WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Wonder Girl #1, by Joëlle Jones, Jordie Bellaire, and Clayton Cowles, on sale now.
Yara Flor was one of the most prominent new faces during Future State, DC's recent glimpse at possible future timelines for the reborn DC Universe. As a Brazilian Amazon taking on the mantle of Wonder Woman, Yara blended Greek and South American mythologies as she defended the DCU as a major figure within Future State's Justice League and on her own adventures.
And while the Yara seen during Future State was a fully-formed superhero, the start of her first Infinite Frontier series shines a light on the previously undisclosed origin story for the Amazon and her tragic background as a child in Wonder Girl #1.
Years ago, when Yara was just a young child, she and her sect of Amazons within the forested regions of Brazil came under attack. While the savage attackers remain largely unidentified, they appear to be led by Ares, the Roman-Greco God of War, who is targeting this group of Amazons for unknown motives. And as the Amazons valiantly join ranks to defend themselves -- with the rainforest set ablaze around them -- Yara strikes out at the apparent injustice, despite her young age. Unfortunately, this action does not turn the tide of battle but instead comes at an incredibly heavy loss for the Amazons, with a casualty that strikes particularly close to home for Yara in retaliation for her gumption.
As the suspected Ares surveys the defeated Amazons, Yara is being held by a woman who isn't clearly identified but could be Yara's mother, older sister or an unrelated Amazon taking care of her. Frustrated by what the attackers have done to her sisters, Yara breaks free from the woman's grasp and charges at the presumed Ares and stabs him with a small dagger in the leg. The conqueror is more annoyed than visibly pained or shocked by the attack, more concerned how killing a child would affect his reputation than anything else. Still, feeling this perceived insubordination cannot stand without consequence, the warlord prepares to slay the young girl before her horrified Amazon sisters.
The woman that had been taking care of Yara offers herself up as sacrifice instead of the girl, with the warlord indifferently agreeing to the exchange. As a shocked Yara watches, the woman's head is effortlessly lopped off, with another Amazon gathering the child up in her arms and running off from the scene to spare Yara of any further trauma. A flash-forward years later reveals that Yara was subsequently raised by her aunt in Boise, Idaho, with no apparent recall of her traumatic childhood in Brazil. And as Yara returns home to Brazil for the first time since this bloody incident, it's clear that the Greek Pantheon is still not done with her and discreetly watches intently as Yara comes closer to claiming her superhero destiny.
Yara Flor is only just rediscovering her background as an Amazon as she returns to her home country but she has already attracted the wrong kind of attention from very deadly figures. With Diana Prince still missing at the start of the Infinite Frontier era, it falls on Yara to carry on her legacy as one of the foretold inheritors to the Wonder Woman mantle as she learns more about herself and her place among the Amazons. Although Yara's adventure only just beginning, it's not hard to see why Yara has a longstanding vendetta against the Greek Pantheon.