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Deadpool & Wolverine uses the designation Earth-10005 for the revised timeline, which is the same designation used for the original timeline. As such, the wiki is currently operating on the basis that Wolverine overwrote the same timeline without creating a branch. Despite the overwrite, certain pages have been marked with "/Revised Timeline" to distinguish events that occurred pre-timeline rewrite with those that occurred post-rewrite.

Professor X (born Charles Francis Xavier) is a mutant, the leader and founder of the X-Men and the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters. He is one of the most powerful telepaths in the world, rivaled only by Jean Grey. His dream of a peaceful coexistence between mutants and humanity has long been the driving force for the X-Men.

An immensely powerful telepath and scientific genius, Professor X was mainly known as the heart and soul of the X-Men, having first formed the team of mutants back in 1962.

Biography[]

Charles inside Cerebro

Professor X used a serum to walk again, but that made him lose his powers.

As Wolverine wakes up in 1973, he encounters a young McCoy and Xavier and tells them that he was sent from the future; asking for his help to stop the war in the future. Professor X initially refuses to help, but then agrees, only for Raven. The three go to Peter Maximoff's house where they ask for his help to free Magneto. 

Onboard a plane, Professor X and Magneto argue on how they abandoned each other and their kind. Wolverine, Charles, Erik and Hank arrive, where Erik plans to kill Mystique to prevent the program. She is shot in the leg before escaping through the window. Erik chases after her and pulls the bullet out of her leg and plans to kill her with that bullet, but Beast attacks Erik while Mystique escapes. After seeing Stryker, Wolverine briefly does not know why he’s there and who young Charles is.

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Professor X refuses to take the serum, allowing him to use Cerebro to locate Mystique.

Back at the mansion, Charles eventually refuses to take the serum and uses Cerebro to find Mystique. His mind is not focused because of his self-doubt. To remedy that, Wolverine has Charles look through his mind as it is connected between present and future, letting Charles telepathically talks to the older Professor X where he is asked to hope again. As Wolverine, Professor X and Hank go to the unveiling of the Sentinels to find Mystique, the Sentinels begin attacking the public, where President Nixon and Bolivar Trask are taken to a safe room, followed by Mystique in disguise. Mystique slightly grazes Magneto's neck with a plastic gun before being convinced by Professor X via telepathy to not kill Trask. Mystique agrees and as Magneto would be executed for his actions, Charles lets both go. At the same time, as a mutant was seen to save the President, the Sentinel program is decommissioned and Bolivar Trask arrested for trying to sell American military secrets, meaning Charles effectively finished what Wolverine started and changed the future.

Dark Phoenix Prologue[]

In 1975, after eight-year old Jean Grey accidentally causes her family's car to crash, Charles Xavier meets with her and brings her to the Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.

X-Men: Apocalypse[]

In 1983, Professor Xavier is teaching his students at his fully working School for Gifted Youngsters. He welcomes back Alex Summers and his brother Scott whom he accepts into his school.

At night, during an earthquake, Charles walks in to check on Jean Grey who has a nightmare about the end of the world, but assures her that it was only a bad dream.

After learning from Hank that Moira MacTaggert was in Egypt when the earthquake began, he and Alex visit her at the CIA. From Moira, they learn that a group of fanatics had been worshiping an ancient being known as Apocalypse who is believed to have been the first mutant in existence. Returning to the X-Mansion with Moira, Charles finds that Raven has returned alongside a young mutant she rescued named Kurt Wagner. Raven proceeds to ask for Charles help in locating Erik Lehnsherr who has resurfaced after his family had been killed. Using Cerebro Xavier manages to locate Magneto and begs him to come back to the X-Mansion. Apocalypse catches wind of this and takes control of Xavier through Cerebro.

Before getting controlled, Xavier is horrified and awestruck by Apocalypse's power. After Apocalypse uses Cerebro to convince the world's government to send their nuclear missiles into space, Xavier tells Alex to destroy Cerebro to keep Apocalypse from doing any further damage and knocking him unconscious in the process. Xavier is then kidnapped by Apocalypse and his Horsemen and taken to Cairo, Egypt where Apocalypse has Xavier use his powers to deliver a message to the whole world. While doing this, however, he manages to send a secret message to Jean telling her of their location. Apocalypse then proceeds to try and transfer his consciousness into Xavier's body so he can gain his powers of telepathy. The transfer begins and Xavier loses his hair in the process before he is saved by Nightcrawler. Following a failed escape attempt, Apocalypse proceeds to call out Xavier and reminds him they are still connected mentally. Xavier can do nothing but feel and listen as Mystique and Quicksilver are tortured.

