Courtney Whitmore (Star Girl)

# Star Girl

## Courtney Whitmore

Star Girl

Description Here ~ Star Girl

## History

Courtney Whitmore grew up in a very pleasant family, all she knew was California's sunshine and crisp roads. Her family was Christian therefore Courtney was made to go to Church every Sunday. The only daughter of Barbara Whitmore and Sam Kurtis, her father Sam had a very close bond with Courtney, the two loved to spend time doing projects with each other.

It was her perfect little family, all until her parents began to have arguments, and the Christian family sworn to the bible was falling apart. No man was pure of heart neither was any woman, this is when Court began to see the real world.

After years of courts and custody rights, her mother won full custody of Courtney. It's not that Courtney disliked her mother, she simply wanted to be with her father as well. The two divorcing mentally drained Court for a long time, her grades began to drop and the behavior of the blond girl only got worse. This was when Barbara took the time to find a new man, the two got married his name was Pat Dugan. With Courtney's grades dropping and her loneliness visible the family moved out of California and headed to Nebraska.

To begin with, Courtney hated the idea once again, though she soon moved into her new school and began to thrive. Making new friends almost instantly a spark lit inside of her, she began to spend time with her stepfather beginning to warm up to him, and that was when she discovered her step-father's secret. He was Stripesy the adult sidekick! She began to find other outfits and equipment, finding the Star Sprangle outfit Courtney confronted her step-father about it. Coincidentally, Pat was working on a new STRIPE Armor he introduced Courtney to the armor and made her swear to not use it.

While helping Pat STRIPE with thugs and other criminals, Courtney had no powers of her own. She was simply a girl with boxing and kickboxing experiences, not to mention her Gymnast always came in to help her. Swift and agile movements, never pulling a strain. However, during her last few days at high school, Courtney was attacked by the Dragon King completely outmatched Courtney put up a fight, though it wasn't until Starman [Ted Knight] came in to rescue the Star riddled Courtney.

Dragon King had harmed Starman's friends the previous night even killing one. The two agreed to help each other, she would help lure Dragon King out, and Starman would get his revenge as would she. Doing as told, Courtney eventually lured him out into a dark field, Starman eventually defeated the Dragon King though his age was catching up to him. Starman was retiring from his role, though saw fit for Courtney to take over his mantle.

Holding onto the Cosmic Staff her eyes became a dark black as the cosmic energy went through her. She was mentally linked to the staff, and after a year of being Stargirl, she began to have migraines and heavy headaches. Courtney could sense another power out there, similar to hers almost like she was linked to another person. Dreams began to attack her sleep, she was seeing a male with a staff. The only thing Courtney knew was that he was a Prince, with similar though not exact powers to her.

## Powers and Abilities

### Skills

* **Acrobatics:** fantastic Gymnast
* **Hand-To-Hand Combatant**

### Equipment

* **The Cosmic Belt:** The user of the cosmic belt has their senses enhanced, and enhanced agility, reflexes, speed, stamina, and strength.
* **Cosmic Staff:** Stargirls main power source comes from the cosmic staff, the powerful weapon is able to manipulate gravity, magnetic manipulation, force fields, energy projection, energy absorption, energy construction, heat emission, and attunement. The attunement links Courtney and the Staff mentally.