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''This page is about the [[:Category: Phase 2|Phase 2]] incarnation of the character. For other uses, see [[Amara Aquilla (disambiguation)]].''
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| codename = Magma
 
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| teams = [[Xavier Institute]] - Graduate student; [[Elpis]]
 
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| birthdate = June 4, 1988
 
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| journal = [http://x-volcanic.livejournal.com/profile Amara Aquilla]  
 
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Brought up in a mysterious city in the jungles of Brazil, Amara has adjusted to life in the 'real world' and is now at [[Empire State University]], president of the [[HeliX]] chapter there and working for [[Elpis]]. 
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== '''Details''' ==
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| name    = Amara Aquilla
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| pb = [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1411125/ Selena Gomez]
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| codename = Magma
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| teams  = [[Generation X]]
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| birthdate = 9 November, 1998
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| journal =  [https://xp-magma.dreamwidth.org/profile xp_magma]
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| player = Available for Applications
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'''Real Name''': Alison Crestmere
 
  
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'''Codename''': Caldera (trainee name)
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''I think this is a thing I will need to do. I am capable of doing much damage.''
  
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'''Aliases''': Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla.
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After a traumatising and frightening manifestation, Amara tried to find a new place in the world by attending [[Xavier Institute]]. After a year, however, her father decided it was time she came home. Her training is far from complete and she may find herself needing more help.  
  
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'''First Appearance''': [http://community.livejournal.com/x_logs/1513335.html#cutid1 August 14, 2006]
 
  
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'''Place of Birth''': London.
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'''Citizenship''': British
 
  
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'''Relatives''': Father: Lucius Antonius Aquilla; Mother: (deceased)
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== '''Details''' ==
  
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'''Education''': Received GED from [[Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters]], attending [[Empire State University]].
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'''Character Journal:''' [https://xp-magma.dreamwidth.org/profile Amara Luciana Olivians Aquilla]
  
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'''Relationship Status''': Dating [[John Allerdyce]]
 
  
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'''Occupation''': College student.
 
  
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'''Team Affiliation''': [[Elpis]]
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'''Real Name''': Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla
  
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== '''Biography''' ==
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'''Codename''': Magma
  
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=== '''Childhood''' ===
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'''Aliases''': N/A
  
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Amara's story begins (as far as she knows) in [[Nova Roma]], a small town hidden in the rain forest of Brazil. Contrary to comic canon, the citizens didn't believe they were from the Roman Republic, and they lived fairly modern lives: running water, electricity, Levi's, etc.; they did not have access to television, radio, or internet, although they were allowed books. The secret city was created by [[Selene]] as an experiment to determine what would happen when you mind-wiped hundreds of people and replaced their real memories with false ones. This is the environment in which Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla, the only daughter of Senator Lucius Antonius Aquilla, grew up.
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'''First Appearance''': [https://xp-logs.dreamwidth.org/3735411.html July 29 2015]
  
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As a teenager, Amara lost her mother when a group of Selene's zealous, and brain-damaged, followers began sacrificing women to their "goddess." Due to this loss, Amara developed a rather close, loving bond with her father. She was a voracious learner and read every single thing she could get her hands on. Through books, she learned about the world outside Nova Roma and gained some fluency in other languages. Originally an English speaker, Amara also knows some Latin, Portugese, Spanish, and an obscure Brazilian Indian dialect.
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'''Date of Birth''': 9 November 1998
  
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With the [[Hellfire and Damnation| mysterious disappearance]] of Selene, her cult disintegrated into a confused mass of deranged fanatics, desperate to find a way to get her back. This eventually culminated in the planned sacrifice of all the city's young females, in the hopes that their goddess would return.
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'''Place of Birth''': Manaus, Brazil
  
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=== '''Worlds on Fire''' ===
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'''Citizenship''':  Brazilian
  
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Amara was abducted, brought to the pit of molten lava and ceremoniously thrown in. However, the incident triggered the girl's mutant powers, and she rose from the pit in her molten form. She destroyed the caves, killing the worst of the cultists and injuring several dozen other cultists and innocent girls. As personal survival instincts kicked in, she created a crack in the earth and pushed herself to safety using a spout of molten lava.
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'''Relatives''': Lucius Antonius Aquilla, father; Bianca Aquilla (nee Gallio), mother, deceased; Maya Aquilla, cousin
  
