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Profile and Picture Updated: 7-17-09

Name: Kerrigan “Kerri” Schwartz
Codename: Knoxx

Academy X Team: Omega

Age: 20
Birthday: May 19th, 1990
Hair: Red
Eyes: Pale green
Skin Tone: Kerri has flawless, pale skin
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 139 lbs
Build: Kerri is in peak physical condition. She is toned, though not so much as it takes away from her figure.
Race/Nationality: Caucasian
Notable Characteristics: None other than her hair.
Uniform: Her uniform consists of her mechanical armor suit, which is black with glowing red trim. ( The blue parts on the suit are really red – [-X-] )
Standard Dress: In the last year, Kerrigan has moved from one of the biggest tomboys in school to one of the most fashionable. This most likely came about by her constant access to Cissa's closet, but regardless her tastes have changed. While she will still wear her jeans and a tank top, she is not above wearing the occasional dress, or even heels. Her fashion world has been opened.

Superhuman Ability: Kerrigan has the ability of “Adoptive Muscle Memory,” which allow her to copy any action she sees. However, she cannot mimic powers of any kind. Typically this is used in terms of fighting styles, which she is always up to learning. Often, she does not realize that she is taking on new characteristics, since once she knows how to do something, it is almost as if she has been doing it her entire life. Of course she can only imitate abilities as far as her physical limitations will allow her, which is why she works so hard to remain in peak condition. In order to make the abilities she mimics permanent, she has to practice them consistently - without any work at them they would fade from her "memory" within a few months.
7-17-09 Update: She can now remember abilities for a longer period of time, though she still has to practice them consistently for the knowledge to become permanent. With practicing and focus, she can now remember them for up to a year.

Abilities (not gained from mutation) : Kerri has been bred for physical combat, and so she is much stronger, faster and more flexible than normal girls of her stature. On a more mechanical note, her uncle is extremely gifted with making armor, and also worked for the army for many years. After he retired, her father told him about her abilities, and he engineered a mechanical armor-suit of sorts for her to wear, which enhanced her physical stamina to match her abilities. In recent months, her suit has been upgraded to connect to the web, able to pull videos and such from the internet on a moment's notice to show her any skill she wishes to learn. While it takes time, and is not necessarily efficient in the midst of a battle, it opened a whole new realm of possibilities to her.

As of right now she has been "trained" in the following areas:
~Several different forms of martial arts
~Kick boxing
~Archery
~Gunmanship
~Gymnastics

Levels:
Physical Strength (1-10): 5
Power Mastery (1-10): 10
Speed (1-10): 5
Durability (1-10): 5
Intelligence (1-10): 4
Energy (1-10): 8
Agility (1-10): 8
( Third Year Powers: 45/45 used )

Place of Birth: Fort Knox, KY
Family:
Heather Schwartz - Mother
Daniel Schwartz – Father (Military – Army)
Xander Schwartz – Brother (Married to Kaelin Hammond)
Randall Schwartz – Brother (Military – Marines)
Daniel Schwartz Jr. – Brother (Military – Army - Deceased)

Personal Strengths: Kerrigan is still as dedicated as ever, willing to do whatever it takes to advance herself mentally, physically or even emotionally. While before she could be seen as cold by others that didn't know her well, she has grown more social in the last year, and is known as a person you can depend on for whatever you need. She might still be quiet and like to be by herself a lot, but she is hardly the mystery that she used to be. Of course, nothing is more fun for her than physical activity to this day, but she has learned to tamper that excitement and zeal with friends and a social life. All in all she is more rounded and confident in herself than ever.
Personal Weaknesses: Even with her new confidence, she is still the girl with the crazy drive to prove herself and her abilities. She never got over her fear of looking weak, and therefore she still often pushes herself too hard. Since the passing of her brother while he was in active duty she can sometimes lash out at others when she is having a particularly bad day, and since then it seems that she is more susceptible to stress. It is dealing with these emotions and stressors that she has problems with, especially considering her tendency to bottle up negativity inside herself to keep it from being a burden on her friends and loved ones.
Personality: Kerrigan is infinitely more social than she used to be, and as a result she is more firendly and warm towards others. Since the death of her brother, however, she has days where depression sets in, causing her to revert to her old ways of isolation. Like any girl her age, she has her good days and her bad days. Once someone makes it into her inner circle, there is no loyaler friends that this redhead. At the same time, get on her badside, and watch out.
Hobbies: Physical activity of all kinds, including a lot of extreme sports and activities that many would find scary or uncomfortable. If she is not in school, it is a safe bet one could find her in the gym or out on the grounds with a book in her hand. Recently, she took to engineering as a hobby, mostly because of working with her uncle on her mechanical suit.

