Lena Luthor

**Lena Kieran Luthor** is the tritagonist of the TV series *Supergirl*.

She is Kara Danvers' best friend, the half-sister of Lex Luthor, and the godmother of Alex and Kelly's foster daughter Esme. She tries to rid her company LexCorps of her brother's crimes.

Lena is initially angry at Kara for never telling her that she is Supergirl and for a majority of Season 4 and 5, gets back at her. However, Lena eventually realizes the error of her ways, reconciles with Kara and becomes her best friend once more and full-time member of Supergirl's team.

In the sixth season, Lena learned her mother was a witch and inherited her magical abilities.

## Early History

Lena Luthor was born October 24, 1993 from a love affair between billionaire and philanthropist Lionel Luther and his mistress Elizabeth Walsh. When Elizabeth was pregnant, Lionel paid her off to take care of their daughter when he wanted to make amends with his wife after commiting adultery. Despite his distance, Lionel kept tabs on her. When Lena was four years old, her mother drowned and Lena was placed in her father's custody. Despite Lillian being absent Lena's adoption, she soon changed her mind when Lena beat Lex at a game of chess. Her brother, who she would come to hate for his dishonesty, was the first to welcome her and made Lena proud to be a Luthor. After her father Lionel became a drunk, and later died from loneliness, Lena was left in Lillian's care. Despite Lillian being distant from Lena, she was proud of Lena for getting revenge on her school bully by exposing her diary to the entire school. However, Lena would later regret this as an adult after realizing that what she did hurt someone and that she had stooped to her mother and brother's level. Lena attended Mount Helena Boarding School. In 2004 when she was 11, Lena met and befriended Andrea Rojas. During this time, she also became acquainted with Veronica Sinclair, but the two never really got along.[9] Lena had a boyfriend named Taylor for a time, though he was paid by Lillian to end it.

In their youth, Lena and her half-brother were very close, with Lex affectionately referring to her as "The Lost Princess" after the Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanova. Lena also grew close to her brother's associate, Mercy Graves, when the latter began a relationship with Lex. The two forged something of a sister bond and Mercy would help Lena with her scientific experiments cuz she thought she was brilliant. Lex and Lena's relationship became strained after his crimes against Superman and humanity were exposed to the media.Lena graduated from MIT. During this period in 2012 at the age of 19, she met and befriended Jack Spheer and later dates him.  At one point, Lex abducted Lena when he turned the sun red in his attempt to weaken Superman. However, she was saved by the authorities when they came in to arrest Lex. After her brother was sent to prison, Lena took over the family business in 2016 and wanted to make Luthorcorp a force for good.

In the following year, Lena became best friends with Kara Zor-El, unaware of her secret identity as Supergirl for many years. Despite feeling embittered and betrayed when Lena learned the truth from a dying Lex, who she shot, Lena began doing unethical experiments but with strong morals. However, the Two friends later reconciled when Lena helps Kara defeat Lex and his project, obsidians, protects her from Acrata (who Lena referred) and saves her from the Phantom Zone.

In 2019,Lena, along with the rest of the Earth-38 refugees, died soon after in the destruction of the last Earth (Earth-1) by the Anti-Monitor.

## Personality

Unlike most of her family, Lena Luthor was one of the kindest and purest Luthor in her entire family. Growing up in a  household with both Lex and Lillian Luthor after her father, Lionel died, Lena remained honorable, resourceful, selfless, and honest. While proud of the family name, Lena was appalled by her adoptive mother and half-brother's actions, especially Lex's vendetta against Superman and Lillian's racist and fanatic actions against other aliens. She was determined to restore her family name, and by extension, her father. However, she holds crucial information on her known allies out of necessity rather than malice.  Her intelligence, integrity, morals, and support help make her a crucial ally as well as an honest person.

However, she is a dangerous enemy to those who would underestimate her or those who put her friends and family in danger. Despite Lillian warning Chet Miner that he should not underestimate her daughter, Chet makes the mistake of doing just that, and Queen Rhea soon follows suit. She also feigned her allegiance to Lillian so she could destroy the Medusa virus and turned her mother up to the authorities. She could also tell Rhea's true alien nature, voiding the Daxamite Queen's business proposal and telling her to leave. At the age of four, she was able to beat her older half-brother in chess.

She also admires those with a "brutal honesty" streak; for example, when Clark subtly accused her of sabotaging a rocket launch, Lena was amused by Kent, saying he had some "steel behind that Kansas charm. Despite this, Lena's strong moral compass prevents her from exhibiting that same level of appreciation towards those of less than honorable intent.  For example, she showed her disgust for Beth Breen and Morgan Edge's unethical usage of their respective companies. Instead, they looked out for themselves rather than the well-being of other people, including their company. She also stopped L-Corp's military contracts and channels because some of the individuals would use L-Corp's warfare technology for terrorism and murder. This is due to her family being associated with murder and attempted world domination.

Because of her need to find a name for herself and feeling like an outsider among her own family, Lena was able to develop a genuine friendship with Kara Danvers and later forge an alliance with Supergirl. By Season 3, Lena had regarded Kara as her best friend and insisted that they go on a first-name basis. However, she was unaware that her best friend and Supergirl were the same person until Lex Luthor revealed it to Lena after she shot him in self-defense. Some of Kara's friends disapproved of their friendship because some believed Lena was just like her entire family. In fact, one could go so far as to say that - with Cat Grant leaving National City - upon their first encounter, Lena has since become the "new Cat" in Kara's life who occasionally gives out sage advice based on her own life's experiences, much like Cat did. Lena initially had a good relationship with Kara Danvers and by extension, her alter-ego, Supergirl, but after she discovered that the latter had violated her privacy, she became openly cold and distant towards the Kryptonian, despite their strained relationship, she was still willing to help clear Supergirl's name when a copy of the Kryptonian (Red Daughter) attack the White House.

Lena still had a good relationship with Kara (initially unaware that Kara/Supergirl are the same) However, after feeling betrayed by Kara for not telling her her secret, she no longer considered them friends. This was proven when a dying Lex shows her a video recording of Kara using her Kryptonian powers. He also revealed to her that Kara is Supergirl and that the Kryptonian has been lying to her from the beginning. although she was willing to celebrate victory with Kara and the rest of their friends, Lena vetted out her anger by crushing a picture of the two of them together. Lena became exactly what she hated.

Even when she turned evil and did some terrible things, Lena was just a damaged woman who had been consumed by her tragic inner struggles that she became blinded by her feelings and gained a false sense of justice. Beneath her rough exterior of a hateful and cynical misanthrope, she was truly an insecure and misguided person who only wanted everyone to be honest and pleasant to others. She is also capable of showing respect towards her enemies and had attachments to the very few people she cared about at that point and did some good things despite her villainy.

Overall, though her complexity, Lena is ultimately a good-natured person who just wants to help people in her own way. It was not until some of the test subjects from Obsidian reacted violently to the virtual reality when Lena realized the horrible mistakes she made. By the end of season 6, Lena had become close friends with the Superfriends and became a valued member of the team. She formed a genuine friendship with Alex and Brainiac-5, even becoming the godmother of Alex and Kelly's daughter, Esme.

## Relationships

* Lena and Brainy (close friends; former enemies)
* Lena and Kara (Best Friends)