Kendra Saunders, nicknamed Hawkgirl by Cisco Ramon,[1] is a reincarnation of the

Egyptian High Priestess Chay-Ara. Kendra is also the soulmate and lover of Scythian
Torvil, and the ex-fiancée of Ray Palmer. In early 2016, Kendra Saunders was
recruited by the rogue time-captain Rip Hunter on a mission to take down Vandal
Savage once and for all.

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Biography
After a singularity was accidentally opened over S.T.A.R. Labs, Kendra, along with
a number of others, looked on as it sucked up parts of the city.[2]

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Kendra as a barista at CC Jitters.

Kendra began working as a barista at CC Jitters where she was asked out by Cisco
Ramon, initially rejecting him. Cisco later returned to simply order coffee, asking
if Kendra was going to shoot him down again. Kendra told Cisco that she was new to
Central City and accepted his offer for a date, giving him her phone number.[3]

While on their first date to see The Princess Bride at a local theater, Cisco
touched her hand and vibed, seeing a winged person dressed in armor and a helmet.
Cisco is left freaked out and bails on his date with Kendra. Cisco later visited
her at CC Jitters, giving her a box of chocolates, flowers and bringing along a
digital projector with the movie loaded onto it. As Kendra and Cisco kiss, he vibed
again and learned that the person he saw in the armor was Kendra.[4]

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Cisco and Kendra later went on a date at Jitters where the two were about to have
dinner when a mysterious man suddenly appeared, calling Kendra "priestess Chay-
Ara". The man then insisted Cisco hand her over only for the latter to refuse.
Fortunately before he could harm them The Flash came to their rescue. The man then
threw a knife at Cisco which The Flash caught before escaping. A grateful Cisco
then accidentally revealed The Flash's identity as Barry Allen much to Barry's
annoyance. At S.T.A.R. Labs Barry and the others questioned Kendra only for Kendra
to reveal that she never met the man. In an effort to keep her safe Barry and the
team brought her Star City where she met Oliver Queen who she found out was the
Green Arrow. Oliver proceeded to question Kendra about the man harshly and when
Barry told him to calm down a little Oliver pointed out that Barry put everyone
including his teammates in danger. In an effort to ease tension Felicity suggested
they go back to the loft to relax. At Oliver and Felicity's loft the group relaxed
until the man crashed through the window. Oliver, Barry, and Thea managed to fight
him off however and the man once again escaped.

At the Foundry, Cisco proceeded to tell Kendra about his abilities and the vision
he got of her. Suddenly Malcolm Merlyn and the League of Assassins appeared and
revealed the man's name was Vandal Savage: an immortal who has lived over
centuries. He then proceeded to tell them that they could not protect Kendra who
then proceeded to run outside with Cisco going after her. Catching up with Cisco
asked if she was alright and apologized for not telling her about his powers
sooner. Kendra assured him it wasn't that and claimed that if what Merlyn said was
true then her whole life was changed and claimed she was not ready for that. Cisco
compared her experience to when he first learned about his powers and assured her
that everything would be alright. Suddenly a man with wings seemingly kidnapped her
and took her to a building. The man identified himself as Khufu and told Kendra she
needed to remember him and who he was and told her that until her memories came
back she needed to stay by his side so he could protect her. The Green Arrow and
The Flash came to Kendra's rescue and managed to subdue the man.
Back at the Foundry, the winged man identified himself as Carter Hall a
reincarnation of Prince Khufu and that Kendra was Priestess Chay-Ara and that they
were lovers forced to find each other again and again and that Vandal Savage is the
one who kills them each time having done it a total of 206 times and that he grows
stronger with each kill. Malcolm entered once again and told them that Savage had
left Star City after realizing that taking them on would be a challenge and had
decided to retrieve the Staff of Horus. An ancient and powerful weapon from Carter
and Kendra's past that would make Savage nearly unstoppable. Carter suggested that
he be allowed to show Kendra how to activate her powers and memories. Going to the
top of a building Carter suggested Kendra jump off to unlock her potential. When
she began to hesitate Carter pushed her only for Barry to save her. When he
suggested the try again Barry and Cisco strongly objected. Oliver then realized
that the reason Kendra was drawn to Central City was because it was where the Staff
of Horus was located. Later on top of the building Kendra realized Carter was right
and that to become who she really was she had to jump which she did. Suddenly her
wings sprouted. Cisco then proceeded to give her the name Hawkgirl.[1]

