Samantha Arias

## Background

### 1975 - 1978: Reign

Reign was created by the Children of Juru to be the leader of the Worldkillers, a group of genetically engineered Kryptonian whose goal was to cleanse the Earth of sin & turn it into the New Krypton. When Krypton exploded, the Children of Juru placed Reign in an space pod to Earth. After around four years in stasis, Reign's pod reached Earth & landed outside of National City in California.

### 1978 - 1996: Samantha Arias

Reign was then discovered by Robert & Patricia Arias, who named her Samantha Arias & began to raise her as their own daughter. As the two was the first thing she knew, Sam believed she was normal human & didn't know of her mission. Unfortunately, her father passed away shortly after "adoption." Other than his passing, her childhood was filled with love as she was very close with her mother. She was exceptionally bright & athletic, winning various awards for her academics & skills. She was well liked, becoming part of the popular clique.

Sam says she always felt different from other kids though, feeling as though she was supposed to be something else. But she always pushed the thought aside believing the reason she felt that was because she was adopted. However, her dark side began to manifest as Sam began drawing the Children of Juru's sigil on whatever she could get her hands on. Her mother chalked it up to her being creative but soon she began drawing a larger version of the sigil on the wall of her bedroom. Her mother punished her for her behavior & Sam manifested her mother's feelings as she didn't want Sam around anymore. After that, Sam & her mom were never as close as they used to be.

Their strained relationship led to Sam becoming somewhat of a rebel which then led to a particular bad argument between the two. Things were taken too far & Patricia kicked her out of the house. Though the Danvers offered to take her in, Sam decided to leave her hometown & moved to Star City. Deciding she no longer wanted to be associated with a mother that didn't accept her, Sam took on her father's middle name.

### 1996 - 2013: Samantha Clayton

As Samantha Clayton, she became a waitress to take care of the bills. For the next four years, she bounced around from job to job before receiving a role at Queen Industries. It didn't take long for her to catch the eye of the wealthy playboy CEO, Oliver Queen. The two took a liking to each other & after many nights together, Samantha found herself pregnant.

Though she doesn't know how, Oliver's personal assistant, Geraldine**,** discovered she was pregnant. Not wanting Sam to tarnish the good name Oliver had built by having a baby with his young employee, Geraldine arranged a meeting between her & Sam. She explained how Oliver went on & on about not wanting to have a baby & that he felt Sam was trapping him. She made Sam an offer of a million dollars to lie to Oliver that she had lost the baby & another million to move away from Star City & never contact him again, allowing Oliver & the baby to have a bright future. After some uncertainty, she agreed to the terms & told Oliver the "bad news" over the phone.

Samantha moved herself across the country to Metropolis & got herself a decent place in the city. She eventually gave birth to a son, whom she named William. She refused to cash the check, wanting to take as much distance from the Queen family as possible. Samantha ended up getting a job at LuthorCorp in the finance department. For nine years, she worked her job diligently & frequently worked overtime to make sure that everything was running smoothly. While working one night until 3 in the morning, she was greeted by Tess Luthor, the sister of CEO Lex Luthor. Admirning Sam's determination & untold ambition, Tess put in a good word for her. As time went on, both Tess & Sam rose through the ranks of the company leading to Sam becoming the Associate Vice President of Finance.

While raising William, she aimed to make sure her son lived a happy, well-adjusted life. To do this, she kept his true parentage a secret from him & her friends.

### 2013: Reign

In March 2013, there was an assassination attempt on Lex Luthor during one of his press conference. In the aftermath, Lex had all employees return to their homes & return to their families. Sam then went to go pick up her son early from school & when they got home, William noticed a hole in his mother's shirt. Sam dismissed it at the moment but when she went to the bathroom to check, she was surprised to realize she had been hit by a stray bullet. However, Sam had no wounds & the bullet had been flattened upon making contact with her body.

Sam soon realized that not much could cause her pain such as sticking her in hand in boiling water & slicing her finger with a knife. Realizing she needed answers, she sent Will to a sleepover for the long weekend then caught a flight to National City. After touching down, she went to her mother's house after not being in contact with her for the past 12 years. Patricia tried to make conversation but Sam stated that she just wanted answers as she shouldn't act like she cares now. She asked if she ever had any injuries as a child & Patricia said no. She then asked about her birth parents but her mother refused to answer. Getting angry, Sam punched the wall, leaving a hole.

Patricia, realizing something serious was going on, decided to tell Sam the real story about her adoption. Sam was in fact an alien from another planet. Patricia then took her to the shed to show her the space pod she came in & upon touching it, a crystal appeared from the pod. The next day, Sam followed the crystal all the way to the middle of the desert. Once she reached a certain spot, a huge crystalline rock emerged & Sam entered the structure. Once inside, a hologram appeared & explained that she was from the now dead planet of Krypton. Sam believes that she could be a superhero like the others but instead the hologram stated that she was a worldkiller, sent to burn the Earth to the ground. Disgusted, Sam left the place & returned to Metropolis.

