The Worldkiller Prophecy was a Kryptonian doomsday prophecy and the endgame of the Children of Juru. In 2018, the Children of Juru attempted to fulfill the prophecy by terraforming the Earth and remaking it to their liking, with help from the Worldkiller known as Reign.
Fortunately, M'yrnn J'onzz prevented the terreforming process by sacrificing himself to become one with the Earth, and the rest of the plot was foiled by the Superfriends. The Children of Juru were arrested and Reign was killed off by her human half Samantha Arias.
History[]
Background[]
Reign and the rest of the Worldkillers were created by the Children of Juru, an ancient, secret coven on Krypton dedicated to the old polytheistic beliefs of Yuda Kal. Designed after centuries of research, the Worldkillers were imbued into genetically engineered Kryptonians using the Harun-El, a mystical black rock which possessed dark magic that augmented her capabilities beyond even those of her race when exposed to a yellow sun. Due to being created with the Harun-El, the Worldkillers honed their powers in Juru, an alternate dimension where the Worldkiller personas resided when dormant (and vice versa for their human personas). As part of an ancient "End of Worlds" prophecy, Reign and her sisters, Purity and Pestilence, were designed to "execute justice" by purifying Krypton of sin and burning it to the ground, which would make way for the Juru people's order to prosper.[1][2]
Reign as a baby is sent off to Earth.
However, the Children of Juru's plans were derailed due to the planet's impending destruction. On the day of Krypton's devastation in 1979, a group of hooded coven members placed Reign in an escape pod, feeding the newly-created infant a drop of blood to sustain her. She was sent to Earth, where the coven intended for her to grow strong and reign.[3] Purity and Pestilence were sent along with Reign and would awaken once she was ready.[4]
Reign's pod landed on Earth around 1989 (presumably remaining in stasis for 10 years prior).[5] She was taken in by Patricia Arias, and her human half became known as Samantha Arias. Despite remaining dormant within Samantha for years, Reign would partially manifest as she grew stronger. For example, in 1999, she began influencing Samantha to repeatedly draw the Children of Juru's symbol in a trance.[6] Reign was to fully manifest once her human host came of age. However, in 2005, Samantha became pregnant to an unknown man and gave birth to a daughter, Ruby Arias. This biological process ended up delaying the Dark Kryptonian's awakening.[1]
Awakening[]
Samantha's nightmare of Reign's awakening.
12 years later in late 2017, Reign was unexpectedly triggered when Samantha used super strength to save Ruby's life. Reign's powers began to emerge, cumulating in her transforming into a hideous monster in Juru. The transformation was presented to Samantha as a "nightmare", a warning of the Worldkillers' "End of Days" prophecy coming into fruition.[7]
Samantha's eyes glow as she receives the memories of "Reign".
As the weeks passed, Reign's powers began to grow stronger, affecting Samantha and soon rendering her skin invulnerable.[8]Upon discovering her powers, Samantha was prompted to seek out the truth of her past from Patricia. Patricia showed her Reign's pod, from which Samantha uncovered a crystal. In a remote desert, the crystal uncovered the Fortress of Sanctuary, a piece of Krypton which would house and advise the Worldkillers. The fortress' hologram of Selena, the leader of the Children of Juru, preached that it was time for Reign to emerge. Despite Samantha's resistance, Reign began to completely manifest in her host, painfully repressing Samantha's human self. Her eyes glowing red, Reign eerily stated, "I have awoken" in ancient Kryptonese.[1]
The rise of Reign[]
Upon the behest of Selena's hologram, Reign aimed to prepare Earth for the "End of Days" prophecy and returned to National City to make her mark. Using her heat vision, she burned the Children of Juru's symbol all over the city throughout the night, completing the first step, the "Mark of the Beast".
Reign suits up.
