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''This page is about the [[:Category: Phase 2|Phase 2]] incarnation of the character. For other uses, see [[Illyana Rasputin (disambiguation)]].''
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| pb = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Seyfried Amanda Seyfried]
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| name    = Illyana Rasputina
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| pb = [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1102577/ Elle Fanning]
 
| codename = Magik
 
| codename = Magik
| teams  = [[X-Force]]
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| teams  = [[Generation X]]
| birthdate = September 7, 1996
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| birthdate = September 5th, 2001
| journal =  [http://x_snowflake.livejournal.com/ x_snowflake]
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| journal =  [https://xp-magik.dreamwidth.org/profile xp_magik]
 
| player = [[Lauren]]
 
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''I don't know what people think, because everyone here is insane or at least not very bright.''
  
''I don't actually know why he picked me, he wasn't big on the demon-kidnappee heart-to-hearts, but there I was. He did the first ritual almost immediately after everyone had gone.''
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Having grown up in a hell dimension, Illyana Rasputin is trying to work out a whole new world in the form of Xavier's.
 
 
A Russian national, younger sister to [[Piotr Rasputin]] and magically aged eight years during her time in [[Limbo]], Illyana is sarcastic, suspicious and not easy to get to know.  
 
  
  
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== '''Details''' ==
 
== '''Details''' ==
  
'''Character Journal:''' [http://x_snowflake.livejournal.com/ x_snowflake]
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'''Character Journal:''' [https://xp-magik.dreamwidth.org/profile xp_magik]
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'''Real Name''': Illyana Nicolaevna Rasputin
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'''Real Name''': Illyana Nicolaevna Alexandria Rasputina
  
'''Codename''': None.
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'''Codename''': Magik
  
'''Aliases''': None.
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'''Aliases''': Illyana Rasputin (Anglicized version of her name), Darkchylde
  
'''First Appearance''': [http://community.livejournal.com/x_logs/1512.html#cutid1 May 14, 2003]
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'''First Appearance''': [https://xp-logs.dreamwidth.org/3692053.html May 5, 2015]
  
'''Date of Birth''': September 7, 1996
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'''Date of Birth''': September 5th, 2001
  
'''Place of Birth''': Ust-Ordynski, Siberia, Russia
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'''Place of Birth''': Ust-Ordynski Collective Farm near Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia.
  
'''Citizenship''':  Russian, American
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'''Citizenship''':  Russian
  
'''Relatives''': [[Piotr Rasputin]]
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'''Relatives''': Parents: Nikolai and Alexandra Rasputin; unnamed older siblings.
  
'''Education''': Currently finishing high school.
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'''Education''': Spotty, with a strong emphasis on the dark arts. Let's say she'll be starting at pretty much square one in almost everything but algebra. (The dark arts have a surprisingly strong abstract math component.)
  
'''Relationship Status''': Single.
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'''Relationship Status''': Single
  
'''Occupation''': Student; currently employed at the [[Snow Valley Memorial Center for Mutant Affairs]].
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'''Occupation''': Sassy commentator. Unpaid. Unwanted. But sassy. Also, student.
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'''Team Affiliation''': [[Generation X]]
  
'''Team Affiliation''': X-Force.
 
  
 
== '''Biography''' ==
 
== '''Biography''' ==
  
 
=== '''Childhood''' ===
 
=== '''Childhood''' ===
Illyana Nikolaevna Rasputin was born on the Ust-Ordynski collective in Siberia, Russian Federation, on September 7th, 1996, the youngest Rasputin child and daughter of two farmers. Her brother, [[Piotr Rasputin]], was substantially older than she was, and Illyana was very much the pampered baby of her family. Unfortunately, around the time that she turned six, the family farm began to experience difficulties, and when she turned six Illyana was sent to live at [[Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters]] to receive the benefits of a Western education.
 
