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Why so silent good monsieurs?
Did you think that I had left you for good?
Have you missed me good monsieurs?
I have written you an opera!

Well, actually, more of a novel.

It has worked out to be a little over one hundred fifty thousand words. It is a little daunting, I admit.

I have an inclination to post a little scene each week, one thousand to fifteen hundred words. Two years in installments!

I should live so long.

I intend to post every Thursday or Friday without fail. You may post feedback here, or within the individual posts.

Dori Aandraison, the Rainbow Girl, has been good company during my long convalescence. Her story just sort of spun itself out.

This is the first draft, unedited, uncut.

It may become rather tedious for you.

But there is really no one else I can think of who would have any interest in it at all.

Still I hope you will enjoy Dori’s adventures in the 31st century.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0FjS3wQjno

This is really neat. Were any of the characters in previous threads in here? The name Chip is distantly familiar to me. Rainbow Girl is one of my favorite characters so I will be reading. I actually came up with some of my own ideas for children of Rainbow Girl, so if you ever would like to collaborate on something, please let me know!

I really enjoyed reading your first post Klar, I've missed your silver age inspired stories and am looking forward to more, more, more!

Emily Sivana:

I imagine this will be a very different Dori than you have envisioned.

I took Mr. Johns at his word, that Dori has a mysterious connection to the Emotional Spectrum, and does not really understand her powers. More will be revealed in Book One: Chapter Three.

Dori married the wealthy Irveang Polamar, but was tragically widowed as a relatively young woman. I imagine that her love for Irveang was real, and the loss has left her heartbroken. Unable to move on to another relationship as yet, children are therefore not really part of her immediate future.

Her continuing connections with the Polamar family will be further explored in this extended fanfic.

You once expressed an interest in collaborating on a Rainbow Girl / Color Kid team-up. Unfortunately, I ended up writing a couple all by myself! Ulu will also show up in Dori’s story again some time in the future.

Dori’s turn in the U.P. Diplomatic Corps started when she teamed up with Ulu, in the matter of the Legion of Substitute Heroes and Throon. Her ambassadorial career lasted nearly a decade, but ended before the current story begins.

Come to think of it, perhaps you could point me to your list of Dori’s kids: with your permission, they might visit Earth-K as adults from an alternate dimension in a couple of years. (First Life Time)

Or, perhaps we could co-create another paracosm for Dori.

Omni:
This is Dori’s story, so any appearances of other characters are only as second-tier actors. There are ten trillion Terrans in the known Galaxy, and uncounted trillions more humanoid aliens, so the chances of meeting old friends are… actually, pretty good. We will definitely be seeing a little more of the gang at Lightning Ring Farms—the extended family may be larger than you imagine!

Batch SW6 exists in this paracosm, which means there are two sets of the Three Founders, and many possibilities for permutations of generations. The Batch SW6 characters, teaming with others, eventually evolve into something similar to the Reboot Legion, known on Earth-K are ‘Legion 1.5’. At the point where our story begins, the adventures in the Kwaiverse and with Robotica have already occurred.

And, of course, in ten years or so, Pol II will go on to join Legion 2.O as ‘Magnet Boy’. But that is outside the scope of this novel.

Invisible Brainiac:
Nice to be back. Perhaps sometime I will give you all a litany of the health problems that kept me incommunicado for the past nearly a year.

Harbinger:

Thank you for all your kind words.

Don't worry. There is more. Much More.

Feel free to share about your health problems any time, Klar. If you need a listening ear to vent, I'm here.

Loved your story, Klar. The mentions of Zoe and Jazmin existing in this reality warm my heart, as are the mentions of the whole Legion 1.5.

Chip! Nice to see a part of Blok. I'm loving the scenes with the kids, always nice to see the family lives of the Legionnaires.

I'm looking forward to seeing everyone at Yuletide!

Also love the friendship between Dori and Lydda, so natural.

Might I also suggest you link between your two threads? That will help keep either from being buried in the forum, there is a lot of activity in Bits now

Here is the link to one post: http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=102539#Post102539

Please overlook the codenames; they are painful for me to look at in retrospect. I don't know what I was thinking.

I was thinking initially of doing a story involving the oldest child being kidnapped by a villain looking for the Lantern entities. Other kids at the Legion Academy would be sent to rescue him as everyone else is busy or maybe the Legion proper disbanded.

Though when I think about it a mercenary story involving the youngest son would probably be the funnest to write. I can see him sort of running away from home to join a mercenary squad. He would be a bit like Ed from "Cowboy Bebop"; the kid everyone underestimates until they need him.

The writer of fiction, no matter how edgy or unorthodox, is stuck with a simple and unalterable truth.

Literature is, inescapably, an act of seduction, whether the writher hopes to seduce millions with a story of an adolescent vampire in love, or a handful of readers, wh are willing to take a darker, stranger, more enigmatic ride.

Which involves a certain element of what I’ll call: You Won’t Believe What Happened Next.

-- Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize Winner for The Hours (1998)

I realize that I am writing for a very small audience: only three or four. But I am sure that of the seven billion other inhabitants of Earth-Prime, there are very, very few-- if any-- who would be interested in my take on 'Rainbow Girl'.

So, I post here. In bite-sized chunks.

Someday I am going to have to investigate this location in the 31st century:

[color:#99FF99]The Greater Green River Intergalactic Spaceport[/color]

So with Book Six we finally get a super-hero battle... but it occurs "off-panel".

Well, there are plenty of other stories on the board with swell hero-on-villain action. Dori just has a quieter life.

Right now.

The Rainbow Girl series was written while I was extremely bored in Arkham the hospital between November 2014 and March 2015.

Unfortunately, it was written out longhand in notebooks provided by my grand-daughter.

It is taking me quite some time to transcribe it all into electronic format.

But hey, what better hobby for an old man to pursue?

Dori is both passionate and mercurial. She tends to throw herself whole-heartedly into an enterprise, but then will suddenly lose interest, and move on to something else.

This is why each Rainbow Girl "Book" can be read pretty much separately.

Gaal Jindrich is based on an actual person I knew back in the 1960’s.

He made his fortune during the Alaskan Gold Rush. He invested his money in a luxury retirement home and hospital. At least one of the doctors in his hospital had been poached from the local University Medical Center, and was an M.D. / Ph.D in geriatric medicine. There was a walking garden on the property with flowers and wild strawberries. The kitchen-cafeteria was open 24/7.

He and his wife planned to eventually sell their home and check themselves into their own retirement home when they were no longer able to take care of themselves. All the staff knew it.

I worked there cleaning the pool.

Well, I spent the last week in prison the hospital, for my annual bout with bronchial pneumonia.

My days were brightened by my granddaughter, who dropped by for an extracurricular lesson in poetic textual analysis, also known as “help with my homework, Grandpa”.

Bright girl. She is determined to write a poem in alternating lines of pyrrhic trimeter and tribrachic dimeter.

And the… it was… so we…
It was of, so we did.

I had debated whether or not to include the 19th & 20th century poetry in Book Nine. But that's the way it was written, that's the way it came to me, so I decided to be loyal to the creative choices of my past self.

I found it necessary to create quite a number of original characters as Dori explores the Earth-K paracosm. I think this is a complete list. Some of them have not been introduced on this board yet.

