Wyngarde, Regan. Lady Mastermind.

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Basics: Wyngarde, Regan. Lady Mastermind.

Full Name: Regan Wyngarde

Codename: Lady Mastermind

Nicknames: Lady M or M

Type: Canon

Gender: Female

Species: Homo Sapiens Superior

Age: 24

Date of Birth: August 8th

Hometown: Wimbledon, England

Current Residence: Muir Island

Loyalty: Currently the Marauders

Occupation: Terrorist

Hair Colour: Blonde

Eye Colour: Light blue

Height: 5’ 7”

Weight: 135lbs

Body Type: Sleek and curvy – Regan is like a cat with her lithe body, graceful step and arrogant tilt to her chin.

Typical Style:

Normally, Regan wears flattering and flaunting clothing. She knows her looks get her things, and she does her best to make sure that everybody else notices her too. She favours tight jeans, tees and the occasional dress. She almost always wears heels. She doesn’t usually wear jewellery unless she’s going out on the town.

Distinguishing Features:

Deep scarring on her abdomen – the remnants of being impaled by Wolverine. It is unknown how deep this scar tissue goes, but arrogant as she is, Regan has rubbed oils and creams into the skin so that the scars are faded. She has a small tattoo of a snake biting its tail between her shoulderblades - a symbol of eternal life.

Physical Mutations: None

Uniform:

In terms of uniform, Regan usually just wears what she once wore as an X-Man – a skin tight body suit that leaves her shoulders bare and shows a sizeable amount of cleavage. It comes with knee high black boots and elbow length gloves, as well as a thick metal choker for her neck, set with a ruby.

Personality:

Regan Wyngarde, also known as Lady Mastermind, lives up to her reputation.
She is an aggressive woman, ferocious beyond compare, who get’s what she wants through her own means. That’s not to say she’s spoilt - her father barely gives a toss now that she’s older, despite their similarities. Regan has an insane, deep-rooted hatred for her half-sister Martinique in particular - and it’s mutual. Martinique hates Regan for being an ‘attention seeker’, whereas Regan’s vocalised thoughts of Martinique are that she’s a ‘skank’.

She is also a very volatile person, with a temper that can be set off at the drop of a pin. And you do not want to mess with Regan when she’s angry. She has the power to back up her fury, so unless you have a death wish, are an extremely powerful telepath (emphasis on the word extremely) or have a hell of a lot of back up, setting her off is not recommended.

In fact, there are very few good traits that Regan possesses. She doesn’t care about her own life really, particularly in a fight. She’s constantly going for the win, no matter what it might do to her. She is very intelligent and strategic, and she is confident in her own abilities. There are very few things that scare her, one of them being more powerful telepaths, or power negators, both of whom can turn her powers back on her or disable them.

This relates to her being something of a control freak; after her encounter with Lifeguard, Regan became incredibly protective of herself and her need to be in control, or at least ‘in the know’, of every situation she is in. She has become a relatively good leader in her time within the Marauders, just through leading squads and taking control when her own leaders deem it necessary. She has grown better as a person for this; not quite a seasoned strategist, but she knows when to fight and when to flee, and the ins and outs of basic tactical knowledge.

She can be extremely jealous, particularly when it comes to other women, and in this area, Martinique is queen above all. Not really jealous of men or relationships they may have, but if they are better than her in any area. Jason drove Regan to be the best, to beat everyone at everything. She is very arrogant in this regard, and she cannot abide being beaten by anyone she deems her inferior (which is most people). She also lacks any real sense of morality, meaning that whilst she does not truly fear combat or killing, she can be very cruel and inhumane.

Regan is a hedonist, and this is one of her most defining traits. She is never against having a good time. Sex, drink and partying are all down with her. She knows she is an attractive woman, and she is not afraid to use her body as a weapon, should it be required of her. She has done it on numerous occasions, and she likes the power she finds in it – of being able to tempt a man or woman with her assets.
Still, Regan is always looking out for number one, and number one often fancies getting loose and wild, painting New York City red.

It’s been said that Regan is one of the most difficult mutants for the X-men and other enemies to deal with, purely because she doesn’t care. She doesn’t care about anybody else, and has some severe sociopathic tendencies. Her disregard for her own life means that she will often go into situations full throttle, prepared and willing to lose everything if it means she wins overall.

Family:
Jason Wyngarde – Father – ‘Mastermind’ – Deceased
Unknown Mother
Martinique Wyngarde – Half Sister – ‘Mastermind II’ – Alive
Megan Gwynn – Half Sister – ‘Pixie’ – Alive (Student)

History:

Regan was born in London, England, twenty five years ago. She was the second daughter of the infamous mutant criminal Jason Wyngarde, who went by the alias of Mastermind, and had one sister – Martinique. Not much is known about Regan’s childhood to anybody besides those who were a part of it. She had a relatively easy upbringing, though her mother was absent after her birth. She didn’t mind this; her father was the centre of her world whilst she was growing up, and she battled fiercely with Martinique for his attention.

