The Origin of Blindfold

Ruth Aldine, the blind, telepathic, prescient later known as Blindfold was a student at the Xavier Institute. She enrolled when the school went public and a massive number of mutant youths were enrolled. For a long while there would be no mention of Blindfold until she happened upon two other student at Xavier's by the name of Armor and Wing. Blindfold would first be mentioned during a conversation between Armor and Wing and they were not too happy with her. Blindfold had used her telepathic powers on Wing, without permission, and found that he wanted to become a member of the X-Men when he grew up. Blindfold took it upon herself to share this information with his friend Armor. During Armor and Wing's conversation they expressed how they felt that she was a "big mouth" and that she was "lonely" as to the reason why she would have intruded into Wings mind. Wing was very upset by Blindfold's actions. He was quickly calmed down thought when Armor informed he that she too wished to become a member of the X-Men when she was older. Blindfold was mentioned in their conversation just prior to Armor and Wing's confronation with the alien, invader Ord during which they would battle and Wing would be left powerless. Wing depressed due to his depowering would eventually choose to take his own life, committing suicide in the Danger Room. Unbeknownst to him, there would be huge ramifications for his actions, unfortunately he wouldn't be alive to have to endure them.

Ruth Aldine, the prescient known as Blindfold.

Not too long after these events Blindfold would finally make her first appearance. Being that she was precognative, she was able to foresee events that were soon to befall the Xavier Institute. She would reveal this to the Stepford Cuckoos's and and immediately be brought to Emma Frost were she would warn the rest of the X-Men too. Apparently Wing's suicide in the Danger Room allowed the computer to gain sentience dubbing itself Danger and it was to attack the X-Men and students alike. A huge battle followed but thanks to Blindfolds information, the X-Men were able to prevail.

Blindfold's consecutive appearances usually were followed by premonitions of impending doom that were quite precise. Though her warnings usually were not, as she would relay the information she knew to other in mostly very cryptic ways.

"We are going to lose another one!"

Blindfold's youth and relative newness to her mutant powers usually led to her having emotional outbursts when she forsaw events that involved death. She was simply ill prepared for most of her premonitions/visions. Either way, she would have to get used to and FAST.

Following the initial attack of Ord and then Danger, Blindfold would be accosted by premonitions that that another was to be lost. Emma Frost, the headmistress of th Xavier Institute, had been suffering from an extreme case of survivors guilt, as she has lost many students and lived, unable to help them. From her first students the Hellions, to her students on Muir Island and the recent death of Wing. Her mind was cluttered and as a result she was not prepared for the coming of telepathic assualts of Cassandra Nova. Blindfold on the other hand was fully aware of the happenings and was being overwhelmed by her premonitions. She was found by Armor in the girls restroom hiding in a stall kneeing (she was unable to cry as she had no eyes but was making the sound as if she was crying). Armor attempted to comfort her but could not. All Blindfold kept saying was that they were "going to lose another one." Hisako then had to defend Blindfold from a rampaging Beast, who had been turned feral by Cassandra Nova. Strangely, Blindfold afterwards telepathically woke up Colossus and gave him orders from some unknown party, to whom she had been speaking while alone in the infirmary. This would be the first time that she displayed any form of telepathic prowess. In the middle of the X-Men's battle with the Hellfire Club, Ord and Danger would make their presences known. They began their onslaught on the X-Men yet again. The X-Men and the few students aiding them were being overpowered and a lose was evident then out of nowhere they were all teleported away. Ord, Danger, the X-Men and Armor dissappeared, In actuality they were teleported away by SWORD and were headed to Breakworld in outerspace to handle other matters. The only individual that was taken with the tme was Blindfold. she stood by as other students arrived wondering what had just occurred. Blindfold commented that "Not all of them will come back." The storyline has yet to be resolved. It is still unknown was Blindfolds precognitive vision meant, and who if any would not return.

M-Day.......Only 27 students remain.

