Colossus

            Colossus was ever the idealist of the group, and though he was a powerhouse, he was the gentlest soul among the team. A talented artist, he sketched during much of his spare time. When Shadowcat joined the team, she fell for Colossus, and he for her, though not with the same depth of feeling. He shared many adventures with the X-Men over the years, one of the most remarkable involving his little sister, Illyana. When she came to visit Colossus, the X-Men were investigating a strange mystery. Illyana fell into a portal, and though Colossus only lost his grip upon her for scant seconds in this world, in the world Illyana had journeyed to, many years had passed. She emerged from the portal as a teenager, her mutant powers now manifested. It took some time for Colossus to come to terms with this, as it did for Illyana, but she joined the New Mutants with his blessing. Time passed, and Colossus was transported to another world during the Secret Wars, a plot of the Beyonder. While there, he fell in love, or so he thought, with an alien woman named Zsaji. Though they could not even speak to each other in a common language, when she gave her life to save his, dying in his arms, he felt as though he had lost everything. He returned to earth and ended his relationship, such as it was, with Shadowcat.