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Name:  Illyana Nikolievna Rasputin
Alias:  Magik

Relatives:
Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin (Colossus) (brother)
Affiliation:  X Men, Charles Xavier School member), Phoenix Five
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Identity:  Secret Identity
Citizenship:  Russian, Soviet, Krakoan
Marital Status:  Single
Occupation:  Mutant Nurse
Formerly: True Sorceress Supreme & Ruler of Limbo and adventurer; former student
Education:  University courses at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters receiving a Nursing Degree, tutored in magic by Belasco and Storm (Ororo Munroe).

Gender:  Female
Height:  5' 5" (1.65 m) Weight:  130 lbs (58.97 kg)  Eyes: Blue (Illyana); Yellow rimmed with Red in Demon form.   Hair:  Blond  Skin: Normally peaches & Cream in Human form and Blue as Demon
Unusual Features:  As a Demon, she has horns, a tail, and hooves.
Origin:  Mutant, became sorceress while in Limbo. Died of Legacy Virus and was resurrected by Belasco.
Place of Birth:  Ust-Ordynsky Collective, near Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia


Powers

Stepping Discs: She has the mutant ability to mentally control "stepping discs", which allow herself and others to teleport across interstellar distances or through time. The discs are part of a dimension known as Limbo. This dimension is specifically known alternately as "Demonic Limbo", "Limbo-Belasco", or "Otherplace". However, when Illyana mentally calls for a Stepping Disc she must use Limbo as a midway point before she can teleport to an alternate location. It is not known if she was genetically predetermined to travel through Limbo, or if she did so because, having been spirited there as a child, it was the alternate dimension she was instinctively aware of it. Magik has succeeded in teleporting herself across continents, from one continent to another, and even interplanetary and intergalactic distances on occasion. Apparently, she can mentally scan Limbo while on Earth in order to locate whoever she wishes to teleport from Limbo down to her, on Earth.

Unlike most other teleporters, Magik can teleport through time as well as space. She has teleported moments, days or centuries into the past or future. Especially, early on, she had difficulty modulating this ability and would often inadvertently travel through time and space when intending to teleport only through space.  She was told by Dr. Strange that she had potential for great feats of manipulating time on a wider scale.

Sorcery: Magik is the Sorceress Supreme of her Limbo dimension. The extent of her powers there are all-powerful and the demons of Limbo did not dare challenge her. Magik had access to Belasco's store of mystical knowledge. Magik's sorcery was a unique mix of black magic, that she learned from Belasco, and white magic, taught by Ororo Munroe. She has also demonstrated enough skill and power to utilize the Eye of Agamotto after Doctor Strange trained her how to.  She is considered as a possible Sorcerer Supreme.

Magik's powers: On Earth she was formerly limited to Astral Projection, a Mystical Sense (ability to detect mystical presences), simple spells, and summoning her Soulsword. But Since her tutelage under Doctor Strange, Magik has shown better control and has demonstrated more powerful spells on Earth. Such as when she uses a magic to summon a giant, demonic Hydra to fight for her.

She also uses a defensive shield spell from the Book of the Vishanti that she'd memorized, called the Vishanti Personal Shield of Defense. She also uses a spell she'd memorized from the Scrolls of Agamotto. The spell was an energy manipulation spell. She used it to manipulate the energy the advanced sentinels were wielding, causing them to destroy each other by redirecting the energy and exploding themselves. The spell was called, Julani's spell of energy manipulation, from the Scrolls of Agamotto.

Another impressive feat that Magik displays is when she rescued Cylcops from his prison cell in Genosha. To do this, she summons giant demon hands from the ground that rise up and destroy an entire reinforced prison bunker wall. She also does this in conjunction with a shield spell.

Limbo Control: Magik’s Limbo, also known as Otherplace, was not a void as such, but rather a small pocket dimension that is tenuously connected to True Limbo, where time does not pass in a physical sense and as a result no one can age or die. The matter within Magik’s Limbo could be shaped and transformed by the thoughts and emotions of the sorcerer who is its master.

Mystical Armor: The more that Magik uses her magical power on any occasion, the more mystical armor appears on her body. The nature and origin of this armor is as yet unknown. Along with the armor, Magik’s appearance will become more demonic including horns, hooves, or a tail. The mystical armor is a natural power of whoever rules in Limbo.

Psionic Shields:
She has impenetrable psionic shields, most likely a result of the time she spent in Limbo and the effects of her partially demonic soul. As such even powerful telepaths such as Charles Xavier, Jean Summers, Emma Frost and Magneto,to name a few, can not mentally read Illyana's thoughts or sense her psionically.

Magik is highly skilled in the black magic of Limbo granted by the patron of Belasco, Chthon, as well as white magic of Earth granted by the patron of Storm's lineage Oshtur. Illyana is also highly skilled in ancient weaponry, typically axes and swords. Even without her Soul Sword, she led an attack on hordes of rebelling demons using only an axe without suffering any injuries and succeeding in quelling their rebellion.

Multilingual: Native Russian born Illyana was telepathically taught fluent English by Professor X over the course of a single night by programming it into her brain while she slept.

Strength level:  Normal human female With moderate regular exercise. Supreme strength in Demon form.

Weaknesses:

Mystical Limitations: Magik's magical abilities are far more limited in Earth's dimension.

Dark Half: However, use of dark magic or intense emotions can cause a demonic 'Darkchylde' form within her.

Stepping Disk Burden: The farther she travels the less control she has. If she doesn't concentrate while teleporting she can inadvertently teleport through time as well as space. Going through time is far worse than simply traversing space; after such jaunts she is psychically drained and must regain her strength before attempting another great teleport.

Magik has since honed this ability and no longer has difficulty differentiating time and space with vast jumps.

Transportation: Stepping Discs, X-Men Blackbird

Weapons: The Soulsword, a sword that could disrupt most spells or slay magical beings, but which passed through normal people without harming them. When using it, her body became covered in a mysterious mystic armor.

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