{{Quote|When innocent people are being attacked, it's not about balance. It's about justice.|Nia Nal|Fallout (Supergirl)}}
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'''Nia Nal''' is a [[Humans|human]]-[[Naltorians|Naltorian]] hybrid, a reporter of [[CatCo Worldwide Media]], and former political speechwriter. She is also the daughter of [[Paul Nal]] and the late [[Isabel Nal]], and the estranged younger sister of [[Maeve Nal]]. After her mother's death, Nia embraced her powers and became the superheroine '''Dreamer''' to assist [[Kara Danvers|Supergirl]] in the battle against the [[Children of Liberty]], eventually joining the [[Superfriends]].
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'''Nia Nal''' is a reporter for [[CatCo Worldwide Media]].
==Biography==
==Biography==
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===WorkingAt CatCo===
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===Original multiverse===
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====Early life====
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Nial Nal was hired as a reporter for CatCo Worldwide Media. She introduced herself nervously to Kara Danvers in the elevator and gave her a coffee, stressing about it being too cold by now. Kara thanked her and commented how she was acting like her when she first started as [[Cat Grant]] 's assistant. Later, she asked Kara about writing an article on the fashion in [[East City]], and Kara asked if she would like to write about a bigger article. She said that fashion could have a big impact on people's lives and how designers were bringing color and light to a crime-stricken area. She told Nia to pitch the story to [[James Olsen]]. Later at a meeting, James asked who could cover fashion, and before Nia could respond, [[McKenzie]] brought up a different idea that discouraged Nia enough to stay silent about her article. Kara later gave her a lecture about standing up to her fear. James then commented that she was sounding like Cat Grant to Nia.{{Ep |The American Alien}}
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Nia Nal was born on [[Earth]] to [[Paul Nal|Paul]] and [[Isabel Nal]], a [[Humans|human]] father and [[Naltorians|Naltorian]] mother. She has an older sister, [[Maeve Nal]]. Nia was raised in Parthas, a community where aliens and humans peacefully coexisted. Although bearing a rigid emotional attachment to Parthas that imprinted her there, Nia desired a life outside of the domain she grew up in.<ref name="Blood Memory">{{Ep|Blood Memory}}</ref>
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At a young age, Nia identified as a transgender female. Her family offered their unconditional love and support during this time. While she struggled against intolerance and hate-fueled attacks, including being denied service at establishments, Parthas' acceptance towards those who are different nonetheless allowed Nia to flourish under her new identity. As a result, she developed a penchant for justice and a strong desire to help and protect others who faced similar prejudice due to their identities.<ref name="Blood Memory"/><ref name="Fallout">{{Ep|Fallout (Supergirl)}}</ref>
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When she was 15, Nia once broke her nose during a game of kickball.<ref name="American Dreamer"/>
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In adulthood, Nia moved to [[Washington, D.C. (Earth-38)|Washington, D.C.]],<ref name="Call to Action">{{Ep|Call to Action}}</ref> where she received a degree in International Relations from Georgetown University.<ref name="American Alien">{{Ep|American Alien}}</ref> Afterwards, Nia became a political speechwriter for the [[White House (Earth-38)|White House]]'s press secretary, [[Cat Grant]], working in President [[Olivia Marsdin]]'s administration.<ref name="Nerdist">[https://archive.nerdist.com/supergirl-transgender-character-season-4/ "SUPERGIRL’s Casting a Transgender Character for Season 3" - Nerdist]</ref><ref name="IGN">[https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/07/22/supergirl-season-4-trailer-dreamer-agent-liberty-manchester-black "Supergirl Season 4 Will Introduce Trans Superhero Dreamer, Agent Liberty and Manchester Black - Comic-Con 2018" - IGN]</ref>
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====Working At CatCo====
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In late 2018, Nia moved to [[National City]] and was hired as a reporter for [[CatCo Worldwide Media]], personally recommended to [[Kara Danvers]] by Cat. Wanting to impress Kara, Nia bought her a latte and planned to arrive right on time. However, she was late to work due to her roommate, [[Yvette]], accidentally taking her rental car, leaving Nia to take the bus, where she spilled some coffee on her skirt. In the elevator, Nia complained to the fellow occupant about her troubles before realizing it was none other than Kara. Nia gave her the latte, apologizing for being late. Kara, taken aback by how much Nia sounded just like her whilst the former was Cat's assistant, assured her it was fine. The two then headed into a meeting.
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The next day, Nia informed Kara her desire to article an article on National City's new fashion district in [[East City]]. When Kara wondered if Nia wouldn't prefer writing a topic with more weight, Nia passionately stated that fashion is a form of art and self-expression, which could have a big impact on people's lives, and how designers would bring color and life to a previously abandoned area. Impressed, Kara urged Nia to pitch that story to the CEO, [[James Olsen]].
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At the meeting when James asked for story ideas on the fashion district, Nia was about to speak up but was interrupted by fellow reporter [[Mackenzie]], who immediately pitched an article emphasizing National City's cultural importance in fashion trends and pointed out she had contacts for exclusive interviews. Nia stayed silent about her story idea and the fashion district article went to Mackenzie. Later when Kara asked why she didn't speak up during the meeting, Nia admitted she became afraid to compete. Kara advised Nia to confront and overpower her fears to make waves at CatCo.<ref name="American Alien"/>
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As the anti-alien sentiment grew in the [[United States (Earth-38)|United States]] following President [[Olivia Marsdin]]'s unmasking, Nia sided with the aliens, sympathizing with their plight as they suffered persecution for their special looks and powers. While getting coffee at a pizza shop to stay sharp at CatCo, Nia witnessed firsthand when "Barney's" image inducer glitched out, giving him his natural appearance as a [[Coluans|Coluan]] [[Brainiac 5]], angering the chefs, who immediately tried to assault Brainy. Despite him being able to evade their attacks with ease, Nia rushed to the alien Coulan's help, demanding the pizzeria staff to back off and give Brainiac 5 his pizza, shaming them for being so cruel to their patron. She angrily slammed some money on the counter, requesting they serve Brainy under the threat of having their shop closed down once Nia exposed their bigotry at CatCo.
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As the duo left the pizza shop, Brainy thanked Nia for her support, befuddled as to why the people he considered his friends attacked him when they saw his real looks. Nia explained she understands what that feels like and assured that Brainy's real friends would be there for him no matter what.