  
=== '''Living At The X-Mansion''' ===
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Illyana Nicolaevna Alexandria Rasputina - American version: Illyana Rasputin - was born on a struggling collective farm in Siberia in 2001, the last and very unexpected child of Nikolai and Alexandra. Her much older siblings were already out of school, and she was very much petted and cosseted - as much as any farmgirl on a working farm could be, in any case. The occasional gift from a family member working in a city or abroad sometimes made the difference during some of those hard years, but Illyana grew up relatively happy and healthy, participating in her school, the Orthodox church her parents attended, and the goings-on of the collective quite happily. She even learned some English, thanks to a Peace Corps volunteer who spent a few years helping their school set up an English language learning program.
The Russian economy took a downturn in early 2002, and Illyana's parents' farm soon began to fail. When Illyana was six, she was sent to join her brother at [[Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters]], where she was meant to get a Western education and to learn English. She was there for Stryker's attack on the school in May, 2003. Like her brother, she showed an interest in art, and she worked hard to improve her communication skills in English. She spent Christmas, 2003, in New York City with her brother, [[Warren Worthington]] and [[Jake Gavin]].
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One afternoon in 2008, when she was seven, Illyana didn't come home from school. Her parents didn't think much of it until night fell; when Illyana, who was afraid of the dark, didn't come in after that, they put out the search parties to scour the farm and the lakeshore for her.  
  
At the end of January, 2004, Illyana was [[Gangsters | taken hostage]] by the Japanese yakuza to blackmail her brother, acting on orders from [[Shiro Yoshida]]'s uncle. Though she recovered from the incident quickly, Illyana discovered that her parents had been killed, and withdrew from her brother, turning instead to [[Kitty Pryde]] for support. The rift may have healed in time, but before it could, disaster struck.
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She was never found.
  
[[Belasco]], a demon who controlled a dimension called [[Limbo]], had been stalking Illyana for some time, hoping to use her as a human sacrifice in the bloodstone ritual, which would have allowed him to summon elder gods to Earth via the corrupted soul of a human. In late February, 2004, he kidnapped Illyana and took her there through a portal. Despite the best efforts of [[Kitty Pryde]], [[Amanda Sefton]], [[Remy LeBeau]], [[Shiro Yoshida]], [[Jubilation Lee]], [[Sarah Morlocke]], [[Cain Marko]], [[Shinobi Shaw]], and [[Jake Gavin]], the portal closed, and Illyana was trapped in Limbo for eight years.
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A little girl disappearing in Siberia, no matter how tragic, doesn't exactly incite worldwide panic, especially since it seemed likely that she had indulged her curiosity too far and fallen victim to one of the many accidents waiting to happen on an antiquated farm next to a large body of water. Her family mourned and moved on.
  
 
==='''Limbo'''===
 
==='''Limbo'''===
Immediately after the portal closed, Belasco performed the first bloodstone ritual.
 
  
Illyana was not, however, alone in Limbo. Ten months after she arrived, she was rescued from Belasco by Cat, a mutant who had been magically transformed to resemble a wildcat, with ears and fur as well as some human features, leaving her with a strong resentment and distrust of anything magical. After some time together, Illyana discovered that Cat was a version of Kitty Pryde from an alternate dimension - and that the Illyana Rasputin of that dimension had died. Cat taught Illyana to survive in Limbo's inhospitable wilderness, as well as how to defend herself. However, after two years, Cat identified what she saw as the 'weakest' point in Limbo, where she might be able to phase herself and Illyana back to Earth. When she and Illyana attempted this plan, Belasco revealed that he had been tracking them all along, and used magic to turn Cat completely feral. Illyana was forced to kill her in self-defence, a fact which she has never shared with anyone since. Shortly thereafter, Belasco performed the second bloodstone ritual.
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Unfortunately for Illyana, she wasn't dead. At least, not really. She had been chosen as a living sacrifice by the demon-wizard [[Belasco]]. To put it succinctly, Belasco needed an uncorrupted human soul to sacrifice in order to summon the Elder Gods to Earth. This being a tricky and not very desirable outcome (at least, not desirable for Earth), he had tried and failed with several other young women before selecting Illyana for the next attempt.
  