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Fortunately for Amara, members of [[X-Force]] had infiltrated Nova Roma, acting on information provided by [[Dr. Stephen Strange]] regarding the Selene cult. Upon realising what was planned for the city's young girls and aware the job was too big for them, [[Remy LeBeau]] called in [[Storm]], who arrived with several other members of the [[X-Men]] in time to rescue Amara and many of the girls. Some, however, were killed in the volcanic eruption caused by Amara's powers, and it was with this knowledge that Amara decided to accept the offer to go to Xavier's School.
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'''Education''': Instituto Nova Roma, a small and very exclusive boarding school in Brazil
  
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==='''A Whole New World'''===
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'''Relationship Status''': Single
  
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Amara since then has settled into mansion life, learning about her powers and catching up on a proper American high school education. She received a measure of closure when she witnessed the burying of Selene in the bottom of the bay with [[Amanda Sefton]], and has since then tried to put what happened in Nova Roman behind her. She was able to complete GED within two years of leaving Nova Roma, and has since gone on to attend Empire State University, starting [[September 2008]]. While she very much respects the X-Men and the work that they do, she has chosen not to get involved in the team or the younger training teams. She spent the past summer visiting her father in Nova Roma, and while she enjoyed spending time with him, she missed New York a lot.
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'''Occupation''': Student
  
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==='''Returning to Mansion Life'''===
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'''Team Affiliation''': [[Generation X]]
  
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After the events of [[Day Zero]], which Amara spent trying to help her classmates through, she decided that it was time to return to mansion life and do more than just be a normal college student. Re-immersing herself into mansion life, she caught up with old friends and made new ones, particularly her new roommate [[Lillian Crawley-Jeffries|Lil Crawley]]. She also decided to join the X-Men as a trainee, determined to find a way to use her powers to help people despite their destructiveness.
 
  
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== '''Biography''' ==
  
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Ever since her manifestation, Amara had worked hard to learn to control her powers, as well as keeping a lid on her emotions so they didn't set off her powers accidentally. Through a series of X-Men missions she came to realise that perhaps this wasn't entirely the best way to deal with things, especially after a [[X-Men Mission: Fifth Column|moment of panic]] during what was supposed to be a straightforward mission. Thanks to [[David Haller]] and [[Suzanne Chan]] she was able to calm down enough before she made the situation worse.
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=== Childhood ===
  
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Things came to a head when she spent a few days with [[Julian Keller|Julian]]'s telekinesis. She was more than relieved to be free of her powers, though a discussion with [[Crystal Amaquelin]] started her thinking that perhaps her powers weren't the curse she'd always thought they were. Her new emotional freedom led to a rather explosive encounter with [[Manuel de la Rocha]], as he goaded her quite purposefully into losing her temper. While Amara was quite ashamed of her reaction, it has led to two new friendships for her - one with [[Alexander Lexington|Lex]], a new resident to the mansion who has his own guilt over his use of his powers, and [[Tabitha Smith|Tabitha]], with whom she has bonded with over a mutual frustration over Manuel.
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Amara Aquilla came into life into the lap of luxury, though it was the sort of thing she didn’t realise wasn’t normal until she was older. Her mother, formerly an actress and model retired from public life when she married her husband, and became something of a shut in. She kept Amara to herself, teaching her to be strong and proud of herself and that she was beautiful and perfect. As such Amara grew up to be something of a spoiled brat, but again this was something she wouldn’t realise until she began to interact with the outside world.  
  
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In August, Amara received an invitation to visit her home before college started up again, an invitation that was extended to other mansion residents. Unbeknownst to her, the Nova Romans planned to celebrate the anniversary of the defeat of Selene's cult, and those who accompanied her witnessed the celebration along with her. Finally, Amara has been able to let go of the guilt she'd been carrying for three years, knowing that her manifestation had helped her people be finally free of Selene and her influence.  
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Which she first encountered at a family celebration. Amara was eight years old, and it was the first time she had met people her own age. An encounter with her cousin Maya turned… physical when Maya took exception to her bossy attitude, and Amara couldn’t understand why Maya didn’t hurry to follow her orders like the family servants did. After hair pulling and a black eye, Amara retreated back into the life of solitude with her mother, sulking at how mean the outside world was and how she was going to stay with her dear mother forever! Her father intervened at this point, arranging for Amara to be educated an exclusive boarding school that offered the students a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_education_movement classical education].  
  