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Resisting her anxiety in regards to having a one-on-one talk with such a distinguished professional and her boss, Nia brought up the issue with James. Revealing herself to be transgender, she asked him to write a special [[CatCo Magazine]] editorial to show support for the oppressed aliens, as James could create a bigger impact through his position. When James voiced his doubts about not wanting CatCo to appear biased, Nia countered that in this situation, innocent people were being attacked, people who needed justice more so than just balanced reporting.
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That evening, Nia witnessed a scene at CatCo, where a [[Dryads|Dryad]] employee, [[Franklin]], became a target of a mean prank by Mackenzie. James immediately stepped in and diffused the situation, making sure Franklin received an apology. He sternly lectured the employees about inter-species tolerance, pointing out that ignorance is the enemy for journalists. Touched, Nia mouthed a silent "thank you" to James. She and her coworkers later watched [[Kara Danvers|Supergirl]]'s televised speech to the city.<ref name="Fallout"/>
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====Becoming Dreamer====
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When her mother died, she decided to accept her powers and started to help Supergirl to fight crime.<ref name="Menagerie">{{Ep|Menagerie}}</ref>
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====Defeating Lex Luthor====
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After becoming the dreamer, Nia joined the [[Superfriends]] to stop [[Lex Luthor]] and the [[Ben Lockwood|Agent Liberty]].
During the [[Evacuation of Earth-38|evacuation of Earth-38]] to save its inhabitants from the wave of [[antimatter]] in the [[Anti-Monitor Crisis]], Nia helped Kelly, Alex, and Lena to embark the citizens of National City. Then, she went to [[Earth-1]] together with three billion of her world's inhabitants.<ref name="Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One">{{Ep|Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One}}</ref>
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Later, Nia as well as everyone in the multiverse except for the seven [[Paragons]], was killed in an [[antimatter]] wave by the [[Mobius|Anti-Monitor]] on December 10, 2019,<ref>{{Ep|Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three}}</ref> only to be restored a month later, after the Paragons and the [[Oliver Queen|Spectre]] created a [[Earth-Prime|new universe]].<ref name="Crisis on Infinite Earths">{{Ep|Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four}}</ref>
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===New multiverse===
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In January 2020, Nia went to the [[2020 Peace Prize Award Ceremony]]. She called [[Kara Danvers]] asking her where she was and had saved a seat at the ceremony for her. When Kara arrived, she talked to Nia about a really weird dream she had about all the worlds ending. Nia told Kara that it was dramatic. When [[Lex Luthor]] was awarded the peace prize, Nia stood up and claps. Kara asked if she was still dreaming, with Nia replying that she couldn't believe the award went to someone who actually deserves it.<ref name="Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five">{{Ep|Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five}}</ref>
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Later that day, she appeared to [[Anti-Monitor Crisis|fight]] the [[Mobius|Anti-Monitor]] along side the other heroes after having her memories restored.<ref name="Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five" />
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After the battle against the [[Brainiac 5 (Earth-TUD17)|Evil Brainy]], [[Querl Dox|Brainy]] decided to break up with Nia.<ref name="The Bottle Episode">{{Ep|The Bottle Episode}}</ref>
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[[File:Nia Nal's apartment (Earth-Prime).png|200px|thumb|Nia and Yvette talk to the police]]
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The following night, during the [[Chlorophyllian]] [[Amy Sapphire|Amy]]'s attack at Obsidian Platform's launch, Nia saved some co-workers from her wrath.<ref name="The Bodyguard">{{Ep|The Bodyguard}}</ref> She later began pursuing an [[Gregory Bauer|unknown man]] who had attacked [[Yvette]] in order to force her to retire due to being a transgender super-heroine. Instead, she worked alongside Supergirl to defeat and deter him from continuing his crusade.<ref name="RB">{{Ep|Reality Bytes}}</ref>
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The next day, everyone is hit with the unexpected news of the death of Alex and Kara’s father. They all attend the funeral in [[Midvale (Earth-Prime)|Midvale]].<ref>{{Ep|Alex in Wonderland}}</ref>
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Days later, Dreamer met with the other members of the Superfriends and [[M'gann M'orzz]] at the [[Tower]]; they were having trouble trying to find a lead on [[Leviathan (Earth-Prime)|Leviathan]]. Being on a [[Earth-Prime|new Earth]] has changed history to how Leviathan operates and is located. Dreamer decided that she was going to use her powers to find the ancients.
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She had a dream where she had to tell Brainy to leave her alone as he played cards that had the face of [[Rama Khan]] on them; when she touched a card, [[Portland]] appeared in the dream.
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[[File:Fighting Rama Khan.png|left|200px|thumb|Posed to fight Rama Khan]]
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Because of her vision, Dreamer, Supergirl, [[J'onn J'onzz]], and M'gann were able to fight Rama Khan and stop an earthquake. Suddenly, the [[D.E.O. (Earth-Prime)|D.E.O.]] arrived and Brainy said that Rama Khan was his for interrogation. Nia disagreed and the two argued that the Superfriends did not call the proper authorities, namely the D.E.O., before attacking while Nia said that it was the Superfriends who saved the people. The compromise was that the Superfriends could accompany him to the [[D.E.O. National City headquarters]] for the interrogation.
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While there, Dreamer felt that something was wrong; she watched as Brainy talked to Rama Khan in [[Jarhanpurians|Jarhanpurian]], so his conversation would not be understood. Nia suddenly had a vision of the [[Staff of the Shadow World (Earth-Prime)|Staff of the Shadow World]]. She quickly told Supergirl, just as Brainy realized that Rama Khan wanted to be there and was feigning defeat. She assisted in the fight against him until the ancient one destroyed the building.
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Outside, Nia asked Brainy why he was trying to be on both sides of the fence, by working with Lex Luthor and the Superfriends; he refrained from giving an answer. Nia told him that she would decide for him about their friendship and walked away.<ref>{{Ep|The Missing Link}}</ref>
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[[File:Superfriends prepare to attack Lena.png|left|200px|thumb|The Superfriends prepare to attack Lena]]
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With M'gann, [[Alex Danvers]], and J'onn, Nia kicked in the door to [[Kara Danvers' apartment (Earth-Prime)|Kara Danvers' apartment]] because Kara called, saying that [[Lena Luthor]] was there and it was an emergency; Kara told them that they were overreacting when they entered, guns drawn. Ultimately, Nia listened as the others decided to distract Rama Khan as Kara got a new suit from Lena to protect her from his [[Kryptonite]]. She laughed as Kara screamed; Alex was displaying her new suit.
