Tamaran

Tamaran is a planet that features in DC Comics.

History

Origin

Tamaran was the eighth planet that surrounded the star Vega. (New Teen Titans v1 #3)

Many thousands of years ago, the Tamaranean race either migrated or was brought to Tamaran from the neighboring planet Okaara. As they made the world their own, the Tamaraneans established a planetary government that evolved into a feudal society.

For over a century, Tamaran was noted to had been preyed upon by the neighbouring home planet of the Citadel who attacked for the world's food as well as people who were taken as slaves. (Tales of the New Teen Titans v1 #4)

Unfortunately, with the rise in power in the Vegan system of the bloodthirsty race called the Citadel, Tamaran was eventually reintroduced to war. Tamaran re-outfitted its armies and, led by the royal house of King Myand'r, managed to fend off a Citadelian invasion for more than an Earth century. Tamaran's defenses, however, were finally breached when Myand'r's daughter Komand'r defected to the Citadel and revealed crucial military secrets. In the ensuing battle, millions of Tamaraneans were killed; the entire race would have been annihilated had not King Myand'r ruefully negotiated a solemn truce, the signature of which involved sacrificing his other daughter, Koriand'r, to the slavers of the Citadel.

Post-Flashpoint

Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. Around ten billion years ago, the warrior Tyran'r roamed the lands of Tamaran where he sought fame and glory with him killing the wizard-king Mrak'r. At this time, one of the first seven Power Rings arrived where it chosen Tyran'r to be a Green Lantern to join other warriors to defeat the mad Volthoom. (Green Lanterns v1 #25) Long ago, the planet was attacked by an alien race who came to be known as the Makers where they abducted one of the inhabitants named X'Hal for experimentation. These experiments tortured her and she was transformed into a powerful cosmic being where she destroyed the ship of her abductors. As an energy being, she drove the invaders from her star system and for that she came to be worshipped as a god whose worshippers formed the Light and the Fire cult which stretched across dozens of systems starting from Tamaran. She eventually came to learn that her makers once more returned and attacked one of the worlds under her protection leading to her in a rampage attacking them. The destruction caused ultimately destroyed the planet under her care leading to X'Hal secretly being ashamed at her actions. Thus, she decided to depart Tamaran and go forth into the stars with the majority of her people remaining on their homeworld. However, a small band of pilgrims decided to follow their goddess into deep space and sought to find her to continue their devotion to X'Hal. (Green Lantern: New Guardians v1 #29)

It was noted that the royal family's servant X'andr had been secretly responsible for betraying Tamaran to the Citadel. (Titans v4 #6)

Later on, a galactic conspiracy was uncovered involving the alien Rogol Zaar that concerned the destruction of Krypton. The secrets involved nearly brought the galaxy on the brink of war until it was uncovered by Suprman and his allies. At this time, King Myand'r was at the scene where a solution proposed to ending this conflict was the formation of the United Planets that was an alliance among worlds looking for peaceful solution to problems. Tamaran came to among the worlds that took part in the formation of the interplanetary alliance. (Superman v5 #15)

Overview

In appearance, Tamaran was a world in the Vega system whose surfaced was said to be a tropical paradise. (Tales of the New Teen Titans v1 #4) It was the eighth planet that surrounded the star Vega. (New Teen Titans v1 #3)

Locations on Tamaran included:

• Dors : a city located on Tamaran. (New Teen Titans v2 #23)
• Kathas : a city located on Tamaran. (New Teen Titans v2 #23)
• Komandus :
• Myrrynnian : a city located on Tamaran. (New Teen Titans v2 #23)
• Palamar : a city located on Tamaran. (New Teen Titans v2 #23)
• Tamarus :
• Zoriss : a city located on Tamaran. (New Teen Titans v2 #23)

It was said to be a world filled with lush green valleys. (New Teen Titans v1 #3) The air was said to be almost scented with perfumes whilst the skies shimmered a golden glow. (Tales of the New Teen Titans v1 #4)

Life forms native to Tamaran included:

• Dror : a pink furred quadruped with a long tail where the animal often served as a pet to Tamaraneans. (Tales of the New Teen Titans v1 #4)
• Khee : a rare caterpillar-like organism with few being seen by the native people but they were known to sometimes choose a companion among Tamaraneans. (Starfire v2 #9)

Tamaraneans were always taught to live by their emotions and to trust their first reaction as it was the most pure. (Teen Titans v3 #7) The only order that ruled their people was love with them indulging in their passions. (Tales of the New Teen Titans v1 #4)