Dori’s Family & Other Xolnarans
Andres Aandraison, Dori's Father
Eva Jindrich, Dori's Mother
Gaal Jindrich, Dori's Uncle
Natalia Kovsky, Gaal Jindrich's wife
Alder Lokasenna, Dori's Attorny on Xolnar
Mr. & Mrs. Toorbin, Dori's Renters
Baby Girl Toorbin, Dori's Renters
Dockmaster Belinda
Unnamed 2nd Dockmaster
Unnamed Appliance Salesman

From Iridium House on Earth
Ellyn McIlhenny, (Mrs. McIlhenny's Granddaughter)
Miri McLeod (Goblin Girl), Butler-in-Training (Mrs. McIlhenny's Niece)
Mr. Robertson, Handyman
Mrs. Banx, Housekeeper
Mrs. Brill, Cook
Mrs. McIlhenny, Butler
Wonn Ez, the Gardener
Wonn Ez (female), the Gardener's Wife
3 Xudaran Children, the Gardener's Children

Other Earthers
Mari Polamar, Dori's Cousin-by-marriage
Baron Rocksalt, Dori's Friend
Baroness Rocksalt, Dori's Friend
Bil Katz, Code Name 'Pimpernel'

From Jahnson’s World
Bernardine (Bunny) Chandrasekhar, Ennis Jahnson's Chief of Staff
Olea Sharrik, Bunny’s Husband
Marrita Sharrik, Bunny & Olea's Daughter
Reina Zenon, Ennis Jahnson's Ex-Wife
Cacia Jahnson, Ennis Jahnson's Daughter
Ciardo Jahnson, Ennis Jahnson's Son
Judith Gideon
Xiphias Gideon
Josh (Joshua) Gideon, Judith & Xiphias’s son
Cal (Caleb) Gideon, Judith & Xiphias’s son
Moe (Moises) Gideon, Judith & Xiphias’s son
Miriam Gideon, Judith & Xiphias’s daughter
Giulio Kerioth, Judith Gideon’s uncle
Nurse Dora (Titan)
Nurse Gemma (Bokkite)
Thom Greyson
Jorn Albens (Papa Bear)
Manna Albens (Mama Bear)
Joss Albens (Baby Bear)
Bell Aden, Josh’s fiancé
Mr. & Mrs. Aden, Bell’s parents
Dr. MacArthur, Bell's doctor
Dr. Foster Mumby, Dori's OB/Gyn
Dr. Leslie Marion, Dori's Pediatrician
Meredith, Dori's daughter

Members of the Legion Academy
Aalma Atlew of Carggg, Positive / Negative Girl
Ludi Jarb of Txanz, Pitagora Girl
Seven of Kurlijo, Symbiote
Will Gibbs of Faustoll, Fizz

Members of The Substitute Legion of Super-Heroes of Throon
Kid Coma
Thylakus
Willow
the Glass Cat
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Girl
Adonais of Geeqou, Prince Charming
Beauregarde Boulang of Auxgate, Pastry Chef Kid
Madeline Proost of Auxgate, Cake-Frosting-Hair Girl
Rhoda of the Citrus Clan, of the Jade People of Lapidarius Yu , Goldbrick
Flavour Lass
Kid Viscera
Rock-Softener Lad
Hippopotomaiden
Papagena
(plus a cast of thousands)

Members of the New Legion of Substitute Heroes of Earth
Adrianna Nocks of Kathoon, Owl Girl
Algolla Drang of Planet Langstrom, GirlBat
Amge Jyoti of Earth, Tiny Alice
Dagny Wentimm of Zwen, Rock Lass
Groucharpchix of the Hydra World, Triple-Threat
Kalr Zlotny of Tharr, Cold Kid
Maryaliza Niwtyn-LaFeaugh of Earth, Eye-Stalker
Thello Baekt of Somathur, Allergen Boy
Vajezatha of Fwang, Fortress Lad Two
Vera Danforth of Earth, ‘K’

Others
Ngyah Ngyah Ngyang of Maltus
Qwon Quinn Qwagga of Maltus
Reqluus, the Lone Controller
The Associate, another Controller,
The Seventh Son of Darkseid,
Jon Apollo, a Demon
Stewart Farmer, the “Unknown Hero”
Thuvia Carter Allon, Gim's 2nd Wife
Elijah Allon, Gim & Thuvia's Son
Juula Daggle, Reep's Wife
Reneé Daggle, Reep & Juula's Daughter
Jacques Daggle, Reneé's twin brother
Dryscoll Foccart, Drura & Jacque's Daughter
Aaron & Lloyd Taine, Chuck & Lluornu's bouncy, triplicating twin sons
Chip, parthenogenetic son of Blok
Violet Ranzz
Princess Lycanna Brianna Valiente Voxvanna Annaxandra Londo Vauxhall of Orando, (the Wolf Princess)
Princess Mynaudra Nahtahnie-Mallor, Grev & Kahnya's Daughter
Kitsune Dogstar (aka Dudley Sirius) (first appeared in my Subs story)
T'Proot the Mock, of Arbro

So with Book 12, Dori tries to go back to an ordinary, mundane life. Not much super-heroing in these chapters. Move on, move on, nothing to see here.

I have an itch to write The Untold Adventures of Candi and Jan, a Monstress-Alchemist teamup. Maybe next year. Maybe 2018.

I have a Monstress story, I, Monstress that has been percolating in my head for the past decade. This isn’t the end: I have a vague idea of what will happen in the future. (Frankenstein will join Legion 2.5, for example, which means he needs to find his way back to U.P. Space somehow.) But for the time being, we must to leave her where she is.

This is a sort of prologue to my present Rainbow Girl series, and an introduction to the ‘Earth-K’ paracosm generally:

“How It All Started”
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=818730&page=1

This is how it really all started:

“Why You Don’t Want Me To Write The Legion”
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=765725#Post765725

And here are a few more of my pieces set in my ‘Earth-K’ paracosm:

“The Tragic Tale of Elastic Lass”

“Whatever Happened to Fruit Boy”

“The Talok Awakening”

“The Death of Lightning Lad”

“Duplicate Boy and Shrinking Violet Have ‘The Talk’”

The following was written when I was ‘Tom Tanner Issue #1’:

The First Legion

TIME AND THE SILVER AGE

Lena Thorul first appeared in Superman’s Girlfriend, Lois Lane in 1961.She was Lex Luthor’s younger sister. It had already been firmly established that Luthor had been a peer and classmate of Clark Kent in Smallville. Lena was ten or fifteen years his junior. When it became apparent that Lex had become a teen-aged super-criminal, Lex’s parents disowned him, changed their last name to Thorul, and moved away from Smallville. Lena was too young to have clear memories of Lex; her parents told her her older brother had died in a tragic mountain-climbing accident.

Later, Lena was orphaned by a more mundane automobile accident.

In typical DC it’s-a-small-world fashion, the teen-aged Lena eventually became acquainted with Lois Lane (some ten or fifteen years her senior), and Linda Danvers (her peer). Eventually, she became acquainted with Superman himself. All these members of the Superman family, through some plot device I cannot recall, were aware that Lena was Lex’s sister, as was Luthor himself. This presented something of a problem, as Lena was a powerful telepath. It was necessary for them to constantly shield their minds in her presence, lest she discover her true identity. Despite mental enhancements being characteristic of her family, she was evidently not good at anagrams.

