Real Name: John Martin Raymond-Zatara
Known Relatives: Ronald Raymond (Firestorm; father),
Zatanna Zatara(mother), Cindel Zatara (sister, deceased), John Zatara (grandfather, deceased), Cindella (?) (grandmother, deceased).
Base of Operations: San Francisco.
Occupation: Mage.
Group Afflitian: JLA 2020
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 150 lbs
Age: 20
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Hazel
D.O.B. 2000
Powers: Extremely powerful sorcery and magic. He is
especially adept at elemenatal fire magic from his
father.
History: John is the very powerful son of Firestorm
and Zatanna. When one is the child of two of the most
powerful super heroes on the planet, one tends to have
a very interesting childhood. His powers developed
young, and by the time most children are able to
crawl, he was throwing fireballs across the room. (It
was a good thing Firestorm could make the walls of the
house into indestructible metal)
Of course, a child of such power, became a target for
the various supervillains who had a problem with his
parents. By age 10, he had been kidnapped six
seperate times, by the likes of Wizard and Wotan, and
threatened numerous times more. At 13 years old, he
and his father were attacked by Killer Frost. Frost,
nearly killed John and his father, but John's powers
fully developed at this point. Losing control when
Frost was about to kill Firestorm, John melted her.
John's life knew other tragedies as well. When he was four, his infant sister died of Leukemia, and his mother miscarried three other children. This proved a greater and greater strain on his parents' relationship. His father had fallen off the wagon and begun to drink again once it was discovered that it was his own irradiated cells that had caused the leukemia and miscarriages. His return to alcoholism, the death of Cindel, and finally the death of Killer Frost, proved too much, and scant months after that disaster, Zatanna moved herself, and John, out of the house and brought John to the Theodore Knight Academy for further instruction in his powers, as well as for regular visits with the Parliament of Embers. This is scant weeks before the Magic War, and his enrollment in the Academy was likely a means on Zatanna's part of keeping him safe.
John was sent to school with some of the most powerful
wizards and elementals after that. After learning to
control his powers, John became more aware of the
world around him. He also began to regret more and
more on what he did to Frost. He made several
attempts to bring her back to life, all of which
failed. As his control over his powers increased, he
grew more aware of the world around him, and has
developed senses unknown to normal humans.
John joined the JLA when it was reformed at 19 years
old, as Magus. Since then, he has pretty much spent
all his time on the team.
Personality: John comes across as a total spacecase
most of the time. Due to his extremely high level of
power, he tends to see and think about things on a
totally different level then most humans. What he
sees important and what he sees as silly, often
doesn't match normal human concepts. This has made
him very dependent on his teammates at times to bring
him back to earth.
