Psionics: As a result of exposure to the cosmic energies from the Chitauri Scepter, Maximoff acquired an undefined array of psionic powers, which manifest in the form of reddish glowing energy currents. Maria Hill describes Wanda's powers as "neuro-electric interface and telekinesis" and called Wanda "weird" because of them. The currents can control and distort molecules and forms of physical forces, such as friction, kinetic energy, pressure, and even gravity. This energy is capable of controlling many forms of matter on a molecular level and can be used to control molecules and physical forces in various ways:

Telekinesis: Maximoff has the ability to mentally move objects through force of the mind, as demonstrated when she moved wooden blocks around while imprisoned in Wolfgang von Strucker's secret facility. She pulled them apart with her power and suspended them in the air, removing all motion and gravity from the pieces. Wanda has used this power to shield innocents from enemy fire, stop an off-rail train in Seoul, knock back Captain America, tear apart Ultron's drones and rip out the central processor of Ultron's primary body. It also appears that her emotions are linked to her powers as she unleashed a wave of energy that disintegrated attacking Ultron sentries when she sensed Pietro's death and cried out. She has also used this power to simulate flight.

Telepathy: Maximoff can read and experience memories and thoughts of others through a form of mental telepathy. While she was using her hypnotic powers against the Avengers in Wakanda, she herself viewed the Avengers' memories. She also used this ability to temporarily merge her consciousness with Ultron's, and it was thanks to this that she was able to discover his genocidal intentions and rebel against him.

Hypnosis: Maximoff is able to deploy a form of mental inertness upon others through hypnotism. She was able to use this ability to cripple the Avengers, forcing them each to recall the darker events of their pasts, allowing them to be subdued by Ultron. When this ability is in use, Wanda's energy takes a more mist like form, floating into the head of the victim in the form of neurons. The effects also distort the victim's iris coloration, turning them red. This also allows her to control other people's actions, as she did with a considerable number of civilians in Sokovia to aid in their evacuation.

Hex Bolts: Maximoff can conjure energy blasts by gathering molecules and physical forces into a contained space inside her energy. When a target of hers is hit with her blasts, she can connect with her telekinesis to inflict further damage. This power she was born with but concealed until exposure to the Chitauri Scepter unlocked its full potential.

Real Name: Wanda Maximoff
Alias(es) : Scarlet Witch
Species: Human/Mutant
Citizenship: Sokovian
Gender: Female
Affiliation: HYDRA (formerly), Avengers
Status Alive

Wanda Maximoff, better known as Scarlet Witch, is a native of the Eastern European country of Sokovia who grew up in the company of her twin brother, Pietro. In an effort to help purge their country of strife, the twins agreed to undergo experiments with the Chitauri Scepter under the supervision of Wolfgang von Strucker's HYDRA cell, and achieved superpowers as a result, with Wanda attaining various telekinetic and energy manipulating abilities.

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Biography
Wanda Maximoff was born in the Eastern European country of Sokovia along with her brother, Pietro. They became orphaned at the age of ten when a mortar shell hit their living quarters. The weapons involved in the tragedy originated from Tony Stark's company, and as a result, the twins developed a deep-seated grudge against Stark.

When the twins reached adulthood, Sokovia had become a warzone, with foreign forces invading their streets frequently. Wanda and her brother took part in various riots to drive the foreign forces out of their streets. What the twins did not realize was that the riots were orchestrated by HYDRA, who had taken up residence in the country and were using the riots to cover up their illegal experiments. One day, Wanda and Pietro were approached by List, a scientist at the the HYDRA cell in Sokovia, who offered them the opportunity to achieve the power needed to drive war out of Sokovia. Initially skeptical, Wanda was convinced by Pietro to agree.

Along with other volunteers from the town, Wanda and Pietro underwent a series of tests where they were exposed to energy from the Chitauri Scepter, which had fatal effects on the others. Wanda and Pietro, however, experienced exceedingly different effects. The power of the scepter unlocked latent supernatural powers within the pair; while Pietro achieved superhuman speed, Wanda attained a number of mental powers such as telekinesis, hypnosis, and energy projection.

