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* HatedByAll: Those who knows her don't tend to like or trusts her, and although she can be a ManipulativeBastard, some of her schemes are undermined by her abrasive personality.
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* HatedByAll: Those who knows know her don't tend to like or trusts trust her, and although she can be a ManipulativeBastard, some of her schemes are undermined by her abrasive personality.
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*VillainousFriendship: With Magneto, surprisingly. While Magneto was visiting S.W.O.R.D. new base, he was pleased and happy to see that Peeper was resurrected. He even considers him one of oldest and most trusted friends. Peeper affectionally calls him Mags.
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* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: His sight powers have proven to be very useful at the new S.W.O.R.D.
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* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: His sight powers have proven to be very useful at the new S.W.O.R.D. There are also hints that his powers allow him to "see" a person's true character and depths. He asked one question of Fabian Cortez and the latter immediately starts ranting about his horrible prejudices and bigotry.
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* BadassFamily: ''X-Men Red'' reveals that her father's the Fisher King and her sister's Weaponless Zsen of the Inward Watch. It's also strongly hinted that her mother held a seat on the Table of Night, the secretive trinity that works alongside Arakko's ruling Great Ring.
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* BadassFamily: ''X-Men Red'' reveals that her father's the Fisher King and her sister's Weaponless Zsen of the Inward Watch. It's also strongly hinted and later confirmed that her mother held a seat on the Table of Night, the secretive trinity that works alongside Arakko's ruling Great Ring.Ring, and her aunt is Syzsa of the Smoke.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Aside from the whole Amenth thing, she and her sister were made to watch Famine kill their mother when they were kids.
* LamarckWasRight: Khora's powers are a slightly different version of the ones her mother had.
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* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Played with. After leaving S.W.O.R.D., Khora laments the fact that her powers aren't really valued on Arakko. The Arakkii code of honor means that boosting other people's powers is generally seen as insulting and inappropriate, so her power's considered pointless even though it's actually pretty effective.
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* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Played with. After leaving S.W.O.R.D., Khora laments the fact that her powers aren't really valued on Arakko. The Arakkii code of honor means that boosting other people's powers is generally seen as insulting and inappropriate, so her power's considered pointless even though it's actually pretty effective. Eventually, their position changes to see it as not an insult, but rather adding strength onto strength.
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* ComplexityAddiction: one of the main reasons why her chessmaster tendencies don't work out. Her plans require a ton of details to go exactly how she needs them to, as opposed to those of Sunspot who's plans get to the heart of things and work around the details. As a result she becomes more and more of a joke as the Arakko plotline advances.
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* ComplexityAddiction: one One of the main reasons why her chessmaster tendencies don't work out. Her plans require a ton of details to go exactly how she needs them to, as opposed to those of Sunspot who's plans get to the heart of things and work around the details. As a result she becomes more and more of a joke as the Arakko plotline advances.
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* BadassBureaucrat: Has his moments, but they're far and few between, and often outshined by his sheer doucheness.
* BullyingADragon:
** Taunting post-''Civil War'' Iron Man about Cap's then-recent death was a particularly stupid move. Cut to Gyrich announcing his retirement from the Initiative.
** In hindsight, going after S.W.O.R.D. was not his smartest move. Previously, Gyrich has been able to hide behind the fact he's the government, or is dealing with heroes who subscribe to ThouShaltNotKill. [[spoiler:Abigail Brand cares not two bits for either, and she ends up spacing him.]]
* ControlFreak: Gyrich insists on being the one in charge at all times, and throws screaming tantrums whenever someone doesn't do whatever he wants. He insists it's just for "the greater good", a motivation so blatantly crap sometimes even his own underlings don't believe it.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Gyrich has no grasp of proportional response. When Steve Rogers quit being Captain America, Gyrich proposed to the rest of the Commission for Superhuman Affairs that they call up the Avengers and have him kicked out immediately, and if he took up another identity, they should strip the Avengers of the license to operate on American soil. Even the rest of the CSA, all [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Obstructive Bureaucrats]] themselves, thought this was too much.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Subverted, when it seems like his plan would result in S.W.O.R.D.'s station getting dropped on Australia. He's momentarily appalled... then brushes it off as an acceptable casualty.
* FaceHeelTurn: Though calling him a Face of any stripe would be extremely generous to begin with, come 2020 he seems to have delved right into straight-up villainy, sending the U-Foes to murder the Hulk, and joining up with ORCHIS. SWORD even treats the latter as him "turning".
* FantasticRacism: Is ''very'' biased against aliens, and whenever given the chance he tries to do something to drive them off Earth, regardless of them being heroes or not. He's also not very fond of mutants, either. Or Gamma Mutates. Or, in fact, anything that's not a regular human. ... and probably even then, he's got "exceptions"...
* GoodIsNotNice: Some of his actions have bordered on those of an AntiHero, and sometimes just flat-out villain proper, despite working with the heroic Avengers.
* HangingJudge: In one ''Avengers'' storyline, the Avengers are accused of treason by a slightly insane and mind-controlled Quicksilver. Gyrich is only too happy to believe this, having them arrested, put on show trial (having already decided the outcome) and thrown in prison. He claims they'll be given a ''real'' trial eventually, but... well, you can understand why the Avengers don't believe that.
* HatesEveryoneEqually: The closest Gyrich has to a redeeming quality is he's not racist or sexist. He seems to hate ''everyone'' who's not him (though he almost certainly is nationalist).
* HateSink: While he can be good... ish, and has shown the ''occasional'' moment of depth, by and large he's just there to be a supremely awful and unlikably smug bastard you want to strangle.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Gyrich is so hateful towards superheroes he will often, and gladly, hire supervillains to go after them.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Demands heroes follow the rules, while doing nothing of the sort himself.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: During an appearance in ''Thunderbolts'', he remarks that Dallas Riordan's trust in Zemo makes him want to take several drinks. A day.
* {{Jerkass}}: He spent decades being a massive pain in the ass to the Avengers. How bad is he? ''Captain America'' can't stand him.
* JerkassHasAPoint: The times he stops in on the mansion are always just after a huge breach in security, from his POV it isn't that unjustifiable that he sees the Avengers as not taking security seriously.
* KarmaHoudini: No matter how much grief he causes the Avengers or aliens and mutants on Earth, he never gets punished for it in any notable way. At worst, he got fired from the Initiative and was put in charge of another government project sometime later.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: After his alliance with Orchis, Abigail Brand puts Gyrich out an airlock in the final issue of S.W.O.R.D., killing him. And covers it with a fake suicide. He had it coming for a long, long time.]]
