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Hippolyta "Lyta" Hall (née Trevor) is a woman who played a crucial role in Dream's fate.

History[]

Early Life[]

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Lyta Trevor was the only daughter of Wonder Woman and retired Air Force General, Steve Trevor. She was raised within a unique mixture of modern American and ancient Amazonian cultures. Because of her lineage, Lyta had inherited all of her mother's powers.

Eventually, she attended the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), where she was reunited with her childhood friend, Hector Hall. A romantic relationship developed, and they became engaged. Lyta and Hector adopted the secret identities of Fury and Silver Scarab respectively, which they both soon revealed. Along with several other offspring of the JSA, they formed Infinity, Inc. and set out to prove themselves to their parents.

During the so-called Crisis On Infinite Earths, Lyta's history was redefined by the versions of Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor that were her parents essentially ceasing to exist. For a time, she was driven nearly mad by recalling the former history, to the point her teammate, Brainwave, Junior (the good son of a JSA villain) took pity on her and erased those memories, which somehow also erased them from everyone else, even himself, as the old and new histories were in flux. Lyta later discovered that her 'real' (new history) mother had been a Golden Age member of the 'All-Star Squadron' and possibly later the JSA named Helena Kosmatos, a Greek refugee from World War Two and the Nazi German invasion of Greece. Helena was empowered by the Furies to punish the Nazis and her own traitorous brother, a collaborator, and then escaped to the United States, where she called herself Fury. Lyta in this new history therefore had the Furies, or Kindly Ones, as part of her heritage.

Due to an ancient Egyptian curse, Hector became possessed by one of his father's enemies, becoming a monstrous version of the Silver Scarab before he was killed. It was at this time that Lyta realized she was pregnant with Hector's child, the fact of which had broken the dark ritual his father's enemy had been enacting. After Hector's loss, Lyta left Infinity, Inc. to have her child.

The Dream Dome[]

In her dreams, Lyta was repeatedly visited by Hector. In death, Hector had been tricked by the dreams, Brute and Glob, into believing he was the new Sandman while the real Sandman, Dream of the Endless, was missing.[1] Lyta eventually married Hector and joined him in a pocket of the Dreaming known as the Dream Stream. Due to the nature of the Dreaming, however, the development of their unborn child ceased to progress and remained static for all two years she spent there. Lyta herself was left in a perpetual trance-like state, although in the rare moments of near-lucidity she was questioning her reality and wondering whether this was truly the life of her dreams.

When Morpheus eventually freed himself from the prison he had been held in, he punished the errant dreams, Brute and Glob, then dispatched Hector's soul to where it belonged, declaring it unseemly that the dead remain among the living. He then returned Lyta to the waking world. Morpheus told Lyta that her child was part of the Dreaming because the baby formed there, and that he would return for the infant one day and take him. Lyta vowed she would never allow that to happen.[2]

The Quest for Vengeance[]

Lyta was a devoted mother to her son, whom she named Daniel. She was terrified to leave Daniel's side after what Morpheus promised, and in the course of three years, she had only left him in the care of a sitter once for a job interview. When she returned, Daniel was gone and Lyta mistakenly believed Morpheus had taken him, but in fact, it had been Loki and Puck who took the boy.

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Lyta suffered a nervous breakdown, and the Furies offered her vengeance on Morpheus if she agreed to be their instrument of destruction. Lyta agreed, and the destruction of the Dreaming began. The Furies' attack on the Dreaming was so severe that Morpheus was left with only one option in order to save his realm, his own destruction. The death of the incumbent aspect of Morpheus of necessity created a new Dream and that incarnation was Daniel.

At Dream's wake, Lyta reunited with her son, the new Dream king, who told her he was no longer human, but he put Lyta under his protection. Lyta was unable to let go of her profound depression, and began a self-destructive cycle. She took a trip to Greece where she became involved with Titans and gods, and seeing her son once more. After the encounter, she was more capable of going on with her life.

After a later encounter with Doctor Fate, she reunited with a reincarnated Hector Hall. In an encounter with Spectre, the pair were banished to a frozen part of Hell. With Hector again near death, Lyta was visited by Daniel who offered to take her and Hector to the Dreaming for eternity, from whence they would never be able to return to Earth. Lyta accepted Daniel's offer, she and Hector left their bodies in the snow and became part of the Dreaming.

Physical Appearance[]

Lyta stands about 5’7” and weighs about 120 lbs. She has blue eyes and white hair that is often dyed blonde.

Relationships[]

  • Lyta loved her husband, always asked him to be careful in battle, and was devastated when his ghost finally dissolved. However, at times she lamented that his dreams, rather than her own aspirations, always seemed to come first.

Powers[]

Hippolyta Trevor was born with attributes based on her mother's Amazonian nature.

  • Amazonian-Human Hybrid Physiology
  • Superior Strength
  • Superior Leaping
  • Superior Durability
  • Superior Stamina
  • Superior Reflexes

Abilities[]

  • Hand-to-Hand Combat

Behind the Scenes[]

  • Lyta is a character from DC Comics' Bronze Age, first introduced as a character in Wonder Woman (vol. 1) #300.".

References[]

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