Illyana might have died, but Limbo had another unexpectedly familiar face: A powerful sorceress who, despite the loss of her mutant powers, still went by the name Storm. She spent several years teaching Illyana all the good magic she could. During this time, Illyana manifested as a [[teleportation | teleporter]], and struggled to control her abilities; though she could not leave Limbo, due to Belasco's control over it, she did gain increased mobility. However, when Belasco sought to destroy the alternate Storm's soul using magic that she couldn't fight, enlisted Illyana to take her life, rather than have her soul corrupted and destroyed forever. Though she tried to escape, Belasco was able to perform a third bloodstone ritual, but, in a fit of anger, threw Illyana into the wilderness afterward, where she nearly died. Belasco's control over Limbo made it perpetual winter - nearly a year of it - but Illyana's growing grasp of magic allowed her to survive, at first, and then start to think of getting herself out. She used the creation magic Storm taught her to create the [[Soulsword]]. When she challenged Belasco with it, eight and a half years after entering Limbo, she was able to use it to strip him of his powers and send him out of Limbo, though she could not kill him without dramatic repercussions. This confrontation transferred 'ownership' of Limbo to Illyana.
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The sacrifice happens in five phases; Illyana must die each time, and, if the ritual is successful, she is revived without a portion of her soul. That portion is sealed into a bloodstone in a simple pentagram locket. The key to the ritual's success is keeping the remaining part of her soul uncorrupted by the new void; if the corruption spreads, the soul is worthless to the Elder Gods and not all that useful to the person it belongs to, either. But the corruption isn't sequestered away from the victim either; instead, it fights for influence against the uncorrupted soul.  
  
Having won, Illyana teleported back to Earth, but to her surprise, she found that time passed differently in Limbo than on Earth: While she had been in Limbo for eight years, only five minutes had gone by on Earth. She reunited with her brother, Piotr, and was sent to the medlab for injuries.
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The next seven years were pretty unpleasant, but they would have been worse if Belasco hadn't been fishing for sacrifice victims across many more dimensions than just Illyana's. Several survivors - such as they were - had not only survived Belasco's attempts on their lives, but had managed to eke out an existence on the fringes of Limbo, creating safe havens from Belasco and his demons. Throughout her time in Limbo, Illyana's life was a constant struggle to escape from Belasco to one of these safe havens, where she learned useful things like white magic, the English language, and basic combat skills. Illyana is also a mutant with the power of teleportation, which helped her to stay a step ahead of the demon horde.
  
==='''Back Home: Skippy and Piotr'''===
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When Illyana was fourteen, she had survived the ritual twice more, losing two more parts of her soul as well as her mentors. In desperation, she did something pretty stupid and used another sliver of her remaining soul to create a Soulsword. This is sort of a manifestation of magical power, and it's dangerous because it creates a physical way for your soul to be harmed, but because of this it's also very effective against magical entities. Using this Soulsword, she challenged Belasco for her freedom.
The adjustment period was difficult for Illyana, and she spent several months in the medlab, acclimatizing to Earth and its many viruses. However, she had changed fairly dramatically in her time away: Limbo made her suspicious, sarcastic, and very secretive, which did not endear her to some of her classmates, or to her brother, Piotr. She did not discuss what happened to her in Limbo, and, when pressed on the matter, either diverted attention away from the topic, or actively refused to disclose any information. When [[Jamie Madrox]]'s duplicate, [[Skippy (plot) | Skippy]] kidnapped [[Artie Maddicks]] and other children at the mansion, Illyana used her teleportation for the first time on Earth, rescuing Artie from harm before he could be harmed. Her ability to teleport was not known in the mansion, and the rescue put her under the suspicion of certain mansion residents, particularly [[Amanda Sefton]], who felt that Illyana was hiding something important and possibly dangerous. Finally, Illyana admitted to being a teleporter and to having a knowledge of magic, although she still did not discuss the bloodstone rituals or what had transgressed in Limbo with anyone. These admissions finally culminated in a heated discussion with her brother [[Piotr]], who, frustrated by his failed attempts to get to know his sister, and amid suspicions that she was not who she said she was, disowned her in July 2004. Though Illyana claimed not to care, she was hurt and angry.
 
