Amazar
LORE
Real Name: Wanda Maximoff
Identity/Class: Alternate reality (Earth-94152) magic user
Occupation: Necromancer
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Gargan and his
Iron Golems, the Scatter
formerly
Master Pandemonium (Martin Preston);
Avengers West Coast (pawns)
Enemies: Amazites, Avengers West Coast, Lisa Cacace, Captain America (Steve Rogers), Century, Eleyn, Agatha Harkness, Master Pandemonium, Moon Knight (Marc Spector), Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff), Nicholas Scratch, Shroud (Max Coleridge), Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Witches' Underworld;
formerly a series of unidentified dimensions;
formerly Earth-94152
First Appearance: Scarlet Witch I#1 (January, 1994);
(fully seen and identified) Scarlet Witch I#3 (March, 1994)
Powers/Abilities: Lore had great magical powers of necromancy. She could travel between dimensions, ensnare the minds and manipulate the physical forms of others, raise and control the dead, fire mystic bolts and project shields. She could drain other sources of energy, including whole planets, to replenish her stores. Her full power was only glimpsed at.
As ruler of the Witches' Underworld Lore has complete control over the landscape of the realm and can trap individuals in personalized, nightmarish traps created from the target's memories. She can also create shadow demons with glowing red eyes and teeth in various shapes and sizes that extend from the black parts of her clothes.
History:
(Scarlet Witch I#4 (fb)) - Lore is the nexus being--the one who personifies the
realm's character and serves as the focal point or anchor of that reality--of
her dimension, a realm where necromancy is the common order. Eons ago, she
exhausted her own world, after which she began to travel from dimension to
dimension, devouring each realm. Her powers would bind the dimension into
helpless stasis while her agents would drive that dimension's resident nexus
being insane. With the nexus guardian helpless and vulnerable, Lore would take
over its body and become physically manifest, gaining a solid form through which
to feed.
(Century: Distant Sons#1 (fb) - BTS) - The alien race known as the Scatter discovered that worlds injured by Lore made easy pickings, and so they took to following her and finishing off her leftovers.
(Century: Distant Sons#1 (fb) - BTS) - Lore laid waste to the homeworld of the Hodomur, which was then further scavenged by the Scatter.
(Century: Distant Sons#1 (fb) - BTS) - The Hodomur created Century to track down and destroy Lore.
(Scarlet Witch I#3 (fb) - BTS) - Lore targeted the Earth-616 dimension's nexus being, Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch. She recruited Master Pandemonium as her agent, freeing him from Mephisto's realm of Hell.
(Scarlet Witch I#1) - Lore's agent, Gargan, assaulted the world of Amazar, claiming its leader and nexus being, Eleyn, for Lore.
(Scarlet Witch I#2) - As Master Pandemonium began his attacks against the Scarlet Witch, Lore traveled to Avengers Compound, ensorcelling each the Avengers West Coast in succession: Living Lightning, Spider-Woman (Carpenter), USAgent, War Machine, and transforming them into her Iron Golems. The Golems joined Master Pandemonium in tormenting the Scarlet Witch.
(Scarlet Witch I#3) - The Scarlet Witch fled the Iron Golems, while Agatha Harkness tracked down Wanda. Agatha and Wanda defeated and trapped Pandemonium, at which point Lore revealed her presence.
(Scarlet Witch I#4) - Lore overpowered Wanda and Agatha and explained her goals, after which Wanda managed to cast a hex which brought Lore into physical form. Lore rose an army of the dead to attack Wanda, but the Witch managed to grant them eternal peace. Agatha recovered to join the fight, but a stray blast freed Pandemonium, who grabbed and pinned Wanda. Lore, caring little for her ally, blasted both of them, and then seemingly destroyed Pandemonium when he complained about the treatment. The Avengers were released from Lore's control as she gathered her energies into herself, and Lore then attempted to summon forth the spirits of all of the Nexi she had ever slain, so she could drain their powers to rejuvenate herself so she could destroy Earth-616. However, the spirits of the Nexi turned on Lore, tearing her apart. The Scarlet Witch then hurled Pandemonium's sword into Lore, who apparently exploded.
SECRET WARS III HAPPENED
(Avengers Unlimited Infinity Comic#36 (fb) - BTS) - Lore somehow murdered Lisa Cacace in the realm of the living to get the mystical mirror artifact el Espejo.
(Avengers Unlimited Infinity Comic#33-34 - BTS) - The people of Barringtonville, Pennsylvania fell under the control of Lore and Master Pandemonium, which caught the attention of Shroud, who was caught by them. Moon Knight, thinking Shroud was responsible for the death of Cacace, went after Shroud. Captain America and Spider-Woman then went after Moon Knight and found the mind-controlled citizens of the town and with the help of Moon Knight eventually Shroud, who warned them of the real threat.
(Avengers Unlimited Infinity Comic#36 (fb) - BTS) - Lore used el Espejo to free Master Pandemonium from his imprisonment by using Shroud's connection to the Dark Dimension to power it.
(Avengers Unlimited Infinity Comic#35) - Lore used her control over the people of Barringtonville to use them as her army in an assault on the four heroes. She revealed that she was serving someone else and that the people were primed by her for an awakening. The heroes were ready to attack, but Master Pandemonium suddenly appeared and caught Captain America's shield and interrupted them. The heroes were overrun by the town's citizens as Lore and Master Pandemonium watched. The citizens soon lost consciousness because their souls were drained by Master Pandemonium.
(Avengers Unlimited Infinity Comic#36) - Captain America knocked out Lore with his shield while Master Pandemonium kept growing. Shroud eventually sent the energies used to bring Pandemonium back to Earth back through the mirror to rob Lore and Master Pandemonium off their powers and send them through the mirror to another dimension.
