Xamira Khan

**Xamira Khan** also known as **Amethyst** is a member of Vought Europe's #1 Super Team The Roundtable based in London, England.

## Biography

### Early Life

Xamira was born on August 1st, 1985 in Tehran, Iran, she and her family her father Amir and mother Fatemeh fled to South West, England where Amir's older brother worked in a auto body shop for them to stay and her father to work when Xamira was 2 and became political refugees. Shortly after her younger brother Ali would be offered Compound V from Vought and while the money was good they offered their daughter to be injected as well for more money as the family struggled.

When Xamira was 9 she first found out about her powers when a bully at school was making fun of her being "different" and created a large purple crystal bubble that surrounded herself and it shattered piercing small shards into her bully and several other children. Luckily no one was killed and Xamira's parents told her the truth. Ali would get his powers shortly after becoming more jealous with his sister from the start.

### Becoming Amethyst

As Xamira grew into her powers like her brother in their teens. They met in their home Vought Executive and future President of Vought Europe, Bill Kirby and offered her and Ali a deal. He wanted the two to become a Brother and Sister Hero Partnership, he and Vought believe their South Asian and Middle Eastern Market could rise if Xamira and Ali could work together and grow Vought Europe. But they needed someone to train them so they would be trained by Vought Europe's Number 1 Supe Trainer and founding member of The Roundtable: Luther Moore aka Mr Miraculous.

The training the duo went through was extremely hard, neither one of them expected their training was going to super difficult. The team learned Martial Arts, Acrobatics, Training Exercises, Learning how to utilize and improve their powers. But the hardest thing for them was testing their endurance, every day, Luther would punch them in the gut as many times until either of them threw up and would continue to do it until they could stand after his punches. After 3 years of training the Duo would be called to London, England and would start their Supe Careers as Amethyst and Mirage: The Persian Pair.

### The Persian Pair

As 1/2 of the Persian Pair, the brother and sister duo would have mix views on themselves. Sometimes they are well respected in the Superhero Community and Civilian Community often being called the "Poster Children of Middle Eastern Superheroes". While some are negative towards them, people who are/were Islamophobics in the UK considered the pair to be Outsiders as they didn't represent London and its people and were often called racial slurs even when they're doing their jobs. While Ali had a hot temper and once in a while would fight against the people he was trying to save while Xamira would try and keep her brother under control.

Ali was always jealous of his sister, being the first kid, getting her powers first, being the most popular of the pair, he was disgusted that he had to share the spotlight with her. During an "incident" in 2008 where during a horrific fire in an loft, the pair tried and rescued several innocent civilians but an American tourist who had been renting a room their was very rude to them and called them horrific names and insults which pushed Ali over the edge and held his face into a burning wood post and killed them which shocked Xamira. After this experience she wanted to leave the partnership as her brother became psychologically unhinged. But it was good timing, the Roundtable was looking for another member after the last one died of some "unknown circumstances" and they needed a new position and Bill who had been President of the Parent Company had decided Xamira was ready and she became the first Muslim Woman and first Woman of Color to join the Roundtable.

### Marrying Kick-Start

In 2018, her points has been going down for the time, it was believed that when she worked with her brother she had gained a lot of popularity but as she gotten older her fans had dwindled down and focused more on the younger and hotter Supes. To counter this setback Vought planned on her having a relationship with one of her teammates, Kick-Start, the Round Table's official Speedster who also has been hitting a wall with his audience due to him underperforming the other Speedsters like The Seven's A-Train. So Vought "caught" them kissing on camera showing the world their relationship which increased their popularity and also targeting Interracial Couples market that boosted their name. While the relationship was hot and heavy on camera, it was further from romantic off camera as while Kick-Start did had feelings for Xamira she didn't and saw it as a way to increase her status and doesn't enjoy them pretending to be a couple. But considers Kick-Start as a friend and a coworker.

In the next year they would be "married" in 2019 becoming the first Interracial Supe Marriage in London which became a huge deal for Vought Europe. They would get commercials and endorsements for couples themed merchandise like Lingerie, Jewelry, and a Vacation Rental Company posing as an actual couple.

## Personality

Xamira is a very kind and forgiving person, she truly cared for helping and protecting people which is something most Supes didn't have. Growing up in a Muslim Household she learned a lot from her parents about Respect, Loyalty, Dignity and Faith something that Xamira always carried on her shoulders.

