Markov, Tara

Tara Markov was an illegitimate child of Viktor Markov, the king of Markovia. Code named Terra, she was an agent of Deathstroke and his inside girl in the Teen Titans.

## Tara Marie Markov

### Relatives

Geo-Force (half-brother), Gregor Markov (half-brother), Gregor Markov II (nephew), King Viktor Markov (father), Ilona Markov (sister-in-law), Denise Howard (sister-in-law)

## Hitstory

### Early Years

Terra was born to King Viktor Markov of Markovia and unknown woman out of wedlock, someone named her Tara. Much of her childhood is not known.

### Teen Years

She became a mercenary, doing dirty work for others such as Deathstroke the Terminator. She joined the Teen Titans, fooling them by staging a battle against Deathstroke. She then operated as a spy for Deathstroke, eventually giving him the information he needed to kidnap the Titans.

Eventually, the captured Titans were held in a stronghold of Deathstroke's contractors, the H.I.V.E. Nightwing and Deathstroke's son, Jericho, raided the complex to rescue them, but were captured. When presented to Deathstroke and the organization in general, Jericho possessed his father and freed the Titans. who then attacked H.I.V.E. Not knowing of Jericho's powers, Terra believed Deathstroke to have turned against her, and thus she went berserk and fatally pulled the whole H.I.V.E. complex down upon herself.

Right before Final Crisis, Geo-Force is seen with Black Lightning, contemplating murdering Deathstroke for making Terra go crazy. Geo-Force gets Deathstroke to the alley where Jericho had his throat slit all those years ago, rendering him unable to speak. Deathstroke defeated Geo-Force but explained that because Brion had Terra's powers now, the psychosis that Terra had was going to settle in on him. Geo-Force refused to believe this and did the only thing he could to stop Deathstroke from taking him over like he did to Terra: he slit his throat, bring back painful memories to Deathstroke. Deathstroke tries to save Brion but Brion stabs him in the stomach with Deathstroke's own sword. In that, Brion believes that he took revenge on Deathstroke for what he did to Terra.

In 1991 another Terra appeared, almost identical to the first as part of the Team Titans from a possible 2001. She was one of three people ostensibly from that future who were not wiped out in Zero Hour. She was told by the Time Trapper that this was because she was not from the future at all, although she destroyed Time Trapper's messenger orb out of panic before the story was finished. Subsequently, she discovered Tara Markov's coffin to be empty.

Further evidence suggested she is the original Terra, but due to her horror at what she did, Geo-Force decided to spare her this knowledge, thinking she would rather not have a past than have that one.

## Attributes

### Powers

* **Geokinesis**: Terra can control and manipulate all forms of rock and earthly substances and materials. Unlike her brother who has showed some geokinesis under stress, Terra can fully control the dirt and earth she controls and manipulates. There is no set limit to how far or how close she needs to be to the earth for this power and ability to work. She has been able to be completely off the ground and still control the earth. She has created tremors, earthquakes, sharpen rocks to a needle point, and has control over these elements for as long as she can physically maintain them.
	+ **Gravity Manipulation**
		- **Flight**: Frequently, she uses her ability to rip rock and earth from the ground and use it to fly. All the geography of her surrounding environment can be controlled by her through her force of will.

### Abilities

* **Deception**: Terra is a master of deceiving others. According to herself, she had always despised the Teen Titans during the whole time she worked alongside them.

### Illnesses

* **Mental Disorder**: At her core, Terra is an extreme psychotic with an absolute hatred towards almost everything and everyone else for no apparent reason. If pushed over the edge, she will lose all control over herself, which resulted in her death.