Cheetah (Post-Flashpoint)

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==Summary==
Barbara Minerva was born in Oakstone Abbey, Nottinghamshire, the only child of Lord and Lady Cavendish. After the death of her mother, she became more and more introverted. Under the guidance of her tutor, Ms. McLeod, she became interested in Greek mythology, especially the Amazons. Her father considered it escapism, and would rather teach her the world was cruel and unfair. She wasn't deterred, and at 26, she had received two PhDs and was working as an archeologist in Ukraine. Though she was mocked by her colleagues, she found her first solid evidence of Amazons: the tomb of Lysippe, 12th Queen of the Amazons. Unfortunately, heavy rains caused the cave to collapse. Some of her research was stolen by foreman Viktor Yakuvic. She chased him around the Mediterranean, until she came to Tunisia. She had traced a route which she thought was the route the Amazons followed. But when she found Viktor's corpse and received nourishment from an old crone, she realized she had it backwards: the route was not where they migrated to, it was where they came from. However, when she came to the end of her track, an uncharted island in the Black Sea, she found no sign of civilization.
Disheartened by her failure, Barbara went on to teach archeology at a university. She was contacted by Etta Candy to help translate the unique dialect of Wonder Woman, who had recently arrived on U.S. soil. Barbara befriended Diana and taught her about the culture of mankind. After helping Diana settle into her role as Wonder Woman, Barbara was contacted by Veronica Cale, who offered to fund an expedition to Africa to investigate the plant god Urzkartaga. Diana was worried for Barbara's safety and gave her a GPS beacon to contact her if she was in trouble, but Doctor Cyber deactivated it on Veronica Cale's orders. To distract Wonder Woman, Cale and Doctor Cyber staged disasters around the world. When Diana finally arrived to check on Barbara, she was stunned to discover that Urzkartaga had made her his wife and transformed her into the Cheetah. Cheetah was furious at Diana, believing she had abandoned her, and joined Cale's Godwatch team, becoming a constant adversary of Wonder Woman.
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==Summary==
Barbara Ann Minerva was raised in a group home in Idaho, run by a woman named "Aunt Lyta". The group home, Amazonia, was run along the lines of a cult, where the occupants were trained to view life as a hunt, and all other people as either competitors or prey. On her last day there, she killed her brother in a fight to the death, proving her worth to their sacred cause: retrieving the God-Killer Knife.
Building a series of false identities, Barbara Minerva got a job in Washington, D.C. as an expert in antiquities, and searched. Her life was immensely enriched by meeting Wonder Woman, a member of the Amazon culture she had been raised to admire, but when Wonder Woman laughed at her beliefs, Barbara decided to bring her down. She convinced Wonder Woman to let her into the Black Room, A.R.G.U.S.' special containment facility for magic artifacts, stole the God-Killer Knife, and stabbed herself in the chest in the name of her goddess. This act empowered her, turning her into Cheetah, with the cheetah's characteristic hunting prowess and speed. She would spend the next six years committing criminal acts, though Wonder Woman was frequently on hand to stop her, always believing that the knife had somehow corrupted her and that she could be saved.
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==Powers and Stats==
Tier: | , Higher with The God Killer, with the Void Wind
Key: New 52 | Rebirth/Infinite Frontier
Name: Cheetah, Dr. Barbara Ann Minerva, Priscilla Rich, Deborah Domaine, Sabrina Ballesteros
Origin: DC Comics
Gender: Female
Age: Unknown
Classification: Human/Cheetah Hybrid, Demigod, Host of the Cheetah Goddess of the Hunt, Archeologist, Teacher | Human/Cheetah Hybrid, Demigod, Avatar of the Plant God Urzkartaga
Powers and Abilities:
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*Superhuman Physical Characteristics
*Superhuman Speed
*Genius Intelligence
*Weapon Mastery (Skilled marksman, archer, lasso user, and swordsman)
*Bodily Weaponry (Possesses extremely sharp claws and fangs)
*Martial Arts (Skilled in hand to hand combat)
*Acrobatics
*Stealth Mastery
*Surface Scaling
*Enhanced Senses (Possesses highly enhanced senses of hearing and smell)
*Biological Manipulation (, and those strong enough to survive Cheetah's bite Justice League (Volume 2) #14)
*Limited Regeneration Negation ()
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Attack Potency: Solar System level (Matched, harmed, and knocked out Wonder WomanJustice League (Volume 2) #13. Superman and Flash.) | Solar System level ( Wonder WomanWonder Woman (Volume 5) #21Wonder Woman (Volume 5) #24Wonder Woman (Volume 5) #46. SupermanAction Comics #1020. Justice League (Volume 4) #8.), Higher with The God Killer (Killed AphroditeWonder Woman (Volume 5) #76. Wonder Woman and destroyed the Bracelets of SubmissionWonder Woman (Volume 5) #78. Should be comparable to Deathstroke, who was able to hurt Superman and clash with Wonder Woman with the God Killer.), Low Multiverse level with the Void Wind (The Void Wind is the equal and opposite of the Sphere of the Gods, derived from the Graveyard of the Gods, as well as the twin force of the Death Force, and allows the user the power to severed the connection to the Sphere of the Gods and fully subjugate gods to their will. needed The Omega KnightJustice League (Volume 4) #57.)