  
==='''Asgard'''===
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While she did defeat Belasco, she was too afraid of losing herself to her corrupted side to kill him; she left him in Limbo, finally able to use her mutant powers combined with her magic to get home. It was all she had wanted for seven years.
Illyana was [[Asgard (plot)| transported to Asgard]] with other students and staff in August of 2004, where she was indentured as a servant to the goddess Hel. During her time serving Hel, and looking for a way back home, she met with [[Amanda Sefton]], whom she believed to be the Enchantress's daughter. Later, [[Alison Blaire]] found her doing some of Hel's dirty work, and Illyana used the [[Soulsword]] to unbind herself from Hel's service. The time in Asgard reinforced to Illyana that she could fend for herself, in cases of dimensional difficulty, and brought her closer to Alison, who remained a tentative friend.
 
  
==='''S'ym; the Repodemon'''===
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=== '''Back to Earth''' ===
In early October 2004, Illyana, hot off an argument with Kitty Pryde regarding her dragon, [[Lockheed]], went for a run to clear her head, unaware that in Limbo, Belasco's former right-hand demon [[S'ym]] was waiting for an opportunity to wrest control of the hell dimension from Illyana. He attacked her on the lawn, and although she was finally able to defeat him, she suffered fairly severe injuries - a badly-broken arm and a gash in her stomach that required surgery. She spent two weeks in the medlab, recovering, during which time she finally confessed the secret of the bloodstone rituals to Kitty. Later, when she was able, she gave Alison Blaire [http://community.livejournal.com/x_logs/783543.html a fairly heavily edited version of her history] for Alison to share with the staff. She still refused to tell anyone about Cat or Storm.
 
  
Later that month, on Halloween, Illyana was involved in the [[Repodemon]] incident, during which she was unable to use her Soulsword to defeat the demon. Though she was ineffective, her attempts to help others during the attack helped to ease the tension between Illyana and Amanda.
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Only - home wasn't home anymore. She realized the second she set foot on the farm that she couldn't go back to her parents' home the way she was; she hadn't realized until then that she could be a danger to them, and to everyone around her, until she literally fixed her soul. So that was what she set out to do - wandering the world, trying to survive and dig up information of how to fix her rather unique problem. Using her mutant powers or any magic in this world is exhausting and dangerous, so she didn't have a great 'out' from any situation. Eventually she came to the attention of Social Services, and via a contact with the [[Mutant Underground]], she was brought to [[The Mansion|Xavier's]].
  
==='''Bad Blood'''===
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Her introduction to the mansion was interesting, to say the least. Technology immediately became her enemy, when [[Xavin Majesdane]] joked about her computer, leading her to throw it out the window. The world she came back to was confusing, to say the least. Meeting [[Wanda Maximoff]] was a bit of a mind screw, considering the version she had killed in Limbo, but that could have been worse. Over time, she became friendly with her fellow students, even if they were all a bit bemused by her, and slowly she adjusted to the world, even if she did have several thousand questions or so. During a field trip at the end of 2015, she found herself assisting [[Amadeus Cho]] and [[Topaz]] with roadside emergency surgery. She then had to carry Amadeus back to the bus when he fainted. He was heavy.
When Alison Blaire was [[Bad Blood | nearly murdered by Sabretooth]] in the summer of 2005, [[Clarice Ferguson | Clarice]] pulled her to the scene so that Amanda Sefton could access Limbo's power. Illyana and Amanda attempted to take Limbo's power out of Limbo twice, but realized that it was impossible: Magic from Limbo dispersed the moment they got back to Earth. Instead, they took Alison and [[Haroun al-Rashid]] to Limbo, where Illyana thrust the Soulsword through Amanda's hand, giving her access to the power that she needed. Although Alison was healed, the consequences of this action, if any, are still unclear.
 
  
The next year, Illyana allowed Cain Marko access to Limbo, where he defeated the elder god [[Cyttorak]].
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In August 2017, she was, for some reason, recruited [[Flight of the Valkyrie | to help with some Asgard problems that had spilled over to Earth.]] She didn't understand her role in any of it, and going to actual Hell was weird, but she had done stranger things. She was sad the awesome Valkyrie lady didn't come back with them though.
  
