Post by Zatanna on Jun 29, 2008 21:48:57 GMT -5
(A lot of this is off Wiki, I hope that's ok...)
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Cannon or your own:Canon
Copyright (Marvel/DC/ect):DC
Characters civilian name:Zatanna Zatara
Code names/Aliases:Zatanna, The Mistress of Magic, The Princess of Prestidigitation, Zee
Class [Superhero, Vigilante, Mercenary..ect]:Superhero
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Gender: Female
Age:43
Apparent Age:late 20s, young 30s.
Hair: Black
Eyes: Blue
Height and weight: 5'7", 127lbs
Appearance:Zatanna has a slender build, with long, athletic legs and a moderate bosom. She has long, silky black hair and blue eyes, and milky white skin. She has slightly pouty lips and a small nose, with small ears and an long, oval shaped face.
She normally wears her normal costume, a black and white leotard and a black mini-jacket, and black boots and gloves, but in her day wear, she dresses like anyone else. She wears jeans and t-shirts, usually with her leotard underneath, and her black boots, instead of sneakers. She also wears fishnet stockings.
She wears makeup all of the time, and dislikes leaving the house without any of it on. She usually has smoky brownish eyeshadow on and dark ruby lipstick. She always wears mascara, and lines her eyes with eyeliner.
Picture [if available]:
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Super Powers:Sorcery: Zatanna is a homo magi, a human born with the affinity to manipulate magic. Her unique genetic structure allows her to use the magic she was born with as well as learned magic. As a tribute to her father, and as a focus for her spells, she casts spells by speaking backwards. For example, saying "pots" would cause the target of the spell to stop in their tracks. Though in actuality she doesn't need to speak at all to cast spells she does so mostly out of psychological habit.
She has been called the most powerful member of the Justice League, and is often works alongside the most powerful magic-users on Earth, including Doctor Fate, Madame Xanadu, and Captain Marvel.
Her Powers Include:Elemental Magic: With her magic Zatanna has shown a greatest affinity to manipulate the elements.
Telepathy: Zatanna can use her magic to manipulate the minds of others. She has displayed the ability to read minds, wipe minds, and remove specific memories.
Plant Control
Enhanced Strength
Enhanced Durability
Flight
Teleportation
Dimensional Travel
Probability Manipulation
Sense Magic
Telekinesis
Elemental Conversion
Molecular Conversion
Learned Abilities:Stage Magician: Zatanna is skilled in stage magic, performing simple tricks and elaborate illusions.
Combatant: She has also been taught conventional fighting skills by the Justice League, but favors using magic in place of them.
Occultist: as Chronicler of Magic she possesses an extensive understanding of Occult lore due to her Mystic Background
Hypnotist
Equipment:Magic Wand: Often seen with a magic wand, although whether it is a stage prop or an actual focus for her powers remains unknown.
Weaknesses (Must Have):Backwards Incantation: Zatanna casts her spells by saying the words of her incantations backwards. Zatanna must concentrate on her magic to make sure she is using the proper spell. It is at this point where she is most vulnerable. It appears that this is well known to her enemies, On one occasion, the assassin Deadshot delivered a direct blow to her liver, initiating a regurgitation reaction. On a separate occasion The Joker (disguised as the stage magician Loxias) shot Zatanna in the neck, rendering her magic useless. She doesn't need to speak backwards by necessity but doing so for so long and achieving the desired effect from it has made it a psychological effect more then anything.
Background:Zatanna Zatara is the daughter of famed magician Giovanni “John” Zatara and Sindella, a member of the mystical Homo Magi race. Zatanna is a direct descendant of the artist and magician Leonardo da Vinci, and is related to Nostradamus; Alessandro Cagliostro; the noted alchemists Nicholas Flamel and Evan Fulcanelli; and Lord Arion of Atlantis. Her cousin, Zachary Zatara, is also a magician.
Zatanna was a successful stage illusionist before she discovered her true magical powers while investigating the disappearance of her father. With the help of Batman, The Atom, Elongated Man and others, she was successfully reunited with him. Their time together was short, and unfortunately, both of her parents were killed on separate occasions while saving her life.
