Doris Zuel

== Biography ==
=== Early-Life ===
Doris Zuel was born on June 9th, 1989 to Walter and Erica Zuel, two Vlatavan aristocrats. At a young age, Doris was diagnosed with a rare blood disease, but was also found to have a near genius level intellect. Doris’ blood disease progressed as she aged, and it was believed she wouldn’t make it to adulthood. 
In secret, her parents met with Werner Zytle and asked him if his Bedlam Syndicate would take her, in the hopes it would cure her ailment. Zytle agreed. In the middle of the night, Doris was taken by two of his henchmen. Too sick to put up a fight, Doris lost consciousness.
She spent two years mostly sedated and being shipped around between Bedlam’s facilities. Finally, one night, she remembers being put under, and hearing the scientists putting her under saying to tell her parents that she was lost.
When Doris awoke again, a large golden gorilla and a cheetah-woman were breaking her out of a lab run by sentient gorillas. Bewildered, she failed to notice how healthy she felt. The two helped her escape from the city, where she met a group called the Suicide Squad, and returned her to the United States.
Now in DEO Custody, she met with Amanda Waller, who informed her that her parents had sold out the Bedlam Syndicate to the United States Government, and were killed by Werner Zytle before they could do anything to stop it. Waller also told her that medical tests indicated her disease had been cured.
=== Giganta ===
Now, she was a ward of the state, and was shipped off to Gateway City, where she was enrolled in college classes. Doris found it near impossible to focus and so she withdrew. In a fit of anger, she discovered her size-altering abilities. She believed she kept it a secret, until one day Veronica Cale found her. Cale made her an offer: help capture two scientists and Cale would use Amazonian technology to get rid of her size-altering abilities and make her normal for once. Doris agreed.
While sailing to the Paradise Islands, Doris had a change of heart, and helped activate a tracker for Donna Troy, allowing Donna to find the boat. While they ended up making it to the island, they were stopped by Donna, Cassie, and Diana. Doris apologized for her actions, and in return, Hippolyta and Diana let her stay on the Paradise Islands.
With the Amazons, Doris found a sisterhood, and she gained the codename of Giganta. She developed a close friendship. On one of Diana’s return visits, Diana told Doris of one of her allies, Ray Palmer, and his Challengers. Doris decided it was time to return to America, where she became one of Ray Palmer’s apprentices, and after graduating from Ivy University, his lab assistant. 
She began a romance with another Challenger, AJ Rothstein-Pratt. Since then, she has neglected to join any superhero team, believing they all lead back to Waller, who she distrusts. She also finds a home within the Kingdom of Angor in the Nanoverse, which has been yet another point of healing for her.
== Notes ==
* In the comics, she was turned from a gorilla into a woman, this is reworked here to Doris having been experimented on in Gorilla City.