* KnightTemplar: After CrisisCrossover events such as ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'' and ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', he took extreme lengths to prevent any further invasions or schisms in the superhero community.
* NeverMyFault: After his disastrous run in charge of Camp Hammond, he refuses to take any responsibility for his actions, which led to several deaths.
* ObliviouslyEvil: One of the most obnoxious things about him. He is a rock of self-righteousness, believing all his actions are entirely justified and for the "greater good", no matter how awful, and gets truly indignant whenever anyone tries calling him out.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: '''The''' obstructive bureaucrat, as far as Marvel's concerned.
* OnlySaneMan: During one terrifying point during an issue of ''X-Men'', he was this to Project: Wideawake, pointing out antagonizing mutants as a whole might not have been the best idea. Yeah, this guy was the only sane man in the room.
* OpportunisticBastard: He almost immediately takes over an organization right after a major event. Brand compares him to a weasel looking for an easy meal.
* PatrioticFervor: Of the unpleasant jingoistic kind, naturally. He's very America first, and it's ''his'' definition of America. Much as he hates superbeings, he hates the idea of other countries having superpowered beings of their own even ''more'', because that ''might'' threaten America.
* PetTheDog: When called out for being 'heartless' he brings up that he took a year off work to take care of his father, who was suffering from dementia and he himself fears suffering from it. The fact he refuses to extend this level of empathy to anyone else doesn't click with him.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Whenever he's not bothering the Avengers, he can usually be found harassing the X-Men and their associates. He's also bothered the Thunderbolts, during their time working with the US government, and the Hulk more than once.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Tried doing this after the KIA incident in ''Avengers: The Initiative''. Iron Man's connections trump his, and Gyrich's sent packing.
* SinisterShades: A general indication of where his moral shadiness is at is the opacity of his specs.
* SitcomArchNemesis: With Sally Floyd, in ''Avengers: The Initiative'', who always manages to poke through his BS screens.
* SpannerInTheWorks: When the Avengers and other heroes were busy battling the Dire Wraiths (the sworn enemies of ''ComicBook/RomSpaceknight'') in their final invasion of Earth, Gyrich found himself manning a giant-sized version of Rom's Neutralizer weapon, intended to be used on the Wraiths (who were busy trying to replace Earth with their "Wraithworld"), but he instead tried to use it to rid Earth of all superpowered beings. Thankfully, mutant inventor Forge (who was also manning the device) stopped him before he could screw everyone else over.
* SunglassesAtNight: He's almost always wearing sunglasses, regardless of how much light there is.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Falcon, during Geoff Johns' ''Avengers'' run, due to their prior history, and Gyrich's general jerkassery. They get slightly better after the Red Zone incident.
* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: He's perfectly willing to send giant killer robots after teenagers.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Gyrich was never going to win any personality awards (unless it was "Asshole of the Year"), but during ''Avengers: The Initiative'', he soars to astounding heights of sheer awfulness. He covers up the death of a teenager, has the kid dissected and cloned to make living weapons, had the person accidentally responsible institutionalized and monitored, complains when Trauma finds a way to use his powers constructively, causes the KIA incident, and refuses to admit the whole situation might have for any reason been his fault, doing everything to obfuscate and stall the investigation.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: His command over Avengers and S.W.O.R.D. was obstructive and often inhibited the heroes.
* UngratefulBastard: "Thanks" isn't a word in Gyrich's vocabulary. Even when a hero does happen to be nearby and save him, he's still rude to them. During an appearance in ''X-Force'', he mouthed off to Cable (pre-CharacterDevelopment Cable, even) when the man saved him. He's lucky Nate just punched him out.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Gyrich has no small part in Hank Pym's famous mental breakdown. While Pym wasn't a bastion of mental fortitude anyway, it was Gyrich unceremoniously booting him from the team that he helped found that starts Hank on the long slide down. Not that Gyrich would probably care if anyone told him this.
* WouldHurtAChild: Zigzagged. He was initially unwilling to send Sentinels after the New Mutants even if they were both Mutants and largely foreign nationals, figuring it was more sensible to just send goons after them. However, when that didn't work, he sent Sentinels after them anyway.
* BullyingADragon:
** Taunting post-''Civil War'' Iron Man about Cap's then-recent death was a particularly stupid move. Cut to Gyrich announcing his retirement from the Initiative.
** In hindsight, going after S.W.O.R.D. was not his smartest move. Previously, Gyrich has been able to hide behind the fact he's the government, or is dealing with heroes who subscribe to ThouShaltNotKill. [[spoiler:Abigail Brand cares not two bits for either, and she ends up spacing him.]]
* ControlFreak: Gyrich insists on being the one in charge at all times, and throws screaming tantrums whenever someone doesn't do whatever he wants. He insists it's just for "the greater good", a motivation so blatantly crap sometimes even his own underlings don't believe it.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Gyrich has no grasp of proportional response. When Steve Rogers quit being Captain America, Gyrich proposed to the rest of the Commission for Superhuman Affairs that they call up the Avengers and have him kicked out immediately, and if he took up another identity, they should strip the Avengers of the license to operate on American soil. Even the rest of the CSA, all [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Obstructive Bureaucrats]] themselves, thought this was too much.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Subverted, when it seems like his plan would result in S.W.O.R.D.'s station getting dropped on Australia. He's momentarily appalled... then brushes it off as an acceptable casualty.
* FaceHeelTurn: Though calling him a Face of any stripe would be extremely generous to begin with, come 2020 he seems to have delved right into straight-up villainy, sending the U-Foes to murder the Hulk, and joining up with ORCHIS. SWORD even treats the latter as him "turning".
* FantasticRacism: Is ''very'' biased against aliens, and whenever given the chance he tries to do something to drive them off Earth, regardless of them being heroes or not. He's also not very fond of mutants, either. Or Gamma Mutates. Or, in fact, anything that's not a regular human. ... and probably even then, he's got "exceptions"...
* GoodIsNotNice: Some of his actions have bordered on those of an AntiHero, and sometimes just flat-out villain proper, despite working with the heroic Avengers.
* HangingJudge: In one ''Avengers'' storyline, the Avengers are accused of treason by a slightly insane and mind-controlled Quicksilver. Gyrich is only too happy to believe this, having them arrested, put on show trial (having already decided the outcome) and thrown in prison. He claims they'll be given a ''real'' trial eventually, but... well, you can understand why the Avengers don't believe that.
