Zatanna Zatara

Zee (Nickname)

Annataz Arataz (Nickname)

Mistress of Magic (Alias)

Princess of Prestidigitation (Alias)

Zachary Zatara (Son)

Sentinels of Magic (Member)

Mystik U (Headmistress)

## **History**

### **Zatanna Zatarra: 1978 - 1992**

Zatanna was raised by her father after being given to him a few days after she was born by her mother, who quickly vanished. Giovanni trained his daughter in the mystic arts but also taught her the craft of stage illusion as a cover. At eight, Zatanna began working as a magician's assistant.

During one off-season, while rehearsing in their hometown of Gotham, John Zatara took on boy billionaire Bruce Wayne as another apprentice after the boy agreed to finance the Zataras' next two world tours. Zee and Bruce were both thirteen at the time and became close friends during those eight months. Zatanna would later describe Bruce as her first crush.

### **Zatanna Zatara: 1992 - 1998**

Soon Zatanna began opening shows for her father. While touring in the UK, at age eighteen, Zatanna had a steamy relationship with a certain British punk rocker. This love affair left John Constantine with a reignited interest in the occult and left Zatanna pregnant.

Zatanna and her father spent a year sequestered in Shadowcrest, the impressive family manor built in Gotham, allowing Zatanna to give birth to her son Zachary without the media's prying.

### **Zatanna Zatara: 1998 - 1999**

After recovering from childbirth, Zatanna became the star of the magic act, with her father working behind-the-scenes with John Constantine, who had joined the show as a sort of roadie during the off-season after a failed exorcism had tanked his musical career and landed him in an asylum. Giovanni tried to teach Constantine how to be both a better father and mage, but John proved to be a problematic pupil and worse father.

During the premiere of Zatanna's first solo show, in her hometown of Gotham, which was also billed as her twenty-first birthday celebration, Zatanna disappeared mid-act (and mid-sentence) in such a manner that it caught the entire audience off-guard and did not return to finish the show. The world was stunned, while Giovanni, John, and Zachary were scared.

### **Zatanna Zatara: 1999 - 2012**

In truth, Zatanna was summoned by her mother. In a dimension where time had no meaning, Zatanna welcomed the chance to spend time with her mother and study sorcery in a magic-rich environment. Due to the idyllic nature of that magical realm, Zatanna worried little of her father or son. It was not until she had mastered the arts of scrying that she, on a whim, chose to view her father.

When the magic revealed nothing, Zatanna begged her mother to tell her why that was. Sindella did not have an answer, nor could she produce a scrying of Giovanni Zatara. Finally, Sindella agreed to send Zatanna back to investigate what fate had befallen Giovanni Zatara.

### **Zatanna: 2012 - Present**

When Zatanna returned to Earth, she found herself returned to the world at the same day, time, and place of her departure... only the year had changed. Thirteen years had passed and though Zatanna had not aged a day physically there was much evidence to show how much time had passed. Her father's theater had fallen to despair and neglect; Gotham had become ravaged by an earthquake and an army of criminals, mercenaries, and assassins; and Zatanna's former boyfriend had become a chain-smoking occult detective, who was waiting for Zatanna's return on the street of the dilapidated theatre.

With John Constantine's help, Zatanna was smuggled out of Gotham and taken to Nanda Parbat to meet her father. Desperate to solve the mystery of what had happened to Zatanna after ten years of fruitless efforts, Giovanni Zatara had, with the help of John Constantine, located the Helm of Nabu, a legendary relic said to reveal the secrets of all things to its wearer. Though, Giovanni gave his body to the Helm, serving as a host vessel for the spirit of Nabu. As Giovanni had served Nabu as a faithful host for three years' time, he was given three weeks with Zatanna upon her arrival, but through the wonder of Nanda Parbat, the father and daughter were allowed to make the most of that time together, before Giovanni left his daughter to honor his promise and return to the Helm once more.

Zatanna returned to her father's old magic shop in Blüdhaven. There she ran afoul of Blockbuster's men and sent them packing, causing Nightwing to investigate. When she caught him snooping and recognized his lock picking technique, she almost mistook him for Bruce Wayne until she spell cast his mask away (that's cheating, girl) and soon started a brief fling (she's got magic, but she ain't got the chemistry Dick and I have, after all). Zatanna also tried the JL on for a bit, but ended up founding an offshoot with Constantine call Justice League: Dark, or just 'Dark Justice'.

## **Personality**

Zatanna Zatara is a carefree and provocative girl, who masks the pain of a cursed childhood behind a cheerful behavior and attitude. Last one of a powerful lineage of magicians, Zatanna protects the worlds from threats whose existence normal people cannot possibly be aware of.

## **Powers, Abilities, Equipment, and Weaknesses**

### **Powers**

**Sorceress Physiology:** Zatanna is a Homo Magi, a human born with the affinity to manipulate magic. Her unique genetic structure allows her to use the magic she was born with, as well as learned magic.

