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Aqui está ela! Miriam Delgado, AKA Mirage!

Now you know how to say, "Here she is! Miriam Delgado, AKA Mirage!" in Portuguese.

Miriam Delgado was born and raised for most of her life in Rio de Janeiro, the bustling capital of Brazil. Orphaned at a young age, she was living on the streets since she was 4, but then at the age of 5, she was adopted by a loving caring couple from the wealthier parts of the city. There, Miriam was taught the ways of a proper lady, growing up to be among one of Brazil's most beautiful bachelorettes. However, whereas in the comics, she was captured by Time Trapper and given false memories, this iteration of Miriam was sent a horrible vision when she was just 15. In the nightmare, she saw events of a possible future that would result in pain and endless suffering, not by the hands of Extant or Lord Chaos (Villains from the comics during the Zero Hour event), but by Raven's malicious father - the interdimensional demon known as Trigon the Terrible!

Luckily, Miriam didn't know it, but her biological parents were metahumans, and because of that, she was born with her mother's power to change her appearance and cast illusions. Although she could only change into other females as well as female versions of iconic male figures, since that was harder for her to pull off. Another one of her abilities, which she inherited from her father, was that she was psychic. She called out for help, trying to establish a mental link with anyone who could hear her. And that someone was none other than Trigon's own daughter: Raven, one of the founding members of the Titans. Miriam told Raven all about the dream, and that she had superpowers. At the behest of Arsenal, who quickly saw some potential in the girl, Miriam decided to catch the next flight to the United States, where she took on the mantle of Mirage, becoming one of the newest members of the current iteration of the Teen Titans!

Coming from one of the largest countries in South America, and the only one that was a former Portuguese Colony, Mirage has a thick Portuguese accent, since that's her native language. Though she also speaks Spanish, English and Japanese as well. Like many Brazilian women, she's beautiful, ambitious and very open. However, she's also very family oriented, passionate, girly and coquettish. The Californian climate near Titans Tower is just perfect for her to still go out in a bikini on the beach, or in a dress while going out. However, she's also very much eager for love, so if she sees a guy she likes, she'll be all over him, so long as he's a gentleman. Mirage doesn't do men who are arrogant and misogynistic. Her best friends include Argent, Hawk, Nightstar, Solstice, Prysm and Miss Martian, mainly because she's very interested in other cultures, as well as the arts, politics, soccer, and above all: dancing. She even is very open to sharing Brazilian culture with the other Titans.

Sidenote: I chose to give Mirage regular white sclera, rather than black ones like in the comics. This is because in anime and manga, characters with black sclera are usually associated with being monsters or they are possessed by demons, and I didn't want to give that impression on Mirage, since she's a superhero.

Disclaimer: Mirage belongs to DC Comics, Marv Wolfman and Tom Grummett.

Description
Aqui está ela! Miriam Delgado, AKA Mirage!

Now you know how to say, "Here she is! Miriam Delgado, AKA Mirage!" in Portuguese.

Miriam Delgado was born and raised for most of her life in Rio de Janeiro, the bustling capital of Brazil. Orphaned at a young age, she was living on the streets since she was 4, but then at the age of 5, she was adopted by a loving caring couple from the wealthier parts of the city. There, Miriam was taught the ways of a proper lady, growing up to be among one of Brazil's most beautiful bachelorettes. However, whereas in the comics, she was captured by Time Trapper and given false memories, this iteration of Miriam was sent a horrible vision when she was just 15. In the nightmare, she saw events of a possible future that would result in pain and endless suffering, not by the hands of Extant or Lord Chaos (Villains from the comics during the Zero Hour event), but by Raven's malicious father - the interdimensional demon known as Trigon the Terrible!

Luckily, Miriam didn't know it, but her biological parents were metahumans, and because of that, she was born with her mother's power to change her appearance and cast illusions. Although she could only change into other females as well as female versions of iconic male figures, since that was harder for her to pull off. Another one of her abilities, which she inherited from her father, was that she was psychic. She called out for help, trying to establish a mental link with anyone who could hear her. And that someone was none other than Trigon's own daughter: Raven, one of the founding members of the Titans. Miriam told Raven all about the dream, and that she had superpowers. At the behest of Arsenal, who quickly saw some potential in the girl, Miriam decided to catch the next flight to the United States, where she took on the mantle of Mirage, becoming one of the newest members of the current iteration of the Teen Titans!

Coming from one of the largest countries in South America, and the only one that was a former Portuguese Colony, Mirage has a thick Portuguese accent, since that's her native language. Though she also speaks Spanish, English and Japanese as well. Like many Brazilian women, she's beautiful, ambitious and very open. However, she's also very family oriented, passionate, girly and coquettish. The Californian climate near Titans Tower is just perfect for her to still go out in a bikini on the beach, or in a dress while going out. However, she's also very much eager for love, so if she sees a guy she likes, she'll be all over him, so long as he's a gentleman. Mirage doesn't do men who are arrogant and misogynistic. Her best friends include Argent, Hawk, Nightstar, Solstice, Prysm and Miss Martian, mainly because she's very interested in other cultures, as well as the arts, politics, soccer, and above all: dancing. She even is very open to sharing Brazilian culture with the other Titans.

Sidenote: I chose to give Mirage regular white sclera, rather than black ones like in the comics. This is because in anime and manga, characters with black sclera are usually associated with being monsters or they are possessed by demons, and I didn't want to give that impression on Mirage, since she's a superhero.

Disclaimer: Mirage belongs to DC Comics, Marv Wolfman and Tom Grummett.