Cerebra's Files
Creed, Graydon
Affiliation: None (Creed '96 campaign)
Previous Affiliations: Upstarts, Friends
of Humanity
Status: Deceased (Mystique)
Relatives: Victor (Sabretooth, father), Raven Darkholme (Mystique, mother), Kurt Wagner (Nightcrawler, half-brother)
Alternate-X Versions: None
Codename Etymology: Pronounced krēd, grā-dŭn' [Last Name from crēdō: "I believe", Tribune: pronounced 'tri-"by&255;n from Middle English, from Latin tribunus, from tribus tribe]. Creed: A belief. Tribune: a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates, an unofficial defender of the rights of the individual.
Powers & History: None (human). Creed hated mutants and founded the F.O.H. to harrass them and to be a grass-roots party for political purposes. He was also a member of the Upstarts, participating in their scheme to achieve power by killing mutants for points. As Tribune, Creed hired assassins to kill his mother, and had his father captured and implanted with a bomb. When Sabretooth got the bomb removed and came after "Tribune," Graydon revealed himself and then shot Birdy who had been using her powers to keep Sabretooth's rage in check. He hoped to torture his father that way. Creed then ran for President on an anti-mutant platform but was assassinated on the eve of the election. The assassin was actually his own mother, Mystique, though her mind was switched with that of a future self when she pulled the trigger. Creed's death brought about the swift mobilization of Operation: Zero Tolerance and its Prime Sentinels.
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