| Piotr 'Colossus' Rasputin. With the ability to turn himself into super-strong organic steel, Piotr was the powerhouse of the X-Men for some time. He came to the school as a directionless young man and worked hard to better himself. With his strong belief in family, his little sister Illyana was the centre of his world, until her abduction into the demonic realm of Limbo aged her eight years and completely changed the relationship between them. Unable to reconcile the suspicious, secretive teenager to his "Little Snowflake", Piotr eventually disowned her. The move was an unpopular one, and even Piotr's relationship with Warren Worthington wasn't enough to keep him at the school, the pair moving to the West Coast Annex in 2006. His relationship with Warren ended during this time and Piotr spent some time travelling the world before returning to the only life that had meant anything to him - as an X-Man. However, with Warren also returning to Xavier's, things were awkward, and after a period of lying low, Piotr took to the road again, this time to Russia, searching for his roots.
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