BIRDY
Created By: Scott Lobdell & Jim Lee
First Appearance: X-Men #6 (March 1992)
Role: Background Character
Group Affiliations: Sabretooth's Employ
PL 8 (85)
STRENGTH 1
STAMINA 2
AGILITY 2
FIGHTING 4
DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 1
AWARENESS 2
PRESENCE 2
Skills:
Athletics 2 (+3)
Expertise (Criminal) 3 (+4)
Vehicles 3 (+5)
Advantages:
Equipment 4 (BFG- Blast 7- Multiattack), Ranged Attack 6
Powers:
"Mutant Powers: Telepathy"
"Calming Influence" Affliction 8 (Will; Entranced/Compelled/Controlled) (Extras: Perception-Range +2, Cumulative) (Flaws: Limited to Creating Passiveness & Calm) [24]
Mind-Reading 8 (Flaws: Limited to Emotions) [8]
Offense:
Unarmed +4 (+1 Damage, DC 16)
Calming -- (+8 Perception-Ranged Affliction, DC 18)
BFG +8 (+7 Ranged Damage, DC 22)
Initiative +2
Defenses:
Dodge +5 (DC 15), Parry +5 (DC 15), Toughness +2, Fortitude +3, Will +4
Complications:
Motivation (Greed)- I guess... it's not really established why she hung with Creed.
Total: Abilities: 32 / Skills: 8--4 / Advantages: 10 / Powers: 32 / Defenses: 7 (85)
-A forgettable, forgotten do-nothing character, Birdy was just some sexy chick who hung around with Sabretooth, and I would bet you anything that she was created solely as a Sketchpad Character for Jim Lee to add to the PILE of characters in the
Omega Red arc of his run on
X-Men. She acts as Creed's sidekick for a while (it turns out she's using her powers to stem his psychopathic tendencies, which is what allows him to be the kind of cigarette-smoking, well-dressed villain Lee liked to draw), but eventually tried to leave, fearing him. Sabretooth killed the hit squad, and uncovered the person behind them- his own son, Graydon Creed. Just to spite his father, Graydon shot and killed Birdy. Just WHY you would kill the only person keeping your murderous father from exploding with rage, particularly against the person who JUST KILLED HIS SIDEKICK, is beyond me.
-This leads to a small arc for Sabretooth, as he had grown dependent on Birdy's giving him "The Glow" to restrain his violent impulses, and required other telepathic sustenance. This lead him to the X-Mansion, of course.
-To most people, though, she's that "Who the f*ck is that?" character that pops up in one of Sabretooth's Victory Poses in
X-Men vs. Street Fighter. Her time in comics was so ridiculously short, and the character so unimportant, that it's kind of bizarre she got a video game appearance at all.
-Birdy is a low-end Telepath, but very little else is known of her or her accomplishments.