Bio
Whatever its limits, I was given this power for a reason. To use it. And that's exactly what I intend to do.
Stats
NAME/ALIAS: Warren Worthington II | Angel FACECLAIM: Aaron Tveit AFFILIATIONS: X-Men, X-Factor, Hellfire Club (doesn’t often associate with them though and is not a member of the middle circle) AGE/BIRTHDAY: 33 (October 2, 1988) SPECIES: metahuman (mutant) HEIGHT: 6' 0" (183 cm) LOOKS: BUILD: athletic HAIR: slightly wavy blond EYES: blue GENDER: Cisgender male SEXULALITY: Straight OCCUPATION: CEO of Worthington Industries ROLE AT THE MOUSEHOLE: N/A. Warren does not live in the Mousehole; he is currently renting a room in/near Matchak. However, he does know somewhat (nothing terribly detailed) about the Mousehole from his limited contact with Hank and Jean. IDENTITY: Public
Traits
+ Generous - Warren has funded many teams, projects, schools, and nonprofits over the years with his family’s fortune. He is always happy to give to those who need it and to those less fortunate, and will never turn away a friend or teammate with an idea they need help funding. This also extends beyond just monetary assistance. Warren has a large networking circle and many resources he is more than willing to offer if they will be helpful to his allies.
+ Guardian - Like his hero alias suggests, Warren is like a guardian angel to many people, mutants and humans alike. Though he usually keeps to behind the scenes charity, or individual rescues, if there is a major battle, Warren will be there, fighting alongside his teammates.
+ Confident - While Warren initially thought he was some sort of freak when his wings began to grow in, he quickly came to terms with his newfound powers and embraced his identity as a mutant. He still had some insecurities around it, mostly involving his father’s unwillingness to accept his mutation, but he learned to stand his ground. Warren has always been confident (sometimes to the point of arrogance - see below), but now that his identity is public and he is the CEO of Worthington Industries, his confidence has truly blossomed.
- Commitment issues - during the early days training with the X-men, Warren was described as pretty carefree, often ditching class to go flying. While he has grown up since then and taken more responsibility for his life and his family’s company, he still has a bit of that carefree attitude and still has a bit of a hard time really committing to things. For example, even though he helped out the X-men a lot and joined the team on and off, he never really truly committed like many of the other members. And while his excuse was at least somewhat selfless (helping mutants with his funding), it may have been more impactful to join the X-men and thereby symbolically throw his lot in with mutants rather than work from behind the scenes. This lack of commitment also tends to extend to some of his relationships as well.
- Arrogant - Warren is quite confident in himself and his abilities. This is not necessarily always a bad thing, however it does make him pretty arrogant at times. He likes to think he can handle things on his own and has a hard time taking orders from leaders he doesn’t respect. He also tends to butt heads with other people with equally stubborn or fiery personalities.
- Blunt - Warren doesn’t tend to sugar coat things or try to say things carefully in order to save face or spare feelings. He just says what he thinks. However, he can be rather charming if he chooses, but this is more due to his upbringing rather than his personality.
Attributes
Powers/Abilities: 16 foot wingspan white feathered wings which allow him to fly at high speeds and significant heights. In addition to his wings, he has anatomy adaptions suited to flying such as hollow bones, temperature and wind resistance, and enhanced eyesight, hearing, agility, coordination, balance, endurance, speed, and reflexes.
Weaknesses: Other than his mutation, he is quite human (no healing factor (yet)) and is therefore vulnerable to any sort of weapon attack, toxin, or psychic assault. Warren also has some potential vulnerability involving his company since he is a mutant and has had a number of people try to use that as justification to wrest the company from him. All these efforts have been unsuccessful thus far, though there have been a couple of close calls.
Headcanons
Unaffiliated - For most of his early life, Warren’s parents didn’t know that he was a mutant. So when he joined the original X-men team, they though he was just going to a new prestigious boarding school. A few years later, Warren’s father figured out his son was a mutant and threatened to cut him off if he joined any mutant team. While he doesn’t really care what his father thinks of him (or at least that’s what he claims) he didn’t want to lose his funding because he was using the money to help a lot of mutants (behind his father’s back of course). So he put off rejoining the X-men until after his father’s death.