A couple of nights later, Samantha saw a news report from L-Corp about a street gang known as the One-Seven Gang causing yet another fatal shooting. Reign was angered by this and began to emerge, but Ruby's arrival at the office brought Sam back to the surface. After Ruby left, Reign took control and flew to the National City Port, where she caught the One-Seven Gang participating in a drug deal. Reign attacked the gang, swiftly and brutally ripping its members to death with her heat vision as punishment for their criminal actions. Later that night at CatCo Worldwide Media, Samantha learned of Morgan Edge's assassination attempt on her friend and boss, Lena Luthor. She angrily gazed at a picture of Edge and with Reign awakening, coldly stated that he should be dead. Reign exited, ripping open her buttoned blouse to reveal her suit with the Children of Juru's sigil upon her chest. Reign attacked Edge Global during a Christmas Party that night, inciting havoc in the building. She made her way to Edge's office, but he concealed himself in a lead-lined panic room. Unable to spot him through the material, Reign wordlessly left by flying out the window.
Reign faces Supergirl.
Supergirl, intending to draw this new and mysterious Kryptonian out, left her symbol of the House of El on the roof of CatCo. Sensing the challenge, Reign arrived on the roof and waited for the superheroine to arrive. Once Supergirl and Reign met face to face, the former wondered if her opponent was the Devil. Reign negated this, introducing herself as a dispenser of justice on Earth. The Worldkiller revealed she too is from Krypton, having been sent away right before the planet's collapse. Supergirl condemned Reign's terrorizing of the city, to which the Worldkiller protested that the world had been broken down by sin and she will ensure that judgment was dealt to those who eluded it. Supergirl refused to allow her crusade and demanded that the Dark Kryptonian surrender, or else. Amused by her opponent's hubris, Reign compared Supergirl to the residents of Krypton, who worshipped "false gods" while fearing and shunning her creators. Reign claimed the modern Kryptonians let their planet suffocate and burn, threatening to send Supergirl to Purgatory with them if the superheroine tried to get in her way. When Supergirl refused, Reign decided to dispense her justice on her and the two engaged in a fierce duel.
Reign and Supergirl's battle raged throughout National City, leaving a trail of destruction, with the two superbeings evenly matched at first. They soon crashed onto the streets, dueling in front of hundreds of civilians. Reign eventually managed to knock Supergirl down with a punch to the face. As Supergirl became distracted by some nearby onlookers, Reign struck her head with a slab of concrete, drawing blood from the Girl of Steel. As the disbelieved and slightly concussed Supergirl attempted to continue fighting, Reign quickly incapacitated her with a head-butt. Supergirl gathered enough strength to disarm Reign of the concrete and use it to push her away, but the Worldkiller quickly flew back into proximity and hurled a flaming car door at Supergirl before using her heat vision to burn off the Girl of Steel's crest and force the latter onto a roof. Picking up Supergirl by her suit and musing that her weakened and beaten down opponent wasn't a God, the Worldkiller proclaimed she wasn't the Devil, but an entity of truth, justice, and death who would reign. She then dropped Supergirl from the roof, watching as the Girl of Steel fell to the ground and seemingly died. After her triumph, Reign presumably returned to Samantha's home.[2]
Against a Legion[]
Reign broadcasts her intentions from CatCo.
Two days later, Reign took over Samantha upon seeing a newspaper reporting her defeat of Supergirl. She returned to the Fortress of Sanctuary, where Selena's hologram congratulated the Worldkiller on her victory over Supergirl and making her mark. Reign was quickly informed that was still much for her left to do in preparation for the awakening that she is meant to enact. The hologram ordered her to exact deliverance on Earth and target not just sinners, but those who allowed sins to happen through their inaction. Reign then murdered a thief who stole a van and broke into CatCo, where she dropped off the man's body. Reign ordered one of the nearby cameramen to aim his device at her and, despite Lena's protests, began broadcasting her message. Reign accused the people of National City of allowing criminality to roam free in city, as well as being apathetic towards the plague. The Worldkiller declared that she is "here to help" and vowed to show no mercy against such people before flying away.
Reign faces the D.E.O. at the bank.
True to her word, Reign began to target criminality in all its forms, as well as the city's justice system if she deemed they didn't punish criminals enough; she took down a meth lab and then the police when they arrived to stop her. Later, Reign descended on what appeared to be a bank robbery, preparing to kill the perpetrators. However, the "robbers" and some "hostages" were revealed to be agents from the D.E.O., having set up the operation to lure out the Dark Kryptonian. Initiating the Sundown Protocol against the Worldkiller, the agents attacked Reign with a red sun grenade and sonic weapons, disorienting her. Two agents then pinned her down with a heavy metal wire while Alex Danvers placed a chain of Kryptonite soil around her neck. Reign was initially weakened and in pain, but overcame the Kryptonite's effects and broke her restraints. She used the metal wire to snap Alex's tibia in half, knocking her down. Furiously casting the Kryptonite aside, Reign attempted to kill Alex, only for J'onn J'onzz to intervene and punch her aside. Reign then escaped through a window.
In retaliation for the ambush, Reign invaded Albatross Bay and went on a rampage, striking down convicts and guards alike. She eventually came upon a holding cell and found Thomas Coville praying to a Juru glyph, submitting to her will. Intrigued, Reign wondered how Coville knew those words, to which he preached to be "awoken to them". Reign suspiciously asked if Coville believed claiming salvation would result in her sparing him but Coville revealed he in fact wished to be of service to the Worldkiller's cause. Just then, Reign heard Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer" blaring outside and left to investigate. Busting through the prison wall, she was faced with a large spaceship rising out of the water with Mon-El and Imra Ardeen preparing to duel her.
Supergirl injects Reign with concentrated Kryptonite.
Reign warned them not to interfere, as she wanted to purge the world of sin. Imra rhetorically asked why she doesn't start with herself, to which the Worldkiller retorted that she's "not of this world". She flew to the spaceship but the two Legion members to followed her. The ship attempted to shoot Reign down, but she ended up redirecting one of their missiles back to the cannons, destroying them. Imra telepathically threw some weights at Reign while Mon-El rushed at her with a Kryptonite syringe. However, Reign destroyed the weights with her heat vision and used her freeze breath on Mon-El, though Imra saved him with a telepathic bubble. J'onn then ambushed Reign, phasing the both of them underground. After a brief battle, the two flew back above ground, both injured, with their match having ended in a stalemate. When Imra tried to free Mon-El, Reign knocked her aside and prepared to kill Imra for protecting a "sinner". Just then, Supergirl arrived, much to Reign's shock, having believed the Girl of Steel to be dead by her hand. Supergirl attacked the Worldkiller and they both tumbled onto the ground. Reign tried to finish off the superheroine, only for Supergirl to plunge a syringe of concentrated Kryptonite into her neck. Stumbling and gasping in pain, Reign quickly fled.
Thomas Coville joins Reign in her mission to find the other Worldkillers.
Reign managed to make her way back to the Fortress of Sanctuary. Writhing in agony until the Kryptonite was flushed out of her bloodstream, Reign soon recovered and was questioned by Selena's hologram as to what happened. The Worldkiller admitted Supergirl gained an edge on her due to unexpected allies. The hologram then revealed to Reign the existence of other Worldkillers, whom she could find on Earth now that she had proven herself. Coville then arrived at the Fortress of Sanctuary, offering to help Reign complete her path.[4]
Searching for her sisters[]
A week later, the Fortress of Sanctuary sent out Kryptonian phrases that only Reign alone could hear, causing her to emerge and fly there. When Selena's hologram wondered why she arrived late, the Worldkiller expressed that her human side is stronger than she expected; Samantha's increasing resistance, while subconscious for now, made it increasingly difficult for Reign to take and maintain control. The hologram scolded that Sam shouldn't be a hindrance and informed her that the Fortress had detected a signal coming from Fort Rozz. The hologram explained that Supergirl and her allies were headed to the prison, most likely to find Jindah Kol Rozz, the dark high priestess of the Children of Juru who had been imprisoned long before Krypton's destruction. Realizing that Supergirl gaining any of Jindah's knowledge of the Worldkillers' agenda would pose a threat to their plans, Reign boarded her pod to Fort Rozz, intending to find the priestess first.