Zatanna assisted the Justice League of America on a number of cases before being elected to full membership. During her tenure with the group her power levels diminished briefly, so that she could only control the four elements: earth, air, fire, and water. It should be noted that this limitation was only temporary and that her magical ability was fully restored. Later Zatanna was worried about her lack of focus while using magic. She decided that her father's style of magic was wrong for her, and explored her mother's mystical heritage.
While Zatanna was a member of the Justice League, the villain Dr. Light stole aboard the Watch Tower and raped the Elongated Man's wife Sue Dibny. When Zatanna and several others Leaguers returned, they saw what Dr. Light had done. A fight broke out and when they finally managed to subdue him, he began to threaten them and their families. Zatanna was prepared to erase Light's memories of the incident, but his terrible brutality and his promises to do it again sparked a debate amongst the present League members on whether or not to tamper with his personality and prevent him from repeating his crime. Zatanna, Hawkman, and The Atom voted for such action, while Green Arrow, Black Canary, and Green Lantern voted against. The Flash broke the tie and voted to tamper with Light's mind. Zatanna used her magic to do so, but the difficulty of the process resulted in her accidentally lowering his intellect. In the midst of her spell, Batman appeared and tried to stop them. Zatanna froze him, and they voted to have her erase his memories of the incident as well.
Zatanna's mind-wipe of Dr. Light was not an isolated occurrence. Catwoman discovered that her journey from villain to hero and her resulting efforts to lead a moral life were caused by Zatanna's mental intervention. Selina came to distrust her memories, motives, and choices she’d made since that incident. In a fit of rage, Catwoman ties Zatanna up and pushes her through a window. Despite this, Zatanna helps Catwoman and, at Selina's behest, mind-wipes petty villains Film Freak and Angle Man, because they had deduced Catwoman's secret identity.
Zatanna and Batman’s friendship degraded once Batman discovered what she had done. He began to distrust her and his other friends in the super hero community. When Zatanna helped Batman with reconnaissance at a Lazarus Pit, she asks him why he came to her. "I needed someone I can trust," Batman said, "but I had to settle for you." This must have been especially hard for her to hear, seeing that she and Bruce Wayne had been close friends since childhood.
Recently, however, their relationship appears to have warmed; sometime later he called her for information on a card-counter involved in scamming the Penguin. He makes no mention of their conflict, and casually calls her by her nickname, "Zee".
After departing from the League, Zatanna continues her stage career and her vocation as a defender against mystical threats, becoming a member of the Sentinels of Magic. She is also the author of the hugely successful Hex Appeal: The Modern Girl's Guide to Magic.
At a superhero support group run by Etta Candy, she recounted how during a failed magical ritual to search for her father's tomes, one of her past ill-casted spells summoned a shapeshifter named Gwydion, who kills her companions. The trauma of this, combined with her guilt from her mind-wipes, caused her to lose confidence in herself and she lost her powers. With the help of her new apprentice Misty Kilgore, she was able to capture Gwydion to use as her own. She eventually regained her confidence and powers, and used them to defeat Zor, a rogue Time Tailor who released the Sheeda as a plague to infect and degrade the entire universe. As a reward, the other Time Tailors allowed her one last meeting with her father, who reveals that his books were written in her, his greatest spell and gift to the world. In the final battle against the Sheeda, Zatanna cast a spell to move time and space, retroactively positioning the Seven Soldiers to overthrow the Sheeda.
Zatanna is currently a reserve member of the Justice League, aiding them from time to time when her magical expertise is needed, although she declined an offer for full membership, stating her need to take a break from heroics. She is still a regular guardian against mystical threats.
Personality :Zatanna is a semi-sarcastic woman, who runs off at the mouth sometimes. She is fun though, and likes to have a good time, clubbing is one of her favorite things to do. She like to do things that stimulate her mind and senses, including playing video games and reading books. She loves to dance, and uses that as a way of staying in shape. She is a good soul at heart, and she does feel remorse for the way she has used her powers in the past, making her reluctant to use the specific powers..(mind wiping)
Other:As said before, she likes to read and dance. She watches very little television, preferring to go out and DO something rather than waste her life in front of a TV.
