After witnessing the death of Rex Tyler, she decided to align herself with the Legends to get their assistance in her mission to hunt down the mysterious time traveler who killed Rex. She is also the grandmother of Mari McCabe, the Vixen of the present, and Kuasa. She was killed by Leonard Snart in the altered reality created by the Legion of Doom. However, due to the remaining Legends preventing this reality, she never died. Amaya was born in Africa in the Zambesi Village. As a child Amaya wanted to be a police officer despite female law enforcement being generally unheard of. She also read about Chicago in the 1920s from several of her mother's magazines, and wished she could have seen it. In her adulthood, she was given the Anansi Totem, which gave her the ability to channel the power of any animal in existence.
Publication Information
- The Legend : Amaya Jiwe
- Version : The DC's Legends of Tomorrow Series
- Alter Ego : Vixen
- Multiverse : Earth One
- Known As : Dread Pirate Jiwe
- Type :
- Member of the Legends
- Formerly Member of the Justice Society of America
- Formerly Henchwoman of Damien Darhk
- Unnamed Ancestor
- Unnamed Grandmother
- Unnamed Mother
- Unnamed Son-in-law
- Esi : Daughter
- Kuasa : Granddaughter
- Mari McCabe : Granddaughter
- Nate Heywood : Lovers
World War II
In the the 1940s, during World War II, Amaya was recruited into the Justice Society of America, a secret organization dedicated to opposing the Nazis and to join the Soviet Union and the United States. While serving, Amaya would grow very homesick and often worry about the safety of her village without her there to protect it. Against the JSA's discouragement to fraternize however, Amaya and the teams' leader Rex Tyler/Hourman fell in love, and planned to leave the JSA once the war was over.
Following the Legends
Believing that Mick was responsible for killing Hourman, Vixen snuck on board the Waverider and incapacitated most of the Legends and attacked Mick. Before she could kill him, Nate, who had recently become a meta-human after Ray injected him with Krieger's serum to save his life, knocked her out. She was placed in the ship's jail chamber. After a discussion of her motives with Sara Lance, she decided to temporarily join the Legends on their travels, hoping to find the rogue time traveler that has been responsible for Rex's death, as well as multiple historical aberrations.
The Spear of Destiny
Shortly after their triumph over the Dominators, the team tracked yet another aberration to 1927. After Prohibition agent Eliot Ness was found to have been a target of Al Capone's time-travelling allies, Amaya was deployed with the rest of the team. Having heard stories from her mother over the beauty of Chicago in the 1920s, she was able to enjoy the scenic view before being distracted by the news of Ness' capture. The team was then able to intercept Capone's men and Amaya then dove to rescue the almost dying Ness and found him to be breathing.
Alternate reality
When the Legion of Doom rewrote reality Amaya and Sara were under the employ of Damien Dahrk as his hitmen, the pair of them having killed all of Star Cities vigilante's including The Green Arrow, Spartan, Black Canary, Artemis, Wild Dog, Ragman, Felicity Smoak and even The Flash. he pair were eventually freed from their mind control and worked together with the rest of the Legends to undo the Legions nightmarish reality. During a battle between the Legends and the Legion Amaya came into possession of the Spear of Destiny and began to use it to rewrite reality to the way it was supposed to be however she was brutally frozen to death and shattered by Snart before she could finish the incantation.
Return to 1942
Not long after defeating the Legion, because of the manner in which they had done so, the Legends discovered that they had accidentally broken time, with multiple anachronisms existing throughout Los Angeles and the timeline at large. They were nearly attacked by a displaced T-Rex when it was sent away through a time portal made by Rip Hunter. He explained that he had established a new organization called the Time Bureau and they were at work clearing out the anachronisms.
Return to time travel
Sara uses a jump ship to visit Amaya soughing her out since the anachronism in 1870, turned out to be a sabertooth tiger. Amaya was reluctant to return as she knew at times she lost control and let her totem overtake her at times however she eventually agreed. She's then reunited with Nate however things are salty between them . Declining to talk to her Nate ended up passing out in the cargo bay, where he was found by Sara, Mick and her. After finding Ray and Jax dressed as conjoined twins in the circus tent, her and Nate attempted to free them, but were in turn captured by Barnum's troupe.
Possible future
At some point Amaya will return to 1942 for good where she'll have a daughter who will go on to have two daughters, Kuasa and Mari McCabe, the latter of whom also becomes a superhero known as "Vixen". She is said to been murdered in 1992 by warlords so she wouldn't stand in their way of taking Zambesi Village. Kuasa also noted to Amaya that she has fond memories of her personally as a grandmother.
Vixen
- Vixen
- Origin : Earth One
- Version : DC's Legends of Tomorrow Series
- Type : Member of JSA
- Alter Ego : Amaya Jiwe
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- Appearances : DC's Legends of Tomorrow Series
- Like most of her team, she didn't think highly of the Legends at first due to perceiving them as being less professional than the JSA, and she even bluntly told them she wasn't impressed with their ship and that Ray wasn't a hero due to his reliance on a suit to defend innocents. However, later on, when Ray sacrificed his chance of having real powers to save Nate, she admitted that what Ray did was heroic, even if she maintained that he wasn't a "super" hero.
