Nathan Godfrey

Lieutenant Godfrey served in the trenches, and found the entire experience to be deeply unsettling. It was not the battles or death or living conditions that affected him the most, however: as a mutant with mild hydrokinetic abilities, the idea of being constantly half-submerged in the earth was something he found difficult to cope with.

Military service gave Nathaniel a sense of purpose that he had not previously posessed, however. Following the war's resolution, he left the Army and instead chose to pursue a career in the Navy.

By the outbreak of the Second World War, Commander Godfrey was an important member of the Navy Intelligence staff. His position saw him involved not only with naval operations, but also with units of what would eventually become the SBS, and in the deployment of British Commandos.

His status as a mutant, combined with his position in the intelligence community saw him cross paths with Marshall and Wayland Godfrey: two of his nephews who were both heavily involved with Operation Pelius.

During the early seventies, Nathan mentored young mutant recruit Walter Harriman. When Harriman was killed by Hurucan some years later, Nathan took a personal interest in protecting his children.

After thirty years of operation, Operation Damocles was effectively disbanded during a string of budget cuts: vastly reduced in size and scope, and rolled into the Security Service (MI5) as little more than an archives division. Most of it's members chose to retire - many recieving promotions and honours - but now-Admiral Nathan Godfrey elected to offer his services to MI5. With a small cadre of friends and allies, he used his position to secretly put into place a number of contingencies to protect Britain's interests from mutants in the future.

One of these contingencies was the purchase of Rudloe Manor, using funds contributed by Wayland Godfrey, Ted Harriman, and Nathan himself.

After the tragic death of a young mutant boy due to a Metropolitan Police blunder, Nathan was approached by the British Prime Minister to create a modern successor to Operation Damocles. However, before the new team could be officially established, a series of riots and terror actions against Britain compelled the Government into enacting a contravertial clampdown on mutants across the British Isles, and lead to the establishment of the decidedly mutant unfriendly agency, S.W.O.R.D.

Nathan continued to operate the group in secret however, calling the team by the codename Excalibur.

Hydrokinesis - Nathan has a limited ability to manipulate water. He only seems to be capable of affecting water that is in direct contact or close proximity to him. This ability is most often used to "pull" himself through water at high speeds, though Nathan has managed to find other uses for it in the past.

Aqua Affinity - Nathan does not have gills; despite this he is able to survive underwater indefinately, without any loss of consciousness, mental functionality, or other adverse effects (this is possibly a side effect of his other abilities).