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Brief Sample Roleplay Zatanna headed down the street with a mild scowl on her face. Her kitty, Artemis, had ruined her favorite dress that morning, and she had someplace she had to wear it to that night. Unfortunately, it was her only good dress, so she was now out, looking for an affordable place to get a new dress.
Spotting a store, she smiled a bit and walked in, eyeing the dresses on the rack. Some of them were completely distasteful...silly polka dotted patterns and the like...but a few of them were actually cute. There was a particularly nice red on on the rack to the left of her, so she picked it up and held it to her, looking in the floor length mirror, and making sure it would fit. Satisfied, she headed to the counter and took out her credit card to pay for the dress, when outside, people began to scream.
Sighing and rolling her eyes, she left the pretty dress behind and headed for the restrooms. Making sure there was a window there, she went into a stall and shedded her jeans and t-shirt, revealing the leotard she normally wore underneath of it. She flew out the window, and headed for the disturbance.
She chuckled. A two bit bank robbery? That was what all the fuss was about? She grinned and flew over to the bank, and headed inside, smirking at the robbers as they looked at her incredulously.
"What do you think YOU'RE doing? Didn't you hear! Leave us and let us go or we'll kill the hostages!" they yelled, and she shook her head.
"I don't THINK so..." she said, and raised her hands. "Srewolf ot nugs!" she shouted, and the guns in the men's hands turned into flowers. She then chuckled as they looked at each other and ran from the bank, out to where the police were waiting. She stretched, and went to the back of the bank, exiting out the back door, and flying back into the clothing store's window. She quickly changed back, then walked back onto the main floor.
Moving to where she'd left the dress, she looked surprised to find it missing. Looking around, she spotted it in the hands of another woman who had found it after she had left. Grumbling, she left the store and headed back home, to try and get the stains out of her dress...
The Character
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Cannon or your own:Canon
Copyright (Marvel/DC/ect):DC
Characters civilian name:Zatanna Zatara
Code names/Aliases:Zatanna, The Mistress of Magic, The Princess of Prestidigitation, Zee
Class [Superhero, Vigilante, Mercenary..ect]:Superhero
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Gender: Female
Age:43
Apparent Age:late 20s, young 30s.
Hair: Black
Eyes: Blue
Height and weight: 5'7", 127lbs
Appearance:Zatanna has a slender build, with long, athletic legs and a moderate bosom. She has long, silky black hair and blue eyes, and milky white skin. She has slightly pouty lips and a small nose, with small ears and an long, oval shaped face.
She normally wears her normal costume, a black and white leotard and a black mini-jacket, and black boots and gloves, but in her day wear, she dresses like anyone else. She wears jeans and t-shirts, usually with her leotard underneath, and her black boots, instead of sneakers. She also wears fishnet stockings.
She wears makeup all of the time, and dislikes leaving the house without any of it on. She usually has smoky brownish eyeshadow on and dark ruby lipstick. She always wears mascara, and lines her eyes with eyeliner.
Picture [if available]:
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Super Powers:Sorcery: Zatanna is a homo magi, a human born with the affinity to manipulate magic. Her unique genetic structure allows her to use the magic she was born with as well as learned magic. As a tribute to her father, and as a focus for her spells, she casts spells by speaking backwards. For example, saying "pots" would cause the target of the spell to stop in their tracks. Though in actuality she doesn't need to speak at all to cast spells she does so mostly out of psychological habit.
She has been called the most powerful member of the Justice League, and is often works alongside the most powerful magic-users on Earth, including Doctor Fate, Madame Xanadu, and Captain Marvel.
Her Powers Include:Elemental Magic: With her magic Zatanna has shown a greatest affinity to manipulate the elements.