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[[File:Dreamer and Martian Manhunter.png|200px|thumb|Dreamer and Martian Manhunter]]
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Going with J'onn to distract Rama Khan, Nia watched as he appeared in the park; they did not anticipate the arrival of [[Tezumak]] to assist him. J'onn was hurt defending Nia from his attack.
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[[File:Nia and M'gann talk.png|left|200px|thumb|Nia and M'gann talk]]
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Later, M'gann and Nia talked about Nia's relationship with [[Querl Dox]]; M'gann, using her relationship with J'onn as an example, told Nia to stop looking at the surface and search for the motives behind Brainy's actions. She watched as the immortals were able to reconstitute themselves after Supergirl destroyed them, so she knew the odds of successfully defeating the [[Jarhanpurians]] were nearly impossible, but she waged battle against them anyway, when J'onn challenged Rama Khan telepathically. After the immortals suddenly disappeared, Nia told her dream to M'gann that she saw Brainy dying, crying and alone after he had saved them.<ref>{{Ep|Immortal Kombat}}</ref>
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===Alternate timeline===
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[[File:Nia in darkest timeline.png|thumb|200px|Nia in the dystopian alternate timeline where Supergirl and Lena never became friends.]]
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In an alternate timeline created by [[Mxyzptlk|Mr. Mxyzptlk]] to show Kara how the world would have been if she and Lena had never became friends, National City was governed with the iron fist by an insane Lena, turned into a [[Metallo (disambiguation)|Metallo]] by [[Lillian Luthor|Lillian]], while Nia was part of the resistance alongside Alex, J'onn, Winn, [[Mon-El]] and Kelly. She fought the brainwashed Brainy alongside Alex and Kelly, while J'onn took care of Lena's henchman [[Reign (split personality)|Reign]] and Winn, Mon-El and Mxy infiltrated the D.E.O. to retrieve the [[Hat]]'s Fifth Dimensional hat in order to allow the [[Imps|imp]] to retrieve his powers and bring himself and Supergirl back to the former reality.<ref>{{Ep|It's a Super Life}}</ref>
==Personality==
==Personality==
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Nia is described as being very similar to Kara when she was younger and starting to work at CatCo.
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[[File:Nia Nal.png|thumb|left|250px|Nia in her civilian persona.]]
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{{Quote|I just... I move too fast 'cause that's what I do. I push myself and I take on more than I can handle. [[Isabel Nal|My mother]] always said it."<br>"But that's what heroes do. Leaping before one looks is part of the job description.|Nia Nal and [[Querl Dox|Brainy]]|What's So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way?}}
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Nia is proven to be similar to [[Kara Danvers]]; hardworking, meticulous, and eager to prove herself as a reporter. While somewhat shy, she has shown to be passionate about her new job, determined to tell a compelling story. Nia developed a close mentor-student relationship with Kara, whom she looks up to.
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Nia has a strong sense of justice and will never hesitate to speak out for what is right in the face of injustice and stand up for what she believes in. For example, Nia stood up for [[Querl Dox|Brainiac 5]] when some pizza chefs tried to attack him for being an alien, threatening to expose the bigotry in the establishment unless they agreed to serve him. She also personally requested her boss, [[James Olsen]], to issue a statement condemning these anti-alien attacks. Having personally faced bigotry due to being transgender, Nia is open-minded, accepting, and empathetic to fellow victims of prejudice and hate.
Nia aspires to be independent and self-sufficient, being very dedicated to her job. As a result, when her latent powers began manifesting and caused a sleep disorder, Nia refused help from anyone for a time, only agreeing to let Kara and Brainy in when realizing her dreams could help fight against the [[Children of Liberty]].
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Nia has lightly flirted with Brainy on several occasions, even mistaking a meeting between the two of them as a date until Brainy made his intentions concise and clear. By Nia's own testimony though, she is not quite sure what she could have liked about the [[Coluans|Coluan]] - or if she even actually is.
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==Powers and abilities==
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===Powers===
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{{Quote|You have anticipatory dreams.|[[Querl Dox|Brainy]]|What's So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way?}}
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*'''[[Humans|Human]]-[[Naltorians|Naltorian]] hybrid physiology:''' Nia is a human-naltorian hybrid, as her alien powers are accessible to one woman of each generation from her [[File:Dreamer holds up debris.png|thumb|200px|Nia using her powers.]] home planet, [[Naltor]], and were (apparently) common enough that Nia understood what was happening when her powers unexpectedly started to manifest.
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** '''Inherited Power bestowal:''' Nia gained the powers and abilities of the Dreamer from her mother Isabel meaning Nia can bestow to her future daughter through inheritance as the powers are passed down from mother to daughter each generation.
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**'''[[List of alien powers|Superhuman strength]]:''' Nia has displayed a degree of above-human strength when she swung a [[Dominators|Dominator]] around with her oneiric energy chain.<ref name="RB">{{Ep|Reality Bytes}}</ref>
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**'''[[List of alien powers|Superhuman durability]]:''' Nia is proven to have a level of superhuman durability, able to block multiple punches from [[Pamela Ferrer|Menagerie]] while barely fazed. She also was able to withstand an amount of energy that would kill a human relatively unharmed.
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**'''[[List of alien powers|Oneiromancy]]:''' Nia has the ability to see the future through her dreams. These visions are sometimes symbolic, metaphorical, or even feature rather blurry imagery and thus bear hidden or unclear meanings and implications, leaving it up to the dreamer to interpret them. Nia is unable to control or know exactly what's happening in her dreams and where it is happening, nor can she properly interpret such or anticipate when it shall happen until it actually does. Furthermore, the nebulous outcomes that a Naltorian Dreamer foresees are implied to be far from absolute, since [[Maeve Nal]] implied that a dreamt eventuality can be prevented with the right method of intervention.
