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Alchemy / Thomas Jones

Universe: Marvel Universe
Real Name: Thomas Jones
Aliases: Tom Jones
Identity: Secret
Occupation: Student
Citizenship: U.K.
Place of Birth: England
Known Relatives: Ophelia Jones (mother), Ellie Jones (sister)
Group Affiliation: 198
Education: Unrevealed

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Powers
Able to transform any material into different types of metal. By studying physiology and bio-chemistry, he hopes to be able to transform any substance into complex molecules, including organic systems (like human bodies.)
Abilities
Tom is in the process of studying chemistry.
Weapons
None
Paraphernalia
None

British schoolboy Thomas Jones, son of a widowed mother, unwittingly discovered his mutant alchemical power while studying chemistry. This attracted the attention of Troll Associates, Inc., an international group of trolls bent on returning the magical creatures to their formerly dominant roles. The trolls captured Tom, intending to use him to make gold in order to collapse the economy of the global free market and allow creatures of myth and legend to roam free again, but they were defeated by the original X-Factor team. X-Factor offered to train Tom in the use of his powers, but he declined, preferring instead to study advanced molecular biochemistry at university, since he had been forced to turn a couple of his captors to gold in self-defense and one day hoped to return the trolls to life. The trolls later made a second attempt at a world take-over-- this time with a simple blitzkrieg war. The trolls captured Tom again, hoping he could return their friends back to life, securing Tom's services by capturing his mother. They were again defeated, after Tom managed to elicit the aid of the combined forces of Excalibur and the X-Men. During the battle, Tom changed even more of the trolls into gold and decided to keep them that way in lieu of a prison sentence.
Tom is one of the number of mutants to keep their powers after Scarlet Witch's alteration of reality.

Alchemy - Marvel Universe

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Fictional character biography

Thomas Jones was still a teenager when his mutant powers first manifested. With little control over his powers, Thomas could turn objects he touched into gold. This drew the attention of the Troll Associates[1], a group of trolls. Centuries ago, trolls had been driven underground by humanity, but the Troll Associates wanted to reclaim the British Isles for their kind. The Troll Associates kidnapped Thomas and told him to create an abundance of gold to collapse the British economy, but Thomas refused to comply.
Meanwhile Thomas' mother had witnessed her son's abduction by the trolls and thought that the trolls were mutants. She called X-Factor for help. X-Factor tracked down the trolls, following a trail of gold that Thomas had left behind, but the trolls defeated and imprisoned X-Factor. The trolls then tried to force Thomas to obey by threatening his mother. To protect his mother, Thomas turned the leaders of the Troll Associates, Phy and Phee, into gold. The Troll Associates retreated and Thomas then turned the golden trolls into lead (to avoid the aforementioned economic problems). X-Factor placed the leaden trolls in Hyde Park as statues. Thomas decided to study biochemistry so that he could restore the leaden trolls back to normal.
A few years later, the Troll Associates kidnapped Alchemy's mother. Alchemy was forced to obey them, but he secretly called X-Factor for help (His call was forwarded to the X-Men). On their way to restore the leaden trolls back to normal, the Troll Associates and Alchemy ran into Excalibur. The two groups fought and Alchemy turned Captain Britain and Meggan into gold. The X-Men met up with Excalibur and together they tracked down the trolls, but both groups were captured. Excalibur-leader Nightcrawler managed to convince the majority of the trolls that the Troll Associates' methods were wrong. He challenged the new leader of the Troll Associates, Phough, to single combat, while Excalibur and the X-Men freed themselves. Phough then tried to kill Alchemy's mother, but Nightcrawler saved her and Alchemy turned Phough into a golden statue. Alchemy then revealed to Excalibur and the X-Men that, due to his biochemistry studies, he could now restore humans back to normal and restored Captain Britain and Meggan.