Myand'r is the former king of Tamaran, husband of Luand'r, and father of Blackfire, Starfire and Darkfire. His life and rule was marked by conflict and politics in the ever-warring Vega system.
History
Born Mythus, he was the third and youngest child of king Korithus. Though Korithus's father had managed to keep the Citadel at bay, a generation later, they came again. They promised to leave if they were given one slave: Queen Talathus. Korithus refused to surrender his wife and chose war. After a short battle, Korithus and his eldest sons, Korthus and Scrithus, were killed. Though eager to join them, Mythus was too young and stayed in the palace. The Citadel renewed their bargain, but with a higher price. Should Talathus not surrender, the planet would be destroyed. She agreed, leaving the adolescent Mythus the last heir of the royal family.
When Mythus took the throne, he changed his name to Myand'r. Through his marriage to Luand'r, he was gifted three children: Komand'r, Koriand'r and Ryand'r. But the same fate that took his mother would strike again. This time, the Citadel took Koriand'r. She would eventually resurface, much to his joy. But he had other issues. Internal politics demanded a union between the royal houses, and Koriand'r was forced to marry Karras of the Southern States.[1] The wedding did not last; Karras was killed.[2] Over time, Komand'r returned to her native planet, and having betrayed it to the Citadel, usurped the throne.
Myand'r's rule had always been at the sacrifice of everything he loved, based on the last words his mother said to him: Tamaran came before all. Feeling his weakness was responsible for Tamaran's continuing state of war, he decided to face destiny. When the Gordanians threatened to destroy his planet, Myand'r chose not to evacuate. He perished alongside his wife when the planet exploded.[3]
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Tamaranean Physiology: Tamareans are a race of humanoid aliens with orange skin and emerald eyes with no pupils. They also possess red hair that, while flying, emits a visible glow that makes them appear like they are on fire.
- Solar/Ultraviolet Metabolization: Tamaraneans can absorb and process stellar radiation, which provides them with incredible strength and vitality.[4]
- Flight: The absorption of stellar energy also enables Tamaraneans to defy gravity and fly without the need of artificial enhancements.[5]
- Interstellar Travel: Some of the stronger Tamaraneans are able to traverse the cosmos at light speed so long as they have copious amounts of extra-stellar energy to subside on.[6]
- Superhuman Durability: Tamaraneans are incredibly robust to all known forms of injury and abrasion. Being able to survive in the cold vacuous expanse of deep space, resist the intense surface heat of stars and traversal within reach of a Black Hole's event horizon with little irritation.[7][8]
- Superhuman Stamina
- Superhuman Speed
- Superhuman Strength: Tamareans possess higher levels of physical strength compared to humans.
- Tactile Linguistic Assimilation: All Tamaraneans possess the ability to psychophysically learn another species or ethnicity's vocabulary with little more than a simple touch or passing graze. The most effective means of doing so is usually through lip to lip oral contact with another recipient of the desired community.[citation needed]
- Flight: The absorption of stellar energy also enables Tamaraneans to defy gravity and fly without the need of artificial enhancements.[5]
- Solar/Ultraviolet Metabolization: Tamaraneans can absorb and process stellar radiation, which provides them with incredible strength and vitality.[4]
Abilities
Notes
- Although this character was originally introduced during DC's Earth-One era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985–86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis New Earth continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.
Related
- 24 Appearances of Mythus (New Earth)
- 2 Images featuring Mythus (New Earth)
- 1 Quotations by or about Mythus (New Earth)
- Character Gallery: Mythus (New Earth)
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