Captain Britain

Origin

Born and raised in the quaint English town of Malden in Essex, Brian lived a quiet life with his parents, elder brother Jamie Braddock and twin sister, Betsy Braddock. However, after his parents death in what seemed to be a car accident, Brian went to study at the Thames University in London. During a University break Brian worked as an assistant at the Darkmoor Nuclear Research Facility.

When the facility is attacked by the Reaver, Brian went for help on his motorcycle but his bike runs off the road and he crashes down the side of a cliff. Fatally wounded Brian awakes to find himself faced by the image Merlyn and his daughter, Roma. They offer him the chance to save his life and he is given the choice to pick between the ' Amulet of Right' and the ' Sword of Might'. Since he was more a scholar than a warrior, he chose the amulet and the choice transformed him into Captain Britain and he was able to fight of The Reaver and his men to save the facility. By touching the amulet of right Brian could then after turn into Captain Britain instantly as his own choosing.

Early Career

Captain Britain: Early Years

On his way back from the USA Captain Britain was mentally attacked causing him to jump out a plane and dissapear for some time. He reappeared when he  was summoned by Merlyn but with some of his memories missing after the mental assault. Merlyn instructed him to defeat the Necromon, a machine that had killed all the superheroes in an entire dimension. He was aided in the fight by Black Knight and the elf Jackdaw and defended Otherworld. Shortly after Captain Britain was killed by the White Rider and his body was stolen. Merlyn and the Black Knight retrieved his body and his soul was restored to it along with all of his lost memories.

Omniverse

Captain Britain: Brian Braddock

After winning an anti-superhero campaign and eventually becoming Prime Minister, Jaspers( 616) began his Warp on London.Captain Britain and his assosiates fought Jaspers but were losing. However, the Fury of 238, having sensed Brian's resurrection and adapted itself to travel across dimensions, arrived and attacked and killed the Mad Jim Jaspers of this Earth. The weakened Fury was then distroyed by the only Super hero to escape from Earth-238, the Captain Britain counterpart of that dimension, Captain UK.

In the aftermath of this event Brian continued his adventures as Captain Britain and protecting the UK. During this time he met his lover Meggan, a Shapshifter from another dimension. The two worked together fighting evil but the stresses of the fallout of the fight with Jasper made Brian decide to resign from superheroics and travel aboard where he and Meggan lived peacefully for some time.

Betsy Braddock as Captain Britain

Captain Britain: Betsy Braddock

Excalibur

Excalibur

Meggan contacted the X-men in an effort to help Brian off of his self destructive path which began Captain Britain's association with the X-Men and other mutants. In the wake of the death of the original X-men team other mutants banded together into new teams to carry on their work. Brian, as Captain Britain, along with Meggan, Nightcrawler, Phoenix ( Marvel Girl) , Shadowcat ( Kitty Pryde) and Lockheed formed Excalibur based in Great Britain under Brian's leadership. After some time with the team it was revealed that Merlyn had manipulated events in Brian's life to lead to the forming of the team. He did this as part of an attempt to merge the Omniverse in order to take control of the power created by such an event. Captain Britain and the team managed to stop this scheme and save all the realities, restoring them to their rightful places in the Omniverse. After this Captain Britain left the team and asked Meggan to marry him, a proposal which Meggan accepted immediately. Brian rejoined Excalibur to help Rachel Summers (Phoenix) save the future. Upon returning to their correct time Brian became lost in the time stream before he began to switch places with Phoenix who was from the future where Brian had been trapped. When he had reappeared in the correct time he stayed with Excalibur but his powers and attitude had changed. Taking the name Britainic instead of Captain Britain, Brian took on a number of darker, more sinister missions before defeating the Phalanx. It was revealed that they were the reason for Brian's altered personality and powers and once they had been defeated he returned to normal. He then left Excalibur again to take some time out from being a super hero and concentrate on more academic tasks.