Not having much time to recover, the events of M-Day would effect the world and the mutants that live there. During M-Day, the Scarlet Witch, mentally unstable, uttered the now famous words, "No More Mutants." Instantly following 98% of the mutant population was left depowered, no longer mutants. This left on 198 mutants still able to use their powers, 27 of which were students at the Xavier Institute. Due to the decreased number of mutant students there was simply no need for the numerous mutant training squads that there were previously. Emma decided that only one was needed. For placement on the team the remaining student were to participate in an all-out fight against eachother. Those that were most effective in battle would be apart of the new team. All the remaining students were to participate save for a few of them. These mutant included: Wallflower, Gentle, the Stepford Cuckoo's, Ernst and Blindfold. There were numerous reasons for each of the individuals not to participate. For Blindfold it can be assumed that it was due to her lack of offensive capabilities. Following the battle the the new team was formed and they were to be trained in active field duty and were considered X-Men in training. The others that did not make the cut were to stay on school grounds for their safety, this included Blindfold.

__Quest For Magik__

Quest for Magik

During one of the seldom free times that the remaining students get at the Xavier Institute, a group of the students were outside at a campfire telling stories. Many would be told but it would be Blindfold's story that would take these young mutants for a tailspin and into a battle that none were prepared for. Blindfold told them a tale of a girl by the name of Illyana Rasputin, the ex-New Mutants and deceased little sister of the X-Men Colossus. She told them of her tragic life and how it ended in her young death. But somewhere in between the story, it somehow shifted and she began telling them the story as if it was currently happening. She said that the demon Lord Belasco had retaken Limbo and beaten the current ruler Amanda Sefton and exiled her. She also indicated that Balesco had taken away her Soulsword and that he wanted his pupil Illyana back. Some of the students began to get bothered by the story but only moments later they were all attacked by demons from Limbo sent by Balesco to find Illyana. He claimed that he could smell Illyana on some of the children. They were all quickly teleported to Limbo and while there they encountered numerous things: including strange new surrounding, they encountered demons which they battled multiple times, they faced evil incarnate by the name of Balesco and they even encountered the resurrected but still soulless Illyana Rasputin the the magical mutant known as Magik.

While in Limbo Blindfold used her powers quite effectively by navigating her team and giving many of them advice telling them when and how to react to their situations for the best results and their own survival. None were guided more then the young, Welsh, mutant by the name of Pixie though. Blindfold told Pixie multiple times that she "MUST NOT FAIL!" Yet again Blindfold was right. Pixie was the answer to their survival and leaving Limbo. Through a string of events a part of her soul was removed from her leaving a whole that was filled by black magic. Her removed portion of her soul was transformed in a Soul-Dagger, exactly the same as Illyana's SoulSword only smaller. As for the black magic in her soul, this enabled her to learn and actively use magic. Illyana taught her a teleporation spell and after their battle with Balesco, which they won, Pixie teleported them all to safetly back on the grounds of the Xavier Institute.

Blinded by the Light & Messiah CompleX predictions

Blindfold in a death-like coma

The Marauders led and organized by Mr. Sinister began a mission to kill all mutants precognative abilities. Cannonball came into this information and fould out that Blindfold is the second on the list. Once informed Blindfold speaks to the New X-Men and tells them her death can be prevented by Elixir. Before anyone ask how she grabs both of his hands and has one touch his gold skin and the other touch his black skin (gold represented life and black represented death). Immediately after a large flash of gold and black energy fill the room and then courses through Blindfold's body, she collapses apparently being killed by the energies. Baffled by what occurred Pixie is the first to react running to get Kitty Pryde for help. Before she gets too far though, the mansion gets attacked by Exodus and his newly formed Acolytes. It becomes clear that they are working with the Marauders and were sent to the mansion to kill Blindfold. But it appears Exodus is too late. He finds Blindfold on the floor and examines her. Seconds later he deduces that she is already dead and exclaims that she was no longer a priority. His team immediately disperses spreading out seeking out Destiny's Diaries.

