Psylocke is Betsy Braddock. She is a mutant.Elisabeth Betsy Braddock was born in and raised in England. Born in the small town of Maldon, Essex, Betsy and her brothers had a very privileged life.She was later kidnapped by the other-dimensional television producer Mojo and his henchwoman, the six-armed, cyborg sorceress Spiral, and implanted with bionic eyes. Giving her the name Psylocke , Mojo made her the star of the Wildways TV program.Sabretooth invaded the mansion while the X-Men were away. Psylocke held her own against the deadly Sabretooth, keeping one step ahead of him until Storm and Wolverine arrived and kept Sabretooth locked in single combat. Psylocke took advantage of Sabretooth's distraction to read his mind and learn about Mister Sinister.Jean Grey re-trained Betsy in the use of her telepathic powers. She also began a relationship with Warren Worthington III, the Angel.Psylocke possesses the power of telepathy. She can read and project thoughts over long distances; control minds; project mental illusions; generate psi-bolts that could stun, injure, or kill others. She can also project her astral self, and the astral bodies of other people, into the astral plane. She can scan entire towns with her mind, and leaf through the psyches of the inhabitants of a city to learn of their condition or intentions. She can also probe individuals to check up on their status.After her physical transformation into an Asian ninja she gained highly developed fighting skills in addition to her telepathy. The most common usage of her powers is the manifestation of a psychic knife, described as the focused totality of her psychic powers, which she often used to disrupt the neurons of her foes by driving the glowing blade of psionic energy into their heads. She chooses to fight up-close most of the time, using her martial arts skills, although she can still utilize distanced telepathic assaults.She also has the ability to teleport herself and others using areas of shadow as gateways. The teleportation can cover huge distances; on one occasion she transported the X-Men from America to Africa in a few seconds. She can also teleport through the shadows of other dimensions.Psylocke has been classified as a master martial artist, though the specific fighting arts she has mastered have never been revealed.As a telepath, Psylocke can take advantage of her powers in a fight by reading her opponents' movements seconds before they made them giving her the opportunity to counter-attack faster. She can also use her telepathy to mask her presence from other people, humans and superhumans alike, e.g. from Wolverine's super-enhanced senses, or from Jean Grey's telepathy. Show less «