==='''Our Hell & Cruel Country: The Road to X-Force'''===
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== '''Physical Characteristics''' ==
  
== '''Physical Characteristics''' ==
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Illyana is a deceptively pretty blonde, a natural beauty in the tradition of underfed Eastern European models who make it big in Paris at Fashion Week. She was a really cute kid and she is an attractive young woman - it's in the job description for would-be human sacrifice - but it's not something she cares about except insofar as it might get her what she wants in some circumstances. She knows she looks fragile, and she's not afraid to exploit that either. In terms of how she dresses (when she has a choice beyond whatever she can get), it's generally just for functionality with an emphasis on not standing out.
  
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'''Height''': 5'5"
  
'''Height''': 5'10"
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'''Weight''': 115lbs or so
  
'''Weight''': 140lb.
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'''Eyes''': Blue
  
'''Eyes''': Blue.
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'''Hair''': Blonde
  
'''Hair''': Mid-blonde.
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'''Other Features''': he's pretty skinny after a few bad winters in Limbo, but nothing you wouldn't expect from an average street kid. When she goes demonic, things change in subtle ways until they are very unsubtle indeed - her pupils disappear until her eyes eventually turn black, her fingers elongate until they're indistinguishable from claws, her skin goes pale and bloodless, and eventually she'll have the classic Darkchylde horns (but that's maximum Darkchylde).
  
'''Other Features''': Some minor scarring from fights; freckles rather than tans in the summer.
 
  
 
== '''Powers''' ==
 
== '''Powers''' ==
Illyana is a [[teleportation | teleporter]] who uses 'stepping disks' or portals to travel from place to place. Previously, her powers were somewhat unique in that she had to pass through Limbo on her way to somewhere else - Limbo acted like a junction, so she teleported in, and then teleported out wherever she wanted. Her range was at least intercontinental.
 
  
After the events of [[Our Hell]], Illyana lost control of Limbo, and her powers reverted back to the way they would have been, if she had manifested normally on Earth. While her range is still mostly intact, she now struggles with two difficulties related to her power: First, her control has diminished greatly, and, for the time being, she can only teleport herself. Second, because her powers have shifted back to their originally-intended setting, the dimension through which Illyana teleports causes a time lag - teleportation is no longer instantaneous, so while her range remains intact, it takes a substantial amount of time for her to get from one place to another, and the greater the distance, the greater the time lag.
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Illyana's mutant power is teleportation. She uses 'stepping disks' to instantly teleport from place to place, although doing so over long distances is exhausting (for example, going from continent to continent might incapacitate her for a day or two, while going between states might require a few hours' rest). When she creates a stepping disk, she slides through that disk to 'land' in her chosen destination.
  
Illyana also has an intellectual knowledge of magic, but cannot use it except in Limbo. On earth, her access to magical power is extremely limited, such that the smallest of spells is almost too much for her.
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So far, she can only transport herself and whatever she is wearing or can carry in her hands, but with practice may be able to teleport with other people (for shorter distances, at first). She's never experimented with these powers and sort of considers them peripheral to her general existence - useful, occasionally, but not something she particularly identifies with. She will probably be very confused by the idea of being oppressed for being a mutant, since there are several other reasons she can think of that outrank 'mutant' on her list of 'bad things about me'.
  
== '''Equipment''' ==
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She is also well-versed in magic, although she has very limited access to magical power on Earth since her abilities were primarily honed in Limbo. She used magic to alter her stepping disks to get from Limbo to Earth, and could probably reverse the process, but doing so would be incredibly dangerous and there is no guarantee that she could get back afterwards. Any other uses of magic are probably beyond her unless she has access to an external power source of some kind, but she can recognize magic and its effects, and has a good background knowledge of the different types of magic, particularly the demonic kinds. (Basically, she won't be using substantial magic unless it's for an approved plot-related reason, because I'm lazy and it makes me tired.)
Illyana has access to the [[Soulsword]], which destroys magic but is otherwise harmless.
 
  
== '''Trivia''' ==
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Manifesting the Soulsword takes an enormous toll on Illyana at the moment, since the fight with Belasco depleted her reserves almost completely. It also makes her vulnerable (since it's a part of her soul, and there's not a ton of that left anymore), so it's a last-resort kind of thing rather than something she'd rely on to open her mail.
  
