Ancient One MCU

"*We never lose our demons, Mordo. We only learn to live above them."*
―Ancient One to Karl Mordo

The Ancient One was the Sorcerer Supreme as well as the leader of the Masters of the Mystic Arts. For centuries, the Ancient One protected Earth from mystical threats, and dedicated herself to helping others in need by educating them in the magical arts to give them new hope. However, later on, she was challenged by a former student, Kaecilius, who had become corrupted by the Dark Dimension and sought to bring Dormammu to Earth. In the midst of her war against Kaecilius and his Zealots, the Ancient One encountered Doctor Strange and, despite her initial reluctance, was persuaded to accept him as her student by Karl Mordo. During one final battle, the Ancient One was fatally wounded and despite the best efforts of Doctor Strange and Christine Palmer, she accepted her fate and died, but not before giving Doctor Strange the advice he needed to defeat Dormammu as well as to find his new purpose in life as a master.
"No one knows the age of the Sorcerer Supreme. Only that she is Celtic and never talks about her past."
―Karl Mordo

## Ancient One

### Power and Abilities

Master Sorceress: As the Sorcerer Supreme, and the leader of the Masters of the Mystic Arts, the Ancient One was the most powerful member of the order, possessing absolute mastery of the mystic arts, which she used to defend her native reality from threats from other dimensions of the Multiverse, having successfully prevented countless threats during her long life. With the help of numerous mystical artifacts and relics, in addition to her astral powers, the Ancient One is able to gain access to a multitude of mystical powers. The Ancient One is also a highly capable teacher, having taught the mystic arts to many students who became skilled practitioners of Magic, most prominently Kaecilius and Stephen Strange both who became extremely powerful sorcerers in their own right.Eldritch Magic Manipulation: The Ancient One is able to create, shape and manipulate Eldritch Magic. She is also shown to be able to resist the strength of an Eldritch Whip and even turn the whip's great force back on the user to effortlessly disarm them, as evidenced when was she unfazed by the Zealots that entangled her ankles with the whip, while she then proceeded to effortlessly pull those who were holding the other end of it to the ground with a tug of her leg.Teleportation: Using a Sling Ring, the Ancient One is able to open a fiery portal to another location, gaining the ability to move tremendous distances instantaneously.Inter-Dimensional Travel: Using the same Sling Ring, the Ancient One can travel between different dimensions and universes, crossing over different planes of existence or traveling across various forms of reality. She was also able to forcibly send Strange's consciousness flying across multiple dimensions by touching his head and later brought Strange to the Mirror Dimension, but without having to use the Sling Ring. She also send both herself and the Zealots to the Mirror Dimension to begin their first fight.Astral Projection: The Ancient One is capable of separating her astral form from her body, gaining access to the Astral Dimension. She used her astral form to speak to Doctor Strange's own astral form before her clinical death. She was also able to forcibly push Strange's soul into the Astral Dimension to prove a point.Dark Dimension Magic Manipulation: Having drawn power from the Dark Dimension, she is far more powerful in the Mirror Dimension, enabling her to take down several Kaecilius's zealots single-handedly. Unlike the Zealots, however, she had greater experience and understanding over this forbidden magic to the point that, through unknown means, she somehow prevented Dormammu's influence from reaching her while also ensuring that she did not become a Mindless One.Immortality: The Ancient One achieved immortality by drawing power from the Dark Dimension to fuel her long life. However, this form of immortality only suppresses the aging process, meaning that she can still be fatally injured. She was notably resilient enough to not be killed instantly by falling from a great height after being stabbed through the torso by Kaecilius. Furthermore, she lasted several minutes afterward to be brought into an operating table, just so she could astral project and watch the snow fall outside before her clinical death.Reality Warping: The Ancient One's connection to the Dark Dimension allowed her to warp space in the Mirror Dimension. Her momentum was also enhanced to the point that she can easily send someone flying with her strikes.Master Martial Artist: The Ancient One was a highly accomplished and experienced martial artist, in both armed and hand-to hand combat, with centuries worth of fighting experience. Her skills allowing her to easily fight and overpower and kill many Zealot sorcerers in her first fight with them and she was also able to dominate the enhanced Zealots in her final fight with them, easily beating them one on one and her notably being able to easily dodge a charge from Tall Zealot and swiftly knock him down and battle against both the Brunette Zealot and Kaecilius and separate them as well as pressure Kaecillus in their brief duel. She was only defeated because Kaecillus surprised her by stabbing both her and Tall Zealot. Her technique is based on Tessenjutsu, as seen by her creating folding fans out of magic and wielding it as effective melee weapons or improvised boomerangs.Multilingualism: The Ancient One could speak English and Chinese, in addition to Sanskrit, which the Book of Cagliostro is written in.

### Range

Several meters via most attack,E1 via mirror Dimension