Name: Amethyst
Universe: Post-Crisis
Alter Ego: Amy Winston
Occupation: Princess, sorceress, Junior high school student
Marital Status: Single
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: Gemworld
Known Relatives: Lord Amethyst (father, deceased), Lady Amethyst (mohter, deceased), Herb Winston (adoptive father), Marion Winston (adoptive mother)
Height: 5 ft. 8 in.
Weight: 122 lbs.
Hair Color: Blond
Eye Color: Violet
First Appearance: Amethyst #1

History:
Amethyst is a native of Gernworld, an otherdimensional realm populated by twelve Houses of sorcerers, each named after a different gem. The Gemworld was ruled for many centuries by the members of the House of Amethyst. Lord Amethyst wore a mystical purple gem that was actually Pantagones, one of the mighty entities known as the Lords of Order He permitted Pantagones to take possession of his body in order to battle the opposites of the Lords of Order, the Lords of Chaos. While in mystical possession of Lord Amethyst's body, Pantagones impregnated Lord Amethysts wife, Lady Amethyst. She gave birth to a daughter, who also received the name Amethyst, and who, like her father, was a Lord of Order.

Vandaemeon, one of the Lords of Chaos, sought to conquer the Gemworld, employing as his principal agent, Dark Opal, head of the House of Opal. During the war with Dark Opal Lord Amethyst and Pantagones were both killed. Dark Opal himself murdered Lady Amethyst and sought her daughter to complete his triumph: but Citrina, a sorceress who served the House of Amethyst, sent the infant Amethyst through an interdimensional portal to Earth, where the infant was adopted by Herb and Marion Winston, and Dark Opal, meanwhile, became the absolute ruler of Gemworld.

Amy, as her adoptive parents named her, spent her early childhood on Earth as a normal American girl, completely unaware of her true origin and latent powers. On the night before her thirteenth birthday, she was abducted into the Gemworld. Now twenty years old (apparently because time passes at a different rate in Gemworld than it does on Earth), Amethyst discovered she had magical powers and began learning how to use them. She assumed her hereditary role as princess of the House of Amethyst and led her House and the ten others in the overthrow of Dark Opal.

For a time, Amethyst journeyed back and forth between Earth, where she existed as a girl in her early teens, and the Gemworld, where she existed as an adult sorceress, but Amethyst was on Earth as an adult when she used her mystical powers to help fight against the planet's invasion by the shadow demons serving the Anti-Monitor. During the battle, Amethyst was blinded by the demons. Subsequently, she was brought back to the Gemworld by the original Doctor Fate, one of the Lords of Order. Fate revealed to Amethyst that the was herself a Lord of Order and told her that her duty was to protect the Gemworld from domination by the Lords of Chaos.

Some time later, the wizard Mordru was wreaking widespread devastation through Gemworld when Amethyst found him. Amethyst battled Mordru while hoping to find a way to reawaken Mordru's true personality, that of Wrynn, the son of Lord Topaz and Lady Turquoise. Amethyst succeeded in defeating the Lord of Chaos called Child, while Mordru ceased fighting after slaying his own brother, Donal. Amethyst cast a spell that imprisoned Mordru alive within the Gemworld itself. Then she merged with the Gemworld, her work accomplished for the present.

Amethyst's personality has evolved considerably over the years. She began as a spirited but ordinary child whose life revolved about her family and friends on Earth. When she came to the Gemworld and learned she was both a princess and a sorceress, she quickly adjusted to her new roles, demonstrating strong natural leadership abilities and courage in the face of great dangers. Now she has left her past life on Earth behind, and has taken the welfare of the entire Gemworld as her principal concern.

Powers:
Amethyst always had tremendous potential power as a sorceress, although it took time for her to learn to master her mystical abilities. She usually channeled through her hands the magical power she wielded. Amethyst can fly, create magical protective shields, and project powerful bolts of mystical force. She can also create interdimensional portals that permit her to travel between Earth and Gemworld. Over time she learned how to cast a wide range of different kinds of spells. After she was blinded, Amethyst developed a mystical "inner sense" that enabled her to see.