Doctor Thomas Light

Doctor Thomas Light is the late creator of Mega Man X.

Appearance
Dr. Light is a tall, male human with thick white hair and a long beard who is somewhat overweight-he can easily be described as "Santa Claus in a lab coat." Under the coat he typically wears a white shirt with a light brown vest and a blue tie. He also sports red pants and brown shoes.

History
Dr. Light was the top researcher in robotics. His lifelong dream was for man and machine to live together in peace. The primary purpose of all his creations was to bring his dream to life by helping humanity, each in it's own way. Most of his creations, however, were corrupted by his rival, Dr. Wily. Only two weren't, and one of those two was weaponized in order to stop Wily. This one particular robot was used as base for Mega Man X/ All of them were seemingly destroyed by unknown circumstances, however.

Despite this fact, those robots were part of Dr. Light's research on A.I. development, research that culminated with the creation of Mega Man X. Unlike all of his other creations, X was fully capable to think, feel and make his own decisions. Fearing that X would be corrupted, Light started taking precautions. Sadly for Light, the precautions would take 30 years, and Light was already old at the time he started building X, so he wouldn't live to see the day X was fully operational. As such, Light sealed X into a capsule to test X's liability, on September 18, 20XX.

In 21XX, more than 100 years after X's being sealed away, Dr. Cain found the capsule with X in the ruins of Dr. Light's Laboratory. A holographic image of Dr. Light continued to provide support for X through the use of capsules during the Maverick Wars. This image of Dr. Light is shown to be able to keep up with current events and communicate with others.

Personality
Dr. Light is an idealist whose greatest hope is that his robotic creations can make life better for humans. He hates when man and machine are at war against each other, as well as destruction, as he's hoping X would never have to use the destructive power he [Light] gave him [X].

Trivia

 * Dr. Light is named after Thomas Edison. His surename, "Light", is alluding to Edison being known for the creation of the lightbulb.