane, another Alpha Flight alumni, helped. Eventually, after the Wendigo incident, Logan realised he needed to mentally regroup, and returned to Canada and Alpha Flight, intending not to return until he had regained control of his beserker-like tendencies and felt he could call himself 'human' again. Logan heals at an extraordinary rate of speed. Cuts and scrapes disappear in seconds. Gunshot wounds, seconds to minutes. The more extensive the damage, the longer it takes to heal, but there is little save for total incineration or disintegration that can permanently put Logan down. As a side-benefit to his enhanced cellular regenerative rates, his sense of smell is far more sensitive than a normal human's. Logan's sense of smell is about as sharp as a bloodhound's, if not slightly sharper. His hearing also is enhanced beyond human norms - he can hear the scuffle of a combat boot on carpet from across the Mansion if the background noises are sufficiently quiet. Logan's true age is also impossible to determine as his body repairs age-related breakdowns almost as they happen. While he's not immortal (as far as he knows) he will be extraordinarily long-lived. His healing factor also greatly enhances his stamina - his muscles build up lactic acid at an extremely delayed rate compared to normal human muscle tissue.