| Third of the sprawling Guthrie clan, Jay Guthrie was sent to the mansion by his mother who hoped that being with his older siblings Sam and Paige would help him through the deep depression that followed the death of his lover Kevin Cabot. Ever the tragic romantic, Jay's search for love led him to being beaten near to death by FOHer Tommy Jones, saved only by his healing factor, although it took months for his wings to recover. He returned to the mansion following an unsuccessful attempt to break into the country music business and started a dangerous obsession with Kevin Ford, breaking it off when he realised how much it was making him crazy. Then in December 2008 he underwent a dramatic physical change, made into a living weapon by a revenge-obsessed mutant called Blaquesmith. Robbed of his singing voice, struggling with a newly predatory nature and metal wings which at times seemed to have a life of their own, Jay joined the X-Men to try and learn discipline and control. It was a doomed experiment, however, and when his nightmares nearly cost new boyfriend Warren Worthington his life, Jay went to Muir Island for intensive therapy.
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