Real name: Johnathan Knight
Occupation: Freelance Photographer/Photojournalist
Identity: Publicly known
Legal status: Citizen of the United States with no criminal record
Other aliases: None used on a regular basis
Place of birth: Morrisville, Missouri
Marital status: Single
Known relatives: Thomas Knight (father, possibly deceased),
Helen Knight (mother)
Group affiliation: None
Base of operations: New York City
First appearance: September, 2000
History:
Johnathan grew up in a small town in Missouri, leading a relatively normal, all-american childhood. He even played little league. His family moved to Iowa when he was 11, and John's father gave him a gift to help ease the sadness of leaving behind all his friends. The gift was a black and white camera. The camera wasn't the best, but it sparked John's interest in the hobby which would become his profession. As he grew up he became more and more proficient, and even learned how to develop the pictures he took by himself.
John's teen years were marked with fights; fights between his parents, and fights between him and one or both of his parents. Shortly after he turned 18, he ran off to Chicago with a high school sweetheart, Laura. No more than a month after that, John's mother called, telling him his father had left her, vanishing one night with not a word as to where he was going or how to get in touch with him. John still hasn't seen or heard from his father in the twenty-odd years since.
John went to college and eventually got a job taking pictures for a newspaper, and slowly moved up the ranks. It wasn't long before he started to volunteer to take dangerous assignments, going right into warzones or the criminal to get a photograph and a story. It caused some friction between him and Laura, with him being away and in danger, and they broke up over it several times, but always got back together. One time before going on an assignment in the Persian Gulf, John finally proposed, promising that when he got back and they got married, he'd take on less dangerous assignments. Knowing he couldn't keep it, she refused the promise but accepted the proposal anyway. Unfortunately, upon returning from his trip John was shocked to learn Laura had been killed in a random robbery.
He quit his job after that and spent some time to himself, moving around through the country on some savings he had. Eventually, though he convinced himself that Laura wouldn't have wanted him to give up his passion because of her death, and he went back to it, in a freelance capacity.
Recently he has come to New York to give a few guest lectures at Columbia University's Journalism program. He stayed in the city upon hearing of the Symposium, knowing that, if true, the revelation of mutants means this could be one of the most dramatic periods in history.
Height: 5'11" Weight: 175 lbs.
Eyes: Blue Hair: Sandy blond
Unusual physical characteristics: None
Strength level: Johnathan possesses the normal human strength
of a man his age, height, and build, who engages in moderate regular
exercise.
Known superhuman powers: None.
Other abilities: Johnathan is a skilled photographer, and
also knows how to develop film by himself. Some of his photographs
have been contenders for the Pulitzer, though none have won yet, and
some have been in art galleries.
Weapons and paraphernalia: None
Other notes: Yes, Johnathan was heavily inspired by the
lead in a certain short-lived TV series.