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===Moving On===
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Amara’s father was somewhat distant, being a popular politician in their region. He moved through local and state government with incredibly high approval ratings, and eventually ran for federal government. He has been a Senator for Amazonas since 2002, and has established many programs that have benefitted the local population. In 2012 he was made Government Leader in the Senate, and has recently been named Minister for Mines and Energy. He is a powerful and popular figure in Brazil, even if people do sometimes wonder why his family is never seen with him. When asked, he claims chronic illness on behalf of his wife, and education on behalf of his daughter.
  
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Now back in America and feeling more confident about herself and her powers, she began horse-riding lessons with Manuel, and developed a friendship with [[Lucas Bishop|Bishop]]. She also became more involved with the mutant group [[HeliX]], attending a co-hosted Day Zero memorial with Bishop, which quickly turned into something of a riot. Despite this, Amara would continue to be involved with the group, enjoying a new outlet for her passion for mutant issues. At the same time, she began working as [[Adrienne Frost]]'s personal assistant. She also became more confident in the field with her powers, joining the X-Men as they chased down a group of criminal mutants who had escaped detention.  
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Now that her father was a minister in the Federal Government, he has decided it is time for his family to be seen with him. If not his wife, then at least his daughter. He reintroduced a now teenage Amara to her cousin Maya, in the hopes that Maya could guide Amara into interacting with society at large. The two cousins were quite wary of each other, up until Maya took Amara shopping and she was introduced to the delights of new clothes and shoes that weren’t considered 'proper'. Amara then quickly took to sneaking out with Maya at any opportunity, meeting Maya’s school friends and, more importantly for Amara, flirting with the boys Maya went to school with.  
  
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=== Kidnapped! ===
  
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2010 brought many challenges - her friendships with both Manuel and Bishop developed and grew more complicated, the latter ending when Bishop attempted to make a move on her, one which she rebuffed. There was something of an ugly fight between them about her insistence on keeping a hold on her Nova Roman ways, and when Manuel attempted to get her to calm down, she badly burned him with a power flare. Manuel agreed to help her refine her control on her powers, until he abruptly left the mansion with his sister a few weeks later. Continuing her trend of slowly building up friendships with various people, she came to be friends with [[Angelo Espinosa]] and [[John Allerdyce]], which would eventually lead to her being interested in the work Elpis did, as well as Daniel, one of [[Vanessa Carlysle|Vanessa]]'s alts.
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When Amara’s mother found out, she lost her shit, ranting and raving at Amara and eventually shoving her into a car and driving them both as far away from the ‘bad influence’ of her father and his family. Due to a large amount of cash and the surprising presence of a fake passport, Bianca got them all the way to the mountainous regions of Colombia before she stopped.  
  
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Amara was, obviously, freaked out and unhappy. She railed at her mother to take her home, that she didn’t want to hide away anymore. The world was amazing! Fantastic! How could she stay hidden away from everything now that she knew what the world was like? Fights between mother and daughter escalated until they were discovered by a group of armed men who decided they would really like to take all of the money and supplies the women had. Oh, and the women themselves. Amara shrieked and tried to fight against their would be kidnappers, until both she and her mother found themselves with guns in their faces. When Bianca refused to hand over anything, the ringleader shot her.
  
