![]() “Honestly, I never thought about it,” Wanda replied. “Did you think you were the first?” Agatha asked Wanda. Natalya introduced herself as the Scarlet Witch. There they met the spirit of Wanda’s mother, Natalya Maximoff. Wanda and Agatha entered the plane of existence called The Witches’ Road to find out why magic was fading. What Is a Scarlet Witch?The 2015 Scarlet Witch solo series holds just a few tantalizing hints to her true lineage. In time, she’d finally meet her real mother: The Scarlet Witch. But currently it’s understood that Wanda wasn’t the daughter of Magneto or even a mutant, but was a being capable of incredible supernatural power. She was told that the demon Chthon granted her the ability to wield chaos magic by altering her mutation there was also a version of her origin that involved the experimentation of the mad scientist known as the High Evolutionary. Its name is witchcraft.” The source of Wanda’s magic has been attributed to different sources. “I’ve often heard the spells I cast referred to as chaos magic, but in actual fact they’re far from ‘chaotic’-their power and intensity are linked to the energy of the Earth and womankind, revered by ancient pagan faiths, feared by men. “My power-the ability I got at birth-allows me to break the laws of physics and scientific absolutes,” the Scarlet Witch recounted. In Scarlet Witch (2015) #1, Wanda defined it herself. This power came to be called chaos magic.ĩ Images Chaos Magic in Marvel ComicsWanda’s powers have undergone a few changes in the comics, but current continuity describes her abilities as the capability to wield potent chaos magic. Wanda could warp reality itself at will, as eventually shown in the landmark comic event House of M. Under Agatha’s mentorship, the Scarlet Witch learned incantations and magic that enhanced her powers even further. When a hex went far enough to change the impossibility that Wanda and Vision could be parents into a reality, Agatha Harkness knew there was far more to the Scarlet Witch’s abilities. A waggle of her fingers could significantly increase the chance that a lumbering monster might stumble, for example, or that an enemy’s gun might jam. Her powers were originally described as a mutant ability to change the probability of unlikely events. Wanda and her brother joined the Avengers just a short time later in a major roster change known as Cap’s Kooky Quartet. She couldn’t stand to see innocent people harmed by Magneto’s machinations, however, and changed sides. She first displayed her “hex” mutant power against Angel by causing the roof to collapse on top of him. The witch was a member of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants alongside her brother Quicksilver, bound to Magneto by a debt for saving her life. herself? From Hexes to ChaosThe Scarlet Witch made her first appearance in X-Men #4 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. ![]() What exactly is chaos magic? And why does Wanda wield it? Let’s take a quick look at her comic book history before theorizing what it might mean for the Scarlet Witch’s future in the MCU.
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