Elizabeth Braddock (Earth-513)

Early Life
Elizabeth Betsy Braddock was Sir James Braddock's second child, and like her twin brother Brian, her life was secretly manipulated by Merlyn. The twins shared a close connection. By the time their parents died, apparently in a lab accident but really murdered by the computer Mastermind, Betsy had taken up modeling, while her powers grew to include telepathy.

Betsy was lured into a showdown with Slaymaster, who brutally beat her, then gouged her eyes out. Brian felt her pain, flew to her rescue and killed Slaymaster. Betsy refused the offer of cybernetic eyes, preferring to rely on her psychic abilities.

Betsy was kidnapped from the Alps by Mojo, brainwashed, given cybernetic eyes, and, as "Psylocke," became the star of his new show "Wildways." Brian rescued her and returned her to the Braddock mansion where she recovered.

Under mysterious circumstances Betsy appeared on an island near China, where the Hand found her. Matsu'o Tsurayaba, their leader, saw a chance to save his brain-dead lover, Kwannon, and had Spiral's Body Shoppe swap their souls. This inadvertently blended their minds, leaving each with the same memories and telepathic powers. Tsurayaba brainwashed Psylocke and gave her to the Mandarin as his assassin, Lady Mandarin, until she escaped and regained her memories.

Tired of fighting, getting kidnapped, and being manipulated, she applied to Marvel High in the hopes of leading a normal teenager's life.

Powers and Abilities
Psylocke is a skilled martial artist and a telepath. She can generate a telekinetic katana, or direct her telekinesis through her fists to strike as if she had superhuman strength; she is also immune to telepathic probes and attacks. She can generate "psychic weapons" to stun or kill opponents.