Koriand'r (Starfire)

# Starfire

## Koriand'r

Starfire

*Description Here ~ Zee*

## History

### Early Life

Tamaran, the eighth planet in the Vega system, ruled by the kings Myand'r and Luand'r. They believed in justice and that there was a different way to rule that didn't involve constant warfare, so they signed truces with neighboring planets and brought peace to their kingdom. During those golden years, they conceived three children. Her first daughter was Komand'r, whose physical features already told that there was something different about her from the rest of her species. Two years later, the second girl, Koriand'r, was born, and three years after her, Prince Ryand'r.

Their lives seemed to be full. Princess Koriand'r grew up happily among the luxuries of the palace. Her love for her parents and siblings was unconditional, but she had a special devotion to her older sister. Komand'r was her role model and wherever she went, the younger one followed her. No one could understand and protect her like Kom. She was so strong and confident that even her birth defects went unnoticed, and the bond between the two girls grew stronger over the years.

The two princesses were educated according to the Tamaranean traditions, studying the history, laws and protocols that corresponded to their position and honoring the goddess X’hal. When Kori turned 10, they were sent to Okaara, a neighboring planet heavily steeped in the art of war. There, they were trained in different combat techniques and military strategy. She tried very hard to master all the teachings, thinking that it would make her sister proud of her. However, her effort had the opposite effect than desired. It only exposed Komand'r's handicaps.

A year later, they returned home. Then, the kings decided that the defects of her eldest daughter made her invalid to meet the needs of the throne. Their decision was to strip the legitimate heiress of her rights and hand them over to the second daughter. Although Kori did not really understand that resolution, her commitment to her planet and her obligations made her accept it without question. Too naive of her not to realize the consequences that it would entail. Over the next few years, she spent all her time preparing to one day become queen, while her relationship with her sister slowly cooled.

The precious peace could not be everlasting. Shortly after Koriand'r’s 14th birthday, bad news reached the palace. The Gordonians, a race of intergalactic slavers, sent an emissary to the Tamaran kings. In order to maintain the truce and avoid a violent invasion, they had to deliver the heir to the throne. Being forced to agree to prevent a massacre, they traded their beloved daughter off. It didn't matter how much she cried or begged.

Giving the princess as a bargaining chip was seen by the Tamaraneans, a naturally warlike people, as a sign of weakness on the part of their rulers. This caused revolts and conflicts to begin to form within the planet. Koriand'r barely survived those years of slavery. Being sold from one owner to another and forced to do all kinds of work for five years, she neglected her health and her physical wellbeing. The hope of being rescued was fading over the years and her mind cracked. And the worst was yet to come.

The Psions purchased the young tamaranean to perform their genetic experiments on her, exposing her to unbearable amounts of ultraviolet radiation. As a result, her body adapted, making her capable of not only absorbing energy, but concentrating and channeling it. Her new abilities allowed her to break free from the cell she was confined to and escape from Psion. She had to use all of her strength to accomplish this feat, so she wasn't able to get very far and was left drifting in space. Luckily, a Tamaranean merchant spaceship found the girl, and despite that she had changed and deteriorated, they recognized her and took her back to the palace with her family.

Koriand'r never blamed or resented her parents, she understood that it was a necessary action, her obligations to her planet and to the throne were above her own life or freedom. As soon as she got home and while she was recovering, she resumed her duties and continued her training as heiress. By then, her bond with her sister had been completely broken.

The return of the princess did not calm the situation of an increasingly politically unstable planet. To achieve unity and try to stabilize the panorama, the kings agreed to the engagement of their daughter with the son of the regents of the Southern States. Koriand'r was not very enthusiastic about this arrangement, but again, her obligations took precedence over her desires. Prince Karras was kind, polite, and tried hard to make her happy, but they weren't really in love with each other. Still, both of them tried their best to get along and not let their families down.

Two months before the wedding, a letter from the Psions arrived at the palace demanding an outrageous amount of resources in exchange for returning Komand'r alive. Kori was so busy with her chores that she hadn't even noticed her sister's absence. When she saw the letter, she pleaded with her parents to pay the ransom. But they refused, arguing that she was a curse and she would be better off away from Tamaran. But she couldn't accept it, so the next night she took one of the crafts of the royal army and went in search of her sister. A part of her also wanted to take time away from her duties and her fiancé, even though she planned to be back before the wedding.

Finding Komand'r among all the ships where the Psion experimented was not easy and in one of her raids, she herself was captured. Remembering the horror of the previous time and with her new powers under control, she managed to free herself and steal one of the small dropships. The escape was complicated and she had to take another course, away from the Vega Solar System. The princess traveled as far as she could until a projectile hit her ship, causing it to lose control and crash on an unknown planet.

An elderly couple found the unconscious redheaded girl in the wreckage of the craft and took her to their home to help her. Three days later, she woke up. Everything was so different in that place, but her rescuers were kind and sheltered her in their humble house until she was completely healed. Earth seemed like a lovely place in which to hide from her pursuers and her forced engagement. Her obvious physical differences from Earthlings made the adaptation a bit difficult, but still, she was able to get a job as a model.

When Koriand’r managed to collect enough money to reward the couple who had helped her so much, she moved to Gotham City with the intention of continuing her career and creating her new life on this beautiful planet.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Tamaranean physiology:**
* **Superhuman strength**
* **Superhuman durability**
* **Superhuman stamina**
* **Enhanced senses, vision, hearing and reflexes.**
* **Flight**
* **Ability to survive in space.**
* **Ultraviolet radiation absorption:** Her species are powered by radiation coming from stars. Due to the experiments that the Psions performed on her, Koriand’r is able to assimilate more radiation than average tamaraneans and concentrate it in the form of  Starbolts and Starblasts.
* **Knowledge and linguistic assimilation:** She can absorb memories and quickly learn languages by physical contact. Kisses are usually the fastest way.

### Skills

* **Combat skills:** As part of the royal family traditions, Kori and her sister were trained by the Warlords of Okaara in different disciplines of combat, including hand-to-hand and blade arms. She has also proved to have good aim with firearms.
* **Leadership:** As a princess of a naturally warrior race, she was trained to lead armies.
* **War strategy:** She has also studied the art of war and several strategies.
* **Aviation:** She’s able to pilot alien spacecrafts.
* **Medicine:** Since she was a child, she was highly interested in learning about physiology and medicine in Tamaran. On Earth, her curiosity grew and kept studying about human anatomy and first aid.

### Weaknesses

* **Dependency of ultraviolet radiation:** If she’s deprived of it, she would lose her vital energy and even die if it lasts for days.
* **Chromium allergy:** It makes her sneeze and throw starbolts uncontrollably.