* HatesEveryoneEqually: The closest Gyrich has to a redeeming quality is he's not racist or sexist. He seems to hate ''everyone'' who's not him (though he almost certainly is nationalist).
* HateSink: While he can be good... ish, and has shown the ''occasional'' moment of depth, by and large he's just there to be a supremely awful and unlikably smug bastard you want to strangle.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Gyrich is so hateful towards superheroes he will often, and gladly, hire supervillains to go after them.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Demands heroes follow the rules, while doing nothing of the sort himself.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: During an appearance in ''Thunderbolts'', he remarks that Dallas Riordan's trust in Zemo makes him want to take several drinks. A day.
* {{Jerkass}}: He spent decades being a massive pain in the ass to the Avengers. How bad is he? ''Captain America'' can't stand him.
* JerkassHasAPoint: The times he stops in on the mansion are always just after a huge breach in security, from his POV it isn't that unjustifiable that he sees the Avengers as not taking security seriously.
* KarmaHoudini: No matter how much grief he causes the Avengers or aliens and mutants on Earth, he never gets punished for it in any notable way. At worst, he got fired from the Initiative and was put in charge of another government project sometime later.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: After his alliance with Orchis, Abigail Brand puts Gyrich out an airlock in the final issue of S.W.O.R.D., killing him. And covers it with a fake suicide. He had it coming for a long, long time.]]
* KnightTemplar: After CrisisCrossover events such as ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'' and ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', he took extreme lengths to prevent any further invasions or schisms in the superhero community.
* NeverMyFault: After his disastrous run in charge of Camp Hammond, he refuses to take any responsibility for his actions, which led to several deaths.
* ObliviouslyEvil: One of the most obnoxious things about him. He is a rock of self-righteousness, believing all his actions are entirely justified and for the "greater good", no matter how awful, and gets truly indignant whenever anyone tries calling him out.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: '''The''' obstructive bureaucrat, as far as Marvel's concerned.
* OnlySaneMan: During one terrifying point during an issue of ''X-Men'', he was this to Project: Wideawake, pointing out antagonizing mutants as a whole might not have been the best idea. Yeah, this guy was the only sane man in the room.
* OpportunisticBastard: He almost immediately takes over an organization right after a major event. Brand compares him to a weasel looking for an easy meal.
* PatrioticFervor: Of the unpleasant jingoistic kind, naturally. He's very America first, and it's ''his'' definition of America. Much as he hates superbeings, he hates the idea of other countries having superpowered beings of their own even ''more'', because that ''might'' threaten America.
* PetTheDog: When called out for being 'heartless' he brings up that he took a year off work to take care of his father, who was suffering from dementia and he himself fears suffering from it. The fact he refuses to extend this level of empathy to anyone else doesn't click with him.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Whenever he's not bothering the Avengers, he can usually be found harassing the X-Men and their associates. He's also bothered the Thunderbolts, during their time working with the US government, and the Hulk more than once.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Tried doing this after the KIA incident in ''Avengers: The Initiative''. Iron Man's connections trump his, and Gyrich's sent packing.
* SinisterShades: A general indication of where his moral shadiness is at is the opacity of his specs.
* SitcomArchNemesis: With Sally Floyd, in ''Avengers: The Initiative'', who always manages to poke through his BS screens.
* SpannerInTheWorks: When the Avengers and other heroes were busy battling the Dire Wraiths (the sworn enemies of ''ComicBook/RomSpaceknight'') in their final invasion of Earth, Gyrich found himself manning a giant-sized version of Rom's Neutralizer weapon, intended to be used on the Wraiths (who were busy trying to replace Earth with their "Wraithworld"), but he instead tried to use it to rid Earth of all superpowered beings. Thankfully, mutant inventor Forge (who was also manning the device) stopped him before he could screw everyone else over.
* SunglassesAtNight: He's almost always wearing sunglasses, regardless of how much light there is.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Falcon, during Geoff Johns' ''Avengers'' run, due to their prior history, and Gyrich's general jerkassery. They get slightly better after the Red Zone incident.
* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: He's perfectly willing to send giant killer robots after teenagers.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Gyrich was never going to win any personality awards (unless it was "Asshole of the Year"), but during ''Avengers: The Initiative'', he soars to astounding heights of sheer awfulness. He covers up the death of a teenager, has the kid dissected and cloned to make living weapons, had the person accidentally responsible institutionalized and monitored, complains when Trauma finds a way to use his powers constructively, causes the KIA incident, and refuses to admit the whole situation might have for any reason been his fault, doing everything to obfuscate and stall the investigation.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: His command over Avengers and S.W.O.R.D. was obstructive and often inhibited the heroes.
* UngratefulBastard: "Thanks" isn't a word in Gyrich's vocabulary. Even when a hero does happen to be nearby and save him, he's still rude to them. During an appearance in ''X-Force'', he mouthed off to Cable (pre-CharacterDevelopment Cable, even) when the man saved him. He's lucky Nate just punched him out.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Gyrich has no small part in Hank Pym's famous mental breakdown. While Pym wasn't a bastion of mental fortitude anyway, it was Gyrich unceremoniously booting him from the team that he helped found that starts Hank on the long slide down. Not that Gyrich would probably care if anyone told him this.
* WouldHurtAChild: Zigzagged. He was initially unwilling to send Sentinels after the New Mutants even if they were both Mutants and largely foreign nationals, figuring it was more sensible to just send goons after them. However, when that didn't work, he sent Sentinels after them anyway.
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* BullyingADragon:
** Taunting post-''Civil War'' Iron Man about Cap's then-recent death was a particularly stupid move. Cut to Gyrich announcing his retirement from the Initiative.
** In hindsight, going after S.W.O.R.D. was not his smartest move. Previously, Gyrich has been able to hide behind the fact he's the government, or is dealing with heroes who subscribe to ThouShaltNotKill. [[spoiler:Abigail Brand cares not two bits for either, and she ends up spacing him.]]
* ControlFreak: Gyrich insists on being the one in charge at all times, and throws screaming tantrums whenever someone doesn't do whatever he wants. He insists it's just for "the greater good", a motivation so blatantly crap sometimes even his own underlings don't believe it.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Gyrich has no grasp of proportional response. When Steve Rogers quit being Captain America, Gyrich proposed to the rest of the Commission for Superhuman Affairs that they call up the Avengers and have him kicked out immediately, and if he took up another identity, they should strip the Avengers of the license to operate on American soil. Even the rest of the CSA, all [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Obstructive Bureaucrats]] themselves, thought this was too much.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Subverted, when it seems like his plan would result in S.W.O.R.D.'s station getting dropped on Australia. He's momentarily appalled... then brushes it off as an acceptable casualty.