Speed: Massively FTL+ ( FlashWonder Woman (Volume 4) #23 and was able to react to . Caught Superman off guard and outsped Wonder Woman.) | Massively FTL+ (Able to keep up with and even outspeed Wonder WomanWonder Woman (Volume 5) #83.)
Lifting Strength: Unknown | Unknown
Striking Strength: Solar System level | Solar System level, Higher with The God Killer
Durability: Solar System level (Able to take hits from Wonder Woman) | Solar System level (Able to take hits from Wonder Woman), Higher with The God Killer
Stamina: Superhuman
Range: Standard Melee Range, Extended Melee Range with God Killer, Hundreds of Meters with Chaingun
Standard Equipment: None Notable
Optional Equipment:
*God Killer: Gifted to her by Luthor and modified with nanotech slaving it to her specific genetic pattern. The Cheetah boasts an Eighth Metal forged weapon capable of slaying even the almighty, once broken by Diana after a new goddess of love had been chosen. It was last seen reforged by old magics at the hand of three mysterious entities after Barbara's imprisonment. She eventually rescinded the God Killer and it is now in the care of the Amazons. Designed to kill immortals, it possesses the power to increase its user's strength, and having a mind of its own, it can sometimes take control of its user's actions. It can release devastating energy blasts, and shapeshift into whatever suits the user's needs, but its primary power is being able to match any force that has been thrown at it and unleash it back with double the power.
*Chaingun: While a member of the Suicide Squad. Barbara, the Cheetah, made adept usage of a fully automatic, heavy infantry munitions gatling gun. Having used it to take down a monstrous effigy that was tearing apart Las Vegas.
*Bracelets of Submission: Two magic bracelets that can deflect both projectiles and blunt attacks. The Bracelets are comprised of the godly Eighth Metal, one of the strongest elements in the Multiverse. They are almost indestructible capable of withstanding, even deflecting; such force as Darkseid's Omega Beams.
*Lasso of Truth: The Lasso, also referred to as the Golden Perfect, is a sacred relic of the Amazons and was given to them by the Gods of Olympus. It was bestowed to Wonder Woman when she embarked to Man's World. The Lasso's most known power is to force anyone ensnared by it to speak only the truth. It also possesses a number of other magical abilities. The Lasso is capable of tethering the hearts and minds of the individuals holding it, creating a telepathic link between them, as well as allowing for language translation. It can also be used to bind and ensnare the souls of beings, including even gods, within it. Diana can use the Perfect to locate individuals who share an emotional connection to her. It can also be used to force a biophysical reset of those who have been corrupted by some external influence, such as poisons and toxins or mind control, who are bound by it. Diana is highly proficient at using the Lasso of Truth as both a tool and a weapon, and is capable of easily binding people and objects using it.
Intelligence: Genius (Barbara Ann is highly intelligent, being a professional anthropologist and archaeologist and having obtained two PhDs by the age of 26. She can fluently speak 8 languages (including English and Greek) and is nearly fluent in an additional seven. In combat, Cheetah is highly skilled both unarmed and with weaponry, able to match Wonder Woman in one on one combat numerous times.)
Weaknesses: None notable
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