(Scarlet Witch IV#3 (fb) - BTS) - Due to her skills as a necromancer Lore became the ruler of the Witches' Underworld and curator of its surroundings.
(Scarlet Witch IV#3) - While climbing upward through the Witches' Underworld the Scarlet Witch encountered her deceased alternate reality counterpart Lore. The evil necromancer made it clear that she had risen to power in this realm and wouldn't allow anyone to pass above without going through her. Scarlet Witch wasn't willing to be stopped from returning to Earth and stopping the Griever at the End of All Things. She tried reason with Lore that the Griever would also destroy this dimension and end her, but Lore reminded her that she was already dead and grabbed Wanda with a snake-like shadow demon she spit at her. Lore tossed the Scarlet Witch into consecutive nightmarish situations created from Wanda's mind, which included a mob of High Evolutionaries, getting mocked by Chthon as a poor vessel, promises of punishment by Mephisto, being called faulty technology by Ultron and a confrontation with the Phoenix Force that blamed Wanda for every life she had ruined or ended. Scarlet Witch could not be overcome by these illusion because she was not afraid of who she was and already willingly paid for her past misdeeds. Lore dropped the act and with full confidence in her powers directly attacked the Scarlet Witch with her necromancy and demonic creations. Scarlet Witch used a seed spell, which gave the overconfident Lore just more targets to burn. A single seed escaped Lore's wrath and floated to the Witches' Road, far enough above Lore's place of influence, where it grew back into the Scarlet Witch.
(Scarlet Witch IV#7) - Scarlet Witch punished Nicholas Scratch by sending him to the Witches' Underworld where he was welcomed by Lore (who probably had such sights to show him).
Comments: Created by Andy Lanning, Dan Abnett, John Higgins, and Mark McKenna.
They name the location of Avengers Compound as Boca Caliente in Scarlet Witch I#2. That's the island location of AIM HQ. Avengers Compound was in Palos Verde, IIRC.
Presumably, Lore visited each of the worlds that the Scatter visited, but that is unconfirmed, and so only confirmed worlds will be mentioned.
Who the H!@# cares about Lore. I want more Gargan!!!
Come on! She has some legs with her new role as ruler of the Witches' Underworld.
--Markus Raymond
Lore's new design for the 2024-2025 Scarlet Witch series was by Russell Dauterman, which drew inspiration from Scarlet Witch's look from the MCU movie Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022).
Profile by Snood. Update by Markus Raymond (2023-2025).
CLARIFICATIONS:
No known connection to:
Amazar and the Amazites have no known connection to:
Eleyn, the Witch Queen of Amazar has no known connection to:
Gargan has no known connection to:
The Iron Golems have no known connection to:
An alien dimension, it was a world of swords and sorcery, ruled by the witch-queen Eleyn. It was assaulted by Gargan and his Iron Golems, after which it was presumably fed on by Lore, and whatever was left when she was done was likely scavenged by the Scatter. It appeared as a lone island floating in the void of space.
--Scarlet Witch I#1
A group of warrior women and sorceress, they fought savagely against Gargan and his Iron Golems, but were no match for the powerful wizard, who captured their witch-queen Eleyn and turned her over to Lore. It is not known if any of them survived Lore's draining their world's energy, or the likely follow-up attack by the Scatter.
--Scarlet Witch I#1
The Iron Golems
Their origins unknown, they were the powerful warriors of Gargan. They slaughtered the Aamzites and assisted in the capture of Eleyn. They were apparently made of iron, and their fingertips were sharp enough to cut through solid rock.
--Scarlet Witch I#1
Witch-queen of the Amazites, she was the nexus being of Amazar, and was driven to madness by nightmares caused by Gargan and Lore, after which her physical form was possessed by Lore, until she used up its energy and moved on to her next conquest. Her spirit was among those that took their vengeance on Lore, and she thanked the Scarlet Witch for her help in attaining final peace.
--Scarlet Witch I#1 (4
A wizard conqueror of unknown origins, he was an agent of Lore and led the assault on Amazar, assisted by his Iron Golems. He rode atop a winged dragon, could fire powerful energy blasts, and perform the ritual to summon Lore.
--Scarlet Witch I#1
images:
Scarlet Witch IV#3, p22 (main)
Scarlet Witch I#4, p1 (main)
Scarlet Witch I#4, p24 (destroyed)
Avengers Unlimited Infinity Comic#35, pan4 (temporarily returned)
Scarlet Witch IV#3, p14, pan1 (ruling Witches' Underworld)
Scarlet Witch I#1, p1 (Amazar)
Scarlet Witch I#1, p2-3 (Amazites & Golems)
Scarlet Witch I#1, p6, panel 3 (Eleyn)
Scarlet Witch I#1, p4, panel 1 (Gargan + dragon)
Scarlet Witch I#1, p5, panel 3 (Gargan, full body)
Appearances:
Scarlet Witch I#1-4 (January-April, 1994) - Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), John Higgins (pencils), Mark McKenna (inks), Nel Yomtov (editor)
Century: Distant Sons#1 (February, 1996) - Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Jim Calafiore (pencils), Peter Palmiotti (inks), Nel Yomtov (editor)
Avengers Unlimited Infinity Comic#33-36 (February 14th-March 7th, 2023) - Alex Segura (writer), Jim Towe (artist), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Scarlet Witch IV#3 (October, 2024) - Steve Orlando (writer), Russell Dauterman & Jacopo Camagni (artists), Alanna Smith (editor)
Scarlet Witch IV#7 (February, 2025) - Steve Orlando (writer), Lorenzo Tammetta (artist), Alanna Smith (editor)
First Posted: 08/01/2004
Last updated: 10/24/2025
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