History ComicBook / TheEnchantress

* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: How she regularly views Midgard/Earth and [[HumansAreInsects its inhabitants]], both of whom are so favored by Thor. In fact part of her jealous contemplating over Thor's attentions stems from how he gives his everything [[EnmityWithAnObject for a world]] she honestly despises because of this.

* MagicKiss: Her favorite means of delivering a spell (provided the target is an acceptably attractive male, of course).

* OffingTheOffspring: Downplayed. During the last stride of '''The Reigning''' story arc. Magni, her son in that alt. timeline, had grown vehemently disgusted with the Asgardians mistreatment of Midgard and the rest of the Nine Realms suffered because of King Thor's debauched lordship. Due to her loving power and not knowing the difference between it and her husband when she married him, [[OhCrap when Desak attacked]] she along with Loki reconvened that they and all of New Asgard [[ThinkingOutLoud would be better off if he died in battle]].

* PrettyInMink: She loves buying furs. When she first appears, she's under orders to seduce Thor (to try to break up his ForbiddenRomance with Jane), and chooses the best vamp outfit she can find: a fancy [[LadyInRed red dress]] topped by a white mink coat.

* RecliningReigner: As mentioned above, she has a habit of this.

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Significantly, however, this is an ''Asgardian'', which means the fragile-seeming woman you and your mugger friends just cornered on that darkened street, the one who is more [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman flawless and stunning than the hottest supermodel imaginable]], is also semi-impervious to gunfire, is significantly stronger than ''SpiderMan'', and has the speed and endurance to chase you down and destroy you with her bare hands, all without even bothering to use her immense array of magical abilities (while also wearing [[CombatStilettos 6-inch stiletto heels]])

* UnderestimatingBadassery: Regularly looks down on mortals, [[WhatAnIdiot even superpowered mortals]] and sometimes gets slapped for it, [[PunctuatedForEmphasis HARD]]. A lesson she has yet, if really ever, to learn whenever dealing with an earth born enemy.

** Royally handed her own ass by an enemy whom she boasted of killing previously during the latest run of X-Men Comics featuring an all female caste team. Monet made her point that [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown giving Amora 2 broken bones, 8 hairline fractures, minor to nonexistent contusions and a serious concussion]] with her [[OrbitalBombardment initial volley]], was her definition of a [[WillfullyWeak warning shot]]. Threatening if she so much as twitched her nose in that moment, meant TheGlovesComeOff.

* AbusiveParents: Downplayed, while not necessarily a bad maternal figure to Magni, a son birthed to her kingly husband in '''Thor: The Reigning'''. She wasn't really mother of the year material neither, her child found better company in an old flame of her spouse who rejected Asgards conquest of The Earth if that's anything to go on; see One Bad Mother below.

* {{Polyamory}}: As a goddess of beauty and seduction who revels in her sensuality and hedonism, she makes no secret of the fact that she has a vast collection of past conquests and currently available lovers. Often seen with a harem of adoring mortals held in thrall while on Earth.
The god Heimdall has long admired her, has had an on-again/off-again relationship with her, and has proposed marriage ''twice'', only to be told in no uncertain terms that there is no way she would ever, ''EVER'' limit herself to just one lover.
That said, in a future timeline that was later undone, the Enchantress ''did'' marry Thor, lived as his wife for decades, bore him a son and ruled as his queen, all without even a ''hint'' of any infidelity.

