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Andrea is very surprised and pleased to have a meeting with her former friend Lena, who apologizes for how she blew up on her 10 years ago and friendship. They are quick to patch things up, and Lane offers if there's anything she can help with her new powers, or Leviathan, and Andrea thanks her for her kindness. She later calls Kate and William into her office, informing Kate should will be running at receiving article on their former employee and her former friend, Winn now that he is a wanted fugitive. Kara protests, but Andrea demands she do it. <ref>Back From the Future - Part One</ref> After finding some small bugs in the system, like the tasting of food, Andrea orders more workup and studies to be conducted with [[Kelly Olsen]]. Later that day she is visited by her friend Lena, hoping to see the latest upgraded model. When she tells her of the complications, she offers to help, but she politely declines. Days later her mentor and boss calls, [[Gamemnae|Gemma]] calls her, demanding to know why she declined help from the Luther’s. She apologizes and calls her friend for assistance. <ref>Back From the Future - Part Two</ref> |
Andrea is very surprised and pleased to have a meeting with her former friend Lena, who apologizes for how she blew up on her 10 years ago and friendship. They are quick to patch things up, and Lane offers if there's anything she can help with her new powers, or Leviathan, and Andrea thanks her for her kindness. She later calls Kate and William into her office, informing Kate should will be running at receiving article on their former employee and her former friend, Winn now that he is a wanted fugitive. Kara protests, but Andrea demands she do it. <ref>Back From the Future - Part One</ref> After finding some small bugs in the system, like the tasting of food, Andrea orders more workup and studies to be conducted with [[Kelly Olsen]]. Later that day she is visited by her friend Lena, hoping to see the latest upgraded model. When she tells her of the complications, she offers to help, but she politely declines. Days later her mentor and boss calls, [[Gamemnae|Gemma]] calls her, demanding to know why she declined help from the Luther’s. She apologizes and calls her friend for assistance. <ref>Back From the Future - Part Two</ref> |
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- "Keep screwing with me, and you won't just owe me a story. You'll be the story."
- —Andrea to Lena Luthor[src]
Andrea Rojas is a resident of National City. She is the billionaire CEO of Obsidian North and the owner and editor-in-chief of CatCo Worldwide Media. Andrea is also the ex-best friend of Lena Luthor. On Earth-38, she was secretly working for Leviathan and went by the name Acrata to accomplish their dirty work. On Earth-Prime, she is still working for Leviathan but she was never an assassin.
Biography
Original multiverse
Early life
Andrea grew up from a wealthy family, her parents are divorced, her mother dumped her father and traded up to a British Lord, so it was just her and her father, she grew up wealthy and was friends with Lena Luthor and met in boarding school, Lena told Andrea about her mother's dream about finding the medallion of Acrata, the medallion is like a good luck charm and bend individuals to their will, by the time they were adults, Andrea family's company is losing money and they could lose the company, her father is suicidal and has an insurance to take care of her. Lena found out where the medallion is and the legend Acrata is true.
They went to Costa Rican Jungle and found the medallion before Lena got there, a spirit guide told Andrea to retrieve the medallion for herself to save her father and her company, even though Andrea doesn't want to betray Lena, she was desperate to save her father and took the medallion. She even lied to Lena about the medallion and use it to save her company and her father.
This spirit guide said the medallion is from Leviathan, Lena ran into Andrea and they are no longer friends when she found that Andrea took the medallion, Andrea wanted to apologize and she would help Lena, Lena could not accept her apology, Andrea met Russell Rogers and they started dating, Margot wants her to become an assassin. As an invisible assassin, getting that medallion comes from a price.
Even if Andrea refuses, Leviathan will ruin her father and her company, her father would go to prison for insider trading, if she refuses, Andrea became the shadow and starts killing this individual connected Leviathan, Andrea was not a killer, but she was doing this against her free will, Leviathan organization wants to kill her boyfriend, but Andrea made a deal with them and Russell will be useful. They hold Russell against their will and make him a killer, Lena and Andrea reconciled and Andrea obtained CatCo Worldwide Media at some point after Lena Luthor sold it to her.
Director at CatCo
At work, Andrea wanted a sexy story of a murder when coming across billionaire Niles Jarrod who died at a club, she waved it off as nothing important, Kara Danvers and William Dey find themselves in a verbal altercation. William told the room he has already looked into the story, and there is nothing there.[1]
After that Rip Roar was incarcerated in the D.E.O., Andrea was tasked by Leviathan to kill Russell.[2] As a shadow, she tried to break in the D.E.O. by herself but failed due to Supergirl's interference. Andrea asked Lena as a friend to help her break in the D.E.O. by distracting Supergirl. Andrea manage to get Russell out of there and gave Lena the medallion as the favor and reminded her that the medallion is a curse. When Andrea tried to get Russell in a plane to escape Leviathan, Russell was shot and the messenger tells her that the power never came from the medallion but just activated her darkness and she can't escape it.[3]
New multiverse
She took the Medallion of Acrata like in the original multiverse, however she was never contacted by Leviathan after she took the Medallion of Acrata.