Exodus couldn't have been more wrong though. Blindfold forsaw these events and took the necessary actions to ensure that she appeared a dead as possible. Prodigy realizes what was happening and immediately gets Kitty Pryde to help him revive Blindfold. Kitty had to operate on Blindfold to bring back to life from her death-like sleep. When Blindfold finally awaked she wastes no time and begins to warn those around her of her premonition and the X-Men's soon to handicapped situation. During her conversation with those around her Blindfold made several future predictions about people getting hurt, including Nightcrawler, Pixie and Hellion. All these came true during Messiah CompleX, as Nightcrawler was shot by Scalphunter, Hellion was stabbed through the chest by Lady Deathstrike and Pixie was injured when she teleported everyone away from the Purifiers. She had also indicated that there was one more person whose identity she missed that, too, would be injured. This person eventually proved to be Forge when he encounted the rouge X-Men member Bishop.

The Young X-men

Blindfold as she appears in Young X-Men

In the wake of Messiah CompleX, there are no X-Men and young mutants, that once went to the Xavier Institute such as Rockslide, Wolf Cub, Blindfold and Dust are alone and directionless. Until the day Cyclops recruits them to hunt the new incarnation of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants – and KILL THEM. Joined by a pair of new recruits, Greymalkin and Ink, the Young X-Men learn a hard truth about the world post-Messiah CompleX: sometimes old allies make for deadly enemies.

A New Dream Begins

The events that eventually lead to the recruiting of the charter members of the Young X-Men begin in a dream. Blindfold would have a dream/premonition in which she along with 5 other mutants, that she knows in the dream as her teammates, are apart of the team a new team of X-Men. Three of them she is very familiar with as she attended school with them, but when the Academy closed down everyone went their separate ways. The other two were not familar to her. In her dream Wolf Cub, Rockslide, Ink and Dust were engaged in a heated battle with, long time X-Men foe and Hellfire Club member, Donald Pierce. Blindfold, not at the fight yet, was coming, escorted by another member of the team (Greymalkin). She was in a hurry wanting to get there as fast as possible claiming that she wanted to "see" While the others were fighting the cybernetic Pierce, Wolf Cub and Rockslide begin to bicker with eachother, while Dust continued her furious attack. Blindfold arrives, a short distance away in her dream, she realizes that she had seen this before and attempts to yell out to warn her fellow teammates stating, "I've seen this before. Pierce is going to kill--NO...." Before she could finsh her warning, Pierce would slash and kill one of her teammates. One her teammates was dead, laying on the floor. Blindfold screams and is awakeded by the horror of what she saw in her dream. Blindfold wakes up at her aunts home in New Jersey. Blindfold sat up and the events of her dream began to set in. Not actually a dream but a vision of the future. The new team of X-Men had not "yet" formed. They had not "yet" battled Pierce. One of her future teammates had not "yet" died. Strongly reliant on the fact that these events had not "YET" happened she comes to the resolve that she can ensure that these events WONT HAPPEN. She gets dressed and tells her aunt that time that she had to leave again.

Final Genesis

Already knowing what was going to happen and wanting to stop a senseless death, Blindfold would begin her job to gather the mutants together that would one day form a new team of X-Men. She briefly returns to the X-mansion that she once called home, surveying the area. While she is at the ruins of the mansion, unknown to her, someone is watching her from a far. It seems to be Greymalkin, but not revealed. Once done at the mansion she decides that she would speak to one of her former schoolmates.

The Young X-Men's foes are revealed.

Blindfold would meet up with Rockslide at a coffee shop. Amidst their conversation she would inform Rockslide that he was going to join the Young X-Men. She indicated that Cyclops was going to be coming to him soon to speak to him. As they continue their conversation, unbeknownst to Rockslide, Cyclops walks in behind him and begins to scold him. Cyclops tells him that as an X-Man in training, as he used to be, that he should have been more prepared. Cyclops explains that he had been there for 15 minutes and that he had hoped that Rockslide would have had a better sense of his surrounding also stating that he[Cyclops] could have been an enemy. Unaffected by Cyclops' words, Rockslide says "What if? I'm like indestructible, bro." Cyclops smiles and responds with an optic blast, hitting Rockslide with enough force to throw him completely out of the window. Once recovered, Cyclops tells Rockslide that he wants him on his team. Not answering, Rockslide follows up asking about Blindfold, if she was to be recruited to. Cyclops replies, "Not part of the plan. I'm sorry Ms. Aldine." Rockslide defends her and retorts by saying that if she doesn't join, then he doesn't either.