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In April, one of Amara's worst nightmares surfaced - the bonds keeping Selene from influencing anyone from her watery prison had weakened, and when the witch demanded her release in return for the student she'd hijacked, a plan was made to double-cross her, and end her influence for good. Which worked, but would go on to have an unexpected consequence. With Selene now dead, her effect on Amara and the residents of Nova Roma began to fade - memories began to surface of their lives before she established the city, Enlisting Amanda's help, Amara sought to verify whether the dreams she were having were memories resurfacing, or something else.  
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At which point Amara’s mutant powers kicked in, setting off an earthquake and triggered the Doña Juana volcano. Her kidnappers soon vanished under lava spilling up from the ground she’d split, and all Amara wanted to do was let it swallow her whole like it had her mother’s corpse. But she was… unlucky, as she put it, and she was instead found by the [[X-Men]], mired in the still liquid magma days later. After some convincing, her father allowed her to go to America, to learn how to use her strange and terrifying powers.  
  
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Amanda was able to track down Amara's birth parents - Daniel and Marie Crestmere, of London, England. The two women travelled over to London so Amara could reunite with them, and try to sort out the tattered mess of her past. Unfortunately, as Amara was finally starting to convince them she truly was their daughter, she also revealed she was a mutant. Daniel, a politician with an anti-mutant bias, immediately closed up, forcing a distraught Amara to leave the property. Amara fled home to Nova Roma, only to discover am agitated population confused by the lives they were now remembering.
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===Xavier's===
  
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Deciding to remain in Nova Roma, Amara did what she could to put everyone's minds at rest, explaining the full story to them. While happy to hear of Selene's demise, the population was divided over where to go now. Many of them chose to return to their old lives, wanting to reunite with families and friends they hadn't seen in years. Others wanted a fresh start away from Nova Roma, and some didn't want to leave at all. Overwhelmed, Amara ended up contacting Angelo, asking for his help in relocating some of the other mutants in Nova Roma, and in getting into contact with other groups who could help with the relocation. He agreed, and the process began.  
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Even after her experience in a regular Brazilian high school, Amara found America extremely strange and far more permissive than anywhere she'd experienced. The presence of adults who were not teachers - and certainly didn't behave the way teachers would behave - at [[The Mansion|the mansion]] made things even stranger, and Amara tended to hide herself away after some unpleasant experiences on the journals. School was also a disappointment, with a different academic standard and no girls' soccer team, a lack which she and [[Monica Rambeau]] agreed was 'not cool'. Amara's sense of dislocated also wasn't helped when, in early 2016, Amara discovered the existence of other dimensions and magic when she was part of a [[Something Slender This Way Comes|rescue party]] when several of their classmates were targeted by the [[Slenderchildren]].  
  
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While Amara had planned to drop out of college to remain in Nova Roma for good, her father refused to let her. Her life, he said, was in America, not in Nova Roma, and she needed to return to it. America was her future, not Brazil. Somewhat upset, Amara returned to America, returning to college and acquiring a new roommate, the newly graduated [[Yvette]].  
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Keeping to herself and focussing on her studies, Amara completed her Junior year at [[Bayville Charter High]] and was glad for the summer vacation. A sightseeing trip with her friends turned into [[Endangered Species|a battle against animal-themed mecha suits]], and while the teens were successful, Amara went back home to see her father with a sense of relief. When he decided that she would remain in Brazil instead of returning to Xavier's, Amara agreed, even though her powers training was far from complete.  
  
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===I Want to Be in America===
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Since her return, Amara has began to grow used to the fact that her future now lay in America, rather than Nova Roma. Her attitude in regards to assimilating into American culture relaxed somewhat, and she began to think about what she did want to do with her life. With that in mind, she took a step back from the X-Men, as well as quitting her job with [[64 Square]] and starting to work for [[Elpis]]. It was also during this time that she and [[John Allerdyce]] began taking an interest in each other, finally starting to officially date in [[February 2011]].
 
  
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Amara was still restless, however, and began thinking outside of the mansion. She quit the X-Men entirely and moved into [[District X]] with another Xavier's alumnus, [[Callie Betto]]. She was also elected president of the [[Empire State University]] [[HeliX]] chapter, and became responsible for running programs such as the Big Brother/Big Sister project for young mutants.
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'''Height''': 5'4
  
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She still visited the mansion, although it was not such a good thing when she was [[Don't Close Your Eyes|caught up in the attack by Nightmare and his men]]. Trapped in a nightmare of [{Selene]], Amara and [[Jubilation Lee]] were successful in pulling themselves and [[Meggan Szardos]] from the dream and escape, ultimately freeing [[Professor Xavier]] from [[The Box|the Box]]. Together, Jubilee and Amara used their previous X-Men experience to distract and then battle with two of the invaders, before [[Nightmare]] himself was defeated.
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'''Weight''': 122lbs
  
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== '''Physical Characteristics''' ==
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'''Eyes''': Brown
  
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'''Height''': 5' 8"
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'''Hair''': Brown
  
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'''Weight''': 129 lbs
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'''Other Features''': Single piercings in each ear.
  
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'''Eyes''': Hazel
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'''Hair''': Blonde, with a somewhat annoying tendency to curl. One of her favorite possessions is her hair straightener.
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''Current abilities:''  
  
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'''Other Features''':  Single ear piercing in each ear.
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Amara has demonstrated that she can trigger existing fault lines, and activate a dormant volcano by calling up magma from deep within the ground. She has also survived being submerged in magma for days. The triggering of these powers are connected to her emotions, and she has yet to figure out how to use her powers when not in an emotional state.  
  
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== '''Powers''' ==
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''Full extent:''
  
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'''Geokinesis:''' Amara is able to psionically control the movements of the teutonic plates that make up the Earth's crust. The area she is able to manipulate is very small - about the radius of a few city blocks - and is able to create both small and large earthquakes in that area.
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'''Geokinesis:''' Amara can psionically control the movements of the tectonic plates that make up the Earth's crust. The area she will be able to manipulate is very small - about the radius of a few city blocks - and she will be able to create both small and large earthquakes in that area.
  
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'''Pyrokinesis:''' Amara is also able to create flames and throw around blasts of fire that do not contain any molten rock. She hasn't exactly tested how hot she can go, but her current record is about 850 degrees Fahrenheit.
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'''Pyrokinesis:''' Amara can create flames and throw around blasts of fire that do not contain any molten rock.  
  
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'''[[Energy manipulation|Magma Manipulation]]:''' Her signature power. A twofold power, she can both call up magma from below the Earth's crust to create various sized spontaneous volcanoes and lava flows, and also create magma using a combination of nearby rocks and her pyrokinetic powers. She has learnt how to channel the molten rock into blasts of magma, telekinetically hurling the molten rock at her target.
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'''Geo thermokinesis:''' A twofold power, she can both call up magma from below the Earth's crust to create various sized spontaneous volcanoes and lava flows, and also create magma using a combination of nearby rocks and her pyrokinetic powers. She will one day be able to channel the molten rock into blasts of magma, telekinetically hurling the molten rock at her target.
  
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'''Magma Form:''' When Amara uses either her pyrokinetic or magma manipulation powers, she manifests what she calls her 'Magma Form'. Surrounded by intensely bright and hot light, she is shielded from any external sources of heat or light and is not damaged by either her own light or external sources. While Amara is not affected by the heat of this form, her clothes are, and thus if she shifts into this form when not in the specialised suit she used for training, her clothes have a tendency to burn up very quickly. Yeah, she's had some embarrassing moments with that. While she typically can not use her pyrokinetic or magma manipulation powers without manifesting this form, she has practiced enough to create a very small amount of flame without it appearing - the biggest flame she is capable of would start a small campfire. She also does not seem to need to breathe while in this form, as any oxygen near her is eaten up by the flames before it gets into her lungs.
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'''Magma Form''': When Amara uses either her pyrokinetic or magma manipulation powers, she manifests what she calls her 'Magma Form'. Surrounded by intensely bright and hot light, she is shielded from any external sources of heat or light and is not damaged by either her own light or external sources. While Amara is not affected by the heat of this form, her clothes are. Yes, embarrassing things can and will happen with this. She also does not seem to need to breathe while in this form, as any oxygen near her is eaten up by the flames before it gets into her lungs.
  
 
'''Gaia Connection:''' Amara has a very strong connection to the Earth, and will start to feel sick if she spends much time at certain altitudes - while buildings with several stories do not bother her, send her up in the air in a plane or flying by other means? Yeah, she doesn't do well. She can also get a general 'feel' for the earth in a small area - typically the same area she can influence with her geokinetic powers - and can sense various 'gaps' in them - tunnels, caves, subways, etc, and can tell the difference between a man made cavity or a natural fissure.
 
'''Gaia Connection:''' Amara has a very strong connection to the Earth, and will start to feel sick if she spends much time at certain altitudes - while buildings with several stories do not bother her, send her up in the air in a plane or flying by other means? Yeah, she doesn't do well. She can also get a general 'feel' for the earth in a small area - typically the same area she can influence with her geokinetic powers - and can sense various 'gaps' in them - tunnels, caves, subways, etc, and can tell the difference between a man made cavity or a natural fissure.
  
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''Control Issues:'' Amara's control of her powers is very strongly linked to her powers. While she has learnt a modicrum of control, any serious loss of temper or other serious emotion can upset the balance, and trigger her powers. She works very hard to keep both her emotions and powers under control.
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''Control Issues:'' Amara's control of her powers is very strongly linked to her powers. Any loss of temper or other heightened emotion can trigger her powers.  
  
 
As a side effect of her powers, Amara's core temperature tends to run a little higher than the average persons, and thus is very warm to touch. Summer tends to be a little easier on her since she is used to the heat, but oh god winter. She might be able to keep herself warm, but wind, rain and snow tend to knock her around a fair bit. Particularly snow. She is so not fond.
 
As a side effect of her powers, Amara's core temperature tends to run a little higher than the average persons, and thus is very warm to touch. Summer tends to be a little easier on her since she is used to the heat, but oh god winter. She might be able to keep herself warm, but wind, rain and snow tend to knock her around a fair bit. Particularly snow. She is so not fond.
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== '''Equipment''' ==
 
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== '''Trivia''' ==
 
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*Amara loathes the dark.
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This version of the character is based on Magma from the X Men Evolution cartoon.
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*Her favorite movie is the Wizard of Oz, her favorite book is the Odyssey, her favorite TV show is Supernatural and her favorite color is silver-blue.
 
  
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===2006===
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== '''External Links''' ==
  
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[[Worlds on Fire]]
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[http://xp-communication.dreamwidth.org/tag/c:amara+aquilla xp_communication posts]
  
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===2009===
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[https://xp-journal.dreamwidth.org/tag/c:+amara+aquilla xp_journal posts]
  
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[[So You Want To Be A Superhero]]
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[https://xp-logs.dreamwidth.org/tag/c:+z+available:+amara+aquilla xp_logs posts]
  
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[[X-Men Mission: Eric The Red]]
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[https://xp-generation-x.dreamwidth.org/tag/c:+amara+aquilla xp_generation_x posts]
  
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[[X-Men Mission: Fifth Column]]
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== '''Plots''' ==
  
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[[X-Men Mission: Rubicon]]
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===2015===
  
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[[Mutation Sternutation]]
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[[December 2015|Roadside Assistance]] - ''event''
  
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[[One Year On]]
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===2016===
  
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[[X-Men Mission: Jailbreak]]
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[[Something Slender This Way Comes]]
  
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===2010===
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[[Endangered Species]]
  
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[[Santayana Effect]]
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== '''Meta'''  ==
  
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[[Revenant]]
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'''Player''': Available for Applications
  
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[[Lakshmibai Raj]]
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'''E-mail''':
  
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[[Homeward Bound]]
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'''Player Icon Base''': [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1411125/ Selena Gomez]
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===2011===
 
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[[Don't Close Your Eyes]]
 
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'''Player''': [[Nat]]
 
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'''E-mail''': [[IMAGE:natemail.jpg|150px]]
 
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'''AIM''': dazzlingsongbird
 
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'''Player Icon Base''': [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1720028/ Amber Heard]
 
  
 
'''Meta Trivia'''
 
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Formerly played by Holly, picked up by Nat in [[November 2008]]
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[[Nat]] played the Phase 1 version of Amara but decided to bring in a new version when she returned to the game in [[July 2015]]. She left again in [[September 2016]].
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Latest revision as of 01:53, 24 March 2024

This character is currently unplayed, but is open for applications. If you are interested in applying for this character, you can contact the mods at x_moderators @ googlegroups . com and you can find the application form here.


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

PHASE 2


Amara Aquilla
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Portrayed by Selena Gomez
Codename: Magma
Affiliations: Generation X
Birthdate: 9 November, 1998
Journal: xp_magma
Player: Available for Applications


I think this is a thing I will need to do. I am capable of doing much damage.

After a traumatising and frightening manifestation, Amara tried to find a new place in the world by attending Xavier Institute. After a year, however, her father decided it was time she came home. Her training is far from complete and she may find herself needing more help.



Details

Character Journal: Amara Luciana Olivians Aquilla


Real Name: Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla

Codename: Magma

Aliases: N/A

First Appearance: July 29 2015

Date of Birth: 9 November 1998

Place of Birth: Manaus, Brazil

Citizenship: Brazilian

Relatives: Lucius Antonius Aquilla, father; Bianca Aquilla (nee Gallio), mother, deceased; Maya Aquilla, cousin

Education: Instituto Nova Roma, a small and very exclusive boarding school in Brazil

Relationship Status: Single

Occupation: Student

Team Affiliation: Generation X


Biography

Childhood

Amara Aquilla came into life into the lap of luxury, though it was the sort of thing she didn’t realise wasn’t normal until she was older. Her mother, formerly an actress and model retired from public life when she married her husband, and became something of a shut in. She kept Amara to herself, teaching her to be strong and proud of herself and that she was beautiful and perfect. As such Amara grew up to be something of a spoiled brat, but again this was something she wouldn’t realise until she began to interact with the outside world.

Which she first encountered at a family celebration. Amara was eight years old, and it was the first time she had met people her own age. An encounter with her cousin Maya turned… physical when Maya took exception to her bossy attitude, and Amara couldn’t understand why Maya didn’t hurry to follow her orders like the family servants did. After hair pulling and a black eye, Amara retreated back into the life of solitude with her mother, sulking at how mean the outside world was and how she was going to stay with her dear mother forever! Her father intervened at this point, arranging for Amara to be educated an exclusive boarding school that offered the students a classical education.

Amara’s father was somewhat distant, being a popular politician in their region. He moved through local and state government with incredibly high approval ratings, and eventually ran for federal government. He has been a Senator for Amazonas since 2002, and has established many programs that have benefitted the local population. In 2012 he was made Government Leader in the Senate, and has recently been named Minister for Mines and Energy. He is a powerful and popular figure in Brazil, even if people do sometimes wonder why his family is never seen with him. When asked, he claims chronic illness on behalf of his wife, and education on behalf of his daughter.

Now that her father was a minister in the Federal Government, he has decided it is time for his family to be seen with him. If not his wife, then at least his daughter. He reintroduced a now teenage Amara to her cousin Maya, in the hopes that Maya could guide Amara into interacting with society at large. The two cousins were quite wary of each other, up until Maya took Amara shopping and she was introduced to the delights of new clothes and shoes that weren’t considered 'proper'. Amara then quickly took to sneaking out with Maya at any opportunity, meeting Maya’s school friends and, more importantly for Amara, flirting with the boys Maya went to school with.

Kidnapped!

When Amara’s mother found out, she lost her shit, ranting and raving at Amara and eventually shoving her into a car and driving them both as far away from the ‘bad influence’ of her father and his family. Due to a large amount of cash and the surprising presence of a fake passport, Bianca got them all the way to the mountainous regions of Colombia before she stopped.

Amara was, obviously, freaked out and unhappy. She railed at her mother to take her home, that she didn’t want to hide away anymore. The world was amazing! Fantastic! How could she stay hidden away from everything now that she knew what the world was like? Fights between mother and daughter escalated until they were discovered by a group of armed men who decided they would really like to take all of the money and supplies the women had. Oh, and the women themselves. Amara shrieked and tried to fight against their would be kidnappers, until both she and her mother found themselves with guns in their faces. When Bianca refused to hand over anything, the ringleader shot her.