* **Magic:** The ability to tap this universe's infinite store of ambient magical energy and manipulate these to a variety of effects. A skill derived from three major sources: personal powers of the mind/soul/body, powers gained by tapping the universe's ambient magical energy and employing it for specific effects and finally, powers gained through the tapping of extra-dimensional energy by invoking entities or objects of power existing in mystical dimensions tangential to her own. The latter means of power is usually gained by the recitation of incantations.
	+ **Logomancy:** As a tribute to her father, and as a focus for her spells, she casts spells by speaking backwards or "Logomancy". For example, saying "pots" would cause the target of the spell to stop in their tracks.
		- **Barrier Magic:** Zatanna can create magical shields to withstand bullets, blasts, blows and explosions.
		- **Emphatic Masochism:** Zatanna can reverse physical trauma so all damage that comes to her will hit her target instead.
		- **Elemental Magic:** Zatanna can manipulate magical elements such as:
			* **Fire Magic:** Generate heat and manipulate magical fire.
			* **Ice Magic:** Generate cold and manipulate magical ice crystals.
			* **Electricity Magic:** Generate electricity and manipulate magical lightning.
			* **Water Magic:** Generate and manipulate magical water.
			* **Earth Magic:** Generate and manipulate magical rocks.
			* **Air Magic:** Generate and manipulate magical wind.
			* **Light Magic:** Generate and manipulate magic lights.
			* **Shadow Magic:** Generate and manipulate magic shadows.
		- **Intangibility Magic:** Zatanna can make herself into her "phantom form" and become intangible.
		- **Magic Attacks:** Zatanna can blast enemies with mystical energy.
		- **Magical Constructs:** Zatanna can use her magical energies to create inanimate objects such as traps or devices to suit her needs.
		- **Psionic Magic:** Zatanna can utilize spells enabling mental manipulation and psychic abilities:
			* **Astral Magic:** Zatanna's consciousness can leave her physical body and travel to other planes of existence.
			* **Hypnotic Magic:** Zatanna can hypnotize anyone and command them to do anything she pleases.
			* **Illusionary Magic:** She can create illusions at will to inflicts confusions and mental trauma on her target.
			* **Magical Telekinesis:** Zatanna can move/obtain objects at a distance with her spells.
			* **Magical Telepathy:** Zatanna can also read minds, view and erase memories of others with or without the person's consent.
		- **Mystically Healing:** Zatanna can heal herself or whoever she choses from most injuries.
		- **Portal Magic:** Zatanna can travels through dimensions through portals she opened with magic.
		- **Size Magic:** Zatanna can increase or decrease her size or the size of others to any conceivable size.
		- **Teleportation Magic:** She can send herself and/or anyone to anyplace she/they wish to visit without any space/time restrictions.
		- **Time Magic:** Zatanna can move time forwards or backwards or even stops time in demand.
		- **Transmutation Magic:** Zatanna can turn anything into anything else, essentially. For instance, she has turned bullets into paper airplanes as well changing her clothes instantly. Most often she changes violent objects into harmless things.
		- **Weather Magic:** Zatanna can control and affects the weather in a certain area.
	+ **Magic Infusion:** As a tribute to her mother to channel magic she has stored if in case she loses the ability to speak "Store Magic". For example, her "magical hat" which allows her to have a infinite storage dimension.
		- **Magic Transferal:** Zatanna once forced a "nightmare" demon into the dreams of hundreds of people to split him apart then locked him away in her hat.
		- **Flight**

### **Abilities**

**Magic Mastery:** As a chronicler of magic she possesses an extensive understanding of occult lore due to her mystic background.

**Magicians Mastery:** Zatanna is a greatly skilled magician and an expert illusionist, therefore performing extraordinary (real) tricks and incredible illusions on stage is super simple to her.

**Omnillugalism:** Able to speak English and many other languages and her signature "Backwards Speech". She also speaks some Turkish and Italian.

**Peak Human Combat & Magic Combat:** Zatanna has received extensive training from her time with the Justice League and from her father who always told her to rely on her wits as well as her fists should her magic fail.

## **Trivia**

* Zatanna joined the Justice League in 2017 nominated by Batman.
* People know her identity due to her being a celebrity.
* She considers Nabu to be her rival.
* She's friends with Rose Psychic. Thanks to a connection between Citadel of Gehenna and Shadowcrest, Rose has been seen in Gotham with recurring frequency. It is not odd to hear of Rose and Zee sharing a lunch or spa day together.
* Sindella is not only from Turkey, but also ethnically Turkish, making Zatanna Turkish-Italian.
* Zatanna calling herself vegetarian
* Her rabbit might be a nod to Captain Carrot.
* Her nickname Annataz Arataz
* Supposedly Zee's father wore nothing but flannel shirts when he wasn't in his tux and Zee's closet is filled to the brim with his old shirts, which she wears as a way to feel close to him. This penchant for plaid has had the unexpected side-effect of allowing her to go unrecognized by most people when she's out on the town.
* Zatanna claims to be a vegetarian, but I'd seen her chow down on a double bacon cheeseburger on more than one occasion. I think that might just be something she tells the press to score points with the animal rights crowd so they'll stop picketing her shows when she uses rabbits and doves. As if Zatanna would ever harm Rodney.
* In addition to being the Mistress of Magic, crimefighter, sex icon, and running her own school of witchcraft and wizardry, Zatanna is an author. She recently wrote *Hex Appeal: The Modern Girl's Guide to Magic*. It mostly only features beauty tips, fashion advise, and simple illusion tricks, but it also has a lot of good, solid advise in it.