Telepathy: Zatanna can use her magic to manipulate the minds of others. She has displayed the ability to read minds, wipe minds, and remove specific memories.
Plant Control
Enhanced Strength
Enhanced Durability
Flight
Teleportation
Dimensional Travel
Probability Manipulation
Sense Magic
Telekinesis
Elemental Conversion
Molecular Conversion
Learned Abilities:Stage Magician: Zatanna is skilled in stage magic, performing simple tricks and elaborate illusions.
Combatant: She has also been taught conventional fighting skills by the Justice League, but favors using magic in place of them.
Occultist: as Chronicler of Magic she possesses an extensive understanding of Occult lore due to her Mystic Background
Hypnotist
Equipment:Magic Wand: Often seen with a magic wand, although whether it is a stage prop or an actual focus for her powers remains unknown.
Weaknesses (Must Have):Backwards Incantation: Zatanna casts her spells by saying the words of her incantations backwards. Zatanna must concentrate on her magic to make sure she is using the proper spell. It is at this point where she is most vulnerable. It appears that this is well known to her enemies, On one occasion, the assassin Deadshot delivered a direct blow to her liver, initiating a regurgitation reaction. On a separate occasion The Joker (disguised as the stage magician Loxias) shot Zatanna in the neck, rendering her magic useless. She doesn't need to speak backwards by necessity but doing so for so long and achieving the desired effect from it has made it a psychological effect more then anything.
Background:Zatanna Zatara is the daughter of famed magician Giovanni “John” Zatara and Sindella, a member of the mystical Homo Magi race. Zatanna is a direct descendant of the artist and magician Leonardo da Vinci, and is related to Nostradamus; Alessandro Cagliostro; the noted alchemists Nicholas Flamel and Evan Fulcanelli; and Lord Arion of Atlantis. Her cousin, Zachary Zatara, is also a magician.
Zatanna was a successful stage illusionist before she discovered her true magical powers while investigating the disappearance of her father. With the help of Batman, The Atom, Elongated Man and others, she was successfully reunited with him. Their time together was short, and unfortunately, both of her parents were killed on separate occasions while saving her life.
Zatanna assisted the Justice League of America on a number of cases before being elected to full membership. During her tenure with the group her power levels diminished briefly, so that she could only control the four elements: earth, air, fire, and water. It should be noted that this limitation was only temporary and that her magical ability was fully restored. Later Zatanna was worried about her lack of focus while using magic. She decided that her father's style of magic was wrong for her, and explored her mother's mystical heritage.
While Zatanna was a member of the Justice League, the villain Dr. Light stole aboard the Watch Tower and raped the Elongated Man's wife Sue Dibny. When Zatanna and several others Leaguers returned, they saw what Dr. Light had done. A fight broke out and when they finally managed to subdue him, he began to threaten them and their families. Zatanna was prepared to erase Light's memories of the incident, but his terrible brutality and his promises to do it again sparked a debate amongst the present League members on whether or not to tamper with his personality and prevent him from repeating his crime. Zatanna, Hawkman, and The Atom voted for such action, while Green Arrow, Black Canary, and Green Lantern voted against. The Flash broke the tie and voted to tamper with Light's mind. Zatanna used her magic to do so, but the difficulty of the process resulted in her accidentally lowering his intellect. In the midst of her spell, Batman appeared and tried to stop them. Zatanna froze him, and they voted to have her erase his memories of the incident as well.
Zatanna's mind-wipe of Dr. Light was not an isolated occurrence. Catwoman discovered that her journey from villain to hero and her resulting efforts to lead a moral life were caused by Zatanna's mental intervention. Selina came to distrust her memories, motives, and choices she’d made since that incident. In a fit of rage, Catwoman ties Zatanna up and pushes her through a window. Despite this, Zatanna helps Catwoman and, at Selina's behest, mind-wipes petty villains Film Freak and Angle Man, because they had deduced Catwoman's secret identity.
