Bamfing at the Carnival

Born in Bavaria to the blue-skinned shapeshifting mutant Mystique and German nobleman Baron Christian Wagner, Nightcrawler was shunned at birth for his appearance. Mystique fled with the infant, but was chased by a mob and threw him over a cliff. Nightcrawler was saved by Azazel, a demon lord, and given to Margali Szardos, a sorceress and gypsy queen, who raised him as her own and named him Kurt. Kurt grew up in Margali's traveling circus, where he performed as an acrobat and developed a close bond with his adopted brother, Stefan. Nightcrawler, the superhero identity of Kurt Wagner, is a member of a fictional subspecies of humanity known as mutants, who possess an X-gene that can cause possible physical mutations and in many cases grants some form of superhuman ability. Nightcrawler possesses superhuman agility, the ability to teleport, and adhesive hands and feet. His physical mutations include indigo-colored velvety fur which allows him to become nearly invisible in shadows, two-toed feet and three-fingered hands, yellow eyes, pointed ears and a prehensile tail. In Nightcrawler's earlier comic book appearances, he is depicted as being a happy-go-lucky practical joker and teaser, and a fan of swashbuckling fiction. Nightcrawler is a Catholic, and while this is not emphasized as much in his earlier comic book appearances, in later depictions he is more vocal about his faith. He was originally stated to be from a small village called Witzeldorf in the German state of Bavaria.[3]