Tara Markov (Terra)

# Terra

## Tara Markov

Terra

Description Here ~ Tara or What Donna would say "Rock Munchkin"

## History

### Early Life

Tara was born in Markovburg, Markovia, as the youngest child of King Victor Markov. Her birth was the result of an affair the king had with an unnamed woman from America. Viktor wasted little time in exposing Tara to a series of experimental injections meant to give her extraordinary abilities when she grew older. However, she only reached the age of three years old before her uncle Fredrick Delamb murdered the king and queen. To cover up the experimentations that took place, Fredrick sent Tara away from the kingdom. An aid to the royal family escorted Tara to an undisclosed village where Fredrick could not find her to harm her.

As Tara grew up in this village, she slowly started to accept these people as her new family. Her brother Brion visited regularly, bringing a smile to her face each time. Though when she turned eight, the powers gifted to her by the experiments in her youth finally manifested. She tried to keep them hidden and control them, but the task was too much for her young and inexperienced mind. She slipped up, causing a small earthquake in front of the village people. They immediately accused her of witchcraft and bound her arms to her body with rope. For the rest of the day, they beat the child, tortured her, punishing her for the sinful acts she had committed. She was seconds away from death, staring down the barrel of a gun before the villager's head was sliced clean off his shoulders. The small girl watched a horrific scene unfold before her with assassins murdering anyone involved in the torture and attempted murder of Tara.

Terrified and with nowhere else to go, Tara allowed these assassins to take her back to the League of Shadows. For the last eleven years, she was trained ruthlessly under Nanda Parbat, and developed a bond with Talia Al Ghul as her mentor. The assassins gifted her the name of Terra based upon her abilities, labeling her after the Greek Goddess of Earth. She views the League as family, and even if she doesn't always agree with what she is told, there has been no signs to signify she wasn't loyal to those that saved her life.

Once becoming a teenager, Terra became more independent. She remained part of the league, but now often took extended absences to herself. She became a mercenary and a hitwoman to gain her own income and put her skills to use. Her longest absence having lasted an entire year when she was given a contract in Africa to assassinate King Tawaba.  It had required her to take the time to join his family and get close enough to him for her to strike and finish the job.

Though Terra was rescued from the murderous village, the impact that day had on her has never been forgotten. She developed PTSD from the horrific torture they forced her to endure. And when she suffers from an episode, her powers immediately trigger by default as a subconscious defense mechanism, doing anything from creating a tornado of dirt and sand around her, to summoning an earthquake powerful enough to level an entire city. Because of this, she's made it a habit to live in isolated caves away from those she may care about. The location of many of these caves had been provided to Nanda in case she was ever needed by the league. But for now, she spends most of her time alone until she is called upon to serve her purpose.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Geokinesis,**
* **Geo-restoration**
* **Geokinetic entity creation**
* **Creation and control of magma/lava**
* **Volcano summoning**
* **Can cause earthquakes**

### Skills

* **Hand-to-hand combatant**
* **Swordsmanship**