Tal-Rho

## Media

### Alias

Morgan Edge; First Son of Krypton; Son of Zeta-Rho and Lara Lor-Van; Mr. Edge; Last Son of the House of Rho; Uncle Morgan (by himself); Brother (by Superman); Uncle Tal; Shady Uncle (by Natalie Lane Irons)

### Occupation

Owner of the Daily Planet (formerly)
Majority shareholder of Galaxy Holdings (formerly)
CEO of Edge EnerCorp (formerly)

### Affiliations

Galaxy Holdings (formerly)
Daily Planet (formerly)
Edge EnerCorp (formerly)

### Family

Zeta-Rho (father; deceased)
Lara Lor-Van (mother; deceased)
Kal-El/Clark Kent (maternal younger half-brother)
Jordan Kent (nephew)
Jonathan Kent II (nephew)Lara Lor-Van (mother)
Kal-El (younger maternal half-brother)
Lois Lane (half-sister-in-law)
Jordan and Jonathan Kent (nephews)
Natalie Kent † (niece)

### Friends

Leslie Larr
Derek Powell (formerly)
David Fuglestad
Superman
Kal-El (Bizarro World)
John Henry Irons/Man of Steel
Jordan Kent
Lois Lane
Jonathan Kent
Natalie Irons

### Enemies

Superman (formerly)
Jordan Kent (formerly)
Jonathan Kent (formerly)
John Henry Irons (sometimes)
Sam Lane (sometimes)
Lois Lane (sometimes)
Mitch Anderson
Ally Allston
Lana Lang
Kyle Cushing
Bizarro (temporarily)

## Defining Moments

### Heroic Action

Protecting Kal by taking the green kryptonite bullets fired at him by Mitch Anderson.

### Event Moral Horizon

Trying to kill Lois Lane and Sharon Powell
Attacking his own nephews and sister-in-law

**Tal-Rho** (also known as **Morgan Edge** and the **Eradicator**) is an antagonist turned anti-hero in the Arrowverse, first appearing in the television series *Superman & Lois.*

He is a world conqueror and former businessman who is Clark's older maternal half-brother.

A version of the character appeared in the sister television series *Supergirl.*

## Characteristics

**Tal-Rho** is son of Zeta-Rho and Lara Lor-Van, making him the maternal half-brother of Kal-El, the brother-in-law of Lois Lane, and the paternal uncle of Jordan and Jonathan Kent.

Feeling abandoned by his mother, Tal-Rho became embittered and began putting late Kryptonians into human's consciences to rebuilt Krypton, enacting his father's vision of resurrection. However, Tal was later defeated by his brother and his ally, John Henry Irons and arrested.

At least a year later, Tal spent it in a secluded red sun cell. Eventually, he reconciled with Clark and helped his family fighting against Ally Allston; however, during the battle, Tal left and entered the Inverse World to explore his doppelgänger's life, starting with the woman he was married to in this timeline.

## Analysis

* Killed two farmers as soon as he landed on Earth and later, a group of scientists who were holding him hostage.
* Eventually rose to the ranks and became the owner of his own company that caused major problems.
* Promised to give people of New Carthage, Granville, and Hazel Green with jobs and prosperity. However, he was actually looking for X kryptonite for his Kryptonian armies. His search and investments ultimately lead to the destruction of said towns, downward spiraling them into poverty.
	+ After learning Kal-El was his half-brother, Tal thought of bringing his brother in on his plan to revive Krypton by reuniting themselves with their mother.
* Illegally experimented on people with X-kryptonite, giving them powers.
* In Saskatchewan, when his mother's Eradicator tech finally returned, Tal began implanting Kryptonian consciences into the test subjects by sending them through a painful transformation
	+ Some of these innocent workers were his assistant, Irma Sayres, who later became Leslie Larr and Derek Powell, and David Fuglestad. Leslie and David Fuglestad were the only one who were in control of their Kryptonian powers, while Derek Powell was rejecting these powers. This turns out that those born in Smallville were exposed to X kryptonite their whole lives and built an immunity to it.
	+ This lead to the disappearance of Derek Powell from New Carthage. Because Derek was not born in Smallville, the Kryptonian he was hosting began glitching out. This caused him to burn down the building where Lana was sponsoring a charity donation and nearly hurting people.
* Often sent Fuglestad as his hitman and assassin.
* Deliberately rewrote Lois' article when she attempted to discredit him.
* Tal deliberately found ways to scare Lois off. This including sending David to set her car on fire and later, Leslie Larr to threatening her with a lawsuit if Lois intends to publish incriminating information on Morgan Edge.
* When Lois confronts Morgan Edge and Leslie at the Shuster mines, he mocks Lois for her family's ordeals: living on a small income, pointing out her unemployed husband and raising two sons on a small income.
* Used his charisma to even corrupt Kyle and manipulate others into believing he was trying to help him for the greater good.
* Sends Emily Phan, Kyle and an unnamed man to attack Lois and her son, Jonathan in order to have Emily steal her ELT to contact Clark himself.

### Makings of an Antivillain

* Tal willingly stood in front of Kal when Mitch Anderson fired green kryptonite at him. However, when he was fatally wounded

## Powers and abilities

### Powers

* **Kryptonian Physiology:** When on a planet with a yellow sun, Tal-Rho gained various superhuman abilities, which he discovered when he first came to Earth. When on a planet with a red sun, he is downgraded to a similar human physiology but more resilient.
	+ **Enhanced mental capacity**
	+ **Solar energy absorption**
		- **Superhuman strength**
		- **Super Durability**
		- **Superhuman speed**
		- **Accelerated perception**
		- **Flight**
		- **Heat vision**
		- **Super stamina**
		- **Enhanced senses**
		- **Super hearing**
		- **Flight**
		- **Invulnerability**

#### Former

* **Eradicator application**
	+ **Kryptonite immunity:**
	+ **Solar energy blasts:**
		- **Force field generation**:
	+ **Mind transference**:

### Abilities

* **Business Management**
* **Deception**
* **Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced)**
	+ **Aerial Combat**
* **Historiography**
* **Leadership**
* **Multilingualism**
* **Science**

### Weaknesses

* **Kryptonite**
* **Red sun energy**
* **Magic**
* **Lead**
* **Sound-dampening**

## Relationships

* Zeta-Rho † - father
* Lara Lor-Van - mother
* Kal-El - maternal half-brother
* Jordan Kent - nephew
* Jonathan Kent - nephew
* Lois Lane - sister-in-law

## Trivia

* In the comics Superman does not have any siblings, with his clone, Kon-El being an exception.

## Navigation

**Superman, Supergirl**
Movies
***DC Extended Universe:*** Darkseid
Live-Action TV
**Smallville:** Clark Kent, Chloe Sullivan, Lex Luthor, Lana Lang, Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent, Lionel Luthor
**Arrowverse:** Clark Kent/Superman, Kara Danvers, J'onn J'onzz, Oliver Queen/Green Arrow
**Superman & Lois:** Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Jonathan Kent, Jordan Kent, **Tal-Rho**
Relationships: Superman and Lois Lane, Clark and Lana (Overall, Smallville), Clark Kent and Lionel Luthor, Superman and Wonder Woman, Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne