Dee

"*There are invisible vibrations all around us. In the air, in the water, the trees. People like us have a unique vibrational signature. Think of it like a, uh, fingerprint. My wings give me the ability to sense it. [...] They're a part of me, made from a rare metal found on... my home planet. Thanagar.*"
—Dee to Naomi[src]
**Darcovo**, better known as **Dee**, is a main character on The CW's superhero drama *Naomi*. He is portrayed by Alexander Wraith.

Dee is the owner of a local tattoo parlor and a winged alien from the planet Thanagar. When a strange event leaves the town in chaos, Dee hints that he knows more than he is willing to tell.

## Biography

### Early life

Dee is from Thanagar and fought alongside Superman and Adam Blake in a war a long time ago. Just under 20 years ago, Dee moved to Port Oswego. However, in 2012, he left the planet in search of Qyeala, his lost love. It was in her honor that he had a "Q" tattooed on his neck.

### Meeting Naomi

Dee is confronted by Naomi after she reviewed the footage from the stunt in the Square involving Superman, which seemed to indicate that Dee knew him. However, he claims that he didn't, but Naomi isn't convinced he's telling her the truth, especially after he references her glasses and adoption date, which no one else knew. She asks for answers, but he replies that he can't give her answers if she's not asking the right questions. Eventually, he relents and reveals that he planned the fight on Main Street for publicity for his shop and that he hired an actor with a jetpack.

Naomi returns after realizing that he lied to her about being behind the stunt on Main Street. Dee explains that he simply wasn't comfortable with confrontation. He then admits to being there on the day she was adopted and that there was another mysterious encounter. Naomi mentions that she's been hearing buzzing, which Dee suspects may have something to do with people like them. When Naomi inquires further, he replies that it wasn't supposed to happen like this, and then a large set of metal wings sprout from his back. Naomi asks who he is, but he replies that she's still asking the wrong questions. As the lights flicker, he asks her what is the right question. Naomi replies that the real question is, "Who am I?"

### Mentoring Naomi

Dee doesn't know everything, but he is certain of one thing — that all this started on March 14, 2004, when he saw the light in the sky and first sensed Naomi's presence. He further explains how there are invisible vibrations all around them and that people like them have a unique vibrational signature, similar to a fingerprint, and Dee's wings grant him the ability to sense it. Speaking of, his wings are made from a rare metal found on his home planet of Thanagar. Dee's an alien, as is Naomi, who is a bit overwhelmed by the revelation. He didn't tell her sooner because he didn't want to blow up her life, as her abilities seemed dormant and she seemed happy.

The following day, he meets Naomi at the bridge, from which he expects her to jump. If she is an alien, as he claims, she'll be unharmed and even defy gravity. As further proof of his claims, Dee points out that she's never been injured a single day in her life, and that's because she's not human. However, Naomi reluctant to believe that she's an alien and unwilling to jump down into the river. Dee recalls how Superman once told him that "Impossible is relative," revealing to Naomi that he fought side by side with Superman a long time ago, in a war. Naomi maintains her stance and denounces the existence of superheroes and aliens. Realizing that she's not ready to accept the truth, Dee jumps off the bridge himself and spreads his metal wings. As he hovers above the bridge, Dee tells Naomi that she is an alien and that finding the crash site won't change that.

When Naomi finally returns to his shop, she has accepted her truth, that she's an alien, and asks for Dee's help. And so, Dee trains Naomi, returning to the bridge and convincing her to jump into the river, which she does without incident, confirming that she is in fact an alien.

Dee trains Naomi in the dojo beneath his tattoo shop. They start off easy, with Naomi simply bouncing tennis balls with both hands. However, Naomi can't seem to stop thinking about the disk, and she recalls seeing similar markings at the mill. She feels as if she's connected to the disk, but Dee advises her to remain focus on the task at hand. However, when Naomi returns, she reveals that she not only broke into Zumbado's dealership and stole the disk, but that it also vanished when she tried to perform tests on it. Realizing that Naomi won't stop until she gets answers, Dee introduces her to an old alien friend of his, Adam Blake. From Adam, they learn that the disk is an ancient form of communication and that it and Naomi are very connected. However, the disk she stole from Zumbado was a fake. Just then, Adam's hideout is attacked by a special ops team, forcing Dee and Naomi to flee whilst he provides a distraction.

