Abyss was depowered after M-Day, and joined X-Cell.

Origin

Very little is know about Abyss, he was first seen in the island of Genosha, where he was the bodyguard of the genoshan researcher Renee Majcomb, who was investigating the Legacy virus.

Later, he appeared in Berlin fighting the mutant Fever Pitch who was trying to kidnap him. They were both captured by the X-Corp, a mutant militia group founded by Banshee, and Nils was held in a containment prison, from where he witnessed the death of Sunpyre, killed by Mystique. He then escaped from his confinement thanks to Banshee and to protect him Nils sucked Mystique into the void within his body.

The next thing we know about Abyss is that he joined forces with Nightcrawler, his half brother, and the X-Men to stop Azazel from invading the Earth dimension with his army.

Abyss is a survivor from the Legacy Virus and was depowered after the M-Day, he recenlty joined a group of depowered mutants known as the X-Cell. Temporarily regained his mutation thanks to Pietro Maximoff. He saw Elijah Cross dying, which was the effect of Quicksilver's unstable repowering talents. After the battle with X-Factor he took Fatale, Reaper and himself to the Brimstone Dimension as he thought it may save them from exploding and losing their powers again. His fate is yet to be revealed.

Powers

Abyss's body unravels into high-tensile coils, and he possesses the ability to suck objects into the void in his chest cavity sendind them to another dimension.

The Abyss from the Age of Apocalypse was capable of sense and feed from the fear of his opponents, but it is not know if this Abyss (earth-616) is allowed to do that.

Alternate Realities

Earth-295

In the alternate reality called Age of Apocalypse, Abyss is a wise-cracking egomaniac who wants nothing more than to impress his boss, Apocalypse. Not much is known about Nils' childhood. It is rumored that he was raised in Mr. Sinister breeding pens. One day, he was able to break out, but instead of escaping, he murdered Bastion, one of Apocalypse's Horsemen of Apocalypse, in order to prove his devotion and willingness to rise to the top. Apocalypse was impressed and made Abyss his new Horseman in charge of the Southern Region of North America.

Abyss, along with the Madri and the Brotherhood of Chaos, attacked the site of a human evacution in Maine, introducing himself to the X-Men, consisting of Quicksilver, Banshee, Storm, Exodus, Dazzler, and Iceman. After murdering the Cardinal Madri for his failure to kill the escaping humans, Abyss revealed to Banshee that he has captured one the human children and is keeping him inside his body. He threatened to kill the child unless Banshee brings him Quicksilver, the son of Magneto. Abyss hoped to kill him in order to impress Apocalypse. Quicksilver complies and confronts the Horseman. During the fight, Quicksilver is able to wrap Abyss in his own coils, causing him to suck himself into his own dimensional void and disappear on the spot.

Abyss did not die, though, as he infiltrated the Madri Temple where Bishop was being interrogated by the Shadow King. Abyss believed that Bishop was extremely dangerous and a threat to Apocalypse's rule. Quicksilver, Banshee, and Storm attempt to rescue Bishop and are confronted with Abyss once again. In the ensuing battle, Banshee flied into the portal in Abyss' chest and let out a loud scream, blowing apart Abyss from the inside-out, but also killing himself in the process.

Abyss' powers in the AoA were the same as in the Marvel 616 Universe.

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