Reign murders Jindah Kol Rozz.
At Fort Rozz's Dendara Corridor Reign, Reign witnessed Jindah revealing to Supergirl the existence of Purity and Pestilence, the other Worldkillers who would unite under their leader, before announcing her presence and greeting the priestess. Jindah expressed delight to see Reign, believing the two will unite to bring hellfire upon their enemies and restore the Juru's way of life. However, Reign instead deemed Jindah to be a liability and fired her heat vision through the priestess' heart, killing her. Supergirl was shocked that Reign's powers weren't dampened by the blue star Fort Rozz was orbiting, to which Worldkiller gloated that the sun isn't the source of her strength.
Reign battles Livewire.
Reign mocked that Supergirl was vulnerable whilst de-powered but the superheroine nonetheless tried to reason with Reign; she expressed her belief that a part of the Dark Kryptonian regrets the pain and terror she is causing in her mission (unknowingly reaching out to Samantha), insisting they could deliver justice the right way without being at odds with one another. Reign disagreed and prepared to kill her, only to be attacked by Supergirl's ally, Leslie Willis/Livewire. Livewire battled the Worldkiller, with Reign unable to get a direct hit on the meta-human at first due to her electricity-phasing powers. Once Livewire manifested, Reign derided her as a "nuisance" and fired her heat vision, which the former countered with her electricity. The two powers were evenly matched until Reign got close enough to begin choking Livewire. Supergirl tried to intervene, but was knocked aside. A furious Livewire ordered Reign to leave her friends alone before summoning enough electricity to push each of them back.
Samantha briefly takes control from Reign.
Though winded from the encounter, Reign recovered in seconds and descended on an incapacitated Livewire, enraged. Supergirl pleaded her to spare Livewire and offered herself instead. Reign agreed and fired her heat vision at Supergirl, only for Livewire to take the hit, mortally wounding her. Just then, Gayle Marsh/Psi, another one of Supergirl's allies, confronted Reign. As the Worldkiller studied her foe, Psi unleashed a psychic attack on Reign to tap into her deepest fears. Reign immediately began crying out in pain and distress, with Psi's crippling energy overriding her powers and forcing Samantha to the surface by exposing her worst fear - Ruby being taken away from her forever. Once Samantha recovered from the ordeal, she was scared and confused about her current situation but before Supergirl and her allies could help her, Reign took back control of her human host and fled from Fort Rozz, returning to Earth.[9]
Purity's powers manifest in Julia's home.
In January 2018, after Julia was crushed by a car whilst saving her friend, Purity began to manifest, saving Julia's life.[9] Several weeks later after Supergirl and the D.E.O. tracked down Julia, Alex Danvers frightened the latter whilst trying to capture her. Julia's terror of the situation triggered Purity, causing her to fully emerge and forcefully take control of her host. Purity unleashed a sonic cry, pushing back the D.E.O. agents. Supergirl used her freeze breath to trap the Worldkiller's cries, allowing J'onn J'onzz to place her in power-dampening cuffs. Purity was incarcerated at the D.E.O. headquarters.
Purity imprisoned at the D.E.O. headquarters.
While in holding, Supergirl tried to reach Julia but Purity adamantly stated that wasn't her name, introducing herself as the flood to cleanse sin and light to bring justice. Supergirl insisted on calling her Julia, but Purity simply scoffed at her fellow Kryptonian, claiming the latter didn't understand the scope of her power, unlike Alex. Alex warned Purity that she wasn't smarter or stronger than the former, vowing to force out the Worldkiller's secrets whether it took days, weeks, or months in this cell. Supergirl urged Julia to show herself while Alex demanded to know where Reign was. Amused, Purity simply mocked the duo over their conflicting tactics.
