Real Name: Jimaine Szardos aka Amanda Sefton, Magicienne, DayTripper, Magik II
Citizen: Germany, now naturalized US Citizen, no criminal record
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: Margali Szardos (Mother), Stefan Szardos (brother, deceased), Kurt Wagner (foster bother)
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 110 lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blond
Occupation: Mistress of Limbo, former Flight Attendant
Marital Status: Single
Group Affiliation: none, formerly Excalibur, formerly X-Men
Base of Operations: Limbo; formerly Muir Island, Scotland
Powers:
Magic- Enchantment, Force Field, Force Bolts, Shapeshifting, Teleportation and Weather Control, Limbo stepping discs, the Soulsword
HISTORY
Jimaine is the daughter of Margali Szardos, the Gypsy sorceress who raised her own children, Jimaine and Stefan, alongside her adopted son Kurt Wagner (Nightcrawler). After Kurt left the circus where Margali worked as a fortune-teller, both Margali and Jimaine heard that a "demon" had killed Stefan. Margali was certain that the "demon" was Kurt and held him responsible for her son's death. Jimaine, however, believed there was more to the story and went to America to find Kurt and determine the truth.
In America, Jimaine took on the identity of Amanda Sefton, became a flight attendant, and eventually began dating Kurt. She did not reveal her true identity to him, wanting to find out if he truly could have been responsible for her brother's death. Eventually she discovered that Kurt had killed Stefan in self-defense. Jimaine then brought together Kurt and Margali together, so that the latter could forgive her foster son.
Amanda and Kurt shared a romantic relationship, thought now they're just friends. After Amanda helped defend Muir Island from an attack by the Reavers, she spent a brief period of time as a costumed hero under the codename Magicienne. Amanda gave the sword to her mother Margali. Margali, slightly insane at the time, used the Soulsword to kill everyone ahead of her on the Winding Way, a path of mystical power, and joined the London Hellfire Club, who were planning to destroy London and take over Britain.
After helping to defeat her mother and the Hellfire Club, Amanda left, claiming she didn't feel right. As it turned out, Margali had been captured by Belasco upon her defeat, and switched bodies with Amanda so that she could recuperate and win back her freedom and her position on the Winding Way. Eventually Margali, using Amanda's body, made her way back to Limbo, where mother and daughter switched back and defeated Belasco. Amanda became the Mistress of Limbo, and in that capacity, took on the name of Magik to confuse the spells of her foes. She was instrumental in foiling the plans of Belasco and the N'Garai to open a N'Garai cairn in Limbo on thereby conquer the Universe, though she did not reveal her true identity to the X-Men until the battle had been won. Amanda now wields the Soulsword and has learned to control Limbo's stepping disks, as her predecessor used to do.