Aha, I'd been wondering if that was it since I first saw the name. (as I remember, it didn't turn out too well... didn't he steal a 'suncrusher' or something and run amok blowing things up?)
Back OT:
Again, a surname-based origin for me - my nickname in the RAF was 'Magic' Johnson (both because we share the surname and also a certain resemblance - I.e. he was a nineteen foot black athlete and I was a stubby white chap)
When I went online (MUDs initially) I tricked it up a bit to 'Majik' - that used to get me through most 'name already taken' checks back in the day, including original EnB when I joined beta. (interestingly, as the t'internet has grown, it's increasingly already taken - shows how times have changed).
So for original EnB, when I started to roll alts, I just continued the magical theme - this was my sig from the original EnB forums:
So now that with all the accounts available to the emu, it's gone a bit silly, there's:
Majik (PS, my 'main' from original and so the first I ever levelled to 150 on the emu, but gets worryingly small play time currently)
Prestidigitator (TT)
Illusionist (JE)
Conjuror (PW)
Thaumaturgist (JW, not really started yet)
Magician (PP, newish)
Legerdemain (tbc)
Supported by some vault characters: Wand, Potion, Cauldron, Pointyhat, Spellbook, Grimoire, Talisman, Sigil...
My main was Prestidigitator in Eve (very useful as I meant I was never normally called as primary target in fleet battles (yes I was CLS/ASCN) cos the enemy fleet commander would chew on his own tongue pronouncing it)
Prestidigitator was also my main in CoH (Virtue) - which got a bit sticky as after a few years the devs introduced a 'lore' NPC character with that name too.
I have to say I'm kinda happy with the theme - it nicely ties my characters together for people I interact with, without being namePS nameTT etc. Also, I like that it's the most powerful force in the universe explanation-wise ("how the hell did x happen?" "oh it was just magic or something"). And the only thing (apart from the green stuff) that mister-ultimate-godmoder Superman was vulnerable to too! :D