As the years rolled by, Superman, Lois, and Luthor remained the same age (29, I understand) but Lena grew up. As an adult, she married Jeff Colby, an FBI agent who was acquainted with Lex in an official capacity. Lena’s husband died of a space-disease or something, but not before they had a son, Val. Being a Luthor, he was gifted with powerful telekinetic abilities, and by 1978, Val looks to be about ten years old.

Val Colby

(There is a very cute story where Luthor breaks out of prison to secretly give his nephew a birthday present- a super-stretchy Superman cape.)

So here is ageless Lex Luthor, not yet thirty, interacting with the 10-year-old son of his fifteen-year-younger sister.

The main characters don’t age. The supporting cast does.

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Van-Zee of Kandor was a distant cousin of Superman’s, who looked exactly like him. On an enlarged visit to Earth, he married Sylvia DeWitt, an Earthling heiress, (who was an exact physical duplicate of Lois Lane) who returned to Kandor with him.

Oddly enough, he also made his first appearance in Superman’s Girlfriend, Lois Lane. Van-Zee took over the original Kandorian Nightwing identity from Superman; his niece’s husband, Ak-Var, took over the Flamebird identity from Jimmy Olsen.

[url=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rLV-ZuNPwJ4/SD2zwuuaW1I/AAAAAAAABjQ/AVTnQyTQwe8/s400/lois_lane_021_10.jpg]Lois plays peeping-tom with the Van-Zee family[/i]

Sylvia and Van-Zee eventually had twins: a boy named Lyle and a girl named Lili. I guess that would be Lyle-Zee and Lili Van-Zee, using the Kryptonian naming conventions at the time. By the time Superman had finally enlarged Krypton, and created the world of Rokyn, they were (at least) pre-teens, and Van-Zee was an elder statesman in Kandor.

Meanwhile, Superman and Lois just… well nothing.

If the Silver Age Earth-1 had survived to today, Val Colby and Lili Van-Zee might be the parents of a teen-aged super-girl, one-quarter Kryptonian, with psychic powers…

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Here is a partial list of DC comics characters who look *exactly* like Superman. (Or, Clark Kent) Enough to be mistaken for him.

“Brat” Derek, aka Super-Menace
Bizarro Bizarro
Carl Markson, Jr.
Dan Smith
Dasher Drape
Dazor
Dik-Zee
Don-El
Dr. Richard Occult
Erok-El
Gregory Reed
Guy Vandevier
Gypo
Harry Winters
Houdini Watson
Hyperman of Oceania
Jack Wilde
Joe Poleski
John Corben
Kell-Orr of Xenon
Lionel Maxwell
Mala
Manuel Baez
Mark Benton
Marvel Man of Terra
Miggs
Ned Barnes
Prince Mark of Sardinia
Prince Rama of Bosmir
Ralph Bridgson
Roger Warner
Ronald van Horton
Roz-Em
Snake-Eyes Sullivan
Tom Tanner
Ursus
Van-Zee
Varn-Don
Vol-Don
Zak-Kul


This is likely a result, in part, of Golden Age and Silver Age stories being retold over and over again.

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The Legion aged gradually, from teens to young adults. The Bierbaums even devised a standard: two years real time was equal to one year comic time.

After the five-year gap, time really caught up with the Legion. In more ways than one.

In the Earth-K paracosm, time still marches on.

At this point in the story, (Book 15) the original Legionnaires are mostly in their mid-forties. Most of the Subs are only a few years younger.

The Batch SW6 Legionnaires appear to be in their late twenties or early thirties.

Graym, Garridan, and Ivy are fifteen or sixteen by now, and forming their own Legion.

Dori Aandraison is fifty, Ennis Jahnson is fifty-two or fifty-four.

And they will continue to age.

And of course, each character is developing a history which is increasingly hard to follow. This would not make a satisfactory comic book at all.

But I am continuing to post here because, who else would be interested?

MORE MEMBERS OF THE SUBSTITUTE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES OF THROON:[B]

[b]Sockdolager: A Dominator brute. Seven feet tall, four feet wide, bright yellow, with immeasurable physical strength. Also emits Khthonite radiation, which weakens his opponents.
Why he would never be admitted to the real Legion: Dumb as a rock. Has a child-like mind. Needs to be pointed in the right direction before being set loose. Also, emits Khthonite radiation, which can weaken his allies.



Dormouse: Despite being only four inches tall, has full Daxamite abilities, plus many of the Hyper-psychic-abilities displayed by Vartox of Valeron.
Why she would never be admitted to the real Legion: Sleeps twenty-three hours and fifty-five minutes a day.


Sally Putty: There have been a number of Elementals in the DC Universe. Swamp Thing, FireStorm, Red Tornado, Tefe Holland. There have been Rock Elementals and Water Elementals. Wildfire is possibly an Anti-Energy Elemental. There was even Brother Power, a Doll Elemental.
Sally Putty is a Silly Putty® Elemental. Also known as Viscoelastic Girl and Polydimethylsiloxane Patty.
Why she would never be admitted to the real Legion: Obvious.

Here are a few stories rattling around in my brain that I want to write if I can find the time.

1)Heck Kitten’s Tale (Cacia Jahnson)

2) Monstress Becomes Electra

3) Earth C-minus in the Earth-K paracosm (and the 31st century)

4) ¿Quis Est Veritas?

5) The Inferior Five Hundred

Lists are boring. However, I am posting this here mostly so I can find it again. Possibly for your edification as well.

There have been numerous Legions in the Earth-K paracosm over the years. Here are a few, in (mostly, I hope) chronological order.

This is the Original Legion of Earth-K, in order of admission, as far as I can figure it out.