Whilst he was taking time away from his roll as a super hero Brian infiltrated the London branch of the Hellfire Clue of which his father had been a member of many years before. As the Black Rook Brian was able to discover their plans to take control of the United Kingdom and, calling in the aid of Excalibur, defeat them as Captain Britain once again. Brian stayed with the team again but only for a short time before he drained his powers fighting  the Dragons of the Crimson Dawn. Powerless Brian again left the team only returning to marry Meggan. After the ceremony Excalibur disbands and Nightcrawler, Shadowcat and Lockhead return to America while Brian and Meggan stay in England.

Otherworld

Captain Britain: King of Otherworld

Brian took a job in the research facility in the Darkmoor research facility where he had been working as an assistant on the day he became Captain Britain years before. Whilst conducting research on the equipment of the Black Knight the facility was attacked by warriors fighting on Roma's behalf. The Black Knight, Psylocke Meggan and Brian were able to fight off the attackers and follow them to Otherworld where they discover that Roma is attempting to find the Sword of Might in order to harness its power and the power of the Amulet of Right to recreate the cosmos. It is also revealed that Roma has destroyed the entire Captain Britain corps bar two survivors, Captain UK and Crusader X. These two remaining members joined forces with Brian and his friends to help fight against Roma. Whilst searching for the sword Brian found a cave in which a computer system has been left by his father, James Braddock. On activation a holographic projection of James Braddock explains to Brian that he is the rightful heir to the thrown of Otherworld and the innate right to draw the sword Excalibur. Brian drew the sword and, with his new powers, defeated Roma. However, this entire sequence of events turned out to be a trick by Mastermind. Mastermind had disguised itself as Roma in order to obtain the Amulet of Right and the Sword of Might and become ruler of the Omniverse. After Mastermind's defeat the real Roma offered Brian the position of Guardian of the Omniverse and King of Otherworld which he accepted with Meggan as his Queen.

During Brian's time as king the evil sorcerer Morgan Le Fay attempted to kill Braddock as she believes that killing him would destroy Great Britain. Captain Britain appeared to Kelesy Leigh as she died protecting her children from the Wrecking crew. Having shown great courage Brian offered her the choice he had been given when he first became Captain Britain; The Amulet of Right or the Sword of Might. Kelesy chose the sword and became the heroine Lionheart. Having shared his powers with another severing his ties with the universe of 616 did not destroy Britain and Morgan Le Fay's plan failed.

House of M and New Excalibur

Brian returned to earth from Otherworld in order to combat the reality shifting events of the House of M disaster that threatened to destroy all dimensions in the Omniverse. At the end of the

dissaster Brian is unable to travel back to otherworld and cannot sense the Omniverse. Believing both Meggan to have perished during the event he retakes the mantle of Captain Britain and forms a new Excalibur team. The New Excalibur team consists of old members Kitty Pryde and Lockhead as well as new members Pete Wisdom, Juggernaut, Dazzler, Nocturne and Sage and were the main team involved in the cleanup of Britain in the aftermath of the House of M mutant power losses.

New Excalibur

The team protected the country from villains who had slipped into the wrong dimension during the merging of the Omniverse. This included an evil version of the original X-Men team and Professor Xavier. The Professor Xavier from this dimension had been taken control of by the Shadow King and had manipulated his first students into following his orders, causing them to become a team of highly powerful evil mutants. The Shadow king was defeated by Psylocke whilst Brian fought the rest of the Excalibur team who had fallen under the Shadow King's control. Psylocke appeared to die during the confrontation and Brian was traumatized at having lost his sister once again. Excalibur also faced Albion, an alternate dimensional Captain Britain who had chosen the Sword of Might over the Amulet of Right when he was offered it by Merlyn and Roma in his dimension. Albion had formed his own Corps of Captains who had chosen the Sword over the amulet and started invading other universes throughout the Omniverse, killing Captain Britains as he went. He came to Earth 616 to find and kill Braddock as he had discovered that he was the leader of the Captain Britain Corps and the true Guardian of the multiverse. Albion set about invading England and drew Brian into a final confrontation. New Excalibur teamed with the  other-dimensional X-men who were now free of the Shadow King's control to take defeat Albion and his army. In the final confrontation Brian was able to distract him whilst Jean Gray used her telepathy to find a way of defeating the army and halting the invasion. This achieved Captain Britain and Excalibur were able to stop Albion.

