Bloodstorm

Origin

Bitten by Dracula

At this time, she reluctantly turned Gambit into a vampire, because he was dying and he begged her to do it no matter what. He ended up hating her for what he becomes. They go their separate ways afterwards.  

Creation

Bloodstorm was created by Howard Macky and Tom Rainey and first appeared in Mutant X number 1 from 1998.

Character Evolution

The Six

Ororo later joins up with  the Six and takes on the name Bloodstorm. The team consist of a mock of the original X-Men line-up,  Havok, Madelyne Pryor,  Ice Man, Brute, and Fallen. She also keeps Forge and Kitty, now calling herself Kathrine, as her consorts, and it is inferred that she fed on Forge instead of letting the thirst get the better of her.

The Goblin Queen 

Gambit

The Hunt for Dracula

A Cure

 She is cured

Dracula the Beyonder and the Goblin Queen

Slaying Dracula

The Beyonder rises from the center of the Earth after a cosmic scale battle between Captain America and Havok.  He absorbs the memories of Captain America, and goes in search of Havok who he calls the "Key to everywhere." The Six Return to their castle where Havok is attacked by Dracula who bites him. The Six try to fight him off, but he easily overwhelms them when they are all suddenly hit by some strange psionic attack, felt through the universe as the Beyonder has returned. The X-Men, lead by Magneto come to the aid of the Six, but are slowly killed off by Dracula. First Quicksilver, then Mystique, then Polaris. Jean is attacked and left paralyzed. Iceman and Beast work together to hold off Dracula while Havok is revived. The last to defend against Dracula is Elektra who sacrifices herself in an effort to stop him but tragically failed. The Six escape as Magneto comes to a secret fortress where they prepare for the more prudent threat at hand, the Beyonder, who is later revealed to actually be the Goblin Queen in disguise. While Havok does battle with the Goblin Queen, Dracula attempts to kill the last of Earth heroes when Bloodstorm stakes him through the heart, and he dies. Havok defeats the Goblin Queen and she is forced out of Madelyne Pryor's body who is returned to her son, though Havok disappeared after that returning to his own reality.

Reality Hopping 

Machine Man and Bloodstorm

Powers & Abilities

Vampirism

Bloodstorm has the same powers as Earth-616 Storm, just with a Vampiric twist. Bloodstorm, like all other vampires, is capable of transforming an individual into a vampire by biting them. A special enzyme found only within vampire saliva is responsible for this transformation. After draining all of the blood from a victim, the victim enters a death-like state and returns to life three days later.

• Superhuman Strength: Like all vampires, Bloodstorm possesses superhuman strength, capable of lifting 4 tons
• Superhuman Speed: Bloodstorm is capable of running and moving at speeds far greater than even the finest human athlete.
• Superhuman Stamina: Bloodstorm's body is more resistant to the fatigue toxins generated by her muscles during physical activity. She can exert herself at peak capacity for several hours before fatigue begins to affect her.
• Superhuman Agility: Bloodstorm's agility, balance, and body coordination are enhanced to levels that are far beyond the natural limits of the human body.
• Superhuman Reflexes: Bloodstorm's natural reaction time is enhanced to levels that are far beyond the natural limits of the human body.
• Regenerative Healing Factor: Bloodstorm is capable of regenerating damaged or destroyed tissue to an extent much greater than an ordinary human. Bloodstorm can fully heal from multiple gunshots and severe burns within a matter of minutes, however she cannot regenerate missing limbs or organs, unless reattached.
• Immortality: Bloodstorm, like all vampires, is functionally immortal in the sense that she is immune to the effects of aging and is immune to all known Earthly diseases.
• Fangs: Like all vampires, Bloodstorm has fangs and claws. She can quickly drain a victim of blood.
• Hypnotism: Bloodstorm is able to hypnotize others by gazing into their eyes for a short period of time.
  
• Shapeshifting: Bloodstorm is able to shape shift into bats, rats, a wolf, and mist. She can also turn into human-sized or larger wolfen and bat-like forms.
• Sorcery: Bloodstorm has the latent potential fo magic like her ancestors. These mystical abilities seem to have been amplified by her vampirism. She can summon spirits and shadows to do her bidding.
• Mind Control: A person bitten by Bloodstorm is able to be influenced by her through a sort of empathic link. Only beings of exceptionally strong wills are capable of resisting him.
• Vampiric Telepathy: Commonly refered to as Whisper, or Lore, vampires can communicate with one another, sense one another, and even hypnotize there victims with a limited form of vampiric telepathy. Primarily, it is an undeveloped power of suggestion that can only be resisted by those with exceptional will power.
• Telepathic Resistance: Bloodstorm is resistant to telepathy, though not immune.

