I'm sorry, Doctor. I hope you will understand why I must do this. I have battled living islands.
I have fought Sentinels
whose soul purpose was to kill mutants. I have helped to save the universe, more than once. I have done all this and
more and yet the hardest thing I have ever done was watch helplessly as my sister's life was taken by the Legacy
Virus. Someday, there may be a cure that does not require a sacrifice. Someday, the violence will end. Someday...
children like Illyana will not be victims of a war they are not a part of. But I cannot stand by for even one hour knowing
somewhere, someone else's little sister is dying from this disease. Snowflake. I am coming home. - Colossus
COLOSSUS
PL: 11 (169 pts) - OPL: 11; DPL: 11; HP: 1
ABILITIES: STRENGTH 4 [15], STAMINA 4 [12], AGILITY 1, DEXTERITY 2, FIGHTING 7, INTELLECT 1, AWARENESS 2,
PRESENCE 1
SKILLS: Acrobatics 4 (+5), Athletics 2 (+6/+17), Deception (+1), Expertise [Art] 4 (+5), Expertise [Farmer] 4 (+5),
Insight 3 (+5), Intimidation 6 (+7), Perception 3 (+5), Persuasion (+1), Ranged Combat [Throwing] 5 (+7), Stealth
(+1), Vehicles 3 (+5)
ADVANTAGES: All-Out Attack, Fast Grab, Great Endurance, Improved Grab, Interpose, Languages (1) (English, 1
other, Base: Russian), Takedown (1), Teamwork
POWERS:
Organic Steel Body: 65 pts traits (Flaw: Activation [Move Action]); 64 pts
Colossal Strength: Enhanced Strength 11, Enhanced Strength 2 (3200 Tons, Flaw: Limited to Lifting); 24 pts
Invulnerability: Enhanced Stamina 8, Enhanced Advantages 1 (Great Endurance), Protection 3, Impervious 7,
Immunity 11 (Environmental Heat, Environmental Cold, Starvation/Thirst, Pressure, Suffocation 2 [Need to breathe],
Magical Effects [Flaw: Limited-Half Effect); 42 pts
Armored Physique: Feature 2 (Increased Mass 2); 2 pts
Reaction Healing: Healing 5 (Extra: Reaction [to assuming normal identity], Flaw: Limited [Self only]); 20 pts
EQUIPMENT:
NONE
OFFENSE:
Initiative +1
Close Attack +7
Unarmed +7 [Unarmed +15]
Ranged Attack +2
Throwing +7
DEFENSES:
Dodge +7 [DC17] Parry +7 [DC17]
Toughness +15 (+7 Impervious), Fortitude +14, Will +8
COMPLICATIONS:
Prejudice: Mutant.
Relationships: His longtime love, Kitty Pryde, his sister Illyana, his fellow X-Men, mainly Wolverine, Storm and
Nightcrawler.
Responsibility: Xavier's Dream.
Vulnerable: In his armored form, he is vulnerable to Vibranium weapons.
Abilities 44 + Skills 17 (34 ranks) + Advantages 7 + Powers 87 + Defenses 14 = 169 / 169
Build Comments: Always been a fan of Pete. I think we’ve discussed before about the propensity for us former (or
current in my case) fat kids always wanting to be, or identifying with the bricks in comics and I am certainly guilty as
charged. When I first started reading X-Men, it was X-Men 101 when Jean had just gotten her first dose of the Phoenix
powers and the “All-New X-Men” had gone to Cassidy Keep for a vacation while Scott and Professor X stayed with the
ill, or so we thought, Jean. Out of Banshee, Storm, Nightcrawler, Wolverine and Colossus, it was Pete who became an
immediate fave. They took on Juggernaut and Black Tom and Colossus held his own with Juggy, so it was obviously
before the power creep really set in for Juggy, but I dug him immediately. Wolvie at the time was just kinda…annoying.
Amazing change for him over the years for sure.
But Pete has remained a popular character for years with his sensitivity and badassery when it’s really called for.
Secret Origins: Piotr "Peter" Rasputin was born on a Soviet collective farm called the Ust-Ordynski Collective near
Lake Baikal in Siberia. He lived there with his mother Alexandra, father Nikolai, and sister Illyana. His older brother,
Mikhail, had been a Soviet cosmonaut and had apparently died in a rocket accident. The family was descended the
controversial figure, Grigori Rasputin.
Peter's superhuman powers manifested during his adolescence while saving his sister from a runaway tractor.
