Base of Operations: NeoX and where Sinister has need
Powers:
Gift of Tongues: Totem was born with the ability to communicate with animals and the ability to read, write, speak, and understand any language. His ability to communicate with animals seems to be telepathic in nature, allowing hin to read and control their minds. This allows him to see what an animal has seen and to use them to retrieve information for him.
Harness Totem: Mr. Proudstar developed the ability to commune with his families totem animals after the power of his mutant gene was partially unlocked by Sinister. This ability originally manifested in his ability to harness his spirit animals for controlled effects. When his shaman magicks were fully released he has learned to harness the full power of his totem in unison. This gives him the ability to harness each of the individual totem animals abilities into a slightly uniform natural power base.
Superior Physical Form: Totem's physical attributes are enhanced beyond that of a normal human. Not unlike when he used to harness the spirit of the Wolf, Totem's physical attributes are dispersed more evenly. His agility, speed, strength, stamina, and durability are enhanced to about twice the capacity of a peak human. He can lift about 1-2 tons of weight and move at about 60 mph in a full run.
Extraordinary Senses: Totem posesses enhanced physical senses to the nature of superhuman levels. His eye sight allows him to see from great distance and allows him a form of night vision. His other senses are also similarly heightened. Allowing him to sense residual forms of energies with his senses. Able to tell the nature of the energy by it's taste, scent, and feel. He's particularly adept at dectecting the presence of magical enegies and the residual spiritual energies of mutants.
Flight: Totem is capable of achieving flight, while flying he acheives speeds at double his running speed.
Heighten Attribute: In short bursts Totem is capable of enhancing one of his physical attributes and senses. In this manner he can increase his strength, speed, durability, or any of his other attributes for a short time. He can enhance his sense of sight to being able to see through objects. He performs this in much the way that he once harnessed the individual spirit animals.
Skinwalking: Totem has learned how to shapeshift into the form of animals. When first using this ability he took the form of his spirit animals. He can flow from one form to the next, but frequent shifts deplete his energy. He must have a firm image of the creature in his head to take their form. Update: Totem has learned that he can become animals that don't exist in the real world, including becoming mystical creatures of lore and beasts of his own design. Though he maintains a beastial property and can't become another person at this stage, though the ability could foreseeably manifest.
Spirit Weapons: By focusing his energies, he is able to craft tools made of an etheral energy. In addition to the physical force the weapons carry, they can affect the metaphysical world. Striking the essence of a person in the way of soulfire, robbing energy from them and causing them intense searing pain through their form.
Shaman Magicks: Totem is able to command the primal magicks of his native people. These latent magicks were recently awakend when he was healed by the magic of Kelleigh O'Cuinn. His grandfater's tutelage in the shaman art however has prepared him to wield these awakening gifts. Though his knowledge of these primal magicks is limited.
Craft Charms and Potions: His grandfather taught him how to make charms and potions. Teaching him how to draw latent mystical properties in certain ingredients out with his own magicks. But he's only been able to fully awaken these propeties now that his own magicks have awaken. Allowing him to utilize the full extent of the knowledge his grandfather had taught him.
Healing Craft: Totem is able to heal others or himself but only in a limited capacity. He can hold minor wounds or partially heal larger wounds so they are less life threatening. He has a healing salve that binds wounds and increases the rate of healing, he'll usually heal the wound slightly with his craft before applying the salve.
History: James Proudstar was a shaman amongst his native tribesman, due to his mutant abilities. However, one day while he was away from his tribe the Empire invaded his tribes village. They imprisoned or killed all of his people and when he returned, he found the decimated tribes lands. After, he would wage his war against the Empire, being a silent ally of the resistance.
At the time Totem's mutant gift had only manifested in the forum of his ability to communicate and control animals and his ability to comprehend languages. Nathan Essex, a genetecist fascinated with manipulating the X-gene, would contact Proudstar to offer him a chance to unlock his natural talents. Through experimentation, Essex was able to unlock his full mutation which allowed him to communicate with his Shaman heritage and summon the animal spirits of his ancestors.
He remained in stasis for the past twenty years until he was released as an agent of Mr. Sinister, Robert LeCroft. However, after meeting a certain pink-haired individual, he has been questioning his loyalty. He remains torn between his desire to fight the Empire and his loyalty to Sinister.