Martinique and Regan did not get along. As children, they fought for Jason’s love (which he encouraged somewhat), and as they turned into teenagers, they were more like rivals than half-sisters. They constantly stole each other’s boyfriends, spread rumours and destroyed friendships. They burned bridges as soon as they constructed them, with actions borne of jealousy and spite rather than any real hatred.

Her mutation surfaced early – though not as early as Martinique’s – and it was found that she, like her family, had inherited mastery of illusions. At the age of thirteen, she used the false images to lure boys and hurt her enemies – even then she cared for nobody except herself.
She left home at the age of eighteen after a particularly vicious spat with Martinique, travelling across the globe in the hopes of finding glory and renown.

She was soon picked up in Australia by a gentleman named Sebastian Shaw, who had worked briefly with her father in the past, and was intrigued by his offspring. He hired her to retrieve his secretary – a mutant named Sage – with a bonus for her if she helped him gain loyalty in Sydney’s criminal underworld. Regan took both jobs, deciding first to track down and capture Sage.

It should have been easy. Sage fell quickly into a trap, becoming incapacitated within a simple illusion and easy for the taking. Regan was just applauding herself for a job well done when another woman turned up – a woman who just happened to be a mutant known as Lifeguard. Lifeguard’s ability was situational adaptation, which essentially gave her whatever she needed for any given circumstance. Noticing Sage in trouble, she leapt to the rescue, and turned Regan’s illusions back on herself.

The result was catastrophic to Regan. The world she had woven overcame her telepathy, trapping her in her own mind and pushing her into a coma. She was left alone in a catatonic state for three years. The mutant Serafina managed to hijack her powers without her knowledge, but was defeated. A short time later, she was found by the X-Men Iceman and Cannonball, and was delivered to Xavier.

She awoke from her coma and was almost instantly placed on Rogue’s new team of X-Men, though there was no love lost between her and the power stealer. Roguehatedthe newly named Lady Mastermind with a vengeance, taunting her at every opportunity, telling her that the only reason she was in an X-Man uniform was because they could find nothing else for her to wear. Ignoring the jibes, she proved an asset for the team, particularly during the events on Cable’s island, wherein Rogue was infected with the virus Strain 88 and absorbed eight billion souls.

Following this, the squad took a brief respite at one of Mystique’s safehouses so that Rogue could recover.
Shortly after they had arrived, the alarms went off in the building. Karima Shapandar – another member of the team with a cybernetic body – was attacked through a computer by an unknown enemy. When the squad scrambled to investigate, there was nothing to be found – until Iceman was hurt by something invisible.

In a grand betrayal, Regan dropped a cloak of illusion to reveal the team of Marauders she had been hiding ever since they had entered the safehouse. A short fight ensued, and Lady Mastermind escaped alongside her new comrades with Mystique and Sabretooth, who also shared the Marauders’ mindset.

She was next seen attempting to find the missing mutant baby alongside the Marauders, and fighting the X-Men when they attacked her team. In her time with them, she developed a strong friendship with Malice, whom she helped in their ambush against the X-men. They tossed a disguised Scrambler at Wolverine to disengage his healing factor. In the fight that ensued with Wolverine and Nightcrawler, Regan was stabbed in the abdomen by Wolverine, and was left to bleed to death.

Lady Mastermind was picked up by an unknown saviour and dropped of in the NYC General Hospital, where they managed to save her life, though she was in critical condition for a long, tense few weeks. She thanked her rescuers by escaping in the dark of the night, and by the time they started looking for her the next day, she was on the other side of the city. She did not lose her powers in the M-Day fiasco, and she returned to the Marauders as soon as she was able, working alongside them and Mr. Sinister.

For the past couple of months, she has been mostly in hiding in Europe, keeping an eye on things there as the Registration Act fell like a domino run around the world. She has also been doing a little espionage in the country of her birth, keeping up her contacts in England.

She has not registered. She thinks the entire Act is a blight on mutantkind, forcing them into submission – and that is something that she most definitely will not do.

Classification: Alpha

Powers:

Telepathic Illusions:
Lady Mastermind’s powers are an improvement on her fathers, with her own twist. She is able to project extremely convincing illusions into the minds of those around her. They are so realistic that if she were to change the entire world, her victim would accept it as true with no argument. This makes it a very potent instrument in brainwashing people.

