Perdita Zytle

## Background

### 1999 - 2012: Perdita Zytle

Perdita Zytle is the first & only daughter of King André & Queen Marie, thus making her the rightful heir of Vlatava. Her birth came with some complications, causing her mother's death & leaving her alone with her father.

Princess Perdita lived a privileged lifestyle since birth, having guards follow her around all hours of the day. As the heir to the throne, she was suspected to be a target & was kept within the country's borders for most of her life. She was taught by private tutors, which were vetted by various levels of government & her father himself.

At the age of thirteen, Perdita fell ill & required a heart transplant. To make sure his daughter had the best, she was hospitalized at Evergreen Medical Center. As her heart donor was located in Ivy Town, Impulse was given the task of carrying the heart across the country. Perdita's uncle Werner Zytle planned to assassinate her father on foreign soil then halt her transplant so he would be made King of Vlatava.

While in surgery, Perdita's father fell ill himself & shortly died due a poison being entered into his system. The Vlatavan government attempted to remove Perdita but no moves could be made as surgery had already began. Believing it to be a plot on the throne, the Flash coordinated with Perdita & it was announced that she had died on the operating table.

Count Vertigo, now believing himself to be King of Vlatava, spoke with the Impulse & ended up incriminating himself in the attempted murder of Perdita & the murder of her father. Realizing it was him all along, he revealed that Perdita was still alive. Perdita charged Vertigo with high treason & stripped him of his diplomatic immunity.

### 2012 - Present: Queen Perdita

Perdita's life made a major adjustment, she was the victim of an assassination attempt, her father was murdered by her uncle & she was now the Queen of Vlatava at the age of thirteen. With her uncle's imprisonment & eventual ban from returning to Vlatava, Perdita ruled her kingdom with a time of peace.

Perdita returned to her royal duties & stayed to herself, though her attendants pushed for her to find a worthy suiter to sit next to her on the throne. But Perdita would find love in Garfield Logan after meeting him at a United Nations meeting where he was providing security. Upon discovering that the queen was dating a celebrated television actor & crimefighter, the press dubbed the high profile relationship as "Gardita."

## Powers & Abilities

* **Hand to Hand Combat:** Perdita was taught combat since the death of her parents. She's honed her skills after she began dating Garfield.
* **Medicine:** She's able to apply first aid.
* **Multilingualism:** She is fluent in English, French, Greek, Italian, Kasnian, Markovic & Vlatavan.
* **Royalty:** Perdita was made Queen of Vlatava after the deaths of her parents, a position she has held since she was twelve years old.
* **Wealth:** As Queen, she has a very considerate bank account & owns many properties in Vlatava.

### Ratings

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

## Trivia

* Garfield & Perdita were deemed a supercouple & earned the name "Gardita" in the media.
* At one point, her royal advisors felt the best option for a future husband Prince Brion of Markovia, the neighboring country of Vlatava. But things took a bad turn in Markovia with the assassination of Brion's parents, King Viktor & Queen Illana. In the wake of their deaths, Brion was outed as metahuman & when his oldest brother Gregor became king, he put a ban on metahumans in Markovia, leading to Brion having to leave the country soon after.

## Notes

* Her relationship with Beast Boy is a nod to the TV show *Young Justice.*
* In the *New 52*, Vertigo has a niece named Katya. Her middle name is a nod to this.