Supergirl tries to get through to Purity's human half.
In her efforts to get through to Julia, Supergirl read her background file out loud to Purity. Purity was unmoved and brushed aside Julia as a role she needed to play, citing that "masks" were necessary until it was time for her and her sisters to enact their agenda. The Worldkiller claimed Julia Freeman never existed and it was just "little ol' [her]". When Supergirl brought out a photo of Julia's best friend, Vanita Ripson, Purity deemed her as "clingy". However, feeling her human host trying to fight back, she briefly struggled before regaining her composure. Purity gloated to Supergirl that she didn't care for humans, sadistically voicing her desire to rip apart the superheroine's bones and organs, much to Alex's fury. Purity then vowed to eat Alex's heart as a sacrifice and the D.E.O. agent, in turn, threatened to have the Worldkiller dissected. Supergirl broke up their match and led Alex away as Purity sinisterly smirked.
Purity taunts Alex.
Shortly after, Alex returned and demanded again to know where Reign was, stating they already possessed Purity's crystal. Using her powers of empathy and clairvoyance, Purity threw Alex's words back at her, stating the agent wasn't smarter or stronger than her because she could see through the latter's facade. Purity deduced that Alex was trying to project her rage, fear, and helplessness regarding her failure to defeat Reign onto the former. The Worldkiller then prodded into Alex's heartache over breaking up with Maggie Sawyer, claiming that Alex threw away her chance at happiness and lost an essential part of herself, deriding the agent as a "broken little doll". Purity callously laughed in amusement as a shaken Alex stormed off, angering Supergirl.
Purity escapes the D.E.O. with her crystal.
In the midst of a standoff with the Girl of Steel, Purity warned Supergirl in Kryptonese that the Worldkillers would slaughter the human race to make way for "the new world". Supergirl then condemned her in the name of Rao. Just then, Purity's crystal activated and shorted out the D.E.O. facility's power. Purity escaped her cell and incapacitated Supergirl with a scream. Growing stronger, the Worldkiller began to control the sonic vibrations around her as she screamed at some D.E.O. agents. After retrieving her crystal, Purity escaped the facility.
Purity attacks the subway.
Purity traveled in a subway train as she followed the signal of her guiding beacon to meet up with Reign. Upon sensing the arrival of Supergirl, the Worldkiller attempted to disorient the superheroine with sonic vibrations, only to find that her adversary had planned ahead by wearing special earbuds. Supergirl pushed Purity outside into the subway tunnels, where she was cornered by Alex, J'onn, and Mon-El, all of whom were also protected from the Worldkiller's sonic powers, much to her shock. As they closed in on her, Purity quickly screamed into the ground, pushing herself and her opponents onto the lower floor. She then used her screams to dismantle the subway's infrastructure, forcing Alex, J'onn, and Mon-El to protect the nearby civilians.
Julia breaks Purity's control.
Supergirl and Purity battled, with the Worldkiller quickly gaining the upper hand by trapping the Girl of Steel into a headlock and breaking both of her legs. Purity then tried to kill Supergirl by snapping her neck, quickly defeating Mon-El when he attempted to intervene. As she prepared to finish off the superheroine, Purity menacingly revealed that Julia could sense her other half's actions and decided to make her watch Supergirl's demise. Supergirl pleaded with Julia to fight this, causing her to briefly surface. Purity regained control but with Alex's encouragement, Julia overpowered her Worldkiller half, suppressing the Dark Kryptonian once more.
After Julia was captured and brought to the Fortress of Sanctuary, Selena's hologram worked to help Purity completely manifest, despite Julia's resistance.
