Tara Marlowe

Tara Marlowe is the paternal grandmother and caretaker of Alex Marlowe.

History and Family Life
Tara used to work as a math professor at a local college. She retired when her son and his girlfriend asked her to raise their newborn baby, explaining that, constantly traveling as they were, they simply wouldn't have the time for a newborn baby. Tara readily agreed, having been lonely since the death of her husband some years prior.

At first, she held no grudge against her son and his girlfriend, not even when the two broke up but remained partners in their firm. However, as her grandchild, Alex Marlowe, grew older, she began to grow more bitter about the whole thing. She enjoyed raising the kid, but was angry that the parents wanted so little to do with the entire situation.

After the destruction and rebuilding of New Unity and one fateful conversation with her son, Tara decided to take her grandchild and move to the city, only because her son maintained that it was dangerous and no place for a kid. Once there, she started collecting accidentally collecting cats. and soon became the resident cat lady of her building.

She watched her child grow and was delighted by all of Alex's accomplishments. Unwittingly, her own excitement and need to push Alex forward in academia ended up messing up Alex Marlowe's mental health and caused them to drop out of school. Tara, while upset, never told Alex's parents, again out of spite, but made them get a GED. After they dropped out again, this time from college, Tara gave up and left them to their own devices.

At the time, she was rapidly losing her eyesight and running between doctors appointments and surgeries. While her son paid for it all, she was still stressed enough to not notice Alex Marlowe's turn to Void and villainy.

Alex Marlowe planted memories of her allowing them to move out of the apartment and in with a friend's family, and giving her blessing for them to be self sufficient.

Currently, she has no idea that Alex Marlowe split into two people or that they're a superhero. Her two-part grandchild does the best they can so that she won't find out and can keep living in peace, surrounded by her cats.

Metahuman Abilities
Tara has some metahuman abilities, though she, to this day, is not aware of them. The abilities are:
 * Super Strength: Super strong, slightly faster.
 * Vocal Compulsion: She has minor vocal compulsion abilities that only work if people are already weak or susceptible to it or want it work.