Scarlet Witch (Earth-199999)

## History:

Wanda Maximoff was born in Sokovia and was a innate owner of Chaos Magic which only got exposed due to being experimented on by the terrorist organisation HYDRA. She and her brother Pietro Maximoff worked with the insane robot Ultron and almost completely crushed The Avengers until they noticed that what he was doing was wrong and betrayed him. Pietro unfortunately perished in battle which was the start of her trauma filled Superhero career. She repelled the Sokovia Accords and sided with Captain America's team in the Avengers Civil War ultimately ending up on the losing side and subsequently arrested by General "Thunderbolt" Ross. Recently she had to fight the equally powerful witch Agatha Harkness and break down her own dream world to move on from her grief.

## Since The Worlds Collided:

Wanda after the merge wanted to unite the Avengers once more especially to defend the new Multiverse from threats. She found Black Panther and they got to work amassing their incredible roster they currently have. They didn't go on many actual missions until they formed their roster.

### Cordis Die Invasion:

Scarlet Witch would participate in the invasion of Cordis Die representing the Avengers, she managed to repel the invasion force and send them running like cowards. She wasn't present at the final battle to liberate the Nexus and didn't see the main faction of Cordis Die split in two to begin their civil war.

## Personality:

*"I have what I want. And no one will ever take it from me again."*
―Wanda Maximoff[src]
Due to childhood trauma from seeing her parents killed right in front of her, and the constant war-like state of her home, Wanda Maximoff had developed a very aggressive personality. From being involved in protests to volunteering for Baron Strucker's experiments, and joining the Avengers, Maximoff has shown that she prefers to fight directly for what she believes in. Her passionate nature and willingness to engage in violence to achieve her goals led her to mistakenly side with Ultron, which deeply influenced much of her future actions.

Her passion was partly fueled by her hatred of the United States of America and Tony Stark and was strong enough to have her side with Ultron for what she believed to be the greater good. She was unfazed when Ultron killed von Strucker and was willing to send Hulk on a rampage in Johannesburg, costing the lives of both soldiers and civilians. Fortunately, she was not blinded completely by passion and was capable of reason, clearly being appalled by the level of destruction Ultron was trying to achieve, and promptly sided with the Avengers to make amends. After getting to know the Avengers, she has since let go of any grudge or hatred she previously held against the team as well as the United States.

Due to her past affiliation with Ultron and her role in the destruction of Sokovia, Maximoff carried a deep fear of making mistakes and was frequently wracked with guilt and remorse. Her self-doubt and guilt over the mistakes she has made have at times led her to inaction, even though she is generally action-oriented. Despite this, Hawkeye was able to talk her into action, affirming her desire to fight for what she feels is right, despite what others may think of her.

In contrast with her brother, Scarlet Witch displays a more serious attitude and direct anger, not only against Tony Stark but against anyone that she perceives as her enemy, such as Klaue and Thanos. Her anger leads her to be vengeful, as demonstrated when she volunteered for experiments to become a weapon against the United States and Tony Stark, seeking out Ultron's primary body in order to destroy him after he caused the death of her brother, and angrily telling Thanos that he could not understand her pain after she was forced to kill Vision in the attempt to stop him. In the past, she had no qualms about manipulating others mentally in order to achieve what she wanted, though she later regretted doing this.

Maximoff became considerably more mellow after joining the team, as she is seen to be more compassionate, level-headed, and less inclined to use the manipulative aspects of her abilities, such as fear projection and mind control. Driven by a desire to fight in the front lines rather than as passive support, Maximoff honed her powers to become more combat-oriented, focusing on energy blasts, throws, and barrier projection, relying less on her telepathic abilities. Having become less aggressive and more reluctant to do harm, she has not been seen using her mental manipulation powers since joining the Avengers. Additionally, she rarely uses her powers to deal out lethal force unless completely necessary, using her powers more often to incapacitate her opponents. However, she also is less inclined to hold back in a fight, even against fellow Avengers, as shown when she hurled Black Widow several feet when she attempted to overpower Hawkeye. She has shown a willingness to kill her enemies in extreme circumstances, as shown when she telekinetically threw a carving knife at a perceived assailant before realising it was Hawkeye, and when she purposefully lifted Proxima Midnight into a Thresher and shredded her to stop the latter from killing Black Widow.