After her return fro Limbo, false identity papers had to be obtained for her to cover the fact she was no longer seven years old.
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One important human sacrifice-related thing about Illyana is that she is basically unreadable to psis. Whether this is as a result of her screwed up soul, her mutation, or some combination of factors from Limbo, who knows (not the author of this paragraph, who couldn't decide), but people with psionic mutations would likely 'see' her mind as basically impenetrable shields. She doesn't do it on purpose, but she does consider it a perk.
  
Due to the unique circumstances surrounding the bloodstone ritual, Illyana is 'immune' to psionic mutations - she just doesn't register for psions of any type.
 
  
== '''Plots''' ==
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== '''Equipment''' ==
===2004===
 
  
[[British Invasion]]
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Soulsword.
  
[[Gangsters]]
 
  
[[Limbo (plot)]]
 
  
[[Skippy (plot)]]
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== '''Trivia''' ==
  
[[Asgard (plot)]]
 
  
[[S'ym (plot)]]
 
  
[[Repodemon]]
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=='''External Links'''==
  
===2005===
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[https://xp-communication.dreamwidth.org/tag/c:+illyana+rasputin xp_communication posts]
  
[[Bad Blood]]
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[https://xp-journal.dreamwidth.org/tag/c:+illyana+rasputin xp_journal posts]
  
===2006===
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[https://xp-logs.dreamwidth.org/tag/c:+illyana+rasputin xp_logs posts]
  
[[The Enemy Within]]
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[https://xp-generation-x.dreamwidth.org/tag/c:+illyana+rasputin xp_generation_x posts]
  
===2007===
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== '''Plots''' ==
 
 
[[Our Hell]]
 
 
 
[[Operation: Cruel Country]]
 
 
 
[[Voodoo Child]]
 
 
 
[[Sound of Silence]]
 
 
 
[[New Orleans Is Sinking]]
 
 
 
[[Operation: Melittology]]
 
 
 
===2008===
 
  
[[Operation: Shaboom]]
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===2015===
  
[[The Shadow King (plot)]]
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[[December 2015|Roadside Assistance]] - ''event''
  
[[Fenrisulfr]]
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===2017===
  
[[Day Zero]]
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[[Flight of the Valkyrie]]
  
 
== Meta ==
 
== Meta ==
  
'''Player''': Lauren
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'''Player''': [[Lauren]]
 
 
'''E-mail''': [[IMAGE:LaurenEmail.jpg|150px]]
 
  
'''AIM''': incandescently x
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'''E-mail''': [[IMAGE:LaurenEmail.PNG|150 px]]
  
'''Player Icon Base''': [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Seyfried Amanda Seyfried]
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'''Player Icon Base''': [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1102577/ Elle Fanning]
  
 
'''Meta Trivia'''
 
'''Meta Trivia'''
  
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Lauren played the [[Illyana Rasputin - Phase 1|Phase 1 version]] of Illyana from [[October 2003]] until [[February 2011]].
  
 
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[[Category: 2015]]
 
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[[Category: Generation X]]
[[Category: Characters]]
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[[Category: Magic Users]]
[[Category: X-Force]]
 

Revision as of 16:44, 16 December 2017

This page is about the Phase 2 incarnation of the character. For other uses, see Illyana Rasputin (disambiguation).

PHASE 2
Illyana Rasputina
File:IllyanaPhase2.jpg
Portrayed by Elle Fanning
Codename: Magik
Affiliations: Generation X
Birthdate: September 5th, 2001
Journal: xp_magik
Player: Lauren


I don't know what people think, because everyone here is insane or at least not very bright.

Having grown up in a hell dimension, Illyana Rasputin is trying to work out a whole new world in the form of Xavier's.



Details

Character Journal: xp_magik


Real Name: Illyana Nicolaevna Alexandria Rasputina

Codename: Magik

Aliases: Illyana Rasputin (Anglicized version of her name), Darkchylde

First Appearance: May 5, 2015

Date of Birth: September 5th, 2001

Place of Birth: Ust-Ordynski Collective Farm near Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia.

