Prodigy

David Alleyne was an incredibly intelligent teenager from Chicago, taking college-level courses before finishing high school. After realizing his intelligence was mutant-enhanced, he was recruited by Mirage and joined the Xavier Institute as Prodigy in the New Mutants training squad with Surge, Elixir, Wind Dancer, Wallflower, and Wither. He co-led the team with Wind Dancer after declining sole leadership. Depowered during M-Day, he remained active at the Institute, aiding against Purifiers and Nimrod using his natural smarts, earning a spot with the New X-Men from Cyclops. Now residing on Krakoa, resurrected by The Five with his mutation restored and upgraded to retain absorbed knowledge permanently, though his death’s cause is mysterious. He serves on the X-Factor team led by Northstar.

Strength

• Bloodies Hellion through his telekinetic aura, dropping him to his knees with a series of strikes (source) ([R.M])
• Catches and grasps one of Elixir’s strikes (source)
• Holds his ground against Wind Dancer’s wind-burst (source)

Speed

• Dodges a punch from Rockslide (source)
• Claims Rockslide has never been able to tag him (source)
• Casually dodges attacks from an enraged Elixir, even catching one of his strikes (source)
• Catches a gauntlet-strike from Surge (source) ([R.M])
• Moves Wind Dancer out of the way of Surge’s electricity-outburst (source)
• Helps the Stepford Cuckoos dodge Purifier gunfire, but gets tagged in the process (source) ([D])
• Gets through Iron Man’s network of sophisticated range-motion sensor beams (source) ([R.M])

Durability

• Tanks a punch from Elixir (source)
• Fine after being telekinetically slammed into the ceiling by Hellion (source) ([R.M])
• Takes a gunshot to the leg and carries on moving (source) ([D])

Skill

• Completely schools a Purity black-belt with his own combat-style (source)
• Humiliates Wolverine in a seminar with his own skill (source)
• Defends himself against skilled martial-artist robots in the Danger Room without using his powers (source)
• Intercepts Surge’s gauntlet-strike, proceeding to pin her arm behind her back (source) ([R.M])
• Humiliates Hellion through his telekinetic aura, deploying Israeli Special Forces training learnt from Kitty Pryde and Wolverine (source) ([R.M])
• Fights off a Skrull ambush alongside Speed and Hulking (source) ([K.R])
• Has decades of X-Men experience at his disposal (source) ([R.M])
• Passes through Iron Man’s obstacle course, including hunter-killer drones, sophisticated range-motion sensor beam network, and vibranium-reinforced stopwalls (source) ([R.M])

Intelligence

• Took extra summer-classes at Harvard even prior to starting there (source)
• Worked out that Blindfold was in deep-stasis rather than dead, through her final words, mannerisms, interactions, and understanding of her perspective, despite Kitty Pryde presuming her dead (source) ([D])
• Single-handedly replaced the teaching-roles of the X-Mansion’s senior-staff while they were away (source) ([R.M])
• Attempts to help a ninja take on Elektra, to no avail (source) ([R.M])
• Orders breakfast correctly for the Young Avengers, even differentiating what Loki would have ordered versus what he actually wanted (source) ([R.M])
• Identifies that Loki is guilty weeks before revealed, manipulating Wiccan into loaning his powers (source) ([R.M])
• Uses a magic word to free Hulking from Mother, tricking her inside her own dimension (source) ([R.M])
• The Hood claims he’s the smartest man alive, smarter than even Mr. Fantastic (source) ([R.M])
• Displays the X-Men’s knowledge of S.H.I.E.L.D. and their practices (source) ([R.M])
• Identifies that The Hood was going to betray him (source) ([R.M])
• Tricks Hulkling and Noh-Varr into believing he’d lost all access to the Watcher’s Secrets, storing countless terabytes of random data in his own memory that only he can read (source) ([R.M])
• Identifies damage left behind by Surge’s electricity-discharges (source)
• Convinces Beast to let Surge wake up a critically-injured Elixir (source)
• Designed and built the Danger Cave using combined knowledge of Kitty Pryde and Beast: a three-dimensional light projecting self-adapting training simulator allowing users to relive hundreds of X-Men missions (source)
• Fully repairs a system-fried Cerebro by himself (source) ([R.M])
• Along with Beast, consulted on the sphere placed around Utopia during Second Coming (source) ([R.M])
• Helps someone seemingly defuse a Skrull explosive (source) ([R.M])
• Theorizes that the Patriot entity may be a future version of himself who sacrificed his humanity to travel into the past, unite the Young Avengers, and lead them across the Multiverse (source) ([R.M])
• Hacks a shuttle on Noh-Varr’s space-station to pick up himself and Hulking, then return them to the station (source) ([R.M])
• Builds an entry-level Cerebro for The Hood in around 5 minutes using scavenged hardware and stolen S.H.I.E.L.D. tech (source) ([R.M])
• Uses a one-time pad to encrypt The Hood’s data and trick his hardware, clouding secrets with almost infinite incorrect ones (source) ([R.M])
• Created a prototype time-machine called the Wayback (source) ([R.M])
• Acted as co-designer and engineering support for Team Krakoa at the International Science Race Expo (source) ([K.R])
• Uses ‘multiverse experience’ to code a search engine that data mines cross-dimensionally, identifying brand logos from Mojoworld (source) ([K.R])
• Aimed to start a forensic body-farm program to study varying rates of mutant decomposition (source) ([K.R])
• Quickly calculates the statistical probability of a Cerebro backup being taken at the precise moment of death (source) ([K.R])
• Formulates a plan for his classmates in the middle of an X-Men training simulation (source)
• Was initially chosen by Mirage to lead the New Mutants (source)
• Forms a strategy for the New Mutants to find a way into the maze during Field Day (source)
• Cyclops claims his ability renders him the smartest man on any battlefield (source)
• Asked by Hellion to lead students against Blob, forming a plan to take him down with their help (source)
• Deduces the return of Nimrod based on recent events, despite Cyclops saying he was wrong (source) ([D])
• Works out and executes a plan to escape the X-Mansion in a stolen Blackbird while evading Sentinels (source) ([D])
• Maps out a method to beat Nimrod, assisted by prompts from Forge (source) ([D])
• Identifies that telepaths pose a threat to Belasco (source) ([D])
• Uses geometrical constructs to calculate the trajectories of the Young Avengers (source) ([R.M])
• Figures that the Patriot entity wasn’t fleeing the Young Avengers but playing with them (source) ([R.M])
• Works out how The Hood’s invisibility works (source) ([R.M])
• Reverse engineers Aurora’s digital trail to find the hotel she stayed in the week prior (source) ([K.R])
• With powers amplified by the Dark Room, coordinates against N’Jadaka’s invasion of Wakanda, telepathically commanding dozens of superheroes (source) ([K.R])

