Heya, Beth here with my last one! (Thank God, I hate these things.) It's the lovely and talented Miss Zatanna Zatara!
Her whole story can be found
here but she's still your basic top hat wearing magician.
Anyway, here's the gist--
Zatanna's a stage performer from a magical family. Her childhood was basically split into two parts. The first part was spent with her dad (she doesn't remember her mum at all, though she has a few of her things) living the life of a performer and learning about magic. The second part was spent in foster care when she was cursed to be unable to see her father. Besides the government involvement, she lived a relatively normal life until eighteen (and hated almost every minute of it).
She began performing at eighteen and discovered her magical abilities at twenty-one. John Constantine came to advise her (stolen from Alan Moore's Swamp Thing what?) and she learned about the magical world. They got a bit hot and heavy and he helped her break the curse and find her father. Constantine left after that to advise another and their relationship ended. Zee and her father teamed up on stage and off as he continued her magical education. When Constantine called in a favor to stop the Great Evil Beast, Zee's dad died saving her. (She hasn't forgiven him for that, either.)
Zatanna returned to performing and such but she wanted more of a thrill in her life. Enter: The Justice League of America. Zee found 'em and basically hung around until she got membership (hey, her powers
are useful). She can't really fight well without her powers... at all. And it doesn't help that she's used to fighting mostly magical type things. She's kind of fabulous but knows it and sees life as more of a game than she really ought to.
But that's what makes her fun! No mind-wiping angst (and there never will be).
So-- Justice League members? Magical type people? Villains? I am game to play with you all! :D I sort of love what Paul Dini did with Zee and Bruce, having them meet when they both were young. And I gave Zee a crush on Barry, partly cuz it's canon and partly for the lolz. (He's just got ladies falling all over him!) Beyond that, I don't have much but I'm ready to plot and whatnot!
Also, she thinks her mother's dead when actually she's still living somewhere in Turkey with the
Homo Magi. So at some point the Justice League could plot with that? Just an idea for an interesting non-villain threat type thing. :)
All my contact info is
here but, as always, the best way to reach me is by email-- sparklee@gmail.com-- since I don't have AIM. (Still, I know! But my gchat is made of fail with connecting to AIM!)
Okay, ramble off! (And for the last time! :D)