Citizenship: Russian

Relatives: Parents: Nikolai and Alexandra Rasputin; unnamed older siblings.

Education: Spotty, with a strong emphasis on the dark arts. Let's say she'll be starting at pretty much square one in almost everything but algebra. (The dark arts have a surprisingly strong abstract math component.)

Relationship Status: Single

Occupation: Sassy commentator. Unpaid. Unwanted. But sassy. Also, student.

Team Affiliation: Generation X


Biography

Childhood

Illyana Nicolaevna Alexandria Rasputina - American version: Illyana Rasputin - was born on a struggling collective farm in Siberia in 2001, the last and very unexpected child of Nikolai and Alexandra. Her much older siblings were already out of school, and she was very much petted and cosseted - as much as any farmgirl on a working farm could be, in any case. The occasional gift from a family member working in a city or abroad sometimes made the difference during some of those hard years, but Illyana grew up relatively happy and healthy, participating in her school, the Orthodox church her parents attended, and the goings-on of the collective quite happily. She even learned some English, thanks to a Peace Corps volunteer who spent a few years helping their school set up an English language learning program.

One afternoon in 2008, when she was seven, Illyana didn't come home from school. Her parents didn't think much of it until night fell; when Illyana, who was afraid of the dark, didn't come in after that, they put out the search parties to scour the farm and the lakeshore for her.

She was never found.

A little girl disappearing in Siberia, no matter how tragic, doesn't exactly incite worldwide panic, especially since it seemed likely that she had indulged her curiosity too far and fallen victim to one of the many accidents waiting to happen on an antiquated farm next to a large body of water. Her family mourned and moved on.

Limbo

Unfortunately for Illyana, she wasn't dead. At least, not really. She had been chosen as a living sacrifice by the demon-wizard Belasco. To put it succinctly, Belasco needed an uncorrupted human soul to sacrifice in order to summon the Elder Gods to Earth. This being a tricky and not very desirable outcome (at least, not desirable for Earth), he had tried and failed with several other young women before selecting Illyana for the next attempt.

The sacrifice happens in five phases; Illyana must die each time, and, if the ritual is successful, she is revived without a portion of her soul. That portion is sealed into a bloodstone in a simple pentagram locket. The key to the ritual's success is keeping the remaining part of her soul uncorrupted by the new void; if the corruption spreads, the soul is worthless to the Elder Gods and not all that useful to the person it belongs to, either. But the corruption isn't sequestered away from the victim either; instead, it fights for influence against the uncorrupted soul.

The next seven years were pretty unpleasant, but they would have been worse if Belasco hadn't been fishing for sacrifice victims across many more dimensions than just Illyana's. Several survivors - such as they were - had not only survived Belasco's attempts on their lives, but had managed to eke out an existence on the fringes of Limbo, creating safe havens from Belasco and his demons. Throughout her time in Limbo, Illyana's life was a constant struggle to escape from Belasco to one of these safe havens, where she learned useful things like white magic, the English language, and basic combat skills. Illyana is also a mutant with the power of teleportation, which helped her to stay a step ahead of the demon horde.

When Illyana was fourteen, she had survived the ritual twice more, losing two more parts of her soul as well as her mentors. In desperation, she did something pretty stupid and used another sliver of her remaining soul to create a Soulsword. This is sort of a manifestation of magical power, and it's dangerous because it creates a physical way for your soul to be harmed, but because of this it's also very effective against magical entities. Using this Soulsword, she challenged Belasco for her freedom.

While she did defeat Belasco, she was too afraid of losing herself to her corrupted side to kill him; she left him in Limbo, finally able to use her mutant powers combined with her magic to get home. It was all she had wanted for seven years.

Back to Earth

Only - home wasn't home anymore. She realized the second she set foot on the farm that she couldn't go back to her parents' home the way she was; she hadn't realized until then that she could be a danger to them, and to everyone around her, until she literally fixed her soul. So that was what she set out to do - wandering the world, trying to survive and dig up information of how to fix her rather unique problem. Using her mutant powers or any magic in this world is exhausting and dangerous, so she didn't have a great 'out' from any situation. Eventually she came to the attention of Social Services, and via a contact with the Mutant Underground, she was brought to Xavier's.

