Thena

Thena
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
In-story information
Alter ego	Azura
Team affiliations	Eternals
Abilities	Eternal body is superhumanly fast, strong, tough, and can regenerate. Cosmic energy manipulation allows energy blasts, flight, illusion generation, matter transmutation, mind control, telekinesis, telepathy, and teleportation.

Thena is a member of the Eternals, a fictional race in the Marvel Comics universe.

History

Thena was originally born under the name Azura, but Zuras had her name officially changed to resemble that of Zeus' daughter Athena, to seal the bond between their two peoples. Thena was often mistaken for Athena, and the city of Athens was built for her. 2500 years ago, Thena first encountered Kro in Babylon. He had a chance to slay her, but did not. As the years passed, the two of them grew closer together, and she visited Lemuria at some point, though it was not a happy event. For a time after the Great Flood she feared that Kro had been killed. Thena and Kro made love during the Vietnam War, resulting in Thena becoming pregnant with twins. She placed them inside of Ms. Ritter, a infertile woman, who raised them as Donald and Deborah.

When Kro led his armies in an attack on New York, Thena fought him there, armed with a spear and crossbow that produced intense cold. After Kro was convinced to call a truce, Thena visited Lemuria with him, where he showed her Ransak, a Deviant who was genetically stable. Thena was convinced by the Mutate Karkas to grant both of them sanctuary, and the two Deviants have joined her on many missions. Karkas in particular feels an intense loyalty to her. After Zuras' death at the hands of the Celestials, and subsequent depature of most of earth's Eternals, Thena became Prime Eternal, but she was traumatized by her father's death, and was being subtely influenced by a Brain-Mine Kro had placed upon her. Ultimately, she turned against Ikaris to help save Kro's life, and Ikaris forced her to submit to the Hall of Eternal Judgement. There, she was forced to relinquish her title to Ikaris. When Thena learnt of the Brain-Mine, she was furious with Kro, but she has since forgiven him. Later, Thena became involved with the development of her children, after Dr. Daniel Damian attempted to have them killed. Thena has sought sanctuary with Heroes For Hire and the High Evolutionary, with whom she presently resides