Blaquesmith

Blaquesmith
Blaquesmith promotional artwork
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Cable #21 (1995)
Created by	Jeph Loeb Ian Churchill
In-story information
Species	Human Mutant
Team affiliations	Askani Underground
Abilities	Telepathy, Telekinesis, Time travel, Superhuman intelligence

Blaquesmith is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. One is a mutant from the future and an ally of Cable, the other is a man hired to impersonate the former when he was presumed dead.

Blaquesmith is a fictional Marvel Comics mutant character that first appeared in Cable #21 (1995).

Born into a post-apocalyptic alternate future, Blaquesmith was the first male to be admitted into the Askani sisterhood, a group of warrior women opposed to the rule of Apocalypse. In return for this deed, the Askani charged him with the task of mentoring the Chosen One of the Askani, the Askani'son, who happened to be Nathan Summers, later known as Cable. Captured and imprisoned for rebellion, he found Nathan, another inmate who was captured by the New Canaanites. He told Nathan where the last Askani enclave was located, and together, they escaped from the jail. For unexplained reasons, Blaquesmith was forced to twist and corrupt his mortal form in order to train Nathan in the ways of the Askani. Nevertheless, he did so willingly. When Nathan, now using the alias Cable, traveled to the 20th century to stop the rise of Apocalypse, Blaquesmith traveled back in time as well to assist the hero. Unlike Cable, who was dependent on his spacestation Greymalkin to travel in time, Blaquesmith could do so under his own power; he was even capable of sending other people through time by meditating.

Blaquesmith made his base inside a ship, docked at the Baltimore Harbor. He would often provide Cable with technology and weaponry, though Cable also bought weaponry from Advanced Idea Mechanics. Despite being longtime allies, Cable and Blaquesmith had their problems; Cable didn't fully trust Blaquesmith and Blaquesmith thought that Cable was not doing enough to stop Apocalypse. After the destruction of Greymalkin and the departure of Cable's other mentor, Professor, Cable came to rely more and more on Blaquesmith. During the Onslaught-conflict, Blaquesmith was apparently killed when his ship exploded.