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From the most ancient districts of Delhi, India, it's Kiran Singh, AKA Solstice!

This iteration of Solstice has an interesting history, she is a direct descendant of Rajput warrior kings. (In Sanskrit, Singh means lion, and was adopted by the warrior castes in India.) Her parents were archaeologists, working to find new digs in India, from the Indus Civilization to the Mughal Empire. They also worked closely with Helena Sandsmark, the mother of Cassie Sandsmark, AKA Wonder Girl, and both Cassie and Kiran were childhood friends. However, at age 13, she was captured by The Reach in order to awaken the meta-gene that was held deep within her. Tortured, she ended up developing powers over light and heat, and her skin became smokey and black in appearance, with blue light shining through various cracks in her skin, and even from the gemstone on her forehead. Fortunately, she was rescued by the newest incarnation of the Teen Titans, among them was Cassie, who was now Wonder Girl. Realizing that she now had powers over heat, Kiran decided to use her new powers for good, and took on the alias of Solstice, one of the Teen Titans!

Yes, Solstice is pretty much naked, but there is a reason for that. Her powers have thermal effects, so if she goes full flame, her clothes will likely burn off. At first this was pretty much a problem for her, considering that she didn't want to be seen naked in a fight. However, eventually she just didn't want to waste money on clothes she was just going to burn to ash in battle, so she just started going around naked all the time to prevent that problem from happening. The silver lining to that is that her private parts are not shown to her classmates. She's best friends with Wonder Girl, Bunker, Nightstar, Robin (Tim Drake), and especially Holly Granger, AKA Hawk.

Hawk and Solstice have good reasons for being best friends. As India was a former colony in the British Empire, England and India still are on relatively good terms, and there are a large amount of Indian, Bangledeshi and Pakistani immigrants living in the British Isles. So Hawk and Solstice share close cultural ties with each other. Also, Kiran is an expert in cooking the one thing that Hawk can't get enough of: Curry. All over Britain, there are 9,000 curry houses across the country. Hawk loves curry, and she always has ever since she was a little girl in London. So, Solstice is more than happy to cook up either chicken tikka masala, lamb vindaloo, or even goat korma for her friends. As she's from India, Solstice, like many international Titans, is more than happy to share her culture with her teammates, and is in the yoga club and the martial arts club, in order to live up to the prowess of her Rajput ancestors. Finally, although she speaks fluent English, Solstice's primary languages are Hindi and Urdu, so she has a thick Indian accent, plus she is Hindu, which was a reference to the comics, where she once refered to the Hindu gods when she was angry.

Disclaimer: Solstice belongs to DC Comics, Nicola Scott and J.T. Krul.

Description
From the most ancient districts of Delhi, India, it's Kiran Singh, AKA Solstice!

This iteration of Solstice has an interesting history, she is a direct descendant of Rajput warrior kings. (In Sanskrit, Singh means lion, and was adopted by the warrior castes in India.) Her parents were archaeologists, working to find new digs in India, from the Indus Civilization to the Mughal Empire. They also worked closely with Helena Sandsmark, the mother of Cassie Sandsmark, AKA Wonder Girl, and both Cassie and Kiran were childhood friends. However, at age 13, she was captured by The Reach in order to awaken the meta-gene that was held deep within her. Tortured, she ended up developing powers over light and heat, and her skin became smokey and black in appearance, with blue light shining through various cracks in her skin, and even from the gemstone on her forehead. Fortunately, she was rescued by the newest incarnation of the Teen Titans, among them was Cassie, who was now Wonder Girl. Realizing that she now had powers over heat, Kiran decided to use her new powers for good, and took on the alias of Solstice, one of the Teen Titans!

Yes, Solstice is pretty much naked, but there is a reason for that. Her powers have thermal effects, so if she goes full flame, her clothes will likely burn off. At first this was pretty much a problem for her, considering that she didn't want to be seen naked in a fight. However, eventually she just didn't want to waste money on clothes she was just going to burn to ash in battle, so she just started going around naked all the time to prevent that problem from happening. The silver lining to that is that her private parts are not shown to her classmates. She's best friends with Wonder Girl, Bunker, Nightstar, Robin (Tim Drake), and especially Holly Granger, AKA Hawk.

Hawk and Solstice have good reasons for being best friends. As India was a former colony in the British Empire, England and India still are on relatively good terms, and there are a large amount of Indian, Bangledeshi and Pakistani immigrants living in the British Isles. So Hawk and Solstice share close cultural ties with each other. Also, Kiran is an expert in cooking the one thing that Hawk can't get enough of: Curry. All over Britain, there are 9,000 curry houses across the country. Hawk loves curry, and she always has ever since she was a little girl in London. So, Solstice is more than happy to cook up either chicken tikka masala, lamb vindaloo, or even goat korma for her friends. As she's from India, Solstice, like many international Titans, is more than happy to share her culture with her teammates, and is in the yoga club and the martial arts club, in order to live up to the prowess of her Rajput ancestors. Finally, although she speaks fluent English, Solstice's primary languages are Hindi and Urdu, so she has a thick Indian accent, plus she is Hindu, which was a reference to the comics, where she once refered to the Hindu gods when she was angry.

Disclaimer: Solstice belongs to DC Comics, Nicola Scott and J.T. Krul.