Forge

Real Name: Forge (full name unrevealed)
First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #184
Known Relatives: Naze (foster father)
Group Affiliation: X-Factor, formerly X-Men
Major Enemies: Adversary

Forge is a mutant with the power to create any mechanical/electrical object that he can imagine. He is also Cheyenne indian, and has a spiritual side as that of a shaman. Forge was in the Vietnam War, and lost a leg and a hand to the bomb that killed his squad. He replaced the lost limbs with artifically constructed ones. Forge later worked for the US Government, alongside Val Cooper, and created the weapon that stripped Storm of her powers for a time. Forge's major enemy is the Adversary, an ancient enemy of his people whom he faced in Dallas when he used the souls of the X-Men to imprison the Adversary in his own dimension. The souls of the X-Men were restored by Roma. Forge later joined the X-Men, then left them to join X-Factor as their government liaison, and later team leader. Forge had ignored his mystical side until the Adversary recently returned, and he was forced to reclaim his heritage in order to defeat it. Recently, Forge resigned X-Factor from government service and took theteam underground.