Xavier, fortunately, remembers that he and Apocalypse do share a psychic connection that allows him to get inside Apocalypse head and overpower him. Apocalypse, however, eventually overcomes Xavier and proceeds to brutally beat him in the astral plane while Scott, Hank, and a reformed Magneto combat his physical body. All seems hopeless until Jean, having unlocked the power of the Phoenix, alongside a reformed Storm together vaporize Apocalypse on the astral plane and his physical body. The effort apparently kills Charles, but Jean detects that he is still alive and is able to heal him. Charles wakes up and gives Moira the memories from Cuba and asks for her forgiveness. The next day Xavier and Lehnsherr talk about humanity still not accepting mutants and ask him if he is ever fearful that one day humans will come for the students Xavier responds that while it does bother him, he feels confident he can protect them all and Erik parts on friendly terms with Charles. Charles proceeds to watch Raven train the new X-Men consisting of Cyclops, Jean Grey, Nightcrawler, Storm, and Quicksilver in the Danger Room.

X-Men: Dark Phoenix[]

Nine years later in 1992, Xavier is now an adviser to the President of the United States as he and the X-Men are revered as worldwide superheroes. Xavier and Hank McCoy witness the space shuttle Endeavor encountering problems in space. Xavier is then telephoned by the President to provide assistance to the astronauts. Xavier dispatches Beast, Mystique, Quicksilver, Storm, Nightcrawler, Jean Grey and Cyclops to head to space using the X-Jet while he uses Cerebro to mentally communicate with all the NASA scientists.

After the astronauts are saved and brought back to Earth safely, Mystique lashes out at Xavier for sending them on a dangerous mission, citing that they shouldn't be risking mutant lives for human lives just for good press, while Xavier claims that it is a worthwhile endeavor as it keeps the mutants in good public perception, compared to how they were vilified before. Later that evening, Xavier receives commendations for the astronauts' rescue. However, he prematurely leaves the event after he mentally senses Jean's psychic attack on her fellow mutants. Returning back to the X-Mansion, he realizes he can no longer read Jean's mind and resorts to using Cerebro to do so while she is asleep. Jean's mind shields Xavier, and as he attempts to fight back, he receives a nosebleed before being rendered unconscious. As he recovers, Jean lashes out at Xavier for lying to her, claiming she heard her father's mind even though Xavier had told her he had died, and leaves the X-Mansion.

In order to stop Jean, Professor X joins the X-Men on their trip to Red Hook. After Jean proves to be a hostile force, Storm and Beast attempt to attack her; while Cyclops knocks Storm aside, Professor X mentally freezes Beast, while Quicksilver is neutralized by Jean. As Jean notifies Mystique to get away from her, Mystique approaches her, trying to calm her down, although this causes Jean to unleash a psychic wave that propels Mystique back into the damaged houses, impaling her on wooden pieces and killing her. Professor X watches his foster sister die as Jean flies away.

Back at the X-Mansion, Xavier gives a speech as they bury Mystique's body. In the aftermath of the funeral, he is berated by Hank, who blames him for Mystique's death and demands he take responsibility for his actions. Hank proceeds to steal the X-Jet and fly to Genosha, and Xavier is informed of his actions by Cyclops. Using Cerebro, Xavier discovers that Beast, along with Magneto, are headed to New York City to assassinate Jean to avenge Mystique. He attempts to convince Magneto to spare Jean's life, although to no avail. After making his way into the building with the help of Nightcrawler, Professor X implores Jean to come home. He meets Vuk for the first time, but upon discovering he cannot read her mind, begins to ask who she is before asking what she is, realizing she is not human. Jean forces Xavier to hobble up the steps without the aid of his wheelchair after he informs her that she could do whatever she could if she put her mind to it. Now face-to-face with Jean, Xavier mentally recalls the conversation he had with her father, where he vouched for her and had informed him that he had hope in Jean, successfully causing Jean's original persona to resurface.