Sam began to have blackouts, not remembering much but constantly heard in the media of a new villain making their mark in Metropolis. After weeks of trying to keep everything together, she tells Tess in hopes that she can somehow help her. They decide to bring her friend Alex in on this as well. They had Sam get some elite blood work done & after noticing some abnormalities, Lutessa took her to one of LuthorCorp's classified laboratories to place her in a medically induced coma so they could run more tests. After seeing the results of Sam's MRIs, she put her in a medically induced coma for monitoring. During her coma, they found out that Sam had an alter personality, Reign. Alex & Tess were sure that Reign was also the new super villain in Metropolis. Sam denied such things & tried to leave. Instead, Tess purposely tried to upset Sam by saying that she wasn’t a good mother which led to Reign emerging. Tess then gave her a dose of kryptonite to calm her nerves then showed Sam the footage of Reign to convince her that she was telling the truth.

Now living in the fact that she was basically a murderer, she had Will go stay with her friend for the time being & said that she was extremely sick & highly contagious. As Alex & Tess continued their research on Reign, Sam was constantly sent to the Dark Valley, where she would meet Reign. Reign constantly threatened Sam & her son, swearing that she would burn Earth to the ground. Just as Reign began to choke Sam into losing consciousness, Sam suddenly awakened to see Reign in the room with her & Tess. The two began to battle with Sam realizing she still possessed her Kryptonian powers. With control over her powers & her willpower to win, Sam was able to defeat Reign using the Black Kryptonite.

### 2013 - Present: Samantha Clayton

With Reign's destruction, Sam was happy to find out she no longer was possessed by an evil alter ego & could return to her normal life. It took some getting used as she now was fully aware of Kryptonian physiology but she was able to keep it under wraps.

Sam went back to focusing on her job at L-Corp, making two acquisitions for the corporation in under a year. To keep a better balance between her work & home life, she also began coaching William's soccer team. Life seemed to be getting back on track & that's where she was wrong.

Two years after the fiasco of Reign, she ran into her old lover Oliver Queen. He was in Metropolis on business & had run into the same coffee shop that Samantha & William frequented. He apologized for not keeping touch, something Samantha brushed off as in truth, it would of been an inconvenience for her. After briefly catching up, she returned to her table with William. Unbeknownst to her, Oliver watched the interaction & began speculating about their miscarried child.

Samantha did her best to forget that interaction, convincing herself that Oliver would return to Star City & she could continue living her happy life with their son. Instead, Oliver showed up again when Samantha & William hed to Metropolis Spartans baseball game downtown. Not missing a beat, Oliver immediately asked her if William was their son once he was out of earshot. She repeatedly denied the accusation, explaining that William's father came into the picture shortly after Oliver & left when she became pregnant. She knew Oliver was unconvinced but refused to budge. When William returned from the bathroom, she abruptly ended her conversation with Oliver so they could go find their seats.

After the game, Sam knew that Oliver had the resources to find out if William was their son. Once he found out the truth, he arrived at her house & explained he secretly plucked a hair from Will's cap & got it tested. She immediately went off on Oliver, explaining how he never even wanted a child. Confused, Oliver explained he was happy when he discovered she was pregnant & had in fact planned on settling down with her to raise their child. Sam then told him everything his former assistant said, thus revealing her true reasons for moving away & keeping William a secret. Upset that he already missed all of his childhood, Oliver asked to be apart of William's life. Though hesitant, Samantha agreed & the two revealed the truth to William.

Things didn't go well the first time around (or the second or third). But when Sam received her promotion to Chief Financial Officer of LuthorCorp, she knew she was going to need Oliver's help more than ever. While William was old enough to watch after himself, she thought it was a good idea for him to begin spending long weekends at his father's & the two began going to Star City for holidays.

## Personality

In her younger years, Samantha was "stupid & selfish." She deeply loves & cares for her son, having worked hard to provide for him as a single mother. She is fiercely protective of him, which also made her aloof & narrow-minded. She still proved to be reasonable, as she ultimately agreed to let Oliver be a part of William's life.

She is very nice & caring, while also having a motherly air to her. She is also a very strong woman, loyal to those closest to her besides her own son, responsible to a fault, quite sociable & can hold her own in mental battles against businessmen. She also has a sense of pride and self-respect as she was upset & annoyed when Oliver's assistant suspected her of looking to cash in on the Queen family's influence through her pregnancy. The attempt to pay off Sam resulted in the her despising the Oliver & refusing to let him near William.