They return to the tattoo shop, where Dee assures Naomi that Adam will be fine and that they left because she wasn't ready for combat despite her growing powers. She still needs time to learn how to control them, but Naomi insists that she's ready. However, when she later returns to the shop, she admits that Dee was right about her powers after nearly killing both herself and Annabelle. However, Naomi was able to translate the markings on the disk, it said "The Twenty-Nine."

Dee continues his training with Naomi, but he notices that something is wrong when she hits the punching bag so hard that it hits the wall and cracks the tile. Hoping to relieve Naomi of her anger, he suggests that for their next session, they begin meditation training. He then inquiries about the source of Naomi's rage, and she reveals that her parents have known that she's an alien all along. She, in turn, told them that Dee's an alien, and now they want him to come to dinner. Naomi still doesn't know anything about where she came from, but Dee suspects that for someone to have sent Naomi to this earth, the situation must've been dire. The universe is vast. Some are strong, others are weak, and there are a few that are considered most special of all, and Dee believes that Naomi's from one of those planets.

Dee attends dinner at the McDuffies' as planned, where they have an awkward dinner and discuss his mentoring of Naomi as well as his own alien nature. Dee reveals that he's been in Port Oswego for nearly 20 years, but not the entire time, as he left earth entirely back in 2012, though he doesn't specify where exactly he went. They also discuss his wings, his ability to sense others with powers, and the rock they found Naomi on. Feeling as if he's being interrogated, Dee leaves early. However, he's on time to save Naomi when she's attacked at the school by a bounty hunter named Jaeger. After chasing him off, Dee reveals to Naomi that more beings will come after her now that her abilities have manifested. He also tells her about his lost love, Qyeala, for whom the Q tattooed on his neck represents. He doesn't know what happened to her, but he wished he had expressed his love for her back then.

### Tracking down the bounty hunter

After a successful training session with Naomi, in which he advised her to face or fight her fears, Dee seeks out help from Zumbado, whom he's known personally for quite some time, to track down the bounty hunter, though he is reluctant to help, claiming that none of this would've happened if Dee stayed away from Naomi as they agreed. Nevertheless, Dee can sense the bounty hunter, and he needs Zumbado's help in stopping him for both of their sake. However, Zumbado realizes that Dee isn't doing this for Naomi, rather himself. A Thanagarian war criminal would be high value to a bounty hunter, and Dee's kind aren't exactly known for showing mercy to deserters, but that's not who Dee is anymore. The bounty hunter is known to carry a device, a record of their targets, and if they can recover that, they'll know who sent him.

Dee tracks Jaeger the bounty hunter down to an abandoned warehouse and makes him a one time offer: to stay on the plant until he heals in exchange for his life. When Jaeger declines his offer, Zumbado knocks him to the ground and takes the device from his pocket, learning the identity of his employer, who is no threat or concern to Dee. However, there's another name on the list that will be of interest to him, that being Qyeala.

### Searching for Qyeala

After another successful training session, Dee tells Naomi that he's leaving for a few days to follow up a lead regarding Qyeala, but he wants her to continue her training in his absence, as he doesn't want her powers becoming a crutch. On Thanagar, women are warriors, but girls on this planet speak of being protected by men, though Naomi doesn't need that. After a brief interaction with Nathan, Dee leaves to meet with Adam at a bar frequented by aliens in search of a mercenary named Lux. Dee shares with Adam how he and Q decided to get out. They were on a planet, in a different universe, fighting yet another war. The things they saw made them realize they didn't want that life anymore, and so they decided to come to earth.

Dee and Adam approach Lux in a booth and ask him about Qyeala, who Lux claims he doesn't know, but Dee notices that Lux is wearing Qyeala's ring around his neck and bashes his face into the table, showing Lux his identical ring and asking once more where he got it from. Lux reluctantly reveals that he got it from Qyeala, who he claims is dead. A few years ago, he was on a planet far from earth. A conflict broke out and both of them got pinned down. He took her ring to remind himself that it could've been him instead. Dee accepts the fact that Qyeala is likely dead, but before they can even leave the bar, they are confronted by Lux and three of his men. A fight erupts, but he and Adam dismantle Lux and his men. With Lux pinned to the ground, Dee takes Qyeala's necklace and leaves, returning to the shop, grabbing a box from the shelf containing memorabilia and placeing both his and Q's ring inside.

