Tristan White

Tristan White is an original fictional character who first appeared in New X-Men.

Background
Though Tristan's parents, Trudy and Ian, would like to pretend otherwise, the Whites are not the affluent, upper-crust, British family that they make themselves out to be. Tristan was born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, and grew up helping his mother count every penny that her husband made at his two jobs as a highschool custodian and night-shift cab driver. Times were tough, but simple - at least until Trudy won over $70,000,000 in the state lottery.

The struggling single-income family used the winnings to pay off their debts and move into a luxury home in London, England, where they have lived for the last three years. But while Trudy and Ian have spent their time - and a good deal of their money - trying to wriggle their way into high society, in his mind, Tristan has never really left America, and has always secretly longed to find his way back to his old friends, his old neighbourhood, and his native soil.

That dream seems to have come true, at least in part, since the timely awakening of a powerful mutant ability. Claiming to have simply "felt invincible", Tristan waited until nightfall and then calmly climed and jumped off his church's bell tower, falling the equivalent of seven stories onto a concrete sidewalk. Amazingly, he walked away from the experiment completely unharmed, despite shattering the sidewalk on impact.

Pleased with his apparent invulnerability, Tristan came out to his parents, whom he knew to be strong supporters of mutant rights. If anything, Trudy and Ian have grown even more proud of their son than ever, believing that he will one day become a great super hero. To that end, they have enrolled him at the Xavier Institute, which they see as the ideal environment for his training and education.

Salem Center isn't exactly Dayton, Ohio, and the Institute certainly isn't his own school, but Tristan seems to be taking this period of great transition with a tremendously positive and confident outlook.

Powers and Abilities
Tristan is a confirmed mutant, though the potential of his mutation is currently unknown.