Forge - Phase 1
Forge is currently the security specialist and in-house mechanic for Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. He occasionally assists with support for X-Men missions, and is currently in training.
Contents
Details
Character Journal: x_forge
Real Name: John Henry Forge
Codename: Robot Boy (trainee codename)
Aliases: None known as yet.
First Appearance: October 29, 2004
Date of Birth: August 7 1988
Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas
Citizenship: American
Relatives: Forge Family: Richard Forge (father), Cheryl Anne Forge (mother), Nazé (uncle)
Education: Graduate of Xavier's in 2006, currently attending the Business School at Empire State University
Relationship Status: Single
Occupation: Security specialist at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
Team Affiliation: tech support for the X-Men
Biography
Childhood
As a child, Forge was smaller than most of his peers and phenomenally intelligent. It has been mentioned that he learned to drive the family car by himself before he was thirteen years old, and had been tinkering with mechanical devices like clocks and TV remotes since he was seven. This may have been due to an early gradual manifestation of his mutation, or simply innate curiosity and mechanical inclination. Forge's studious nature and diminutive physical stature made him the target of ridicule and abuse all through his grade school and early high school years. Believing his parents were ignoring the abuse (they were simply unaware of it), he decided to make a violent statement of rebellion by building an explosive device to set off during a school rally. The device went off prematurely in his locker, costing him his left hand and leg, but hurting no one else.
Coming to Xavier's
After his rehabilitation and discovery of his mutant powers, he was brought to the school to learn to deal with his powers and develop social skills in a more nurturing environment. Initially, Forge's reaction to the school was one of isolation and resistance, which soon cooled as he found friends. During his tenure at the school, Forge has become active in the HeliX political action group. As a student, Forge shared a room with Kyle Gibney in a suite with Jay Guthrie and Marius Laverne. He continues to work closely with Paige Guthrie as a laboratory partner, and despite an awkward period where Forge had a strong yet unrequited romantic attraction to Paige, the two continue to work as peers. He was also instrumental in both Catseye and Jennie Stavros locating their long-lost families.
In the fall of 2005, Forge was kidnapped by Lorna Dane, who was under the influence of Magneto. Under duress, Forge was forced to create the Neutralizer, which was destroyed after temporarily removing both his and Lorna's mutant powers.
Recently, Forge has published a biography of Magneto, which has met with mixed reviews. Following San Diego, many retailers stopped distribution, fearing the political ramifictions.
In the spring of 2006, Forge and some of his friends were assaulted by Masque, who used his power to disfigure them physically. In Forge's case, his prosthetics were covered in a layer of skin, which was not only disorienting to Forge's senses, but incredibly painful as his prosthetics attempted to vent excess heat through the skin. After a few days, he was returned to normal by Marius's use of Masque's powers. As a gift to his friend, Marius also wiped away the physical scars from Forge's accident. As an unpredicted side effect of this generosity, the damage to Forge's internal organs and his nearsightedness were also cured.
Graduation and after
Forge graduated from Xavier's in 2006, and began an internship with Lee Kuk to train in operating the mansion's security systems. In September 2006, Forge accepted the full-time position of Security Specialist and joined the school's staff officially. During the X-Men's second mission to Youra, Forge assisted with support, accepting a role as the team's technical adjunct.
In December 2006, Forge found himself surprised by a mistletoe-induced kiss from Laurie Collins, one of the younger students at the school. The two began a low-key semi-relationship until Laurie broke things off abruptly, citing the age difference as awkward. Forge's unemotional response to Laurie's choice caused a bit of a rift between the two. After being psychically assaulted by Thomas Glorian, Forge had difficulty reconciling various stresses in his life with the continual feeling of vulnerability, and departed the mansion for a brief time to study under Hank McCoy in Edinburgh, Scotland. The sabbatical was successful, and in March 2007 Forge returned to his duties at the school, but not without incident.
Upon returning from Scotland, Forge discovered that some of the technology he had created and licensed for medical use had been adapted by the Canadian government for Garrison Kane's biotech implants. However, in discovering this information, Forge lied to the medical staff to gain access to Kane's restricted files, and as such had his access to the sensitive medical data revoked, and has been put under increased scrutiny by the headmasters and Professor Xavier. This incident has resulted in some strained trust between himself and some of the staff.
