

Thermal-Blast: After being experimented upon by the Psions, Ryand'r can emit waves of concentrated super-heated energy from his hands.The power of the sun is what gives a Tamaranean their strength and vitality, flight, and other unique gifts. Energy Absorption: Like all members of the Tamaranean race, Ryand'r can harness and channel ultraviolet radiation.As Darkfire, Ryand'r and the other Omega Men fought against the forces of Lady Styx. More recently, Ryand'r's powers have intensified and he has taken to calling himself Darkfire. At one point, he was summoned back to his home world to bear witness to the wedding of his sister Koriand'r to Prince Karras. Ryand'r remained with the Omega Men for many years fighting the Citadel as well as the galactic conquering Spider Guild. Ironically, both of Ryand'r's sisters Koriand'r and Kommand'r had likewise gained superhuman abilities at the hands of the Psions years earlier. The experiments altered Ryand'r's body chemistry giving him the ability to generate intense waves of heat from his hands. Early in his career, Ryand'r was captured by the scientific aliens the Psions and experimented upon. Primus invited Ryand'r to join his group of freedom fighters, the Omega Men, and assist them in their ongoing efforts to topple the Citadel. When he came of age, Ryand'r's fighting prowess earned him the attention of a freedom fighter named Primus. He was but an infant during the height of the Citadel War in which the ruling family forged a treaty with their oppressors by offering Ryand'r's sister Koriand'r to the Citadel whereupon she was sold into slavery.Īs was customary with youths of noble lineage, Ryand'r was sent to the planet Okaara, there to be trained in the arts of combat by the fabled Warlords of Okaara. Ryand'r is the youngest of three siblings born and raised on the planet Tamaran in the Vega star system.