* FaceHeelTurn: Though calling him a Face of any stripe would be extremely generous to begin with, come 2020 he seems to have delved right into straight-up villainy, sending the U-Foes to murder the Hulk, and joining up with ORCHIS. SWORD even treats the latter as him "turning".
* FantasticRacism: Is ''very'' biased against aliens, and whenever given the chance he tries to do something to drive them off Earth, regardless of them being heroes or not. He's also not very fond of mutants, either. Or Gamma Mutates. Or, in fact, anything that's not a regular human. ... and probably even then, he's got "exceptions"...
* GoodIsNotNice: Some of his actions have bordered on those of an AntiHero, and sometimes just flat-out villain proper, despite working with the heroic Avengers.
* HangingJudge: In one ''Avengers'' storyline, the Avengers are accused of treason by a slightly insane and mind-controlled Quicksilver. Gyrich is only too happy to believe this, having them arrested, put on show trial (having already decided the outcome) and thrown in prison. He claims they'll be given a ''real'' trial eventually, but... well, you can understand why the Avengers don't believe that.
* HatesEveryoneEqually: The closest Gyrich has to a redeeming quality is he's not racist or sexist. He seems to hate ''everyone'' who's not him (though he almost certainly is nationalist).
* HateSink: While he can be good... ish, and has shown the ''occasional'' moment of depth, by and large he's just there to be a supremely awful and unlikably smug bastard you want to strangle.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Gyrich is so hateful towards superheroes he will often, and gladly, hire supervillains to go after them.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Demands heroes follow the rules, while doing nothing of the sort himself.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: During an appearance in ''Thunderbolts'', he remarks that Dallas Riordan's trust in Zemo makes him want to take several drinks. A day.
* {{Jerkass}}: He spent decades being a massive pain in the ass to the Avengers. How bad is he? ''Captain America'' can't stand him.
* JerkassHasAPoint: The times he stops in on the mansion are always just after a huge breach in security, from his POV it isn't that unjustifiable that he sees the Avengers as not taking security seriously.
* KarmaHoudini: No matter how much grief he causes the Avengers or aliens and mutants on Earth, he never gets punished for it in any notable way. At worst, he got fired from the Initiative and was put in charge of another government project sometime later.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: After his alliance with Orchis, Abigail Brand puts Gyrich out an airlock in the final issue of S.W.O.R.D., killing him. And covers it with a fake suicide. He had it coming for a long, long time.]]
* KnightTemplar: After CrisisCrossover events such as ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'' and ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', he took extreme lengths to prevent any further invasions or schisms in the superhero community.
* NeverMyFault: After his disastrous run in charge of Camp Hammond, he refuses to take any responsibility for his actions, which led to several deaths.
* ObliviouslyEvil: One of the most obnoxious things about him. He is a rock of self-righteousness, believing all his actions are entirely justified and for the "greater good", no matter how awful, and gets truly indignant whenever anyone tries calling him out.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: '''The''' obstructive bureaucrat, as far as Marvel's concerned.
* OnlySaneMan: During one terrifying point during an issue of ''X-Men'', he was this to Project: Wideawake, pointing out antagonizing mutants as a whole might not have been the best idea. Yeah, this guy was the only sane man in the room.
* OpportunisticBastard: He almost immediately takes over an organization right after a major event. Brand compares him to a weasel looking for an easy meal.
* PatrioticFervor: Of the unpleasant jingoistic kind, naturally. He's very America first, and it's ''his'' definition of America. Much as he hates superbeings, he hates the idea of other countries having superpowered beings of their own even ''more'', because that ''might'' threaten America.
* PetTheDog: When called out for being 'heartless' he brings up that he took a year off work to take care of his father, who was suffering from dementia and he himself fears suffering from it. The fact he refuses to extend this level of empathy to anyone else doesn't click with him.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Whenever he's not bothering the Avengers, he can usually be found harassing the X-Men and their associates. He's also bothered the Thunderbolts, during their time working with the US government, and the Hulk more than once.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Tried doing this after the KIA incident in ''Avengers: The Initiative''. Iron Man's connections trump his, and Gyrich's sent packing.
* SinisterShades: A general indication of where his moral shadiness is at is the opacity of his specs.
* SitcomArchNemesis: With Sally Floyd, in ''Avengers: The Initiative'', who always manages to poke through his BS screens.
* SpannerInTheWorks: When the Avengers and other heroes were busy battling the Dire Wraiths (the sworn enemies of ''ComicBook/RomSpaceknight'') in their final invasion of Earth, Gyrich found himself manning a giant-sized version of Rom's Neutralizer weapon, intended to be used on the Wraiths (who were busy trying to replace Earth with their "Wraithworld"), but he instead tried to use it to rid Earth of all superpowered beings. Thankfully, mutant inventor Forge (who was also manning the device) stopped him before he could screw everyone else over.
* SunglassesAtNight: He's almost always wearing sunglasses, regardless of how much light there is.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Falcon, during Geoff Johns' ''Avengers'' run, due to their prior history, and Gyrich's general jerkassery. They get slightly better after the Red Zone incident.
* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: He's perfectly willing to send giant killer robots after teenagers.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Gyrich was never going to win any personality awards (unless it was "Asshole of the Year"), but during ''Avengers: The Initiative'', he soars to astounding heights of sheer awfulness. He covers up the death of a teenager, has the kid dissected and cloned to make living weapons, had the person accidentally responsible institutionalized and monitored, complains when Trauma finds a way to use his powers constructively, causes the KIA incident, and refuses to admit the whole situation might have for any reason been his fault, doing everything to obfuscate and stall the investigation.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: His command over Avengers and S.W.O.R.D. was obstructive and often inhibited the heroes.
* UngratefulBastard: "Thanks" isn't a word in Gyrich's vocabulary. Even when a hero does happen to be nearby and save him, he's still rude to them. During an appearance in ''X-Force'', he mouthed off to Cable (pre-CharacterDevelopment Cable, even) when the man saved him. He's lucky Nate just punched him out.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Gyrich has no small part in Hank Pym's famous mental breakdown. While Pym wasn't a bastion of mental fortitude anyway, it was Gyrich unceremoniously booting him from the team that he helped found that starts Hank on the long slide down. Not that Gyrich would probably care if anyone told him this.
