[1] As a college archaeology student, Elizabeth was excavating the site of the original Fort Calgary when she discovered a skull.

As the possessed Emily attacked Elizabeth, Shaman identified it as Ranaq the Devourer, one of the Great Beasts of the North.

Placing it on her brow, she was transformed into Talisman, with the power to manipulate vast magical energies and command the spirits of nature to do her will.

Possessing Snowbird's baby and calling himself Pestilence, the malevolent entity attacked Alpha Flight and tore the coronet from Talisman's brow, thus restoring Elizabeth's humanity.

However, in the continuing battle, Shaman donned the coronet, claiming the name and powers of Talisman, and forced Pestilence to flee.

[13] Talisman's spirit traveled back in time to learn about her incarnation as Nahita of the Tribe of the Moon, and her first defeat of Llan.

While initially refusing to join this new Omega Flight, Talisman is spurred into action by Sasquatch's capture, returning to Ottawa to meet with the rest of the team.

[volume & issue needed] Aiding the team in their battle against the Great Beasts-empowered Crew and their Surtur demon allies, Elizabeth hesitates when confronted by a Tanaraq-possessed Sasquatch, but she is saved by Guardian's timely arrival.

[volume & issue needed] During the series, Talisman is shown wearing Shaman's medicine bag, which she likely inherited after her father's death at the hands of the Collective.

[21] Talisman possesses vast supernatural powers as a result of her descent from forty generations of Sarcee shamans, and was once described as "a mortal channel through which the gods can fight", as well as "a director of forces, not a combatant".

Her father, Shaman, has stated that her powers when properly developed would rival even that of the Sorcerer Supreme, Doctor Strange.

She has the ability to tap into mystical forces and to manipulate them for a variety of effects, including levitation, astral projection, exorcism, matter manipulation, the ability to see prophetic visions, telepathy, teleportation over vast distances, opening inter-dimensional portals, animating the undead, generating wind blasts and lightning, summoning air spirits, calling forth spirit animals, creating magical shields of light, and generating blasts of magical energy.

Following the death of her father, Talisman possesses also Shaman's medicine bag,[volume & issue needed] which contains a pocket dimension known as the Void.

[volume & issue needed] In the mini-series Contest of Champions, where the Grandmaster and Death use the heroes of earth for a contest, a character named Talisman was from Australia, a member of an Aboriginal tribe, who used a mystic "bullroarer" to create various mystical effects, such as disorientate opponents.