Jean Grey is a mutant with vast empathic and telepathic abilities that were traumatically awakened during childhood when she witnessed her best friend 's death. Eventually, she also developed telekinetic powers. For years, Jean Grey was mentored by mutant specialist Professor Charles Xavier , a telepath himself. Jean Grey is intimately associated with the Phoenix , an immensely powerful cosmic entity.
Jean Grey's conscience led the Phoenix to sacrifice herself to prevent further destruction. After being murdered at the hands of the agents of Orchis , [21] Jean Grey has risen again as Phoenix due to Xavier's machinations. Now wielding unimaginable powers once again, [1] Phoenix has taken to the cosmos and, on a universal scale, she defends those in need.
Travelling across planets and galaxies, she explores the potential of her god-level capacities, despite that distancing herself from her loved ones on Earth. When Jean was ten years old, she was playing with her best friend, Annie Richardson , who was accidentally hit by a car. The stress awakened Grey's mutant telepathic powers which empathically linked her to her dying friend. The traumatic experience of Annie's death left Grey in a withdrawn and deeply depressed state. Moreover, not able to control her newly awakened telepathic abilities forced her to isolate herself from other people to hold on to her sanity.
Months later, a psychiatrist recommended to her parents that they consult Professor Charles Xavier , who was secretly a mutant with telepathic abilities as well. Xavier revealed to Jean Grey, but not to her parents, her status as a mutant. To protect Grey, Xavier decided to block her intense telepathic abilities erecting psychic shields until she had developed the maturity necessary to handle them. Additionally, he assisted her in unlocking her potential as a telekinetic abilities instead, teaching her how to levitate and manipulate objects through psionic force.
Under Xavier's tutelage, Jean Grey helped him to calibrate his Cerebro machine, a mutant locator device [39] and experienced a psychic contact with young orphan Scott Summers ' mind.
