Amara Aquilla

## Background

### 1985 - 2002: Amara Aquilla

Amara Aquilla is the only daughter & child of Senator Lucius Antonius Aquilla. At a young age, Amara lost her mother in an undisclosed event. Since then, she was mostly raised by nannies as her father was mostly busy with his job & other demands. Unknown to Amara, another reason he kept her home with the nannies was because he was afraid her powers would go haywire or she would be taken advantage of.

Because of his ranking position, Senator Aquilla was good friends with Emmanuel Da Costa, the CEO of Da Costa International & father of Roberto Da Costa. After years of keeping the secret of Amara's powers to himself, he confided in Emmanuel as he was aware that his son had been sent away the year prior. Through his connections, he was able to get Lucius & Amara a meeting with the secret school that catered to mutants. Under the pretense of taking a vacation to the states, Lucius & Amara went to go visit the institute & met with its headmaster Professor Xavier.

### 2002 - 2003: Magma

Believing it to be the better option for her, Amara was instructed to stay to the United States with Professor Xavier. Reluctantly, Amara agreed & move into the mansion. At the Xavier Institute, Amara & the other students were tutored by Professor Xavier & trained in the use of their powers in the Danger Room. At first, Magma experienced culture shock, but soon got a handle of American values. She also made quick progress in the use of her powers, being able to melt tunnels into the ground with the walls cooling down in mere seconds.

During her last year at the Institute, Amara joined the New Mutants, the new class of trainees for the X-Men. She quickly became close friends with everyone on the team, especially Dani Moonstar. Both girls were experiencing a new lifestyle living among the X-Men & helped each other with adjusting. As a member of the New Mutants, they frequently encountered & sometimes engaged in combat with Hellions, a team of teenage mutants from Massachusetts Academy. Though technically enemies, Amara fell for one of its members, Empath. Upon returning home from a mission, Amara received a letter from her father, stating it was time to return home & marry now that she has graduated.

Mortified, Amara began fantasizing life among the Hellions, at the Massachusetts Academy. After another counter the Hellions, Amara & Empath revealed their mutual attraction to each other. Amara later left the New Mutants & joined the Hellions.

### 2003 - 2008: Magma

While living with the Hellions, Amara was ordered again by her father to return home to her arranged marriage & Emma Frost suggested she comply. Amara, with Empath accompanying her, returned home. While awaiting her arranged marriage, all of the members of the Hellions (except for Warpath) were killed by Trevor Fitzroy, the nephew of Sebastian Shaw. Warpath, Firestar & Cannonball were the ones to deliver the news of the death of their former teammates. While there, her father also revealed that her mother had not passed away like she believed & actually resided in England with her family. Magma decided to leave Empath & her friends to search for her mother.

Magma remained under the radar for nearly half a decade before she turned up among a group of mutants attacked by Purifiers. She was among the few saved from certain death by quick transfusion of Angel's healing-factor-laced blood. However, Magma still remained in coma for weeks until students Josh Foley & Julian Keller found out about her condition. Using Josh's healing abilities, they attempted to wake her but when Magma awoke, she let out a powerful blast that nearly demolished the entire wing. It took a few hours to track her & calm her down but once Beast cleared her, she rejoined the X-Men & New Mutants.

## Romantic Relationships

* Manny de la Rocha: Boyfriend (2003)
* Antonio Argent: Boyfriend (2006 - 2007)

## Powers & Abilities

* **Mutant Physiology**
	+ ***Geokinesis*:** She can psionically control the movement of tectonic plates within the Earth's crust. She can create both small & large earthquakes within her range.
		- ***Geo-Thermokinesis*:** She can cause magma, molten rock from deep within the earth, to rise & break through the surface, forming miniature volcanoes. She can also turn nearby rock molten & telekinetically project fiery blasts of magma at targets.
		- ***Magma Form*:** When using her powers, Magma's body shines with intense light & gives off tremendous heat. Although she has triggered small earth tremors without taking on this glowing form, she cannot use her lava blasts while in her ordinary human appearance.
		- ***Superhuman Durability***
	+ ***Pyrokinesis*:** Magma can create flames & project blasts of heat that do not contain any molten rock. The highest level of heat that Magma can generate is not yet known, but it is believed that she can reach at least 850° Fahrenheit or higher.
		- ***Healing*:** She is also granted the ability to heal simultaneously when touched by some heat substance.
* **Swordsmanship:** Magma is a skilled swordsman.
* **Hand to Hand Combat**

### Weaknesses

* **Emotional Consistency:** She could unintentionally create major earthquakes & large-scale volcanic activity by losing control of her temper & becoming unusually angry.

### Ratings

* **Acumen:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Might:** 3 - Average / Basic to 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Quickness:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Mysticism:** 1 - Nonexistent
* **Gadgets:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Projection:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Tactics:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Battle:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **TOTAL:** 56 - Power Level 2 / Low Threat (minimum); 72 - Power Level 2 / Low Threat (maximum)

## Trivia

* Her powers are linked to her emotions.
* When in magma form, her hair seems ablaze with fiery light. Neither her own heat nor heat from another source can harm her while in this form. She is also not blinded by the light that her form radiates.
* Her costume is made from unstable molecules so that it will not be harmed by the tremendous heat she generates.
* Amara & Bobby have an untold love for one another. After one intimate moment, neither has discussed their relationship as both are too preoccupied saving the world from one villain after the other.
* She is a mentor of the Paladins Squad. The current members are Preview, Pixie, Match, Nature Girl, DJ.
* Dani Moonstar is her best friend. They enrolled at the Institute during the same year. Along with Wolfsbane & Karma, the four became very close.
* Her power level ranking increases when she is in contact with the earth.

## Notes

* The original character of Magma belongs to the Marvel Universe. However, her backstory has changed some as the Nova Roma is not part of this universe.
* Her mother's name in Amara's birth name in the comics.