LOA

 

LOA

Real Name: Alani Ryan

First Appearance: New X-Men: Academy X (Vol. 1) #5, November 2004

Powers: Loa has the mutant power to disrupt the molecular structure of objects that pass through her body, causing them to disintegrate. Loa's power operates similar to Shadowcat's power in basic principle, only the transition in-and-out of the object isn't as efficient. While Shadowcat’s molecules slide effortlessly over and around those of other objects while phased, Loa's power signature would be more akin to shoving through an object instead of sliding. Loa experiences greater resistance moving through objects than Shadowcat, and so while she walks through objects as if they were air, Loa must swim through them: Physically propelling herself along inside the mass she's passing through with kicks or strokes. Upon exiting the object, the distortion of her molecules on the object's structure cause it to lose integrity and break down, crumbling to pieces within moments after she passes. If she walks through a wall, a hole is left in it after she exits. Projectiles and other attacks are disintegrated after passing through her, and punching her directly is harmful. Wearing an Atlantean pendant has conditioned her to breathe underwater and survive at ocean depths.

Alani Ryan is an avid surfer and fluent in Hawaiian language and customs.

NEOPHYTE

 

NEOPHYTE

Real Name: Simon Hall

First Appearance: The Uncanny X-Men (Vol. 1) #300, May 1993

Powers: The Neophyte possesses a phase-morphing mutant ability that enables him to travel distances through mass by breaking down his physical structure and entering a solid material. When in contact with matter, Neophyte relaxes the molecular bonding forces in his body so that his molecules merge with the object he's touching in a non-substantial state. He can then cause the mass of his body to reform itself at a different angle or position to emerge from the object. When the Acolytes were based in a large French castle, he could merge his mass with one stone wall of the castle and reform himself a moment later out of any of the connecting stone surfaces. Later, on the rocky hillside of Wundagore, Neophyte could almost instantly relocate himself across the landscape by merging with the uniform earth and rock of the area. He could also separate his mass into multiple smaller masses, such as when he jumped off a balcony and disappeared into a rainstorm by dividing his mass up into the rain, only to reform later as the rain hit the ground below.

He can also extend this power to anything he touches and both absorb and expel projectiles to simulate intangibility.