June Moone is an archeologist who was possessed by an ancient and incredibly powerful mystical being named Enchantress.
She was born in Washington, D.C. on August 10, 1987 as the second child of John and Lynda Moone, a middle class family from the suburbs of Metropolis. During her childhood, June was often drawn to the natural world, spending a lot of after school time in a local ravine. Upon the encouragement of her parents, June was able to fast-track through high school and receive acceptance into Metropolis University at the young age of 16. After completing her B.A., Moone entered Gotham City University as part of her masters degree and later returned to Metropolis three years after in order to complete her Ph.D.
First expedition
In 2010, Moone first heard what she later identified as the voice of the Enchantress during her first field expedition, collecting evidence to support her thesis regarding the Chalcolithic Period ritual burial sites of the Southern Levant.
Fearing she was developing schizophrenia, she took a brief leave from her studies, during which she pursued oil painting at a Buddhist retreat in Thailand. Moone recounted that she never fully recovered from her psychological condition, though she returned to schooling and and would eventually enter her professional field as an archaeologist specializing in the ritual worship of earth-mother figures in the pre-agrarian societies of South America.
At some point during or after this period, she got acquainted with Manuel and Luis, two mountain guides who she would work with over the next few years.
Possession
On December 21, 2015, June went on an expedition to the Tres Osos Caves in the north-central highlands of Peru on a research grant from Metropolis University with the stated goal of collecting evidence to defend her theory that the transhumant foragers who occupied Pacific littoral settlements forayed into the valleys and highlands of the Andes to support broad subsistence economies. In truth however, June had a different and more pressing goal in mind. The being known as the Enchantress had been haunting her dreams, convincing her to search for a particular place by a specific deadline, otherwise she would certainly die. She would eventually become lost on her expedition. She tried to retrace her steps for several hours, before slipping into a limestone shaft and falling into a cavern containing a tomb. A doll-shaped container caught her eye. She picked it up, carelessly caressing it and promptly snapping its head off, which broke a seal that released the spirit of an ancient being from another dimension. The spirit then possessed June's body, inhabiting her normal self until she said the word "Enchantress", upon which her normal consciousness would be overtaken by the ancient spirit inside.
Hello! And welcome to the Crimson Avengers! I'm Wanda Maximoff. Also known as the Scarlet Witch. If you have any questions, let me and Hawk the New Warpath know. It's an honor to have you with us, Miss Moone.
