<P> As an aftereffect of his death and resurrection, Nightcrawler has developed a heightened resistance against psychic domination which helped him resist the Shadow King's telepathic powers, even after the latter had possessed such strong minds as Rachel Grey and Psylocke moments before . </P> <P> X-Men writer Chris Claremont had intended to reveal that Nightcrawler was the son of Nightmare early in his run . Roger Stern recounted, "It happened when I was the writer of Dr. Strange, back when writers were still occasionally listened to . Chris had come up with the latest of several crazy ideas and declared that Nighcrawler's father was Nightmare . And I replied with something like,' No, he's not . I'm not going to let you appropriate one of my character's major villains .' As I recall, Len Wein crossed the room and shook my hand . And not too long after, I (became) the X-Men editor and was able to make sure that didn't happen for long enough that Chris eventually changed his mind ." Claremont's new plan was for the mutant terrorist Mystique and her lover Destiny to have been Nightcrawler's biological parents . Mystique, being a shapeshifter, would have taken the form of a man and impregnated Destiny . However, Marvel felt the idea to be too controversial and an alternative origin was developed . </P> <P> After hinting for many years that Mystique was indeed Nightcrawler's biological mother, it was confirmed by writer Scott Lobdell in X-Men Unlimited #4 . In 2003, it was revealed that although Mystique was married to a wealthy German, Herr Wagner, Nightcrawler's father was Azazel, a member of a race of demonic - looking mutants known as the Neyaphem which date back to Biblical times that were banished to another dimension by a race of angelic mutants . The storyline was furthered by the revelation that fellow X-Man Archangel's healing blood did not heal Nightcrawler, and in fact caused him great pain . </P> <P> Nightcrawler's siblings include his adoptive sister Rogue and half - brother Graydon Creed by Mystique; and Abyss and Kiwi Black from Azazel . </P>

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