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Terra + Charcoal

Charlee Markov was recruited by Slade Williams (Deathstroke the Reaper) to infiltrate the Teen Avengers. Pretending to be a hero, Ember was welcomed into the team, but she was never swayed by their altruism and stayed loyal to the Reaper's plans. In an operation the Reaper called the Judas Initiative, Ember turned on her "teammates" and with Deathstroke turned the heroes over to S.W.A.R.M. Deathstroke felt that the destruction of the Teen Avengers would devastate the Justice League Avengers: West Coast, and finally allow him to fulfill his contract. However, one hero Ember and Deathstroke the Reaper failed to capture was the former protege of the Knighthawk, the Owlette. Not quite sure how to proceed, Kate Grayson was surprised to be approached by Adeline Sinclair, Deathstroke's wife, and their adopted daughter Xi'an Joi Williams. Adeline provided the last clues to help Kate figure out exactly what happened to her friends and she set off to rescue them. However, she used this opportunity to 'graduate' from her role as the Dark Archer's sidekick. Revealing a new costume, and calling herself Strix, Kate was surprised to find Xi'an also wearing a costume, and calling herself (in sign language) Kismet. Strix and Kismet infiltrated S.W.A.R.M.s secret base and set her teammates free. During the fight, Ember completely lost her temper and any rational thought. Even Deathstroke the Reaper couldn't talk her down, and her rage incapacitated Kismet when she tried to possess her. Eventually all anyone could do was escape, as Ember buried herself in tons of rock and magma. While it was presumed that she was dead, she would return, having surrounding herself in heavy hot rock, creating a super strong exoskeleton, to harry the Teen Avengers and tear at their hearts over and over again.

Meta Backstory

After creating Deathstroke the Reaper, I knew I wanted to create a version of the Judas Contract storyline with an amalgam of the Teen Titans/Young Avengers (the amalgams on this team will include people on the periphery of those two teams like Young Justice, Outsiders, New Warriors and even New Mutants....expect some variety!). The idea of Ember was in my head, in this pose, right from the start, and I finally got to draw it. Although some of my friends wondered if I included some Magma (Amara Aquilla) in it, but honestly, Charcoal's heat/fire powers and Terra's earth powers pretty much make magma without having to use Amara in it at all. Also, with all the rocks flying around in the picture, I was thinking Debrii... but again, those are pretty much Terra's powers. Anyway, this is an amalgam that probably could never be in the official amalgam universe, as the ownership of Charcoal (created in a Wizard create a villain contest) is quite contested due to Wizard not writing the rules for the contest properly. So marvel killed off the character, never to be seen again. Although, Kurt Busiek says he knows how to bring back the secret identity of Charcoal, as the creator of the character never invented a depowered secret identity. But anyway... both Charcoal and Terra died in their comics, so of course Ember had to "die" too.

I can't wait to draw more Teen Avengers, I have some great ideas for the rest of the team. First up is either Jade Patriot (continuuing the legacy characters of the Green Lantern/Captain America/Nova amalgams) or Kismet (I can't wait to use some of Jericho's costume elements with Karma's more usually toned down uniforms).

Amalgams in this story:
Ember (Terra + Charcoal)
Deathstroke the Reaper (Deathstroke + Grim Reaper)
Judas Initiative (just used an avengers storyline to combine with the Judas Contract... whether it makes sense or not! )
S.W.A.R.M. (A.I.M + H.I.V.E.)
Teen Avengers (Teen Titans + Young Avengers primarily, but teen heroes from any team are fair game)
Justice League Avengers: West Coast (Justice League International + West Coast Avengers)
Knighthawk (Hawkeye + Batman)
Strix (nee Owlette/Kate Grayson) (Robin/Nightwing+ Hawkeye (Kate))
Adeline Sinclair (Adeline Wilson + Nekra Sinclair)
Kismet (Xi'an Joi Williams) (Karma + Jericho)

