Just...Dove

Dove

Despite the ever-increasing gaps in my posting habits, my mind is still tuned to My52 and another character who deserves her own title in my fantasy publisher camp.

'Dove' is a simple title, but I like it.  Within these pages we'll continue the story of Dawn Granger as Dove, the mortal representative of the Lords of Order.  Since the character first appeared (and before, since she's a legacy character to the first Dove), Dove has always been paired up with a Hawk, the mortal representative of the Lords of Chaos.  With the previous Hawk (Holly Granger) killed off in Blackest Night, and my BN-changes which skipped the first Hawk, Hank Hall's reincarnation, Dawn currently finds herself Halwk-less, and I'm going to fight temptation and NOT team her up with yet another Lord of Chaos counterpart.

You got it, boss.

A key player in Blackest Night, Dove is ready to take the spotlight on her own, actively taking on the role as an Agent of Order to keep society moving forward and defeating any efforts from Chaos to undermine the peace.  She'll be doing this in two fronts: in her superhero identity as Dove, and also in her involvement in politics as a Congressional aide in Washington D.C. Although not a decision-maker in U.S. politics, she at least has the ear of one who is, and can influence policy whenever she can overcome the petty bickering of her co-workers.  That government thing might be totally out of nowhere, but I remember her (and her partner) being based in Washington during a previous series.  Since then she'd spent a few years in a magical coma and believed dead, but I don't think that invalidates her previous status.

Hawk and Dove were initially created as an experiment between two Lords of Chaos and Order who were in love with each other to see if their methods could ever work together.  As far as I'm concerned, that experiment is a failure.  We've already lost one Dove and two Hawks. Don't expect any cosmic balance to attempt to try again with a new Hawk.  If anything, a spurned and angry Chaos would produce an enemy Hawk to try to take care of his ex-girlfriend's avatar.  In fact, expect T'Charr (the Lord of Chaos) to become a Hera-like power which will produce obstacles to Dove's mission just out of jealousy.

They sort of already did this with a character called

Kestrel, but that was Liefeld and doesn't count.