After an eventful spring, involving a dinosaur attack and more than one abduction of his friends, Forge began to take a serious look at his priorities. Following a visit to Canada with Garrison, Forge began to realize that he was out of his depth in a number of areas, and decided to narrow his focus. Setting aside his nascent political aspirations, Forge began an abbreviated form of X-Men training in May 2007, without the intent to join the team, simply to prove to himself that he wasn't going to always be useless in a crisis.
Sound of Silence
Forge's training with the X-Men would prove to be short-lived, as his life would take an unexpected turn in late June 2007 when he attended the engagement ball for Medusa Amaquelin and Blackagar Boltagon on the isle of Attilan. Scheduled to take a later return flight than his friends, Forge was still on the island when an unexpected event occurred, causing the island to completely vanish.
In the weeks that followed, Forge found himself isolated from everything he had known before. Finding himself housed with an Attilani fisherman and his family, Forge attempted multiple times to contact the Attilani royals, before managing to attract Crystal's attention, after which he began to work with the Attilani government with various civil engineering projects to maintain the nation's infrastructure. While only days were passing in the "outside world", time at Attilan was passing at a greatly accelerated rate, and Forge's hopes of rescue slowly began to fade, and after a year of isolation, he applied for and was granted Attilan citizenship.
Physical Characteristics
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 135 lbs
Eyes: Brown.
Hair: Dark brown.
Other Features: Multiple piercings (eyebrow, both ears, labret) although rarely are any worn anymore. Forge also has a cybernetic left leg and left arm, both designed to mimic human form and function (more the latter than the former). The arm is a permanent implant constructed of myomer artificial muscle tissue, while the leg is a removable design composed of metal tubing, gears, and wires. At various times, he has installed devices into his cybernetics such as a medication delivery system, an electronic lockpick, and an infrared/RF remote control.
Powers
Forge has a natural comprehension of mechanical concepts and engineering techniques. This allows him to invent any type of device he can imagine, provided he has an inkling of how it should work. He is also able to intuit the operation or status of machinery at a glance, such as telling whether a car's engine needs tuning up.
As a side effect of Forge's mutation, he does not have a normal sleep cycle. Instead, when his power is active, his brain interprets it as REM sleep. On the average, he sleeps about one-third as much as a normal human, usually every two or three days.
Forge's power occasionally bears a resemblance to a disassociative 'fugue' state, or alternatively manic hyperactivity when engaged in intense concentration. When his power is active, his mental state is incredibly noticeable by telepaths, but difficult to accurately read. The analogy to "drinking from the fire hose" has been made on occasion. However, despite training, Forge has next to no empathic or telepathic shielding.
Equipment
The only permanent 'equipment' that Forge carries are his cybernetics. He also habitually carries a standard "Leatherman" multitool, as well as a custom-designed Palm-Pilot style of PDA dubbed "Warlock" that functions as a combination global cell phone, mobile internet terminal, and GPS receiver/transmitter.
Forge also has access to the mechanical labs at the mansion, including a full electronic/mechanical engineering and fabrication shop.
Trivia
- Despite his natural mechanical intuition, Forge has never learned to ride a bicycle.
- Although he is a fan of "Tex-Mex" cuisine, Forge also has a severe dislike for cilantro.
- Forge cannot tie his shoelaces, and tends to wear loafers or one unlaced Chuck Taylor high-top basketball shoe.
- Coming from a mixed heritage (Forge's father is Cheyenne, while his mother is White), Forge does not put any importance on his ethnicity, instead preferring to think of himself as "mutant" rather than "Cheyenne". This has led to a number of philosophical conflicts with Danielle Moonstar, who made a habit of trying to expose Forge to Cheyenne culture.
- Due to his achievements in invention at such a young age, Forge has been admitted into the Tesla Club, a fraternal organization of scientists described as a cross between MENSA and an Elks' Lodge.
- As part of physical therapy and becoming accustomed to the different sensory input of his prosthetic hand and arm, Forge taught himself Braille, and is reasonably fluent.
Plots
2004
2005
2006
2007
Meta
Player: Nute
E-mail: 120px
AIM: MightyNute
Player Icon Base: Eric Balfour
Meta Trivia