* WouldHurtAChild: Zigzagged. He was initially unwilling to send Sentinels after the New Mutants even if they were both Mutants and largely foreign nationals, figuring it was more sensible to just send goons after them. However, when that didn't work, he sent Sentinels after them anyway.
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'''The X-Men'''\\
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!!'''WARNING:''' There are unmarked spoilers on these sheets for all but the most recent comics.
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!!Leadership
[[folder:Abigail Brand]]
!!Commander Abigail Brand / [[spoiler:Abigail Thanriaguiaxus]]
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!!!'''Nationality:''' Krakoan
!!!'''Species:''' Human/alien mutant hybrid
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Astonishing X-Men'' (Vol. 3) #3 (September, 2004)
-->''"Welcome to S.W.O.R.D., gentlemen -- Hope you survive the experience."''
Born to a mutant from Earth and an alien father on the planet Axus, Abigail Brand rose to become the head of S.W.O.R.D., a sub-division of S.H.I.E.L.D. which dealt with extraterrestrial threats until it was disbanded, after which she joined Alpha Flight under the command of Captain Marvel. With the X-Men's proclivity to end up dealing with extraterrestrial issues, and having a few alien members of their own throughout the years, Brand has frequently become involved in their issues. After resigning from Alpha Flight, Abigail solidified her place within mutant society by restarting S.W.O.R.D. as an independent Krakoan agency.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Even during her introductory days in ''Astonishing'', Sydren told her that if he just killed her right then and there two-thirds of S.W.O.R.D. would've approved. Abigail just dryly notes her approval rating's gone up.
* ActionGirl: From her introduction she has been shown to be extremely competent in fights.
* TheChessmaster: She's pretty good at it, but not quite as good as she thinks she is. For one thing, her reputation is such that ''everyone'' knows she's up to something by the Krakoan Age, and her manipulations get more and more transparent and backfire more and more. Her attempt to shoehorn her pawn, Vulcan, into Arakko's Great Ring as a hero by killing [[HatedByAll Tarn the Uncaring]] fails miserably when Tarn beats him to a pulp and Magneto promptly steps in, brutally killing Tarn and taking his seat. Her attempt to influence Scott and Jean's votes on the Quiet Council, meanwhile, by giving the transparently underqualified and easily manipulated Kid Cable the position of Head of Security on S.W.O.R.D. backfires ''twice'' - first, Scott and Jean walk out of the Quiet Council in protest at its methods, and second, Kid Cable is replaced by original flavour Cable, one of the most canny and dangerous strategists in the Marvel Universe and now in perfect position to look right over Brand's shoulder.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Her hair is green, her eyes are green, her shades are tinted green and her wardrobe is almost entirely green (though sometimes, for variety, she'll throw in a little black.)
* CoolShades: She has rarely ever been seen without her green-tinted shades.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Her eyes are emerald just like her hair.
* DeadpanSnarker: She was created by Joss Whedon. Yes, she is ''very'' sarcastic.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: As Director of S.W.O.R.D. as a Krakoan agency, she is very clearly not interested in Earth politics, or the mutant-human dichotomy, dismissively commenting that she thinks on a bigger scale. [[spoiler:Her ambition is to control the Sol system and make it a powerful player on the galactic stage so it is no longer threatened all the time, which is difficult due to the human-mutant conflict and other political squabbles making humanity difficult to unite.]]
* EvilAllAlong: Not exactly 'all along', but revealed to be this in [[spoiler: the Krakoan Age. She is trying to destroy Krakoa. She respects Storm, but thinks she doesn't have it in her to get the Sol system under her control. She also thinks that in the long-term Krakoa under Magneto and Xavier is a liability on the galactic stage and she wants the Sol system under her control.]] It's NothingPersonal for her, just a ruthless political calculation.
* EyeColorChange: Her eyes shift from green to red when she uses her mutant powers.
* FormFittingWardrobe: Her full-body suits usually highlight her figure.
* GoodIsNotSoft: She is quite willing to take extreme measures to protect Earth and mutantkind, to the point where she sometimes slides into WellIntentionedExtremist territory.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Born to a human mutant mother and alien father.
* HatedByAll: Those who knows her don't tend to like or trusts her, and although she can be a ManipulativeBastard, some of her schemes are undermined by her abrasive personality.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:''S.W.O.R.D.'' issue #11 has her space Henry Gyrich, mainly to advance her own agenda. She also lies that it was self-inflicted by his own stupidity.]]
* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Abigail might be her real first name. Brand might ''not'' be her last name, but if she has any other name, she's never actually given it. And she's a little angry at the mutants for never asking either way. [[spoiler:''X-Men: Red (2022)'' #10 reveals that her last name is Thanriaguiaxus, "Born-as-Axus-ended".]]
* LoveInterest: She and Beast were in a long-term relationship for several years. ''ComicBook/ImmortalXMen'' establishes that they did break up at some point, but they are also seen acting affectionately toward each other in ''X-Force'' not long afterwards.
* ManipulativeBastard: She's not above under-the-table dealing, lying, manipulation of things and people or just using flat out assassination to further her agenda. However, people have come to expect that she's up to something, even if they're not sure what, and it's been known to backfire on her. For instance, she made Kid Cable the head of S.W.O.R.D.'s security in a transparently political appointment to try and gain leverage/influence on his parents, Jean and Scott, who were members of the Quiet Council. Then they walked out of the Council, and the naive and easily manipulated Kid Cable was replaced by original flavour Cable, one of the smartest and most skilled strategists and manipulators in the Marvel universe, who was abundantly well qualified for a job that meant he could look right over Brand's shoulder.
* MarkOfTheSupernatural: Her hair is a very dark green, which she states comes from her alien heritage.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Following the ''ComicBook/{{Empyre}}'' event, Brand has returned to running S.W.O.R.D. and is doing so in cooperation with the Krakoan council. Despite this, Brand is rather ambivalent to Krakoa as a whole, even telling Magneto that she sees herself as a [[SpacePeople Spacer]] first and a mutant second. [[spoiler: In fact, she's entirely willing to destroy Krakoa and usurp Storm as leader of the Sol system, simply because she feels they don't have what it takes]].
* MysteriousPast: Practically none of her life before becoming the head of S.W.O.R.D. has been revealed, including the identity of her parents. We do know her dad was murdered in front of her, and ''S.W.O.R.D.'' vol 2 reveals the murderers were Snark.