Excalibur's next adventure was one that reunited Brian with his sister again. Psylocke had not died but had been working secretly with the Exiles. She came to see him and inform him that she was still alive and well but they were attacked by Rouge-Mort and a group of associates. Rouge-Mort then stabbed Captain Britain fatally wounding him. Excalibur and Psylocke fought back but were forced to retreat and teleport to Roma's Star Citidel where Sage managed to stabalize Brian. During this time Mad Jim Jaspers from Earth 616 had made a deal with Merlyn and the two attacked the Captain Britain Corps in an attempt to kill Roma. New Excalibur, the Exiles and the Corps fight back whilst Captain Britain is healing.  Brian is revived in time to defeat Jaspers and his new Furys but Merlyn retreats with a fragment of the fury imbedded inside him after killing Roma. Captain Britain was then replaced as leader of the Captain Britain Corps by Albion who had helped Brian in the final battle against Jaspers. Brian was told to stay on his Earth as it was considered too dangerous to be left unwatched.

Death and Rebirth of Captain Britain

Captain Britain: Reborn

Pete Wisdom managed to free Merlyn from his prison within Otherworld and banish the Skrull from Otherworld. Merlyn resurrected Brian as Captain Britain once more this time with totally new and enhanced powers. No longer powered by a magical item or suit Captain Britain's powers now draw directly from his willpower and the spirit of Britain itself. Brian, wielding the legendary sword Excalibur and his new powers was able to defeat the magically enhanced Super Skrull leading the British invasion and drive the Skrulls from the UK.

Defeating the Skrull had come at a large price though and with Merlyn had been released all the magical and paranormal evils that had been imprisoned alongside him. Captain Britain joined MI:13 to help protect Great Britain from these new threats and began to fight alongside them. In his most recent adventure fighting against Plokta, a duke of hell released along with Merlyn, Brian found that Meggan may still be alive somewhere between dimensions when Plokta showed him an image of Meggan in his dream corridor. Brian rushed in to save her but found that where he ended up was an illusion created by Plokta. Brian is still discovering the full extent of his new powers but it has been revealed that his strength is determined by his willpower and confidence and that his subconscious mind is strong enough to resist the strongest of illusions.

Powers and Abilities

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Characteristics

Status

Alternate Realities

Captain Britain is one of the marvel characters with the most (shown) alternate reality counterparts. Many of them is a member of Captain Britain Corps.

Ultimate Captain Britain

Earth-1610

In the Ultimate universe Captain Britain is a member of the European Defense Initiative.

Earth-9997

In the Earth X reality Brian is King Britain, and married to Medusa of the Inhumans.

Earth-295

In the reality known as Age of Apocalypse Brian Braddock never becomes Captain Britain. He is a member of the Human High Council.

Earth-794 (839?)

On Earth-794 Byron Bra-Dhok is Kaptain Briton. See: Kaptain Briton.

Earth-597

In this reality Brian Braddock is known as Hauptmann Englande. He is a Nazi and the leader of the Lightning Squad. See: Hauptmann Englande.

Earth-?

Albion is a counterpart of Brian Braddock from an unnamed reality that chose The Sword of Might instead of The Amulet of Right. He is determined to kill every member of the Captain Britain corps.

Earth-?

Another counterpart from an as of yet unnamed reality is Crusader X.

Earth-98125

Home reality of a Captain Britain who chose both The Sword of Might and The Amulet of Right.

Earth 2149

In this reality Captain Britain like most heroes have been zombified he was killed by the cosmic zombies.