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***'''[[List of alien powers|Precognition]]:''' Nia's power allows her to see events yet to come and to prepare for them. Since this is a side-effect of her primary precognitive power to subconsciously perceive eventualities while sleeping, Nia herself does not have to fall asleep first to access this aspect of her precognitive abilities; any impending danger will autonomously alert Nia - expressed in a vision seemingly indicated by a noticeably abrupt jerking motion of her body, with eyes instinctively closing as she briefly experiences a soon-to-happen (and otherwise disastrous) event through her mind's eye - thereby potentially allowing her to intervene in time and prevent the immediate outcome she just glimpsed. However, being the acolyte Dreamer that she presently is, Nia seemingly has no control where or when this precognitive power will act up - much less without her voluntary consent - to warn her of a threat, as it has only done quite sporadically so far. Nonetheless, the powers demand Nia's immediate attention while giving her only a fixed measure of time to possibly come up with and enact an intervention in response. With it, Nia was able to anticipate a gunshot fired by a [[Children of Liberty|Child of Liberty]] headed towards her direction by having a vision of the shot coming and even managed to move her handcuffs right in front of the bullet's predicted trajectory, blocking the projectile with her chains and simultaneously freeing herself. Later, through this aspect of oneiromancy, Nia rescued Maeve from getting struck down by a raging Child of Liberty swinging down an axe during their mother [[Isabel Nal]]'s memorial, having foreseen the weapon to be striking down at the podium her sister stood on.
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***'''[[List of alien powers|Dream-walking]]:''' Apart from dreaming the future, it was hinted that one in possession of the oneiromantic trait can also use it to "dream-walk" into the same dream with other people, allowing the Dreamer to mentally drift into the subconsciousness of another who also sleeps. This power is seemingly not limited to another Naltorian Dreamer. Dream-walking appears to be how the previous Dreamer traditionally and esoterically confirms the identity of her successor; in her final moments, Isabel inadvertently pulled Nia into the former's subconscious dream, which made the Nal matriarch realize that she was to be succeeded as a Dreamer by Nia and not Maeve.
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**'''[[List of alien powers|Astral projection]]:''' After requesting deeper knowledge on her home planet from [[Kelex]], Nia became capable of projecting her consciousness into an incorporeal state and thereby move about beyond the confines of her physical body - allowing Nia to exit her tangible body and travel around in an astral body. This is an advanced technique for an oneiromancer and months ahead of basic training, according to [[Querl Dox]]. This ability possibly constitutes the basis for Naltorian "dream-walking", with the Dreamer in question projecting her ethereal consciousness into the running subconscious of another person in order to be in the same dream with them. Nia, while under meditative concentration, was initially only able to project her astral form's hands from her actual bodily ones. Later, Nia successfully demonstrates being able to fully astral project her intangible consciousness - bearing the likeness of her actual self as Dreamer, suit and all - beyond the confines of her body, which enabled her to not only spy with impunity upon her targets but also to "synchronize" with a telepath like [[J'onn J'onzz]] - thereby voluntarily bring others along into the astral plane with her.
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**'''{{Power link|Oneiric energy manipulation|alien}}:''' It was seen that Nia's mental energies that allow dreaming of the future could also be projected into and actually be able to affect the physical world.
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***'''[[List of alien powers|Oneiric energy blasts]]:''' If her dreaming abilities are tapped into and untamed, these vibrant and incandescent blue energies are powerful enough to be fired with such concussive force that can considerably damage even the crystalline structures of the [[Fortress of Solitude]]. With Querl conceiving the notion of honing these said energies into weaponized practicality, he designed a special set of gloves for Nia to be incorporated into her Dreamer suit, ensuring the hybrid could harness and "calibrate" the raw dream energy and non-lethally blast enemies from a distance, or "charge" them as glowing energized orbs upon the palms of her gloved hands (seemingly channeled and originating from the undersides of her suit's wrists) to intimidate someone at point-blank range. After the Crisis, Nia is able to use her energy blast without her gauntlets.<ref name="The Bottle Episode" />
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****'''[[List of alien powers|Oneiric energy projections]]:''' Nia can now make projections out of her dream blasts with any hand-based attacks, such as chains and shockwaves. Nia powers even include a shield she is able to make a big one or a small one to protect herself or others.<ref name="The Bodyguard" />
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===Abilities===
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*'''Expert hand-to-hand combatant:''' With her precognitive powers, Nia has displayed the beginning signs of an unpolished yet skilled hand-to-hand combatant; as she was able to block a punch from [[Pamela Ferrer|Menagerie]] and knock her out. With some training from [[Querl Dox|Brainiac 5]], Nia's combat skills have improved to the point she is able to fight blindfolded. Nia gradually becomes a seasoned hand-to-hand combatant; as she is able to fight on par against Menagerie and [[Hat]] respectively.<ref name="What's So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way?">{{Ep|What's So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way?}}</ref> Nia also proved capable of subduing a few Liberty Agents with pure ease.
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{{Quote|Well, [[James Olsen|James]] said your passion for making the world a better place is matched only by the elegance of your prose, so...|[[Alex Danvers]] to Nia Nal|Parasite Lost}}
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*'''Writing:''' Nia is a very talented writer, having worked as a political speechwriter for the [[White House (Earth-38)|White House]], a prestigious position she achieved while still in the early stages of her adult life.<ref name="Nerdist" /><ref name="IGN" /> Nia's prose and language as a reporter has been consistently praised by her superiors at [[CatCo Worldwide Media]].<ref name="Call to Action" /><ref name="Parasite Lost" />
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*'''Indomitable will/High tolerance for pain:''' Nia is a very determined individual and never gives up on trying to protect Earth. She has a remarkable tolerance for pain.
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===Weaknesses===
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*'''Open interpretation:''' Being a relative novice in the ways of dream interpretation, Nia could misinterpret or misconceive what her prophetic dreams allow her to foresee. For example, Nia failed to interpret the omen she received about her mother, [[Isabel Nal|Isabel]], dying of a spider bite; she mistook the ink that [[Maeve Nal|Maeve]] used for her artwork to be lethal poison, as that was the cause of Isabel's death in Nia's perceived dream. In actuality, the black fluid in Nia's dream was merely a representation of death and Isabel's demise in the real world, while destined to be by poison, was to come from a spider's venom. This was implicated in Nia's dreams by the cobwebs she saw when her mother died.<ref name="Blood Memory" />
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*'''Intermittent precognition:''' Nia's precognitive powers - be it dreamt or even glimpsed while awake - have a fixed duration that denotes how far she can see into the future. So far, the powers allow Nia to only foresee from mere seconds up to within a minute's worth of a certain event; any occurrence to happen after that is entirely beyond her ability to anticipate. This may leave Nia extremely vulnerable to subsequent assaults or when repetitively under such executed upon her by the opposition. For example, despite being fully garbed in her Dreamer suit and having apparently foreseen a confrontation with [[Pamela Ferrer|Menagerie]], Nia was nearly bitten from behind by one of the hostile alien's serpentine creatures but rescued by [[Kara Danvers|Supergirl]] just in time. Nia even explicitly admitted that she dreamt nearly all the details except for Supergirl grabbing the creature and saving her in the process.