Legion 1.O
1 Cosmic Boy (Polestar) (Rokk Krinn of Braal)
2 Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen of Titan)
3 Lightning Lad (Lightning Boy) (Garth Ranzz of Winath)
4 Triplicate Girl (Duo Damsel / Duplicate Woman) (Luornu Durgo-Taine of Carggg)
5 Phantom Girl (Phase) (Tinya Wazzo of Bgztl)
6 Colossal Boy (Gim Allon of Mars)
7 Chameleon Boy (Reep Daggle of Durla)
8 Invisible Kid (Lyle Norg of Earth)
9 Kid Quantum (“James Cullen” of Xanthu (Actually the “Heart of Antares”, an Antarean Protean))
10 Star Boy (Thom Kallor of Xanthu) <also Legion of Substitute Heroes>
11 Brainiac 5 (B5) (Querl Dox of Colu
12 Supergirl (Unknown Boy / Satan Girl) (Kara Zor-El (Linda Lee Danvers) of Earth - 20th Century (Krypton))
13 Superboy (Superman) (Kal-El (Clark Kent) Earth - 20th Century (Krypton))
14 Laurel (Tiger Rose) (Laurel Gand of Rickleff IV)
15 Sun Boy (Dirk Morgna of Earth)
16 Shrinking Violet (Virus) (Salu Digby of Imsk)
17 Bouncing Boy (Chuck Taine of Earth)
18 Ultra Boy (Emerald Dragon) (Jo Nah of Rimbor) <also Legion of Rimbor>
19 Mon-El (Lar Gand of Daxam)
20 Matter-Eater Lad (Tenzil Kem of Bismoll)
21 Element Lad (Mystery Lad) (Jan Arrah of Trom <also Legion of Rimbor>
22 Elastic Lass (Jan Jor of Rimbor) Expelled
23 Command Kid (Jeem Rehtu of Pretzor) Expelled
24 Kid Psycho (Gnill Opral of Hajor) Legion Reserve
25 Dynamo Boy (Vorm of New Tortuga) Expelled
26 Magnetic Lad ({Name Unrevealed} of Murra) Expelled
27 Size Lad ({Name Unrevealed} of Murra) Expelled
28 Blackout Boy__({Name Unrevealed} of Murra) Expelled
29 Lightning Lass (Light Lass / Pulse) (Ayla Ranzz of Winath)
30 Dream Girl (Nura Nal of Naltor) <also Legion of Substitute Heroes>
31 Ferro Lad (Andrew Nolan of Earth)
32 Karate Kid (Val Armorr of Earth)
33 Princess Projectra (Queen Projectra / Sensor Girl) (Wilimena Morgana Daergina Annaxandra Projectra Velorya Vauxhall of Orando)
34 Nemesis Kid (Hart Druiter of Myar)
35 Shadow Lass (Shadow Woman / Shadow Champion) (Tasmia Mallor of Talok VIII)
36 Chemical King (Condo Arlik of Phlon)
37 Timber Wolf (Furball) (Brin Londo of Zoon) <also Legion of Rimbor>
38 Wildfire (E.R.G.-1/ NRG) (Drake Burroughs of Earth) <also Legion of Rimbor>
39 Tyroc (Troy Stewart of Earth (Marzal Dimension))
40 Dawnstar (Dawnstar, Daughter of Moonwalker of Starhaven) <also Legion Rimbor>
41 Blok (Blok of Korlon-Dryad)
42 Invisible Kid II (Jacques Foccart)
43 White Witch (Black Witch / Amethyst / Jewel / the Hag, etc.) (Mysa Nal (Zola Aq) of Naltor)
*Mysa has undergone a number of magical metamorphoses over the years, not all of them pleasant. As the Black Witch, she aided the Legionnaires during the events of Black Dawn. As a result of her exertions, Mordu and Zoe Saugin were released, as well as a number of other sorcerers whose souls Mordu had absorbed. Severely weakened, Mordu recovered on Sorcerer’s World under Mysa’s administrations, and apparently reformed. Events progressed, they married, and Mordru turned out to be as abusive and evil as ever, draining Mysa’s power and will… well, you know the story. After her time as the Avatar of Amethyst, and as the teen-aged Jewel, Mysa re-aged to into her Hag form. During this period, she began again training Harlack and Orlight, eventually adding Zoe Saugin (whose mother she met in her first incarnation as the Hag, before being controlled by Evillo), her younger brother Thanot, whose mage name is Steadfast, the young Dragonmage, and a Zrfffn imp named Qznkpykl. After this episode of her life, she managed to return to her actual chronological age, and trapped Mordru’s demon ‘half’ in an amulet-- at the cost of her powers. And her story continues…
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=888288#Post888288

44 Magnetic Kid (Pol Krinn of Braal)
45 Polar Boy (Brek Bannin of Tharr) <also Legion of Substitute Heroes>
*also Legion of Substitute Heroes
46 Quislet ( ) {unpronounceable} of Teall) <also Legion 1.5>
47 Tellus (Ganglios of Hykraius) <Legion of Rimbor>
48 Night Girl (Lydda Jath of Kathoon) <also Legion of Substitute Heroes>
49 Chameleon Girl (Yera Allon of Durla)
50 Green Lantern (Rond Vidar of Earth) Posthumous Membership
51 Gates (Ti'julk Mr'asz Vyrga) <also Legion 1.5>
52 Earth-Man (Absorbancy Boy) (Kirt Niedrigh of Earth)
53 Comet Queen (Grava of Quaal III)
54 Chemical Kid (Hadru Jamik of Phlon)
55 Glorith II ({Real name unrevealed} / {Planet of origin unrevealed} / the Sorcerer's World)
*Glorith II is unrelated to either Glorith of Baaldur or Lori Morning of Earth. Why she chose the magical pseudonym Glorith when the villainess was still extant is at present unknown. At present she lives on the Sorcerer’s World under the name Orlight.
56 Dragonwing (Marya Pai of Earth)
57 Harmonia (Harmonia Li of Earth)
*It was ultimately revealed that Harmonia Li was the latest incarnation of the Ultra-Humanite.

The following joined the ‘Adult’ Legion 1.O after the events of the ‘Five-Year-Gap’
58 Impulse (Richard Kent Shakespeare of Earth) <also Legion of Rimbor>
59 Kono (Brita An'nan of Sklar) <also Legion of Rimbor>
60 Darkstar (Celeste Rockfish McCauley of Earth)
*Celeste originally claimed she found the Darkstar vest by accident; actually, she stole it from her cousin Leland’s weapons collection.
61 Reflex (Devlin O'Ryan of Rimbor)
62 Spider Girl (Wave) (Sussa Paka of Earth)
*A beneficiary of the new mind-mending techniques which also benefited Mekt Ranzz
63 Veilmist ({Name Unrevealed} of the Khundish Empire)
64 Firefist ({Name Unrevealed} of the Khundish Empire)
65 Blood Claw ({Name Unrevealed} of the Khundish Empire)
66 Flederweb ({Name Unrevealed} of the Khundish Empire)

The Legion of Substitute Heroes (in alphabetical order)
67 Antennae Boy (Kheferb Che Bez of Gryxor
68 Chlorophyll Kid (Ral Benem of Mardru) <also Substitute Legion of Throon>
69 Color Kid (Ulu Vakk of Lupra)
70 Double-Header (Frenk and Dyvud Retzun of Janus)
__ Dream Girl (Nura Nal of Naltor) <also Legion 1,O>
71 Fire Lad (Staq Mavlen of Schwar) <also Substitute Legion of Throon>
72 Infectious Lass (Drura Sepht of Somathur)
__ Night Girl (Lydda Jath of Kathoon) <also Legion 1.O>
__ Polar Boy (Brek Bannin of Tharr) <also Legion 1.O>
73 Porcupine Pete (Peter Dursin of Earth)
74 Rainbow Girl (Dori Aandraison of Xolnar)
__ Star Boy (Thom Kallor of Xanthu) <also Legion 1,O>
74 Stone Boy (Dag Wentim of Zwen) <also Substitute Legion of Throon>

The Legion of Rimbor
This is the Legion of the “Five-Year-Gap”, and the one that dealt with the events of “Black Dawn”.

__Ultra Boy (Jo Nah of Rimbor) <also Legion 1.O>
__Timber Wolf (Brin Londo of Zoon) <also Legion 1.O>
__Wildfire (Drake Burroughs of Earth) <also Legion 1.O>
__Dawnstar (Dawnstar, Daughter of Moonwalker) <also Legion 1.O>
__Element Lad (Jan Arrah of Trom) <also Legion 1.O>
__Tellus (Ganglios of Hykraius) <also Leigon 1.O)
75 Sun Boy 2 (Clone of Dirk Morgna of Earth)
*Created by Starfinger and Dr. Regulus from DNA and memory engrams stolen from Brainiac 5's laboratory, his term as Deputy Leader of the Legion of Rimbor was marred when he carried out hypnotic instructions embedded in his mind by his creators, precipitating the events of Black Dawn. His damaged corpse was later used by Wildfire to 'resurrect' himself. Dirk Morgna's psychic engrams thus still survive, imprinted in the Wildfire Matrix.

