Character Spotlight: Legion
MARVEL SNAP welcomes Legion, the Omega-level mutant aptly named for his fractured mind, host to hundreds of mutant personae!
On Reveal: Replace each other location with this one.
The son of Charles Xavier, David Haller awoke from a terrorist attack with multiple personalities all vying for attention. His inner people possess amazing abilities like telekinesis, pyrokinesis, and far more, making him one of the most powerful mutants ever.
Legion joined the X-Men to further his father’s dream, but others tried to use him for their own gain, forcing David to seek to control his powers. Meanwhile, new voices continue to speak up and grow stronger…
David “Legion” Haller perfectly exemplifies the dangers and potency of mutant power manifestation. He wields an ability known as “Power Manifestation,” which creates spontaneous mutations in the form of new alters. Their arrival often spurs unstable, even catastrophic results.
Some of the alters David hosts are individual psyche which he absorbed upon their deaths, but many more of them are creations of his own mind. Each time a new power emerges, David creates a new persona to govern it, resulting in more than 200 Omega-level split personalities residing within David.
Among his many personalities, 4 of the most prominent in his mind include Jemail Karami (Personality 002), Jack Wayne (003), Cyndi (004), and The Legion (005).
Personality 002, Jemail Karami, is a terrorist leader who once tried to restructure David’s fractured personality in his own image. He was a real man who died near David and thereby became the first psyche David absorbed. He possesses the power of telepathy.
Personality 003, Jack Wayne, is a swaggering roustabout adventurer with the power of telekinesis
Personality 004, Cyndi, is a temperamental, rebellious girl with the power of pyrokinesis.
Personality 005, known as The Legion, was self-described by David as “real me” and by Magik as a “God-Mutant.” The Legion is able to warp reality to his will and manipulate time. Using these powers he created the Age of Apocalypse and eliminated the Elder Gods of Limbo.
The reality-bending abilities of Legion are demonstrated in MARVEL SNAP through his effect:
On Reveal: Replace each other location with this one.
Much like the mutant powers of Legion’s alters, the effects produced by the location Legion replicates can range wildly in their effectiveness depending on the situation!
Lock up the entire board by comboing Legion with Storm the turn following the Flooding, or produce a similar effect with tricky locations like Death’s Domain, Jotunheim, Negative Zone, or Altar of Death. Legion’s ability has high variability and surprise factor, so have fun experimenting with the possibilities!
Let’s all welcome the mind-bending master of mutation manipulation — Legion — to MARVEL SNAP!!