* IHaveManyNames: In several different cycles, she was known as Iduna, Freyja, Gefn and assumed many different mortal aliases such as

* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Despite living in (or, if she happens to be in disfavor at the moment, living ''near'') the warrior-themed society of the Asgardians, Amora never bothers with functional armor. Instead, she chooses costumes that showcase her unmatched beauty, with rich furs, shimmering fabrics, fashionable high-heels, or boots, or boots with heels, all while she's dripping with jewelry and surrounded by a magnificent mane of swirling, golden hair.... None of which prevents her from participating in some of the most insane, terrifying and overwhelming battles in all the nine realms, often right alongside armored warriors wading through hip-deep blood and entrails.
Amora might not always be on the winning side of a war, but she'll ''always'' look good in the aftermath.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: Graceful and seductive, she's one of the most dangerous sorceresses in all of Asgard; even though she's not a combat specialist (much preferring to use her wits, beauty and charm to get her way), she can hold her own against any Asgardian mage short of Loki or Odin himself, using a wide array of mystical energies, shields, blasts, illusions or transformations.

* LivingAphrodisiac: The effect she has on mortals, primarily men, is to have them become attracted to her.

** Amora once spent considerable time and effort attempting to force the actual ''concept'' of Love (which is indeed a sentient being within the Marvel universe) into humanoid form, believing that only Love itself was worthy of being her lover. This is indicative of someone with a fairly high opinion of herself. The ''concept'' of Love in turn uses this character trait as the main reason for a ReasonYouSuckSpeech rejection as it blatantly tells Amora she only wanted to possess Love out of greed and selfishness, which it stated was the antithesis of all that Love is, and her passion to do so would only drive her to ruin more lives.

* OneBadMother: Fell into this during Thor's Reign of earth, having married a now morally rudderless king of New Asgard. Not only did Amora become his queen and consort as she said she would, but eventually mothered a son to him named Magni Thorson. Though she wasn't exactly [[AbusiveParents a good mother to him]], seemingly distant with her only child better acquainting with [[EvilMatriarch being ruler of the world]]. So much so that he found better solace in gallivanting with mortals and [[ApronMatron the exiled Lady Sif]] than he ever did with his own people.

* BettyAndVeronica: Amora is the Veronica to both Jane and Sif's Betty: while the two woman would form a Betty and Veronica dynamic of their own as hospital nurse vs battle-worn warrior respectively, the Enchantress could easily serve as the Veronica against them being a seductive witch after Thor's affection against Jane (the mortal love-interest) and Sif (his childhood love).

** During '''The Reigning''' when Thor conquered the earth and she was his queen for a time. Amora boasted mankind [[FalseUtopia was better off]] with Asgard lording over them to Desak when he came upon them. Bragging about how [[AttentionWhore they should all bow in thanks and praise]] to the Asgardians when in truth, none of them really cared for humanity at all. Simply making up excuses for stripping away their individual freedom when the gods wouldn't leave Earth, she in particular doesn't give a damn about mortals, [[CallingTheOldManOut something her own son coined]] before it all went to hell.

* TheFashionista: These days she doesn't have a costume, really, more a theme that most of her ever-changing wardrobe usually follows. She's often seen in the midst of a shopping spree (where she seldom has to pay for anything), and anyplace she calls home for more than a few days will be littered with expensive dresses, shoes, furs, and jewelry.

*** Double Reversed when she faced ComicBook/SheHulk during the Secret Wars. Trusting in her usual MadeOfIron status compared to humans, she took a little too long in prepping a spell, confident that a goddess had little to fear from any mortal. In response the jade vixen [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom knocked her across the battlefield]] with a single-handed smash to the face of such force, that Amora was not only instantly K.O'ed but might well have lingered in an indefinite coma if not for Reed Richards treating her with an alien healing apparatus. Upon awakening, admitted to Thor that she was deeply shamed at having been so easily dispatched by a mortal.

