Pietro Maximoff

Storyline
Pietro and his sister were raised by their aunt and uncle Marya and Django Maximoff, their mother being dead and their father having entrusted them to the care of his wife's sister when she died feeling unable to raise them. As teenagers, Wanda and Pietro discovered that they had extraordinary abilities. But the inhabitants of their villages considered them as monsters and set fire to their house, Pietro saved his sister but could not save their aunt and uncle. At just 16 years old, they roamed in Europe not knowing what to do or where to go. One day after an accident, Wanda set fire to a village, the inhabitants gathered and were determined to kill the two teenagers, the abominations. But Magneto arrived on the scene and saved the two children, asking them their names, he was shocked to learn that his own children were standing in front of him. Wanda was delighted to meet their father but Pietro was still angry with her for abandoning them. Magneto swore that he would make amends and returned to America with his children for the opening of The Graymalkin Institute For Higher Learning.