James Proudstar (Earth-616)

As a young boy, James idolized his brother, and when John returned from a stint in the Marines was overjoyed to see him again. Unfortunately, their mother then revealed to the family that she had cancer, prompting a visit to an amusement park, where James had his fortune told by none other than Destiny, though of course James thought she was a fraud. Then, James secretly accompanied John when he infiltrated Arroyo labs, the clinic that was running tests on his reservation's people and treating them for cancer. James was discovered by Dr. Edwin Martynec, who revealed himself to be a mutated werewolf, and also that he was faking the cancer diagnoses so he could irradiate his patients and observe the results. He was killed on one of the team's earliest missions. James angrily blamed the X-Men for his brother's death and made it his life's mission to murder its founder, Professor Charles Xavier. After John died on the X-Men's second mission, James (who had manifested his own mutation).

James reappeared, donning his brother's costume, and kidnapped the X-Men's Banshee to draw the team to Cheyenne Mountain where John was killed. However, when the opportunity arrived, James was unable to kill Professor X in cold blood. Professor X offered membership into the New Mutants to James, but he declined. Instead, James rejoined the Hellions.

When Cable moved X-Force back to the X-Mansion, he tried to get Warpath to train with a bo staff, which he did for a short time, but never used in action. By this time, Warpath was experiencing an increase in sensory awareness and strength that allowed him to perform feats he never imagined before, such as run at 100 MPH and climb walls by digging his fingers into the concrete. One night, he received a message regarding the massacre's perpetrators and ran to New York, where Risque introduced herself to him from the shadows, planted a kiss on his lips and left.

Then, when Selene made her move against the Externals, killing those who remained, Warpath sensed her presence up in Gideon's apartment and climbed the building to find it. He was able to track Selene, but fell victim to her spells and was knocked out. Fortunately, Risque arrived and pulled James out before Selene could drain his life. Risque took James to Florida to recuperate and they fell for each other. Finally, Jimmy wanted to get back to his friends, and the duo arrived just in time to defend X-Man from Sinister. Warpath intended to remain at the Mansion, but after being confronted by the Blob and Mimic in NYC, Risque finally fulfilled her "mission" by slipping a sleeping pill into Jimmy's drink and bringing him to Sledge in Detroit.

Sledge had no malicious intent, but rather offered James the location of his tribesman Michael Whitecloud, who had somehow survived the massacre on the reservation. In return, he asked Warpath to enter a dimensional gateway and retrieve the person who was trapped there. That person ended up being the Vanisher, and James rocketed him out of the dimension with his vacuum suit's jetpack. As a result of this experience (in which he almost got trapped forever telling stories to the dimension's natives), James began to question his constant searching for vengeance and his focus on the past. James got Whitecloud's location from Sledge and went to see him with Siryn. Whitecloud told Warpath the more about the massacre and how he escaped and how to access the files he stole from the Arroyo Institute, which was the reason for the destruction of Camp Verde. However, Whitecloud's head exploded before he could reveal the names of those who sponsored the massacre. James retrieved the documents, but was ambushed and captured to Martin Edwards (Edwin Martynec), who was waiting for him. Martynec revealed that he had been working for Stryfe to create mutated soldiers and experimenting on the people at Camp Verde, but the escape of one of his doctors and one of his creations necessitated the massacre as a cover up. Siryn and Warpath broke free but Martynec injected James with a drug and killed him.

In a hell dimension, Warpath was confronted by Stryfe, who wanted to force him into despair, which would allow Stryfe to be resurrected by Blackheart. Fortunately, Jimmy was able to connect with Siryn, who was doing CPR on him. Also, Valkyrie (Brunnhilde), brought the rest of X-Force to the hell dimension to fight for Jimmy's soul, and they won, returning Jimmy to life. Recently, under Pete Wisdom's tutelage, James learned how to use his enhanced abilities to do things he never thought of, like fly. Exactly how he manipulated his power to do this is still unknown. James remained with X-Force through Wisdom's tenure and through one faking of the team's death. However, when X-Force came upon a top-secret plot to use alien technology to recreate a planet-moving engine, they apparently could not stop the bio-engineered defenders of the facility. James and his teammates (except Domino) were presumed dead following the explosion they set off, leveling the alien tech base. However, they soon appeared an a press conference for the new team calling itself X-Force, and got into a fight with the other mutants over naming rights.

Shortly thereafter, James was recruited into the Mumbai, India office of the X-Corporation. When Professor X came to visit, James saved his life from assassination by the deranged Lilandra. He worked with former teammate Feral, her sister Thornn, and sometimes Sunfire. Before receiving his X-Corp uniform, he was wearing his brother's old costume, which the Indian public adored.