During a briefing to increase Obsidian North's "Collective Dream" VR lenses, Andrea is interrupted by her old college mentor and friend Gemma Cooper. She excuses the room as the two catch up. Gemma examines her work with VR lenses and brings up the idea of creating a space and a new reality for people to escape to permanently that are unable to function in normal society. [4]
Andrea is very surprised and pleased to have a meeting with her former friend Lena, who apologizes for how she blew up on her 10 years ago and friendship. They are quick to patch things up, and Lane offers if there's anything she can help with her new powers, or Leviathan, and Andrea thanks her for her kindness. She later calls Kate and William into her office, informing Kate should will be running at receiving article on their former employee and her former friend, Winn now that he is a wanted fugitive. Kara protests, but Andrea demands she do it. [5] After finding some small bugs in the system, like the tasting of food, Andrea orders more workup and studies to be conducted with Kelly Olsen. Later that day she is visited by her friend Lena, hoping to see the latest upgraded model. When she tells her of the complications, she offers to help, but she politely declines. Days later her mentor and boss calls, Gemma calls her, demanding to know why she declined help from the Luther’s. She apologizes and calls her friend for assistance. [6]
While at work in preparing to launch her Obsidian Platinum lenses, she is attacked by a mystical force in her private elevator but saved by Supergirl. Refusing to quarantine herself for her own safety, Supergirl is assigned to protect her for the day. After being attacked during a sitdown interview, she confesses to supergirl who wants her to remove herself publicly for safety, why this launch is so incredibly important to her. She agrees and after being attacked for a third time, is stashed away at the DEO much to her annoyance. Unbeknown to her, her product was being sabotaged by a refugee alien who's husband committed suicide in part due to her obsidian lenses.[7]
Personality
Andrea in her civilian persona.
Andrea as Acrata.
Powers and abilities
Powers
- Dark magic-empowered human physiology: Andrea's normal human physiology was empowered due to coming in contact with the ancient Medallion of Acrata, because of her inner darkness, she was able to harness and strip the medallion of it's mystical properties, thus; giving her new-found powers without the need for the medallion itself.[3] After the crisis, Andrea has kept her powers but doesn't seem to be able to use them like she could before.[8]
- Umbrakinesis: Andrea has the power to bend darkness and shadows to her will
- Darkness empowerment: Andrea can use the darkness of an area to become stronger and faster. This is seen when Russell Rogers destroyed lights in the DEO making it easier for Andrea to teleport him away from the facility.
- Shadow embodiment: Andrea can transform herself into a shadow to hide her physical appearance without detection.
- Intangibility: Andrea in her shadow form is able to nearly become untouchable and she can use this to phase through solid objects.
- Teleportation: Andrea is able to teleport herself, and others by using shadows and darkness itself as gateways to travel from one place to another.
- Superhuman speed: In Andrea's shadow form, she can move swiftly at high speeds. She used this to quickly assassinate Caroline O'Connor and leave the scene in a matter of seconds.
- Umbrakinesis: Andrea has the power to bend darkness and shadows to her will
Abilities
- High-level intellect/Great business acumen/Leader: Andrea is a highly intelligent individual, an excellent tactician and leader.
- Expert hand-to-hand combatant: Andrea is an expert in hand-to-hand combat.[3]
Equipment
- Acrata suit: When Andrea touches the medallion three times, a shadow dresses her in a dark suit. After the power merges with Andrea she doesn't need the medallion to summon the suit.[9]
Former equipment
- Medallion of Acrata: A medallion that translates to "Leviathan". Andrea believed her powers came from the medallion, but was told it came from her darkness.
Appearances
Supergirl
Season 5
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DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Season 5
- "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five" (mentioned)
Trivia
- Lena Luthor sold her CatCo Worldwide Media for $1.3 billion.[3][10]
- Andrea and Lena Luthor met and befriended each other 15 years ago at Mount Helena Boarding School.[3]
- Andrea's favorite movie is Titanic.[3]
- Andrea's shadow-bending powers are very similar to the hero Obsidian's and coincidentally, she happens to own a company called Obsidian North. It's unknown if this was intentional or not.
Behind the scenes
- In the DC comics, Andrea Rojas is the superheroine known as "Acrata".
- Andrea was born and raised in Argentina alongside her father.[3] In real life, Julie Gonzalo was born in South America just like Andrea.
References
- ↑ "Blurred Lines"
- ↑ "Dangerous Liaisons"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "Confidence Women"
- ↑ "The Bottle Episode"
- ↑ Back From the Future - Part One
- ↑ Back From the Future - Part Two
- ↑ "The Bodyguard"
- ↑ The Bodyguard
- ↑ "The Wrath of Rama Khan"
- ↑ "Event Horizon"