Magneto

� Magneto is the ruler of Genosha� and the archenemy of the X-Men. He (along with Senator Kelly) serves as the main villain for the first season.

Bio
Real Name: Max Eisnhardt, legally changed to Erik Magnus Lehsherr

Nationality: Jewish German

Born to a Jewish family in Germany, Magneto witnessed how cruel humanity could be when he and his family were imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp. Witnessing the murder of his parents and sister, the boy who would grow up to be one of the most fearsome supervillains in the world grew to hate humanity. His hatred grew more as an young adult when his infant daughter Anya was killed� in a fire caused by a mob. This incident caused Erik's powers to surface, allowing him to take vengance on his daughter's killers. Relocating to Israel, Erik met and befriended a young Charles Xavier, neither aware they were mutants, but later events caused them to reveal their powers to one another, and also reveal their beliefs on human mutant relations: While Charles envisioned a world where humans and mutants could live in peace, Magnus dreamed of a world where mutants dominated humans. Their differences in views caused them to become enemies, opposing each other time and again. During the events of the first season, Magneto, as ruler of Genosha, preteneded to be a benevolent monarch, all while hiding his true, sinster purposes. After his attempt to start the war between humanity and mutantkind, Magneto was banished from Genosha.

Mutant Powers
Magneto is a ferrokinetic, which means he can generate and control magnetic energies. He fly, generate force fields, project energy beams, and generate EMPs using his magnetic powers. He can also control a person's mind by focusing his powers on the iron in� a person's bloodstream, and, according to the� comics, has the power of astral projection.