Her introduction to the mansion was interesting, to say the least. Technology immediately became her enemy, when Xavin Majesdane joked about her computer, leading her to throw it out the window. The world she came back to was confusing, to say the least. Meeting Wanda Maximoff was a bit of a mind screw, considering the version she had killed in Limbo, but that could have been worse. Over time, she became friendly with her fellow students, even if they were all a bit bemused by her, and slowly she adjusted to the world, even if she did have several thousand questions or so. During a field trip at the end of 2015, she found herself assisting Amadeus Cho and Topaz with roadside emergency surgery. She then had to carry Amadeus back to the bus when he fainted. He was heavy.

In August 2017, she was, for some reason, recruited to help with some Asgard problems that had spilled over to Earth. She didn't understand her role in any of it, and going to actual Hell was weird, but she had done stranger things. She was sad the awesome Valkyrie lady didn't come back with them though.

Physical Characteristics

Illyana is a deceptively pretty blonde, a natural beauty in the tradition of underfed Eastern European models who make it big in Paris at Fashion Week. She was a really cute kid and she is an attractive young woman - it's in the job description for would-be human sacrifice - but it's not something she cares about except insofar as it might get her what she wants in some circumstances. She knows she looks fragile, and she's not afraid to exploit that either. In terms of how she dresses (when she has a choice beyond whatever she can get), it's generally just for functionality with an emphasis on not standing out.

Height: 5'5"

Weight: 115lbs or so

Eyes: Blue

Hair: Blonde

Other Features: he's pretty skinny after a few bad winters in Limbo, but nothing you wouldn't expect from an average street kid. When she goes demonic, things change in subtle ways until they are very unsubtle indeed - her pupils disappear until her eyes eventually turn black, her fingers elongate until they're indistinguishable from claws, her skin goes pale and bloodless, and eventually she'll have the classic Darkchylde horns (but that's maximum Darkchylde).


Powers

Illyana's mutant power is teleportation. She uses 'stepping disks' to instantly teleport from place to place, although doing so over long distances is exhausting (for example, going from continent to continent might incapacitate her for a day or two, while going between states might require a few hours' rest). When she creates a stepping disk, she slides through that disk to 'land' in her chosen destination.

So far, she can only transport herself and whatever she is wearing or can carry in her hands, but with practice may be able to teleport with other people (for shorter distances, at first). She's never experimented with these powers and sort of considers them peripheral to her general existence - useful, occasionally, but not something she particularly identifies with. She will probably be very confused by the idea of being oppressed for being a mutant, since there are several other reasons she can think of that outrank 'mutant' on her list of 'bad things about me'.

She is also well-versed in magic, although she has very limited access to magical power on Earth since her abilities were primarily honed in Limbo. She used magic to alter her stepping disks to get from Limbo to Earth, and could probably reverse the process, but doing so would be incredibly dangerous and there is no guarantee that she could get back afterwards. Any other uses of magic are probably beyond her unless she has access to an external power source of some kind, but she can recognize magic and its effects, and has a good background knowledge of the different types of magic, particularly the demonic kinds. (Basically, she won't be using substantial magic unless it's for an approved plot-related reason, because I'm lazy and it makes me tired.)

Manifesting the Soulsword takes an enormous toll on Illyana at the moment, since the fight with Belasco depleted her reserves almost completely. It also makes her vulnerable (since it's a part of her soul, and there's not a ton of that left anymore), so it's a last-resort kind of thing rather than something she'd rely on to open her mail.

One important human sacrifice-related thing about Illyana is that she is basically unreadable to psis. Whether this is as a result of her screwed up soul, her mutation, or some combination of factors from Limbo, who knows (not the author of this paragraph, who couldn't decide), but people with psionic mutations would likely 'see' her mind as basically impenetrable shields. She doesn't do it on purpose, but she does consider it a perk.


Equipment

Soulsword.


Trivia

External Links

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Plots

2015

Roadside Assistance - event

2017

Flight of the Valkyrie

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Player: Lauren

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Meta Trivia

Lauren played the Phase 1 version of Illyana from October 2003 until February 2011.