As Reign, Sam became an exaggerated polar opposite of everything she is due to her forced mental programming operating on her. When Reign was in control, she became a brutal vigilante who indiscriminately killed anyone she saw as an evildoer in order to further her goal of ruling the world. She was cold, cruel, sadistic & ruthless towards anyone who stood in her way. Since the demise of Reign, Sam is somewhat more edgy than usual but has reverted to her original personality.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Kryptonian Physiology:** Sam's physiology was altered due to genetic experiments & dark magic from the Children of Juru. Normally, Sam's capacities are no greater than a normal human but once charged the yellow sun, she is able to perform a variety of powers. Her powers are also greater than a normal Kryptonian due to her dark magic enhancements. Since her separation from Reign, her powers that were gifted by dark magic have disappeared.
	+ ***Solar Energy Absorption*:** Her powers were not dependent on the energy spectrum from the yellow sun, but she can fill her reserves with solar energy, augmenting her abilities, especially her heat vision. It is also possible that she can discharge all of the solar energy in her reserves.
	+ ***Super Strength*:** As Reign, her full strength was proven to be considerably greater than Supergirl's, capable of feats like nearly overturning something as large as an oil tanker & punching away artillery ordnance with apparent ease. Without dark magic, she is still incredibly stron, able to still go toe to toe with Supergirl.
	+ ***Superhuman Agility*:** Sam is able to jump several feet off the ground and leap vast distances through the air, simulating short term flight. This ability is a combination of super strength and flight. Sam is also able to jump very high and generate enough force to smash through windows.
	+ ***Super Stamina*:** Sam can run or fight for long extended periods of time & this aspect of her powers stem further than that of Supergirl.
	+ ***Super Speed*:** Sam has the ability to move at super-sonic speeds, both through flight & on foot.
	+ ***Super Reflexes*:** As Reign, her reflexes are so fast, she can respond to attacks within seconds, much faster than Supergirl can, as she has overpowered the latter in combat.
	+ ***Accelerated Healing*:** Sam's metabolism is tremendously enhanced by solar energy, allowing accelerated healing abilities and burning calories at a fast rate, making her practically immune to becoming overweight. She also has an immunity to all forms of disease & contaminants.
	+ ***Flight*:** Sam is able to manipulate her own gravitational field to generate thrust and propel herself through the air, often at supersonic speeds, much faster than she can travel by foot.
	+ ***Heat Vision*:** By concentrating every solar energy reserve she has in her body, she can emit focused energy beams of variable intensity and temperature from her eyes. Unlike other known Kryptonians, hers were bright & searing red as Reign. Her heat vision can also be used as lasers, instead of burning attacks.
	+ ***Invulnerability*:** Sam is essentially invulnerable to all Earthly weapons, with bullets simply ricocheting off her flesh. Her invulnerability is so intense that even when just beginning to manifest her powers, she remained oblivious to being shot at Lex's press conference attack, only noticing the lack of injury a while later. While fighting Supergirl, as a fully transformed Reign, though she was repeatedly staggered from all of the former's powerful attacks, she's rather quick to recover & retaliate. emerging with no signs of even being hurt or tired at the end. However, her invulnerability without dark magic seems to be greatly mitigated, expressing itself only when inflicted with something that would otherwise be borderline detrimental or life-threatening (i.e. gunshot).
	+ ***Longevity*:** As a Kryptonian, her lifespan is considerably longer than a normal human.
	+ ***Super Breath*:** Sam is able to exhale powerful gusts of air from her mouth which are similar to force winds. She can also cause the temperature of her breath to drop, therefore able to freeze nearly anything.
	+ **Telepathy Immunity:** Reign can resist psychic attack with ease, but this power falls short against more powerful telepaths.
	+ ***Superhuman Senses***
		- ***Super Smell*:** She has the ability to pick up smells that are very far away or very subtle. She can also identify where the smell is coming from.
		- ***X-Ray Vision*:** Sam has the ability to see through objects; except for lead.
		- ***Electromagnetic Spectrum Vision*:** Sam can see well into most of the electromagnetic spectrum. She can see & identify radio & television signals as well as all other broadcast or transmitted frequencies.
		- ***Telescopic Vision*:** Sam possesses the ability to see something at a great distance, without violating the laws of physics. Though limited, the exact extent of the ability is undetermined.
		- ***Microscopic Vision*:** She has the ability to see extremely small objects down to the atomic level & magnify objects for her eyes to see.
		- ***Infrared Thermal Vision*:** Sam has the ability to see heat & cold signatures of people & other objects. As Reign, she could also see with better acuity in darkness & to a degree in total darkness.
		- ***Super Hearing*:** She has super-sensitive ears that can perfectly pick up sounds from miles away and even through structures. Sam can also make her super hearing selective.
	+ ***Dark Magic Enhancements (formerly)***
		- ***Kryptonite Immunity:** A very unique trait, Reign has a very high level of resistance to Kryptonite. Though she was somewhat immune to Kryptonite, supercharged or very potent forms can weaken her, or possibly kill her, if she had enough exposure to it. Though she has a high tolerance to Kryptonite, it can still penetrate her skin.*
		- ***Shockwave Creation:** By clapping her hands on stomping her feet with her super strength, she can create massive shockwaves. She can also use this to create a thunderclap effect, which generates so much force, it creates a large sound.*
* **High Level Intellect:** Sam is a very intelligent woman, having excelled in her studies since childhood.
	+ ***Business Management*:** She is a proficient businesswoman, her experience & knowledge enabling her to become the Chief Financial Officer. Upon becoming CFO, she proved herself capable of taking on the company challenges & satisfying Tess' expectations of her, showing considerable aptitude in organizing & handpicking from employees those most suited for the tasks delegated to them.
	+ ***Cooking*:** Samantha is great at cooking, having regularly made delicious homemade meals for herself & her son William.
	+ ***Multilingualism*:** She can fluently speak English & Kryptonian.

