Thara Ak-Var

## Background

### 1964 - 1975: Thara Ak-Var

After serving on the Kryptonian Military Guild together for years, Ak-Var & Tes fell in love. The two would get married & give birth to a daughter, Thara Ak-Var. She instantly became the light of their life. She never wanted for much & as close friends of the House of El, she was given even more. Thara grew up living a life of luxury & protection. With both of her parents holding the ranks of aspirant major, she desired to follow in her parents footsteps.

### 1975 - 2001: Thara Ak-Var

She would never get the chance as Brainiac led the attack on the whole planet of Krypton. As her parents were best friends with the House of El, Thara was also given a space pod to leave in along with the House of El children, Kal-El & Kara Zor-El. The initial plan was for her to hide until her parents could come back to retrieve her but their military unit, Black Zero, was dispatched to respond to the impending crisis. Knowing that death was near, her parents put her in the space pod as the Brainiac probes broke into their house. Just as she left to enter the sky, Thara's last sight of her parents would be their slaughter.

When Krypton exploded, her & Kara's pods were knocked off course & sent into the Phantom Zone, a place where time does not exist. The two would remain in the Phantom Zone for 25 years until their pods reactivated. While their pods self navigated towards the Earth, the two pods would be separated upon entering its atmosphere.

### 2001 - 2013: Tara Danvers

Thara's pod eventually landed on Earth in National City, California. Since she didn't age during her time in the Phantom Zone, Thara still has the appearance of an eleven year old girl. She was found by Jeremiah & Eliza Danvers, a pair of scientists who were at the crash site for Eliza's experiments. The pair took her in, gave her the name Tara & used their credentials to expedite the adoption by saying they found her homeless on the street.

As she adapted to her new home, Tara had frequent panic attacks & was horribly claustrophobic from being stuck in her pod for so many years. After turning thirteen, she was enrolled school along with her adopted sister Alex Danvers. Tara was overwhelmed by the new environment & her developing powers, as she & her parents decided that it was best for it to remain a secret. Jeremiah even gave Tara a pair of lead-lined glasses she could wear to suppress her vision.

During Alex's college Thanksgiving break, Tara convinces her to sneak out & go flying despite the latter's initial protests. The two were later caught sneaking back into the house by Eliza & Jeremiah. The couple scolded the girls & Jeremiah reminded Tara that her powers were being kept secret from the public in order to protect her. To help her, they reached out to Superman through their DEO contacts as they were both from Krypton. As he had no recollection of their planet, he brought along Supergirl thus leading to a reunion between the two old friends. They frequently invited her to the Fortress of Solitude, though she always rejected the offers as she feared the fortress would remind her of Krypton.

Tara constantly expressed her frustrations with living on Earth, desiring to fight crime alongside Superman & Supergirl. Her parents reminded Tara that she's just a teenager & could have consequences for their family. Overhearing the discussion between Tara & their parents, Alex promised to try & be a better sister while Tara promised to work on being human. Deciding that the world didn't need another hero, Tara tried to live a normal life & accept her future on Earth.

After graduation, Tara attended National City University alongside Kara, where they both earned a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing. During college, she worked as a part-time nanny & spent her last summer doing an internship at the Midvale Newspaper to bring in some extra cash. She began working at CatCo Worldwide Media, using her abilities during the interview to impress Cat & met Winn Schott in the process (and began dating him).

After a failed date one night, Tara saw on the news that Flight 237, the one her sister was flying on to go to her conference in Geneva, was going down. Attempting to save the flight, she used her abilities for the first time in years & successfully helped the plane land, though not without causing damage to Otto Binder Bridge. She was later berated by Alex for revealing herself to the world, who was also still proud of her. Deciding to become a hero, Tara confided her secret in Winn & the two created a costume that day.

After a failed date one night, Tara saw on the news that Flight 237, the one her sister was flying on to go to her conference in Geneva, was going down. Attempting to save the flight, she used her abilities for the first time in years & successfully helped the plane land, though not without causing damage to Otto Binder Bridge. She was later berated by Alex for revealing herself to the world, who was also still proud of her. Deciding to become a hero, Tara confided her secret in Winn & the two created a costume that day.

