Manuel de la Rocha (Earth-616)
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Empath was the son of an impoverished noble Castillian who could trace their lineage back to the ancient Romans. Hailing from Spain, Manuel de la Rocha was a mutant who attended school at the Massachusetts Academy, where he was one of the original students of then villain, the White Queen. Frost's students, who were known as the Hellions, were rivals of Charles Xavier's students, the New Mutants. De la Rocha was one of the few Hellions, along with James Proudstar, Amara Magma Aquilla, and Angelica Jones to survive an attack by time-traveling villain Trevor Fitzroy (although Empath's former teammate, Tarot would eventually be resurrected).
During his tenure with the Hellions, de la Rocha met and fell in love with the New Mutant known as Magma (Amara Aquilla). Amara Aquilla eventually left her team and became a member of the Hellions, so that she could be close to Manuel de la Rocha, and de la Rocha even accompanied her back to her home in Nova Roma. During the flight there was a bad storm and the plane crashed in a swamp.
Amara and Empath found themselves being drawn closer together during their trek through the wilderness, without Empath even having to use his powers. Amara was wounded while saving Empath from a jaguar. He soon realized that Amara hoped that they would not be found by her father, because of the marriage plans her father had in store for her. Empath, knowing her wound was getting infected, used his powers to upset her so that she caused an earth tremor and raised a small volcano. A few days later, they were found by her father, who had located them due to her earth tremors.
Soon after, while Amara and Empath were still in Nova Roma, Amara was captured by agents of the criminal geneticist High Evolutionary.The agents teleported them to a secret base, planning to remove Amara's powers permanently. The New Mutants teleported to the base before Magneto and the others, hoping to rescue Amara and Empath themselves. They arrived in time to rescue Amara before her powers were taken from her, and they then defeated the High Evolutionary's agents.
Later, Empath joined X-Corporation, where he became the Communications Director for the Corporation's Los Angeles chapter. Now that X-Corporation no longer exists it is unknown what Empath will do.
Empath was one of a handful of mutants who retained their mutant abilities in the wake of M-Day.
Empath is currently working for Hellfire Cult under the leadership of the Red Queen in San Francisco, ordering cult members to "save the human race" by attacked any powered and depowered mutants in the city. Using his powers, he easily manipulates members to his whim under Red Queen's ordersPowers and Abilities
Powers
Empathy: telepathically senses the emotions of people around him. He cannot control feelings that do not exist in the target. His eyes usually glow when he utilizes these powers. He is bombarded by the emotions of people around him, and that he must fasten on a single, strong emotion to protect himself from being overwhelmed.
Emotion Control: ability to control one emotion at a time, but can affect many targets in the same area simultaneously.Strength level
He possesses normal human strength of a man of his age, height, and build who engages in moderate regular exercise.
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