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  Madame Xanadu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Madame Xanadu is a fictional character, a superhero in the DC Comics universe.
It is not revealed why Xanadu bartered her soul to the demon Neron in exchange for three loyal demons to do her commands.
Xanadu is a member of the Sentinels of Magic, a loose group of mages and mystics that were called upon to thwart Asmodel's uprising in Hell.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Madame_Xanadu   (531 words)

  
 Classic Marvel Superheroes RPG page
Limitations: Although Madame Xanadu was granted immortality, the cost may have been her soul.
This allows Madame Xanadu to focus her scrying abilities beyond this realm to peer into distant places and into the future.
Xanadu also has the ability of divination which is the discovery of the unknown or future by supernatural means.
rivendell.fortunecity.com /battlespire/85/dcmages2.htm   (3074 words)

  
 Madame Xanadu
Madame Xanadu's parlor was full of magical books and objects, as well as jars containing the essences of malevolent entities.
Madam Xanadu was an immortal, never aging and unable to be killed in any manner.
Madame Xanadu received profiles in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #14 and Who’s Who in the DC Universe #3.
www.angelfire.com /ar/hellUSA/Madamexanadu.html   (391 words)

  
 Story Arc 2: History lessons... - www.ezboard.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Madame Xanadu looked at Jack then at Zatanna then took out her own cards and set about reading them after a few minutes she looked at Zatanna.
Back at Madame Xanadu's place Jared arrived and came up behind Xanadu, "Hey babe miss me?" Xanadu gave a slight start and turned an unsaid retort on her lips, then she saw who it was.
Alan arrived Madame Xanadu's and noticed Jared has already with her, "I was told I was needed" he stated as he noticed the unfamiliar guest in the background.
p079.ezboard.com /fjlarpgfrm22.showNextMessage?topicID=6.topic   (3312 words)

  
 Amazon Archives
However, she finds that the address of Madame Xanadu exists and as she reaches for the door it opens by itself.
The Madame tells Linda that although this is not of her doing, they should let themselves go with the stream of light as it carries them away.
Xanadu tells her that they must have been summoned by the Adjudicator to do battle and she hopes that they will be equal to the task.
www.amazon-archives.com /ww292.htm   (1972 words)

  
 Shadow Chasers Web Fiction - Turn of an Unfriendly Card
Madame Xanadu also sat, motioning Benny to the third chair with a pack of cards she'd taken from a box on the shelf.
Madame Xanadu placed the last card on the table, her fingertips resting on the surface as though she were loathe to release it.
Madame X had said that Magus was using a circumstance already set to occur.
www.shadowchasers.tv /card.htm   (9994 words)

  
 Log Entries: Riddle for a Fortune
Inside the "cozy" confines of the trailer of Madame Xanadu, the Sylvanian Korv wandering fortune-teller, talismans and trinkets dangle from hooks and supports, pieces glittering in the flickering light of the low-burning candlesticks affixed into permanent sconces in random places along the walls.
Madame Xanadu's eyes glitter at the sight of the tenner...
Madame Xanadu zhall focus on ze zhtranger, zen..." She puts the tenner somewhere in the folds of her dress, then leans over the crystal ball, murmuring to herself and occasionally cawing softly as she focuses on the cloudy-looking orb.
sinai.critter.net /log.cgi?title=Riddle+for+a+Fortune   (4287 words)

  
 Fanzing 26 - April 2000 - Fiction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Madame Xanadu has a tarot deck with her that we see throughout the evening.
Madame Xanadu, the social veneer of the evening badly cracked, gives in to temptation and begins laying down card after card.
Xanadu (visibly laying down what we should easily be able to identify as the Hermit card onto a growing spread): And the wisdom to know the difference.
www.monitorduty.com /mag/fanzing26/fiction15.shtml   (4686 words)

  
 Superman: Retribution
I am Madame Xanadu, and I sense you need succor of a kind I may offer freely this day," she said.
Madame Xanadu and Jimmy gazed within a mirror that seemed to link her shop with the world far beyond the confines of the small store.
Madame Xanadu held the mirror and watched as her psychic or spiritual gifts supported what was already a rock-hard foundation of hope and faith within Superman's heart.
www.the5earths1.50megs.com /earth-1/1986/superman05.htm   (2682 words)

  
 DC Comics Message Boards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Madame Xanadu uses magical powers in concert with her tarot cards to disconsern the future.
Madame Xanadu is allegedly Nimue from the Arthurian cycle, and she very easily could have had children somewhere down the line.
While this may describe Madam Xanadu to me, she herself possesses no real powers as stated by another poster.
dcboards.warnerbros.com /web/thread.jspa?threadID=2000036679&messageID=2001223491   (1066 words)

  
 DCL's Outsiders #3
Madame Xanadu ignored the fact that her candles were nearly extinguished, having burned themselves out.
Xanadu had to admit that the young man was exactly her type -- and he knew it.
Xanadu leaned back in her chair, watching as Faust took a step across from her and set his boots on her desk.
www.paratime.ca /dclegends/out03.html   (2307 words)

