ABYSS I (Nils Styger)

Created By: Scott Lobdell, Mark Waid, Roger Cruz & Steve Epting
First Appearance: Cable #40 (Feb. 1997)
Role: Background Villain
Group Affiliations: X-Cell, X-Corps
PL 8 (114)
STRENGTH 2 STAMINA 3 AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 6 DEXTERITY 3
INTELLIGENCE 1 AWARENESS 2 PRESENCE 1

Skills:
Athletics 4 (+6)
Expertise (Bodyguard) 4 (+5)
Perception 2 (+4)

Advantages:
Fast Grab

Powers:
"Mutant Powers: Highly-Tensile Strands"
"Coils & Coldness" Movement 1 (Dimensional Travel- Brimstone Dimension) (Feats: Reversible) (Extras: Attack 5, Area- 30ft.
Shapeable 5) Linked to Snare 8 (Extras: Area- 30ft. Shapeable) (Flaws: Touch Range) Weaken Stamina 6 (Extras: Area- 30ft.
Shapeable) [49]
Mind-Reading 6 (Flaws: Limited to Ensnared Victims, Limited to Emotions) [3]

Offense:
Unarmed +6 (+2 Damage, DC 17)
Coils & Coldness +5-8 Area (+5 Movement Attack, +8 Affliction & +6 Weaken, DC 15, 18 & 16)
Initiative +3

Defenses:
Dodge +9 (DC 19), Parry +9 (DC 19), Toughness +3, Fortitude +5, Will +5

Complications:
Responsibility (The Son of Azazel)- Abyss's father is a demon.

Total: Abilities: 42 / Skills: 10--5 / Advantages: 1 / Powers: 52 / Defenses: 14 (114)

-The first Abyss debuted as plain old Nils Styger, a mutant from the Age of Apocalypse world- he debuted properly in
a Cable issue. He was a protector for a researching into the Legacy Virus, while dying of the same disease himself- he was finally
saved when Colossus sacrificed his life to prevent its spread. He later appeared fighting Fever Pitch of Gene Nation, and MUCH
later appeared as one of many children of the demon Azazel, which in fact reveals that he is the half-brother of one Kurt
"Nightcrawler" Wagner. He helped the X-Men defeat his father, but was de-powered on M-Day- he was RE-powered by
Quicksilver's use of the Terrigen Mists, and disappeared into the Brimstone Dimension, and has never been seen again.

-Abyss's various "looks" are numerous enough that even Wikipedia acknowledges that he basically looks different under every
single artist, and that nobody ever seems to acknowledge this- sometimes he is 2-Dimension, sometimes he is ebon-black with a
green face, and once he looked similar to Nightcrawler.

-Abyss has Cloak-like powers, but is also able to drain their life forces. He's a bit limited on Skills (he's basically been a
bodyguard and a random fighter), but has a nifty Linked set of powers- Movement, Snare & Weaken.