Wanda Maximoff (Earth-199999)

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Scarlet Witch
Name	Wanda Maximoff
Current Alias	Scarlet Witch
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Avengers Formerly Ally of Ultron, Hydra
Relatives	Pietro Maximoff (twin brother; deceased), unnamed parents (deceased)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Female
Height	5′7″ (1.7 m)
Eyes	Irises: Green
Hair	Brown
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Hydra test subject
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-199999
Place of Birth	Sokovia
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Citizenship	Sokovian
Occupation	Adventurer
Base of Operations	Sokovia
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Stephen McFeely, Christopher Markus, Joss Whedon
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 It's not a world of spies anymore, Doctor. Not even a world of heroes. No... this... is the age of miracles... And nothing is more horrifying than a miracle. 

—Baron Strucker

History

Early Life

Wanda Maximoff and her twin brother Pietro were survivors of a Stark Industries missle attack on the country of Sokovia. Their parents, however, were killed. The twins spent a couple of days trapped in the rubble of their home before they were rescued. They lived as homeless orphans for the remainder of their childhood, resenting Tony Stark.

Age of Miracles

Wanda and Pietro were later two of the numerous protesters against Sokovia's government recruited by Baron Strucker to be experimented on in exchange of unlocking the power they wanted to help their cause.

The twins had been the only who had survived Hydra's experiments with alien enhancement. In her cell, she began levitating blocks while staring at them intently before smashing them together in a shower of dust.

When the Avengers invaded Strucker's fortress in Sokovia, Wanda and Pietro aided in its defense. By the time Strucker had surrendered and Stark, as Iron Man, found Loki's sceptre, Wanda used her powers on Stark, causing him to have a vision in which all of the Avengers were dead at his feet. Wanda let Tony take the sceptre, knowing he would use it to purposes that could cause trouble inside the Avengers.

Alliance with Ultron

After Ultron escaped from Avengers Tower through the internet, he downloaded himself into a new body made from Strucker's work with robotics, and then reached out to Wanda and Pietro. They met at a church in Sokovia, from where Ultron led them to his base of operations and asked them for help at defeating the Avengers. Wanda and Pietro agreed, stating that Stark's missiles were the reason their parents had been killed.

Wanda and Pietro then aided Ultron in taking vibranium from the black market dealer Ulysses Klaue. The Avengers confronted Ultron and the twins, and Wanda implanted visions in Thor, Black Widow and Captain America. She then proceeded to set the Hulk on a rampage throughout Johannesburg.

Wanda went with Ultron to Dr. Helen Cho's lab, where he intended to force Dr. Cho to build his new body by using the stolen vibranium. While Ultron's new body was being built, Wanda's power gave her a vision of Ultron's true endgame: to extinguish humanity. She and Pietro rebelled against Ultron and released Dr. Cho from the robot's mind control. Wanda later helped Captain America stop a runaway train in Seoul.

Joining the Avengers

Wanda went to Avengers Tower, accompanied by Pietro and Captain America, just as Tony Stark and Bruce Banner were about to activate Ultron's next body, but with J.A.R.V.I.S.'s A.I. in it. Pietro prevented it from happening, and when Thor blasted the body with lightning, it was activated; Wanda had witnessed the birth of The Vision.

She and Pietro decided to help the Avengers against Ultron's final attack, back in Sokovia. While Sokovia was being lifted by Ultron, Hawkeye told Wanda that if she walked out of the building they were in and fought against Ultron's forces, she'd be an Avenger.

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Welcome to the New Avengers.

Wanda kept fighting alongside the rest of the Avengers, until Nick Fury arrived with a helicarrier and the other Avengers decided to help the people of Sokovia get out safely. Wanda stayed back to watch over Ultron's reactor, and to ensure that none of Ultron's sentries reached it. She watched her brother Pietro sacrifice himself to save the lives of Hawkeye and a Sokovian boy. Attempting to get revenge, she followed a wrecked Ultron to a destroyed train. There, she ripped Ultron's "heart" out. While Sokovia shattered, Vision rescued Wanda from certain death.

After the conflict was over, Wanda accepted an invitation to participate in a new incarnation of the Avengers, alongside Black Widow, the Vision, Falcon and War Machine.

Attributes

Powers

The procedures she was subjected to granted Wanda the following abilities:

Neuro-Electric Sensitivity

Micro-Cellular Manipulation

Notes

• Elizabeth Olsen portrays Scarlet Witch in an uncredited cameo during the mid-credits scene of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and reappeared in a bigger role for Avengers: Age of Ultron. Olsen will reprise her role in the upcoming film Captain America: Civil War.

Trivia

• This version of Scarlet Witch and her brother are mutated humans rather than mutants.

See Also

• 24 appearance(s) of Wanda Maximoff (Earth-199999)
• 4 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Wanda Maximoff (Earth-199999)
• 15 minor appearance(s) of Wanda Maximoff (Earth-199999)
• 5 mention(s) of Wanda Maximoff (Earth-199999)
• 124 image(s) of Wanda Maximoff (Earth-199999)
• 6 quotation(s) by or about Wanda Maximoff (Earth-199999)
• 11 victim(s) killed by Wanda Maximoff (Earth-199999)
• 1 item(s) used/owned by Wanda Maximoff (Earth-199999)