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Princess Lumina is an ex-member of Big Hero 6. She is the princess of Planet Coronar who worships Honey Lemon for saving her life, and was the second person to take the superhero mantle of Sunpyre, after Sunfire's deceased half-sister, Leyu Yoshida.
Background[]
Lumina was born in Aurorae Falls in her homeworld of Coronar, located in the Helion system within the Microverse. She is the eldest daughter of Empress Hynodia, ruler of the planet. Princess Lumina was tutored by Coronarian royal scholars and groomed since childhood to one day inherit her mother's kingdom. However, upon the princess' eighteenth birthday, the fanatical cult known as the Scions of the Azure Flame laid siege to the capital city, abducted Lumina and threatened to execute her if Empress Hynodia did not cede power to the cult's leader.
Meanwhile on Earth, Big Hero 6's headquarters came under attack by the supervillain Deadline, and as the team was incomplete at the time due to Sunfire and Silver Samurai leaving, team member Honey Lemon took refuge inside her own Power Purse. The purse, which served as a doorway to other dimensions, transported Honey Lemon to Coronar, where she used her scientific ingenuity to assist Empress Hynodia's Royal Guard in infiltrating the cult's lair and rescuing Princess Lumina. Honey Lemon was hailed as a goddess by the grateful Coronarians, and Princess Lumina felt honor-bound to return with Honey Lemon to Japan so that she could repay the "soul debt" she owed for saving her life.
Honey Lemon reluctantly agreed and the duo returned to Earth via the Power Purse to defeat Deadline, who had taken control of Big Hero 6 headquarters in Honey Lemon's absence.
Personality[]
Lumina was raised to become the ruler of Coronar, and has a great sense of honor, pride, loyalty and justice to the point she refused to marry Prince Arion as ordered by her mother because she felt that in doing so, her own word would be worthless and she would become an empty ruler; as well as knowing that Hynodia "ruling" from afar while the Azure Flame invaded Coronar a second time was simply play-acting. Yet, after escaping home because she was unable to save her people, Lumina believed that she had betrayed them and felt unworthy of the title of "princess", and unworthy of returning to Earth.
Upon being saved by Honey Lemon, Lumina developed an obsession with her as she claimed to owe her a "soul debt", therefore putting Honey Lemon before anything else and worshipping her as her own personal goddess for having saved her life and introducing her to Earth; arguing that most people would have to wait until death to meet their "god" but she was fortunate enough to experience it in life with Honey Lemon. However, this attitude eventually managed to annoy Honey Lemon as Lumina tried to please her in every possible manner, even when it wasn't necessary.
As a native resident to the Microverse, Lumina also calls Earth the "Macroverse".
Appearance[]
Being a Coronarian, Lumina has different physiology than humans but still closely resembles one. She has long, black hair and fair skin, and typically wears special clothes made of unstable molecules that cannot be burnt by her own abilities.
As a Big Hero 6 member, Lumina wore a costume identical to Leyu Yoshida's Sunpyre uniform, intending to honor her and carry her legacy with it.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Heat Manipulation: Like all members of the Coronarian race, Sunpyre possesses the inherent ability to ionize matter through a mentally-triggered biochemical process so that it is converted to plasma, the super-heated state of matter. Sunpyre can generate plasma temperatures reaching about 1,000,000 degrees Fahrenheit (approximately 555,537 degrees Celsius) at maximum level. She has the ability to mentally control the ambient heat energy within her immediate environment, and she can generate shapes composed of fire from any point on her body. These shapes usually take the form of fire streams and spheres, although she can form more complex shapes so long as she concentrates upon them.
- Flight: Sunpyre can also use her powers to create super-heated air currents that push her forward through the air, enabling her to fly. Sometimes this super-heated air is visible as a trail of flame behind Sunpyre. The aura of radiation surrounding her body protects her from the atmospheric effects of friction and wind. Although the precise upper limit to the speed Sunpyre can achieve in flight is not yet known, she can reach the speed of sound.
- Radiation Immunity: Sunpyre emits radiation when she utilizes her power, but her unique Coronarian physiology blocks out harmful ultraviolet radiation and re-radiates infrared radiation (heat energy) to allow prolonged exposure to extremely high temperatures. In addition, Coronarians also possess specially-adapted nictitating membranes over their eyes which prevent excessive amounts of plasma light from blinding or damaging them.
History[]
Following Deadline's defeat, Lumina was granted membership as the new fifth member in Big Hero 6 on a probationary basis, and she eagerly served alongside Honey Lemon—often unintentionally making a nuisance of herself by tending to her goddess' every perceived need. Upon discovering Honey Lemon's deep admiration for Sunfire, Japan's premiere superhero and a former member of the team, Lumina attempted to please her goddess by emulating Sunfire—even going as far as to adopt the codename "Sunpyre" in honor of Sunfire's deceased sister.
Sunpyre and the rest of the team were confronted by the Ebon Samurai, an undead warrior who sought revenge against Silver Samurai as he learned that he was formerly affiliated to Big Hero 6. However, after being told that Silver Samurai was no longer in the team and was presumed dead, Ebon Samurai decided to fill his spot in the team as he had no other purpose.
With Sunpyre and Ebon Samurai the Big Hero 6 was complete again; but soon the entire team was brainwashed and sent to Canada, where they were forced to battle the superhero team Alpha Flight. Sunpyre first battled Puck and after Puck attacked Honey Lemon, Sunpyre rushed to defend her, but her arm was grabbed by Centennial, who tossed her against a tree, thus knocking her out. Big Hero 6 were defeated but came back to their senses, and Sasquatch noticed a strange device located within Baymax that he figured was the source of their manipulation, showing it to Hiro, who decided that he'd examine it after the team returned to Japan and attempted to find the party responsible for the incident.
