As children, Wanda Maximoff and her brother Pietro were experimented on by The High Evolutionary In Wundagore Mountain, unlocking their extraordinary powers. After the village cast the twins out, Magneto took them in and became their father figure. They joined his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants as the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, often clashing with the X-Men on Magneto’s behalf. Growing tired of Magneto’s actions, Wanda and Pietro left the brotherhood behind. Captain America offered them a path to redemption: Become heroes and join The Avengers. Wanda fell in love with her teammate Vision, and they gave birth to twins, Billy and Tommy. Mephisto then broke that family apart by reclaiming their children’s souls as a part of his own. After the loss of her family, Agatha Harkness wiped Wanda’s memories to ease her suffering. When the Scarlet Witch uncovered this, she broke down and launched a full scale attack on Avengers Mansion, disassembling the team. Lost and broken, Wanda then altered all of reality, turning the earth into a mutant paradise, where she could be reunited with her children. In this world, the will of Magneto was the law. When Magneto killed Quicksilver, the Scarlet Witch returned the world back to what it was with one condition: “No more mutants.” With just three words, she decimated the mutant population to almost nothing. Doctor Doom manipulated a confused and amnesiac Wanda to steal her powers. Her newly reincarnated sons, Billy and Tommy, alongside their teammates and friends, The Young Avengers. The Scarlet Witch rejoined the Avengers, where she worked with the Phoenix Force to rekindle the mutant population and try to redeem the sins of her past. To atone for her past, the Scarlet Witch created “The Waiting Room” for mutant kind, a place where lost mutant souls could await resurrection on Krakoa. The Scarlet Witch reluctantly teamed up with Doctor Doom to defeat the chaos demon, Chthon. To protect the world from the demon, Wanda absorbed the Darkhold, and trapped Chthon in her soul. With her destiny in her own hands, Wanda moved to Lotkill, New York. There, she started up Emporium, a magic shop that opens its doors to those in need of The Scarlet Witch’s help. Now, as the living Darkhold, the Scarlet Witch must reckon with a very particular inner demon.