Later Kendra, Carter, and the rest of the team decided to hide out in a farmhouse
in the outskirts of Central City. As everyone coordinated plans to find and stop
Savage, Oliver told Kendra that they should work on unlocking her abilities. Barry
warned Kendra to not let Oliver train her, Carter then decided to train her
himself. When Oliver and Barry returned from a meeting with Vandal Savage, Oliver
told Kendra and the rest that they have twenty four hours until they are supposed
to hand Kendra and Carter over to them or else Savage would destroy Central City.
Kendra was distraught however claiming that her life was not worth the deaths of
numerous innocent people and left the house. Carter went after her and when he
caught up with Kendra she asked if they have ever killed themselves to deny Savage
the chance of killing them himself. Carter tried to calm her down but Saunders
noted that everyone back at the farmhouse was willing to die to protect them.
Carter however pointed out that it was this act of bravery was what made all of
them heroes. He then told her that if she did not want the others to die for her
she should focus on becoming the warrior that he knows she is. Carter then had
Saunders attack him which she did only for Carter to easily best her. Eventually
Kendra lost her temper and managed to tackle Carter down. Felicity then arrived and
told them that the others had found information on Savage. Felicity then played the
tape given to her by John Diggle. In the tape, scientist and professor Aldus
Boardman explained his knowledge of Hath-Set/Vandal Savage, Khufu and Chay-Ara's
origins. He said that his immortality had come as a result of an "unearthly
calamity" and that anything related to that calamity would possibly reverse its
effects. Professor Boardman also expressed his belief that Vandal Savage was the
greatest threat Earth would ever face. Later that night Oliver came up with a plan
to defeat Savage and he Kendra, Carter, and Barry arrived to seemingly give in to
Savage demands. When Savage was about to kill them Oliver and Barry spring the plan
into action. The plan however failed miserably with Kendra unable to unlock her
abilities and Savage ended up killing Kendra, and Carter, and with the Staff of
Horus unleashed an energy blast that vaporized Oliver and everyone else in Central
City.[5]

Second chance
However Barry managed to escape the blast and managed to go back in time preventing
the events from happening and giving them another chance. When Carter was talking
to Kendra Cisco intervened and talked to Kendra himself. Cisco then told her to not
focus on the Warrior side but instead focus on the priestess. With them Kendra
remembered her and Carter's first death and realized how the cycle between them and
Savage began. At the same area Barry and Oliver put their new plan into action with
Kendra successfully unlocking her abilities. Eventually Barry and Oliver using the
Staff of Horus together managed to obliterate Savage seemingly killing him and
ending the cycle. The next day Kendra and Carter decided to leave Central City and
dedicated their lives to helping people like they did in their past lives. Before
leaving she thanked Cisco and kissed him as thanks for being himself.[5]

Aiding Rip Hunter

Two months later, Kendra and Carter were fighting crime, once again beginning to
argue. Rip Hunter comes in and tells them that they need some help. He pulls out an
unknown device, then Carter and Kendra woke up, next to six unknown individuals.
Rip Hunter told them they have to take-down Vandal Savage again, he agrees, but
Kendra doesn't. They fight to see if they will go, Kendra lost. They came aboard
Rip Hunter's ship, the Waverider.[6]

Hunter welcomed them onboard his ship. He then explained to them that to track down
and destroy Savage before he destroys humanity and time itself, they must go to the
only one who is an expert on Savage: Aldus Boardman. Arriving in the year 1975,
Hunter brought with him Ray, Stein, Kendra, and Carter, claiming he did not need
the skill sets of Leonard, Mick, or Sara. Arriving at St. Roch University, the
group confronted Boardman, who recognize Kendra and Carter as his reincarnated
mother and father. Boardman then explained to them that Savage spent his years
causing war and numerous others atrocities all over the world to keep his anonymity
and proceeded to give them a journal detailing all the information he had on
Savage.[6]

Suddenly, Rip got an alert from Gideon that the Waverider was under attack.
However, Kendra and Carter were unwilling to leave their son behind and demanded he
come with them much to Hunter's protest. Arriving at the Waverider, Hunter found
the ship under attack by Chronos. Working together, Rip and the team managed to
fight Chronos off long enough to escape. Although, in the process, Boardman was
severely injured with Carter and Kendra coming to his aid and rushing him to the
ship.[6]

Escaping, Kendra blaming Hunter for Boardman's condition punched him and demanded
Rip tell them who Chronos was and the real reason he recruited them. Hunter told
them everything and told them he understood if they wanted to return home. The
others then decided to take a moment to decide on what choice they would make.
Kendra talked to Aldus who proceeded to give her a ring that she in her past
lifetime as his mother gave to him. Kendra then ran into to Carter and thanked him
for taking her side in bringing Aldus aboard. Later, everyone came together with
Kendra telling Hunter that Boardman passed away and that she blamed herself, as if
she did not insist on bringing him aboard he would have died peacefully. Rip told
her not to blame herself and proceeded to tell everyone that time itself alongside
Chronos and Savage would be one of their enemies. The group decided to stay
together to defeat Savage and earn their rightful place in history with Carter
claiming that all he wanted to do was make sure Savage was killed for good this
time. Hunter then proceeded to take them to the lead he had learned from Boardman's
journal.[6]