• Weather Manipulation: Bloodstorm's ability to manipulate the weather is both biological due to her mutation and supernatural due to the mystical properties of her nature, making them very unique in nature. Several times in the past, Storm has been described as a "sculptress". This is (arguably) the best way to describe her mutant mastery over weather, and certain forms of energy. Bloodstorm's powers are reflective of her counterparts in almost every way. When Storm uses her psionic powers, she sees the world as colorful, constantly changing energy patterns, rather than solid matter. These energy patterns can be "molded" to Storm's will to create a vast number of effects which mainly deal with weather manipulation. Storm is greatly in tune with nature and the elements. She can feel them, and likewise they react to her emotional state. She can manipulate weather patterns on a variety of scales, including the ability to summon large and violent thunderstorms and blizzards, as well as sleet and hail.

She has the ability to fly by gliding on wind currents. She can also move objects or other people with the wind or create a dome of air pressure to deflect attacks. Storm's power over air pressure has also been used to crush powerful objects such as Skrull warships. She has even created pressure (on Earth) higher than that found on Jupiter. Bloodstorm's powers grant her the ability to fly as high as the atmosphere can be stretched by using her mastery over wind. She can even carry other people with her. Bloodstorm can also use the weather as a weapon. She can summon lightning bolts from the sky that can be used to blind, stun, or severely burn her opponents, even to the point of death. She can also use this ability as a concussive force, even strong enough to affect the Silver Surfer.

When using her powers, Bloodstorm becomes one with the energy patterns she manipulates. This gives her the ability to project weather effects through her body. For instance, she can generate lightning, intense cold, and intense heat, from her hands rather than from her actual atmosphere. Her power over thunder has been used to create deafening sounds for distracting her enemies. She can create powerful tornadoes, hurricanes, and various winds that are capable of moving a vast number of objects/people including levitating an entire building, and sending the Hulk soaring away from her and her teammates. Her ability over water and its forms has been shown by her creating heavy rainfall, and instant floods that have even "washed" away Savage Land dinosaurs. Control over moisture and temperature allows Bloodstorm to freeze/flash freeze objects and people in the blink of an eye.

Bloodstorm has been shown to be able to command the Earth's biosphere vocally, even calling out to "Mother Nature" to protect its child.

She seems unaffected by the weather, including lightning and temperature. It has often times been suggested that Bloodstorm has a psionic link with energy patterns, and that weather patterns just happen to be the most natural for her to be able to manipulate. This is further shown by her being able to reverse/counter electrically-based attacks.

• Earth-Link: Storm's mutant powers have created a psychic bond between herself and the primal life force of Earth's biosphere. This bond with the Earth and apparently the entire universe, gives Storm spiritual and material sustenance with an almost empathic sense towards living thing. Her bond has even allowed her to when in space summon a solar flare and the ability and call upon and manipulate a large amount of cosmic energy.

She has diverted jet streams so as to create storms over the entire East Coast of the United States. (AN: It should be noted that Storm has on two occasions tapped into electromagnetic energy to enhance her powers; once to stop a blizzard over Canada and second to create a cosmic-level turbulence around the Earth to block solar radiation. She can create weather effects within indoor areas or within artificially maintained environments: for example she could create an indoor rainstorm. She can create weather effects over very small areas; as when she water her potted planets. Using her precise control over air, she has even been shown to control the very air in a person's lungs.    

Interesting facts:

Storm (Earth 616) actually was bitten by Dracula in Uncanny X-Men #159. However Storm did not succumb to the thirst, and her empathic connection to all living things helped restore her. Bloodstorm is an homage based character honoring the popularity of punk rock and magic based characters of the 1980's with her mohawk, biker gear and the supernatural prowess. 

Abilities

Expert Thief: Extraordinary ability at picking locks and pockets, escape artist; therefore, she is very stealthy and good at sneaking up on people.

Expert Combatant: She is an experienced hand-to-hand combatant. She is also an extraordinary marksman with handguns.

Strength level

Superhuman strength capable of lifting up to 4 tons

Weaknesses

Claustrophobia (Formerly) Bloodstorm had to quickly get over her claustrophobia when she had to grow accustomed to sleeping in a coffin.

Physical Condition: Bloodstorm is limited by the force of her will and the strength of her body. Though as a vampire, her physical limits have greatly increased, and have yet to be tested.

Bloodstorm's powers come from both her natural mutant powers, as well as her mystical vampiric powers. Therefore, her powers are simultaneously supernatural, however her potentially growing Omega-level powers seem to have been stunted by her vampirism. Bloodstorm can be killed by having a stake plunged into her heart, somehow interrupting the mystical energies that keep her alive. Bloodstorm can also be killed by being decapitated and being exposed to fire.

Other Versions

Earth-616

Earth-616 Storm