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*'''[[Power-dampening cuffs (Earth-38)|Power-dampening cuffs]]''': Just like with any other alien, Nia's powers can be dampened by technology specifically designed to weaken her powers.<ref>{{Ep|The Quest for Peace}}</ref>
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====Former weaknesses====
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*'''"Narcolepsy":''' When her powers began manifesting, Nia struggled with insomnia as she was terrified of sleeping and seeing vague fragments of the future. Nia would subsequently fall asleep at random times during the day, hindering her day-to-day life, similar to narcolepsy. However, after Nia learned to accept and control her powers, her sleep patterns returned to normal.
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==Equipment==
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===Original multiverse===
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*'''[[Dreamer suit]]:''' Nia wears a blue protective suit as as her superheroine alter-ego, Dreamer, to hide her identity from her enemies when she goes out fighting crime. The suit previously belonged to her mother, [[Isabel Nal]]'s, which Nia received from her father, [[Paul Nal]].<ref name="Menagerie" />
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*'''[[Dreamer suit (Earth-Prime)|Dreamer suit]]:''' Nia wears a blue protective suit as as her superheroine alter-ego, Dreamer, to hide her identity from her enemies when she goes out fighting crime.<ref name="Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five" />
==Appearances==
==Appearances==
===''Supergirl''===
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*{{Ep|The American Alien}}
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*{{Ep|American Alien}}
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*{{Ep|Fallout (Supergirl)}}
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*{{Ep|Ahimsa}}
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*{{Ep|Parasite Lost}}
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*{{Ep|Call to Action}}
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*{{Ep|Bunker Hill}}
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*{{Ep|Suspicious Minds}}
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*{{Ep|Blood Memory}}
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*{{Ep|Menagerie}}
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*{{Ep|What's So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way?}}
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*{{Ep|Stand and Deliver}}
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*{{Ep|O Brother, Where Art Thou?}}
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*{{Ep|All About Eve|m}}
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*{{Ep|Crime and Punishment}}
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*{{Ep|American Dreamer}}
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*{{Ep|Will The Real Miss Tessmacher Please Stand Up?}}
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*{{Ep|Red Dawn}}
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*{{Ep|The Quest for Peace}}
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== Trivia ==
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====Season 5====
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*{{Ep|Event Horizon}}
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* Nia is the first transgender character in any of the Arrowverse shows.
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*{{Ep|Stranger Beside Me}}
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* She is similar to [[Kara Danvers]] when she started out.
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*{{Ep|Blurred Lines}}
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*{{Ep|In Plain Sight}}
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*{{Ep|Dangerous Liaisons (Supergirl)}}
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*{{Ep|Tremors (Supergirl)|m}}
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*{{Ep|Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One}}
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*{{Ep|The Bottle Episode}}
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*{{Ep|Back From the Future - Part One}}
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*{{Ep|Back From the Future - Part Two|m}}
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*{{Ep|It's a Super Life|(alternate timeline)}}
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==Trivia==
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*Nia is the first known [[Humans|human]]-alien hybrid to be introduced in the [[Arrowverse]].
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**[[Ruby Arias]] isn't considered since her mother [[Samantha Arias|Samantha]]'s alien powers were part of a separate [[Reign (split personality)|persona]]. Also, [[Rudy Jones]] does not count as he was a human turned into a hybrid by the [[Angon alien parasite]].
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*Her phone number is 555-8010.<ref name="Parasite Lost">{{Ep|Parasite Lost}}</ref>
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*Every morning, Nia gets an extra-large coffee with milk and no sugar from Bob's Diner.<ref name="Parasite Lost" />
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*S'mores are Nia's favorite dessert, but she will always choose salty over sweet.<ref name="American Dreamer">{{Ep|American Dreamer}}</ref>
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*According to online tests, Nia is a [[w:c:harrypotter:Gryffindor|Gryffindor]] and her [[w:c:harrypotter:Patronus Charm|Patronus]] is a dapple gray stallion. She's also a [[wikipedia:Miranda Hobbes|Miranda]] and [[wikipedia:House Stark|House Stark]].<ref name="American Dreamer" />
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*Nia is an INFP personality.<ref name="American Dreamer" />
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*Nia loves Thursdays and the month of April.<ref name="American Dreamer" />
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*Nia is a fan of [[Taylor Swift]].<ref>{{Ep|Stranger Beside Me|}}</ref>
==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
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*In the DC Comics, '''[[w:c:dc:Nura Nal|Nura Nal]]''' is a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th and 31st centuries. Her home planet is '''Naltor'''. According to ''Supegirl'' producers, the character of Nia Nal is intended to be the ancestor of the Legion member.
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*In the DC comics, Nia's descendant, [[w:c:dc:Nura Nal|Nura Nal]], is a member of the [[w:c:dc:Legion of Super-Heroes|Legion of Super-Heroes]] in the 30th and 31st centuries. Her home planet is [[wikipedia:Naltor|Naltor]].
Nia Nal is a human-Naltorian hybrid, a reporter of CatCo Worldwide Media, and former political speechwriter. She is also the daughter of Paul Nal and the late Isabel Nal, and the estranged younger sister of Maeve Nal. After her mother's death, Nia embraced her powers and became the superheroine Dreamer to assist Supergirl in the battle against the Children of Liberty, eventually joining the Superfriends.