Later that night at L-Corp, Samantha's increasing worry and stress with how her latest blackout nearly put Ruby in harm's way, combined with anger when she believed Lena revealed the former's episodes to her daughter, began to trigger the Worldkiller. Amidst Lena's attempts to talk to Samantha, Reign emerged and menacingly yelled "Silence!" before threateningly advancing on her. However, when Lena called out her friend's name, Samantha immediately woke up from her trance and suppressed Reign.[10]
Bringing death[]
Several weeks later, Pestilence's powers began to manifest. With Grace easily embracing her alternate personality, Pestilence began spreading a plague in National City, beginning with the planet's wildlife and vegetation; rivers of blood formed in the Arctic while birds began dropping dead from the sky. As the casualties rose, Pestilence's powers grew.[11]
A few days later, Grace began using Pestilence's powers to harm people by scratching them with infected claws, ensuring Pestilence's disease would soon kill them. After City Hall was quarantined, Pestilence infected Winn Schott and Alex Danvers as the D.E.O. investigated the situation.
Pestilence then infiltrated Silvermine Health Insurance. Upon entering a conference room, she scolded the corporate leaders for profiting on the suffering of their customers instead of providing them with the company's needed services. As Pestilence tried to kill the CEO with a poisoned claw, Supergirl stopped her. The Worldkiller expressed amusement that the superheroine wanted to save these "scabs", but the fellow Kryptonian argued that everyone deserved a second chance, including Grace. Believing Pestilence was controlling her human half, Supergirl attempted to help Grace, only to learn she willingly accepted Pestilence's powers in the wake of her cynicism and rejection of human morality. Pestilence heralded herself as a god and attacked Supergirl.
After a brief tussle between Pestilence, Mon-El, and Imra, the Dark Kryptonian was tossed out a window by Supergirl. Leaping onto the lower floor, Pestilence mocked the Girl of Steel for believing she could be redeemed. Imra began telepathically tossing parts of the building onto Pestilence, but the Worldkiller easily dodged the rubble and hurled a broken pole at Imra, which Mon-El caught. Mon-El attacked Pestilence, forcing her into the air, where she dueled with Supergirl. The superheroine eventually knocked Pestilence to the ground, but the Dark Kryptonian had secretly scratched Supergirl's throat, face, and hand multiple times, infecting her with a high dose of her poison. Pestilence triumphantly watched as the Girl of Steel immediately began succumbing to her illness, but was trapped in a telepathic bubble by Imra, who then hurled a blade into her chest. Weakened, Pestilence was briefly repressed, but her death was halted with the arrival of her sister, Purity, who healed her with their connection. Purity quickly defeated the heroes and the two Worldkillers, delighted of their reunion, flew away.
Purity and Pestilence unite with Reign.
Pestilence and Purity began searching the city for Reign and eventually located their sister at a secret L-Corp lab. After destroying the facility, Pestilence ripped off Reign's Kryptonite probe, freeing her sister of her restraints. Now united, the three Worldkillers froze their enemies in place with a blast of energy before escaping together.[12]
Splitting apart[]
Worldkillers connect.
After being exposed to an ancient Kryptonian rock, mixed with her blood sample by Lena Luthor, Reign separated from Sam and became her own person while still connected to Sam's life force.[12] The Worldkillers have gone to Reign's Fortress of Sanctuary. The trio starts doing a custom when Sam out of nowhere awakens in the pocket measurement we saw a week ago. She's before long joined by the human modify self images of the different Worldkillers. Sooner rather than later, Reign discovers that Alex and Lena they're conversing with Sam and Sam's eyes turn red. Reign's had Sam in the pocket measurement. Reign starts gagging Lena in the other domain when we discover Sam's awareness in now in Reign's body on Earth. The Superfriends is getting bested when they're ready to persuade Julia to ascend against Reign and Pestilence. Epidemic cuts Purity, yet Purity utilizes her sonic forces on Pestilence, slaughtering her. Their spirits are evidently consumed by Reign before the Fortress of Sanctuary starts disintegrating to the ground. Later, Reign is seen hovering over the city saying "Ruby Arias must pass on."[13]
The Worldkillers united.
