Nightcrawler
Real Name Kurt Wagner
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Portrayed by Voice Actor: Dee Bradley Baker
Gender Male
Place of Birth Bavaria - Germany
Date of Birth 1987 - undisclosed
Age 25
Aliases Fuzzy Ceiling Elf
Origin Mutant
Current Location Xavier's
Occupation Adventurer
Team X-Factor
Alignment Hero/Swashbuckler
Known Relatives Mystique, Azazel, Margali Szardos, Amanda Sefton (aka Jimaine Szardos)
Significant Other NA
Identity Amazing Circus Acrobat
Known Abilities Teleportation
First Apperance Marvel Giant Size #1 - 1975

Character Details

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1) Child of Mystique and Azazel, adopted/raised by Margali Szardos under mysterious circumstance.

Born to Mystique who, at the time, was living as the wife of Baron Christian Wagner. Rumored to be infertile, the Baron is unaware of Mystique's extramarital liaisons. One such is with Azazel, who is in reality is Kurt's father (unbeknownst to many, including Kurt). Because of his appearance he is shunned at birth by the town he was born, Mystique throws in a river/waterfall to appease the townsfolk. Azazel needs offspring to assist with his escape from Neyaphem and manages to have Kurt Wagner rescued and subsequently raised by Margali Szardos. She informs Kurt she found him after she found his mother and father (Eric Wagner) dead.

2) Raised in Bavarian Circus, whom Margali worked as a 'fortune' teller to hide her abilities.

Margali, a renowned sorceress and Guardian of the Winding Way, was living under the pretense of a gypsy fortune teller to hide her true identity. She used this guise while traveling with a small Bavarian/gypsy circus with her two natural children, Stefan and Jimaine (Jimaine later uses the identity Amanda Sefton, presently Guardian/Mistress of Limbo). Kurt is never legally adopted but raised as a foster child by Margali. The circus gypsies held little prejudice towards mutants which lead to Kurt developing his natural abilities. The circus ringmaster, Max Getmann would later allow Kurt to perform as a trapeze/tightrope/aerial acrobat.

3) Performed as circus acrobat, thought to be costumed man, became star acrobat.

Kurt would eventually become the star acrobat and ariel artist for the circus during his adolescence, long before his mutant ability to teleport would manifest. This would drawing in crowds, to see his death defying acts. He was presumed to be a man performing in a costume by the general public. During this time he would have an involved relationship with Jimaine Szardos, the two forming a strong bond that would last for years and continues (just not romantically). Both is friends and foster siblings would begin to develop natural affinity towards magic, much like their mother. His brother Stefan, fearful of being lured towards evil, made Kurt swear an oath that if ever he killed someone that Kurt, in turn, would kill him.

4) When circus was bought by wealthy Texan who wanted to put Kurt in the freak show, he quit the circus and went to Germany to be with his brother.

Years later after his star performances, Kurt became less of an appeal to the general masses and the Bavarian Circus of Herr Getmann began to flounder. Arnos Jardine, Texas millionaire and large Florida circus owner, would hear about the small Bavarian Circus and the exploits of Kurt. Buying them out, he intended to bring them to America. However, he demanded that Kurt be a part of the freak show. Offended by this, Kurt leaves the circus and decides to make his way to Germany once more to reunite with his brother, Stefan.

5) Finds his adopted brother, Stefan, has gone insane and has been murdering children, unintentionally breaks his brother's neck.

On his arrival in Winzeldorf, Germany, Kurt discovers that his brother has gone made and has murdered several children. Having used his magic, the townsfolk believe a demon to be responsible for these murders. Finding his brother, Kurt confronts him about this issue and a struggle ensues. Kurt's intent is to stop the rampage his brother is on but during the struggle, he unintentionally breaks his brothers neck. This does fulfill the oath he made to his brother, but this doesn't fit will with the catholic ethos Kurt was raised under by the circus gypsies. Because of this guilt and his own faith, Kurt is determined to never kill again.

6) Townsfolk accuse Kurt of murdering the children, he is rescued by Professor Xavier, who recruited him for the newly formed X-Men.

The villagers of Winzeldorf discover Kurt, the assume he responsible for all the murders in the town, thinking him a demon of legend. True pitchfork and torch mob fashion, the come after Kurt, who doesn't teleport away under his own guilt at his brothers death. At the point of killing Kurt, Profess Xavier arrives and telepathically paralyzes the entire village. Rescuing Kurt, the Professor would recruit him to his X-Men, which was his true intent for coming to look for Kurt originally. However, the would go to Margali to explain the circumstance of her natural son. Distraught over the loss of Stefan, Margali would blame Kurt for all that happened.