__ Infectious Lass (Drura Seppt of Somathur) <also Legion of Substitute Heroes>
*Drura was rescued by the Legion of Rimbor from her exile in the past just in time to participate in the Black Dawn disaster.

76 Crystal Kid (Bobb Kohan of Earth) <also Substitute Legion of Throon>
77 Reflecto (Stig Ah of Rimbor )
78 Kono (Brita An'nan of Schwar) <also Legion 1.O (adult version)>
79 Karate Kid II (Myg of Lythl)
80 Impulse (Richard Kent Shakespeare of Earth)
81 Echo (Myke-4 Astor of Khundish Colony Calish-Aetia) <also Substitute Legion of Throon>
* The Black Witch and Blok also participated in the final confrontation of "Black Dawn". As a result Mysa exhausting her powers, both Mordru and Kinetix were released from psychic imprisonment, as well as a number of other sorcerers Mordru had imprisoned over the years.

b]The Substitute Legion of Super-Heroes of Throon[/b]
Established early in the “Five-Year-Gap” period, when the Subs inherited Throon from the two old men who had colonized it. http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=856049&page=1

__ Chlorophyll Kid (Ral Benem of Mardru) <also Legion of Substitute Heroes>
__ Fire Lad (Staq Mavlen of Schwar) <also Legion of Substitute Heroes>
__ Stone Boy (Dag Wentim of Zwen) <also Legion of Substitute Heroes>
__ Color Kid (Ulu Vakk of Lupra<also Legion of Substitute Heroes>
82 Calamity King (E. Davis Ester of Touston)
__ Crystal Kid (Bobb Kohan of Earth) <also Legion of Rimbor>
__ Echo (Myke-4 Astor of Khundish Colony Calish-Aetia) <also Legion of Rimbor>
83 Nightwind ( Berta Skye Haris or Earth)
__ Porcupine Pete (Peter Dursin of Earth) <also Legion of Substitute Heroes>
84 Storm Boy (Myke Chypurz of Earth)
Another beneficiary of the new psychic rehabilitation techniques which also benefited Mekt Ranzz and Sussa Pakka
85 Visi-Lad (Rhent Ustin of *) <also Legion of Substitute Heroes>


The Batch SW6 Legionnaires of the Earth-K paracosm were created in a cooperative effort between the Dominion and the Time Trapper. Glorith was ascendant in the 3Oth and 31st centuries, with the Trapper imprisoned in and hourglass in her palace. However, the Dominion managed to slightly penetrate Glorith’s “Iron Curtain of Time”, and recruit the Trapper to their aid. He used his weird powers to create a series of trans-temporal duplicates of the Legionnaires. This was a para-time Legion, from alternate realities which only existed as quantum potentialities.
Initially indistinguishable from the original Legionnaire, they morphed into their true, unique forms after the Glorith-Mordru teamup shook the foundations of the Time Trapper’s power itself.
In the Earth-K paracosm, the Batch SW6 Legionnaires did not include Chameleon, Projectra, Ferro, or Andromeda.

Legion 1.5
86 Cosmic Boy 2 (Batch SW6 Rokk Krinn of Paratime Braal) (Founder)
*Of all the Legionnaires, he is virtually indistinguishable from his elder doppelganger.
87 Saturn Girl 2 (Batch SW6 Imra Ardeen of Paratime Titan) (Founder)
*Physically, the primary difference is that she has pink eyes, rather than blue. She is also more emotionally expressive, and less controlled, that the ‘original’.
88 LiveWire (Batch SW6 Garth Ranzz of Paratime Winath)__(Founder)
*Impulsive, impetuous, hot-blooded, and mercurial, his personality is in nearly direct opposition to the much cooler elder Garth.
89 Triad (Batch SW6 Luornu Durgo of Paratime Carggg)__(Founder)
*Unlike the original Lluornu, she has three seperate personalities.
90 Apparition (Batch SW6 Tinya Wazzo of Paratime Bgztl)__(Founder)
*Apparition is a half-Cargggan, and can split into "one-and-a-half" girls: one capable of manifesting both materially and immaterially, and one immaterial only. She can also become immaterial when combined into a single girl, or when duplicated, “switch places” with the material and immaterial girls.
91 Brainiac 5.1 (Batch SW6 Querl Dox of Paratime Colu)__(Founder)
*The youngest of all the Batch SW6 duplicates, he was also altered by the mysterious space-time vortex that affected Andromeda as well. His force-shield circuits are now biologically grafted to his body. He is also more personable and light-hearted than his original.
92 Leviathan (Batch SW6 Gim Allon of Paratime Mars)__(Founder)
*The major difference is his power limitation. While the elder Gim can attain a maximum height of one hundred meters, Leviathan is only able to acheive one-tenth that height. Of all the SW6 kids, he formed a strong bond with his duplicate, as well as Gim’s parents. It was therefore crushing when he died during the events of Emerald Violet.
93 Invisible Kid 3 (Batch SW6 Lyle Norg of Paratime Earth) (Founder)
*He is even more scientifically minded, and less spiritual, than the original. He was also strongly affected when he learned that his original was dead in this universe. He spent only a short time with the Legion, as about a year after Catspaw joined, April delivered their (unplanned) baby, and all three left to begin a life together. The Dominator’s experimentation had made Catspaw emotionally unstable, and it became impossible for the two to live together. April took their baby daughter (May Norg, later ‘Cheshire Cat’) and disappeared into the Galaxy. Lyle searched for them for some time, but eventually gave up, and settled down in a career as a chemical engineer.
94 Shrinking Violet 2 / Leviathan 2 (Batch SW6 Salu Digby of Paratime Imsk)__(Founder)
*Salu SW6 has violet eyes, rather than green. Both she and her double have personalities more affected by their experiences than their intrinsic nature. For the elder Salu, it was her prolonged kidnapping; for the younger Salu, it was her possession by the Emerald Eye. Salu SW6 eventually marries Ferro. (Andrea Cassidy of 20th-century Earth)
95 Matter-Eater Lad Junior (Batch SW6 Tenzil Kem of Paratime Bismoll) (Founder)
*OK, he is nearly as similar to the elder Tenzil as the two Cosmic Boys. Oddly, although he never ingested the Miracle Machine, his life is still affected by its Improbability Energies.
96 Star Boy 2 (Batch SW6 Thom Kallor of Paratime Xanthu) (Founder)
*This Thom appears physically similar to the Earth-Prime (ThreeBoot Legion) Star Boy. He has all the powers any Star Boy has ever demostrated: complete gravity control, near-Daxamite-level strength/speed/flight/durability, electro-vision, fire breath, etc. In the future, he ultimately married the Batch SW6 Ayla Ranzz, and they became the parents of Star Girl. He also had a set of twins__with Lonna Leing; their children were ‘Insect Queen 3’ and the on-again / off-again hero / villain ‘Star Beetle’.
97 Ultra Boy 2 (Batch SW6 Jo Nah of Paratime Rimbor) (Founder)
*After learning of the fate of the original Phantom Girl, Jo and Apparition married quickly. During his period lost in the Progenitor’s Universe, Tinya completes her thirteen-month Bgztlr gestation period, and has a little boy whom she names “Cub”.
98 Alchemist (Jan Arrah of Paratime Trom)__(Founder)
* Jan Arrah sacrificed his life getting his comrades safely to the Kwaiverse. Before they awakened, he was absorbed into the composite entity known as The Progenitor. A version of him re-appears in Earth-K story “I, Monstress”.
99 Valor (Batch SW6 Lar Gand of Paratime Daxam) (Founder)
*Transported back to the 21st century shortly after his appearance, he healed Glorith’s perturbations of the timeline. Spending another millennium in the Phantom Zone, he re-joined the Legion in the 31st century.
100 Gossamer Spark (Batch SW6 Ayla Ranzz of Paratime Winath)__(Founder)
* She appeared with both her anti-gravity and lightning powers intact.
101 Karate Kid 3 (Batch SW6 Val Armorr (later Val Aurum) of Paratime Earth (Founder)
* Val changed his name for political reasons, as he did not wish to be confused with the successively resurrected Prince Consort of Orando
102 Catspaw (April Dumaka of Earth)
*One of the first two Legionnaires admitted after the Batch SW6 Legion was organized. Only active a few months; resigned shortly after she became pregnant with Lyle Norg SW6’s baby.
103 Dragonmage (Xao Jin of Earth)
*Admitted with Catspaw. After a some successes and a series of failures with the Legion, Xao left Legion 1.5, shortly after Catspaw. Seeking more training on the Sorcerer’s World, he became a student of Mysa Nal, and political opponent of Mordru, during the times the wizard has ascended to power.
104 Computo II (Danielle Foccart of Earth)
*Admitted with Catspaw and Dragonmage. There have been several robotic Computos. Brainiac 5 created the original berserker robot; he later modified it to serve as the LSHQ majordomo, offending Saturn Girl. Brainiac 5.1 created a still more modified version in the 21st century, in an attempt to get himself and his comrades back home. This version went on to create Robotica, then evidently "evolved" itself out of existence. The human Computo, sister of Invisible Kid 2, is still technically a member of the Legion, but finds she is most useful around Legion Headquarters, now on Brande’s Legion World.
105 Chameleon (Phil Watters of Durla)
*This is an ordinary young Durlan recruited by Reep Daggle
106 XS (Jenni Ognats of Aarok) <also a brief stint with Legion 1.O through time travel after the “Legion of Three Worlds incident>
107 Andromeda (Lar-El Gand of Daxam)
*She is no relation to the original Laurel Gand, but another modern Daxamite. The name 'Laurel Gand' and its variants are about as common on Daxam as 'Mary Smith' on Earth. The starfield on her costume is meant to represent the area of space near Rickleff, Daxam's primary. Raised by strict Daxamite supremacists, she redeemed herself in the fight against the Daxamite “Ambassador Roxxas”, who had taken the name of the famous Terran genocidal maniac. Lar-El later gained energy-manipulation powers in the mysterious anomaly with Brainiac 5. Eventually leaving the Legion, she joined the Sisters of the Eternal Cosmos as Sister Andromeda. The Sisters are not celibate; in later years she married an ordinary Daxamite generally known now as Father Perseus.

