Alura Zor-El

**Alura Zor-El (née In-Ze)** was a general on Krypton and the mother of Kara Zor-El.

## Biography

### Life in Argo City

At some point, Alura rose through the ranks of the Krypton Military Guild and achieved the rank of General. After getting married to her husband Zor-El, Alura gave birth to a daughter named Kara. As Kara got older, Alura trained her for everything.

### Bonding with Kara

One such day, Alura and Kara went for an outing to a lush natural park outside of Argo City. There, the two engaged in a foot race. During the race, she and her daughter tried to one-up each other to win, such as distracting Kara and the latter taking a shortcut and emerging victorious. Taking her seat on a voice materializing park bench, Alura relaxes to catch her breath. Watching Kara cheer and boast, Alura commends her daughter on her improved running form and stamina. Although Kara offers to teach her some pointers for their next run, Alura uneasily reminds Kara of her many duties to Argo City, the Science Council, and the Military Guild -- all of which leave no time for Kara. Seeing her daughter depressed, Alura promises to make time for Kara and assures her with a warm embrace. As a bonus, Alura reveals that Kara's application to join the Guild has been finalized and presents her with a Cadet's badge to begin her life in the Military alongside her. Kara is overjoyed to hear the news.

### Saving her Daughter

Just then, disaster struck as the planet's surface began to crumble and shake. Alura grabs Kara by the wrist as she takes her daughter to a base in Argo City. Inside, Alura revealed a series of escape pods she developed in secret from the Science Council (and the reason for being absent from Kara's life) to escape their planet's destruction. The plan was to have the pods ready to evacuate all the inhabitants of Argo City. That is, until a system malfunction crashes and deactivated all the pods. Alura begins to lose all hope until she's comforted by Kara. Just then, Alura finds that only one pod is able to function. She prepares the pod for Kara to follow the latter's infant cousin to a new world. In an emotional farewell, Alura can only watch as she stood behind and jettisoned her daughter into space, with a helpless Kara watching her homeworld be obliterated along with her mother.

### Legacy

#### Ensuring Kara's New Beginnings

Alura was able to send her daughter out in the nick of time until her planet's explosion. However, Kara's escape pod was hit with debris from Krypton's remains and sent the girl off-course and hurtling into the Phantom Zone. Kara's pod drifted the Zone's vast oblivion before crash landing on Earth. There, Kara was found by her now grown up cousin Kal-El due to being in the Phantom Zone for decades. After a few months, Kara struggled to get her bearings until she became Supergirl

#### With Supergirl in Spirit

In the future, as she defeats Brainiac with help from his altruistic descendant, Kara tries to stop the Coluan's reality warping Miracle Machine. In her attempt to reverse the machine's effects, Kara's deepest desires summon Alura's soul in front of her. Wanting to bring both Alura and all of Krypton back, Kara is reminded by Brainiac 5 that it won't stop all of reality from imploding. Kara tearfully bonds with the vision of Alura. Knowing that Kara has done her proud in spite of her grief, Alura smiles and states that she'll be with her always. As Kara wills the Miracle Machine into a new reality, Alura's spirit leaves Kara her Guild badge as a memento before bidding her farewell a second time as she fades away in a flash of light.

## Powers and Abilities

**Kryptonian Physiology**: If she had been under a yellow sun she would've possessed the same potential powers as an average Kryptonian.

**Peak Conditioning**: Due to her training in the Kryptonian Military Guild, Alura has her body honed to it's peak, almost mirroring that of an Olympian human athlete. This is shown in the beginning of the film where she and Kara spend the day jogging and trying to one-up each other. Her physical prowess does have limits as she loses the race to Kara, slumping on a bench to catch her breath.

## References

1. ↑ In Superman: Man of Tomorrow, Superman states that he is 24 years old. That would place the Destruction of Krypton in around 1997.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Legion of Super-Heroes