Dee learns from Annabelle that Naomi is missing. So, they go to Zumbado's shop, where they find blueprints of S.T.A.R. Labs and Dee learns that Naomi went to see Dr. Bell, who has been doing dangerous research. So, Dee heads over to S.T.A.R. Labs to rescue Naomi and Zumbado. He then drives Naomi and an enthusiastic Annabelle home. He tells her that if she ever needs him, that she knows where to find him and that she's a good friend, who Naomi is lucky to have.

### Preparing Naomi for war

Dee and Zumbado disagree about the best method to train Naomi, as Zumbado isn't impressed with Dee's hand-to-hand combat and weaponry training, though both Dee and Naomi agree that his training has been working. Furthermore, he explains that mastering a weapon is about disciple and developing feel and trust in one's instincts. Zumbado falls back only to return and further press the issue of accelerating the emergence of Naomi's powers, which Dee doesn't think is a good idea, as Naomi's powers are connected to her emotions, which she hasn't yet learned to control. Pushing her too hard and too fast could result in her losing control. So, after shutting Zumbado down once more, Dee is challenged to a hand-to-hand fight to determine who will train Naomi. Between the two of them, Dee is clearly the superior fighter, but Zumbado cheats and proceeds to use his powers to launch random car parts and miscellaneous items at Dee, breaking the rules of engagement and explaining that there's no honor with Naomi's enemies. With this in mind, they come to an agreement that Naomi will need the both of them to prepare for the battle ahead.

Dee receives an unexpected visit from Commander Steel, who questions him about how long he's been in Port Oswego. Afterward, he informs Zumbado of his run-in with the commander. Zumbado has some unfortunate news of his own, revealing that someone broke into Naomi's house and stole the disk. She also believes that there may be another being amongst them. Given the imminent danger they all face, Dee and Zumbado decide to warn the McDuffies in person, during their anniversary party. After learning from Greg and Jen that Commander Steel found Naomi's birth rock and that he may be suspicious of them, the McDuffies decide to initiate their contingency plan, which consists of Zumbado and Jen sneaking onto the base and planting evidence on Steel's computer to frame him, while Dee remains behind to watch over the party, during which he checks in on Naomi and tells her not to let this change her as a person, as she's someone who believes the best in people.

Dee learns from Naomi and Zumbado that Jen and Greg are aliens from Earth-29. Dee couldn't sense them because they don't have powers. But given this lie, Naomi begins to wonder what else her parents have lied to her about, thinking back to the dinner where Dee came over and asked if there was a light source coming from Naomi's birth rock. They claimed there wasn't, but Naomi isn't so sure anymore. Later, Dee gets a visit at his shop from Annabelle, who initially asks for his help in getting some items from Naomi's, as she doesn't want to get involved in Naomi's family drama herself. After giving Annabelle a few words of encouragement, Dee trains with Naomi, but he can tell that she's unfocused and upset, even as Naomi insists that she's fine. So, he reminds Naomi that she's strong and that no matter what happens, she's more than capable of standing on her own two feet.

After Dee learns that there's a force field around the school, trapping Naomi and her friends inside, he informs Zumbado and the McDuffies of his discovery. Fortunately, Zumbado has a plan to disrupt the force field around the school, but it means having to go to S.T.A.R. Labs, where Greg reveals that there's a quantum machine that is similarly being protected by a force field, as he believes the force field at the school is connected to the device on the quantum machine. And so, Dee and Zumbado go to S.T.A.R. Labs, where Zumbado uses his power on the quantum machine to hopefully dampen the force field around it, allowing for Dee to penetrate it with help from his nth wrist guard and destroy the device, but when there's no explosion, they realize it was merely a decoy. Fortunately, Naomi manages to save her friends herself.