7) After some time with X-men, he ends up battling his adopted mother Margali who still blamed him for her real son, Stefan's, death - he is rescued from a personal hell by Dr. Strange and the X-Men.

Years after Kurt approached Margali about Stefan, she would imprison him in his own personal hell. This is done through the manipulations of her natural daughter, Jimaine Szardos, who had actually been living under the pretense of Amanda Sefton and was at the time Kurt's girlfriend. Margali had created a version of Dante's Inferno as a punishment for Kurt for murdering her own son. Only through Dr. Strange's Eye of Agamotto would Margali see the truth of what her son had really done. This would lead to reconciliation with his mother. Jimaine also revealed her part in this, but also revealed that she had been with him the whole time as Amanda Sefton during his ordeal.

8) In a battle with the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, he meets Mystique who has a similar appearance and when confronted, she informs him to ask Margali about it (he has yet to discover the truth of who his real parents are).

Shortly after accompanying Wolverine to Canada, where the two learned his real name (Logan), the X-Men would battle the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants - stopping the mutant group from assassinating Senator Robert Kelly. This is the first time he encounters Mystique. He is shocked at their similar appearance and that she knows his real name despite never having met her. She informs him to ask his foster mother about it, leaving Kurt confused about the encounter while raising some concern over his real lineage.

9) In a battle with Nimrod, he attempts to teleport parts of Nimrod away, but he is hit with an energy disruption from the sentinel and he is thought to have been disintegrated at the moment, but really he has teleported to New York.

During a battle with Nimrod, fighting with Hellfire Club allies, Nightcrawler attempts to teleport parts of Nimrod away from him to assist his teammates. Unbeknownst to Kurt at the time is that Nimrod had faced similar tactics already and used an energy disruption to prevent parts of itself from being removed. This would gravely injure Kurt who was teleported far away and thought lost. He would later be rescued by several X-men, including his good friend Colossus. For a short period of time, he could not teleport at all.

10) He recovers on Muir Island from this but discovers his powers have been somewhat disabled by Nimrod, his teleporting ability leaves him drained.

Eventually the power returns to him, but this puts Kurt into a self-doubting spirit. As well, his teleporting now leaves him drained, a tolerance he had built up after years of using his ability.

11) Using his abilities, despite the new limitations, he disables Vertigo in a battle which leaves him vulnerable to Riptide, this puts him in a coma.

In a battle with the Marauders, Kurt uses a multi-port trick to bewilder and confuse Vertigo that his teammates may defeat her. This however leaves him vulnerable to an attack by Riptide that not only severely injures him, but puts him into a coma.

12) He recovers during a time when the X-Men are believed to be dead, there is enough belief in this that he and a few 'survivors' join up with Britain based Excalibur.

While recovering from the injuries sustained by Riptide, the X-Men are seemingly killed on a mission in Texas. Nightcrawler, along with a few other survivors including Shadowcat, join up with Captain Britian, Meggan and Rachel Summers to battle the Technet, who are under the leadership of Gatecrasher. Working well together the group decides to form up together under the team alias Excalibur. During this time, Captain Britian begins as the team leader but goes through his own personal agenda. For a time, the relationship between Captain Britian and Meggan is rocky and while Captain Britian is away, Nightcrawler both serves as leader of Excalibur and shares mutual feelings with Meggan.

13) In a battle with Dr. Doom, Nightcrawler is hit with an electromagnetic scrambler, this inadvertently restores his full abilities.

Nightcrawler has a fortunate encounter with Victor von Doom while with Excalibur. In the ensuing battle, Dr. Doom hits Nightcrawler with an electronmagnetic scrambler, intending perhaps to disable his teleportation ability. This inadvertantly restores his teleportation to its original form, since before the injuries sustained by Nimrod and, subsequently, Riptide. Nightcrawler is back on his game.

14) The Technet, a group of alien bounty hunters, seek asylum with Excalibur and after convincing by Kurt, Excalibur agrees to give them shelter.

The Technet, defeated previously by Excalibur, shows up in search of asylum. Excalibur is want to turn them down on account of previous encounters, but it is at the coaxing of Kurt that they be given this opportunity. The Technet stays at the estates/home of Excaibur for a period of time.

15) During a time when most of the team is away, Kurt is at the Excalibur home when approached by the British government to assist with an invisible nemesis - he trains the Technet to deal with this situation. They become his N-Men - the N-Men eventually leave, taking the dragon from Excalibur's home with them.

Relationships

Name Relation Notes
Margali Szardos Adopted Mother Sorceress/Guardian of the Winding Way
Jimaine Szardos (Amanda Sefton) Adopted Sister/Former Lover Sorceress - Mistress of Limbo
Mystique Birth Mother Abandoned Kurt
Azazel Father Anchored to Neyaphem (a dimension meant to hold his kind)

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