Vuk proceeds to absorb the Phoenix Force within Jean as a result, while Charles yells at Jean to fight back and not allow Vuk to succeed. Vuk is knocked aside by Cyclops, although they are all rendered unconscious by the arrival of the U.S. military. Professor X is then outfitted with a collar that disables mutant powers and transported on a train to a military facility. The train is soon ambushed by the alien D'Bari, and Xavier is freed by one of the human soldiers. Xavier apologizes to Jean for his actions, informing her that he did what he did as he believed she deserved what every child deserved – love and a family. Jean then harnessed her powers, proclaiming she would protect her family, and shielded the X-Men and Magneto as she caused the train to derail and crash. Xavier witnessed as Jean disintegrated the remaining D'Bari before taking their leader Vuk to space and exploding, seemingly killing them both.

In the aftermath of the events, Xavier stepped down as Headmaster of the Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, now renamed the Jean Grey School for Gifted Youngster, with Hank taking his place. Xavier relocated to Paris, France where he was visited by Erik, and the duo decided to play a game of chess.

Deadpool[]

In 2016, Colossus mentions that Charles Xavier is at the X-Mansion. Deadpool asks if the Professor X there is the one played by James McAvoy or the one played by Patrick Stewart.

X-Men: Days of Future Past 2023[]

After Wolverine wakes up in 2023, he sees that Storm, Shadowcat, Iceman, Beast, Rogue, Jean Grey and Cyclops all have survived. Logan then finds Charles, who told him he has a history class to teach. Upon telling Charles he needs to brush up on everything that happens after 1973, Charles realized this was the moment in the apocalyptic future Wolverine went back in time and the Wolverine he met in 1973 was finally back. Charles then tells Logan they have a lot of catching up to do and helps him brush up on everything that happened following his drowning.

Deadpool 2[]

In 2018, after Deadpool blew himself up as he blamed himself for the death of Vanessa Carlysle, Colossus brought him to the X-Mansion to recover. While there, Deadpool began complaining that he never saw other X-Men around the mansion apart from Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead. While ranting, Deadpool was unaware that Professor X, Cyclops, Storm, Nightcrawler, Beast, and Quicksilver were in a room behind him. Beast quietly closed the door so that he did not notice them.


Westchester Incident[]

In 2028, Charles Xavier developed Alzheimer's and suffered a massive seizure that injured 600 people, and killed 7 mutants, including several members of the X-Men. Logan would take Charles to a place in Mexico near the Mexico-U.S. border. Logan would also ask for the assistance of Caliban to help care for Charles.

Logan[]

"Logan. You still have time."
―Charles Xavier[src]
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Charles Xavier in 2029.

By 2029, Xavier is one of the last mutants left on the planet. In his old age, he has developed a form of dementia not unlike Alzheimer's. It was particularly dangerous for Charles as he could no longer control his immense psychic powers. He began to have massive uncontrollable psychic seizures, one of these seizures took place while he was in the X-Mansion. It affected over 600 people in Westchester and resulted in countless injuries and the death of several members of the X-Men in what came to be known as the Westchester Incident.

Soon after Wolverine removed him from society, arranging for him to be cared for in an abandoned smelting factory so that his psychic episodes could not hurt anyone else. While there, Xavier began to sense a foreign mutant, who was later discovered to be Laura, Wolverine's daughter. After Transigen came after them, Wolverine, Xavier, and Laura went on the run, heading towards a supposed mutant paradise called Eden. While on the way Xavier endured another psychic seizure in a casino, nearly killing hundreds of people in the hotel and buildings around before he was sedated by Wolverine.

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Charles enjoying his stay with the Munson family.

While resting at a place, Laura is seen reading one of the X-Men comics, Charles Xavier is the leader of the X-Men alongside Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, Rogue, Colossus looking for a place called Eden. While resting at the home of a family they had assisted, Xavier began to remember the circumstances of his isolation, and how he had been the reason many of his students were paralyzed or dead. He believed himself unworthy of Wolverine's help, declaring this to X-24, whom he believed to be Wolverine. X-24 stabbed him through the chest, a wound which would prove fatal.

Wolverine buried him in an unmarked grave in a forest beside a lake.