Unlike many of Marvel's Asgardians, Amora is not actually based on a goddess from Myth/NorseMythology. In the limited series ''Thor: Ages of Thunder'', the Enchantress is said to have been [[IHaveManyNames referred to by many names]] throughout history including [[LoveGoddess Freyja]], Gefn and [[FountainOfYouth Iduna]], and is linked to many of the myths associated with these goddesses. For example, Enchantress was responsible for keeping the golden apples that provides the Asgardians with their immortality and power, and as soon as she is kidnapped by a Frost Giant, the Asgardians begin to wither until someone can rescue her, much like the myth of Idunn. Amora is by no means the only Marvel character to have gone by the Enchantress codename: '''Sylvie Lushton''' from the ComicBook/YoungAvengers was given magical powers by ComicBook/{{Loki}} and modeled herself specifically after Amora's appearance.[[note]]Amora was quite offended when she learned of this, tossing Sylvie into a DeathWorld and telling her that she'll have to survive that to be worthy of the Enchantress name. Amora says she expects Sylvie to die there, but will take her on as an apprentice if she lives.[[/note]]

The character went [[DependingOnTheWriter through different variations over the course of publication]], being Thor's bitter enemy to his on-and-off love interest after Jane Foster and Lady Sif. She hasn't been restricted in appearing only Thor comics and showed up in other publications, most notably being the rival to [[ComicBook/{{Dazzler}} Alison Blaire aka Dazzler]] of all people. She fought in the ComicBook/SecretWars and joined the [[AmazonBrigade Lady Liberators]] while posing as Valkyrie.

* {{Polyamory}}: At one point, one of the many men struck by her beauty confesses his undying love for her and asks to marry him. She laughs in the poor fool's face and says that there is no way she would ever, ''EVER'' limit herself to just one lover.

* TheFairFolk: In ''[[ComicBook/SecretWars Witch Hunter Angela]]'', Amora was re imagined as a faerie queen who realized deals with humans turning them into [[HumanoidAbomination Faustians]].

*** During one such incident, Loki is commanded by Odin himself to go and rescue the Enchantress from her captor. When he finds her, in unconscious and in chains (yet still radiantly elegant and lovely), Loki muses that she is indeed the most beautiful woman who has ever lived, and briefly considers defying Odin's orders and stealing her for himself instead. This from ''Loki'', who is ''not'' a god who is easily swayed by a pretty face.

* SmokingIsGlamorous: In her first appearance in the ''ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}'' comic, Amora makes a grand entrance in a toned-down version of her classic costume, high-heel boots, and smoking a cigarette in a medium-length holder. The glamor aspect is played up as she poses and preens and exhales a deliberate stream of smoke, all while a nightclub owner practically drools over her while exclaiming that she is the most gorgeous woman he's ever seen.

* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Not only she had spent years trying to make Thor hers, but Amora has been on the receiving end of his trope by other villains a couple of times. In ''Ages of Thunder'', two Frost Giants attempted to claim her in separate occasions: the first disguised himself as a stone-mason and attempted to cut a deal with the Asgardians by rebuilding their destroyed walls in return for the Enchantress' hand in marriage. The second one had Loki delivering the golden goddess to the giant’s icy harem as his queen.

* RoyalBrat: Probably her defining character trait. Being beautiful, seductive, self-absorbed, and arrogant don't make her a bad person -- being unable to take 'No' for an answer -- in ANY situation -- most certainly ''does''. Her history is littered with incidents where she desired something or someone, didn't get it, and went straight to mind control, or worse, as a means to obtain it/them. Has lapsed into rants and tantrums when denied what she feels should rightfully be ''hers'' (which is anything she happens to desire), ''especially'' when the person who foils her plans is a mere mortal.

*** Double Reversed when she faced ComicBook/SheHulk during the Secret Wars. Trusting in her usual MadeOfIron status compared to humans, she took a little too long in prepping a spell while boasting about how a goddess had little to fear from any mortal. In response the jade vixen [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom knocked her clean across the battlefield and into a rock formation]] with a single-handed smash to the face of such force, that Amora was not only instantly K.O'ed but might well have lingered into an indefinite coma if not for Reed Richards treating her with an alien healing apparatus. Upon awakening, she was deeply shamed at having been so easily dispatched by a mortal when met by Thor.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: Regularly looks down on mortals, [[WhatAnIdiot even superpowered humanity]] on a regular basis and usually gets slapped for it, [[PunctuatedForEmphasis HARD]]. A lesson she has yet, if really ever, to learn whenever dealing with an earth born enemy.
** During Comicbook/{{Secret Wars}} after having dispatched some superheroes with a team of villains in their initial assault she thought her bout with a novice She-Hulk just starting out in her superheroine career would be a cake walk. Ten seconds later she's awakened from her regeneration chamber by Thor who wished to commune godly matters with her, [[SkewedPriorities only to worry that the altercation ruined her beauty]].

