Nathaniel Grey (Earth-2098)

Shaman
Name	Nathaniel "Nate" Grey
Current Alias	Shaman
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	his Tribe
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Brown, Grey-haired streak
Unusual Features	X-Gene insignia branded on his chest.
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Mutant
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-2098
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Occupation	Shaman
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Steven Grant, Ariel Olivetti
First	X-Man #68 (August, 2000)
First	X-Man #68 (August, 2000)
Death	X-Man #70 (October, 2000)
Death	X-Man #70 (October, 2000)

 They were all defective. As I am. I'm insane, you see. My grasp of reality is nebulous. You're the first truly functional Nate Grey I've seen. 

—Shaman

History

Nate Grey came to the Earth-998 from his native reality, Earth-2098, which was sacrificed to restore Earth-998. The Red Queen wanted to use him as a ultimate weapon, but he was dangerously unstable, so she gave him a genetic insignia, to stabilize his powers. In the process of experimentation, his mind was damaged and he going mad. The Queen seemingly slew him, but he secretly survived and escaped.

Becoming a Shaman, he built a hidden village where his "tribe", the people who fought with the Queen, could live. At some point, his tribe had stolen and preserved the body of Forge, Queen's best maker.

Eight years later, when Nate Grey from Earth-295 came to Earth-998, Shaman helped him escape from the Red Queen. He told X-Man that the Queen tried to use his powers, but failed, and began traveling to different realities, in search of the perfect weapon, a "working Nate Grey". But in all realities she found only a "defective" Nates, until she met X-Man.

Together both Nates went to a hidden village. X-Man, under the guidance of the Shaman, used his powers to talk with Forge, who told them the truth about the Queen Maddie. Immediately thereafter, the village was attacked by Mr. Scratch and the Black Knights. Scratch destroyed Forge's body, paralyzed X-Man, and almost strangled Shaman while the Knights killed all the villagers. Shaman used his powers to stabilize X-Man's power, gave him his X-Gene insignia and send him home to Earth-616.

Thinking it was Nate Grey from Earth-295, Scratch captured Shaman and took him to the Red Queen. The Queen realized that it was fake, defective Nate, and then killed him.

Attributes

Powers

• Telepathy
• Telekinesis
  • Flight
  • Force Field

See Also

• 3 appearance(s) of Nathaniel Grey (Earth-2098)
• 2 mention(s) of Nathaniel Grey (Earth-2098)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Nathaniel Grey (Earth-2098)
• 3 image(s) of Nathaniel Grey (Earth-2098)
• 2 quotation(s) by or about Nathaniel Grey (Earth-2098)

Links and References

• Nathaniel Grey on Marvel.com