Player Name: Eru Iluvatar
Character You Wish To Play: Wanda Maximoff [The Scarlet Witch]
Moral Alignment: Walking the Line
Affiliation: The Shadow Conquerors
Character Origin & Backstory: With the foundation of the Shadow Conquerors (then simply known as the 'Brotherhood' as a European relief and aid group, nobody knew what role it was to have in the years to come. The core founders of the group included Erik Lehnsherr and Charles Xavier - among other faces, many of which who were the largely unknown phenomena named mutants. It appeared afterwards that Lehnsherr had been seeking mutants to join the group, though it was in truth only dedicated to general aid and relief. The group's base of operation - Sokovia - however, was an unfortunate place to be at the time. Corruption and oppression ran rampant in the streets, and all of it originated from the powerful Government that ruled the country. Erik, noticing these drastic afflictions perpetrated by humans, rose to lead the syndicate into direct conflict with the corrupt Sokovian Government. The President and the Government together had plagued Lehnsherr's time in Sokovia - damning him and his accomplices to endless labours and extortionate taxes. Wanda and Pietro Maximoff, two siblings with an undisclosed past and profound dormant abilities, grew up in the guerilla warfare of the Brotherhood-turned-terrorist group under the protection and guidance of Lehnsherr. The two quickly took to him as a father figure where there previously was none - Wanda admiring his natural leadership skills and obvious superiority to the common man.
With the continued state of distress in Sokovia, the ranks of the group expanded. It was renamed to the 'Shadow Conquerors' and Charles Xavier with some of his fellow accomplices were becoming more at odds with Erik's chosen tactics. The leaders, Lehnsherr's specifically chosen compatriots, employed more elite and experienced operatives. They primarily only included the oppressed populace of Sokovia, but hungry eyes looking in from outside the country soon became involved. The Shadow Conquerors altered once again from an organisation fuelled by anger to a bloodthirsty group of killers - at least out in the field. Sokovia descended into chaos, and that's when the X-Genes of the twins came to fruition. Chaos became a homestead for Wanda, and Pietro himself gained the ability to move at superhuman speed. They eventually adopted titles to pair with their gifts: Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch. Erik took great interest, more so than before, in the two. He saw they were bound for great things.
Wanda had always seemed destined to continue Erik's quest against the Government, if something were to take him out of the field. Coincidentally, he did leave with Wanda's coming of age - along with her brother, Pietro, and many of the mutants involved with Sokovia. They had departed for the United States soon after a seismic separation had occurred between Erik's Shadow Conquerors and Xavier's more pacifist ideas. The two groups were at complete odds, purely over mutant affairs and the position of mutantkind in relation to humanity. Wanda had been interested in staying with her adoptive father and becoming involved in the mutant situation instead of the war with the Government - but she had grown too attached to the former cause. She had grown up with the endless conflicts, and had been involved to a much greater extent than Pietro.
The Maximoff twins had been close physically throughout their upbringing, though it was apparent that as time progressed - the two drifted apart mentally. Pietro was not devoted to the cause that Wanda and her 'father' Erik had taken to heart, and Wanda's growing urge for vengeance against the perpetrators of all the negativity she saw around her only increased. She still loved him, but it was unrequited, a love born out of the shared blood that flowed through their veins. She looked upon a lot of his qualities with disdain, but perhaps with the right counsel he could be prepared for greater purposes. Perhaps, when she had finished crushing the Government, she would seek him out in America.
Wanda had always shuddered when people mentioned the future. Fighting the Government had been her whole life - could she find a similar cause to partake in? Would it have to be for the good of the common man? As she matured into her mutant life, Erik's phrase constantly reoccurred in her mind - 'homo superior'. She knew that he and her brother were fighting over mutantkind on another, unfamiliar, continent. She certainly considered the plight within her possible options. She had decided to leave, after the war was over. Only, she had to survive - both physically and mentally - first.
Powers and Abilities: Chaos Magic Reality Warping - Hex Fields, Telekinesis, Flight, Force Fields. Limited knowledge of general sorcery, formidable tactician, adept at close combat.
Sample Story Arcs:
Fate of Sokovia - Focusing on the climax of the Sokovian Government's war with the Shadow Conquerors, and Doctor Doom's pivotal involvement.
Mutant Discord - Focusing on Wanda's movement to the United States, her reunification with Pietro and her position in mutant affairs.
Chaos Uninhibited - Focusing on Wanda's mental state and her progressive succumbing to the power of Chaos.
Sample Post: She hovered above them all, watching with a ravenous intent as her pawns made a decisive move against the enemy. She had pondered about the rather erratic strike she had ordered, though only briefly. The secret war had been going on for years now, and its conflicts were pitiful and sparse. Then the enemy had suddenly introduced a third party.
"Latveria." She hissed, to none but herself. A cacophony of cultivated fields were split roughly by the border - a large and imposing stretch of stone and steel, manned and defended by the Latverian monarch's soldiers. She had never seen the monarch himself, though the name 'Doom' had been a topic of conversation throughout her entire life, and the rumours were often unbelievable and terrifying. She was greatly interested by the man - if he was even mortal - and the drastic move by the enemy to target his state had made her chuckle with excitement. She knew it would not be long until this 'Doom' was before her.
The strange defenders of the border were unlike anything she'd expected. They were all identical, large and stationary - like gargoyles defending a medieval keep. Penetrating colours of green and silver shone with the moon's glare as her pawns approached.
If they had the audacity to steal under the guise of me, then what else is there for me to do but raise the stakes?
She sneered as her gift held her high in the air. It was a picture of twisted beauty if one were to see her up close.
She focused on the menial response of the Latverian soldiers as her Shadows let loose with silenced gunfire. They appeared remarkably stalwart, barely even fazed by the bullets that should have proven fatal. They began to mechanically move towards her pawns. She wasn't particularly unnerved by the strange soldier's formability - if dead bodies were produced in Government uniforms then she didn't care, even if they were disguises. She had worked with one of her Conquerors, a drunkard but efficient strategist named Ivan Jankovic. They had agreed on this course of action shortly before she had sent the man to dispose of the potentially threatening Zebediah Killgrave.
She giggled to the clouds amongst her. She was manoeuvring the pieces of the war chessboard with a meticulous pragmatism. No matter how far her pawns made it into Latveria, the first signs of conflict would still have sufficed. Doom would be alert soon enough, and the monarch's weaponry would let her crush the enemy once and for all after she had twisted his strings into a trade agreement. And if not... well, she had her gift.
For was she not Wanda Maximoff, master of Chaos?
Was she not the Scarlet Witch?
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