At a certain point, the team also faced a villain named Kuro Gaki whose arsenal consisted of guns that shot adhesive blobs. After the villain's defeat, the guns were confiscated and kept safe at Big Hero 6's headquarters at the time: the Six Building.
Sunpyre was also present during the televised press conference where Big Hero 6 and other Japanese superheroes announced their intention to work more closely with their government in the wake of the superhuman Civil War in the United States. However, upon learning that the remnants of the Scions of the Azure Flame had regrouped and again threatened the peace in her mother's kingdom, Lumina dutifully returned to Coronar in order to help defeat her mother's enemies, vowing to one day return to Earth to repay the soul debt she owed Honey Lemon. Arriving at her homeworld, Lumina found out that the Azure Flame had already taken over Coronar and instead, Empress Hynodia was offered political sanctuary on Ravellon, where she set up a court-in-exile to try persuading the King of Ravellon to allow his son, Prince Arion, to marry Lumina and following this, raise a Ravellonian fleet to seize Coronar. Learning all of this, Lumina realized that her mother's position was a farce as she had no real power even though she was still being treated as Queen in Ravellon. When Hynodia tried forcing Lumina to marry Arion for the good of her planet, Lumina refused and remembered her soul debt to Honey Lemon. Though Hynodia forbade her daughter from returning to Earth, Lumina still managed to run away, but without the Power Purse's aid, the way back was far longer.
Several months had passed when Lumina arrived back at the Six Building: it was nighttime and the building was empty, though she learned that the rest of the team would return the next morning. She changed into a nightgown and fell asleep on the couch, but later that night, the Ebon Samurai also returned from a journey of his own and accidentally sat on Lumina as he didn't see her on the couch. Sunpyre was surprised to see him as she believed that Keishicho had left the team as well, but the samurai reminded her that she left first.
Eventually, Lumina broke down in tears when Keishicho called her by her royal title, so she explained to him what happened in Coronar. Keishicho suggested that they could gather all of Big Hero 6 to journey into Coronar and defeat the Azure Flame, but Lumina said it was too late for that. Kiochi comforted her by talking about his failure on slaying Silver Samurai after having tracked him down for months, and due to this, both promised to be by their side when they needed each other, and both headed to the cafeteria and have a drink.
Before arriving to the cafeteria, Sunpyre heard a crashing noise and recklessly rushed towards the source heard at the Confiscated Weapons Lab, where Deadline shot her with a heat gun and seemingly knocked her unconscious. Meanwhile, Ebon Samurai fought the villain who had infiltrated the building to steal his Doomsday Device, which had been confiscated after his previous encounter with the Six, when Sunpyre had defeated him. Deadline argued that he had not invented human evils such as greed and corrupt leaders, and simply intended to "save the world" by forcing humanity to put their differences aside after the machine destroyed Tokyo as a warning. Sunpyre, who hadn't been injured by the heat gun and was simply waiting for a moment to attack by surprise, heard the villain's plan and believed that his reasoning made sense and was righteous, so she melted Ebon Samurai's blades right before they hit Deadline and decided to side with the villain, thinking that by doing so she could save Honey Lemon and her people from "uncaring rulers".
Ebon Samurai figured that Lumina only agreed with Deadline because her mother had the same ideals that Deadline was against, but after mentioning this to her, Sunpyre became angry and started attacking him while Deadline set up the machine to work, delighted about the turn of events. However, Ebon Samurai became possessed by the shinma demon in his katana and began to violently attack her. Due to Lumina's high body temperature, the walls of the building started to melt as she tried to avoid Kiochi's attacks, with Lumina becoming scared of his behavior. She got a cut from the katana, then was buried with the ceiling's debris after more walls were melted. Ebon Samurai proceeded to dismantle Deadline's machine and sliced the villain's hand off, ready to kill him due to the demon's influence ordering him to do so. However, Lumina broke free and hurried to stop him, bringing his friend back to his senses as he realized that Lumina was no longer trying to defend herself.
Keishicho and Lumina forgave each other for what they did, and stopped Deadline with Kuro Gaki's adhesive gun, leaving him trapped in the lab's corner. Afterwards, Lumina asks Keishicho what they'd do next, so he tells her to get changed so that they may go to Coronar and resolve everything that was happening. Lumina argues against this by saying she still owes the soul debt to Honey Lemon, but Kiochi responds that she has already paid it by saving her along with all of Tokyo, and that now Lumina owes him two soul debts for saving her from Deadline and himself; as well as claiming that he had nothing left on Earth at the moment as his vengeance against Silver Samurai had to wait, and that Big Hero 6 would do fine without them since they more than likely had found two new replacement members already. Both friends then depart to Coronar, promising to take care of each other.
Trivia[]
- Sunpyre and Ebon Samurai were created as replacements for Sunfire and Silver Samurai in an Alpha Flight comic from 2004, since the former characters couldn't appear alongside Big Hero 6 at the time due to the larger Marvel continuity placing them in other stories; hence their respectively similar powers and appearances.
- Lumina also technically replaces Sunfire's sister Leyu Yoshida, as she was the original Sunpyre from the comics who had previously died, though both are otherwise unrelated.
- Sunpyre and Ebon Samurai were then replaced by new original characters Fred and Wasabi No-Ginger in the 2008 Big Hero 6 comic run, but this run also explained their absence and expanded upon their characters by featuring extra sections that included their background bios and a follow-up story starring both characters.
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