### The truth about Qyeala

After meeting with Zumbado, Akira, and the McDuffies to discuss Naomi's future, during which they come to an agreement to get her out of town for her own safety, Dee is visited by Lourdes and Anthony, who have come asking questions about the Superman incident. Rather than answering, he and Zumbado warn them to stop asking questions and leave. When they do, Dee and Zumbado follow them out to the woods, where they are attacked by Julian. Dee and Zumbado defend Naomi's friends and force Julian to flee. They take Lourdes and Anthony back to the shop, where they reveal that they're aliens and Naomi's protectors. Dee later receives a visit from Mac, who claims that Qyeala is alive and makes him an offer.

Dee, Zumbado, Akira, and the McDuffies are all taken by Julian and the Assassin and placed in a warehouse with power dampening technology to lure Naomi out. Dee confronts the McDuffies for trying to leave town with Naomi without telling anyone, and Akira confronts Dee on the visit he received from Mac, though Dee insists he turned down her off. After being set free by Naomi and her friends, Dee confronts Julian, who reveals that Qyeala is on the prison planet, Gaolus. With Naomi safe, Dee prepares to resume training, however, she encourages him to pursue his lead on Qyeala.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Thanagarian physiology:** Dee possess several gifts that are common to members of his race but sets him apart from normal humans.
	+ **Enhanced Strength**: Dee is stronger than normal humans, he was able to overpower the Bounty Hunter.
	+ **Flight:** As a Thanagarian, Dee possesses the ability of flight through the use of nth metal wings that protrude from his upper back.
		- **Vibration sensing:** Dee's Nth wings also allow him to sense unique vibrational signatures, such as other aliens.
	+ **Superhuman Durability**: Dee’s skin is denser than that of normal humans, he was able to withstand Zumbado throwing car parts at him.
	+ **Extended longevity:** As a Thanagarian, Dee's life span is considerably longer than a normal human and likewise ages much slower.

### Abilities

* **Expert tactician:** Dee was very sharp-witted and methodical man, alert and adaptive to the situation. He was a quick learner, having gained great knowledge.
* **Master hand-to-hand combatant/Martial artist:** As a Thanagarian, Dee is trained in different types of hand-to-hand combat. He has been shown on multiple occasions being able to defend himself and Naomi, if needed.
	+ **Expert stick-fighter:** Dee is trained in different version of stick fighting. He is advanced enough to train Naomi with batons during their training sessions.
* **Meditation:** Dee is familiar with meditation designed to strengthen one's mind, as shown when teaching Naomi to control her powers.

## Appearances

### Season 1

* "Don't Believe Everything You Think"
* "Unidentified Flying Object"
* "Zero to Sixty"
* "Enigma"
* "Shadow Ridge"
* "Homecoming"
* "I Am Not a Used Car Salesman"
* "Fellowship of the Disc"
* "Keep Your Friends Close"
* "Fallout"
* "Worst Prom Ever"
* "Ready or Not"
* "Who Am I?"

## Trivia

* Dee is from Thanagar, home to Hawkman and Hawkgirl.

## References

1. ↑ Naomi reveals DC superhero's geeky passion and winged mentor in new photos - EW
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Season 1, Episode 2: ***"Unidentified Flying Object"***
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Season 1, Episode 3: ***"Zero to Sixty"***
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Season 1, Episode 4: ***"Enigma"***
5. ↑ Season 1, Episode 1: ***"Don't Believe Everything You Think"***
6. ↑ Season 1, Episode 5: ***"Shadow Ridge"***
7. ↑ Season 1, Episode 6: ***"Homecoming"***
8. ↑ Season 1, Episode 7: ***"I Am Not a Used Car Salesman"***
9. ↑ Season 1, Episode 8: ***"Fellowship of the Disc"***
10. ↑ Season 1, Episode 9: ***"Keep Your Friends Close"***
11. ↑ Season 1, Episode 10: ***"Fallout"***
12. ↑ Season 1, Episode 11: ***"Worst Prom Ever"***
13. ↑ Season 1, Episode 12: ***"Ready or Not"***
14. ↑ Season 1, Episode 13: ***"Who Am I?"***
15. ↑ I Am Not a Used Car Salesman