* MoleInCharge:
** In the aftermath of ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' it is revealed that Brand is hindering the hunt for Cyclops and his loyalists, and has been in fact providing Cyclops with information for years to aid the mutant cause.
** [[spoiler:Then ''S.W.O.R.D'' #11 flips it around, making it clear that she gives zero fucks about Krakoa and cares more about getting the Sol system under her control.]]
* NumberTwo: When S.W.O.R.D. was disbanded and replaced by Alpha Flight, Brand became Captain Marvel's second-in-command of the new organization.
* PlayingWithFire: She can generate flames around her hands that she can make hot enough to melt through steel. Brand officially uses her alien heritage as their source to hide her status as a mutant.
* TheReveal: While she had long been associated with mainly X-Men comics and characters, her status as a mutant did not become revealed until eight years after her debut, although there were a few hints.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Resigns from Alpha Flight after determining that the Avengers and other organizations are not cooperating or communicating efficiently enough for the organization to be of any use and resolves to build something better.
* SmugSnake: She highly overestimates her deceptive abilities. She reveals her plans to Gyrich (and the audience) before killing him and thinks she’s nailing it with no one the wiser. But shortly after that, it’s revealed that just about everyone she interacts with has caught on that she’s up to something and nobody trusts her.
* SunglassesAtNight: Rare is the instance where she's not wearing sunglasses.
* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:She is actually out to cause Krakoa's destruction, only using it to get the Sol system under her control. Brand considers herself more of an spacer than a mutant and has zero loyalty to them, viewing mutants as just another type of Earther.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: After years of working with idiots and seeing how infighting has crippled Earth's ability to unite and become a major galactic player that can effectively defend itself against alien invasions, [[spoiler:Brand decides that humanity will be better off if she is in charge of the whole solar system, even if it means working with Orchis and bringing about the downfall of Krakoa to do so]].
* WhatTheHellHero: Tears into Captain Marvel in the aftermath of ''ComicBook/{{Empyre}}'' for failing to alert Alpha Flight about the Cotati base on the moon, which turned out to be a hostile invasion force instead of allies, which prevented Alpha Flight from being able to do much to assist in the invasion. ''S.W.O.R.D.'' states she had been hoping Carol would use this as [[DareToBeBadass motivation to step up her game]]. Carol did not, in fact, step up her game.
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[[folder:Kid Cable]]
!!Nathan Christopher Summers / Cable
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!!!'''Nationality:''' American
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Extermination'' #1 (August, 2018)
The once-mysterious Cable (a.k.a. Nathan Summers) is Cyclops' time-traveling son who was infected with the deadly techno-organic virus during his infancy, which he keeps at bay using his advanced psionic powers. At one time a founding member and leader of the militant team called X-Force, previously known as the New Mutants, Cable takes the aimless youths under his wing and whips them into fighting shape in order to prepare them for future threats.
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[[folder:Random]]
!!Marshal Evan Stone III / Random
!!!'''Nationality:''' American
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''X-Factor'' #88 (March, 1993)
Random first appeared as a bounty hunter with the power to adapt his body to counteract any mutant power and to fire projectiles from his gun-morphed forearms.
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[[folder:Frenzy]]
!!Joanna Cargill / Frenzy
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!!!'''Nationality:''' American
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''X-Factor'' #4 (May, 1986)
A former freelance mercenary that worked for Apocalypse, Frenzy joined Magneto as a member of the Acolytes and served as ambassador of Genosha. She joined the X-Men after the Age of X.
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[[folder:Mentallo]]
!!Marvin Flumm / Mentallo
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!!!'''Nationality:''' American
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Strange Tales'' #141 (February, 1966)
Marvin Flumm was one of the first S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to go bad. Using his mental powers under the alias of Mentallo, he turned on S.H.I.E.L.D. along with his partner in crime, the Fixer.
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* BeardOfEvil: A goatee and he's a criminal whose crimes were forgiven.
* CoolHelmet: His Mentallo helmet, which increases his telepathic powers.
* FaceHeelTurn: Began as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent before turning into a criminal.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: The fact that he's an unscrupulous crook is one of the reasons he's not very liked by Brand nor the other members of S.W.O.R.D., but have little choice since he's the best telepath available to work for them. In reality though Brand could have easily gotten any of the other telepathic mutant from Krakoa, but he’s the best available for the job because he’s a crook who, at the end of the day, will be loyal to whoever is paying him (I.E. Brand).
* MindReading: His main ability. He's a low level telepath, but good enough (and unscrupulous enough) to be hired by many groups across the years.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He's mostly recruited by villain groups with the offer of a pay. His job offer at S.W.O.R.D falls under the same boat, as Brand hired him specifically because he'd remain loyal to her, instead of Krakoa, because she's the one paying him (though she is aware of the possibility he could easily turn if given what he thinks is a better offer).
* PottyEmergency: Decided he needed to take a dump while the Knull crisis on Earth was ongoing.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Recently he has taken to using purple, and he can be a threat if he tries to.
* TheQuisling: He once acted as TheDragon for the fanatically anti-mutant bigot Reverend William Stryker.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Despite being a mutant, he has faced the Avengers and Avengers Academy due to being recruited by groups like A.I.M., HYDRA, M.O.D.O.K. and the Masters of Evil.
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[[folder:Khora]]
!!Khora of the Burning Heart
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!!!'''Nationality:''' Arakko
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''S.W.O.R.D.'' (Vol. 2) #5 (April, 2021)
An Arakki mutant brought into S.W.O.R.D. by Abigail Brand to, among other things, serve as a replacement for Fabian Cortez.
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* BadassFamily: ''X-Men Red'' reveals that her father's the Fisher King and her sister's Weaponless Zsen of the Inward Watch. It's also strongly hinted that her mother held a seat on the Table of Night, the secretive trinity that works alongside Arakko's ruling Great Ring.
* BloodKnight: She was born in Arakko, which was stuck in a hell dimension for thousands of years forced to fight an endless horde of demons. Frankly, it'd be amazing if she ''hadn't'' turned out like this. Brand has to remind her that she cannot stay to fight an army of Mindless Ones during ''The Last Annihilation''. Mindless Ones, we note, have been known to shrug off punches from the Hulk. Fortunately, while Khora was definitely thinking it, she does as her boss orders.
-->'''Brand:''' Once [Hulkling]'s through and safe, we're right behind - and no argument on that, Khora -\\
'''Khora:''' I didn't say anything. [-Only thought it.-]
* BoyishShortHair: Wears her hair in an almost crew cut, and one would certainly not call her feminine.
