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General Biography

Kovun was born on the planet Krypton, the genetic son of two soliders of the Military Caste. As an infant he was given to Zor-L, the younger of the L brothers, and rasied as the child of the scientist and his wife. At the age of eight, Kovun's cousin, the daughter of Jor-L, was sent off Krypton by her parents, with his own parents sending him after by mere seconds.

While his cousin's ship would proceed to Earth via plotted and measured course, Kovun's ship would find its way into a temporal event. As his cousin landed, was adopted, and grew up on Earth, into Superwoman, the event would keep Kovun in a perfect temporal lock for thirty years. When it finally released the ship, it would complete it's long paused journey to the little blue planet.

Having become an active and noted superheroine, Superwoman would end up intercepting the ship as it made atmosphere. She took it to her Earth parents, the Kent, where the decision to raise the boy as family was made. Over the next five years, she'd teach him about the responsibility she felt they had to help and protect the people of Earth for granting them a second, or third, home. She would teach him the planet's customs and cultures, the languages, even the history.

By the age of thirteen, he was ready to help Superwoman, whom he regarded as more of a mother figure, despite her protests. He'd use the argument of living up to their responsibility to protect the Earth, and the reasoning of her imparting some of the martial skill of Torquasm Vo and Rao to him to discipline and control his power, eventually winning the argument. When he did make his break in to the heroism scene, he would not take the name Superboy due to some other guy he hadn't met yet using it. Instead, he'd take the name Power Boy, making his uniform mostly white with tones of Superwoman's signature red and blue.

Six months after his emergence as a young hero, his life would take another shift, perhaps the largest of all. A strange green girl would appear in a bubble, speaking of other universes and futures. After a bit of misadventure with her, he'd decide to stow away in her impossible bubble, not know that when they left, his native universe would collapse and cease to be.

Extended Biography

Krypton

Krypton of Universe Q-42 was in some respects vastly different from the more commonly known variations of the world. For instance, the citizens of the planet were most content to remain there and achieve mastery over their home world, but hadn't turned their backs on the universe at large. Even after the destruction of the second moon, when fear and paranoia were at their highest, Krypton maintained an open, if not highly restricted, hand to the universe. Travellers were still welcome, but only to certain cities for certain allotments of time. Trespassers were extradited with great speed and minimal necessary violence. No Kryptonians were forbidden to leave Krypton, though few felt the need or desire to. As another note of difference, the Kryptonian populace of Q-42 never developed any negative reactions to leaving their comfortable green world.

Home and Family

Kovun was adopted by Zor-L, brother of Jor-L, an accomplished scientist like his brother, and his wife Allura In-Z. The circumstances of his birth are considered normal for his world, but the reasoning for his genetic parents giving him were kept secret up to Krypton's death. Nonetheless, from the point of adoption until the the age of eight, Kovun had a loving family in the L's. He often followed in his mother's footsteps in the part of the arts, but still possessed a powerful curiosity for science and technology like his father and uncle.

The Death of Krypton

When Jor-L warned his brother of Krypton's imminent demise, Zor-L took to similar action. He and his wife began construction of a second ship, large enough to send both Allura and Kovun to safety into the stars. But, as with all forms of Krypton throughout the Multiverse, ultimately only two children would escape. Jor-L launched his infant daughter, Kala Jor-L, second before Kovun was sent into space, both children's backs to the exploding world. The two ships shared the same destination, a blue planet orbiting a yellow star, but their different courses would set them apart drastically. While Kala's ship made it to Earth safely, Kovun's found itself caught in the event horizon of a temporal event in space, where it would be held for many years.

Earth: Arriving and Growing Up

Kala Jor-L would arrive safely on Earth, near a small town in Kansas called Smallville. There she was found by the Kents, Jonathan and Martha, adopted, and raised as their own daughter, Clara Kent. She would grow into the super-heroine Superwoman, the most powerful person on Earth, saving it numerous time from threats great and small. None of her countless battles for truth, justice, and freedom could prepare her for the coming of her cousin.

Kovun's ship was eventually freed of the temporal event and resumed it's course to Earth just as it had started, the instruments and the child within having been frozen perfectly in time. The ship was intercepted over the Atlantic Ocean by Superwoman, and taken to her Fortress. Days later she'd show up at the Kent farm with an overly hyper eight year old blonde in tow, asking her parents for help.

Over the next five years, Clara and the Kents would raise the boy Kovun, giving him the human name Kevin, and teaching him Earth ways and traditions. Some of these he'd take well to, such as the numerous forms of music and dance. He'd also surpass Clara's interests by learning multiple languages and Earth customs beyond those usually held in the US.

Metropolis: Unusual Behavior

At age eleven, Clara moved Kevin to Metropolis with her and her long-time boyfriend, John Jones, otherwise known as J'onn J'onzz. Over the next few months, they'd notice unusual behavior both from Kevin and non-powered people around him. The first was his affinity for other males, having few female friends that he showed much interest in. They'd write this off as social adjustment for the first few months. The second example of unusual behavior was the behavior of those around around him. Kevin had an affinity for music, and would often be found singing to himself. John would notice that people's moods and attitudes would often shift to follow the feeling of whatever song he'd been singing, even Clara's. He suspected it was some manner of Kryptonian power manifestation thanks to the yellow sun, and warned her.

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