Later, Reign invades the apartment of Lena and James. She continues asking where Ruby is and Lena splashes her with a kryptonite-bound shower. So, Reign takes off. Then Reign approaches Patricia Arias' house and the flowers in the house begin to wilt. Reign goes into the house getting out for her mom Patricia. Kara and J'onn are covering up. Reign utilizes her x-beam vision to investigate a storage room upstairs, where she thinks Ruby is stowing away. So, Reign goes to open the entryway and it's Kara. Kara ventures out to attempt to stop Reign, yet she breaks out of the bonds. Reign, Kara, and J'onn all head outside and begin battling. Reign uses the sonic forces she got from Purity against J'onn and Kara to thump them back. Patricia strolls outside attempting to address Sam, however Reign cuts her in the stomach. Kara can lose Reign Patricia and she escapes with Patricia and J'onn. Reign's agonizing as she drifts over National City when she hears Ruby.
Reign being attacked in Lex Luthor's mansion.
Reign discovers Lex Luthor's mansion. Reign's strolling over to Ruby when Kara and Mon-El stroll in. The two use Lena's produced kryptonite to debilitate Reign and they start battling her. In the following battle, Reign's veil is knocked off and Ruby makes the acknowledgment that her mother is Reign. While Kara is diverting Reign from Ruby, Mon-El pulverizes the kryptonite and burdens it into one of Lex's firearms. He discharge it at Reign, who's crippled by the kryptonite shots. Later, they're keeping Reign in Lena's holding cell.[6]
At cell, Reign is undermining Supergirl and the remainder of the gathering from inside her holding cell in Lena's sanctuary. It's uncovered that Lena has made new innovation that doesn't permit Reign to see out of her holding cell.[14]
Reign is picking up resistance to kryptonite. Reign uncovers she realizes the Lena has an off button set up. Lena has the ability to murder Reign on the double, yet it'd all slaughter Sam. Mon-El and Kara come back to Lena's den with the stone similarly as Reign breaks out of her cell.[15]
As the trio is battling, Lena rapidly utilizes the stone brought again from Argo City and prepare a cure to fix Reign. Lena rapidly completes the cure and infuses Reign with it. Reign isolates from Sam and crumbles.[16]
Terraformation[]
Unfortunately, the Children of Juru remained a threat even after Reign had supposedly died. Soon, the Kryptonian witches Selena, Ayala, and Vita seized the opportunity to travel to Earth from Argo, whereupon they summoned the Fortress of Sanctuary to resurrect Reign with the aid of Thomas Coville.[16] However, they needed the blood of the two deceased Worldkillers, Purity and Pestilence, to complete the ritual. In that cause, the witches broke into the D.E.O. and a vicious skirmish broke out between them and the organization's agents. The witches ultimately lost the battle when Supergirl, Alura Zor-El, and Mon-El returned from Argo and seemingly destroyed the last of the Worldkiller blood samples, forcing the coven to flee. However, Selena was able to absorb the destroyed samples into her own blood, which she used for the ritual and Reign was revived at full power, with the combined might of her sisters. The coven then threw the remaining Harun-El into a pit of flames leading all the way down to the Earth's core, signaling the beginning of Earth's transformation. Having done this, the witches turned on Coville, feeling he was of no use to them anymore, and blasted him with heat vision, gravely wounding him. Wielding the Sword of Juru, Reign then plunged into the flames and down into the Earth's core, triggering a global terraformation event.[17]
M'yrnn gives J'onn one final memory before dying.