Losing Carter
While the team was still in 1975, thanks to Aldus Boardman's journal, they knew
what they were looking for: terrorists and fringe groups looking to buy arms. When
Kendra and Carter ask why can't they go back and save Aldus, Hunter explains they
can't change things they've already been involved in. He then explains that he has
a room in the Waverider that can give them any outfit for any era.[7]

They make it to the exchange and talk their way inside. Kendra, Carter and Jax
watch from a nearby rooftop as it becomes clear Savage isn't a buyer here, he's the
seller. As he prepares to auction off the warhead, his Hawk-senses begin tingling.
The bidding begins where those interested fire off a round in the air, with a
younger Damien Darhk among those participating. When suspicions arise regarding the
Legends, Heat Wave fires off a round and secures the winning bid, but when
confronted by Darhk and Savage, they all do what they do best: start a fight. We
see that Ray was present the whole time as well, hiding all tiny-sized in Martin's
pocket, and he makes a crucial mistake by letting a piece of his tech fall off. The
Hawks fly in to fight Savage, but he sets the warhead to explode and gives them the
ultimatum of catching him or stopping the bomb. Despite there being multiple team
members with different skillsets wherein both options could have been carried out,
they stay behind. When it becomes clear that the bomb is going to go off, Firestorm
carries it off to absorb the explosion once it detonates.[7]

On the Waverider, everyone blames each other for what went wrong, but they have
bigger problems: they've revealed themselves to Savage, oh and one of his goons
found the tech Palmer left behind and they're working on weaponizing it. They have
time to fix it though, time is like fresh cement apparently. Carter goes through
Aldus’ stuff and finds a newspaper clipping of the sale of the knife used to kill
them in Egypt. Ray realizes they can track his tech by its Alpha Particles and
Stein says the best way to do that is find the younger version of himself – he's
already working on technology for that exact occasion. When Kendra and Carter
reveal what they've found to the team, Snart volunteers to go steal it back with
Heat Wave and Ray accompanies them. While Stein, Jax, and Sara decide to locate
Steins younger self.[7]

Later Carter tries to guide Kendra through their past lives to try to uncover the
origins of the dagger. However, when Kendra instead remembers them making love he
tries to kiss her only for Kendra to reject this. When Carter tries to point out
that they are destined to fall in love with each other Kendra points out that if it
means she must lose who she is as a person then she will never fall in love with
him and leaves.[7]

Kendra later returned to apologize to Carter only for Carter to apologize himself
claiming that he took their love for granted considering that in each of their
lifetimes she always fell in love with him and told her that she doesn't have to
fall in love with him in this lifetime as he is willing to wait for her no matter
how long it takes. They try again to figure out the words on the dagger and
discover that the dagger was a gift from Khufu to Chay-Ara.[7]

Carter Hall is killed by Vandal Savage

Kendra kneels over Carter's body

When Kendra and Carter and the rest of the team discover that Ray, Rory, and Snart
have been captured by Savage they venture to the mansion where Firestorm manages to
subdue Savage. Snart hands Carter the dagger and he and Kendra confront Savage.
Carter manages to overpower and stab Savage with the dagger only for Savage to pull
the blade out and mortally stab Carter telling them that since the blade belonged
to Kendra she must be the one to kill him. Kendra attacks Savage but he overpowers
her. Carter dies in Kendra's arms. Kendra in anger again attacks Savage only for
Savage to stab her in the abdomen, seriously injuring her. Before he can finish her
off however Ray blast Savage away and the team manage to escape on board the ship.
Ray and Hunter take her to the medical bay where an emotionally distraught Kendra
proceeds to cry over the death of Carter distraught over the fact that she never
got to tell him she remembered and felt the same way about him that he felt about
her. Gideon administrated her a light sedative while Hunter comforted her until she
fell asleep.[7]

With Kendra injured and unable to handle time travel, the team was stranded in
1975. After touching down in Leipzig, her condition worsened. The rest of the team
went after Savage's fortune, while Ray and Martin worked on removing fragments of
the Amon Dagger from her bloodstream. Ray shrunk down in his A.T.O.M. Exosuit and
was able to destroy the fragments, stabilizing her condition. Once she woke up, she
thanked Rip for rescuing Carter's body. Later they held a funeral for Carter and
Aldus; she knelt over Carter's grave saying for Carter to come back to her.[8]
Learning to control her inner self
Kendra losing control at the Pentagon
Kendra losing control at the Pentagon.

