Magik

Illyana Rasputina is a mutant sorceress linked to the demonic realm of Limbo, known in Earth's super hero community as Magik. As the younger sister of Colossus, she was tragically abducted to Limbo by the malignant Belasco when she was under the X-Men's custody. In the few seconds that passed on Earth, Rasputin aged years in Limbo, a process which caused her to master different dark arts. Following the manifestation of her mutant teleporting abilities, she was able to return to the X-Men and ultimately joined Professor Xavier's younger protégés, the New Mutants. Alongside the New Mutants, Magik experienced unimaginable adventures and difficult moments, with her usually mischievous attitude constantly masking a deeply traumatized and lonely soul. Her tenure was cut short when she sacrificed herself to prevent Limbo from corrupting Earth. Having reborn as the child she was before being kidnapped, Rasputin recovered her innocence. Tragically, she was infected by the deadly Legacy Virus and passed away soon later. Belasco's machinations revived Rasputin without a soul. Taking control over Limbo, she obsessively manipulated her former allies in the New Mutants to recover her lost soul. This ordeal reapproximated her to the X-Men and she eventually joined their ranks as a relevant agent. Concurrently, Magik also became closer to the magic superheroic community after being mentored by Doctor Strange. Born on a Soviet collective farm in Siberia, Illyana was just a young child when her older brother Piotr manifested his mutant powers and joined the X-Men. Illyana was kidnapped by the demonic sorcerer Belasco and dragged into the hellish dimension known as Limbo at the age of 6. While trapped there from age six to fourteen, she aged years in a short Earth time, learned black and white magic from alternate versions of Storm and Jean Grey (Cat), and eventually overthrew Belasco to become the ruler and Sorceress Supreme of Limbo. Bipolar - Not in the clinical sense, but Illyana's personality is split on extremes. On the one hand, she's a normal girl, snarky, sometimes goofy, frequently a twin sister to Regina George, but very much the sort of girl you'd encounter on any high school or college campus. On the other, she is brooding and dark, her affect flat, prone to fits of rage and, when nobody's around to see or hear, crying jags that can last for hours. It's all an artifact of her time in Limbo -- and being inexorably connected to the dimension doesn't help. Snarky - Illyana is always equipped with a bitchy comment, a quip that will leave somebody cut to the quick. And nobody is safe from these comments -- the only difference is, while she may lash out at friends, she won't choose the worst possible things to say to them. Anybody else, anything is fair game. Prankster - Illyana finds it tremendously funny to put people in awkward situations. Many a student at Xavier's has woken up with a handful of shaving cream, or tried to lie down in a short-sheeted bed. Not all of her pranks are innocent -- she's perfectly happy to drop a comment about some classmate's most secret crush in front of both of them -- but they're rarely dangerous and never disgusting. She deals with enough of the seriously nasty crap in Limbo. Traumatized - Illyana was kidnapped by demons as a child. She was abused from the age of six to fourteen, when she finally managed to escape. She was forced to do horrible things in Limbo -- killing friends, watching her beloved brother die, and worse, things she won't tell anybody about. She is a survivor of the worst abuse imaginable, and while she tries very hard to be the normal girl she wants to be, she feels broken inside and falls into long periods of pain and rage and depression. Asexual - Illyana avoids sexual (and mostly romantic) connections as much as she possibly can. She's not interested in sex, and recognizes that romance will probably lead in that direction, eventually. It's easiest just to have friends without letting that stuff become an issue. She constantly fights an inner demon and her alternate persona, the Darkchild, which represents her repressed rage and the dark magic corrupting her soul. While she fights for good, she is far more willing to cross moral lines or use brutal, lethal force against enemies than classic heroic X-Men. Magik is a young woman with dark black hair and blue eyes, standing 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighing 130 pounds. She typically appears as a slender young woman with shoulder-length black hair and striking blue eyes, as well as her beautiful ebony chocolate skin. Her classic and modern outfits often feature a black or dark blue one-piece bodysuit, sometimes accented with gold or spiked details, reflecting her edgy and combat-ready persona. When she channels her magical powers, mystical metallic silver or gold armor spontaneously manifests over portions of her body—most notably covering her shoulder, arm, or leg—symbolizing her mastery of Limbo's magic. She frequently wields her signature weapon, the translucent, glowing, pale-blue or crystalline Soulsword, which is forged from her own life force and soul. When fully consumed by her demonic persona in Limbo, she transforms into the Darkchylde. this demonic state, her skin turns red, she grows ram-like horns on her head, and she develops hooves, a prehensile tail, and solid yellow or entirely invisible eyes with a long, prehensile tongue.