“We're not born good or bad. The choices you make define your destiny. Trigon chose darkness. I have to choose what my future holds. You will, too.”
―Kor Anders to Rachel Roth
Princess Koriand'r of Tamaran, simply known as Kory, known on Earth as Kory Anders, and codenamed Starfire, is one of the deuteragonists of DC Universe and HBO Max television series Titans.
She is an Tamaranean princess and assassin from the planet of Tamaran, the daughter of Myand'r and Luand'r, the older sister of the supervillain turned anti-hero Komand'r (Blackfire), a member of the second incarnations of Titans and one of the love interests of Dick Grayson.
On Earth, she was sent to destroy an entity known as "the Raven" to prevent the destruction of her homeworld by hindering the arrival of the inter-dimensional demon Trigon through use of his half- human daughter Rachel Roth. However, after suffering from amnesia, Kory unknowingly befriended her target after saving her from the Nuclear Family and even protecting her. After the defeat of Trigon, Starfire became a member of the Teen Titans while suffering from visions that would lead her to her sister and discover a terrible truth.
Princess Starfire was born on Tamaran into the Tamaranean Royal Family to Queen Luand'r and King Myand'r. When she was born, it was during a great upheaval; unfortunately, Koriand'r did not inherit the royal ability to generate pyrokinetic powers, which was usually a telltale of a person's birthright. Fearful of an uprising, Myand'r lied and told his subjects that Koriand'r indeed had these abilities. However, when Koriand'r's sister, Komand'r was born, she was born with the fire ability, showing her younger sister was the true heir. To maintain their lie Koriand'r had fire, Myand'r and Luand'r forced a Tamaranean priestess to transfer Komand'r's powers over to Starfire In order to maintain the lie. Despite the priestess's warning, the parents went through with their plans despite the consequences. As a result, while Starfire grew up to be the more beloved and successful of the royal sisters, Komand'r grew up as an outcast and everyone, even her own sister teased her for not having fire powers. Despite their negative relationship, Kory and Komand'r were well educated and surrounded by servants. One of Koriand'r's educator was a woman named Zadira, who trianed her to be a warrior.
There was also a time where Koriand'r committed an illegal act becoming romantically involved with a royal guard named Faddei. The discovery of this was exposed by Komand'r and led to the end of their relationship and public scrutiny.
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She also has had a brief romance with Dick Grayson in the first season, but later decide to remain friends until their feelings were clearer. In season four, their feelings seem to be resurfacing, as Kory (and Rachel) herself has seen a vision where Dick saw the same little girl he did in the Lazarus pit. This time, Kory realizes the little girl is her own daughter with Dick. However, due to their past with prophecies never coming true, Kori seems to brush it off.
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Kory Anders is a beautiful young woman with dark skin, hazel-brown eyes, and bright pink hair. Whenever Starfire uses her powers, with or without her fire powers, her skin turns orange and her green eyes turn into a brighter shade of green.
Throughout the franchise, Kori wears purple-based colors. When she first came to Earth, however, she looked and dressed like a woman from the forties, having a fur coat, boots and dress.When she was a warrior princess on her homeworld, Kory wore purple armor and seems to wear new ones. Additionally, Starfire is mostly seen wearing tank tops, leather jackets, high-heeled boots, jeans, etc. Her hair is sometimes straight or it is stylized as a perm.
In the original comics, Kory was Blackfire's younger sister; instead, the roles are reversed in the series, where Komand'r is the younger sister.
Rachel angrily calls Koriand'r a "Princess Alien Pink Hair of Planet Tam-O-Whatever", a reference to Kory's Teen Titans Go! counterpart, who has pink hair as well.