Nia Nal was born on Earth to Paul and Isabel Nal, a human father and Naltorian mother. She has an older sister, Maeve Nal. Nia was raised in Parthas, a community where aliens and humans peacefully coexisted. Although bearing a rigid emotional attachment to Parthas that imprinted her there, Nia desired a life outside of the domain she grew up in.[1]
At a young age, Nia identified as a transgender female. Her family offered their unconditional love and support during this time. While she struggled against intolerance and hate-fueled attacks, including being denied service at establishments, Parthas' acceptance towards those who are different nonetheless allowed Nia to flourish under her new identity. As a result, she developed a penchant for justice and a strong desire to help and protect others who faced similar prejudice due to their identities.[1][2]
When she was 15, Nia once broke her nose during a game of kickball.[3]
In adulthood, Nia moved to Washington, D.C.,[4] where she received a degree in International Relations from Georgetown University.[5] Afterwards, Nia became a political speechwriter for the White House's press secretary, Cat Grant, working in President Olivia Marsdin's administration.[6][7]
Working At CatCo
In late 2018, Nia moved to National City and was hired as a reporter for CatCo Worldwide Media, personally recommended to Kara Danvers by Cat. Wanting to impress Kara, Nia bought her a latte and planned to arrive right on time. However, she was late to work due to her roommate, Yvette, accidentally taking her rental car, leaving Nia to take the bus, where she spilled some coffee on her skirt. In the elevator, Nia complained to the fellow occupant about her troubles before realizing it was none other than Kara. Nia gave her the latte, apologizing for being late. Kara, taken aback by how much Nia sounded just like her whilst the former was Cat's assistant, assured her it was fine. The two then headed into a meeting.
The next day, Nia informed Kara her desire to article an article on National City's new fashion district in East City. When Kara wondered if Nia wouldn't prefer writing a topic with more weight, Nia passionately stated that fashion is a form of art and self-expression, which could have a big impact on people's lives, and how designers would bring color and life to a previously abandoned area. Impressed, Kara urged Nia to pitch that story to the CEO, James Olsen.
At the meeting when James asked for story ideas on the fashion district, Nia was about to speak up but was interrupted by fellow reporter Mackenzie, who immediately pitched an article emphasizing National City's cultural importance in fashion trends and pointed out she had contacts for exclusive interviews. Nia stayed silent about her story idea and the fashion district article went to Mackenzie. Later when Kara asked why she didn't speak up during the meeting, Nia admitted she became afraid to compete. Kara advised Nia to confront and overpower her fears to make waves at CatCo.[5]
As the anti-alien sentiment grew in the United States following President Olivia Marsdin's unmasking, Nia sided with the aliens, sympathizing with their plight as they suffered persecution for their special looks and powers. While getting coffee at a pizza shop to stay sharp at CatCo, Nia witnessed firsthand when "Barney's" image inducer glitched out, giving him his natural appearance as a ColuanBrainiac 5, angering the chefs, who immediately tried to assault Brainy. Despite him being able to evade their attacks with ease, Nia rushed to the alien Coulan's help, demanding the pizzeria staff to back off and give Brainiac 5 his pizza, shaming them for being so cruel to their patron. She angrily slammed some money on the counter, requesting they serve Brainy under the threat of having their shop closed down once Nia exposed their bigotry at CatCo.
As the duo left the pizza shop, Brainy thanked Nia for her support, befuddled as to why the people he considered his friends attacked him when they saw his real looks. Nia explained she understands what that feels like and assured that Brainy's real friends would be there for him no matter what.
Resisting her anxiety in regards to having a one-on-one talk with such a distinguished professional and her boss, Nia brought up the issue with James. Revealing herself to be transgender, she asked him to write a special CatCo Magazine editorial to show support for the oppressed aliens, as James could create a bigger impact through his position. When James voiced his doubts about not wanting CatCo to appear biased, Nia countered that in this situation, innocent people were being attacked, people who needed justice more so than just balanced reporting.
That evening, Nia witnessed a scene at CatCo, where a Dryad employee, Franklin, became a target of a mean prank by Mackenzie. James immediately stepped in and diffused the situation, making sure Franklin received an apology. He sternly lectured the employees about inter-species tolerance, pointing out that ignorance is the enemy for journalists. Touched, Nia mouthed a silent "thank you" to James. She and her coworkers later watched Supergirl's televised speech to the city.[2]
Becoming Dreamer
When her mother died, she decided to accept her powers and started to help Supergirl to fight crime.[8]
During the evacuation of Earth-38 to save its inhabitants from the wave of antimatter in the Anti-Monitor Crisis, Nia helped Kelly, Alex, and Lena to embark the citizens of National City. Then, she went to Earth-1 together with three billion of her world's inhabitants.[9]
Later, Nia as well as everyone in the multiverse except for the seven Paragons, was killed in an antimatter wave by the Anti-Monitor on December 10, 2019,[10] only to be restored a month later, after the Paragons and the Spectre created a new universe.[11]
New multiverse
In January 2020, Nia went to the 2020 Peace Prize Award Ceremony. She called Kara Danvers asking her where she was and had saved a seat at the ceremony for her. When Kara arrived, she talked to Nia about a really weird dream she had about all the worlds ending. Nia told Kara that it was dramatic. When Lex Luthor was awarded the peace prize, Nia stood up and claps. Kara asked if she was still dreaming, with Nia replying that she couldn't believe the award went to someone who actually deserves it.[12]
Later that day, she appeared to fight the Anti-Monitor along side the other heroes after having her memories restored.[12]
The following night, during the ChlorophyllianAmy's attack at Obsidian Platform's launch, Nia saved some co-workers from her wrath.[14] She later began pursuing an unknown man who had attacked Yvette in order to force her to retire due to being a transgender super-heroine. Instead, she worked alongside Supergirl to defeat and deter him from continuing his crusade.[15]
The next day, everyone is hit with the unexpected news of the death of Alex and Kara’s father. They all attend the funeral in Midvale.[16]
Days later, Dreamer met with the other members of the Superfriends and M'gann M'orzz at the Tower; they were having trouble trying to find a lead on Leviathan. Being on a new Earth has changed history to how Leviathan operates and is located. Dreamer decided that she was going to use her powers to find the ancients.
She had a dream where she had to tell Brainy to leave her alone as he played cards that had the face of Rama Khan on them; when she touched a card, Portland appeared in the dream.
Posed to fight Rama Khan
Because of her vision, Dreamer, Supergirl, J'onn J'onzz, and M'gann were able to fight Rama Khan and stop an earthquake. Suddenly, the D.E.O. arrived and Brainy said that Rama Khan was his for interrogation. Nia disagreed and the two argued that the Superfriends did not call the proper authorities, namely the D.E.O., before attacking while Nia said that it was the Superfriends who saved the people. The compromise was that the Superfriends could accompany him to the D.E.O. National City headquarters for the interrogation.