Zatanna and Batman’s friendship degraded once Batman discovered what she had done. He began to distrust her and his other friends in the super hero community. When Zatanna helped Batman with reconnaissance at a Lazarus Pit, she asks him why he came to her. "I needed someone I can trust," Batman said, "but I had to settle for you." This must have been especially hard for her to hear, seeing that she and Bruce Wayne had been close friends since childhood.
Recently, however, their relationship appears to have warmed; sometime later he called her for information on a card-counter involved in scamming the Penguin. He makes no mention of their conflict, and casually calls her by her nickname, "Zee".
After departing from the League, Zatanna continues her stage career and her vocation as a defender against mystical threats, becoming a member of the Sentinels of Magic. She is also the author of the hugely successful Hex Appeal: The Modern Girl's Guide to Magic.
At a superhero support group run by Etta Candy, she recounted how during a failed magical ritual to search for her father's tomes, one of her past ill-casted spells summoned a shapeshifter named Gwydion, who kills her companions. The trauma of this, combined with her guilt from her mind-wipes, caused her to lose confidence in herself and she lost her powers. With the help of her new apprentice Misty Kilgore, she was able to capture Gwydion to use as her own. She eventually regained her confidence and powers, and used them to defeat Zor, a rogue Time Tailor who released the Sheeda as a plague to infect and degrade the entire universe. As a reward, the other Time Tailors allowed her one last meeting with her father, who reveals that his books were written in her, his greatest spell and gift to the world. In the final battle against the Sheeda, Zatanna cast a spell to move time and space, retroactively positioning the Seven Soldiers to overthrow the Sheeda.
Zatanna is currently a reserve member of the Justice League, aiding them from time to time when her magical expertise is needed, although she declined an offer for full membership, stating her need to take a break from heroics. She is still a regular guardian against mystical threats.
Personality :Zatanna is a semi-sarcastic woman, who runs off at the mouth sometimes. She is fun though, and likes to have a good time, clubbing is one of her favorite things to do. She like to do things that stimulate her mind and senses, including playing video games and reading books. She loves to dance, and uses that as a way of staying in shape. She is a good soul at heart, and she does feel remorse for the way she has used her powers in the past, making her reluctant to use the specific powers..(mind wiping)
Other:As said before, she likes to read and dance. She watches very little television, preferring to go out and DO something rather than waste her life in front of a TV.
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Brief Sample Roleplay Zatanna headed down the street with a mild scowl on her face. Her kitty, Artemis, had ruined her favorite dress that morning, and she had someplace she had to wear it to that night. Unfortunately, it was her only good dress, so she was now out, looking for an affordable place to get a new dress.
Spotting a store, she smiled a bit and walked in, eyeing the dresses on the rack. Some of them were completely distasteful...silly polka dotted patterns and the like...but a few of them were actually cute. There was a particularly nice red on on the rack to the left of her, so she picked it up and held it to her, looking in the floor length mirror, and making sure it would fit. Satisfied, she headed to the counter and took out her credit card to pay for the dress, when outside, people began to scream.
Sighing and rolling her eyes, she left the pretty dress behind and headed for the restrooms. Making sure there was a window there, she went into a stall and shedded her jeans and t-shirt, revealing the leotard she normally wore underneath of it. She flew out the window, and headed for the disturbance.
She chuckled. A two bit bank robbery? That was what all the fuss was about? She grinned and flew over to the bank, and headed inside, smirking at the robbers as they looked at her incredulously.
"What do you think YOU'RE doing? Didn't you hear! Leave us and let us go or we'll kill the hostages!" they yelled, and she shook her head.
"I don't THINK so..." she said, and raised her hands. "Srewolf ot nugs!" she shouted, and the guns in the men's hands turned into flowers. She then chuckled as they looked at each other and ran from the bank, out to where the police were waiting. She stretched, and went to the back of the bank, exiting out the back door, and flying back into the clothing store's window. She quickly changed back, then walked back onto the main floor.
Moving to where she'd left the dress, she looked surprised to find it missing. Looking around, she spotted it in the hands of another woman who had found it after she had left. Grumbling, she left the store and headed back home, to try and get the stains out of her dress...