Soon after, the Avengers arrived in Sokovia and raided Strucker's facility, stealing the scepter and arresting Strucker. In the confusion, Wanda and Pietro escaped from their holding cells and, though inexperienced, were able to use their powers to evade the Avengers and escape. Wanda herself used her powers to distract Iron Man and the Hulk, tricking the latter into believing that a dead Leviathan specimen that Strucker had been studying was still alive, goading him into attacking it.

Wanda and Pietro were soon called by Ultron to join him in his plans to destroy the Avengers, knowing that with their powers, they can tear the opposition apart. Soon after, Wanda and Pietro accompany Ultron in acquiring Ulysses Klaue's supply of vibranium. Wanda manages to knock Captain America back with her powers and began "hexing" the minds of Thor, Black Widow, and the Cap. She attempted to "hex" Hawkeye, but was subdued by him. Pietro saved her in the nick of time and took her outside Klaue's base, where she caught sight of the Hulk and manages to "hex" him as well.

When the Twins arrived in Seoul, Wanda learned of Ultron's plans upon touching the Cradle and left the facility, much to Ultron's rage. The Twins then assisted Captain America in fighting off Ultron on a moving passenger train and Wanda managed to stop it when it went off the rails. Wanda and Pietro then accompanied Captain America back to Avengers Tower and tried to stop Stark and Banner from bringing Vision to life. Wanda was held back by Banner in the scuffle, but she managed to escape his hold, only to witness Thor bringing Vision to life. She and Pietro then join the Avengers in stopping Ultron and saving Sokovia.

Wanda played a significant part in evacuating the civilians from Sokovia, using her powers of mind control on dozens of innocents. When Ultron's army began their attack, Wanda was overwhelmed by the carnage. Hawkeye told her that she needed to make a choice, to stay hidden and wait for her brother or to get out there and be an Avenger. When Clint was surrounded by Ultron's robots, Wanda made the save, taking them out. Wanda was then taken by Pietro to help rally the civilians and assisted in escorting them to the reinforcements sent by Nick Fury. Then, she and the rest of the Avengers stood together in defending the key to Ultron's plans and managed to wipe out a majority of the enemy forces.

Wanda opted to stay behind to guard the key while the others went their separate ways to accomplish their objectives. Unfortunately, Pietro is killed saving Clint Barton and a young boy and Wanda senses this, causing her to cry out in pure anguish. Wanda then left her post to avenge her brother by taking down Ultron's primary body with her powers, though she had inadvertently allowed an Ultron drone to activate the key that sent Sokovia plummeting towards Earth. Fortunately, Stark and Thor averted the cataclysm and Vision saved Wanda just in the nick of time.

Wanda has since joined Steve and Natasha's team of Avengers, alongside Vision, Sam Wilson, and Col. Rhodes, complete with an all new costume.

Name: Sumone Persephone Star
Age: 18
Species: Mystery Demon
Hair: Fades from Midnight blue to almost white from bottom to top
Eyes: Ocean blue
Height: 5"3'
Scent: Orange creme
Personality: she is not the type of girl you want to cross even on her best days. she is strong willed and very demanding. she will not bend under peer pressure and can certainly hold her own. you want a fight or a challenge she's your girl. you have a better chance at winning the lottery over winner her heart. she is a Jashinist. she worships the god of pain, death and chaos and does her best to serve him by bringing those to the people around her.
Quote: "If you have a death wish then i can grant it"

name: al korak
height: 6'5
age: 10-15
weight: 100lbs
sex: male
hair color: long, black
race: muntant
eye color: green
backstory: (third charter) i am al korak. i was a mistake, someone who was never suppose to happend. I am the resault of some scitiest attempt to make a mutant, but it falid and gave me more power then i could handle. I wander the streets of the world, hiding who i am the best i can. But when the goverment is looking for you, thats harder then you might think.... together with my twin sister, alexia, i try and stay safe....
powers include: shapeshifting, super speed, mind control, flying, invisiblilty, shrinking/growing, mind reading, and more power developing as i go on in my adventure called life. I trust no one. I am an outcast. I am supernatural,