While there, Dreamer felt that something was wrong; she watched as Brainy talked to Rama Khan in Jarhanpurian, so his conversation would not be understood. Nia suddenly had a vision of the Staff of the Shadow World. She quickly told Supergirl, just as Brainy realized that Rama Khan wanted to be there and was feigning defeat. She assisted in the fight against him until the ancient one destroyed the building.
Outside, Nia asked Brainy why he was trying to be on both sides of the fence, by working with Lex Luthor and the Superfriends; he refrained from giving an answer. Nia told him that she would decide for him about their friendship and walked away.[17]
The Superfriends prepare to attack Lena
With M'gann, Alex Danvers, and J'onn, Nia kicked in the door to Kara Danvers' apartment because Kara called, saying that Lena Luthor was there and it was an emergency; Kara told them that they were overreacting when they entered, guns drawn. Ultimately, Nia listened as the others decided to distract Rama Khan as Kara got a new suit from Lena to protect her from his Kryptonite. She laughed as Kara screamed; Alex was displaying her new suit.
Dreamer and Martian Manhunter
Going with J'onn to distract Rama Khan, Nia watched as he appeared in the park; they did not anticipate the arrival of Tezumak to assist him. J'onn was hurt defending Nia from his attack.
Nia and M'gann talk
Later, M'gann and Nia talked about Nia's relationship with Querl Dox; M'gann, using her relationship with J'onn as an example, told Nia to stop looking at the surface and search for the motives behind Brainy's actions. She watched as the immortals were able to reconstitute themselves after Supergirl destroyed them, so she knew the odds of successfully defeating the Jarhanpurians were nearly impossible, but she waged battle against them anyway, when J'onn challenged Rama Khan telepathically. After the immortals suddenly disappeared, Nia told her dream to M'gann that she saw Brainy dying, crying and alone after he had saved them.[18]
Alternate timeline
Nia in the dystopian alternate timeline where Supergirl and Lena never became friends.
In an alternate timeline created by Mr. Mxyzptlk to show Kara how the world would have been if she and Lena had never became friends, National City was governed with the iron fist by an insane Lena, turned into a Metallo by Lillian, while Nia was part of the resistance alongside Alex, J'onn, Winn, Mon-El and Kelly. She fought the brainwashed Brainy alongside Alex and Kelly, while J'onn took care of Lena's henchman Reign and Winn, Mon-El and Mxy infiltrated the D.E.O. to retrieve the Hat's Fifth Dimensional hat in order to allow the imp to retrieve his powers and bring himself and Supergirl back to the former reality.[19]
"I just... I move too fast 'cause that's what I do. I push myself and I take on more than I can handle. My mother always said it." "But that's what heroes do. Leaping before one looks is part of the job description."
Nia is proven to be similar to Kara Danvers; hardworking, meticulous, and eager to prove herself as a reporter. While somewhat shy, she has shown to be passionate about her new job, determined to tell a compelling story. Nia developed a close mentor-student relationship with Kara, whom she looks up to.
Nia has a strong sense of justice and will never hesitate to speak out for what is right in the face of injustice and stand up for what she believes in. For example, Nia stood up for Brainiac 5 when some pizza chefs tried to attack him for being an alien, threatening to expose the bigotry in the establishment unless they agreed to serve him. She also personally requested her boss, James Olsen, to issue a statement condemning these anti-alien attacks. Having personally faced bigotry due to being transgender, Nia is open-minded, accepting, and empathetic to fellow victims of prejudice and hate.
Nia as Dreamer.
Nia aspires to be independent and self-sufficient, being very dedicated to her job. As a result, when her latent powers began manifesting and caused a sleep disorder, Nia refused help from anyone for a time, only agreeing to let Kara and Brainy in when realizing her dreams could help fight against the Children of Liberty.
Nia has lightly flirted with Brainy on several occasions, even mistaking a meeting between the two of them as a date until Brainy made his intentions concise and clear. By Nia's own testimony though, she is not quite sure what she could have liked about the Coluan - or if she even actually is.
Human-Naltorian hybrid physiology: Nia is a human-naltorian hybrid, as her alien powers are accessible to one woman of each generation from her
Nia using her powers.
home planet, Naltor, and were (apparently) common enough that Nia understood what was happening when her powers unexpectedly started to manifest.
Inherited Power bestowal: Nia gained the powers and abilities of the Dreamer from her mother Isabel meaning Nia can bestow to her future daughter through inheritance as the powers are passed down from mother to daughter each generation.
Superhuman strength: Nia has displayed a degree of above-human strength when she swung a Dominator around with her oneiric energy chain.[15]
Superhuman durability: Nia is proven to have a level of superhuman durability, able to block multiple punches from Menagerie while barely fazed. She also was able to withstand an amount of energy that would kill a human relatively unharmed.
Oneiromancy: Nia has the ability to see the future through her dreams. These visions are sometimes symbolic, metaphorical, or even feature rather blurry imagery and thus bear hidden or unclear meanings and implications, leaving it up to the dreamer to interpret them. Nia is unable to control or know exactly what's happening in her dreams and where it is happening, nor can she properly interpret such or anticipate when it shall happen until it actually does. Furthermore, the nebulous outcomes that a Naltorian Dreamer foresees are implied to be far from absolute, since Maeve Nal implied that a dreamt eventuality can be prevented with the right method of intervention.
Precognition: Nia's power allows her to see events yet to come and to prepare for them. Since this is a side-effect of her primary precognitive power to subconsciously perceive eventualities while sleeping, Nia herself does not have to fall asleep first to access this aspect of her precognitive abilities; any impending danger will autonomously alert Nia - expressed in a vision seemingly indicated by a noticeably abrupt jerking motion of her body, with eyes instinctively closing as she briefly experiences a soon-to-happen (and otherwise disastrous) event through her mind's eye - thereby potentially allowing her to intervene in time and prevent the immediate outcome she just glimpsed. However, being the acolyte Dreamer that she presently is, Nia seemingly has no control where or when this precognitive power will act up - much less without her voluntary consent - to warn her of a threat, as it has only done quite sporadically so far. Nonetheless, the powers demand Nia's immediate attention while giving her only a fixed measure of time to possibly come up with and enact an intervention in response. With it, Nia was able to anticipate a gunshot fired by a Child of Liberty headed towards her direction by having a vision of the shot coming and even managed to move her handcuffs right in front of the bullet's predicted trajectory, blocking the projectile with her chains and simultaneously freeing herself. Later, through this aspect of oneiromancy, Nia rescued Maeve from getting struck down by a raging Child of Liberty swinging down an axe during their mother Isabel Nal's memorial, having foreseen the weapon to be striking down at the podium her sister stood on.