Immediately after, Peter was contacted by Professor Charles Xavier, the founder of the X-Men.
The Story so Far: Peter was part of the second generation of X-Men, formed by Charles Xavier to save the original X-
Men from the living island Krakoa. He agreed to leave the farm community in which he was born to go to the United
States with Xavier. Xavier gave him the name "Colossus." After the battle was won, Colossus remained in the United
States with the new X-Men.
When the X-Men fought the evil mutant Proteus, Colossus attempted to kill Proteus by punching him with his metal
skin, an act he found morally questionable even though he did it to save Moira MacTaggart's life. During his early career
with the X-Men, Peter started what was arguably his most significant relationship with fellow X-Man Kitty Pryde.
Although they were only together as a couple for a short while, the relationship provided the foundation of a deep and
lasting friendship.
Colossus was later almost killed in a battle with Mystique's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, but was saved by Rogue and
the Morlock Healer. During the Secret Wars, he became infatuated with the alien healer Zsaji, and realized his feelings
for his teammate were not wholly genuine, ending his relationship with Kitty Pryde. Emotionally distraught, he
afterwards engaged in a bar fight with Juggernaut.
During the Mutant Massacre, Colossus became heavily involved in the X-Men's efforts to save the Morlocks from the
Marauders. When Kitty was severely injured by Harpoon, Peter gave in to his rage and snapped Riptide's neck. He
eventually passed out from previous wounds inflicted by Riptide. Magneto, with the aid of Shadowcat, used his powers
to heal Peter's armored form, but the process left him paralyzed. He was sent to Muir Island along with Nightcrawler,
Shadowcat, and the surviving Morlocks to recuperate.
Over time, Colossus' wounds healed, but he could only retain his human form with the utmost concentration. When he
saw the X-Men in Dallas during the Fall of the Mutants, he had his sister teleport him to the battle, where he became a
wild card, as Destiny had not seen him in her vision of the X-Men's demise. When the team decided to sacrifice
themselves to stop the Adversary, Colossus went along, dying to save the world. Like the rest of the X-Men, he was
revived by Roma and decided to let the world believe him dead while he and the X-Men worked out of an Australian
base.
Following the Inferno event, Illyana was returned to her original Earth age. Colossus decided it would be better for
Illyana if she went back to live with their parents in Russia.
In time, Colossus was reunited with Nereel in the Savage Land, and met her son. After the X-Men began falling apart
with Rogue vanishing, Wolverine taking off, Longshot quitting, and Storm apparently killed, Psylocke telepathically
prodded the remaining three to disband and travel through the Siege Perilous to gain new lives. Peter emerged in New
York with no memory of his past life, inventing a new persona for himself as 'Peter Nicholas', where he quickly became
a successful artist. He battled the Genoshan Magistrates. He began having visions of a beautiful model, who turned out
to be Callisto transformed by Masque. The two were kidnapped by the Morlocks, though Peter had no memory of his
time with the X-Men. He resumed his armored form and defeated Masque. He was saved by Forge, Banshee, and Jean
Grey, who decided it better that he live his new life rather than be dragged back into theirs.
Peter was psychically dominated by the Shadow King and sent to hunt down Stevie Hunter and Charles Xavier. Xavier
had no choice but to destroy the Peter Nicholas persona to break the Shadow King's hold. Colossus joined in the battle
of Muir Island, and rejoined the X-Men as a member of Storm's Gold Strike Force. Peter is shown to have traveled to
the Savage Land, where he located Nereel. He is astonished to learn that the child she bore was not his, but that of
another lover. Disheartened, he departed the Savage Land. The X-Men later found themselves in another dimension
where they discovered Colossus' brother, Mikhail, was alive and acting as a messiah to the population of that world.
Mikhail returned to Earth with the X-Men, but was distraught with having been responsible for the deaths of the original
crew from his first trek into the other dimension. Mikhail established himself as leader of the Morlocks and transported
them to another world. Peter was disappointed by his brother's abrupt departure and blamed himself.
Not long after, Peter's parents were slain and Illyana kidnapped by the Russian government, who hoped to genetically
evolve Illyana to the point where she would have the use of her powers again, to defeat the mutant known as the Soul
Skinner. Colossus, with the help of the X-Men, saved Illyana and brought her back to the Mansion.
