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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Famous Spellcasters: Leon Mandrake

Name: Leon Mandrake aka "The Magician"
World: Earth aka "DC Universe"
Spells: Unknown.
Magical Items: Unknown.


Leon Mandrake, whom some just call "Mandrake the Magician", is a world renowned Illusionist who has traveled the globe entertaining thousand of people.He is an expert stage magician and hypnotist. He is a very dapper gentleman and witty, which usually leads him into the most bizarre cases.

As he has traveled the world, he has made a variety of companions. He usually travels with his companion "Lothar", who was known as the "Prince of the Seven Nations". Lothar often serves as Mandrake's bodyguard whom he met in Africa. He has even encountered extraterrestrials, met Flash Gordon, and has even crossed pass with the Phantom of few times. Inter-Intel, a super secret crime fighting organization has even had Mandrake as an agent from time to time.

Unbeknownst to most, his powers of illusion are indeed real. He was raised at the College of Magic, which is located somewhere in the Himalayas. His mother died at childbirth, and he was left with an identical twin brother named Derek. Sadly Derek's ethic are not as stellar as Mandrake's. Theron, who presided over the College of Magic, kept the fact that he was the twins' father. Theron himself guarded a powerful artifact known as the Mind Crystal. He kept this a secret becuase his eldest son Luciphor stole the one of the mind crystals, and did not want distracted by the bonds of family again. Luciphor would become one of Mandrake's most deadly enemies, known as the Cobra. Mandrake's activities even attracted the attention of a counterpart from the Mirror Universe known as Ekardnam, an evil version of himself.. Despite even these bothersome foes, he managed to travel the world without many none the wiser.

After years of traveling around the world, Mandrake settled in his home and adopted a young asian boy named Kshin. He would pass down his secrets and knowledge of the magic arts to him. It was during this time, that he would join some of his former colleagues and form a team known as "Defender of the Earth" who goal was to secure the planet from the force of Emperor Ming of Mongo.

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