Amara Aquilla
Brought up in a mysterious city in the jungles of Brazil, Amara is adjusting to life in the 'real world'. And Xavier's.
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Character Journal: x_molten
Real Name: Unknown.
Codename: None.
Aliases: Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla.
First Appearance: August 14, 2006
Date of Birth: June 3, 1988.
Place of Birth: Unknown.
Citizenship: Unknown.
Relatives: Father: Lucius Antonius Aquilla; Mother: (deceased)
Education: No formal education.
Relationship Status: Single.
Occupation: Senior at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.
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, 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.
Further Information
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.
Physical Characteristics
Height: 5' 6"
Weight: 124 lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blond, long, often left loose; she braids it loosely when she wants to pull it back.
Other Features: Two holes in each ear with modest studs. A birthmark on her left shoulder.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Equipment
None.
Trivia
Amara loathes the dark.
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