Blackfire being hot and sexy now is so weird.
BLACKFIRE (Princess Komand'r of Tamaran)
Created By: Marv Wolfman & George Perez
First Appearance: The New Teen Titans #22 (Aug. 1982)
Role: Rival Princess, Supreme Bitch
PL 11 (176)
STRENGTH 6 STAMINA 6 AGILITY 4
FIGHTING 12 DEXTERITY 5
INTELLIGENCE 3 AWARENESS 2 PRESENCE 3
Skills:
Athletics 3 (+9)
Deception 11 (+12)
Expertise (Bitch) 6 (+8)
Expertise (Military) 5 (+7)
Intimidation 7 (+10)
Perception 5 (+7)
Persuasion 4 (+6)
Stealth 3 (+7)
Technology 4 (+6)
Vehicles 2 (+7)
Advantages:
All-Out Attack, Benefit 4 (Queen), Diehard, Improved Aim, Improved Critical (Starbolts) 2, Improved Defense, Power Attack, Ranged Attack 5, Startle
Powers:
"Tamaranean Physiology"
Immunity 2 (Vacuum, Suffocation) [2]
Immunity 2 (Cold, Pressure) (Flaws: Limited to Half-Effect) [1]
Comprehend (Speak, Understand & Read All Languages) 3 (Quirks: Requires Physical Contact With Speaker First) [5]
"Starbolts" Blast 12 (Feats: Split, Extended Range) (Extras: Penetrating 6) (32) -- [33]
- AE: "Starbolt Streak" Damage 11 (Extras: Area- 30ft. Line) (22)
Unarmed +12 (+6 Damage, DC 21)
Starbolts +10 (+12 Ranged Damage, DC 27)
Starbolt Streak +11 Area (+11 Damage, DC 26)
Initiative +4
Defenses:
Dodge +10 (DC 20), Parry +12 (DC 22), Toughness +6, Fortitude +7, Will +6
Complications:
Responsibility (Tamaran)- Komand'r is one of fairly-few Tamaraneans left in the universe (after their homeworld blew up THREE FRIGGIN' TIMES). She will violently defend her remaining people.
Enemy (Princess Koriand'r- aka Starfire)- Komand'r has a sister- beloved by her parents and the people. She has hated Koriand'r from birth, and has constantly sought to see her suffer- including selling her into slavery and torturing her.
Power Loss (Solar-Powered)- Komand'r's Solar Blasts require solar energy to work- if left without sunlight for too long, her powers will grow weaker.
Disabled (Flightless)- Komand'r lacks the Flight ability of Tamaraneans, a disability which is treated as nearly-abhorent by their society. As such, she feels discriminated against.
Relationship (Vril Dox)- Terrifyingly, Komand'r has decided that Dox's arrogant personality matches her own, and has decided that he is her consort.
Total: Abilities: 82 / Skills: 50--25 / Advantages: 17 / Powers: 41 / Defenses: 11 (176)
-Kori's sister Blackfire is a HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE person. Given the "well she didn't have it so great" origin of being disabled (Flightless) and having been born on the same day as a Citadel attack, she grew up grim and isolated herself from others, and ESPECIALLY hated her prettier, more outgoing, more mobile sister Koriand'r (Starfire of the Teen Titans). Since Kori was going to be the next ruler instead of her, Komand'r decided to basically make her innocent sister suffer whenever she could- she murdered her beloved pet, bullied her during their warrior training on Okaara, and even tried to KILL HER during a practise duel! Banished for her duplicity and evil, Komand'r betrayed all of Tamaran to The Citadel, who invaded and nearly genocided the whole race- the subsequent surrender treaty forced poor Kori to go into lifelong slavery, as she was brutalized by a series of cruel masters, all while Komand'r sat and watched, with a sinister smirk permanently etched across her face.
-Komand'r was a Mirror Image Villain in a lot of ways, having the same race, gender and hair as her sister- they even had copied POWERS. The Psions, a cruel race of scientists & experimenters, who had captured both sisters and given them Starbolt powers. But while Starfire was outgoing, happy, and exuberant, Blackfire was cold, merciless, and sinister.
-By the time Kori had freed herself and joined the Titans, Komand'r was a high-powered agent of The Citadel, who soon kidnapped Kori once again and led the Titans on a star-faring Space Opera battle. Kori defeating her ended that situation. Some early '90s Titans comics featured Blackfire working with a guy who loved her- his ultimate sacrifice empowered her to be herself once more- she'd been faltering beforehand, and he wanted to bring back the power in her. But this was largely the end of her until modern times.
-She later appeared during the Rann-Thanagar War, where she killed Hawkwoman, and sorta became a Hawkman enemy for a while, also fighting the R.E.B.E.L.S., but decided that leader Vril Dox would be a suitable mate (*shudder*... can you imagine the egotism of the offspring of THAT unholy union?!?). I feel like the Teen Titans cartoon actually did a good job of her (which says something, since I don't enjoy that show), as Blackfire was turned into "Starfire's Cool, Hot Sister", and a TOTAL Bad Girl that enamored all the male Titans, but turned out to be bad news. She had a real "Shego" vibe to her, and was really cool. The comic book version is kind a bit too... Disney Villain to be a proper Comic Book Villain, I think.
-Blackfire is noticeably more powerful than her sister in terms of Blasting, but is less well-rounded (I'LL SAY!!- Ba-dum-tsssshhh!) overall, lacking a lot of social skills aside from lying. But HOLY GOD is she ever evil. I mean, she is nasty enough to arrange her sister's torture for YEARS, kill thousands of her own people, and more, just because she felt slighted as a child! She's like if The Wicked Queen or Lady Tremaine from Disney Films had SUPER-POWERS.