  
 Cancelled Comic Cavalcade: Doorway to Nightmare
But Xanadu comes up with the key: the victim of an incubus can escape his power only by defeating the demon in the dream-world.
The cover by Mike Kaluta shows a sexy Madame Xanadu (are his women drawings ever anything BUT sexy?) standing next to a tapestry hanging on the wall.
After the cancellation of her book, Madame Xanadu moved over to "Unexpected" for a little while.
lsh.0catch.com /ccc/cccd2n.htm   (1062 words)

  
 Showcase: Men of Mystery
Madame Xanadu leaned a bit closer and her perfume seemed to overwhelm her guest.
Madame Xanadu said, "The stranger who brought you to the track knew something that I am only able to tell you now.
Madame Xandau smiled and said, "You are a remarkable man! You are worthy of respect and admiration.
www.the5earths1.50megs.com /earth-1/1987/e1showcase1987-05b.htm   (5023 words)

  
 Inside Pulse v2 .::. Who's Who in the DCU   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Xanadu hasn't had her name included in the Christmas "name exchange" for years.
Madame Xanadu used to be Nimue, a sorceress actually cast a spell on the great (and perhaps a tad overrated) Merlin.
Interesting fact #1: Madame Xanadu is immortal and became immortal by literally beating death...at a card game.
www.insidepulse.com /article.php?contentid=43998&rv=1   (4266 words)

  
 STL COMICS - Calling All Comics - "…And Justice Be Served." - by KEVIN McCARLEY
He appeared with Madame Xanadu and Swamp Thing, and is familiar with Nabu, the force behind Dr. Fate.
Perhaps a character such as Kent Nelson, the former Dr. Fate, or Madame Xanadu would be better suited…or perhaps not.
The Spectre character is an integral part of the DC mythology, and is a position that must be filled.
stlcomics.com /columns/cac/IV   (710 words)

  
 Mystic Superheroes - HERO GAMES Discussion Boards
Madam Xanadu, a mystereous woman of gyspy blood who gives people the power to fight the supernatural on there own.
Her "Chaos Magic" was just her mutant Hex power, which has now been retconned from warping probablility fields to altering the very fabric of reality itself...
Madame Web is a powerful psychic, but I don't think her powers are mystical in origin.
www.herogames.com /forums/showthread.php?t=35114   (1103 words)

  
 Underworld Unleashed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Triumph - sold his soul for fame and glory
Xanadu was immortal and Neron offered her power in exchange for her soul.
Assuming he would not have her soul until she died (which she cannot do) she accepted, but Neron did not deliver what he promised.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Underworld_Unleashed   (590 words)

  
 Day of Vengeance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Also notable, the other "big guns" mentioned by the patrons in the bar were Dr.
Fate was imprisoned in the dimension within his helm and Madame Xanadu has been blinded by the Spectre, disabling her abilities to interpret magic.
As Captain Marvel fights a duel of magic versus spirit against the Spectre, Enchantress, Blue Devil, Ragman and Nightmaster keep Eclipso busy, hoping to give Captain Marvel the few moments he needs to defeat the Spectre.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Day_of_Vengeance   (983 words)

  
 Faux DC! - Titles - Bad Blood #4
In an older neighborhood in San Francisco, on a street just far enough from the main thoroughfares to be unknown to the majority of the city's residents, was the front entrance to a nightclub known as Madame Xanadu's.
Madame Xanadu's catered to a clientele for whom excessive consumption of alcohol was the least of their worries, and very often the only solace, certainly the only constant, in their otherwise extremely irregular lives.
Enigma's signature red disc spun open before the front entrance to Madame Xanadu's and one by one the members of Bad Blood stepped out onto the San Francisco street.
www.fauxdc.com /Titles/main/badblood/badbld-4.htm   (3751 words)

  
 Tim Hunter - Oracle Files   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Tim's next guide was John Constantine, whose task was to intro-duce him to the mystics of present-day America.
Through Constantine Tim metmystical beings such as Deadman, Madame Xanadu, Doctor Fate, and the Spectre.
But the mystic cult of the Cold Flame had put a price on Tim's head, and after narrowly escaping attempts to assassinate the boy, Constantine brought him to the San Francisco home of the sorceress Zatanna for protection.
www.unstable.com /oraclewiki/index.php?title=Tim_Hunter   (807 words)

  
 The Phantom Stranger FAQ Part II: Other Characters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Etrigan, Fate, and Madame Xanadu, among others, have no great love for or trust in the Stranger.
These include but are not limited to: Spectre (Corrigan or Jordan), Constantine, Dr. Fate, Zatanna, Mister E, Dr. Occult, Madame Xanadu, Ramban, Bloodwynd, Sentinel, Baron Winters, the Fates/Kindly Ones/Three Sisters, Deadman, Swamp Thing, Tim Hunter, Etrigan, Tala, Tannarak, Felix Faust, Merlin, Shazam, Highfather, Zauriel, and Fate.
In any event, the Spectre's initial assault on powerful magic users incapacitates Madame Xanadu, among others, so the Sentinels' clever plan was instantly foiled in just the manner described above.
polisci.uchicago.edu /~jtlevy/friends.html   (4463 words)

