Contents 1 HistoryEdit 1.1 Origin 1.2 Xavier's Institute 1.3 M-Day and Quest For Magik 1.4 Blinded by the Light 1.5 Young X-Men 1.6 Utopia 1.7 Necrosha 1.8 Age of X 1.9 Regenesis 2 Powers and AbilitiesEdit 2.1 Powers 2.2 Abilities 2.3 Strength level 2.4 Weaknesses 3 NotesEdit 4 TriviaEdit 5 LinksEdit 5.1 Discover and Discuss 5.2 Footnotes

HistoryEdit

Origin

Ruth Aldine was born a mutant with no eyes or open eye sockets. As an infant, Ruth's mother died protecting her from her brother.^[1] Ruth was found with her mother's corpse in their home.^[2] After this tragedy, Ruth was raised by her aunt in Prospect Plains, New Jersey.^[3]

Xavier's Institute

After the Xavier Institute went public, Ruth was enrolled,^[4] and when the training squad system began, Ruth was placed with Shadowcat's Paladins Squad with Armor and Wing, and codenamed Blindfold.^[5][6]

Blindfold remained fairly isolated from other students due to her strange mannerisms, odd speech pattern and her tendency to read others minds without permission.^[5] One exception was another isolated mutant, Cipher. With the power of turning herself completely inaudible and invisible, even to telepaths, Cipher was assigned to reconnaissance within the X-Mansion, but secretly befriended Blindfold.^[7]

When the Danger Room's escaped, the Stepford Cuckoos brought Blindfold to Emma Frost and the rest of the X-Men to warn them.^[6]

When Emma Frost's subconscious was attacking the Institute, Blindfold, Cipher and Armor were cornered in the girl's lavatory by a mentally pre-adolescent Wolverine and a feral Beast. Armor was able to physically subdue Beast, but he later escaped into the grounds.^[8] Armor passed out from exhaustion, and Blindfold took her to the infirmary.^[9] Blindfold next retrieved Beast ball of yarn and tracked him down in the grounds to restore his normal brain function.^[10]

Concurrently, the Institute was under attack from Ord, Danger, and Cassandra Nova. The battle was preempted by the arrival S.W.O.R.D., who compulsorily took the X-Men to Breakworld. After their departure, Blindfold predicted one of them would not return.^[10]

M-Day and Quest For Magik

In the wake of M-Day, only 27 students (including Ruth) retained their mutant powers.^[11][12] Although Ruth remained at the school, she was excluded from trying out for the New X-Men.^[13]

During an evening of storytelling, Blindfold relayed the history of Illyana Rasputin to her fellow classmates. She explained how the demon lord Belasco reclaimed the realm of Limbo by defeating it's Amanda Sefton, stole the Soulsword, cast her out of Limbo, and began searching for a way to bring back Illyana Rasputin from the dead. After completing her tale, Blindfold and the other students were themselves attacked by demons and sucked into Limbo by Belasco.^[14] She continued to assist the students with advice throughout their time in Limbo. She survived the final battle and was returned to the mansion with the rest of the students.^[15]

Blinded by the Light

When the the Marauders and Acolytes under Mr. Sinister orders began attacking psychics, precogs, and those with direct knowledge of the future, Blindfold set her own plan in action. Blindfold sought out Elixir, and, grabbing both his dark hand and golden hand, she sent herself into a stasis so deep she appeared dead. Immediately after, the Institute was attacked by Exodus and his Acolytes who upon finding Blindfold believed her to be dead. With the the help of the New X-Men, Shadowcat operated on and revived Blindfold, who upon awaking pronounced further cryptic predictions about the X-Men's situation.^[16]

During her recovery Blindfold She claimed that "Julian," "Megan," and "Mr. Wagner" would be hurt in some way in the coming conflict. Additionally, she mention another would be injured, but implied this individual would not be in the infirmary.^[17]

Young X-Men

After destruction of the Xavier Institute,^[18] and the near-death of Professor Xavier^[19], Blindfold returned to her aunt's home in Prospect Plains, New Jersey.^[3]

Shortly after, Blindfold began having prophetic visions of herself and a group of "Young X-Men". Blindfold next contacted Rockslide and was subsequently recruited^[3] by Donald Pierce impersonating Cyclops.^[20]

During their first mission to attack the New Mutants and Hellfire Club, Dust nearly died, Blindfold was captured, Ink was revealed to be a traitor, "Cyclops" was unmasked as Pierce, and Wolf Cub was killed.^[21]

Following their first mission, the Young X-Men were relocated from the Danger Cave in Westchester to Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, and Blindfold was removed from the active roaster.^[22]

Utopia

Blindfold was among the mutants to relocate to Utopia after Norman Osborn's attacks.^[23]

Blindfold was among a group of young female X-Men pulled into an interdimensional fugue by Demons in an effort to obtain Pixie's Souldagger. Rockslide and Anole were able to pull Blindofold out of the haze and inform Emma Frost, who was able to assemble a small group of X-Men to rescue the rest of the girls.^[24]

Necrosha

When Selene and Eli Bard began resurrecting dead mutants with the Techno-Organic Virus, Destiny was one of the first to rise. She was able to escape captivity on Genosha and telepathically reached out to Rogue, but instead mistakenly contacted Blindfold.^[25]

Blindfold alerted Cyclops of Destiny's message and distress called on Muir Island. Cyclops dispatch a small group of X-Men Muir Island to investigate. There Blindfold became possessed by Proteus. After a harrowing battle, Proteus was excised, and both Rogue and Blindfold were able to share personal conversions with Destiny. It was here that Blindfold learned Destiny is probably her great-grandmother and that her mother died protecting her from her brother.^[26]

