Star Light, Star Bright. StarFire I See Tonight

Written By Kal-El

She is known to be very Strong despite her looks, Some say that she could easily out muscle Cyborg and can bench press about 50 Tons. She is Called Starfire.

She was a princess of the, now destroyed, planet Tamaran, Koriand'r (as pronounced "coriander") or short named Kory, is a princess of the planet Tamaran, and was in line to rule the planet as Queen. Komand'r ("commander", also known as Blackfire), was her older sister, developed a bitter rivalry with her after suffering a disease in infancy that robbed her of the ability to harness solar energy to allow her to fly, and by extension, her right to the throne. This rivalry continued and intensified when the siblings were sent for warrior training with the Warlords of Okaara. Things came to a head during a sparring exercise in which Komand'r attempted to kill her sister. As a result, Komand'r was expelled and she swore vengeance.

[Kory's evil sister Komand'r]

That revenge came in a plot where Komand'r betrayed her planet with detailed information about Tamaran's defenses to their enemies, the Citadel. They conquered Tamaran with ease, and the surrender conditions included the enslavement of Koriand'r who was never permitted to return, since that would mean the Citadel would devastate the planet for abrogating the treaty.

To Kory's horror, she learned that Komand'r was her master; Koriand'r's older sister made the most of her sibling's bondage with years of horrific servitude and torture. When Koriand'r killed one of her captors, Komand'r decided to execute her as punishment, but the sisters were attacked and captured by the Psions. Psions, a group of sadistic alien scientists, performed a deadly experiment on both sisters to see how much energy their Tamaranean bodies could absorb before exploding from the overload. During the procedure, Komand'r's forces attacked the Psion ship to rescue her. While the Psions were distracted, Kory broke free using her starbolts,a destructive blasts of solar energy.

Against her better judgment, she decided to free Komand'r, who was still absorbing energy. However, far from grateful, Komand'r struck her sister down with the same, but more intense, power, and had her restrained for later execution.

Kory had managed her escaped by seducing one of the guards and stole a spacecraft to flee to the nearest planet, Earth, where she met the Robin a.k.a. Dick Grayson and the Teen Titans.

[Cat got your tongue Robin?]

Starfire is Omni-lingual. She can learn any and all languages as long as she can touch someone physically. When she first arrived to Earth she learned English by kissing Robin, an encounter that gave fruit to their romance. She then joined them in forming the Teen Titans. She became a charter member of this team and remained a member for years; during this time she was frequently romantically involved with Robin. A romance which would eventually help him grow as a person and help him with carve out his own identity away from his mentor. She took the name Starfire and fought alongside the Titans on many missions as well as serving as a mentor to newer members.Koriand'r displays the traits of Tamaran's joy-seeking culture, coupled with a no-nonsense warrior attitude. For a time, Koriand'r had a career as a fashion model.

[Now we know why Robin, I mean Nightwing can't get enough of her]

Starfire is attractive even by superhero standards, which along with her no-nonsense attitude and Tamaranean's joy-seeking culture has led her into a number of romances. She has been married twice, both times to Tamaranean men: once to the prince Karras to seal a peace treaty, and once to General Phy'zzon out of duty. Both men died in battle. She nearly married Dick Grayson, to much anti-alien sentiment, at the time. Their wedding was interrupted by Raven, who had gone evil at the time. Raven murdered the priest before he could finish the ceremony. Their already unstable relationship, both Kory and Dick decided it best that their relationship come to a close. Although it is apparent that they still hold a torch for each other whenever they see one another.

[Starbolts..Powerful Enough For You!?]

One of her abilities are able to generate energy blasts and release them out of her hands. These "Star Bolts" are very powerful and can break through a wall of concrete. She gained these abilities during the experiments she was forced to endure by the Psions. They knew that the Tamaraneans could absorb energy and wished for a way to make it so that they released it, and that was when she gained the powers of the star bolts. Starfire has the ability to fly but only when she is thinking of a happy thought. Without a happy thought, Starfire is bound to Earth's gravity just as much as any normal human. She leaves a red contrail after her during flight which makes it seem like her hair is longer than it actually is. Starfire can also store energy and then use it at a later date in a devastating attack, as witnessed in the Outsiders. Her stored energy combined, she created a maelstrom of energy which resembled those of a stars and unleashed a devastating attacked which caused several full-blast explosions.

[Women of DC Feature StarFire Statue Bust]

After the destruction of Tamaran, along with her parents and many of her people, by the Sun-Eater; Starfire realized that Earth was her true home. She decided to live on Themyscira with the Amazons.

[The End]