backstory: (second charter)
i am al, leader of the tribe of wish-granting mages, we were long-forgotten by you humans, we now sleep, waiting for a worthy master to awaken us. We will only awken when a master with a pure heart speaks in our tombs, then we are stuck with them, unless they realse us. I, personally depize the selfish who awaken me, so i punish them. For intense if you say "i wish i was rich" i make the money stolen, so you are rich, and wanted.
information:
name: al
gender: male
age: 4020 (looks 30-45)
abilities: can grant the wishes of anyone, even the selfish
looks:
hair: look white hair
beard
height: 5'6
weight: 90lbs
eye color: blue
weapons of choice: Daggers or staff

backstories:
(first charter): pretty much i was grown up in secret because he was one the 'gem masters', or people who protect the 7 crystals of life and power. Then, one day his village was atacked, and his parents sent him away. A few weeks later, he learns his parents are dead and soughs revenge against teh group known as 'the bandits'. After years of training, he challeges the bandits, losing horribly, and the bandits curse him so he no longer has emotions. After a lot more time of training, al obtains 3 of the crystals, and a staff of pure magic energy. Now he tries to find a friend, but everyone he trusts, they either leave him, or they die
height: 5'4
weight: 100lbs
age: 15-21
gender: male
race: mage, half-demon
looks:
hair: black hair, decently long
has a slight beard,
wears a cloak usally
weapon of choice: dagers, staff, occisally a sword

Name: Collin Tomcat AKA Ace
Species: Felion
Age: 20
Hair: dark brown shaggy hair
Eyes: Hazel brown
Height: 6"4'
Scent: morning mist
Personality: undetermined since he is a new character

Name: Lara Imonkia Mordune AKA Lala
Species: Mystery Demon
Age: 16
Hair: Silver waist length
Eyes: Frosty white
Height: 4"11'
Scent: Green tea Ice Cream
Personalilty: traditional very quiet

Name: Misu Karutase
Species: Elemental fox demon (fire)
Age: 21
Hair: Silver with mint green tips
Eyes: Mint green
Height: 5"
Scent: mint type varies person to person.
Personality: Fun Outgoing social

Name: Anina Catrine Nekomi
Species: Mystery Cat Demon
Age: 18
Hair: waist length jet black
Eyes: Forest green
height: 5"1'
Scent: Milk & honey
Personality: usually outgoing and energetic but depends on rp

Name: Angel Reed
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Species: human/zombie hunter
Sexual orientation: straight

Looks: She has long red hair and bright blue eyes. She is always in jeans and combat boots, with fingerless gloves. She wears a tank with a small sleeveless jacket over it. She also has a backpack filled with any supplies she would need including weapons and food. She has two knives strapped to each thigh and a gun holster on each side of her belt.

Personallity: Angel is outgoing and fun to be around once you get to know her. At first she can come across mean or stern, but that has to do with the fact she’s been on her own for awhile. She loves being able to protect others from a distance, since she hates being called a hero. She has a loner personality and if you really want to meet her, you’ll have to be just as stubborn.

Backstory: Angel was raised up by her father who trained her in all types of weapons due to him being the chief of police. Her two brothers never cared about learning his trade, but that’s all Angel could think about growing up. By the age of 10, she could tell you almost everything there is to know about guns and knives and she is an excellent shot. When she was 20, the apocalypse started and her father held her out in the police station for a bit. Eventually, it was overrun and her father was killed, turned into the infected. It almost killed her, but she vowed she would continue to fight for him. The police station is now her base, determined to make it back into a safe area. Her only companion is her families, police dog Axis, which is a large Doberman.

