OCCUPATION: Legionnaire, Legion Academy Instructor
HOME WORLD: Carggg
HEIGHT: 5'7"
WEIGHT: 130lbs.
EYES: Brown
HAIR: Brown
AGE: Various
MARITAL STATUS: Married
KNOWN RELATIVES: Chuck Taine (husband), Humre Durgo (father), Silvou Durgo (mother)
GROUP AFFILIATION: Legion of Super-Heroes, Legion of Substitute Heroes, Espionage Squad
FIRST APPEARANCE: ACTION COMICS #276
{Special thanks to James "Ontir" Mercel for help with some of the pre-reboot history.}
Luornu left Carggg for Earth when news arrived about the formation of the Legion of Super-Heroes. She became the first non-charter member by meeting each of the first three Legionnaires at different locations, telling them she had a suprise for them. Together, they witnessed the suprise when the triplets became one person; Triplicate Girl!
She felt a part of the team at once and when Superboy became a member she developed an unreciprocted crush on him. Only when he continued to refuse her unrequited advances, did she move on. She later started to look for another mate. She eventually started to have feelings for Chuck Taine, and he shared that attraction.
Although Luornu is a master of Tri-Jitsu, it wasn't enough to save her from Computo. One third of her was disintegrated, and since losing a body usually causes death to a Cargggite, she waited anxiously to die. Instead, when death did not come she changed her name to Duo Damsel. She had some trauma and always felt uncomfortable in the new Legion Headquarters, which had parts of Computo in it. This is when she and Chuck began their romance.
To avert a war on the planet Pasnic, she changed her costume to a half purple/half orange swim suitish outfit. When she split in two, one of her costumes was orange, the other purple. The two colors of the warring factions of Pasnic.
Not long after, she appeared to lose her power to split in two. Without her power, she couldn't remain a Legionairre, but not to worry. The recently depowered Bouncing Boy, Chuck Taine, popped the question and the two married. When it later turned out that one half of her had actually been stolen by Starfinger, she decided to leave the Legion for a new life with her husband.
During this time, they were seen from time to time. They had an adventure in a Metropolis park in which she sported an outfit first seen in the classic Trek episode, "What Little Girls are Made Of."
Their next appearance, was at the wedding of Garth and Imra (Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl) Then, they sat the HQ while the rest of the Legion fought the fearsome Armma Getton. During Earthwar, they teamed up with Garth and Imra to liberate the Earth, but decided not to return to active duty with the Ranzz's.
From there, they moved to Wondil IX, an icy mining planet after finding that Luornu was no longer welcome on Carggg. After the death of one of her bodies, she was labeled as a "tainted freak" and was an outcast. During their brief stay there as U.P. colonists, they came across a bottle which contained a villainous Djinn. When released, he wreaked havoc across the universe. Only the Legion could stop them.
They returned to reserve status for a while then they started overseeing the Legion Academy on Montaque, which they ran for quite a while. Later they took over the UP Militia, training troops to fight the Khundish Empire. When they were overrun due to the fear inducing red rain, they joined with the Legion to stand against the Khundish.
She and Chuck joined a new Legion of Substitute Heroes, formed by Cosmic Boy after he and several of the Legion Academy members helped rout the Dominators' plot to destroy Weber's World.
When Mon-el, Saturn Girl, and Brainiac 5 set up their conspiracy, Luornu was at their side, to make the Time Trapper pay for the death of Superboy from the Pocket Universe. At this point, she lost another third of herself at the hand of the Trapper. Brainy gave her his force field belt, and he somehow infected her with the power to create force fields. In addition, Glorith re-generated the version of her killed during conspiracy as a servant. The two were eventually re-united.
POWERS AND SKILLS
Luornu is from the planet Carggg, where all people have the ability to split into three versions of themselves, with one central mind. It is thought that the triplication power is derived from their triple sun. Information learned by each seperate self becomes part of the memory of all after rejoining.
To enhance her triplicating power's effectiveness in combat, Luornu worked with Karate Kid and with academy students, and has mastered a personal fighting style called Tri-Jitsu. Brainiac 5 gave her his force field belt, and he somehow infected her with the power to create force fields. She also has the capability of flight through use of her Legion flight ring.
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