Xi'an Coy Manh

Xi'an Coy Man, also known as Karma, is a mutant and one of the five founding members of the New Mutants, alongside Cannonball, Mirage, Sunspot, and Wolfsbane.

Origin
Xi'an (pronounced like and nicknamed "Shan") Coy Manh was born in the central highlands of Vietnam. Her father was a colonel in the South Vietnamese army who was forced to bring his wife and four children on missions. When Xi'an's twin brother, Tran, was attacked by a Viet Cong soldier, Xi'an's power to mind possession emerged to protect him. Tran soon exhibited an identical power, although he relished using it in cruel ways. While Tran was rescued from the throes of war by their crimelord uncle, General Nguyen Ngoc Coy, Xi'an's father was shot and killed during the fall of Saigon. Xi'an escaped on a cramped boat with hundreds of others, including her mother and younger siblings, Leong and Nga. The boat was boarded by Thai pirates on the way to the United States; Xi'an and her mother were raped by the pirates, and her mother died shortly thereafter.

Powers
Telepathy: Karma has limited to moderate telepathic and empathic capabilities that have never truly been touched upon by Professor Xavier. She has received some training with Emma Frost in this regard, but her psychic prowess is no where near that of Frost's. Like most telepaths, Karma can read an individual's thoughts and feelings, sift through memories, and discharge mental blasts to overwhelm opponents.
 * Psychic Possession: The main feat made possible by Karma's telepathic abilities is the ability to project a mental energy surge that overwhelms her victims' consciousness while placing her mind in command, operating their bodies as if they were an extension of her own. In addition to giving her control over another being's body, she is able to perceive what her subject's perceive. During the possession, her subject's higher brain functions revert to diminished levels, similar to their state in a dreamless sleep, and the subject is left with no memory of the actual possession. When Karma first takes control of someone, she can only move her subject's body awkwardly until she acclimates herself to the new body. Although she can possess multiple subjects simultaneously, her control over her subjects is fragmented as she shifts her attention from one to another.
 * Mind Control: Karma can control her subject's actions and thought patterns, allowing her to alter perceptions and memories, and command entranced opponents to divulge information.
 * Telepathic Illusions
 * Memory Alteration
 * Psychic Shield: Karma subconsciously generates a psychic shield that disrupts incoming psi-signatures, protecting her from all manner of psychic assaults.

Weaknesses
Subordinate Personality: If Karma remains in possession of a host for too long, she will begin to think and act as her host would. Eventually, her own personality would become subordinate to her host's.