Regan's illusions are full-sensory, meaning that they affect all of the senses at once. Not just sight, but smell, taste, sound and even touch are included. This can go to the extent that someone may die in her illusions - take the example of crime boss Viceroy. Regan trapped him in an illusion to make him think he was drowning, and drown he did.

However, when officials examined the scene, added to his later autopsy, they were puzzled. He had been in an area with no water and enough oxygen to live, and nothing that he could have been smothered with. There was no sign of a struggle, but it was clear that he had suffocated.
She also once managed to kill a woman by stabbing her to death in an illusion, but that is quite a different story.

The only person ever shown to resist the illusions without aid was Emma Frost (although she did have a little telepathic guidance from Jean Grey).
Regan’s powers persist even if she has been rendered unconscious, meaning that she is the only person who can 'turn them off'. It is unknown if they would persist if she died, and this has, obviously, never been tested. She is susceptible to her own illusions, should anyone be strong enough to overpower her, and they weaken if she encompasses more people.


Mild Telepathy:
Regan has a measure of telepathy, although not as strong as many telepaths and is limited. It allows her to change her illusions so that they become more personal to her victims, as she can delve into their deepest memories and darkest secrets and use them against the unfortunate person.
It also lets her project and receive thoughts to and from other people, if she has established a psychic connection to them beforehand.

It does not allow her to take any control over a persons actions or to possess them as many stronger telepaths may.

Skills:

Regan has a good knowledge of most firearms, and how to use them. She is very intelligent and well educated, her father having bought her the best education money can, and through her own natural aptitude. She is extremely fierce and fears nothing. She is a decent horseback rider thanks to her years in the English countryside, and is an exceptionally skilled manipulator.

Weaponry: A pair of Stainless Black Pro Raptor II handguns. She is also adept with sniper rifles and SMGs.

Role Play Sample:
From the pre-reboot Weapon. With Cam (Cam) and Orca (Biscuit).

Whatever Lady Mastermind had been expecting, it wasn't the impact to her jaw which followed Cam's speaking. She reeled back a little bit, more out of shock than out of the force of his punch.
She touched a finger to the underside of her jaw, wincing a little at the feeling of a growing bruise. Her eyes darkened considerably as she tasted the irony tang of blood on her tongue.

She swiped a finger across her lip, and when she drew it away, there was a red liquid staining the skin.
Cam had hit her.
Cam had hit her so hard that she had bitten her lip.
It was unthinkable. She had never been hit by a lover. Her pupils were so dilated that there was only a thin line of blue where there had previously been irises.

"Your idea of love is pretty damn warped if that's how you show it." she said in a very low, very dangerous voice. The walls around them seemed to ripple as though they were not real. She was losing control. She raised her head and stared icily into Cam's eyes, the blood on her lip no longer an issue to her. She was powerful, more powerful than him, than Orca, than anybody in this Club.

No longer was she Regan Wyngarde, daughter of the esteemed mutant, Jason Wyngarde. She was Lady Mastermind, perfect assassin. Invincible.
"Let's take a look into your fears, shall we, Cam?" she spat, her voice suddenly blurring. There was an edge of something a little inhuman to it. He had crossed that line by hitting her.

She dove into his thoughts, her tendrils of telepathy no longer curious and barely there. They were spears of anger and hate, searching for something to drive her victim to destruction. She made the brief decision whether to torture him or not, and their surroundings blurred.

Almost instantly, they darkened, and became an alleyway. She could feel the gentle, cold breeze whispering through her hair, feel the gritty tarmac under her feet. They were standing on a roof, and below them was the narrow walled alley.
"You loved her, didn't you, Cam?" Regan snarled, gesturing below.

There, in the shadows of the walls, was a girl, cowering. Dark chestnut hair and an X-Man uniform were all that could really be seen of her, as she was hiding her face. At either end of the alleyway were three men, fast approaching her. The girl, who was clearly Kitty Pryde, clambered to her feet to escape, but as she ran at the wall, she rebounded off it. Her powers had gone.

There was a shine of a knife in the dark as one of the men broke into a run, shouting about 'mutie scum'. There was no way that Kitty could outrun him. She was utterly defenseless as the man fell on her, his weapon gleaming. The blood was so very real as he began to slice into her.

A great bellow of rage from the other end of the alleyway made Lady M look up from where she had been enjoying Kitty's demise. A giants shadow stood there. The ground shook as he raced towards Kitty and the man slashing at her. Colossus was soon into the fray, turning to metal so the knife bounced off him harmlessly.

Regan smirked, returning her face to Cam.
"He could be the hero you never were. Her hero. She chose him. What does that say about you, I wonder?"

Your Name: Valkyrie

Other Characters: Rogue and Psylocke

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Approved . Glad to see her back.