{"id":11221,"date":"2025-07-11T21:23:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T20:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=11221"},"modified":"2025-07-11T21:23:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T20:23:20","slug":"magik-7-annotations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=11221","title":{"rendered":"Magik #7 annotations"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>MAGIK vol 3 #7<\/strong>
\n\u201dBeneath the Veil\u201d<\/strong>
\nWriter: Ashley Allen<\/strong>
\nArtist: Germ\u00e1n Peralta<\/strong>
\nColour artist: Arthur Hesli<\/strong>
\nLetterer: Ariana Maher<\/strong>
\nEditor: Darren Shan<\/strong><\/p>\n

MAGIK<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since Dani took Cal (in issue #5), she hasn\u2019t been able to sense the tracking spell she put on him (as mentioned in issue #3). Dani says that this is because the base\u2019s defences are interfering with her tracking spell.<\/p>\n

Before realising that Cal is possessed, she uncharacteristically hugs him and apologises for \u201cinvolv[ing] you with Liminal\u201d. That\u2019s not quite what happened – he rather insisted on coming along with her – but she did decide to accept him on the view that she would be best placed to keep him safe. Protecting him is her top priority, and she doesn\u2019t trust the Society of the Eternal Dawn to take care of him. Since they seem to be focussing entirely on Liminal and ignoring Cal himself, and their treatment of him seems at least harsh, her scepticism is understandable.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

She\u2019s now carrying both her own Soulsword and the Wrathsword from last issue.<\/p>\n

SUPPORTING CAST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dani Moonstar. <\/strong>\u00a0Her relationship with Illyana is still strained after issues #4-5. She remains a loyal member of the Society of the Eternal Dawn, but lets Magik in, since she figures that she\u2019ll break in anyway. She chose to keep Cal\u2019s condition secret from Magik because she knew that Magik would blame herself (as indeed she does).<\/p>\n

Cal Isaacs.<\/strong> He\u2019s completely possessed by Liminal following the end of issue #5, where he offered himself up as a seal to contain Liminal in Illyana\u2019s place.<\/p>\n

The Society of the Eternal Dawn. <\/strong>Their headquarters – which we saw at the end of the previous issue – turns out to be a rather conspicuous tower in the South Dakota badlands, complete with a prominent logo. Since it has magical defences against Dani\u2019s tracking spell, we can probably take it that some sort of magical shielding prevents people from just stumbling across the thing.<\/p>\n

We get some slightly conflicting information about the history of the Society. Its leader, the Embodiment, claims at one point to have founded it – but also blames the prophecy about Illyana as Darkchild (from issue #1) as \u201cthe chaos that ran wild before I took over\u201d. She says that the Society was formed by uniting \u201cdisparate groups of hunters\u201d, so the idea may be that Cal\u2019s grandmother was a member of one of the groups that was merged into the Society. We\u2019re told that Agnes refused to hand over the journal containing the prophecy, which may suggest that she didn\u2019t accept the Society\u2019s takeover of her group.<\/p>\n

The Society has access to the Library of the Fates, a realm of prophecy which the Embodiment somehow obtained access to. Magik objects that their prophecy about her was incorrect; the Embodiment brushes this aside on the grounds that Agnes never made it available to them for full inspection (which seems dubious), and that in any event it was misinterpreted rather than wrong (which seems to be true).<\/p>\n

Magik points out that their Society\u2019s pro-active approach didn\u2019t prevent the fall of Krakoa, Limbo\u2019s invasion of New York (either the original \u201cInferno\u201d or\u00a0Dark Web<\/em>, or both), or \u201cthe vampires plung[ing] the world into darkness\u201d (Blood Hunt<\/em>). The Embodiment claims that there are limits to what she can change.<\/p>\n

The Embodiment.<\/strong> The Society\u2019s leader and founder was also seen briefly in the previous issue, and referred to by that name. We see her face for the first time here. She\u2019s much more friendly to Illyana than anyone else in the Society (other than Dani), but the attitude of her followers raises questions about how far this is an act, particularly given the amount of control she has.<\/p>\n

Magik puts up her usual show of cynicism when dealing with the \u00a0Embodiment, but privately reflects on the apparent success of her proactive leadership style. For Magik, that stands in contrast to her and Madelyne Pryor\u2019s hands-off approach to Limbo, something she was also worrying about last issue. She implies that if she had taken the initiative then she could have avoided the Limbo rebellion in the previous issue, or come to terms with Darkchild more quickly, thus saving Cal from Liminal.<\/p>\n

The Exemplars.<\/strong> The Society includes three Exemplars, apparently the most senior fighters in the group. Their leader, Yanisa Suwain<\/strong>, is described as the \u201cExemplar of Weaponry\u201d; she carries what seem to be two stun batons (though Magik dismisses them as \u201cwooden sticks\u201d) and seems a bit triggerhappy. Kiam Mir<\/strong> is \u201cthe Exemplar of Prophecy\u201d; his powers seem to involve manifesting some sort of red jagged stuff by touching the ground (it\u2019s not a very clear scene) and he can use \u201castral magic\u201d to banish Magik\u2019s swords back to Limbo.\u00a0Lexi Larsen <\/strong>is the \u201cExemplar of Recruitment\u201d, whatever that means. She wears a half-smiley face mask and seems to be able to summon up golems. The Exemplars are all very antsy about the Darkchild, in line with the established prophecies.<\/p>\n

VILLAINS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Liminal.\u00a0<\/strong>According to Liminal, Magik\u2019s spell from last issue has \u201cfailed\u201d and left him with full control of Cal\u2019s body. No longer bound to his exile dimension, he claims that he\u2019ll be \u201climitless\u201d just as soon as Cal\u2019s body adapts to his power. In the meantime, he seems to be an effective prisoner. Dani claims that the Society have him under control, which in practice seems to mean that they\u2019re working on finding a cure to separate Cal from Liminal, and imprison Liminal more permanently. Magik suggests bringing in Dr Strange to help, but Embodiment says that he\u2019s \u201cno longer in this realm\u201d – presumably referring to the\u00a0Dr Strange of Asgard\u00a0<\/em>miniseries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MAGIK vol 3 #7 \u201dBeneath the Veil\u201d Writer: Ashley Allen Artist: Germ\u00e1n Peralta Colour artist: Arthur Hesli Letterer: Ariana Maher Editor: Darren Shan MAGIK Since Dani took Cal (in issue #5), she hasn\u2019t been able to sense the tracking spell she put on him (as mentioned in issue #3). Dani says that this is because […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-annotations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11223,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11221\/revisions\/11223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}