The coven's plans were derailed however when M'yrnn J'onzz bonded with the Earth, temporarily trapping Reign deep within the planet and leaving the witches stymied even as Reign finally broke free and returned to the Fortress. In their arrogance, they failed to notice Coville using the last of his strength to activate a beacon in Selena's stolen ship before dying, giving away the coven's location. As they once more went to throw the Harun-El into the flames, Supergirl and her team arrived in force, commencing a brutal brawl. Though the witches were incapacitated one by one, Reign proved too powerful, forcing Supergirl to take drastic measures. Using the Harun-El, Supergirl transported her mind, Samantha's, and Reign to the dark valley of Juru and the Fountains of Lillith. There, Samantha was able to overpower her alternate personality and force-feed Reign water from the Fountain of Weakness. The spirits of Juru then dragged Reign into the Fountain, banishing her forever. After that, the Children of Juru were arrested by the Kryptonian High Council.
Aftermath[]
With the death of Reign and the arrest of the the Kryptonian witches, the Children of Juru effectively ceased to exist as an organization. However, there were consequences to the invasion. Some were positive, such as Samantha Arias becoming human due to the death of her Kryptonian half. Eventually, she took charge of L-Corp's office in Metropolis. Meanwhile, the discovery of Argo City allowed Superman to temporarily retire with Lois Lane, leaving Supergirl as the main protector of the Earth for the time being.
Unfortunately, the Worldkiller attacks also instigated a rise in anti-alien hatred throughout America, combined with Myriad and the Daxamite invasion. Benjamin Lockwood in particular was consumed with rage after losing his father during the terraforming incident, which proved to be the final straw that led to him becoming Agent Liberty and forming the Children of Liberty, which would prove to be a tremendous threat to the Superfriends a year later.
In addition, the final battle with Reign created a copy of Supergirl who would end up in Kaznia, ultimately becoming Red Daughter. Lex Luthor used her to his advantage along with the anti-alien prejudice gripping America in order to furthur his goal of killing Superman.
New multiverse[]
Two years later, the doppelgangers of the Children of Juru survived the Anti-Monitor Crisis and were brought to the DEO. Unlike their Earth-38 counterparts, however, these witches were just tourists, and ultimately proved harmless. They returned inside their bottled Earth afterwards.[18]
Alternate timelines[]
First timeline[]
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Reign in an alternate timeline.
In one alternate timeline, in which Kara tells Lena she's Supergirl after Lena revealed harboring Reign after finding out she and Samantha were one and the same, Reign looks for Ruby and is later attacked by Supergirl. Reign is attacked by Lena who uses a device to free Samantha from Reign's control without the use of Kryptonite. Not long after, Reign regains control and kills Lena. She is attacked by Mon-El with the device and both are killed in the process, leaving Patricia Arias to mourn their deaths.[19]
Second timeline[]
Reign is killed by J'onn.
In an alternate timeline in which Kara and Lena never became friends, Samantha presumably never separates from Reign, leaving Reign in full control, who becomes an enforcer for Lena Luthor alongside a reprogrammed Brainiac 5 who are tasked with killing Supergirl and the Superfriends. She was eventually killed by Martian Manhunter using the Staff of H'ronmeer.[19]
Appearances[]
Supergirl[]
Season 3[]
- "Reign" (mentioned)
- "Not Kansas" (mentioned)
- "Make it Reign"
- "Battles Lost and Won"
Season 4[]
- "American Alien" (mentioned)
- "Man of Steel" (flashbacks)
- "Bunker Hill" (mentioned)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Wake Up"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Reign"
- ↑ "Nevertheless, She Persisted"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Legion of Super-Heroes"
- ↑ "For Good"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Shelter from the Storm"
- ↑ "Girl of Steel"
- ↑ "Damage"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Fort Rozz"
- ↑ "Both Sides Now"
- ↑ "In Search of Lost Time"
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Of Two Minds"
- ↑ "Trinity"
- ↑ "The Fanatical"
- ↑ "Dark Side of the Moon"
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Not Kansas"
- ↑ "Make it Reign"
- ↑ "The Bottle Episode"
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "It's a Super Life"