Cannonball

[Fate]

Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability. - George Bernard Shaw

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both. - Nicolo Machiavelli

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Samuel Guthrie was no stranger to responsibility. Like so many others left behind when the Inferiors that birthed him were lawfully purged, young Sam was left to the tender mercies of Magneto's imperial government. Caught up as it was in the waging of war, young mutants were often overlooked for months before they received their rightful relearning. Before they earned their assigned place.

But for Sam, the cowardly cur that sired him and his sisters was gone long before that. Just as well, for he often beat them for being what they were. The she-human that birthed him was frail. She died in her sleep.

Sam hated his progenitors for being weak. For being human. He hated them more for leaving him on his own.

He did anything he could to keep his family alive then. It cost him his dignity. It cost him his heart.

Sam needed no telepathic relearning. He knew his place when the emperor's troops finally called. Liberated, he embraced his new responsibility then - his destiny - as he gladly surrendered the burden of his sisters to the law's decree. Sam sought out the humans with great relish and righteous anger. He eagerly brought their end - for in each of them he saw the disdainful face of his father.

And his savagery gained him favor with the court and with Magneto.

Sam Guthrie became a hero, master of the emperor's elite guard.

He never stopped to wonder what had happened to his sisters.

[Sam Guthrie]

Name: Samuel Guthrie
Age: 20 Height: 6’ 0’’Weight: 160 lbs Eyes: Blue Hair: Blonde
Physical Description: Tall blonde and ((at least in his own opinion)) beautiful, Sam Guthrie is considered by many women to be the cream of the crop. The only thing that mars his lovely face is a long scar extended from just above his right eyebrow that extends little ways below his cheek. Instead of hating the slight disfigurement, Sam sees it as a badge of endearment, since he gained it in the service of Magneto’s Elite Guard.
Personality: Supremely arrogant and self absorbed, Sam Guthrie revels in recognition and praise. The only person alive that can bring him down from his cloud is his master, Magneto. Although his rock star like status grants him many perks, there are two things he thirsts for more than anything else, Magneto’s recognition, and his thirst for the woman known as Rogue. He also a ruthless soldier, driven to achieve his ends at any cost.
Powers: Thermal Kinetic Energy Field-Sam can generate a thermal/kinetic field around himself which renders him invulnerable, and allows him to fly. Though it usually manifests in his lower body, he has been able to extend it outward as a shield and channel it into his fists for an extra strong punch
Other Abilities: Sam, being a high ranked imperial officer, is skilled at close quarters combat, and even though he considers it beneath him, has some training with the use of primitive homo-sapiens weaponry.
Limitations: Although with practice he has become much better at it, Sam’s field makes flight much simpler is he continues along a straight path without turning or veering off in any direction, the faster he flies, the harder it is to turn. And this bothers him immensely.
Originally From: Cumberland. Kentucky.
Known Family: Father-Thomas (God knows where, and Sam could care less), Mother-Lucinda (deceased, and good riddance), Paige, Joelle, Elizabeth, (sisters, given up to Magneto)
Hobbies and Pastimes: Sam enjoys his job immensely, and when he isn’t fighting in the name of his Lord and Master he tries to visit the recently injured Rogue whenever possible. He lives for his morning constitutional, often covering miles and miles of distance in order to ready himself for the day’s tasks at hand.

Background: Sam’s father had abused and abandoned him, and his worthless mother had died and left him alone to rear his entire family. He hated them for it, and although his responsibility kept him at home, his bitterness at the weakness of his parents only worsened his feelings. He would be forced to rear his sisters, painful reminders of the family that shamed him so.

But destiny said otherwise, as Sam was quickly given the chance to turn over his sisters and assume his rightful place in Magneto’s Elite Guard. His righteous fury and savage resolve gained the eye of Magneto, and Sam rose through the ranks. No Homo inferior was safe, from the wraith of Samuel Guthrie.

He has never looked back since.