As a result of the Scarlet Witch's actions in the "House of M" crossover, nearly all of the mutants in the entire world have been stripped of their powers. James retained his powers. As a result of the loss of mutants, Cyclops shut down all of the X-Corporation offices and most of the X-Corporation employees were sent to the Xavier Institute, Warpath was one of the many, including his former Hellion teammate, Empath. James did not enjoy his stay as it reminded him of a reservation he grew up in. While living on the Xavier grounds, James rekindled his friendship with former teammate Caliban who was also staying on the grounds. He also got Vibranium knifes as a gift from Storm and the Black Panther.

Shortly afterwards, he joined the ranks of the X-Men for the first time, at Professor X's request. Along with Professor X, Marvel Girl, Nightcrawler, Havok, Darwin, and Polaris, he journeys into space to track down Vulcan. He shows his superb fighting prowess while fighting cyborg drones as the X-Men attempt to commandeer a Shi'ar ship. During the final fight with Vulcan, Warpath fought bravely and in the end was on the spaceship with half of the team when Lilandra sent it back to Earth.

Warpath, since has been shown training with Hepzibah. When training the two hear a loud bang and rush to seen to find a Sentinel attacking someone. Warpath hits the Sentinel, then checks on the victim which turns out to be Caliban. Nightcrawler shows up and teleports Caliban away to the infirmary and Warpath continues to threaten the Sentinel until Storm shows up telling the Sentinel that Caliban is under the protection of The X-Men.

Warpath, Storm, Hepzibah and Caliban enter the Morlock Tunnels looking for them. While walking around the tunnels, Warpath stops the team and tells them he smells alligators. Caliban explains that they were their protectors and a girl could talk to them, but Warpath tells him that she's gone and they aren't listening anymore. Later James is shown fighting with one of the alligators. While fighting its tail crashes through a wall and Warpath defeats it. The team walk through the hole in the wall and find where Leech was taken and then find writing on the wall which is what Masque is going on about.

Warpath is one of the X-Men who answers The Stepford Cuckoos' call for help when Hulk attacks Professor Xavier.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Warpath is a mutant possessing various superhuman physical attributes, some of which have fluccuated considerably over the years.

James Proudstar as Warpath

Superhumanly Acute Senses: Warpath's senses of sight and hearing are enhanced to levels beyond the capabilities of an ordinary human. He is able to see, with perfect clarity, at much greater distances than an ordinary human. He retains this same level of clarity, even in near-total darkness. His hearing is similarly heightened, enabling him to both hear sounds that ordinary human's can't and sounds that they can detect but at much greater distances.

Superhuman Strength: Warpath possesses some degree of superhuman strength, though the exact amount of weight he can lift isn't known. Prior to the High Evolutionary temporarily using his advanced technology to remove the powers of every mutant on Earth, Warpath was strong enough to lift about 75 tons and had the potential of someday lifting 90 tons. However, after the powers of mutants were restored, the powers of most mutants were at their normal levels whereas Warpath's mutant genome settled some of his powers at much lower levels than they originally were. As a result, Warpath's physical strength is currently a fraction of what it once was. While the exact amount of weight he can currently lift isn't known, it is known that it upper limit is, at most, 25 tons.

Superhuman Speed: Despite his great size, Warpath is capable of running and moving at speeds much greater than even the finest human athlete. At his peak, Warpath is capable of running at speeds up to 100 miles per hour.

Superhuman Stamina: Warpath's physical stamina, much like his strength, is only a fraction of what it once was since his mutant genome has settled his powers to their current levels. He still possesses greater physical stamina than any ordinary human and can exert himself at his peak for several hours before fatigue begins to affect him. Formerly, however, he could exert himself physically for up to 24 hours before the build up of fatigue toxins in his blood began to impair him.

Superhuman Durability: Warpath's body is harder and more resistant to certain types of injury than the body of an ordinary human. For instance, he can withstand the force generated by great impacts. He can withstande impact forces, such as falling from several stories, being hit by certain level energy blasts, and being struck by a superhumanly strong opponent, that would severely injure or kill a normal human. Formerly, however, Warpath's durability was considerably higher. He could withstand high caliber bullets, exposure to temperature extremes, vastly powerful energy blasts from the likes of Exodus, and great impact forces such as being repeatedly punched by the Juggernaut without being hurt.

Superhuman Agility: Warpath's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete.

Superhuman Reflexes: Warpath's reflexes are similarly enhanced and are superior to those of the finest human athlete.

Flight: Warpath is able to propel himself through the air without any aid. The exact limit of his flight speed is unknown, but it is considerably less than the Speed of Sound.

Abilities

Warpath is a formidable combatant, both armed and unarmed. He is also an expert tracker and hunter, even without the aid of his superhuman senses.

Strength level

Unknown.

Weaknesses

None known.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: A pair of Vibranium daggers given to him by Storm.

Notes

After the powers of all the world's mutants were restored by the High Evolutionary, prior to the events of M-Day, many of Warpath's powers were greatly weakened. His strength, stamina, and resistance to injury were decreased to only a fraction of his former levels. As a result, Warpath is no longer the physical powerhouse he once was.

Trivia

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