Once Selene was defeated, Blindfold accompanied Emma Frost, Doctor Strange and a small group of X-Men to located Blink.^[27]

Age of X

Not long after Emplate's attack on Utopia,^[28][29] Blindfold alerted of Rogue visions of a mysterious entity or force that wanted to change everything. With help from Madison Jeffries, Rogue found an interdimensional squid-spider-monster invisibly attacking several mutants. However, this was not the threat Blindfold had foreseen.^[30] Shortly after, Legion transformed Utopia into Fortress X.^[31]

Along with other telepathic mutants, Blindfold was imprisoned in X-Brig within the bowels of Fortress X. However, Blindfold alone remained unaffected by Moira/X's reality warp and retained her true memories and personality.^[32]

Regenesis

After Rogue, Magneto and Gambit returned from space with the Starjammers, Rogue became aware of a presence that had attached itself to all of the travels. To detect the entity, Dr. Nemesis suggested employing Blindfold's aid. Blindfold was able to see a door in the Blade of the Phoenix, a female and fiery death. Later Rogue was able to activate the portal and find Ariel.^[33]

Blindfold decide to return to Westchester with Wolverine.^[34]Rockslide used Blindfold's decision as proof that relocating back to New York was the right decision.^[35]

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Powers

Blindfold is a mutant with psychically based powers. The full extent of her abilities is unknown, but her powers include:

• Telepathy: Able to read minds and dreams. She has not demonstrated the ability to send her thoughts to others. She is currently learning the art of Astral Projection, she seems to be at the adept level.^[5]
  • Precognitive: She is able to see events destined to occur and experience precognitive visions. These vision seem to often appear as dreams.^[3][2]
  • Retrocognitive: She is able to see events of the past.^[14]
  • Clairvoyant: Able to see far off places or events as well as present events and her surroundings.^[36]
  • Astral Projection: She can project her astral form from her body onto Astral Plane or the physical plane. In the physical plane she can travel in astral form over vast distances. In the astral plane, she can mentally create psionic objects and manipulate the aspects of her environment. She can communicate with others astrally through her own will, or through contact with the thoughts and memories of others.
  • Telepathic Immunity: Emma Frost said that Blindfold's mind is in too much flux to for her to read. This does not necessarily mean that Blindfold would be immune to telepathic assaults or other telepathic abilities that only require the telepath to broadcast their power at the target's mind, only that her mind cannot be read telepathically.^[17][33] This would likely mean that she is also immune to telepathic control or possession.

• Eye-less: Blindfold has no eyes or even open eye sockets. There are indents of skin where her eyes would be. As such, Blindfold is physically blind and cannot cry.

• Reality Warp Immunity: Blindfold was immune to Legion's reality warp, retaining her true memories and personality during the Age of X.^[37] Blindfold also exhibited some immunity to Saturnine's interdimensional fugue.^[24]

Power Grid [38]
Intelligence	2
Strength	2
Speed	2
Durability	2
Energy Projection	6
Fighting Skills	2

Abilities

Skilled Combatant

Strength level

• Normal Human

  Weaknesses

• Blindfold is physically blind. Her eye sockets completely covered over in flesh. Because of this, she cannot cry.
  

NotesEdit

• Blindfold has unique and unusual speech patterns and mannerisms. She often overuses certain words such as "please", "thank you", "you're welcome", "pardon", "yes" and "no" in her sentences.
  

TriviaEdit

• While a member of the Young X-Men, Blindfold roomed with Dust in the Danger Cave.
• During Pixie Strikes Back, Ruth was apart of the popular crowd; one of her secret desires.^[24]
• A few students, like Rockslide and Cipher, seem to be close to Blindfold.^[3] However, most students, including Trance, seem standoffish due to Blindfold's mysterious nature and her tendency to read others minds without permission.^[2][5]

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Footnotes

1. ↑ X-Men: Legacy #233
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} X-Men: Legacy #231
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Young X-Men #1
4. ↑ New X-Men #117
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Astonishing X-Men Vol 3 #4
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Astonishing X-Men Vol 3 #7- #8
7. ↑ Young X-Men #10
8. ↑ Astonishing X-Men Vol 3 #15
9. ↑ Astonishing X-Men Vol 3 #16
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Astonishing X-Men Vol 3 #18
11. ↑ House of M The Day After #1
12. ↑ New X-Men Vol 2 #20
13. ↑ New X-Men Vol 2 #23
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} New X-Men Vol 2 #37
15. ↑ New X-Men Vol 2 #38- #41
16. ↑ X-Men Vol 2 #201- #203
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1} X-Men Vol 2 #204
18. ↑ Uncanny X-Men #493
19. ↑ X-Men Vol 2 #207
20. ↑ Young X-Men #4
21. ↑ Young X-Men #1- #5
22. ↑ Young X-Men #6
23. ↑ Dark Avengers / Uncanny X-Men: Exodus #1
24. ↑ ^{24.0 24.1 24.2} X-Men: Pixie Strikes Back #1- #2
25. ↑ X-Necrosha #1
26. ↑ X-Men: Legacy #231- #233
27. ↑ X-Men: To Serve and Protect #3
28. ↑ X-Men: Legacy Annual #1
29. ↑ X-Men: Legacy #228-230
30. ↑ X-Men: Legacy #244
31. ↑ Age of X: Alpha #1
32. ↑ New Mutants #22
33. ↑ ^{33.0 33.1} X-Men: Legacy #259
34. ↑ X-Men: Schism #5
35. ↑ X-Men: Regenesis #1
36. ↑ X-Men Vol 2 #203
37. ↑ New Mutants Vol 3 #22
38. ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Update #3