Later, Illyana became an early victim of the Legacy Virus and died from it. The loss of his immediate family, as well as
brain damage that forced him to remain in armored form, caused Colossus to rethink his position with the X-Men and
join Magneto and his Acolytes, who had offered him an alternative to the X-Men's pacifist philosophy of peaceful
mutant/human coexistence. Colossus recovered from the brain damage soon after, but decided to remain with the
Acolytes of his own volition, hoping he could temper their extremist methods with what he had learned from Professor
Xavier.
His stay with Magneto was not long once he realized that Avalon was not the place for him, either, particularly after
Magneto was left brain-dead and the space station was destroyed by Holocaust. He left in search of the only person he
felt truly cared for him, his former love and teammate Shadowcat, now a member of Excalibur. Colossus traveled to
England, where he found Kitty in the arms of her new love, Pete Wisdom. Colossus, exhausted, mentally ill, and
enraged, attacked Wisdom, and although the battle was short, Peter nearly killed him. Colossus was subdued by
Captain Britain and Meggan, later cured of his illness by Moira MacTaggert.
Colossus accepted Shadowcat's new life and chose to become a member of Excalibur. Although Colossus, along with the
rest of the team, soon accepted Kitty's relationship with Wisdom, Kitty's pet dragon, Lockheed, did no. He was often
seen trying to reunite Kitty with Peter who he much preferred. One such example being snatching away the garter
during Meggan and Captain Britain's wedding and dropping it into Colossus' hand, who was then required to place it on
Kitty's leg, who had previously caught the bride's flowers. With Excalibur, he participated in many adventures, including
helping to save London from an ancient demon. Excalibur eventually disbanded, and Colossus returned with
Nightcrawler and Shadowcat to the X-Men. But as soon as they returned, they faced a group of imposters following
Cerebro, in the guise of Professor X. During this time, he repaired his friendships with Wolverine and Storm, that were
broken when he had joined the Acolytes. He created a deep friendship with Marrow. Peter again found his long thought-
dead brother Mikhail, but unfortunately lost him again when Apocalypse collected The Twelve in his quest for power.
Using thoughts and notes from the recently murdered Moira MacTaggert, the X-Men's resident scientist, Beast, claimed
to have found the cure for the Legacy Virus. Unfortunately, it could only be made airborne with the death of its first
user. Rather than wait for a safer version and allow others to die as Illyana had, Colossus injected himself with the
cure. By using his powers and sacrificing himself, Colossus enabled the release of an airborne cure, effectively
eradicating the disease. His body was cremated, and Shadowcat took his ashes back to Russia to be scattered on his
native soil.
Nearly two years later, it was brought to the attention of the X-Men that a medical company, entitled Benetech, had
developed a mutant cure. After gaining a sample of the cure, Dr. McCoy discovered a string of DNA hidden deep within
the recesses of the formula. After matching the DNA, Beast and the other X-Men set out to investigate the truth behind
Benetech. During their infiltration, they discovered that Ord, an alien from the Breakworld, was responsible for the
means with which the company was able to develop the cure. While the team was separated, Kitty descended into a
hidden complex beneath the Benetech building and was able to unlock the true secret behind the cure: shortly after
Peter's self-sacrificing death, Ord had captured his body and left a duplicate that the X-Men had cremated.
After reviving him, Ord had used the Legacy Virus cure in Peter's blood stream to develop his mutant cure. After
unknowingly releasing Peter from his cell, Kitty rejoined him with the X-Men and together they subdued Ord as he tried
to escape Earth. Since reuniting with his friends, Peter has returned to fight with the X-Men, and he and Kitty were able
to resume their romantic relationship.
During an attack on the institute, Colossus engaged Sebastian Shaw, although "Shaw" turned out to be an illusory
attack by Cassandra Nova. It was revealed that Colossus is the mutant destined to destroy Breakworld according to the
Breakworld's precogs. However, on a mission to the Breakworld, the X-Men discover that this was not an actual
prophecy but an elaborate scheme created by Aghanne, the insane leader of a Breakworld reform cult, intended to
bring about that world's destruction. Colossus is chosen for the prophecy as his unique organic steel form would allow
him to destroy the planet's power source, initiating a chain reaction that would destroy the entire world. Realizing this,
Colossus refuses to kill the planet although he does threaten to seize power and rule it if the Breakworld destroys the
Earth as planned.