Dream-walking: Apart from dreaming the future, it was hinted that one in possession of the oneiromantic trait can also use it to "dream-walk" into the same dream with other people, allowing the Dreamer to mentally drift into the subconsciousness of another who also sleeps. This power is seemingly not limited to another Naltorian Dreamer. Dream-walking appears to be how the previous Dreamer traditionally and esoterically confirms the identity of her successor; in her final moments, Isabel inadvertently pulled Nia into the former's subconscious dream, which made the Nal matriarch realize that she was to be succeeded as a Dreamer by Nia and not Maeve.
Astral projection: After requesting deeper knowledge on her home planet from Kelex, Nia became capable of projecting her consciousness into an incorporeal state and thereby move about beyond the confines of her physical body - allowing Nia to exit her tangible body and travel around in an astral body. This is an advanced technique for an oneiromancer and months ahead of basic training, according to Querl Dox. This ability possibly constitutes the basis for Naltorian "dream-walking", with the Dreamer in question projecting her ethereal consciousness into the running subconscious of another person in order to be in the same dream with them. Nia, while under meditative concentration, was initially only able to project her astral form's hands from her actual bodily ones. Later, Nia successfully demonstrates being able to fully astral project her intangible consciousness - bearing the likeness of her actual self as Dreamer, suit and all - beyond the confines of her body, which enabled her to not only spy with impunity upon her targets but also to "synchronize" with a telepath like J'onn J'onzz - thereby voluntarily bring others along into the astral plane with her.
Oneiric energy manipulation: It was seen that Nia's mental energies that allow dreaming of the future could also be projected into and actually be able to affect the physical world.
Oneiric energy blasts: If her dreaming abilities are tapped into and untamed, these vibrant and incandescent blue energies are powerful enough to be fired with such concussive force that can considerably damage even the crystalline structures of the Fortress of Solitude. With Querl conceiving the notion of honing these said energies into weaponized practicality, he designed a special set of gloves for Nia to be incorporated into her Dreamer suit, ensuring the hybrid could harness and "calibrate" the raw dream energy and non-lethally blast enemies from a distance, or "charge" them as glowing energized orbs upon the palms of her gloved hands (seemingly channeled and originating from the undersides of her suit's wrists) to intimidate someone at point-blank range. After the Crisis, Nia is able to use her energy blast without her gauntlets.[13]
Oneiric energy projections: Nia can now make projections out of her dream blasts with any hand-based attacks, such as chains and shockwaves. Nia powers even include a shield she is able to make a big one or a small one to protect herself or others.[14]
Abilities
Expert hand-to-hand combatant: With her precognitive powers, Nia has displayed the beginning signs of an unpolished yet skilled hand-to-hand combatant; as she was able to block a punch from Menagerie and knock her out. With some training from Brainiac 5, Nia's combat skills have improved to the point she is able to fight blindfolded. Nia gradually becomes a seasoned hand-to-hand combatant; as she is able to fight on par against Menagerie and Hat respectively.[20] Nia also proved capable of subduing a few Liberty Agents with pure ease.
"Well, James said your passion for making the world a better place is matched only by the elegance of your prose, so..."
Writing: Nia is a very talented writer, having worked as a political speechwriter for the White House, a prestigious position she achieved while still in the early stages of her adult life.[6][7] Nia's prose and language as a reporter has been consistently praised by her superiors at CatCo Worldwide Media.[4][21]
Indomitable will/High tolerance for pain: Nia is a very determined individual and never gives up on trying to protect Earth. She has a remarkable tolerance for pain.
Weaknesses
Open interpretation: Being a relative novice in the ways of dream interpretation, Nia could misinterpret or misconceive what her prophetic dreams allow her to foresee. For example, Nia failed to interpret the omen she received about her mother, Isabel, dying of a spider bite; she mistook the ink that Maeve used for her artwork to be lethal poison, as that was the cause of Isabel's death in Nia's perceived dream. In actuality, the black fluid in Nia's dream was merely a representation of death and Isabel's demise in the real world, while destined to be by poison, was to come from a spider's venom. This was implicated in Nia's dreams by the cobwebs she saw when her mother died.[1]
Intermittent precognition: Nia's precognitive powers - be it dreamt or even glimpsed while awake - have a fixed duration that denotes how far she can see into the future. So far, the powers allow Nia to only foresee from mere seconds up to within a minute's worth of a certain event; any occurrence to happen after that is entirely beyond her ability to anticipate. This may leave Nia extremely vulnerable to subsequent assaults or when repetitively under such executed upon her by the opposition. For example, despite being fully garbed in her Dreamer suit and having apparently foreseen a confrontation with Menagerie, Nia was nearly bitten from behind by one of the hostile alien's serpentine creatures but rescued by Supergirl just in time. Nia even explicitly admitted that she dreamt nearly all the details except for Supergirl grabbing the creature and saving her in the process.
Power-dampening cuffs: Just like with any other alien, Nia's powers can be dampened by technology specifically designed to weaken her powers.[22]
Former weaknesses
"Narcolepsy": When her powers began manifesting, Nia struggled with insomnia as she was terrified of sleeping and seeing vague fragments of the future. Nia would subsequently fall asleep at random times during the day, hindering her day-to-day life, similar to narcolepsy. However, after Nia learned to accept and control her powers, her sleep patterns returned to normal.
Equipment
Original multiverse
Dreamer suit: Nia wears a blue protective suit as as her superheroine alter-ego, Dreamer, to hide her identity from her enemies when she goes out fighting crime. The suit previously belonged to her mother, Isabel Nal's, which Nia received from her father, Paul Nal.[8]
New multiverse
Dreamer suit: Nia wears a blue protective suit as as her superheroine alter-ego, Dreamer, to hide her identity from her enemies when she goes out fighting crime.[12]
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