**Full name:** Katya Annik Rasputina/Rasputin

**Codename:** _Sorceress_

**Age:** 21

**From:** Russia

**Mutations:** Teleportation, Psionic Shields

![Appearance](http://www.mynewhair.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/girl-beautiful-sexy-long-hair-blonde.jpg "Katya")

**Special skills:** Sorcery spells (black magic), hand to hand combat & weapons training thanks to Project: X-Men (especially talented at the sword and axes)

**Background:** Katya was born in 1994 just before her mother caught the Legacy Virus and died. Her father was not a mutant, but died soon after as well, leaving Katya to be raised by her grandmother and grandfather. She was raised to try and subdue her mutant powers, as her grandparents believed their children’s abilities were what sent them away from Russia and led to their demise. Katya believed herself a superhero though, and practiced in secret, saving little animals and fellow school mates. When she was around 7 years old, one of the demons from Limbo that helped her mother develop her black magic showed up and tried to possess the young girl, but was unable to because of her psionic shields. Instead, it began teaching her the art of black magic in hopes to gain her trust and allow her into her mind. Katya began learning spells like how to bind others, awareness of others with magic abilities, astral projection while sleeping, and other simple spells. 

At the age of 10, Katya met her uncles, Colossus and Mikhail, Colossus having been resurrected by Ord. During this trip, he saw much of his sister in his niece, and wanted to make sure she didn’t go on a dark path there in Russia. He brought her back with him to the USA and to the capable hands of the X-men when she was 11. 

In the last 10 years, she has learned how to properly control her mutations, and many other skills necessary for an X-man like hand to hand combat (though she sucks at driving despite classes). The demon from her childhood has followed her though and helped her secretly develop her black magic, though she has tried to ignore him for the most part. Her teachers and fellow X-men remain unaware for the most part as she prevents them from reading her mind, but she has gotten remarkably more capable at those simple, black magic spells.

**Additional notes:** 

- I basically tried to make Katya who Illyana (Magik) would have been if not taken to Limbo, but since Magik was the ruler of Limbo in the comics, I felt it only right to include some magic.

- She still retains a soft Russian accent.