Kuasa (Arrowverse)

Kuasa is a female television character who features in DC Comics.

Biography

Kuasa was a female human born in 1988 to Esi and an unnamed man in the Zambesi Village, located in the M'Changa Province of Zambesi. She had a younger sister named Mari and was close to her grandmother, Amaya, viewing the latter as her role model. When Kuasa was four years old, she was named the guardian of the Spirit Totem. However, a local warlord, Benatu Eshu, attacked the village in his hunt for the totems of Zambesi; murdering Kuasa's father and grandmother in the process. Esi then fled with Mari and the Spirit Totem, leaving Kuasa bitter and obsessed with retrieving it. Feeling pressured to protect Zambesi as a duty to honor the dead, Kuasa became a criminal as she grew up, forming alliances with dangerous people and obtaining power, men, and resources in order to find her sister and the totem.

In 2015, Kuasa tracked her sister, now "Mari McCabe", to Detroit in the United States. She hired a gang of thugs to retrieve the Spirit Totem from Mari, which failed once the totem awakened and formed a bond with the latter. Kuasa then approached Adam Macalester, a renowned professor and historian in Detroit, presumably for information on the totem and her sister. Later, Kuasa learned from Macalester that Mari had come to see him about her totem. Pleased, Kuasa promised to completely fund his next expedition once she gained the Anansi Totem. When Mari went to visit Macalester once more, Kuasa busted into the office with two armed men, threatening Mari to hand over the totem or she would get one of her men to kill her. After Mari failed to remove the necklace, Kuasa decided to "remove it from her corpse". Mari tried to escape but was shot by one of Kuasa's guards. Kuasa treated Mari's wound and brought her sister to the Zambesi Village.

When Mari awoke, Kuasa revealed that she was her older sister, telling Mari of their past and how she was the true guardian of the Spirit Totem. Kuasa claimed to Mari it was still her obligation to protect the village, even if there is only the dead left. Apologizing for having no choice, Kuasa had Anansi in the form of a spider bite Mari to unbind the totem from her. After Mari was bitten, she managed to flee. Kuasa halted her men from following Mari, knowing her sister wouldn't get far. Sure enough, Mari soon collapsed, allowing Kuasa to catch up to her and claim the Spirit Totem. Kuasa brought the totem back to the village, where her associates worshipped her. Kuasa was then confronted by Mari, who scolded her over stealing the Anansi Totem. Kuasa claimed it was her birthright to wield it, but Mari pointed out the animal spirits told her their mother wanted to keep the totem away from Kuasa. An enraged Kuasa engaged Mari in battle while an animal herd chased off her men. As Kuasa harnessed the spirit of the rhino and elephant to attack her sister, Mari used a spear to graze her arm. Kuasa got close enough to bite Mari's injured shoulder, only for the latter to have Anansi bite her spear wound. Rapidly weakening from the venom having directly entered her bloodstream, Kuasa still insisted the Spirit Totem was hers. She warned Mari it wasn't over before the latter knocked her out with a punishing uppercut and took back the totem.

Notes

• Kuasa was created by Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim where she was first created for Vixen animated mini-series set in the Arrowverse.

Appearances

• Vixen:
• Legends of Tomorrow:

External Links

• DC Database Entry

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