## Romantic Relationships

* Christopher Kent: Boyfriend (2013 - 2015)
* Winn Schott: Boyfriend (2012 - 2013), (*Unknown*)

## Powers & Abilities

* **Kryptonian Physiology:** Like all Kryptonians, Tara's capabilities are no greater than a normal human of her physical conditioning. However, once charged by the energy spectrum of a yellow sun, she is able to perform various inhuman feats.
	+ ***Solar Energy Absorption*:** While her powers are dependent on the energy spectrum from a yellow sun, her body is able to constantly & passively absorb such energy while exposed to it, essentially keeping her reserves fully charged near-constantly. Direct exposure to the light of a yellow sun will accelerate her recovery from any injuries she does manage to sustain.
	+ ***Superhuman Strength*:** Tara's strength is enhanced under a yellow sun, enough to easily kill a normal human if she were to attack them directly While not limitless, the extent of her super strength is undetermined. Despite her strength, she still has to physically exert herself when fighting other super powered beings of similar levels of strength, such as other empowered Kryptonians.
	+ ***Superhuman Speed*:** Divine possesses the ability to move at hyper-sonic speeds, both through flight & on foot. Once she started to actually use her powers in a less restrained way, she was able easily to move at even greater supersonic speeds. Her top speed peaks just over Mach 6. She commonly uses her speed to appear & disappear faster than people can notice, as well as to change in or out of her Divine suit in seconds.
	+ ***Superhuman Stamina*:** Tara can run, fight or fly for long periods of time, without getting tired.
	+ ***Enhanced Senses*:** Tara has super senses, including super vision and super hearing.
		- ***Heat Vision*:** By concentrating every solar energy reserve she has in her body, she can emit red energy beams of variable intensity & temperature from her eyes. Due to her control over the beams, she has demonstrated being capable of burning through stone & welding metal, causing small explosions/fires & melting very deep in the ground .At full power, the beams could overload a target with energy
		- ***Superhuman Vision*:** As a Kryptonian, Tara is able to see very far distances, presumably low superhuman levels. She is even able to see clearly in the dark.
		- ***X-Ray Vision*:** She has the ability to see through objects, except for lead.
		- ***Superhuman Hearing*:** Sje has super-sensitive ears that can perfectly pick up sounds from miles away and even through structures.
	+ ***Flight*:** Divine is able to manipulate her own gravitational field to generate thrust & propel herself through the air. She could easily fly on her own from Kasnia to National City very quickly.
	+ ***Invulnerability*:** Kara is essentially invulnerable to all Earthly weapons, with bullets simply ricocheting whenever they come into contact with her skin. She is immune to most forms of extreme punishment. However, her invulnerability can be broken if she is overwhelmed beings of equal o superior strength.
	+ ***Longevity*:** As a Kryptonian, her life span is considerably longer than a normal human & she ages much slower.
	+ ***Super-Breath*:** Tara is able to exhale powerful gusts of air from her mouth which are similar to force winds. She can also cause the temperature of her breath to drop, therefore able to freeze nearly anything.
	+ ***Self-Sustenance*:** Divine doesn't need to eat or sleep so long as he has enough solar energy (but is still capable of doing so), & doesn't require oxygen to breathe.
* **Hand to Hand Combat:** Because of her family's military background, Thara is essentially a trained soldier in combat. She is extremely proficient in battle, as well as weapons use & military tactics.

### Weaknesses

* **Kryptonite:** Like all Kryptonians, she is vulnerable to the exposure of Kryptonite, a radioactive mineral from her home planet Krypton. Depending on the nature of the said Kryptonite, it will cause a different adverse affect on her.
* **Magic:** She can be injured & worn down by magical entities.
* **Sensory Overload:** Tara's sensitive sense can be overpowered, such as when Lobo tossed a sonic grenade under her feet and knocked her unconscious.
* **Solar Energy Dependency:** Her abilities will eventually weaken without replenishing his energy reserves with yellow sun radiation.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* While growing up on Krypton, Thara & Kara were best friends.
* She has broken three boys' noses trying to kiss them due to her superior strength.
* She took on the name Divine because a bystander said it looked like she came from heaven when she went to save the plane.
* On her first day as a superhero, she was able to stop a bank robbery & car chase.

## Notes

* She is a composite character from Thara Ak-Var from the comics & Kara Danvers from the *Arrowverse.*
* Divine is the name of Supergirl's clone created by Doctor Sivana prior to the *New 52*.