Alias

Darkchilde

Magik I
Nick Name
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Civilian ID
Illyana Nikolievna Rasputin
Occupation

Adventurer

Mutant Rights Activist

Sorcerer

Student
Legal Status
Deceased citizen of Russia, formerly living in the United States.
Nation or Planet of Origin
Ust-Ordynski Collective, Lake Baikai, Siberia, Russia
Group Affiliation
New Mutants
Base of Operations

Limbo

Xavier Institute, Salem Center, Westchester County, New York
Height
5' 5"
Weight
120 lbs.
Eye Color
Blue
Hair Color
Blonde
Skin Tone
Caucasian
Known Powers
Mutation enabling the ability to teleport to any location in time through a dimensional realm known as Limbo.

Possesses skills as a sorcerer and is capable of transmogrifying into a demonic personage.

Excellent hand-to-hand combatant and swordsman.
Accessories
Mystical Armor: Armor that appears from Limbo in direct proportion to the amount of magic used.

Soulsword: Blade forged from a portion of her soul capable of focusing supernatural abilities and injure supernatural beings.
Common Enemies

Belasco

Nastrith

S'ym
Regularly Appearing

New Mutants Vol. 1

New X-Men Vol. 2

Uncanny X-Men
First Appearance

Illyana Rasputin

Giant Size X-Men #1 (Summer, 1975)

Magik

Uncanny X-Men #160 (Aug. 1982)
Creator

Illyana Rasputin

Len Wein & Dave Cockrun

Magik

Chris Claremont & Brent Anderson
Origin
The younger sister of X-Men member Piotr Rasputin (Colossus), Illyana lived on a Siberian farm collective with her parents, until she was abducted the assassin Arcade's agent Miss Locke in a ploy to force the X-Men to rescue him from a robotic duplicate of Dr. Doom.

Illyana lived with her brother and the X-Men until she was adducted to the dimension of Limbo by the sorcerer Belasco.  The X-Men attempted a rescue, but Belasco held Illyana captive, turning a portion of her soul demonic in a ploy invade the Earth and conquer the universe.

Illyana after about seven years gained great mystical power, defeated Belasco and escaped Limbo just moments after the X-Men had returned from their attempt to rescue her.  Due to the temporal properties of Limbo the then seven year old Illyana was now aged to a teen.  She later joined the team of mutant students known as the New Mutants as Magik.