* TheVamp: Amora at her most villainous. In a ''very'' clear-cut nod to her role as a stand-in for Freya in the Marvel mythos, she once traded a single night of lovemaking with three Dwarven master-smiths in exchange for the magnificent necklace Brisengamen.

* CompositeCharacter: Amora's backstory in the Marvel comics incorporates aspects of other Norse goddesses' stories such as Freyja (i.e. seducing a trio of dwarves in order to gain a golden necklace) and Idunn (i.e. plucking the golden apples that provide Asgardians with their youth), though these stories seem to have mostly been drawn from previous cycles of Asgardian history (which until fairly recently would periodically reset following the destruction of the gods during Ragnarok, with the gods' appearances, personalities and histories shifting somewhat from one cycle to the next).

* TheDarkChick: In any villain team-up she joins, most prominently the Masters of Evil. Her schemes almost never really go beyond hedonistic and selfish pleasure compared to search for power or control.

* TheDulcineaEffect: She seems to be able to incite this at will in most mortals, without ever needing to cast an actual spell. Mortals of sufficient power or who are strong of will (such as Doctor Doom, Captain America, or Stephen Strange) are largely unaffected. On Earth, this effect gets her preferential treatment at stores, resorts, and hotels, while leaving a trail of hopelessly smitten mortals behind her... which bothers the goddess not at all.

* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: How she regularly views Midgard/Earth and [[HumansAreInsects its denizens who Thor serves & protects]]. In fact part of her jealous contemplating over Thor's attentions stems from how he gives his everything [[EnmityWithAnObject for a world]] she honestly despises because of this.

** When she encountered Doctor Strange, Amora apparently had not been able to procure a suitable champion, so she ''made'' one by wrapping an enthralled mortal in multiple enchantments designed to boost his abilities to godly levels. This left her magicks weakened, and contributed to her defeat.

* BlatantLies: During '''The Reigning''' when Thor conquered the earth and she was his queen for a time. Amora boasted mankind [[FalseUtopia was better off]] with Asgard lording over them to Desak when he came upon them. Bragging about how [[AttentionWhore they should all bow in thanks and praise]] to the Asgardians when in truth, none of them really cared for humanity at all. Simply making up excuses for stripping away their individual freedom when the gods wouldn't leave Earth, she in particular doesn't give a damn about mortals, [[CallingTheOldManOut something her own son coined]] before it all went to hell.

* DumbBlonde: Subverted in that even though she often acts in an impulsive or childish way while in the moment, she will usually, when given time to reflect and consider, come up with a scheme or plot of some subtlety. Also, when she's not obsessing over some slight or insult, she is capable of surprising warmth, wisdom, and insight. Despite the color (and quantity) of that hair, there's a ''lot'' going on inside that pretty little head.

* FemmeFatale: Amora in a less villainous role.

More than a few people, including [[ComicBook/Dazzler]] as well as various shady denizens of Earth, have made the mistake of thinking that Amora was no threat if her magic could be circumvented.

Less forgivable is her view of any and all 'lesser' beings as being useful only as pets, passing amusements, or as tools to serve her in one of her schemes. But never as equals to the gods much like Thor did, in fact part of her jealousy of the latter was due to how much time and effort he'd put into serving and protecting them instead of the other way around with them worshiping the ground he walks on.

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More than a few people, including {{Dazzler}} as well as various shady denizens of Earth, have made the mistake of thinking that Amora was no threat if her magic could be circumvented.