Personality[]

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Xavier was not always so hopeful and heroic. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, the loss of Raven, his legs, his students and his friend Erik was too much for him, and he hid away from the world in the mansion. Xavier had lost hope and became addicted to Hank McCoy's serum that returned him his legs, refusing to let his powers return and overwhelm him. It took the combined efforts of Wolverine and the future Xavier to return him to his usual heroic personality by showing him all the good he will do, and all the suffering that could be prevented [1].

There are also moments when Xavier reveals a more manipulative aspect of himself, such as when he placed psychic blocks on Jean Grey's powers out of fear that she would be uncontrollable, or when he defies his own code of only using his powers on a willing subject, such as Mystique or Magneto. When controlling certain aspects of those around him he firmly believes that it is for their own good, refusing to acknowledge or listen to the consequences this can have, a trait which led to Jean destroying his original body and him and Mystique becoming estranged, the latter of which Charles solely blamed Erik for until their reunion in 1973 when he finally admitted what controlling her had done.

Unlike most mutants, Xavier does not hate humans, believing that mutants and humans can find a way to coexist, and he will not risk human lives any more than he would a mutant's. While preferring more diplomatic solutions, Xavier isn't afraid to be forceful, but only if it is the last resort.[2] In the revised timeline, his ability to condone violence to the sake of defending his students and other innocents is greatly increased after defeating Apocalypse, enough to impress and satisfy Erik, who saw him as naive and foolish for being so trusting of people in the past and not being truly willing to fight.

Xavier has deep and complex relationships with many of the main X-Men characters. Both he and Erik Lehnsherr have a very complicated history, fighting each other over several decades, and yet there is still an almost brotherly connection between them. The two have spent many hours playing chess together and debating mutant affairs. Xavier and Raven Darkholme also have a complicated relationship, with Raven being almost like a sister for Xavier, despite her troubled past [2]. Hank McCoy is Charles' greatest ally, as he refused to give up on him, even when Charles had given up on himself. Logan's angry and self-centered attitude contrasts with Charles, but the two worked together to unlock the secrets of the former's mind, and eventually, Logan grew to see Xavier as a mentor-like figure and became one of his most loyal X-Men.[1]

By 2029, Xavier had mostly lost his good nature. Having been hidden by Logan for numerous years in isolation, Charles spent his days randomly mumbling unless given his medication. When he had clarity, Charles was bitter, often swore and crazy. However, the last spark of his compassion was directed at Laura, who was Logan's genetic daughter; Xavier spent his last hours trying to help her escape from the Reavers and serving as a grandfather figure to Laura before enjoying time with the Munson family during his stay at their house. He also urged Logan to aid the Munsons' when their horses ran amuck and consciously used his powers for a final time to calm the horses, showing that his great mind was not completely gone yet.

Powers and Abilities[]

Powers[]

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Xavier reading Emma Frost's mind

