<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/ciZp1R6.png)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br/><strong>Character name:</strong>Amara Aquilla<br/><strong>Alias:</strong>Magma<br/><strong>Gender:</strong>Female<br/><strong>Orientation:</strong>Bisexual<br/><strong>Status:</strong>Single<br/><strong>Age:</strong>18<br/><strong>Height:</strong>5' 6"<br/><strong>Weight:</strong>131 lbs<br/><strong>Hair color:</strong>Blonde<br/><strong>Eye color:</strong>Blue<br/><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong>Ancient Rome<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br/><strong>Family:</strong><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li><strong>Father:</strong>  Lucius Aquilla (Deceased)</li><li><strong>Mother:</strong>  Unknown</li><li><strong>Siblings:</strong>  None</li><li><strong>Grandmother:</strong>  Selene Gallio (http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Selene_Gallio_(Earth-616)) (Status unknown)</li><li><strong>Alleged Ancestor:</strong>  Hercules (http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Hercules_(Earth-616))  (Status unknown).  Amara claims lineage to Hercules, but there is no definitive proof.</li></ul><br/><strong>Personality:</strong><br/><br/>Amara is used to getting special treatment.  As the only child of a prominent senator in ancient Roman times she was a much higher class of citizen than the typical "rabble".  She has a particular sense of her own importance and views others as being beneath her, unless they can somehow prove themselves of worth--but even then they might only be worthy as servants or lackeys.  She is prideful and hotheaded with a temper to match.  She overcompensates with her sense of pride for a feeling of being lost in a new world--her arrogance being a shell to protect the vulnerability she feels for having been ripped away from her life nearly 2000 years ago.<br/><br/><strong>Hobbies:</strong><br/><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li><strong>Reading:</strong>  Amara spends most of her free time reading, largely from an attempt to understand more about modern culture.</li><li><strong>Archery:</strong>  Amara indulges in archery frequently, if only for nostalgia purposes.</li></ul><br/><strong>History:</strong><br/><br/>Born to Lucius Aquilla in 63 AD in the heart of the Roman Empire, Amara lived a rather lush life.  Her father was a prominent Senator in the Empire which uplifted her to a station that few others had.  She never knew her mother, but given her appearance there were whispers that perhaps her mother had been from barbarian stock to the north.  Her father never spoke of her mother and she never felt a deep need to find out.  Few would openly comment about her heritage, and those that did usually were silenced swiftly.  She was relatively insulated from the "real" world from a very young age.  It was never very clear what her father's plans for her were going to be, perhaps marrying off to another family for political gain or something equally self-serving.  She learned most of what she knew about the world second-hand from servants, guards, and other social elites.  Still, with as much of the world covered by the Roman Empire as it was at the time she knew a great deal about the goings-on of the empire in even some of the more remote parts of the world.<br/><br/>Late one summer she was visiting family and friends in the city of Herculaneum.  She'd visited the coastal city a few times before with her father, and they had decided to head up the side of the nearby mountain on a relatively cool afternoon.  She was roughly 16 during the visit, and at least one possible suitor was accompanying them.  She didn't particularly care much for the game of playing at romance, but it was at least nice to have more people along for the trip.  Unfortunately their pleasant afternoon hike turned into the punishment of the gods in one fell swoop.  The mountain, Vesuvius, rumbled and quaked before exploding in fire and ash.  Amara stared awestruck at the magnitude of it before the sheer terror of what was transpiring fully caught up to her.  They ran as quickly as they could from the unfolding destruction, but almost before they could react the devastation was upon them.  Molten rock and ash and pumice pelted them all, gobbets of magma fell onto her father, burning ash scalded the flesh of her would-be paramour, and when another building-sized mass of magma fell onto her the world went red-hot and then black.<br/><br/>Rather than die like the many inhabitants of Herculaneum and nearby Pompeii, her dormant mutant powers sprung to life wrapping her in a cocoon of molten rock where she lay dormant like a volcano of her own waiting to erupt.  She slept in the stone, frozen in suspended animation for nearly 2000 years before she began to stir.  