Starfire

The Princess of Tamaran

Princess Koriand’r of Tamaran, located in the Vega System, is the second born of King Myand’r and Queen Luand’r and was in direct line of succession to the throne due to her older sister Komand’r not gaining the ability to fly like most Tamaraneans and her younger brother Ryand’r being behind Koriand’r in the line of succession.

Komand’r was consumed with jealousy of her graceful and bright sister while Komand’r was considered sickly and weak.  As both girls aged it was time for them to be trained in battle by the famed Warlords of Okarra.  Komand’r left the training and aligned herself with the evil Citadel who was attempting to take over the Vega System.  With Komand’r's help, the Citadel defeated the defenses of Tamaran and demanded the life of the Princess to save the rest of the planet.  Her parents were forced to give Koriand’r over to the Citadel and she was put into servitude to her sister, Komand’r.

Koriand’r's slavery was short lived as the evil Psion race attacked Komand’r's ship and took the sisters hostage and subjected the sisters to a solar battery experiment that imbued the sisters with the ability to absorb energy and project it from their hands as force blasts.  The sisters escaped the Psions and Koriand’r eventually escaped her sister and came to Earth with a phalanx of Gordanian soldiers on her tail.

The just then formed Titans came to Koriand’r's rescue and beat back the invasion force, but it was only a matter of time before The Citadel would try again.

Kory found a home with the Titans and became Donna Troy’s roommate and started a career as a model.  Taking the secret identity of Kory Anders, she is a well known poster girl and is on most teen aged boys walls.

First Appearance

Created By:  Marv Wolfman & George Perez

Powers

Alien Appearance - Kory has bronze skin and green eyes with no discernible pupils.  This combination makes her otherworldly appearance exotic and attractive, though she sometimes wears sunglasses in public to keep others from noticing her eyes.

Energy Blast – Kory can fire energy blasts from her hands to devastating effects.  She calls this her Starbolts.

Enhanced Strength – Kory has amplified strength and has demonstrated an ability to best her teammate Wonder Girl in hand to hand combat.

Flight – Kory can harness solar energy in order to fly.  When she flies, she leaves behind a distinctive red streak from her hair.  She can fly at supersonic speeds.

Invulnerability- Kory has natural invulnerability and usually the way to get to her is to overload her body’s ability to absorb energy.

Language Recognition- Kory can touch an alien and absorb that alien’s language, she prefers to do this by kissing.

Solar Absorption – Kory can absorb solar energy to convert it to her needs in battle, much like Superman does.

Space Survival – Kory can withstand the vacuum of space without any adverse effects.

Vulnerabilities

Kory is tougher and more resilient to damage than a normal human female.

Kory is an emotional creature and she can easily be taken advantage of by someone willing to exploit that facet of her personality.

Skills

Martial Artist – Kory is an expert in most forms of hand-to-hand combat thanks to her intensive training from the Warlords of Okarra.

Weapons – Kory also received training in most forms of weaponry.

Equipment

Kory carries no special equipment, and without being informed of Earth’s natural propensity for modesty, would most likely not wear clothes at all.

Special Notes

There are two other characters named Starfire in the DCUniverse.

Starfire – Leonid Kovar – Who appeared in an older Titans story and in New Teen Titans #18, he was renamed Red Star for clarity.

and

Starfire – Starfire – Who appeared in a space/sword and sorcery tale in the 70s.