  • Telepathy: As one of the most powerful telepaths in the world, Xavier had a wide array of telepathic powers. An example would be when Charles scans a person's brain and finds any information he needs, including memories. He used this power to help Logan unlock his memories, and in the 70's when he used this ability to search the mind of a woman, so he could see what flight Raven was going to take. Charles' telepathic abilities were so great that Apocalypse desired to possess his body, despite already having extremely powerful telepathic abilities. Thanks to having his powers greatly enhanced by Apocalypse, Charles' telepathy is now at the point where he can communicate with everyone across the whole world without the aid of Cerebro (which was destroyed by Havok under Charles' orders, as Apocalypse was trying to take control of Cerebro). He can also telepathically communicate with others (namely Moira MacTaggert, Erik Lehnsherr, and a young Cyclops) and even influence non-sentiments, such as animals, shown when he used his powers for the last time in 2029 when influencing a group of stray horses to return to their owners.
    • Cloaking: Rather than allowing light waves to pass through him, Charles could make himself invisible by a trick of the Mind. He used this to hide himself, Magneto, and all the assault troops while en route to the dacha of the Russian general without being detected while in the back of the caravan.
    • Mind Control: Charles was able to manipulate the minds of others to get them to do what he wants them to do. He does not like using this ability to make people do what he wants them to do all the time as he said when talking to Magneto while going to Jean Grey's house when she was a child.
    • Paralyzation: Charles could physically and mentally paralyze others, making it appear as if time has been stopped. If Charles transfers much of himself to possess and paralyze the body, he can feel pain and discomfort his target feels as if he was experiencing it himself, though without any harm coming to his real body. 
    • Mental Link: Charles had the ability to develop a mental link with any person which remains as a connection to that individual. This was shown when Jean Grey linked with him to communicate with the others in the X-Jet before perishing. Charles uses this power to project his mind into the future by linking the future Wolverine's mind and use them as a bridge to it where he is able to connect to and converse with his future self.[1]
    • Mnemokinesis: Charles could manipulate the memories individuals. Xavier can erase, restore, or even implant false memories into a person's mind. Also, aside from erasing memories, Charles has the ability to restore memories as well. The latter was demonstrated when he restored the memories of Moira MacTaggert, which he had initially erased, causing her to remember all the time she spent with him.
      • Amnesia Inducement: Charles had the ability to cause loss of particular memories and amnesia in another person or group of people. Here, he used this power while passionately kissing the beautiful Moira MacTaggert and makes her forget all the time that she spent with Xavier and the mutants[2]
    • Illusion Projection: Charles was able to generate realistic illusions. Charles could make himself and others invisible to others.[2] Professor X uses this power to convince Mystique to not kill Bolivar Trask.[1] His illusions took the form of himself, but able to stand. Any damages he had on his body would appear on his projection. His illusion based projection allowed him to perceive events from afar with only his projection being present.
    • Psychic Barrier Generation: Charles was able to put mental blocks in Jean Grey's mind so she couldn't unlock the Phoenix part of her personality.
    • Psychic Immunity: According to William Stryker, the mind control serum will have no effect on Xavier, as his resistance to other people's telepathy make it very difficult to control him. He can resist psychic attacks from others and protect his allies. It is likely Emma Frost could not telepathically attack Xavier or Erik as Xavier defended both their minds from her, though he did feel a slight sting from her when trying to read her mind.
"America's most wanted octogenarian."
"I'm a nonagenarian, actually."
―Donald Pierce and Professor X[src]
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Professor X at age 60

  • Longevity: Professor X lived a very long life, and he was very youthful as he did not visibly age between 1962 and 1992, along with Magneto, Mystique, Beast, and Havok.

Abilities[]

"To homo neanderthalensis, his mutant cousin, homo sapiens, was an aberration. Peaceful cohabitation, if ever it existed, was short-lived. Records show, without exception, that the arrival of the mutated human species in any region was followed by the immediate extinction of their less-evolved kin."
―Charles Xavier's Thesis[src]
  • Genius-Level Intellect: A natural genius, Xavier graduated from the prestigious Oxford University as a leading authority on genetics, mutation, and psionics. He also possesses considerable expertise in other life sciences. He is highly talented in devising equipment for utilizing and enhancing psionic powers. Xavier is also quite the masterful tactician and strategist, effectively evaluating situations and devising swift responses.
    • Master Scientist: As a professor of genetics, Xavier was an expert on mutation. When he expressed his belief that the advent of the nuclear age may have accelerated the mutation process, the Man in Black recruited him to help investigate the application of paranormal powers in military defense and stop Sebastian Shaw.
    • Multilingualism: Xavier has shown to be fluent in many languages. He was shown to be able to speak Russian.[2] During his speech to the whole world, he was able to speak several different native languages to respective countries, including Russian and Swahili.[3] He was able to speak Spanish to Laura.[4] However, this could be a result of his psychic abilities and he translates his voice inside people's heads so people who speak different languages could understand him.

Relationships[]

Family[]

Allies[]

Enemies[]

Trivia[]

  • Professor X and Wolverine are the only characters to have had memories of the original timeline. Wolverine retained his as a result of having his consciousness projected back in time, while Professor X used his telepathy in 1973 to read Wolverine's mind.
  • William Stryker stated that Professor X was the world's most powerful psychic in X-Men: Apocalypse. In that same movie, Professor X himself noted that Jean Grey had the most powerful mind he ever encountered.

Behind the Scenes[]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Days of Future Past
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 X-Men: First Class (2011). Matthew Vaughn (director) & Ashley Edward Miller, Zack Stentz, Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn (writers). 20th Century Fox
  3. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named XMA
  4. ↑ Logan (2017). James Mangold (director) & Scott Frank, James Mangold, Michael Green (writers). 20th Century Fox.

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