Name: Jewel Morgan
Age: 20
Gender: female
Species: half vampire, half human
Sexual orientation: straight

Looks: Tall and thin. Long crimson red hair, usually pulled to the side. Bright blue eyes. A small scar down her cheek.

Backstory: Her mother was a vampire and her father was a human. After she was born, her parents were attacked and killed. In the attack, a man shot a flamming arrow towards her mother, but it missed and went accross her cheek, leaving a permenant scar on her cheek. Her father escaped with her bundled and left her on a human family's doorstep before running away only to be killed himself. When she was older, she found out her true parents. Now, she keeps her vampire side inside as she tries to live a normal life, altough sometimes it comes out. She's learned to hide
her vampire side, but not to control it like she needs to. She can also control an element, spirit. She doesn't know much about how to use it. She learned of this gift when she accidently brought a wounded fox back from the brink of death. She is very shy and quiet due to her vampire nature, but she's a wonderful artist and expressed herself through her creations.

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A little more than a century ago, vampires stalked Rhode Island. Or rather, New England farm families were digging up dead relatives suspected of being vampires and desecrating the bodies in a misguided effort to protect the living. Often these latter-day vampire hunters removed and burned their loved ones’ heart
Though the corpses were typically re-buried, modern scholars continue to unearth the stories of real-life “vampires,” whose historic tragedies underlie classics like Dracula as well as Hollywood’s latest guilty pleasures.

The practice of disinterring accused vampires likely began in Eastern Europe, spreading to western countries including France and England in the 1700s, and then to rural New England, where vampire panics were common up through the late 1800s – particularly in Rhode Island.At home and abroad, vampire scares usually began when a person died – often of a contagious disease, and in New England almost always of tuberculosis – and others in the vicinity began dying, too, usually of the same sickness. Ignorant of germs, people surmised that the dead person had come back to drain family members’ blood, and the exhumation and staking, burning, beheading and whatever else followed (practices varied with geography) were an effort to insulate the community against further harm. Often the vampire-hunters were not disappointed when they pried open the graves: many natural signs of decay, like bloating and bleeding from various orifices, looked like evidence of midnight feasts.

Here are a few “vampires” from America and elsewhere, the real lives behind our modern legends.

Peter Plogojowitz: This Serbian villager and accused bloodsucker was exhumed and staked through the heart a few weeks after his death in 1725. In his book, “Vampires, Burial, and Death,” folklorist Paul Barber treats Plogojowitz as the quintessential European vampire, because his exhumation closely follows the broader pattern of the superstition. Plogojowitz was the first in his village to die of a sickness, and subsequent local deaths were blamed on his late-night predations. A rather gruesome-sounding autopsy revealed what were considered the tell-tale signs of vampirism:

“I did not detect the slightest odor that is otherwise characteristic of the dead, and the body…was completely fresh,” one witness wrote. “The hair and beard… had grown on him; the old skin, which was somewhat whitish, had peeled away, and a new fresh one had emerged under it … Not without astonishment, I saw some fresh blood in his mouth.”

Arnold Paole: In the early 18th century, this rural Serbian broke his neck after a fall from a hay wagon. Like many others before him, he was accused of posthumous vampirism and exhumed after a series of deaths in his village; many of his supposed victims were dug up as well. Austrian military authorities in control of the region investigated the deaths, and their published account was widely circulated. Paole’s case is thus credited with spreading the vampire superstition to Western Europe, where it took hold before reaching the New World.

Nellie Vaughn: Just 19 years old, she was buried in 1889 in West Greenwich, Rhode Island. Today this so-called vampire is almost as famous as Mercy Brown, whose exhumation was covered by international newspapers. Vaughn’s cemetery has frequently been visited, vandalized and her headstone broken. But in his book, “Food for the Dead,” folklorist and vampire scholar Michael Bell presents evidence suggesting that Vaughn’s is a case of mistaken identity, and that her contemporaries never accused or exhumed her. The superstition probably arose in the last half century or so, and may be a result of confusion with Mercy (who died nearby at a similar date and age) and the admittedly creepy epitaph on Vaughn’s tombstone: “I Am Waiting and Watching For You.”