Activity in the region was beginning to bring life back into the area and the subtle tectonic vibrations eventually woke the sleeping mutant.  When she awoke she exploded with a furious rage as if her family and friends had just died in front of her face only moments ago.  The fiery girl hurled balls of magma along the mountainside, making people initially believe a smaller volcano had erupted from the side of Vesuvius.  Instead the truth was learned before long and the X-Men recovered her before she could do any lasting harm.<br/><br/>Two years have passed since then.  She had spent most of her time inside the institute, cut off from most of the outside world, as the state of things was made clear to her.  The telepaths, especially Xavier, helped her learn to communicate with others as there was no one still left alive that spoke the same language she did.  She learned English quickly enough, and most other European languages followed soonafter.  Those two years she slowly adapted to the modern era, and while a great many things are still far beyond her understanding, she has been admitted into the normal school to integrate back into the world, though she rarely leaves the campus grounds.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br/><strong>Classification:</strong>Beta (Alpha Potential with greater control)<br/><br/><strong>Type of mutant:</strong>Generational Skip<br/><br/><strong>Powers:</strong><br/><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li><strong>Geokinesis:</strong>  Amara can psionically control the movement of the tectonic plates within the Earth's crust within limited areas, currently approximately 200-300 feet. Within this area she can create small or large earthquakes by psionically affecting the Earth's crust.</li><li><strong>Pyrokinesis:</strong>  She can create flames and project blasts of heat that do not contain any molten rock. The highest level of heat that Magma can generate is not yet known, but it is believed that she can reach at least 850° Fahrenheit or higher.</li><li><strong>Geo-thermokinesis:</strong>  She can psionically cause magma, or molten rock, from far beneath Earth's surface to rise to and break through the surface, forming miniature volcanoes.  She can also telekinetically project fiery blasts of magma at targets. She does this by psionically superheating nearby rock until it melts and then telekinetically hurling it.</li><li><strong>Magma Form:</strong>  When using her powers Magma's body shines with intense light and gives off tremendous heat. Her hair seems ablaze with fiery light. Neither her own heat nor heat from any other known source can burn or otherwise harm Magma. When not in this form her powers are muted, she can still cause small tremors and create small flame blasts, but otherwise she cannot harness the majority of her strength. Magma is not blinded by the light she gives off in her shining form and is immune to the dangerous effects of flame and heat while in it.</li><li><strong>Weakness:</strong>  Presently Amara's powers are extremely dependent on her emotional state.  The angrier she becomes the less control she has over her powers and they begin to manifest almost randomly.  The angrier she becomes the closer to her Magma Form she becomes--potentially causing small fires.  When truly furious she can enter an almost rage-like state like a volcano about to explode.  Should she learn to better control her emotions this weakness would likely vanish.</li></ul><br/><strong>Abilities:</strong><br/><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li><strong>Multilingual:</strong>  Amara has learned a variety of languages since being at the institute.  Either she had a natural knack for it or it is an unforeseen side effect to the telepathic teaching she underwent to learn English.  Presently she knows:</li><ul class="bbc_list"><li><em>Latin</em></li><li><em>Greek (Ancient and Modern)</em></li><li><em>Spanish</em></li><li><em>French</em></li><li><em>Russian</em></li><li><em>German</em></li><li><em>English</em></li><li><em>Italian</em></li></ul><li><strong>Weapons Training:</strong>  She is skilled at swordplay and archery, having trained through her youth.</li><li><strong>Politics:</strong>  She is relatively skilled at navigating and understanding politics.</li><li><strong>Sewing:</strong>  She has learned a variety of different sewing techniques.</li></ul><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br/><strong>Classes Taken:</strong><br/><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Mental Resilience</li><li>History (Mutant &amp; Human)</li><li>Power Control</li><li>College Algebra</li><li>Computer/Technology (Beginner)</li><li>Philosophy</li></ul><br/><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong><br/><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Archery</li><li>Tennis</li></ul><br/><strong>Student Relations:</strong><br/><br/>None presently.