Merzah the Mystic

Merzah the Mystic

**Anton Merzah** is an adept telepath and a member of the Masters of the Mystic Arts. Merzah has magical powers that he learned directly from the Ancient One herself. He fought in World War II against the Axis powers using his telepathic powers and joined the Specialized Unit, Enhanced Soldiers or "Crazy S.U.E.S." which was an American combat unit composed of various diversely-enhanced Super-Soldiers commissioned by special order of General Dwight D. Eisenhower and initially led by Captain America after the United States' entry into World War II. After the war ends, Merzah decided to retire from fighting evil with his telepathic and magical powers and ended up as one of the most respected sorcerer of the Masters of the Mystic Arts.

## Biography

Merzah the Mystic was an Inhuman gifted with powers of telepathy who traveled to Kamar-Taj to learn magic and sorcery under the tutelage of the Ancient One. After many years of practice and learning, Merzah chose to return to America as the Master of the New York Sanctum. He used his magical powers to thwart foreign spies on US soil, usually accompanied by his assistant Diana Lanford and his chauffeur Jose Abejaron. Merzah battled a group of disciples serving Dormammu based on Japan named Satokata Matsu, who allied themselves with the Imperial Japanese military. Merzah the Mystic and Diana managed to defeat Matsu and the other disciples and prevented them from unleashing Dormammu on the world.

On December 7 of 1941, a surprise, preemptive military strike was commited by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu. Merzah the Mystic, like many other Americans, was outraged by the attack on Pearl Harbor and joined the Strategic Scientific Reserve as an active agent, using his telepathic and occult powers to aid the Allied war agency in any ways he can. He was assigned by the SSR to join a an American combat unit composed of various diversely-enhanced Super-Soldiers led by Captain America called the Specialized Unit, Enhanced Soldier, also nicknamed the Crazy S.U.E.S. by the members of the unit.

Merzah the Mystic and the rest of the Crazy S.U.E.S. were sent to defend United States Navy ships and convoys from the German U-boats on September 12, 1941. Merzah and the other members of the Crazy S.U.E.S. also assisted the Allied soldiers on 9 September 1943 as they landed near the port of Salerno. Merzah used his telepathic powers to prevent the Germans from reaching the beaches, saving many Allied soldiers from German bullets. In 1944, Merzah the Mystic, Dakor the Magician, and Monako teamed up with the Fraternity of the Inner Light to battle allies of the Axis powers who are magical in nature. After the war ended in 1945, Merzah returned to New York to guard the New York Sanctum from threats until 1947, where he passed on his position to Alan Dakor, who then passed his position to Daniel Drumm in 1989.

Merzah then chose to stay in Kamar-Taj, teaching students the mystic arts alongside his former teachers. He agreed to teach David Haller, a young psychic and the son of Charles Xavier to control his telepathic powers and use them for good, as he did.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* Telepathy: Merzah could telepathically contact other people making them believe they were reading his wishes on a view screen.

* Empathy

* Precognition: Merzah appears to be psychic as he can sense impending danger.

* Post-cognitive: Merzah can also use his psychic powers to see events in the past.