Flying - Warren loves flying and often uses it as an escape or way to de-stress.
Coats - In public, Warren nearly always wears a trench coat to hide his wings. Even now, despite his identity being public, it is often easier to just wear a coat, rather than deal with people’s reactions to his wings. Plus, he’s become accustomed to the habit, and has actually grown to quite like the style.
Player - Warren likes to think that he is very suave and charismatic when it comes to flirting, but most of the time he is really just a dork.
Regrets - While Warren never really had a fantastic relationship with his parents, he still regrets not being able to save them, and wishes that he and his father could have come to a better understanding.
Details
WHAT BROUGHT YOUR CHARACTER TO SOKOVIA? Warren came to Sokovia to see what help was needed and what Worthington Philanthropies can do to assist. (And while he genuinely cares about the cause, a small part of him also came because he was tired of pressure from the ISA and attention from the media regarding his decision to not sign the accords and thought this would be a good reason to get away.)
DID THEY SIGN THE ACCORDS? WHY OR WHY NOT? He has not, but has been constantly pressured to do so because of his high profile name and status as a pretty big industry player. The ISA officials can pester all they want though, Warren will continue to “respectfully” tell them where they can stick it.
Bio
Warren Worthing III was born to extremely wealthy parents, Warren II and Kathryn Worthington. When he was born, his parents were unaware that he was a mutant, but the doctor that delivered him noticed a distortion between his shoulder blades, and recognized what he would become. Throughout his youth, Warren attended a number of boarding schools, including the Fairburn Boys School and the Phillips Academy. It was at the Phillips Academy that his wings began to grow in.
Warren got his first real test using his wings, when a fire broke out in the dorm rooms. He donned a disguise and rescued some of the students from the burning building. It was also later at the Academy that he defended a fellow student named Cameron Hodge from some bullies, and the two became best friends.
While visiting New York City over winter break, Warren again got to use his wings for good by saving or helping a number of people throughout the city. The news of an “Angel” in New York caught the attention of Charles Xavier and he sent Scott Summers along with a couple other young mutants to recruit Warren. Although hesitant at first, Warren eventually agreed to come to the Institute and join the X-men.
Warren trained and fought alongside the original five X-men for some time, often battling head to head with Magneto and his Brotherhood of Mutants. Eventually, however, Warren’s parents found out that he was a mutant and forbade him from returning to the X-men. Although he was out of the fight on the front lines, Warren still did what he could to help mutants behind the scenes; while his father searched in vain for a “cure” for his son, Warren continued to support mutants using funds from his family fortune behind his father’s back.
One day, after a particularly nasty argument with his father, Warren stormed out. He met up with Candy, his longtime girlfriend and the two of them went out together. While they was out, a criminal who called himself The Dazzler sent his agents to kill Warren’s father. Returning home and finding his father dead, Warren went after The Dazzler. He was able to track down the criminal who revealed himself to be none other than Warren’s uncle Burt Worthington. Burt hoped to take over his brother’s company, going on to try to seduce Warren’s mother, Kathryn, then subsequently poison her to gain the whole company for himself. While Warren and the X-men were able to stop him from taking over, it was too late for Kathryn, who died in Warren’s arms. In this Shakespearian turn of events, Warren suddenly found himself as the owner and CEO of the family business.
After his parents’ deaths, Warren rejoined the X-men for a time, working with some new heroes in addition to a few of his old teammates. However, the reunion was short-lived, with all X-men related activities being shut down with the introduction of the Sokovia Accords and some mutants beginning to relocate to the metahuman-run state of Genosha. Since then, Warren has focused on his family’s company and has done what he can to continue to support mutants around the world. This goal is what eventually led him to visit Sokovia. He had heard of the widespread devastation in the country and decided to see if Worthington Philanthropies could add to the relief effort. While he is here on strictly business, it wouldn’t be all that surprising if he happened to run into an old friend or teammate. Maybe the reunion isn’t over after all…