Colossus is one of the X-Men members that tries to defend Professor Xavier against the Hulk, who has come looking for
Charles as he is one of the members of the secret Illuminati that exiled him from Earth. During their battle, the Hulk
reflects on Colossus' bravery, mentioning that Colossus might have made a "decent opponent" to the Hulk's previous
incarnations. Locked in a test of strength, Hulk demonstrates his superior power by bending Colossus's arms backwards
at the forearms, breaking them. Beast later uses a laser in the lab to heat his arms up near their melting point, while
Strong Guy bends them back into place; his arms needed to be re-set in their metal form before he transformed back
to his human form to avoid serious injury to them.
Colossus returned to Russia with Wolverine and Nightcrawler along for the ride. The trio are captured by the Russian
government, who wish to find out why all their mutant agents succumbed to M-Day, and Colossus did not. This led to a
battle against the Russians and Omega Red, who was being examined by their captors. After defeating Omega Red, the
heroes receive a call from Cyclops informing them of their new home in San Francisco. They soon arrive back in the
States, where they aid in rebuilding the X-Men.
Joining the rest of the X-Men, Colossus relocated to San Francisco. Still mourning Kitty (who was trapped in a bullet
from Breakworld sent to destroy the Earth that was flying through the cosmos), the other X-Men try to cheer him up
using various different methods from picking fights with him to throwing a party. In the end he tells them to leave him
be, he just needs time. Later while walking through Golden Gate Park, he come across a little girl who needs help
rescuing her kitty from a tree to which he replies that nothing would make him happier.
Colossus felt the X-Men were not doing enough to rescue Illyana from Limbo, and was upset. With the aid of Pixie, the
team is able to enter Limbo, where they encounter hostile demons. After defeating the demons, the X-Men located
Illyana, who had been defeated by Witchfire. ] The X-Men and Magik defeat Witchfire by trapping her in the dimension
that houses the Elder Gods. Illyana leaves Limbo with the X-Men when Cyclops and Colossus offer her a home.
When the Dark Avengers head into San Francisco to battle any X-Men they can find, Colossus battled Venom. They
later face off again when the combined Dark Avengers and Dark X-Men attack Utopia, with Colossus and the X-Men
emerging victorious. It's also during this time that Colossus suffers from depression due to the loss of Kitty prior to the
Messiah Complex. During this period, Magik arrives at Utopia to ask for help from the X-Men and her former teammates
as there's a battle coming in Limbo. The reunion helps alleviate some of Colossus's depression, but after Magneto
comes to Utopia, Magneto brings the bullet carrying Kitty back to Earth to save her in a show of good faith and Kitty
and Colossus are reunited. Due to Warlord Krunn's mutant cure, Colossus was temporarily depowered and beaten in
battle by him. Later, after another heroic sacrifice by Peter, he and Kitty separate again as she feels she needs
someone who will live for her.
At the onset of the Avengers vs. X-Men storyline, Colossus is featured in fights against several characters, including
Spider-Man, Red Hulk and Thing. He is one of the few X-Men teleported by Magik to the dark side of the moon to
confront the Avengers over Hope Summers. When the disruptor devised by Iron Man blasts and divides the Phoenix
Force, part of it bonds to Colossus, who becomes one of the Phoenix Five along with Cyclops, Emma Frost, Magik and
Namor. While empowered with his fragment of the Phoenix Force, Colossus attempts to regain Kitty's affections, but
she rejects him—wary of his power-mongering and that the Phoenix has changed him for the worse—he reacts angrily.
Colossus is eventually defeated when Spider-Man managed to provoke him and Magik into attacking each other by
making them see how they have been changed by the Phoenix's influence, causing them to incapacitate each other.
Their Phoenix powers dissipate and are absorbed by Emma Frost and Cyclops (Namor having already been defeated).
Following the defeat of Cyclops as the last of the Phoenix Five, Colossus and the other former members of the Phoenix
Five did not surrender themselves to the authorities.
Recently, Colossus's powers have gone out of control, as a result of losing the Phoenix Force, causing parts of him to
shift between flesh and organic steel rather than all flesh or all organic steel. He currently appears as a member of
Cable's new X-Force team after Cable provides him with a device that stabilizes his condition.
Characterization: Colossus is typically portrayed as being peaceful, selfless, reluctant to hurt or kill anyone, and
always putting himself in danger to protect others.
Friends and Foes: Despite their occasional differences, he loves his sister and still harbors feelings for Kitty Pryde,
even though she has moved on. He is closest to Wolverine and Nightcrawler among his X-teammates.
