Dora Leigh

## Background

### 1986 - 2007: Dora Leigh

Dora was born the only daughter of international supermodel, Ramona Leigh & successful British businessman, Malcolm Leigh. With her parents' success, wealth & influence, Dora didn't want or need for much. As the child of a super couple, she had been in the limelight since she was born. Dora was a couple months shy of turning two when she lost her father to the intrinsic bombing of London. At the time, Dora had accompanied her mother to one of her many shoots out of the country.

Now solely raised by her busy mother, Dora was constantly on the move with her, leading to her being homeschooled for the better half of her life. Unlike her mother, she found it annoying with the paparazzi constantly chasing her & having flashes go off in her face when she would do regular tasks like grocery shopping. But as she got older, she became used to the limelight & began to thrive in it. Embracing her stardom, Dora soon become a British socialite of her own right & an occasional model when the opportunity presented itself.

After years of posing for cameras & making appearances on red carpets, Dora landed a huge shoot for ad that would be in highly recognized British magazine. As the stylist began doing Dora's hair for the shoot, the two began to disagree on the products being used in her hair as Dora. Unknown to Dora, she subconsciously began moving her hair to dodge the stylist. The stylist suddenly screamed upon noticing, causing Dora to look up in the mirror & see her own hair taking shapes of its own. Scared, she left the photo shoot & they picked someone else to take her place.

Dora returned to her apartment in the city & discovered that she had the power to stretch & move her hair any way she wanted to at will. At that moment, she decided she wanted to be more than just a pretty face & became the superhero of the Britain.

### 2007 - Present: Godiva

Using her hair & newly learned combat skills, she began taking down criminals & supervillains, with other superheroes helping her when they could. Impressed with her skills, the Justice League had her inducted on to the team about a year after her first appearance as Godiva. Because the team was primarily based in the United States, Dora began splitting her time between he two countries.

Dora began spending more time in the United States as she began a few romance with her teammates. She started dating fellow teammate, Aristides Demetrios, not too long after her induction to the team. After breaking up with Aristides & dating Booster Gold for some months, Dora fell under the charms of Cole Cash after their two respective teams worked together. Their relationship would prove to be a rocky one as they've been on & off with their first go round ending before they hit a year.

Outside of her personal relationship, Dora uses both her status as superhero, socialite & former model to bring attention to various issues across the globe.

## Romantic Relationships

* Aristides Demetrios: Boyfriend (2008 - 2010)
* Michael Carter: Boyfriend (2010)
* Cole Cash: Boyfriend (2012 - 2013), (2017 - )

## Powers & Abilities

* **Metahuman Physiology**
	+ ***Trichokinesis*:** Dora possesses prehensile hair, which gives her the ability to stretch her long hair, take various shapes, hardens, change her hair to wings to fly & make her hair transparent.
* **Hand to Hand Combat:** Dora knew basic combat as she mostly relied on her hair in battle. After she met Cole, he trained her in the tactics he had learned over the years & turned her into a formidable combatant.
* **Firearms:** Just like combat, Cole also taught her how to handle a wide array of firearms.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Strength:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Speed:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Occult:** 1 - Nonexistent
* **Weapons:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Range:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Strategy:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Combat:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **TOTAL:** 59 - Threat Level 2 / Low Threat

## Trivia

#### General

* Godiva joined the Justice League on June 3, 2008.

#### Cole Cash

* She has told Cole that if they can't make their relationship work this time around then they need to end it for good as the back & forth is not healthy.
* She remained unfazed when learning Cole's real age.
* When on Earth, she stays at Cole's apartment.

#### Relationships

* Catherine Cobert is her best friend. The two first became acquainted as they were both known models in Western Europe. They eventually went on to join the Justice League, though in different capacities & at different times but their friendship grew stronger.
* She is good friends with Thom Kallor aka Spaceman of the Legion of Superheroes.
* Dora is also friends with Courtney Krieger. Both frequently joke how they left modeling to save the world.

## Notes

* Her relationship to Booster Gold is a nod to *Justice League International* comics.
* Her address is a nod to her first comic appearance, *Infinity Inc.*#34 (January, 1987) & one of her creators, Todd McFarlane.