Black tom was born in dublin. He is the cousin of sean cassidy, the banshee, a member of the x-men. He was also once the only friend of the juggernaut. His original principal power was that he could generate blasts of heat through a wooden medium, such as the shillelagh that he often carries. He has a rivalry with sean, mainly because sean won both cassidy keep, their estate, and the family fortune from tom in a game of dice. They were also rivals for a woman named maeve rourke, whom sean married. While sean was away, working for interpol, maeve gave birth to their daughter, theresa. Not much later, maeve died in an ira bombing. With no means to contact sean, tom took care of theresa. When sean returned to learn of his wife’s death, he was devastated. Before tom could even tell him of the existence of his daughter, sean lashed out at tom with his sonic scream for not having taken better care of maeve. While sean flew away in anger, tom fell into a chasm, breaking his leg as a result of the attack, which left him with a limp. Angrily, tom swore to make sean pay and vowed to never tell him about his daughter, raising her himself instead.

sculpted head to toe,his wooden weapon came from scratch,testor paint and sealant finished off this figure! !