- Out of all the Legends, Amaya respected Sara for her combat skill and was the least impressed by Ray, whom she saw as relying on his suit for power, and Mick, whom she saw as a thief and a criminal; despite this initial impression, Amaya has since warmed up to both and have come to see them as allies. While in the Civil War, she showed great sympathy for the slaves and wanted to help them even if it didn't follow history, proving that she was capable of great compassion.
- Over time, Amaya seemingly has more friendly with Mick after several instances where he had demonstrated heroic actions and also for saving her from and nearly catching Rex's killer, presenting him with a gift of liquor stolen from Al Capone's warehouse and giving him a kiss on the cheek, winking at him and telling him he isn't a bad guy.
- For a time while helping the Legends she was very secretive about her personal life seeing fraternizing as unprofessional given her experience with the JSA, something Nate Heywood picked up on. However after a talk with an older Obsidian in 1987 Amaya became more friendly and open about her past, even sharing stories of Nate's grandfather with him. After talking with Courtney in year 507, Amaya decided to live more than just for her mission, to which she has gained open feelings towards Nate.
- After the Legends were temporarily disbanded and Amaya return to her proper timeline, with the knowledge of her homeland and people's future fate, Amaya adopted a more vicious nature to her. Determined to protect her home, she showed no mercy to anyone who would endanger Zambesi Village, taking a seemingly sadistic pleasure from killing the would-be attackers.
- Anansi Totem : All of Amaya's powers come from her necklace, which allow her to harness the life force of animals, in essence harnessing their abilities.
- Animal empathy / communication : By manifesting the spirit of the tyranosaurus-rex, Amaya can communicate with other t-rexes and understand their emotions and body language.
- Avatar projections : Amaya can manifest solid energy constructs of the various animals of nature that are able to physically intact with the world, acting as soldiers to aid her.
- Night vision : Through the spirit of a nighthawk, she can see in the dark. This has allowed her to be able to spot Obsidian even after he used his powers to block out the light.
- Shield projection : Amaya can manifest a solid shield through the power of her Totem.
- Superhuman agility : Through the spirit of the dolphin, Amaya becomes extremely fast and agile in water.
- Superhuman strength : Through the spirit of the gorilla, rhinoceros, elephant, and dinosaurs she becomes incredibly strong. While harnessing the spirit of the lion, she is shown able to unleash powerful clawing-strikes that can launch an armored foe far away. Harnessing the spirit of the elephant allowed her to plow through the Dominators relatively easily. However, Amaya's superhuman strength is inferior to Nate Heywood's, even when she channel the spirit of the gorilla; the latter overpowered her relatively easily.
- Thermal insulation : Through the spirit of the seal, Amaya is unfazed by freezing temperatures.
- Totem connection : The totem connects to other totems when in the presence of them.
- Underwater breathing : Though the spirit of the dolphin she can breath underwater.
- Wall crawling : By manifesting the spirit of the spider, Amaya can defy gravity and crawl along walls and ceilings.
- Expert knife-fighter / Knife-thrower : In her attempt to kill Mick, Amaya was able to strike with deadly accuracy using a cooking knife, during which time she also demonstrated an ability to seamlessly switch the knife between either hand; she would have successfully used these skills to disable the team had Nate Heywood not manifested his steel form and made himself impervious to her assault. She also demonstrated an ability to throw a shuriken with pinpoint accuracy as well after throwing one into Mick's sandwich to give him proof ninjas existed.
- Expert markswoman / Firearms : Presumably taught during her time with the JSA, Amaya is skilled in the use of firearms such as handguns, as shown in the reality created by the Legion of Doom.
- Expert swordswoman : In Feudal Japan, Amaya proved able to fend off a squadron of elite samurai with a katana alongside Sara.
- Master hand-to-hand combatant / Martial artist : Amaya is a fifth-degree black belt; this training has allowed her to defeat Nazis easily and hold her own against Sara Lance for a time, although she had to use the spirit of the gorilla to defeat her. She was also able to hold her own against Malcolm Merlyn and pickpocket him to get her amulet back before using the spirit of the gorilla to defeat him.
- Stealth : Amaya is shown to be very efficient in how she moves about while gathering intelligence on suspects. During her mission in Germany, she was able to work undercover while raising no suspicion until the Legends interfered. During her revenge-fueled attack on the Legends, she was able to silently sneak onto the Waverider, where she systematically subdued the entire team before engaging Mick.
- Anansi Totem : Unlike her granddaughter, Mari McCabe, the necklace has not bonded with Amaya, as it can be removed from her neck, rendering her powerless.
- Lack of control : After Rip took her back to 1942, Amaya returned to Zambesi, using her Totem to protect the village. However, as she later revealed to the rest of the Legends, when she tapped into the Totem's power, she felt as if the animal was in control rather than herself, causing her to turn unnecessarily violent. However, when she drank tea made from a special root from her village, she had a vision of one of her ancestors who explained why the Totem's power increasing; a threat more powerful than anything she'd previously encountered was coming, and that she should trust the totem rather than resist its increased power.
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