Faora
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| Faora | |
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| Family | General Zod (husband, alive), Doomsday (son, deceased) |
| Occupation | Scientist, |
| Powers and Abilities | All Kryptonian powers under a yellow sun (Demonstrated: Super strength, flight, super speed, Invulnerability, Longevity) |
| Played By | Erica Durance (when Lois Lane's body is possessed by Faora) |
| Status | Unknown [1] |
| Appeared In | Bloodline |
"Faora, wife of Zod" – Faora
Faora is the second Kryptonian wife of the renegade General Zod. She was a scientist on her home planet Krypton and was unable to produce children and so created her own son, Doomsday, using the DNA of violent aggressive Kryptonian species coupled with her own and Zod's.
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[edit] Physical Appearance
As a wraith, Faora has no physical body. Once she inhabited the body of Lois Lane, she immediately changed her clothes and hairstyle to darker color tones and also more makeup.
[edit] Powers and Abilities
While possessing Lois' body, she demonstrated flight, super speed and invulnerability. She also demonstrated super strength and was strong enough to push Clark through a brick wall. She would likely have had all the other powers that Kryptonianss possess under a yellow sun as well.
[edit] Vulnerabilities
Faora is vulnerable to various types of kryptonite, the same as any other Kryptonian, but she was ultimately defeated by the Martian Manhunter's red crystal, which exorcised Faora's wraith from Lois' body and sent her back to the Phantom Zone.
See Kryptonian Vulnerabilities
[edit] Early Life
Faora was born and raised on Krypton. She grew up and become a scientist and later married General Zod, and stood by his side as he tried to conquer the planet.
Faora was unable to produce an heir to take on Zod's legacy, so instead she and Zod took DNA from other powerful Kryptonian life-forms, which they combined with their own DNA to create their only son, Doomsday. They then gave their son, who was merely genetic matter, to Brainiac who attached Doomsday to baby Kal-El's ship which was destined for earth after Jor-El and Lara learned of Krypton's impending doom at the hands of Zor-El and Brainiac.
She and General Zod were captured before Zor-El and Brainiac ignited Krypton's core and were sentenced by the Science Council to life imprisonment in the Phantom Zone with their only escape to possess a Kryptonian vessel.
[edit] Season Eight
"You don't recognize me... but you are the spitting image of your father." -Faora to Davis Bloome
Faora, a Phantom Zone wraith, managed to escape from the Phantom Zone when Kara opened Zor-El's escape portal to allow Lois Lane, who had accidentally been sent to the Phantom Zone along with Clark Kent, to escape since she didn't belong and Faora attacked Kara, injuring her. She then possessed Lois' body shortly after escaping, using her as a Kryptonian vessel.
After she possessed Lois' body, she went to the Daily Planet and checked the Planet's media archives to find any mention of an article relevant to her son, Doomsday. She disabled the male archivist at the time when they got in her way. Afterwards, Tess Mercer encountered her and they tried to pump each other for information. Seeing that Tess had no information on her son, Faora left using super speed, leaving Tess astonished.
Faora then tracked down Chloe Sullivan at the Isis Foundation, telling her who she was, and then she began to choke her and almost killed her before seeing the file on Davis Bloome that Chloe dropped on the floor. She allowed Chloe to live and then super-sped away to find him, knowing that he is her son. She went to Metropolis General Hospital, where she found Davis caring for a small boy. Faora pulled Davis to the side and told him his true origins of being the son of General Zod and herself. She also explained that he is destined to be Earth's ultimate destroyer, and that he is not strong enough yet to fulfill his destiny. Davis dismissed Lois, believing she took something, but then Faora broke off a bed railing and stabbed him with it, leaving him to bleed to death, knowing that he would resurrect because of his ability to adapt to attacks. She left the room with Davis still lying there and was confronted by Clark, who tried to get through to Lois, but Faora told him that he was similar to his father for falling for a human (Lois). She told Clark that he didn't stand a chance against the ultimate destroyer whom she refused to tell the identity of and that he along with all of mankind will be destroyed. Then she shoved him through a wall with one hand with ease and out of the building where Clark fell several stories and onto the roof of a Fire Emergency SUV. Soon after, Faora flew down on top of him and started to strangle Clark with one hand, nearly killing him until Clark freed himself of Faora's grip with the help of a beam generated from the Martian crystal shot by Kara Kent separating the Faora spirit from Lois's body and sending her into the crystal.
[edit] In the Comics
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Faora (full name Faora Hu-Ul) was introduced in Action Comics #471. She was a beautiful Kryptonian woman whose unexplained hatred for men led her to torture and kill 23 men at a secret concentration camp in her home. For this, she was imprisoned in the Phantom Zone to complete a sentence of 300 Kryptonian years, the second longest term after Jax-Ur.
While imprisoned in the Phantom Zone, she was often depicted plotting against Superman with General Zod and Jax-Ur. Her hatred of men was not limited to Kryptonians, as demonstrated by her pointless murder of a young Frenchman who was attracted by her beauty.
Faora was an expert at the Kryptonian martial art of Horo-Kanu, which utilized the pressure points on the Kryptonian body. This made her an extremely dangerous foe for Superman to face in hand-to-hand combat -- he was forced to flee from their first encounter.
[edit] Notes
- Faora possessed Lois, just like her husband General Zod possessed Lex.
- In the comics, General Zod married his companion Ursa, and they had a child who was adopted by Superman and Lois Lane, who named their son Chris Kent. However, Ursa (who was created for the Richard Donner films) was based on Faora.
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[edit] References
- ↑ It is unknown whether Faora was sent back to the Phantom Zone by the red crystal, or if she was destroyed by it.
