Sunday, September 18, 2011

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Starfire

Origins - Princess Koriand'r was to be the ruler of her planet Tamaran. Instead, due to a jealous sister, she was captured by evil scientists. These scientists, or Psions as they are called, are largely sadistic scientists, performed a deadly experiment on Koriand'r and her sister as well to see just how much energy their Tamaranean bodies could absorb before exploding from the overload. It was discovered that their bodies were able to absorb large quantities of ultra-violet light and turn it into energy. During the procedure, Kory broke free with the starbolts, destructive blasts of solar energy, a result of the experimentation. Against her better judgment, she decided to free Komand'r, her sister, who was still absorbing energy. However, far from grateful, Komand'r struck her sister down with the same-much stronger- power and had her restrained for later execution. Koriand'r escaped and found her way to Earth with the help of the Teen Titans. She chose to remain with the team and took the name Starfire, and quickly formed a romantic relationship with Dick Grayson, Robin, who was the leader of the team. Shortly thereafter she was informed her home world was destroyed and she adopted Earth as her new home. Kory is regarded as extremely physically attractive. She also displays the traits of Tamaran's highly sensuous culture, coupled with a no nonsense warrior attitude. For a time, Kory had a career as a fashion model. Starfire has served as mentor/teacher to the latest roster of Titans, and also began serving with the Outsiders. Most recently during Hero's Day, a time when the heroes of the DC universe join together in remembrance of dead comrades, Starfire was subjected to a psychic attack by the Black Lantern Omen, putting her in a euphoric state as she experienced her greatest desires. Her greatest desire came in the form of her marrying Dick Grayson indicating that she is still deeply in love with him although the two have gone their separate ways. Kory was recently invited to join the new Justice League. She joined the team briefly and left a note to Dick, who was also a member of the team while he was temporarily wearing the cape and cowl of Batman, explaining why. She then joined the R.E.B.E.L.S. and returned to where Tamaran used to be, to find that it had mysteriously returned.

Powers and Abilities - Starfire's alien physiology constantly absorbs ultraviolet radiation and converts it to energy. She can also absorb the ultraviolet radiation from other life forms. She once used this application of her power to weaken a group of Kryptonians who otherwise require ultraviolet radiation to maintain their superhuman abilities. This power also enables Starfire to fly which leaves a distinctive energy contrail behind, looking as if it is coming directly from her hair. Starfire has been known to have flown light years through space in short amounts of time. The starbolts grant her the ability to use a portion of her stored energy into concentrated blasts. Starfire also has the power and ability to unleash all her stored energy into a pseudo nova blast. It is suggested to be as hot as the sun itself and so only uses this in dire situations. She is capable of assimilating other languages through physical contact with another person. Starfire is impervious to most kinds of damage. Starfire possesses superhuman strength--the uppermost level of which is not known. Starfire is also an extremely proficient in armed and unarmed combat.

Weaknesses and Limitations - Due to her physical and cultural makeup, Starfire has at times been emotionally unstable. She allows love and sexuality, at times, to play too large a part of her life and has led to her being alone and bitter. She continues to struggle with this and is currently seeking counseling for this.

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