Next we see all the mutants gathered together, save Greymalkin who has not been see yet except fo the dream, back at the grounds of the destroyed Xavier Institute. In the Danger Cave, Cyclops is talks to the gathered mutants, including Blindfold. He explains that together they are the last generation of mutants and as such would be the last team of X-Men. He then explains to them who their new enemy is, a new incarnation of the Brotherhood Of Evil Mutants. He then turns on a hologram machine and the images of the new Brotherhood, have most of the young mutants there in shock. Most of them are old teachers or advisors at the institute, one was an X-Men all of them were once known as the New Mutants. Above the Young X-Men were the images of Cannonball, Karma, Sunspot(the Hellfire Club's Lord Imperial), Magma & Danielle Moonstar, the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. These individuals would be the adversaries of the Young X-Men.

Speech

Unlike the other students at the Xavier Institute, Blindfold is very polite when she speaks, but most of the time, Blindfold is to polite and tends to include various polite phrases that have no specific point in what she is saying. An example of this is "She does, yes, thank you. You need to know why, please.", answering a question asked by Pixie. In this specific example, Blindfold referes to herself in the third person instead of the first.

When Blindfold is conversing with others, she seems to answer they're questions before they can even answer them. She is able to do this because her psionic powers olbiously allow her to see the questions that will be asked, or she could see into their mind just as they're about to ask.

Powers

Blindfold is a psionic with multiple mental based powers including

powers such as: Telepathy, Precognative, Postcognative, Clairavoyance & Telepathic Immunity.

Telepathy:

Blindfold has the mutant ability to read minds and project her thoughts into the minds of others. She has also shown the ability to mentally read the dreams of others as well.

Precognative:

Blindfold is gifted with the psionic power of precognition, the ability to perceive in her minds eye the events of possible futures. Although she is blind, Blindfold could mentally scan the probability spectrum of alternate futures and mentally perceive sounds and sights of events that distinguish them. By concentrating she could focus on only the most probable alternate futures. She is able to see event destined to occur and experience precognitive visions.

Postcognative:

She is capable of seeing and explaining past events as if she lived them.

Clairavoyance:

Blindfold has a sensitivity to psychic energies in her environment allows her to see her immediate area and events taking place far away.

Telepathic Immunity:

Blindfold has shown the ability to be immune to any form of others' telepathy–including telepathic attacks, probes or even attempts at communication. The extent of this particular power has not been measured.

Emma Frost said that Blindfold mind is in too much flux to for her to read. This does not necessarily mean that Blindfold would be immune to telepathic assaults or other telepathic abilities that only require the telepath to broadcast their power at the target's mind, only that her mind cannot be read telepathically. This would likely mean that she is also immune to telepathic control or possession.

Psionic Shield:
Ability to erect a psychic shield for protection of herself and the minds of others from mental intrusion. Additionally due to the multiple fragments of possible futures that she sees in her mind's eye at any given time, Blindfold is especially hard to mentally be scanned or have her mind read. Psionics of great caliber such as Emma Frost have stated that she has had incredible difficulties gleening the slightest amount of information from her.

Characteristics

Blindfold

Known Relatives:

Aunt (name unrevealed)

Citizenship:

Citizen of the United States. A minor with no criminal record.

Place of Birth:

Blindfold was born in America. Possibly in Propect Plains, NJ.

Marital Status:

Single

Occupation:

Student and Adventurer

Education:

High school level classes while enrolled at the Xavier Institute.

Stats

Gender:

Female

Height:

5'6"

Weight:

123 lbs. (56 kg.)

Hair:

Black

Eyes:

Blindfold has no eyes

Unique Charicteristics:

As part of her mutation, Blindfold does not have eyes, neither does she have sockets.

She does though have indentations were her eye would be, if she had them.

Alternate Realities

Blindfold has yet to appear in any alternate realities of yet.

Creators

Blindfold was created by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday.