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| name    = Amara Aquilla
 
| name    = Amara Aquilla
| image  = Amara.jpg|Amara Aquilla
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| image  = Amara.png|Amara Aquilla
 
| pb = [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1720028/ Amber Heard]
 
| pb = [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1720028/ Amber Heard]
 
| codename = Magma
 
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Brought up in a mysterious city in the jungles of Brazil, Amara is adjusting to life in the 'real world'.  
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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 in her freshmen year at ESU.
  
 
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== '''Details''' ==
 
== '''Details''' ==
  
'''Real Name''': Unknown.
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'''Real Name''': Unknown (possibly Alison Crestmere).
  
 
'''Codename''': None.
 
'''Codename''': None.
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'''First Appearance''': [http://community.livejournal.com/x_logs/1513335.html#cutid1 August 14, 2006]
 
'''First Appearance''': [http://community.livejournal.com/x_logs/1513335.html#cutid1 August 14, 2006]
  
'''Place of Birth''': Unknown.
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'''Place of Birth''': Unknown (possibly England).
  
'''Citizenship''': Unknown.
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'''Citizenship''': Unknown (possibly British)
  
 
'''Relatives''': Father: Lucius Antonius Aquilla; Mother: (deceased)
 
'''Relatives''': Father: Lucius Antonius Aquilla; Mother: (deceased)
  
'''Education''': [[Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters]].  
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'''Education''': Received GED from [[Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters]], attending [[Empire State University]].
  
 
'''Relationship Status''': Single.
 
'''Relationship Status''': Single.
  
 
'''Occupation''': College student.
 
'''Occupation''': College student.
 
  
 
'''Team Affiliation''': None.
 
'''Team Affiliation''': None.
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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.
 
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.
  
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, Spanish, and an obscure Brazilian Indian dialect.
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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.
  
 
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.
 
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.
 
  
 
=== '''Worlds on Fire''' ===
 
=== '''Worlds on Fire''' ===
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==='''Further Information'''===
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==='''A Whole New World'''===
 
 
Despite the strangeness of her new environment, Amara adapted quickly to the school, being keen to learn and expand her experiences of the world outside Nova Roma. Together with [[Amanda Sefton]], another victim of Selene, she achieved a measure of closure upon visiting the site where the witch was sunk at the bottom of the bay. She has since thrown herself into the long hard job of catching up on an entire world, including beginning college in the new school year starting [[September 2008]].
 
  
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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.
  
 
== '''Physical Characteristics''' ==
 
== '''Physical Characteristics''' ==
  
  
'''Height''': 5' 6"
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'''Height''': 5' 8"
  
'''Weight''': 124 lbs
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'''Weight''': 129 lbs
  
'''Eyes''': Blue
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'''Eyes''': Hazel
  
'''Hair''': Blond, long, often left loose; she braids it loosely when she wants to pull it back.
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'''Hair''': Blonde, with a somewhat annoying tendancy to curl. One of her favorite possessions is her hair straightner.  
  
'''Other Features''':  Two holes in each ear with modest studs. A birthmark on her left shoulder.
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'''Other Features''':  Single ear piercing in each ear.
  
  
 
== '''Powers''' ==
 
== '''Powers''' ==
  
'''Physical manifestation:''' Magma's powers allow her to assume an energized form in which she radiates intense light and heat. In this form, her entire body becomes molten, and her hair seems to catch fire. She is immune to her own light and heat, and heat from external sources. Taking this form is the only way she can manipulate magma.
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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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'''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 Farenheit.
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'''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.
  
'''Geokinesis/terrakinesis:''' She can psionically control tectonic plate movement in a limited area, creating small, but strong earthquakes. Additionally, she can widen fault lines in the earth's crust to bring up molten rock, or create miniature volcanic mounds.
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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 tendancy to burn up very quickly. Yeah, she's had some embarrassing moments with that. While she typically can not use her pyrokinetic or magma mainpulation 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.
  
'''Pyrokinesis/magma manipulation:''' Magma can ignite and project high temperature flames (which contain no rock), as well as superheat rock or stone (canon indicates she can reach at least 850 degrees Fahrenheit). She can then mentally blast this superheated, molten material at a target. She can also bring up magma from the earth's mantle and fire that at a target.
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'''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.
  
How good is she at control? Not very. Right now, her powers are linked to her emotions. Intense anger can cause minor earthquakes, volcanic activity, random fires, and her molten form. She's good at big, dangerous blasts of power, but lacks the finesse for most of her abilities. For earthquakes, her range is limited to a handful of city blocks. For volcano-creation, mounds no bigger than a car at first, growing in size as she gains control. Splits in the earth are initially 20-30 feet long, maybe a foot or so wide. Her molten form comes and goes with her temper for the first couple of months she is at the mansion. In this form, and with no control, she is a danger to herself and others.
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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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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''' ==
 
== '''Equipment''' ==
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== '''Trivia''' ==
 
== '''Trivia''' ==
  
Amara loathes the dark.
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*Amara loathes the dark.
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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.
  
 
== '''Plots''' ==
 
== '''Plots''' ==
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'''E-mail''': [[IMAGE:natemail.jpg|150px]]
 
'''E-mail''': [[IMAGE:natemail.jpg|150px]]
  
'''AIM''':  
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'''AIM''': dazzlingsongbird
  
 
'''Player Icon Base''': [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1720028/ Amber Heard]
 
'''Player Icon Base''': [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1720028/ Amber Heard]
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[[Category: Characters]]
 
[[Category: Characters]]
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[[Category: X-Men]]

Revision as of 21:31, 30 January 2009

PHASE 1
Amara Aquilla
File:Amara.png
Portrayed by Amber Heard
Codename: Magma
Affiliations: Xavier Institute - Graduate student
Birthdate: June 3, 1988
Journal: Amara Aquilla
Player: Nat


Brought up in a mysterious city in the jungles of Brazil, Amara has adjusted to life in the 'real world' and is now in her freshmen year at ESU.


Details

Real Name: Unknown (possibly Alison Crestmere).

Codename: None.

Aliases: Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla.

First Appearance: August 14, 2006

Place of Birth: Unknown (possibly England).

Citizenship: Unknown (possibly British)

Relatives: Father: Lucius Antonius Aquilla; Mother: (deceased)

Education: Received GED from Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, attending Empire State University.

Relationship Status: Single.

Occupation: College student.

Team Affiliation: None.


Biography

Childhood

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.

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.

With the 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.

Worlds on Fire

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.

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.


A Whole New World

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.

Physical Characteristics

Height: 5' 8"

Weight: 129 lbs

Eyes: Hazel

Hair: Blonde, with a somewhat annoying tendancy to curl. One of her favorite possessions is her hair straightner.

Other Features: Single ear piercing in each ear.


Powers

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.

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 Farenheit.

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.

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 tendancy to burn up very quickly. Yeah, she's had some embarrassing moments with that. While she typically can not use her pyrokinetic or magma mainpulation 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.

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. 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.

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

  • Amara loathes the dark.
  • 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.

Plots

2006

Worlds on Fire

Meta

Player: Nat

E-mail: 150px

AIM: dazzlingsongbird

Player Icon Base: Amber Heard

Meta Trivia

Formerly played by Holly, picked up by Nat in November 2008