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Vessel

Real Name: Unrevealed

First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #323 (cameo), Uncanny X-Men #324 (fully)

Group Affiliation: Gene Nation

Major Enemies: X-Men

Vessel is the strong member of Gene Nation, the second-generation of Morlocks that were created by the Dark Beast. Vessel is able to siphon psionic residue from his victims which he can transmute into raw physical power. However, if Vessel is wounded he can lose the residue which gives him his strength, and thus can allow him to be defeated.

Vindicator

Real Name: Heather McNeill Hudson

Former Aliases: Guardian

First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #139

Known Relatives: Guardian (James Hudson, husband), Douglas McNeill (father), Mother (unnamed)

Group Affiliation: Alpha Flight

Major Enemies: Master

Known Allies: Wolverine

Powers: Battle suit

Heather Hudson met James Hudson whilst she was working for an oil company in Edmonton. They later married, and whilst on their honeymoon encountered the man who would be Wolverine who was in a savage state. James started working for Department H, creating a prototype battlesuit which he later modified and became the first Guardian. When James was apparently killed in battle with Omega Flight, Heather took the suit and became leader of Alpha Flight as Vindicator, later changing her codename to Guardian. James returned, died again, and returned once more, and not long after his second 'resurrection' Alpha Flight was disbanded by the government. She and James went off to do research at a station in the Antarctic, then assisted Professor X when he was looking into Wolverine's current feral state. With the recent reformation of Alpha Flight, she has rejoined the team with a new costume that allows her to siphon tectonic energy and release it in the form of magma blasts, geyser bursts, and other such phenomena.

Voght, Amelia

Real Name: Amelia Voght

Group Affiliation: Formerly Acolytes

Known Allies: Formerly Charles Xavier

Amelia Voght has had a long history with Charles Xavier, being his lover before he even conceived of the idea of the X-Men. Even though they knew each other were mutants at this point, they had a falling out over philosophical differences and she never appeared in his life again until her appearance as an Acolyte. She attempted to quit the Acolytes a number of times, most recently just as a revived Fabian Cortez was attempting to use Joseph to gain control of the Acolytes. With her help, Cortez was defeated and Joseph did not return to his villainous ways. However, in doing so, all her ties with the Acolytes were severed, and she set out on her own. Amelia has the power to turn her body into an intangible mist and can travel great distances whilst in this form.