Frederick Ransom: A Dartmouth College student from a well-respected family in South Woodstock, Vermont, he died of tuberculosis in 1817 and is an example of an educated person ensnared in a vampire panic usually associated with misinformed farmers. Ransom’s father had his body exhumed in the hopes of saving the rest of his family: his heart was burned in a blacksmith’s forge. “However, it did not prove a remedy, for mother, sister, and two brothers died afterward,” Ransom’s surviving brother Daniel later wrote. “It has been related to me that there was a tendency in our family to consumption, and that I…would die with it before I was thirty.” Happily, when Daniel Ransom wrote these words he was more than 80 years old.

Bristoe Congdon’s child: A “black” man named Bristoe Congdon and several of his children died of tuberculosis in Rhode Island in the 1800s. “The body of one of the children was exhumed,” one source wrote, “and the vital parts were burned in obedience to the dicta of this shallow and disgusting superstition.” Though it’s not entirely clear whether Congdon was African-American or American Indian, the case was the first that folklorist Michael Bell has found suggesting that the vampire tradition crossed racial lines.

Annie Dennett: She died of consumption at the age of 21 in rural New Hampshire. In September of 1810, a traveling Freewill Baptist Minister from Vermont named Enoch Hayes Place attended her exhumation, which her family undertook in an effort to save Annie’s father, also sick from tuberculosis. Place’s diary entry is a curious example of the participation of a respected New England minister in a vampire hunt. “They opened the grave and it was a Solemn Sight indeed,” Place wrote. “A young Brother by the name of Adams examined the mouldy Specticle, but found nothing as they Supposed they Should…. There was but a little left except bones.”

Vampires have always been amongst the most popular mythological creatures, from the tales of Bram Stoker to more modern incarnations like those in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Twilight. However, in case you have been living in a cave and these have all bypassed you, here is a brief overview of the vampire legend: vampires are generally believed to be human beings who, in life, were bitten by another vampire and then return after death to feed on the blood of other humans. Vampires are generally assumed to never die naturally but, depending on which adaptation you read, can be killed by exposure to sunlight, garlic, holy water or direct penetration through the heart with a wooden stake. Vampires are now a pretty popular part of modern culture, but how could the myth have first come about?

Although few scientific papers exist on this topic the internet is rife with debate and appears to point to several different medical conditions:

Probably the most popular theory of the origin of the vampire is the disease porphyria: as explained by this article in Scientific American. Porphyria is actually a term for several diseases which are all caused by irregularities in production of heme, a chemical in blood. Some forms of this condition, such as cutaneous erythropoietic porphyria (CEP), lead to deposition of toxins in the skin. Sufferers are often sensitive to light since light activates these toxins. When active, toxins eat away at the skin causing disfigurement, including erosion of the lips and gums. These factors could have led to the corpse-like, fanged appearance that we associate with vampires and their dislike of sunlight. Interestingly, people who suffer from porphyria also have an intolerance to foods that have a high sulphur content…such as garlic.


Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Another possible explanation for vampires is tuberculosis (TB). This is a lung disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The reason this disease has been suggested as the origin of the vampire myth is because victims turn very pale, often avoid the sunlight and cough up blood. This is actually due to the disease damaging the lungs, but it’s easy to see how it could be misinterpreted as someone having recently drunk blood. According to this study, the vampire myth may also have arisen from the fact that TB spreads rapidly and easily from person to person. The infectious nature of this disease may have led to the belief that the vampire rises from the dead to feed on his loved ones, causing them to suffer the same symptoms.

An intriguing alternative explanation is Catalepsy. This is a disease of the central nervous system leading to a slowing of the heart and breathing rate, with sufferers often seizing up completely. These symptoms may have led people to mistakenly believe the sufferer to be dead. Therefore, since these individuals were perceived to have risen from the dead, it is easy to see how this disorder could be linked to paranormal mythology