At which point Amara’s mutant powers kicked in, setting off an earthquake and triggered the Doña Juana volcano. Her kidnappers soon vanished under lava spilling up from the ground she’d split, and all Amara wanted to do was let it swallow her whole like it had her mother’s corpse. But she was… unlucky, as she put it, and she was instead found by the X-Men, mired in the still liquid magma days later. After some convincing, her father allowed her to go to America, to learn how to use her strange and terrifying powers.

Xavier's

Even after her experience in a regular Brazilian high school, Amara found America extremely strange and far more permissive than anywhere she'd experienced. The presence of adults who were not teachers - and certainly didn't behave the way teachers would behave - at the mansion made things even stranger, and Amara tended to hide herself away after some unpleasant experiences on the journals. School was also a disappointment, with a different academic standard and no girls' soccer team, a lack which she and Monica Rambeau agreed was 'not cool'. Amara's sense of dislocated also wasn't helped when, in early 2016, Amara discovered the existence of other dimensions and magic when she was part of a rescue party when several of their classmates were targeted by the Slenderchildren.

Keeping to herself and focussing on her studies, Amara completed her Junior year at Bayville Charter High and was glad for the summer vacation. A sightseeing trip with her friends turned into a battle against animal-themed mecha suits, and while the teens were successful, Amara went back home to see her father with a sense of relief. When he decided that she would remain in Brazil instead of returning to Xavier's, Amara agreed, even though her powers training was far from complete.

Physical Characteristics

Height: 5'4

Weight: 122lbs

Eyes: Brown

Hair: Brown

Other Features: Single piercings in each ear.

Powers

Current abilities:

Amara has demonstrated that she can trigger existing fault lines, and activate a dormant volcano by calling up magma from deep within the ground. She has also survived being submerged in magma for days. The triggering of these powers are connected to her emotions, and she has yet to figure out how to use her powers when not in an emotional state.

Full extent:

Geokinesis: Amara can psionically control the movements of the tectonic plates that make up the Earth's crust. The area she will be able to manipulate is very small - about the radius of a few city blocks - and she will be able to create both small and large earthquakes in that area.

Pyrokinesis: Amara can create flames and throw around blasts of fire that do not contain any molten rock.

Geo thermokinesis: A twofold power, she can both call up magma from below the Earth's crust to create various sized spontaneous volcanoes and lava flows, and also create magma using a combination of nearby rocks and her pyrokinetic powers. She will one day be able to channel the molten rock into blasts of magma, telekinetically hurling the molten rock at her target.

Magma Form: When Amara uses either her pyrokinetic or magma manipulation powers, she manifests what she calls her 'Magma Form'. Surrounded by intensely bright and hot light, she is shielded from any external sources of heat or light and is not damaged by either her own light or external sources. While Amara is not affected by the heat of this form, her clothes are. Yes, embarrassing things can and will happen with this. She also does not seem to need to breathe while in this form, as any oxygen near her is eaten up by the flames before it gets into her lungs.

Gaia Connection: Amara has a very strong connection to the Earth, and will start to feel sick if she spends much time at certain altitudes - while buildings with several stories do not bother her, send her up in the air in a plane or flying by other means? Yeah, she doesn't do well. She can also get a general 'feel' for the earth in a small area - typically the same area she can influence with her geokinetic powers - and can sense various 'gaps' in them - tunnels, caves, subways, etc, and can tell the difference between a man made cavity or a natural fissure.

Control Issues: Amara's control of her powers is very strongly linked to her powers. Any loss of temper or other heightened emotion can trigger her powers.

As a side effect of her powers, Amara's core temperature tends to run a little higher than the average persons, and thus is very warm to touch. Summer tends to be a little easier on her since she is used to the heat, but oh god winter. She might be able to keep herself warm, but wind, rain and snow tend to knock her around a fair bit. Particularly snow. She is so not fond.


Equipment

None

Trivia

This version of the character is based on Magma from the X Men Evolution cartoon.


External Links

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xp_journal posts

xp_logs posts

xp_generation_x posts

Plots

2015

Roadside Assistance - event

2016

Something Slender This Way Comes

Endangered Species

Meta

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Player Icon Base: Selena Gomez

Meta Trivia

Nat played the Phase 1 version of Amara but decided to bring in a new version when she returned to the game in July 2015. She left again in September 2016.

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