View on Human/Mutant Relations: Kerrigan has a hard time understanding why people are so against those with mutations. Because her parents have always been so accepting of her ability, why someone would want to treat her differently doesn’t make much sense. She is for protecting people, whether they be mutant or human, and therefore she tries to remain as neutral as possible.

History: On May 19th, 1987 Heather and Daniel Schwartz gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby girl. From that moment on, they knew that she was going to be special, and took care to give her all the privileges that they could afford. However, Kerrigan grew up as an “army brat,” the youngest of 4 children with 3 older brothers. As a result of this, she learned to toughen up quickly as a child, and was the most eager of the bunch to learn how to fight and defend herself by her Father from a young age. As she grew and matured, her family began to notice that she had an innate ability to mimic the physical movements of those around her, starting at around the age of 6.

When she turned 6, she was put into a military education, living on base with her family, which she thoroughly enjoyed. Her ability first surfaced when she watched a little boy scale the monkey-bars with ease on her first day of recess. Without a moment’s hesitation, she jumped up on the bars and made it completely across without a single mistake. Furthermore, in gym class, she was able to flawlessly replicate the drills they were shown in class with only watching the instructor demonstrate it once. Her teacher’s were baffled, but her parents had a sneaking suspicion she was one of the “mutants” that they had heard about on television. After taking her for genetic testing, secretively of course, their suspicions were confirmed. Of everyone in their immediate family, she is the only one with an ability.

Both parents were extremely supportive of her ability, and both did whatever they could to help her control and learn how it worked. Her father headed the majority of the physical training, and her brothers were great sparring partners. When Kerri was 13, her father was deployed over seas, leaving her mother to take over her “training.” As time dragged on in her father’s absence, her mother taught her more about grace, and imitating things other than fighting. Her brothers took over her physical training at this point, even though her mother was not too happy about it. However, with two of them in the army as well, she was basically going through the same basic training as they were before she could join up. She studied everything from karate movies to etiquette movies, at the urging of her mother, resulting in her being able to compete at a black-belt level as perform a perfect curtsy.

Her father returned from his 2 year deployment to find that she was more than proficient in almost all forms of martial arts and kickboxing, but also that she had been studying gymnastics and parkour in her free time. He was proud of her, and rather than trying to teach her a wealth of new skills, she decided that it would be best to work on her physicality than anything else so that she would be best prepared in any situation.

Kerri’s uncle also worked for the military as an armor engineer, working to develop a new sort of mechanical armor for soldiers to wear. Unfortunately, he could not seem to get a prototype working that was up to the Army’s standards, and so he retired early. Kerri’s father brought her Uncle (his brother) to live with them at the time, and explained Kerrigan’s unique situation to him. Her Uncle was intrigued, and so with the help of the family, he was able to construct a suit especially for her, which he explained would enhance her physical attributes such as strength, agility, speed, etc. She began to train in the suit, and after a few months, she found she could fight worlds better than she had been able to do before, which was saying something.

When Kerri turned 18, she graduated from school, and was ready to enlist in the army, which had been her plan all along. However, her parents thought that it would be a better idea for her to attend another few years at a school where she could be around other mutants full time, and learn to deal with her powers even more. They were supportive, and always did what they could, but knew they would not be able to help her as much as others might be. It took a little bit of convincing, but they got her to agree to attend Xavier’s School for the Gifted for at least a year before she decided if she wanted to continue her education further, or go into the military. Between school and her personal training, Kerrigan had not been able to develop very good social skills, so she was a little worried about going, but knew that if her parents thought it would be for the best, then it was what she needed to do.

7-17-09 Update: Upon graduation, Kerrigan was set to go into the military, as per her original plan. However, news arrived that her brother, Daniel, had been killed in combat when he was captured by enemy forces. The way the situation was handled angered her so much, that she gave up her future military career, instead opting to stay at the Academy for University courses. Considering the military was all she ever dreamed of doing, she is going through a transitional period in her life that is starting to take it's toll on her physically and mentally.

Miscellaneous:
--Her favorite foods are potatoes and broccoli
--Favorite color is green
--Can run a 6 minute Mile
--Registered Independent