Tara Markov

## Background

### 1998 - 2012: Tara Markov

Princess Tara Markov was born the third child & only daughter of King Viktor & Queen Illona of Markovia. Tara was the most mischievous of her siblings, partly in due to the lack of attention that her father gave her. She was known as rebel, constantly ditching her royal guards to go wherever she pleased. She was also very close with her siblings & dressed up as Wonder Woman whenever they played as superheroes.

Her older brother Brion, who was studying in England at the time, invited Tara to come visit. Instead of spending time with her, he went clubbing, leaving Tara alone with her guards at his residence. While Brion was out, armed kidnappers raided the residence & kidnapped her, killing most of her guards in the process. She was then taken back to Markovburg, the capital of Markovia. Tara was locked in the basement of Markovburg Children's Hospital, the base of her uncle Frederick DeLamb's operations.

Her uncle had activated his own metagene then began trafficking other metahumans. Unknown to Tara, she was tested during her last doctor's visit. When he realized that she was also a Stratan, he had her kidnapped. At the hospital, she was bathed in tar to activate her dormant metagene.

After turning her meta-active, he shipped her off to an unknown location before Deathstroke came across her. Upon liberating her from Bedlam, Tara began her training in the League of Shadows. Her trust was weakened by Slade until she was completely dependent on him. It was then enforced by telling her that she was like a daughter. Those statements only made Tara feel more safe with the League due to her unsolved problems with her father.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Stratan Physiology:** Terra can control & manipulate all forms of rock & earthly substances & materials. Terra can fully control the dirt & earth she controls & manipulates. There is no set limit to how far or how close she needs to be to the earth for this power and ability to work. She has been able to be completely off the ground and still control the earth. She has created tremors, earthquakes, sharpen rocks to a needle point, and has control over these elements for as long as she can physically maintain them.
	+ ***Geokinetic Healing***
	+ ***Geokinetic-Assisted Flight*:** Terra often transports herself & others by riding on a large rock.
	+ ***Tactile Sensitivity***
* **Deception:** She deceived the Titans into believing she was on their side when she was a double agent for The Light.
* **Multilingualism:** She is fluent in English, Italian, Greek, Markovic & Vlatavan.

### Ratings

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

## Trivia

* Tara is easily manipulated.
* Slade Wilson is her former mentor.
* She does not get alonge with Ravager. Most believed it to be stemmed from the fact that Slade became Terra’s mentor after distancing himself from Rose. He also was her mentor while Rose was kidnapped by HIVE, which rubs Rose the wrong way. Words have been sade & they have traded blows before.

## Notes

* Her origin story is a combination of various versions of Terra.