Allies & Enemies

After retiring as the supervillain Darkstar, Vereint has built a happy life together with Warrick and their adopted daughter, Melissa Kim. Though it's hard to stay on the sideline while his husband is putting his life in danger as the superhero Blue Ice, Vereint is determined to provide a stable environment for Melissa, even if that means pretending to be normal.

When Melissa manifests her first metability it comes as a welcome surprise, as with training from Warrick she is able to become Blue Ice's sidekick, Blue Devil. It gives Vereint a sense of relief to know that two people he loves are able to watch each other's backs when he can't be there.

For a time, life is good. They are an ex-supervillain and a current superhero raising a child to be one of the next generation of heroes. Every day is an adventure, though a much quieter and gentler one than Vereint ever expected to enjoy. His happiness seems to have become endless.

Until tragedy strikes. And Vereint gives in to the darkness within him, revels in the terrible acts he commits with no care about coming out the other side.

For when you strip away the normal man, there's only a Darkstar left behind, eclipsing the light of all other metahumans. A remote and pitiless monster that wears Vereint's face but has none of his humanity.