  
 Suspension of Disbelief: Ex Machina #11
Of course, in a fictional world where fortune telling is a legitimate skill, the law takes on a different aura, as observed by another character a few pages later.
The mystical is commonplace in the Marvel and DC Universes, as illustrated by the Madame Xanadu that Hundred refers to.
In fact, one could argue that those worlds have a greater need to license its paranormal experts in order to weed out the frauds.
comicfacts.blogspot.com /2005/05/ex-machina-11.html   (644 words)

  
 Comic Book Resources Forums - DAY OF VENGEANCE Mega-Thread *Spoilers*   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
He would be great in a series with someone else, say Madame Xanadu.
I can understand the reasoning behind the Spectre being unable to kill the Stranger, but I don't buy the same argument for Dr Fate or Madame Xanadu.
If Willingham is making the Spectre force more like the Moench version than the Ostrander version, both the weird Eclipso relationship and the sparing Xanadu's life make more sense.
forums.comicbookresources.com /showthread.php?s=&postid=1401642   (1190 words)

  
 eBay.co.uk - xanadu, Records, DVDs, Videos VHS PAL UK items at low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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 [No title]
"What do you think, Madame?" The beautiful fl-haired woman kept her hand on Corrigan's.
Even with our power added, it seems a losing task." "So...why am I here?" "To keep you safe from those who may seek you," said the Stranger.
Madame Xanadu, touching Tim Hunter's shoulder, began to tell him what he should do.
solo.abac.com /lubakmetyk/others/darkmark/Agenda13.txt   (3470 words)

  
 Madame Xanadu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Madame Xanadu is a fictional character in DC Comics involved in magic.
The Sucide Squad consulted her about the increasingly difficult to deal with Enchantress.
Madame Xanadu also gave Tim Hunter a reading, helping him along his path as an emerging sorcerer.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/M/Madame-Xanadu.htm   (483 words)

  
 Gay League - Fortune Teller
Have a nagging question or situation but can't make the trip to visit Madame Xanadu on Christy Street in New York's East Village?
Try asking Madame Xanadu your questions by typing them in below, and sending them to her across the internet.
Madame Xanadu is © and ® of DC Comics.
www.gayleague.com /online/games/fortune.php   (83 words)

  
 Cult of Pop Version 1.0
Though for the life of me, I can't remember what exactly happened in the first two issues, which I last read fifteen or more years ago.
For newcomers, Scorpio Rose is basically DC's Madame Xanadu but without the pesky copyright infringement, a fortune reader who combats against dark occult forces and was apparently a victim of rape.
(There was a decade or two in comics where rape was the easiest, most common way to make a female heroine tougher and grittier or something.) Englehart and Rogers had also done a one-shot Madame Xanadu which was a pretty good story, if I remember correctly, though considerably tamer than Scorpio Rose.
cultofpop.com /old/2005/05/scorpio-rose-3-comes-out-twenty-years.html   (694 words)

  
 Ralf Hildebrandt: /~hildeb/books_magic/annotations/books-of-magic.2.shtml
Cheap knockoffs of Atlantis, if you ask me. panel 5: Madame Xanadu first appeared in a _Madame Xanadu Special_.
Ahbijit Khale (akhale@pollux.usc.edu) gave creator credit for the Spectre, and supplied details on Madame Xanadu's career.
Garrie Burr (X82217GB@wuvmd.wustl.edu) gave creator credit for Deadman, Madame Xanadu, and Felix Faust.
www.stahl.bau.tu-bs.de /~hildeb/books_magic/annotations/books-of-magic.2.shtml   (1429 words)

  
 NEWSARAMA - FRENCHBLADE: SEMIC'S WITCHBLADE: BLOOD OATH
She is also working on the same case, but is investigating another lead.
“Sibilla, who is a kind of “Madame Xanadu” of the Semic Universe), comes in late to reveal and explain the historical background of the case.
She is another character from the same universe, who has occasionally guest-starred in the Phenix series.
www.newsarama.com /forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12940   (1339 words)

  
 Psychic Arcane Background
Pinchpenny, who is right there with her as she gives the crystal ball reading.
If Madame Xanadu were trying to do the same thing without Ralph's consent, then she would be doing this based on her own Familiarity with Mrs.
If the subject in question doesn't want to be spied on (whether or not the subject is aware of the possibility of supernatural spying), the subject can make an opposed Spirit roll against the Psychic's clairvoyance roll.
greywolf.critter.net /weirdwars/houserules/psychics.htm   (3143 words)

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