## Powers/Abilities

### Powers

* **Crystal Creation:** Amira's trademark ability is her creating purple crystals out of her hands, she can use them to create many things like mini dagger like blades, create pieces of armor that wraps around her hands, legs and even her entire body, create a bubble to protect herself and people around her, form large flexible binds to restrain or act as extra appendages, and can form larger crystals to be used like platforms or barriers
* **Superhuman Strength:** Xamira is strong enough to lift heavy building debris, bend metal pipes, and punch and throw regular thugs like it's nothing.
* **Superhuman Durability:** Due to Amira's training she learned how to endure a lot of physical pain, she's strong enough to take hits from Mr Miraculous who was strong enough to lift one of the stones in Stonehenge which weighs roughly 25 Tons. Survive getting hit with bullets, a car, and even hits from other Supes including her own brother.
* **Superhuman Speed:** Xamira is very quick for herself as she was fast enough to dodge a Rocket Powered Grenade in a few feet, and could match the top speed of a stolen Aston Martin which is close to 200mph
* **Superhuman Reflexes:** Xamira is quick enough to react to bullet fire and could even split a bullet in half with one of her crystals as its been fired.

### Abilities

* **Martial Arts:** Mr Miraculous taught Xamira martial arts learning a combination of Krav Maga and Judo to find an opponents pressure point and exploit it
* **Bilingual**: Xamira and speak and read fluent English and Farsi

## Suit/Equipment

### Suit 1

Xamira's first Costume when she and her brother were the Persian Pair was inspired by Persian Colors with her's being primarily different shades of purple with bronze and silver colored armor pieces around her shoulder's, wrists, and knees, and a hood that resembled a veil which was a huge part of Islamic Culture.

### Suit 2

Her second suit followed after her brother leaving her and Xamira joining the Round Table, Vought developed a second suit which was a little more revealing as they intended it to be empowering for not as her as a woman but also for her culture. It kept the shades of purple but was a leotard with gold colored gloves and shoulder guards, a red sash around her naked waist, a large purple A on her chest with her partial cleavage exposed, and long dark purple boots. She wore the outfit anyway and became her signature look until her marriage to Kick-Start

### Suit 3

After her Marriage to Kick-Start Vought decided to ditch the old costume and have her wear something more mature. They covered her body in a dark purple jumpsuit with gemstone shapes around her body, black gloves, boots, the A is changed to be on her Belt, and a light purple mask that covers the top half of her face except for her eyes but keeps her hair out.

## Weaknesses/Faults

### Physical

* **Sounds/Vibrations:** If anything that gives off high sounds or vibrations on her crystal constructs they will shatter.
* **Limited Durability:** While she can take a hit as much as the average Supe it does take a toll on her and doesn't possess a healing factor so her wounds won't heal as fast

### Psychological

* **Social Outcast:** After her brother left her and became a Supe Terrorist, she became distant from her family and her friends. The trauma she went through had pushed her into giving up on having a social life outside of work and she tries to do as much as she can as Amethyst.
* **Fear of Losing:** When growing up, her and her brother would always be in completion with each other. Which furthered into their adulthood where Xamira had grown into having a fear of losing wether which makes her more assertive and aggressive whenever she is in any stiff competition.

## Trivia

* Xamira in English means "Diamond" or "Precious" which is ironic as her superpower is creating crystals
* Xamira is inspired by two Marvel characters: Kamala Khan, being a minority Muslim woman in a different country and sharing the same last name, and Emma Frost but with her powers being to create crystal constructs instead of covering her body in them.
* While Xamira thrives as a high profile Supe in Vought Europe, Ali wouldn't be so lucky as he had returned to Iran and became a Supe Terrorist and was eventually killed by Black Noir and Homelander
* Xamira is one of the few Supes who aren't as psychotic or mentally insane as she truly does want to help people
* In the 2016 she became an Influencer in helping and advocating for Muslim Women in Europe and has her own Charity Foundation called "Amethyst's Peace of Mind Association" or APMA in helping the Muslim Community
* Despite Xamira being more of an introvert, she does have a couple friends being her "Husband" Kick-Start, Android and Frostbite, they would talk in-between work and on days off