Description
Terra + Charcoal

Charlee Markov was recruited by Slade Williams (Deathstroke the Reaper) to infiltrate the Teen Avengers. Pretending to be a hero, Ember was welcomed into the team, but she was never swayed by their altruism and stayed loyal to the Reaper's plans. In an operation the Reaper called the Judas Initiative, Ember turned on her "teammates" and with Deathstroke turned the heroes over to S.W.A.R.M. Deathstroke felt that the destruction of the Teen Avengers would devastate the Justice League Avengers: West Coast, and finally allow him to fulfill his contract. However, one hero Ember and Deathstroke the Reaper failed to capture was the former protege of the Knighthawk, the Owlette. Not quite sure how to proceed, Kate Grayson was surprised to be approached by Adeline Sinclair, Deathstroke's wife, and their adopted daughter Xi'an Joi Williams. Adeline provided the last clues to help Kate figure out exactly what happened to her friends and she set off to rescue them. However, she used this opportunity to 'graduate' from her role as the Dark Archer's sidekick. Revealing a new costume, and calling herself Strix, Kate was surprised to find Xi'an also wearing a costume, and calling herself (in sign language) Kismet. Strix and Kismet infiltrated S.W.A.R.M.s secret base and set her teammates free. During the fight, Ember completely lost her temper and any rational thought. Even Deathstroke the Reaper couldn't talk her down, and her rage incapacitated Kismet when she tried to possess her. Eventually all anyone could do was escape, as Ember buried herself in tons of rock and magma. While it was presumed that she was dead, she would return, having surrounding herself in heavy hot rock, creating a super strong exoskeleton, to harry the Teen Avengers and tear at their hearts over and over again.

Meta Backstory

After creating Deathstroke the Reaper, I knew I wanted to create a version of the Judas Contract storyline with an amalgam of the Teen Titans/Young Avengers (the amalgams on this team will include people on the periphery of those two teams like Young Justice, Outsiders, New Warriors and even New Mutants....expect some variety!). The idea of Ember was in my head, in this pose, right from the start, and I finally got to draw it. Although some of my friends wondered if I included some Magma (Amara Aquilla) in it, but honestly, Charcoal's heat/fire powers and Terra's earth powers pretty much make magma without having to use Amara in it at all. Also, with all the rocks flying around in the picture, I was thinking Debrii... but again, those are pretty much Terra's powers. Anyway, this is an amalgam that probably could never be in the official amalgam universe, as the ownership of Charcoal (created in a Wizard create a villain contest) is quite contested due to Wizard not writing the rules for the contest properly. So marvel killed off the character, never to be seen again. Although, Kurt Busiek says he knows how to bring back the secret identity of Charcoal, as the creator of the character never invented a depowered secret identity. But anyway... both Charcoal and Terra died in their comics, so of course Ember had to "die" too.

I can't wait to draw more Teen Avengers, I have some great ideas for the rest of the team. First up is either Jade Patriot (continuuing the legacy characters of the Green Lantern/Captain America/Nova amalgams) or Kismet (I can't wait to use some of Jericho's costume elements with Karma's more usually toned down uniforms).

Amalgams in this story:
Ember (Terra + Charcoal)
Deathstroke the Reaper (Deathstroke + Grim Reaper)
Judas Initiative (just used an avengers storyline to combine with the Judas Contract... whether it makes sense or not! )
S.W.A.R.M. (A.I.M + H.I.V.E.)
Teen Avengers (Teen Titans + Young Avengers primarily, but teen heroes from any team are fair game)
Justice League Avengers: West Coast (Justice League International + West Coast Avengers)
Knighthawk (Hawkeye + Batman)
Strix (nee Owlette/Kate Grayson) (Robin/Nightwing+ Hawkeye (Kate))
Adeline Sinclair (Adeline Wilson + Nekra Sinclair)
Kismet (Xi'an Joi Williams) (Karma + Jericho)