* **Hand to Hand Combat:** Though not as skilled when she is Reign, Sam is a very capable unarmed combatant, able to effectively combine her raw might into her battle tactics. She is able to land efficient & devastating blows that very few could defend against.

### Weaknesses

* **Solar Energy Dependency:** Like average Kryptonians, she needs to recharge her energy by absorbing solar energy from the yellow sun radiation. As Reign, stated her powers come from an unknown source & not from the sun, which meant she didn't need the radiation from a yellow sun to use her powers.
* **Lead:** Sam cannot see through lead with her x-ray vision;.
* **Kryptonite:** Like all Kryptonians, Sam is vulnerable to the exposure of Kryptonite. Depending on the nature of the said Kryptonite, it will cause a different & adverse effects on her. As Reign, she was immune to green kryptonite, but it's unknown what other kryptonite variants affected her.
* ***Stunted Power Development (formerly):** Due to becoming pregnant with a child before she fully developed through puberty, Sam's natural physiological development was stunted & her powers were not awoken until later than normally expected.*
* ***Split Personality (formerly):** Prior to getting rid of her alter ego Reign, her full powers are not truly available to her own discretion. Apart from her invulnerability, only in moments of extreme stress could she access some of her other powers & not at full capacity. Once her programming was awakened, she has full access to her powers but becomes completely unaware of it. Her separate persona as the Worldkiller is completely void of all her past memories as Samantha & upon reverting to her normal self, remains completely oblivious to all actions as Reign, apart from some vague memories emerging in dreams. The shift in personality seems to subtly occur, if not fully activate, whenever angered by wrongdoings going on, indicated by a dark expression rising from Sam's face along with her eyes flashing an eerie red. After being exposed to Black Kryptonite, they were separated & Reign became her own person while still connected to Sam's life force.*
* ***Life Force Link (formerly):** After being separated, Sam & Reign possessed a link that connected their life forces to one another; one absorbed the life of the other. Sam used this to defeat Reign.*

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

#### General

* Her best friends are Alex Danvers & Lutessa Luthor.
* She became close to Alex when they were kids, with Sam becoming like a big sister to Alex. After Sam left National City, her & Alex stayed in touch. Alex was also the one who performed an MRI on her when studying her blackouts & helped her when treating her failing health following her separation from Reign.
* She met Lutessa when shejoined LuthorCorp. The two were acquainted but became close following Sam's promotion to Associate Vice President of Finance.
* Samantha loves pancakes, Italian baked goods & lollipops.
* She has a fear of needles.
* According to her falsified adoption papers, she is officially from Scranton, PA.
* She is allergic to cats.

#### Reign

* Sam's pregnancy delayed the manifestation of Reign.
* Reign used Samantha as her host but was dormant for years. She continued to periodically take control until they were split into two entities.
* When Reign would manifest, Samantha's eyes would turn red.
* Tess used Black Kryptonite to separate Sam & Reign.
* Reign's fight with Supergirl resulted in the death of Rip Hunter's wife & son.

## Notes

* She is a composite of Samantha Arias (aka Reign) & Samantha Clayton, the mother of Oliver's child from the *Arrowverse*.
* Her relationship with Kara & Lutessa is a nod to the *Arrowverse.*
* Her address is a nod to Reign's first comic appearance, *Supergirl*Vol 6 #5(March, 2012) & one of her creators, Mike Johnson.