(I had an incredibly fun time typing this because I must admit that Hank/Beast is my absolute favorite X Men character. I hope you like this incarnation of him. Oh, just to mention really quick, in the breed section Hank's normal form is basically what he looks like as a normal horse, while his second and permanent form is what he looks like as the Beast. The same goes for the coat color section.)

Hank

Code Name: Beast

Species - Horse

Breed - (Normal form) American Quarter Horse/Mustang Mix (Beast form) Percheron

Age - 11 (37 in Human years)

Weight - (Normal form) 1,520 pounds/684.92 kilograms (Beast form) 1 ton/907 kilograms

Height - (Normal form) 6'7 inches/2 meters (Beast form) 7'2 inches 2.18 meters

Coat Color - (Normal form) Light Buckskin, two white cornet markings on the front legs, thin white stripe on the forehead (Beast form) Blue

Mane and Tail - (Normal form) Blackish-Grey (Beast form) Dark Blue, Black, and no tail

Mutant Abilities: Enhanced strength, superb agility, genius intellect, speak to humans

Role in the Herd - Protector, Caretaker, Teacher

Backstory - Born to a mare that had once been a part of the experiments of the G.R.L (Genetics Research Lab), Hank was born with unusually large hooves. Even with the slightly big hooves, Hank had an easy foal-hood, living on a Percheron Breeding Ranch with his mother, spending his days playing with other foals his age. But, on one day, as he was playing a sudden pain was felt inside and he began to act wild and began to growl like a wild animal. His mother witnessed what was happening and went over to her son, retraining him and doing her best to calm him down. Thankfully her efforts worked and Hank became calm.

It was from that day that Hank's mother told him about her life in the G.R.L, and how his father had something to do with his recent outburst, but she also warned him that he must learn to control these outburst or else he will face the same fate as his father, though the fate of his father was never revealed. Hank promised to keep himself under control and as the years passed he developed a new way to keep his outbursts in check. After he read books belonging to his master's children, particularly one who was studying Drama, Hank began reciting quotes from William Shakespeare. The reciting did an even better job of keeping his outbursts in check, and by the time he was 2 the outbursts came to a close.

But it was at the age of two that his mother was succumbed to a severe a terrible illness, cancer. And on top of that, Hank was approached by Xavier to join him to go to a place called Bayville Island, but Hank refused on behalf that he stay with his ailing mother and be with her in her final hours. Many years passed, and now alone on the farm without his mother and old friends, and with the farm being sold at auction, Hank finally decided that now was the time for him to leave.

In the night, at the age of 11, he snuck out of the farm and began the long trek to Bayville Island, and when he reached land he collapsed from exhaustion. He was then found by three stallions who were a part of a herd and after asking for a position in the herd in exchange for a home, Hank was accepted into the herd and given the rank of sentry. As he remained in this herd, he grabbed the attention of wandering bachelor herds when ever Hank would sneak out of the herd to teach them about certain topics that would aid the bachelor herds survival.

Hank was delighted for the first month of being admitted into the herd, but it wouldn't be long before an old fear resurfaced.

One night he felt a great sudden surge of pain, and his tail fell off. But that wasn't the end of it. He felt the pain that had plagued him when he was younger, but it was stronger than before. The pain was too powerful, and as a result he changed into a most frightful monster: His hooves broke apart and from inside the hooves sprouted large paws equipped with sharp claws. His legs began to morph into the legs of a lion, his ears became sharp and pointed, his body bulked up, he grew fangs, and his fur became black all over.

He was now in his final, true form. The Beast. In this state he had now become wild and ravenous, and ran amuck on the island, but the X Horses came to his aid and stopped his rampage. It was after he was knocked out by Xavier, that the monstrous wrath was gone and Hank had regained his sanity. Not only that, his fur changed from black to blue. Seeing that he could no longer return to the herd he had once lived with, Hank became ashamed of his beastly appearance, but Xavier offered him a place in his herd, where there were members who were just like him, and that they needed a teacher. Hank gratefully accepted the position and on that day he became a member of the herd.

Personality - Hank is a friendly, patient, smart, and gentle mutant horse, and enjoys teaching others. He is often the favorite of the younger members of the herd because he was friendlier and more fun than Logan. Hank may be friendly, but he can also be firm while being fair at the same time. He is also the surrogate father and best friend to the youngest member of Xavier's herd: Jamie. He does eat meat, but he also enjoys eating grass, apples, berries, tree bark, and the occasionally insect or two. *But his favorite thing to eat is Twinkies*

Siblings - None

Mate - Selena

*Authors Note*
(And that was Hank, well, my version of Hank. I hope you like him. I had a very hard time decided what his beastly appearance should be based off of, but I fell in love with the draft horse breeds: Clydesdales, Belgian Drafts, Shires, etc. However, I decided to go with the Percheron, because it seemed to look strong and handsome, like Hank, and I love Hank. I also dare anybody to try and draw Hank in his beast form the way I described it, because I have never seen him in a horse version before, and it would be a dream come true to see my versions in artistic perspective. And I just HAD to include his Twinkie obsession, I just HAD too!)