Well, as long as I’m at it, I may as well cover the actual nature of the Anomaly which altered the natures of Brainiac 5.1, Andromeda, Gates, Kinetix, and Umbra. Each of them tells their own story, none of which agree, and there are odd ‘lapses of memory’ within each of their tales. Andromeda refers to the Anomaly as the “Fires of Creation”, for example. Brainiac 5 claimed it was a creation of Glorith, or the Time Trapper.
The truth is, the five Legionnaires met in the anomaly a near-omnipotent entity known as “Mister Nebula, Planetary Decorator”, and his herald, the green-skinned fat-boy devil-man WorldSmith. They shared their plan to completely re-design each of the United Planets. In order to dissuade him, the Legionnaires offer themselves as living subjects for Mr. Nebula’s matter-restructuring powers. Having never worked in the medium of sapient living tissue before, the being readily agreed. While making certain changes to the Legionnaires, Mister Nebula never completed his transformations of their physiques and personalities, as he became discouraged with the outcomes before he finished, and fell into a centuries-long funk.

And the list continues...
108 Kinetix (Zoe Saugin of Aleph) Now a permanent resident of the Sorcerer’s World. Due to time travel paradoxes involving Legion of Three Worlds, there was a period of time when the adult Zoe lived on Sorcerer’s World under
__Gates (Ti'julk Mr'asz of Vyrga) <also a brief stint with Legion 1.O through time travel>
109 Super Boy ('Kon-El' of Earth - 21st Century) Honorary time-traveling clone member.
110 Magno (Dyrk Magz of Braal)
111 Umbra (Korvea Mallor of Talok VIII - another cousin to both Grev and Tasmia. The Mallor dynasty has a large number of possible ‘planetary champions’ extant.)
112 Sensor (Jeqa Wynzzor of Naga-Procyon)
*From a world of dominated by snake-people, who employ raccoon-people as servants, her personal handmaid Lotora became a Legion 1.5 mascot, 'Raccoon Girl'. Sensor has powers similar to Projectra of Orando, and Command Kid, but they are psychic in nature, not magical or demonic.
113 Ferro (Andrea Cassidy of Earth - 20th Century)
*Brought to the 31s century after Legion 1.5 time-traveled back to the 20th century. It is suspected that her twin sister (who was left in the past) might be an ancestor of Douglas and Andrew Nolan, responsible for their mutations, as their powers are all very similar.
114 Inferno (Sandy Anderson of Earth)
*Pyrokinetic. Lost in time, presumably died in the 21st century.
115 Kid Quantum II (Jazmin Cullen of Xanthu) She was surprised to learn that her foster-brother James was, in fact, the Heart of Antares.
116 Monstress (Candi Pyponte-Le Parc III of Xanthu)
117 Thunder (CeCe Beck of Binderaan - 90th century)
118 Feral Star (Randall Burroughs / Jahr Dingle composite of Earth / Xanth)
*Randall Burroughs is a cousin of Drake. He merged with Jahr in the Progenitorverse to form an energy being. (As opposed to the original Wildfire, who was an anti-energy being.)
119 Shikari (Shikari Lonestar of Kwai Colony)
120 Gear (I.Z.O.R. of Lisnar)
121 Wolfpack (Rann Varal of Rimbor)
*Rann Varal was a member of the Green Dragon street gang on Rimbor. One night, he snuck into one of the headquarters of their sworn enemies, the Wolfpack street gang. His mission was to steal the Wolfpack amulet, a totem for the rival gang. He succeeded, but too late he discovered that the amulet was truly magical: under the combined light of the Three Purple Moons of Rimbor (an rare occurrence) the amulet morphed him permanently into a strange werewolf-form. In addition, the amulet itself vanished, seemingly absorbed into his new body. When Jo Nah shortly thereafter was instrumental in breaking up both the Green Dragon and Wolfpack gangs, Rann struck out on his own, now trying to stay out of trouble, using his lupine powers to protect the innocent. While the Batch SW6 Jo Nah was lost with the ‘Legion Lost’, Rann befriended and protected the young Batch SW6 Tinya Wazzo-Nah. He still remains a friend of the family.
122 Insect Queen (Leona Leing of Xanthu)
*She is, incidentally, Zynthia Leing’s (much) younger sister.
123 Dreamer (Rol Purtha of Naltor)
*He is the son of Yvvya Val Purtha Kallor (by her first marriage), and thus the stepson of Thom Kallor. He was recommended for membership in Legion 1.5 by his stepfather, when they required a precog.
_Quislet (¥&#9633;&#916; of Teall)
*Quiset joined Legion 1.5 after his term in Legion 1.0, when the older Legion finally, permanently disbanded. Gates and XS, on the other hand, traveled back in time during "Legion of Three Worlds", and joined Legion 1.0 after they had been in Legion 1.5.

