Norda Cantrell (New Earth)
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History
Norda Cantrell was born the son of Fred Cantrell, a human scientist, and Osroro, a female member of a race of humanoid avians called Feitherans who lived in an isolated city near the North Pole. Fred Cantrell was a friend of Carter Hall, the Golden Age Hawkman, and invited him and his wife Shiera Sanders Hall (Hawkgirl) to attend the birth of his son, who like other Feitherans were hatched from eggs. On the day of Norda's birth, the newborn Feitheran saw Carter Hall wearing his hawk-faced Hawkman mask and immediately bonded with him, mistaking him for his father.
Over the years, Hawkman and Hawkgirl visited their godson Norda, who took him flying while their own son Hector Hall stayed behind with Norda's grandfather Worla, scowling and jealous at the attention his parents were giving the young Feitheran. Later on, as a young teen, Norda visited his human grandmother who was dying in a hospital, who believed that her son Fred Cantrell was dead and that, in the form of Norda, he had come as an angel to take her home to heaven. While he was scrounging around for food in a dumpster along with other birds, a nearby apartment building landlord shot at Norda, wounding him. He managed to reach the Hall Estate, where Carter and Shiera tended to his wounds before taking him back home to Feithera, while Hector still looked on, jealous of Norda.
When Norda had come of age where he was assigned a life-mate and a role in Feitheran society along with other Feitherans his age, he chose to reject them and flew off to join with a group of young adults who were the children and protoges of various Justice Society members to form their own superhero group Infinity, Inc. He remained a faithful member in good standing with the team until he was called back to his own people, where he found out from his grandfather Worla that he had a special destiny concerning an upcoming confrontation with Carter and Shiera's son Hector, who at birth was cursed by Carter's eternal nemesis Hath-Set to become their enemy. When the curse finally took hold, turning Hector into the villainous version of the Silver Scarab, Norda helped his fellow Infinity, Inc. members defeat him before retiring from duty as an active superhero for a time.Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Flight: Northwind is capable of atmospheric flight by way of his naturally grown wings.
- Regeneration: In his present state, Northwind's body heals itself from dramatic injuries. During the liberation of Kahndaq, Hawkman tore one of Northwind's wings from his body, but he quickly healed soon after. [1]
Abilities
Strength level
As a youth, Northwind possessed the strength level of a man his age, size and weight who engaged in intensive regular exercise. It is unknown how much Northwind's strength level level has increased since evoling into his more avian form.Weaknesses
Presently, Northwind's personality and consciousness is subsumed by a more animalistic and predatory instinct. Although he appears to still possess some degree of intelligence, he can be easily manipulated.
Paraphernalia
Weapons
- Spear
Trivia
Alternate Versions
- On Earth-2, a version of Northwind is a member of the Justice Society Infinity. He seems to be exactly as he was at the time of Crisis on Infinite Earths.
- In the "Kingdom Come" reality of Earth-22, the character of Hawkman bears a strong resemblance to Northwind's current physical appearance. Hawkman of Earth-22 has never been identified by name, so it remains unknown whether the character is intended to reflect Northwind, or another character altogether.
See Also
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