Maximoff grew to care for Vision during their time together. However, she was disappointed that he was more loyal to Stark and the people of Earth than to her. However, in the aftermath of Avengers Civil War, she has put the grudge aside and developed strong romantic feelings for him to the point that, after she escaped from the Raft, she went off the grid with him to Europe and was in the beginning stages of starting a new life with him. Her feelings grew strong to the point that she tried her best to protect him from Thanos and the Black Order despite being at a great disadvantage, and refused to kill him until there was no alternative, resisting even when he himself agreed that his death was for the greater good of the universe. When forced to kill him, Maximoff openly wept as she was killing the being she loved more than anything else. Maximoff was horrified when Vision was briefly resurrected and emotionally devastated when he was killed a second time by Thanos, sitting at his side in mourning minutes before her death.

While initially hostile during the conflict with Ultron, Maximoff grew to have a strong bond with Hawkeye, who served as a brotherly figure in her life, especially after losing Pietro. Hawkeye was responsible for encouraging her to act in two separate situations where she is overcome by her guilt, that being the attack on Sokovia and his attempt to extract her from the Avengers' Compound. In the aftermath of the Battle of Earth, where Hawkeye was in need of comfort after losing Black Widow, Maximoff was there, by his side, to quiet his worries.

Upon coming back to life and returning to Earth to fight against Thanos and his armies, Maximoff displayed an overwhelming vehemence towards the alien warlord, tempered by a subtle confidence. Her presence and movements were more deliberate and forceful, unlike the relative apprehension she displayed in her earlier appearances. This was most evident when Thanos was trying to break through her protections, Maximoff gave him an almost mocking smirk before forcefully swatting away his weapon with relative ease.

By the time she created her ideal alternate reality, Wanda's mentality had deteriorated to the point where she believed the "Pietro" that showed up at her house, was her actual brother despite his different appearance. She was incredibly hostile, exiling anyone from the Hex who directly mentioned her past or disrupted her fantasy and was in complete denial that any of it ever happened. She eventually healed by facing her truth and reverting Westview back to normal and she was determined to master her newfound powers, changed from her experience.

## Trivia:

* In the comics, **Scarlet Witch** was a founding member of the Brotherhood of Mutants, being initially identified as a mutant and the biological child of Golden Age superheroes Whizzer and Miss America. Later it was discovered that she was, in fact, the daughter of Magneto and his wife Magda Lehnsherr in *Vision and the Scarlet Witch* #4 (1983), 19 years after Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver's first appearance. In *Avengers & X-Men: AXIS* #7 (2014) and then *Uncanny Avengers* #4 (2015), it is confirmed not only are they not related to Magneto but they are also not mutants, as the High Evolutionary was the one that genetically altered them as infants, giving them their powers, before returning them to their parents, the Maximoffs, whom they briefly believed to be their real parents again. Later on, it was revealed in *Scarlet Witch #4* (2016) that Wanda and Pietro were actually the children of Natalya Maximoff, the sister of Django, who was also a witch who went by the moniker of Scarlet Witch. Natalya and Django, in turn, are the children of a man called the Scarlet Warlock, and Django and Marya took in Natalya's twins after the deaths of their own, Ana and Mateo.
* Although Maximoff's comic book moniker, Scarlet Witch, was never spoken by anyone during the course of the films, Iron Man did once disparagingly refer to her as a "witch." Elizabeth Olsen stated that *WandaVision* would explain why Maximoff is called that. In the episode *Previously On*, Agatha Harkness finally deemed her the Scarlet Witch after discovering that Maximoff is a mythical figure who has the power of chaos magic.
* Maximoff's Halloween costume sported in *All-New Halloween Spooktacular!* is accurately based on her comic-book outfit.
* Maximoff's stage name "**Glamour**" in *Don't Touch That Dial* is a reference to Glynis Zarkov, a Leonia resident with superpowers, that she hide under the guise of the stage magician "**Glamor**," alongside her husband Ilya.
* In the comics, Wanda married Vision, and had twin sons, Billy and Tommy, with him before their marriage dissolved. Their sons erased from existence, but were reincarnated as Wiccan and Speed.
* Wanda is 5'6".