I hope I didn’t miss anybody.

Jan Arrah's theme song.

I read 16-19 in one batch. Dori never fails to delight. I wish I had her character, she just rolls with the punches and carries on. Ennis is more practical financially, but I have a feeling Dori could be bankrupt and bounce back. I expect them to enjoy a rational and satisfying marriage!

It's a wonderful cast of characters, mining the Legionverse and creating new ones.

So long, Gaal Jindrich, you had an interesting life and a calm death. The Rejuvium explanations provided a reasonable explanation for the absence of excessively long lives in the future.

The Jesines are a strange cult, but credible. As in-laws go, they could be worse - or maybe there's worse to come....

Was Karate Kid really killed six times? I've lost count.

I've been dropping whole 'books' rather than whole chapters because I have noticed people who are interested at all tend to binge-read.

The Earth-K paracosm is far more detailed than I can even begin to record here. It has been percolating in my head for decades, and is my primary source of amusement in my old age.

I imagine that by the 31st century, ordinary Terrans might expect to live 120 years or so. Up to 150, for the truly elderly. On the other hand, there is plenty of opportunity to cut that life short in the culture of the United Planets. Exploring strange new worlds, joining the Legion, and so forth.

Karate Kid dying six times is my little joke. I don't think that any one version of Val has died more than twice in any single continuity. However, in the Earth-K paracosm, Val keeps dying, and Projectra keeps using the power of the Orakills to serially resurrect him. And, of course, Dori's story begins ten years after five years later, so he has had ample opportunity.

I hope that Dori and Ennis both come across as flawed, fallible characters, but perhaps their disparate personalities strengthen each other.

1) KK (Classic) commits suicide to save Orando from Nemesis Kid.

2) KK (Threeboot, later retconned as Retroboot Classic) dies when he goes back in time with Una.

3) KK (Batch SW6 Val) dies fighting the Dominators in 5YL.

4) Myg (KK2, apparently classic / Retroboot version) dies in Legion of Three Worlds, killed by Radiation Roy.

If I were to rewrite this tome, I would make a number of definitive changes to Ennis Jahnson. Ennis is partly based on Walt Disney, partly based on a number of Chief Executives I have known over the years. I have created his character from observation, but only recently have gained a real understanding.

I just finished reading The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload by Daniel J. Levitin


His thesis is that our finite human minds can only handle so much information. We therefore have a tendency to forget and overlook things. As a solution, he suggests that we let our environment remember things for us. (Always put your keys in the same place, pre-program as much of your electronic devices as possible, etc.)

He has an entire chapter on how high-level executives (and popular performers) become super-schedulers. They have staff that does it for them! Often, they do not know where they are or what they are doing until their Executive Assistant leads them into a room-- but once there, they are able to give full attention to the task at hand, and those they are interactive with. They do not need to worry about the future, where they need to go next, or what they need to prepare-- their staff is taking care of that for them. This allows the high-level executive to be entirely in the moment, as I have frequently observed.

Bunny and her staff are far, far more important to Ennis than I have written them.

There are a number of 20th and 21st-century characters that have survived to the 31st century in the Earth-K paracosm. Here is a little list.

The following have already appeared, or been mentioned:

01 Jonathan Elliot- son of Lois Lane and ‘Jordan Elliot’, he is known in the 31st century as ‘Superman’.

02 The Martian Manhunter- Known as Martin Hunter, and a plethora of other aliases, he is a resident of the Sorcerer’s World, a student of magic, and a friend of Mysa’s.

03 Jason Blood- Freed of Etrigan (at least temporarily) he has died more than once. Many know him as Blood, his is introduced by that name, and also as Jason Norwich.

04 Comet the Superhorse- Sometime in the past millennium, Biron the Centaur was able to regain his natural form. Also a student on the Sorcerer’s World, his is at least four thousand years old-- although much of that time was as a prisoner on a distant, lonely asteroid.

05 Doctor Fate- Well, at least the Lord of Order Nabu is still around. In the 31st century, on the Sorcerer’s World, he inhabits the Helm of Fate by himself. For now.

06 The Phantom Stranger- Another migrant to the Sorcerer’s World, and long-time opponent of Mordru, he goes by the name Tanner Mothgrasp. Unlike the current DC Universe, his origins are still shrouded in mystery.

07 Captain Marvel- He is known as the Wizard Klavanatus on the Sorcerer’s World, for now. He has changed his ‘magic word’ into something unpronounceable, so that he is unable to change back into the- very elderly, nearly dead- Billy Batson. The Marvels age about ten years every century, so the Captain looks perhaps in his early forties. However, his hair and beard are already frosted with grey, as it has been a hard millennium.

08 Mary Marvel- Mentioned but not yet seen, Billy’s sister now goes by Miriam Juniper.

09 Lar Gand (Mon-El) has taken on yet another identity: Robert L. Cobb, owner and proprietor of Cobb’s Brush and Reparo.
Mon-El does not really need employment, as he is a member of the Talokan nobility. In addition, the forty-seven credits he left in his juvenile account at the Bank of Daxam, compounded annually at 1%, for a thousand years, has left him a millionaire.
He just gets so bored of court life; he seeks challenges. And what better activity than to fix things?

10 Wildfire- Drake took the ‘long way back’ from the 21st century, while his team-mates returned in a time bubble. Currently married to Dawnstar

11 Gold of the Metal Men: ‘Doc’ Will Magnus brother, Michael (Mike) Magnus, served as the template for the gold ‘responsometer’. No idea if the other Metal Men are around or not.

12 Ganthet, and

13 Sayd, former Guardians of the Universe. Friends (?) of Dori.

14 Mordru

15 The Ultra-Humanite: Known in the 31st century as Harmonia Li.

16 The Indigo Warlock: Mentioned in passing, he was formerly the Joker, but his insane personality was subsumed by an indigo lantern. He will eventually marry Mysa Nal’s acolyte, Qznkpykl, who will become the parents of Lgxqzryp, a future Legionnaire.

17 Madame Xanadu (the nymph Nimue): Mentioned in passing. Still around, probably somewhere in Faeryland now.

18 Ra's al Ghul: Mentioned in passing. Joins Garridan's Legion as ‘Algol’ (Living Liquid Lad).

Showing up later in this series:

19 The Wizard Ambroise: Oscar Ambroise Diggs, the 19th-century Wizard of Oz.

20 Ythorod the Witch-Killer

21 Supergirl- Kara Zor-El of Krypton: “Look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead... Now, mostly dead is slightly alive. Now, all dead, well, with all dead, there's usually only one thing that you can do... Go through his clothes and look for loose change.”
What do you suppose happens to a Kryptonian in a coma nearly indistinguishable from death, when you put her in near-solar orbit around a yellow sun for a hundred years?

22 The monster Doomsday, now known again as The Ultimate. Finally evolved some intelligence as a survival strategy.


The following are out there, but Dori will not meet them in this story.

23 Lili Van-Zee: Daughter of Van-Zee, Superman’s Kandorian doppelganger (among others), and Earth heiress Sylvia DeWitt, Lois Lane’s doppelganger (among others). Now residing on Rokyn, which is inaccessible to most of the U.P. for various reasons.