* EnergyDonation: Her power is a reserve of internal energy that enhances her condition that she can choose to bestow upon another, enhancing any mutant abilities they have.
* FacialMarkings: Has them over her nose and on her right cheek.
* InTheHood: Wears a hood during her introduction. Later, her official S.W.O.R.D. uniform incorporates a hood as well.
* LongLived: The BadFuture setting of ''ComicBook/SinsOfSinister'' reveals that she's not aged much a hundred years into the future. Nine hundred years later she's clearly elderly, but not yet infirm.
* OneManArmy: If she keeps her inner fire in herself, Khora is strong enough to fight at least ten trained soldiers.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: She's from Arakko. When she comes to kill a Snark leader, she praises the target for the horrors her troop inflicted on the planet they're on, and scolds her for pleading for her life.
-->'''Khora:''' Don't betray that strength with begging. Your line ends here, Gylar clan. Your name ends here. Let it end well.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Her eyes are naturally gold, but turn red when she powers up. And they glow.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Looks pretty good dolled up for the ComicBook/HellfireGala.
* SuperiorSuccessor: If in terms of power and ability, if nothing else. She can boost Mutant powers, like Cortez, but without the side-effects that came with them. She's also much more handy in a fight, and unlike Cortez, she's not a weasel-minded arsehole, so bonus.
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Played with. After leaving S.W.O.R.D., Khora laments the fact that her powers aren't really valued on Arakko. The Arakkii code of honor means that boosting other people's powers is generally seen as insulting and inappropriate, so her power's considered pointless even though it's actually pretty effective.
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!!The Six
[[folder:The Foundry]]
!!Gloria Dolores Muñoz / Risque / The Foundry
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!!!'''Nationality:''' American
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''X-Force'' #51 (February, 1996)
Formerly involved with X-Force and X-Corporation, Risque was a menacing vixen who seduced Warpath as part of a deal with Sledge. She gained real feelings for Warpath. She was killed by the U-Men and afterwards resurrected as part of Selene's undead mutant army.
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-> See Characters/XForce
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[[folder:The Power]]
!!Fabian Cortez / The Power
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!!!'''Nationality:''' American
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''X-Men'' #1 (1991)
Though a member of Magneto's Acolytes, Cortez often rebelled against him.
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-> See Characters/XMenAcolytes
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[[folder:The Control]]
!!Takeshi "Taki" Matsuya / Wiz Kid / The Control
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!!!'''Nationality:''' American
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''X-Terminators'' #1 (October, 1988)
Dyslexic & Aphasic, Wiz-Kid was a wheelchair-bound, mutant, technopath. Taki assisted in stopping N'astirh from fusing Limbo to Earth together forever during Inferno.
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-> See Characters/XTerminators
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[[folder:The Guide]]
!!Eden Fesi / Manifold / The Guide
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!!!'''Nationality:''' Australian
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Secret Warriors'' #4 (May, 2009)
A mutant of Australian aboriginal descent with the ability to bend reality and twist space-time for teleportation.
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-> See Characters/SecretWarriors
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[[folder:The Eye]]
!!Peter Quinn / Peeper / The Eye
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!!!'''Nationality:''' American
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Captain America Annual'' #4 (November, 1977)
An old enemy of the X-Men and Captain America, Peepers was a member of various villainous groups.
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* BackFromTheDead: Revived by the Five, he has joined the newly reformed S.W.O.R.D. under Abigail Brand.
* BaldOfEvil: At least he was introduced as this. It wouldn't be until ''2020'' that this would be subverted.
* EatenAlive: He was devoured by one of the Predator X, with Siryn finding his scattered remains.
* EyeBeams: He could fire pale-yellow/red (depending on the artist) beams of concussive energy from his eyes.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: His sight powers have proven to be very useful at the new S.W.O.R.D.
* HeelFaceTurn: While once a member of Magneto's Brotherhood, he has turned a new leaf and has joined the rest of the mutants at Krakoa.
* TheIgor: He was this for Doctor Karl Malus while the two of them were employed by Ravencroft.
* OddFriendship: Gets along with well Magneto to an almost disarming degree. Magneto was positively ecstatic to see him working with S.W.O.R.D. and values his input and character.
* PointyEars: For some reason his ears are pointy.
* SuperSenses: His eyes specifically, which are much bigger than a regular person. He has a telescopic vision that allows him to see things that are at far distances by miles. He could also see things that are too small for ordinary vision.
* XRayVision: He could see through matter.
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[[folder:The Shield]]
!!Hisako Ichiki / Armor / The Shield
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!!!'''Nationality:''' Japanese
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Astonishing X-Men'' Vol 3 #4 (October, 2004)
Hisako Ichiki is a teenage mutant from Japan that studied at the Xavier Institute before becoming an X-Man. Her mutant power allows her to create psionic "armor", giving her enhanced strength and durability. She is currently enrolled at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.
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-> See Characters/XMen2000sMembers
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!!Others
[[folder:Henry Peter Gyrich]]
!!Henry Peter Gyrich
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!!!'''Nationality:''' American
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Avengers'' #165 (November, 1977)
The Avengers's old government liaison. [[{{Jerkass}} Also a gigantic doucebag.]]
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* BadassBureaucrat: Has his moments, but they're far and few between, and often outshined by his sheer doucheness.
* BullyingADragon:
** Taunting post-''Civil War'' Iron Man about Cap's then-recent death was a particularly stupid move. Cut to Gyrich announcing his retirement from the Initiative.
** In hindsight, going after S.W.O.R.D. was not his smartest move. Previously, Gyrich has been able to hide behind the fact he's the government, or is dealing with heroes who subscribe to ThouShaltNotKill. [[spoiler:Abigail Brand cares not two bits for either, and she ends up spacing him.]]
* ControlFreak: Gyrich insists on being the one in charge at all times, and throws screaming tantrums whenever someone doesn't do whatever he wants. He insists it's just for "the greater good", a motivation so blatantly crap sometimes even his own underlings don't believe it.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Gyrich has no grasp of proportional response. When Steve Rogers quit being Captain America, Gyrich proposed to the rest of the Commission for Superhuman Affairs that they call up the Avengers and have him kicked out immediately, and if he took up another identity, they should strip the Avengers of the license to operate on American soil. Even the rest of the CSA, all [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Obstructive Bureaucrats]] themselves, thought this was too much.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Subverted, when it seems like his plan would result in S.W.O.R.D.'s station getting dropped on Australia. He's momentarily appalled... then brushes it off as an acceptable casualty.