* BlatantLies: During '''The Reigning''' when Thor conquered the earth and she was his queen for a time. Amora boasted mankind [[FalseUtopia was better off]] with Asgard lording over them to Desak when he came upon them. Bragging about how [[AttentionWhore they should all bow in thanks and praise]] to the Asgardians when in truth, none of them really cared for humanity at all. Simply making up excuses for stripping away their individual freedom when the gods wouldn't leave Earth, she in particular doesn't give a damn about mortals, [[CallingTheOldManOut something her own son coined]] before it all went to hell.

* SuperiorSpecies: Regularly held this opinion towards Mortals, often viewed them as a race of lesser beings only meant to serve as entertainment or otherwise. But never as equals to the gods much like Thor did, in fact part of her jealousy of the latter was due to how much time and effort he'd put into serving and protecting them instead of the other way around with them worshiping the ground he walks on.

* VainSorceress: Her vanity masses somewhere above the Gigaton range, as virtually ''everything'' in her immortal life hinges on her beauty in some fashion. Much of her magic is either dedicated to enhancing her appearance, or uses her beauty as a focus, or material component, such as her many versions of charm and mind-control spells. When recovering from injuries suffered in battle, her first and most driving need is to be sure her flawless face and perfect body have come through without permanent damage. In the event of injury or scarring, she has proven that she can repair the damage magically, though it seems to be power and time intensive.

** There have been ''multiple'' instances of powerful beings going to extraordinary lengths to capture, purchase or kidnap her, as her unmatched beauty makes her a considerable prize, even to males of other ''[[InterspeciesRomance species]]'', such as frost giants (fortunately, shape and size-changing magicks appear common in Asgard, which solves the problems created by such differences).
*** During one such incident, Loki is commanded by Odin himself to go and rescue the Enchantress from her captor. When he finds her, in chains, sleeping and draped across the floor quite gracefully, Loki muses that she is indeed the most beautiful woman who has ever lived, and briefly considers stealing her for himself instead. This from ''Loki'', who is ''not'' a god who is easily swayed by a pretty face.

* ShutUpHannibal: Desak [[RageAgainstTheHeavens being DESAK]] would have none of it of coarse, [[ArmorPiercingSlap bitch smacking the haughty god queen]] aside like a volleyball due to seeing through her honeyed words for the self-obsessed nature lying beneath her empty words of marginal betterment.

* CharmPerson: Given that Amora has spent a dozen centuries or more perfecting an entire arsenal of love-inducing, mind-controlling magics, while also perfecting both her physical beauty and her ability to manipulate those around her, she is fully capable of evoking love and adoration from very nearly ANYone (other than a relative handful of annoyingly stubborn gods and heroes). Often this will be a subtle and extended effort, lasting days or weeks. Other times,for expediency's sake, she'll simply flood her lips with pure seductive sorcery and give them a kiss that puts them under her control.

* LadyOfBlackMagic: Graceful and seductive, she's probably the most powerful sorceress in all of Asgard, using mystical powers to fire energy blasts or conjure illusions.

* CharmPerson: She has the power to seduce people and give them a kiss that puts them under her control.

* BreakTheHaughty: Gets this alot due to being a pompous [[SmugSnake spoiled goddess]], largely from the ''Hulk Family'' and later from Desak The God Slayer, see above. In ''The Mighty Thor'' (2016) she had her powers removed by Thor and exiled to a remote mountainous part of Sweden where she lives a fairly hard-scrabble life of hunting and chopping up wood for fuel. This all changed as of the X-Men comics only to be quickly subverted when Monet [[OrbitalBombardment slammed into her like a meteorite]].

* CompositeCharacter: Amora's backstory takes aspects of other Norse goddesses' stories such as Freyja (i.e. seducing a trio of dwarves in order to gain a golden necklace) and Idunn (i.e. plucking the golden apples that provide Asgardians with their youth).