Wanda Maximoff

## **Appearance**

Wanda is 5'7 and has brown hair, which she wears a few inches longer than shoulder-length, and blue eyes.  She habitually wears her Acolyte uniform, consisting of a dark red leotard, thigh-high red boots, a red cape clasped at her left shoulder, a

nd a red tiara-like headband that hold her hair back from her face - if wearing other clothing, at least some of it will be red.  Given that her sister Lorna wore a similar tiara (in green) and no one else did, it might be a symbol of the ruling family.

Wanda carries herself like the princess/ruler she is, very proud and erect.

## **Powers**

Wanda's mutant power is probability manipulation, which she manifests through "hex bolts" that manipulate energy and matter. She requires focus and a hand gesture to use her abilities.  Examples of ways she's used her abilities are to deflect energy and matter, ignite flammable objects or melt inflammables ones, disrupt energy fields, and as concussive blasts, but these represent only a small portion of what she's capable of.  Should you ever want to rewrite the planet (accidentally or intentionally) she's your girl - but she's not aware of her full capabilities.

## **Talents**

Wanda is highly skilled at hand to hand combat, is a fair diplomat (when she doesn't lose her temper), and possesses strong organizational skills.  She was the force behind rebuilding Genosha after its destruction, and is good at organizing and directing projects.  While she's good with people, she is not a good team player - she's used to being in charge and acts accordingly. She's also a great dancer

## **Interests**

Reading, dancing, art, politics, social causes relating to mutants.

## **History**

Wanda is the 23 year old daughter of Magneto, the former ruler of Genosha.  She's currently the leader of the country, though she's formed a council that does most of the actual governing.

Initially, Wanda was a big believer in what her father (seemed to) offer in Genosha: a refuge and mutant homeland where all the world's mutants were welcome.  She served as an Acolyte, defending the country from threats without and within, as well as other duties as the eldest member of the "royal family" in residence (her brother Pietro was a member of the US based "Brotherhood", and had been banned by their father from returning to Genosha until he was told otherwise).

When Nightcrawler initially arrived in Genosha, Magneto assigned her to serve as a tour guide, and she developed a crush on the X-Man.  Not long after, however, Magneto imprisoned Kurt to keep him from reporting on the darker side of Genosha, the imprisonment of not only those mutants who were unable to integrate or who committed crimes, but those who disagreed with Magneto and his policies.  Wanda believed in what they were doing in Genosha and didn't fault her father's policies; she thought it was unfortunate but necessary.  She appealed to her father, repeatedly, for Kurt's release, but it wasn't until she and Kurt were abducted by Mojo and forced to perform on one of his reality shows (where they were hunted by various threats, including Wolverine), that she convinced him to let Kurt go free.  During her time in the Mojoverse, she learned from Kurt that some of her father's ways were flawed; people deserved assistance and protection even if they did present a future threat.  Kurt asked her to leave Genosha and go with him back to the X-Men, but she declined because she still believed in what Genosha stood for and felt she could make a difference there.

Unfortunately, Magneto had plans for Genosha that were not in line with the mutant utopia it was purported to be.  He orchestrated and ultimately staged an invasion by Sentinels to give the citizens of Genosha a common threat, with the goal of starting a war that would result in global mutant rule.  Wanda, however, could not be convinced in this course of action, even when Magneto brought Pietro back to persuade her, and stayed behind in Genosha with Lorna while her father and Pietro launched a "retaliatory" strike on New York.

Which failed, in large part due to the arrival of the Phoenix Force on the scene, but that's another story.

His absence gave Wanda time to think, however, and after he returned, she banished him and Pietro from Genosha, taking his place as ruler and working with Lorna and the rest of the country to rebuild.  In the months since, she's appointed a council that does most of the actual "ruling", has been working on setting up free elections, and has once again lowered Genosha's borders, welcoming mutants from around the world.

And then she stepped through what had always before been the door to her room, and found herself in Wall.