* FaceHeelTurn: Though calling him a Face of any stripe would be extremely generous to begin with, come 2020 he seems to have delved right into straight-up villainy, sending the U-Foes to murder the Hulk, and joining up with ORCHIS. SWORD even treats the latter as him "turning".
* FantasticRacism: Is ''very'' biased against aliens, and whenever given the chance he tries to do something to drive them off Earth, regardless of them being heroes or not. He's also not very fond of mutants, either. Or Gamma Mutates. Or, in fact, anything that's not a regular human. ... and probably even then, he's got "exceptions"...
* GoodIsNotNice: Some of his actions have bordered on those of an AntiHero, and sometimes just flat-out villain proper, despite working with the heroic Avengers.
* HangingJudge: In one ''Avengers'' storyline, the Avengers are accused of treason by a slightly insane and mind-controlled Quicksilver. Gyrich is only too happy to believe this, having them arrested, put on show trial (having already decided the outcome) and thrown in prison. He claims they'll be given a ''real'' trial eventually, but... well, you can understand why the Avengers don't believe that.
* HatesEveryoneEqually: The closest Gyrich has to a redeeming quality is he's not racist or sexist. He seems to hate ''everyone'' who's not him (though he almost certainly is nationalist).
* HateSink: While he can be good... ish, and has shown the ''occasional'' moment of depth, by and large he's just there to be a supremely awful and unlikably smug bastard you want to strangle.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Gyrich is so hateful towards superheroes he will often, and gladly, hire supervillains to go after them.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Demands heroes follow the rules, while doing nothing of the sort himself.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: During an appearance in ''Thunderbolts'', he remarks that Dallas Riordan's trust in Zemo makes him want to take several drinks. A day.
* {{Jerkass}}: He spent decades being a massive pain in the ass to the Avengers. How bad is he? ''Captain America'' can't stand him.
* JerkassHasAPoint: The times he stops in on the mansion are always just after a huge breach in security, from his POV it isn't that unjustifiable that he sees the Avengers as not taking security seriously.
* KarmaHoudini: No matter how much grief he causes the Avengers or aliens and mutants on Earth, he never gets punished for it in any notable way. At worst, he got fired from the Initiative and was put in charge of another government project sometime later.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: After his alliance with Orchis, Abigail Brand puts Gyrich out an airlock in the final issue of S.W.O.R.D., killing him. And covers it with a fake suicide.]]
* KnightTemplar: After CrisisCrossover events such as ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' and ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', he took extreme lengths to prevent any further invasions or schisms in the superhero community.
* NeverMyFault: After his disastrous run in charge of Camp Hammond, he refuses to take any responsibility for his actions, which led to several deaths.
* ObliviouslyEvil: One of the most obnoxious things about him. He is a rock of self-righteousness, believing all his actions are entirely justified and for the "greater good", no matter how awful, and gets truly indignant whenever anyone tries calling him out.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: '''The''' obstructive bureaucrat, as far as Marvel's concerned.
* OnlySaneMan: During one terrifying point during an issue of ''X-Men'', he was this to Project: Wideawake, pointing out antagonizing mutants as a whole might not have been the best idea. Yeah, this guy was the only sane man in the room.
* OpportunisticBastard: He almost immediately takes over an organization right after a major event. Brand compares him to a weasel looking for an easy meal.
* PatrioticFervor: Of the unpleasant jingoistic kind, naturally. He's very America first, and it's ''his'' definition of America. Much as he hates superbeings, he hates the idea of other countries having superpowered beings of their own even ''more'', because that ''might'' threaten America.
* PetTheDog: When called out for being 'heartless' he brings up that he took a year off work to take care of his father, who was suffering from dementia and he himself fears suffering from it. The fact he refuses to extend this level of empathy to anyone else doesn't click with him.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Whenever he's not bothering the Avengers, he can usually be found harassing the X-Men and their associates. He's also bothered the Thunderbolts, during their time working with the US government, and the Hulk more than once.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Tried doing this after the KIA incident in ''Avengers: The Initiative''. Iron Man's connections trump his, and Gyrich's sent packing.
* SinisterShades: A general indication of where his moral shadiness is at is the opacity of his specs.
* SitcomArchNemesis: With Sally Floyd, in ''Avengers: The Initiative'', who always manages to poke through his BS screens.
* SpannerInTheWorks: When the Avengers and other heroes were busy battling the Dire Wraiths (the sworn enemies of ''ComicBook/RomSpaceknight'') in their final invasion of Earth, Gyrich found himself manning a giant-sized version of Rom's Neutralizer weapon, intended to be used on the Wraiths (who were busy trying to replace Earth with their "Wraithworld"), but he instead tried to use it to rid Earth of all superpowered beings. Thankfully, mutant inventor Forge (who was also manning the device) stopped him before he could screw everyone else over.
* SunglassesAtNight: He's almost always wearing sunglasses, regardless of how much light there is.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Falcon, during Geoff Johns' ''Avengers'' run, due to their prior history, and Gyrich's general jerkassery. They get slightly better after the Red Zone incident.
* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: He's perfectly willing to send giant killer robots after teenagers.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Gyrich was never going to win any personality awards (unless it was "Asshole of the Year"), but during ''Avengers: The Initiative'', he soars to astounding heights of sheer awfulness. He covers up the death of a teenager, has the kid dissected and cloned to make living weapons, had the person accidentally responsible institutionalized and monitored, complains when Trauma finds a way to use his powers constructively, causes the KIA incident, and refuses to admit the whole situation might have for any reason been his fault, doing everything to obfuscate and stall the investigation.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: His command over Avengers and S.W.O.R.D. was obstructive and often inhibited the heroes.
* UngratefulBastard: "Thanks" isn't a word in Gyrich's vocabulary. Even when a hero does happen to be nearby and save him, he's still rude to them. During an appearance in ''X-Force'', he mouthed off to Cable (pre-CharacterDevelopment Cable, even) when the man saved him. He's lucky Nate just punched him out.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Gyrich has no small part in Hank Pym's famous mental breakdown. While Pym wasn't a bastion of mental fortitude anyway, it was Gyrich unceremoniously booting him from the team that he helped found that starts Hank on the long slide down. Not that Gyrich would probably care if anyone told him this.
* WouldHurtAChild: Zigzagged. He was initially unwilling to send Sentinels after the New Mutants even if they were both Mutants and largely foreign nationals, figuring it was more sensible to just send goons after them. However, when that didn't work, he sent Sentinels after them anyway.
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