Their people were said to stand side by side with nature. Tamaran had plentiful food and land for its people with this preventing any wars erupting among the Tamaraneans. Though they knew peace, the people of Tamaran the necessities of war and were prepared to fight in battles to defend their home. (Tales of the New Teen Titans v1 #4)

Those that joined the medical profession were referred to as a medicor. (Tales of the New Teen Titans v1 #4)

Tamaraneans believed in a living goddess who they knew as X'Hal. (Tales of the New Teen Titans v1 #4) Belief in the goddess X'Hal led to the formation of a cult known as The Light and the Fire. (Green Lantern: New Guardians v1 #29)

The purpose of science on Tamaran was to heighten their beings rather than feed any greed. (Tales of the New Teen Titans v1 #4)

Inhabitants

• Tyran'r : a male who was known as Tyran'r the Mighty who lived as a ruthless warlord 10 billion years ago where he became selected to be one of the first seven Green Lanterns to fight Volthoom. (Green Lanterns v1 #25)
• Mrak'r : a male who ruled as a wizard king ten billion years ago when his domain was intruded upon by Tyran'r with Mrak'r attempting to kill the interloper for stealing from him but the warrior ended up killing him instead. (Green Lanterns v1 #25)
• Myand'r :
• Luand'r : a female who was married to Myand'r and served as his queen where she was the mother of Komand'r, Koriand'r and Ryand'r. (Tales of the New Teen Titans v1 #4)
• Koriand'r : auburn haired daughter of King Myand'r where she was the younger sister of Komand'r and the older sibling of Ryand'r. (Tales of the New Teen Titans v1 #4)
• Komand'r :
• Ryand'r  :
• Dor'ion :
• Ph'yzzon : a long white haired male who served as a General who headed Tamarans military. (New Titans v1 #127)
• Alisand'r :
• Rendll :
• Kaland'r : a short haired female priestess in the Light and the Fire cult who was devoted to the goddess X'Hal. (Green Lantern: New Guardians v1 #28)
• Mirand'r : a female who came into service to the Lords of Order and Chaos where she was charged with the task of a herald of the trials. Thus, she was given the role of finding a champion worthy of being a angel of retribution. After choosing Harley Quinn as a candidate and her renouncing the responsibilities, the Lords of Chaos and Order bestowed it onto Mirand'r instead for her services. (Harley Quinn v3 #55)
• Zerep : a male of royal heritage where he was a prince that was the next in line to the western throne of Witdel. It was said that his cousin's third aunt was Princess Koriand'r with him joining the United Order. (Justice League v4 #67)
• Xand'r : a red haired male who once served the Tamaranean royal family until he secretly betrayed them to the Citadel. (Titans v4 #6) Coming to worship the Necrostar, he sought to pave the way to the giant parasites conquest of Earth. Thus, he took on the guise of a human named Brother Eternity who became the new leader of the Church of Blood where he secretly engineered environmental catastrophes and sabotaged the planet to make it vulnerable to the Necrostar. (Titans v4 #5)
• Ione : a long haired female who served as an intergalactic bounty hunter. (Batman: Off-World v1 #1)
• Troublemaker :

Notes

• Tamaran was created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez where it made its first appearance in New Teen Titans v1 #3 (January, 1981).

Alternate Versions

• In Earth 2: World's End v1 #1 (2014), the planet did not appear though a Tamaranean was shown to exist in the alternate universe setting of Earth-2. A starship containing a young K'li crashed on Apokolips where she butchered Parademons that arrived on the scene. Her brutality shocked the Apokoliptians that found her and she came to be inducted into the ranks of the Female Furies. K'li's talents and brutality led to her attaining the rank of Fury of Apokolips where she took the title of War among them who was one of Darkseid's greatest warriors.

In other media

Television

• In Teen Titans, Tamaran appeared in the setting of the 2003 animated television series.
• In Titans, Tamaran was referenced in the setting of the 2018 live-action television series. The Royal Protection Service assigned bodyguards that protected members of the royal family. It was shown as another world whose people spoke a variation of Sumerian and had a prophecy noted in the book Gul'ron Dez Dire that spoke of a danger to their world from the being known as Trigon. According to their prophecy, his daughter would be born on Earth and lead to his release whereupon the events would bring about the destruction of Tamaran which would end up burning as a result. To prevent this fate, Kori'ander was dispatched to Earth to find and kill the prophecised child before she could release her father. Faddei was dispatched to bring Starfire back to Tamaran to assume the mantle of Queen but he was killed by Blackfire.

Appearances

• New Teen Titans v1: (1981)
• New Teen Titans v2:
• Red Hood and the Outlaws v1:
• Green Lantern: New Guardians v1:
• Green Lanterns v1:

External Links

• DC Database Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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