Psychomimetry

• Picked up his dad’s eggs-Benedict recipe without ever being taught (source)
• Gained basic understanding of Thomas Szasz’ theories from his professor (source)
• Absorbs the combat skill of a Purity black-belt (source)
• Takes Wolverine’s combat skill (source)
• Picks up Surge’s knowledge of Japanese without knowing her location (source)
• Dodges Surge’s electricity-outburst by learning the attack’s direction (source)
• Learns the location of Cyclops’ faculty keycard (source)
• Picks up collective basketball skill of classmates, learning their movements to anticipate them (source)
• Takes in host of F.B.I. procedures from nearby agents (source)
• Possesses Beast’s knowledge of science (source) ([R.M])
• Knows what Wolverine knows about where limbs snap (source) ([R.M])
• Is a ‘black belt’ in psychic-warfare but unable to use the knowledge (source) ([R.M])
• Possesses Dr. Strange’s knowledge of magic but unable to use it (source) ([R.M])
• Holds the knowledge and skills of Professor X (source) ([R.M])
• Seemingly holds knowledge around Emil Routh, David Williams, and Oscar Newsom (source) ([R.M])
• Holds the knowledge of Eye Boy (source) ([K.R])
• Absorbs the intelligence of Dr. Cecilia Reyes (source) ([K.R])
• Takes in the knowledge of Siryn, Rachel Summers, and Daken (source) ([K.R])
• His ability in his own words (source)
• Knows how all the X-Men like to wipe themselves, as well as how Cyclops and Emma Frost like to kiss each other (source)
• Picked up everything but powers, from skills and talents to even attraction (source) ([R.M])
• Has other people’s memories going back decades (source) ([R.M])
• Mutation less effective in Mojoworld (source) ([K.R])
• Able to pick up knowledge of those within ten feet, give or take (source) ([K.R])

Gear

• Tactical-Goggles work on and read Danger Room constructs (source)
• Tactical-Goggles analyze Blob’s anatomy and give rundown on his mutation (source)
• Tactical-Goggles allow viewing encrypted data stream behind JPEG-image and embedded JPEG metadata on hidden layer (source)

Miscellaneous

• Better a genetic-freak than just a freak (source)
• Craps all over Wolverine’s attempt at establishing credentials (source)
• Originally wanted to go to college instead of becoming an X-Man (source)
• Isn’t one to tolerate racism, whether due to being black or a mutant (source)
• After rejecting leadership in Moonstar’s New Mutants, compromises with Wind Dancer to be joint-leader (source)
• Possesses mental-block stopping retention of absorbed knowledge; Emma Frost says it’s a defense mechanism, deterred from removal after seeing implications via Moonstar and Emma’s powers (source)
• Was romantically involved with Surge for a period (source)
• Voted most likely to succeed in Xavier’s Yearbook (source)
• Lost his X-Gene during M-Day (source)
• Red-flagged by ONE along with classmates after engaging Nimrod (source)
• Had eyesight healed by Elixir (source)
• Offered restoration of previously acquired skills and knowledge by Stepford Cuckoos upon leaving X-Mansion, which he accepted (source)
• Recalling time at Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters (source)
• Sided with Utopian mutants, heading their Youth Division (source)
• Believes he and classmates were used and exploited by X-Men (source)
• According to Loki, sworn enemy of all that is fun (source)
• Has never been good at irrationality (source)
• Assuming soon to die, kisses Hulking, coming out as bisexual; admits absorbing even attraction when memories restored (source)
• Into good guys (source)
• Finalist candidate for Head of Security at Stark Industries (source)
• Currently part of X-Factor (source)
• Daken’s interpretation of his mutation (source)
• Has a nice voice according to Eye Boy (source)
• Presently dating Speed (KR explanation) (source)