even Agatha Harkness was afraid of her.

In the preview for Scarlet Witch (2024) #6 – written by Steve Orlando, with art by Lorenzo Tammetta – Agatha Harkness brings a student to Wanda Maximoff's Emporium. Wanda is cautious, and struggles to take Agatha at her word, but Agatha assures her this isnt a trick.

Wanda's new student, Amaranth, explains her backstory: she doesn't know what her real name is, or where she comes from, and insists she doesn't want to be a burden. Wanda assures her she's not, and offers to use a spell to try and restore some of Amaranth's memories.

Agatha Harkness' Fear Of Amaranth Should Make Wanda Maximoff Extra Cautious With Her New Protégé

Scarlet Witch #6 – Written By Steve Orlando; Art By Lorenzo Tammetta; Color By Frank William; Lettering By Ariana Maher

Amaranth first appeared on the cover of Scarlet Witch (2023) #9 as part of the New Champions cover series, which was meant to celebrate the new character Spider-Boy by creating alternate universe sidekicks for some of Marvel's major heroes. The New Champions characters have slowly been debuting across Marvel's various titles, including Ultimate X-Men, Spider-Woman, and Robbie Reyes' Ghost Rider Special, before their eventual team-up in New Champions (2025) #1. Amaranth, Scarlet Witch's apprentice, makes her first full appearance in Scarlet Witch (2024) #6 as she begins her training with Wanda Maximoff.

Amaranth says Agatha was smart to be afraid, but Wanda claims that she is not, even if that makes her a fool.

Amaranth's explanation of how she ended up in Wanda Maximoff's Emporium is unsettling, to say the least. She was found with no memory at ten years old, by a man who raised her as her father. The man was a celebrated psychiatrist, but Amaranth caused him to go mad. Amaranth ran away and found Agatha Harkness, who saved her life, but feared her, so after a month, she pawned her off to Scarlet Witch. Amaranth says Agatha was smart to be afraid, but Wanda claims that she is not, even if that makes her a fool.

Scarlet Witch's Amaranth Has The Potential To Become A Powerful Villain If Her Hero Training Goes Wrong

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Agatha Harkness trained both Scarlet Witch, and Franklin Richards, a powerful reality-warper – yet she fears Amaranth, when she did not fear them. This could mean Amaranth's power sures her own, as well as that of Wanda Maximoff and Richards. Further, Amaranth is slated to the New Champions, but not all the New Champions will be heroes; some of them are teased to become villains. With Amaranth's traumatic past, plus any dark events she faces before ing the team, especially if Scarlet Witch fails to help her, Amaranth could become the New Champions' powerful first villain.

Wanda claims she may be a fool for not heeding Agatha's warnings about Amaranth, and as the current Scarlet Witch series progresses – and Amaranth's past slowly becomes revealed – she could be proven to be tragically wrong in this case; perhaps Wanda will find out more powerful than the Scarlet Witch's, could make a formidable threat, and would be a mega-powerful villain, or an iconic hero.

Scarlet Witch #6 is available now from Marvel Comics.