erik "magneto" lehnsherr
erik lehnsherr is an omega level mutant with the power of control over magnetokinesis. having first met charles xavier in the 1960s on his mission to find the man who had murdered his mother, erik has been entangled with the budding group of x-men and played a pivotal role in the shaping of the world in his universe.
having spent ten years in prison for the assassination of a present and the next ten living as a civilian in poland, erik has recently 're-emerged' as a mutant after the accidental murder of his wife and daughter.
erik arrived in folkmore days after helping save the world from the mutant known as 'apocalypse', despite being one of his four horsemen (war). he is now trying to decide what the best course for the rest of his life is, once again starting over with nothing but the need to rebuild.
having spent ten years in prison for the assassination of a present and the next ten living as a civilian in poland, erik has recently 're-emerged' as a mutant after the accidental murder of his wife and daughter.
erik arrived in folkmore days after helping save the world from the mutant known as 'apocalypse', despite being one of his four horsemen (war). he is now trying to decide what the best course for the rest of his life is, once again starting over with nothing but the need to rebuild.
personality
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devoted . determined . loyal . dedicated . confident
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honest . pessimistic . sarcastic . charismatic . driven
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egotistical . callous . violent . unsympathetic . vengeful
appearance
erik's role as a myth in folkmore has given him horns in the style of the helmet he used to wear on each side of his head. when he gets angry, he develops fangs on the top level of his mouth where his canines are.
abilities
background
erik lehnsherr was born to a jewish family in germany; in 1944 he was forcibly separated from his parents at the auschwitz concentration camp when sebastian shaw makes note of his mutant powers. after his mother is murdered in front of him it is determined his powers are "unlocked" with rage and grief, and sebastian shaw experiments on erik for many years to further expand his powers. the events of x-men first class lead to erik tracking down and murdering shaw as vengeance for the murder of his mother, also introducing him to his long term friend and rival, charles xavier.
after leaving xavier and his fellows on a beach in cuba erik ends up being arrested for the assassination of jfk, a crime he claims he did not commit. broken out of prison by xavier and his son, erik then takes part in another attempt to kill the president in order to protect mutants - but when raven proves him wrong he escapes and leaves.
magneto spends the next ten years in poland living as henryk gurszky with his wife and young daughter. after he uses his mutation to save a colleage from falling metal he is outed as 'magneto' and his wife and daughter are accidentally killed; this leads to erik joining apocalypse and having his mutation enhanced. after kidnapping charles, erik is forced to see reason by raven and ends up betraying apocalypse, returning to charles' side and helping him rebuild his school.
after leaving xavier and his fellows on a beach in cuba erik ends up being arrested for the assassination of jfk, a crime he claims he did not commit. broken out of prison by xavier and his son, erik then takes part in another attempt to kill the president in order to protect mutants - but when raven proves him wrong he escapes and leaves.
magneto spends the next ten years in poland living as henryk gurszky with his wife and young daughter. after he uses his mutation to save a colleage from falling metal he is outed as 'magneto' and his wife and daughter are accidentally killed; this leads to erik joining apocalypse and having his mutation enhanced. after kidnapping charles, erik is forced to see reason by raven and ends up betraying apocalypse, returning to charles' side and helping him rebuild his school.