Karolina Dean (Earth-616)

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History

Karolina Dean is the daughter of Frank and Leslie Dean, two Hollywood actors who were secretly alien outcasts and members of a crime organization called the The Pride. Despite growing up with two famous parents, Karolina was untouched by Hollywood scandal and developed a strong moral compass. She had an interest in new age beliefs, and is a vegan. Karolina originally wanted to be an actress like her mother.

When Karolina and the other children of the Pride witnessed their parents' murdering a girl as part of a ritual sacrifice, they ran away from home, determined to defy their evil legacy. Karolina discovered her Alien heritage, which gave her the ability to fly and manipulate solar energy, powers that were inhibited for most of her life by a Medical alert jewelry bracelet forged from an alien metal. The Deans, wishing to give their daughter a normal life, told her she has a deadly allergy and instructed her to never take the bracelet off. After learning the truth, Karolina was ashamed of her alien heritage and didn't put much value in her life. She offered to sacrifice herself to save her friends when they were attacked by a vampire. The vampire was killed when he drank her blood, due to the solar energy stored in her blood.

Contents 1 History 2 Powers and Abilities 2.1 Powers 2.2 Weaknesses 3 Paraphernalia 3.1 Transportation 4 Notes 5 Trivia 6 Links 7 Recommended Readings 7.1 Discover and Discuss

After their parents' destruction, Karolina's friends were split up by California Social Services. Karolina Dean was sent to a foster family that was addicted to prescription painkillers, and she was forced to see a psychologist. Missing her friends, Karolina organized a reunion, asking the team to meet her at the James Dean memorial where they had decided to run away the first time. The teenagers escaped their new homes to regroup and fight the supervillains that have filled the void in Los Angeles left by their parents' departure.

Karolina was plagued by insecurities about her status as an extraterrestrial, and her secret homosexuality, although she has become more well-adjusted and open about her alien heritage. Karolina unsuccessfully tried to kiss her friend Nico but was rejected. Her love life became more complicated with the arrival of Super-Skrull-in-training Xavin, her fiancé through an arranged marriage. After fighting Karolina's friends, Xavin told her that he wouldn't force her to marry him, but he hoped that she would come with him to witness the animosity between their two races. He said that their marriage might end the war between the Skrulls and the Majesdanians. Karolina revealed that she is not attracted to men and doesn't want to live a lie, so Xavin altered his form to that of a human woman and persuaded her to leave with him. Karolina returned to her parents' home planet with Xavin, hoping to stop the war, which was triggered by her parents. She gave her medical alert bracelet to Nico as a gift and remained in contact with her friends via voice transmissions.

Karolina later returned to the team, explaining that the conflict between the Skrulls and the Majesdanians reignited during the wedding, and the Skrulls destroyed Majesdane with anti-matter missiles. Karolina gained greater control over her powers on her home-world, and no longer needed her bracelet to change her appearance.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Solar Absorption Physiology: ability to absorb solar energy to an unknown degree. Her blood is deadly to vampires, and her physiology presumably differs from humans in other ways as well.

• Flight
• Light Blasts: ability to projectile energy blasts of kinetic light.
• Force-Fields

  Weaknesses

She is empowered by solar energy and is thus less powerful at night. She appears to be manic-depressive.

Paraphernalia

Transportation

She travels with the Runaways in the Leapfrog.

Notes

• Karolina is a lesbian. This was first hinted at during an encounter with Excelsior member Lightspeed. She later professed romantic feelings for fellow Runaway Nico Minoru, but has since married Super-Skrull shapeshifter, Xavin. It is unknown whether or not Nico feels the same way about Karolina. It is clear that she still harbors some feelings for Nico, after Xavin impersonates the witch prompting Karolina claiming she cares for Nico "more than she knows", despite her arranged marriage.
• Karolina is married to Xavin

  Trivia

• Karolina's father was a James Dean fan, and that's why he and his wife chose to use the last name Dean when they moved to planet earth.

Links

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Recommended Readings

First learned about parents' crimes (Runaways #2, 2003); discovered alien nature (Runaways #3, 2003); fought members of the Pride (Runaways #4-6, 2003); fought Cloak and Dagger (Runaways #11, 2004); confronted the Pride, betrayed by Alex Wilder, escaped (Runaways #16-17, 2004), left Earth to visit her home-world with Xavin (Runaways, Vol 2 #8), returned to Earth married and fought alongside the Runaways against the new Pride (Runaways, Vol 2 #17-18)

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