24 Leah King, Hyper-Girl, daughter of Hyper-Man of 2Oth-century Oceania / Zoron.

25 L’Onng N’Ozz, the Aardmartian Anteater, from 2Oth-century Earth-C-minus

26 Hector Ham-and-Eggs, the reformed porcine super-villain, who accompanies L’Onng on their explorations of the Multiverse

27 King Kull, evil caveman.

28 Vandal Savage, evil caveman.

29 Fatman, real name Wade Stout, the clown who dresses like Batman. As an old man, accidentally discovered the Fountain of Youth in the Bahamas.
https://cacb.wordpress.com/2010/07/06/batman-meets-fatman/

Elsewhere in the Earth-K Paracosm
(A part of the realm which I have just discovered.)

The Golden Age Earth-Two Legion
Lightning Lad: Garrick Ranzz of Mercury (Sol System) [Super-Speed]
Saturn Girl: Imra Ardeen of Saturn [Telepathy, Telekinesis, Psionic Whip]
Cosmic Boy: Jan Arrah of Trom [Elemental Transmutation]
Brainiac XL: Kajz Dox of Yod [Super-Scientist] Actual descendant of the original (organic) Brainiac.
Mona Halk-Kar of Thoron, in the Negus star system: [sub-Kryptonian abilities] Projected into the Earth-Two equivalent of the Phantom Zone by Power Girl, she waited one thousand years before a cure for Thoronite poisoning was found.

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Phantom Lad: Solon Darga of Bgztl (Legion Traitor)
Lightning Lass: Ayla Ranzz of Mercury (Sol System) [Super-Speed]
Manhunter: Roh Lorl of Mars [Weaponsmaster]
Bouncing Boy: Chuck Taine of Earth (Super-bouncing, nigh-invulnerable)

Other possible members:

Shrinking Girl and Colossus Boy, probable descendants of Al Pratt, with powers similar to the Silver Age Atom and Nuklon / Atom Smasher, respectively, from Juno and Jupiter (Sol System), respectively.

Shadow Lass: Guinevere King of Pluto (Sol System) [Various shadow powers] Similar to 2Oth-century Obsidian

Wildfire: Sandy Anderson of Venus (Sol System) [Psychopyrokinesis]

Thunder Mage: Xao Jin of Earth (Sol System) [Controls magical pink 5th-dimensional Thunderbolt]

Sand Chameleon: Reed Daggle of Earth (Sol System) [Shapeshifting]

Starwind: Aurora of Feithera, Greenland, Earth (Sol System) Full-blooded Feitheran, able to fly through space unaided, ‘sonic’ powers; actually gravitational vortices which work in a vacuum.

Skygirl: One of those space-kangaroo riding, cat-headed space amazons from Nebulosa.

Book 1- Winath is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=853048#Post853048

Book 2- Xolnar is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=854517#Post854517

Book 3- Lupra is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=856035#Post856035

Book 4- Jahnson’s World (again) is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=857549#Post857549

Book 5- Earth is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=865660#Post865660

Book 6- Jahnson’s World is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=870948#Post870948

Book 7- Maltus is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=871990#Post871990

Book 8- Thanaris complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=875322#Post875322

Book 9- Answers is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=876004#Post876004

Book 1O- Sequester is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=879742&#Post8797
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Book 11- To Xolnar and Beyond is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=885909&#Post885909

Book 12- A New Home is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=886997&#Post886997

Book 13- Digression- Magic is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=888297#Post888297

Book 14- Visitors is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=892380#Post892380

Book 15- Thom Greyson is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=895731&#Post895731

Book 16- Xolnar Again of Dori's story is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=896739#Post896739

Book 17- Otherwise Engaged is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=897122&#Post897122

Book 18- Dori’s World is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=897359#Post897359

Book 19- Meet the Parents[/b is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=898813#Post898813

[b]Book 2O- Preparations is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=903523#Post903523

Book 21- “One Last Mission” of Dori's story is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=904164&#Post904164

Book 22- Grand Opening is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=904980#Post904980

Book 23- Cacia and Ciardo is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=906072#Post906072

Book 24- The Wedding is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=909264#Post909264

Book 25- “The Honeymoon is Over” is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=912993#Post912993

Book 26- Healers is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=914383#Post914383

Book 27- Rekojeth is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=914400&#Post914400

The 'Quis est Veritas' chapter is not part of the original series, but is a more recent creation. Still, it seemed to fit well here. One more book to go.

Book 28 - Later... is complete.
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=915256#Post915256

A special thanks to Invisible Brainiac, Harbinger, Fat Cramer, and Emily Sivana for all your kind comments. I hope I have left you a little entertained, or even inspired your own fanfics.



POSTMORTEM
As I have mentioned before, the majority of the Rainbow Girl saga was written in a frenzied few months a couple of years ago.

I did some minor editing; mostly re-arranging of ‘chapters’ so that there was a more consistent flow in the story. I also researched and copy-and-pasted a lot of the quoted poetry, much of which I had misremembered.

As the whole thing was kind of a stream-of-consciousness exercise, it is a little herky-jerky to read.

I also added a little more recent work, as it occurred to me, which was appropriate to the story.

Blok vs. Lester Spiffany
and
‘Whatever Happened to Meyer Qayd’
and
Veritas & Copycat vs. Rekojeth
for example.

I took Geoff Johns’ characterization of Dori: that she has a mysterious connection to the Emotional Spectrum, and wields its powers, resulting in unpredictable mood swings, but does not fully understand her abilities.

I also took as a template Volthoom, the First Lantern, who was the only other character I know of capable of accessing the entire Emotional Spectrum. There was a sub-plot in which I actually introduced Volthoom’s origin, but I was never able to fully develop it, as I would have had to go fifteen billion years back in time. [Did anyone pick up on it?]

It ended up that Dori tilted towards the MarySue. Ridiculously powerful, if Johns was to be taken literally, and inherently likable, with her natural super-charisma. Also her association, from the very beginning, with Imra, Chuck, Dirk, Salu, Querl, and Reep. And later, with the Subs.

It is necessary that someone always comes to rescue Dori, whether it be the Seven Deadly Entities, one of the Legions, or some other hero. Otherwise she would need to actually access those her full abilities to rescue herself, and that would be dangerous. I realized this back when I was writing this, and that is why I introduced Earth-K2, where Dori has severely reduced powers, and has a more ‘normal’ life.


As it now appears Red and Yellow will dominate for the next four years, we are planning on moving back to Suva before January 2Oth. And by ‘we’, I mean my daughter and son-in-law. But, where they go, I must follow.


I’m sure they have Interwebs there, but if you don’t hear from me for a few months, it’s only because I am still settling in.


I think I will continue producing fanfic, if only as a solace and escape from the real world. Pardon me for posting it here.

Oh my, I haven't even caught up yet! Are we already nearing the end? I will feel sorry to see your writings end, but you have certainly left us with such a rich universe.

And certainly, enough ideas to percolate around and keep Dori alive for ages to come!

Thank you for the shout-out. I hope to return to fanfiction writing soon. My problem is I have more fun researching than the actual writing...but there is always hope.

I just finished reading. Amazing! What a lot of twists and turns... and Dori still lives on. What an enchanting life she had. You really introduced so many astonishing twists and turns, but all so very plausible. I especially liked the end, with a glimpse into an alternate universe.