In 1986, when Rip Hunter's team went on a retrieval mission for Savage's redacted
file located within the Pentagon, Kendra lost control of her power and went
violently attacking the guards who were just doing their jobs and had to be removed
from the scene, with the help of Firestorm, before any more damage was done. Sara
Lance voiced her concerns to Rip, who suggested they train together. The first
practice didn't go so well as priestess Chay-Ara's persona shortly appeared to
fight back, only to cause Sara's berserker mode to show up and retaliate in return;
Sara eventually came to her sense and decided she just wasn't the best person to do
the job. This time round Kendra went to Rip for advice, who again remained
believing the pair would learn what they needed to grasp the most from each other.
As the second practice began, Kendra told Sara that while she needed to embrace her
fearsome warrior side, Sara needed to face the fact that there was still a human
side within her.[9]

Kendra consoled Jax when Jax psychically sensed Martin's fear from interrogation.
Rip later excluded Kendra and Jax from the rescue mission since they were Savage's
primary targets, which made them feel left out. Frustrated, they sent a signal to
Martin by Kendra cutting Jax's arm, which appeared on Martin's arm. Later, they
demanded to be a part of the operation so Kendra, Rip, and Jax devised a plan. She
flew Jax into the prison yard to cut the power and lured Savage away. Inside, she
and Rip held Savage at gunpoint and detonated some bombs incapacitating him while
the rest of the team rescued Martin from Valentina Vostok and escaped. They hid in
the Temporal zone where Chronos ambushed and damaged the Waverider knocking it out
of the time stream into 2046.[10]

Adrift in time stream

Arriving in Star City of 2046, the team is confronted by a hooded archer. Thinking
it was Oliver, Ray and Sara tried to talk to him but the archer fired arrows at
them forcing them to retreat. Kendra stayed on the time ship to make repairs. While
on the ship, Kendra worked with Ray on the repairs, getting to know each other. Jax
also took the time to get to know Kendra, developing a crush on her. Later, Kendra
helps Sara rescue Connor Hawke from Deathstroke. After the fight, Ray asked Kendra
out but she rebuffed him due to her already complex life.[11]

Unable to track Savage due to obsolete time data, the crew was stranded. Gideon
intercepted a distress signal from Captain Eve Baxter of the Acheron. When they
went to investigate, the away team was captured by Time pirates. After camouflaging
the ship, Kendra and Ray discovered Leonard and Sara trapped in the bulkhead breach
after trying to repair damage sustained from the Acheron. Ray configured his suit
for space and went outside of the ship to repair the damage, while Kendra tried to
keep him from passing out by talking him through the repairs. After repairing the
hull breach, he passed out and went into cardiac arrest. Kendra performed CPR and
revived him. Soon after, Mick arrived on the Waverider but the team found out that
he betrayed them to the time pirates. Mick and Jon Valor's crewmen chased Kendra,
Ray, Sara, and Leonard throughout the Waverider. They managed to fend off the
pirates and subdued Mick. Afterwards, Kendra kissed Ray. As a team, they decided to
put down Mick for betraying them to the pirates.[12]

Stranded in time and relationship with Ray

Rip Hunter's team in the Waverider's office
Kendra devises a plan with the team to kill Savage

The Acheron's timeline data took the team to Harmony Falls, 1958. Kendra and Ray
staked out the town by living in an empty home masquerading as a married couple,
which Ray enjoyed. Kendra then received a visit from Gail and Curtis Knox, Vandal
Savage's current alias. Kendra opted to investigate Savage since he didn't seem to
recognize Kendra. Kendra and Ray attended the Knox's house party. While Ray scoped
out the house, Kendra talked to Curtis/Vandal. Ray found a backroom where Savage
was keeping the Amon Dagger. The next day, Kendra acted as look out while Ray stole
it and escaped just as Savage returned home. The team devised a plan for Kendra to
kill Savage with the dagger. Kendra hid the dagger in her purse and met up with
Savage but Savage was privy to her act. Savage released his Manhawks, as Kendra and
Ray escaped. While Kendra, Ray, and Sara were preparing to leave, Chronos attacked
the Waverider forcing it to leave without them.[13]

Kendra, Ray and Sara in 1958

Kendra, Ray, and Sara just before they are stranded in 1958

After waiting for the Waverider to return, Sara suggested to keep moving since
Savage was still at large. Ten days later, they got an apartment in Hub City and
Ray was building a time beacon. Ten weeks later, Ray tried his time beacon but it
short-circuited convincing Sara that the rest of the team wasn't coming to rescue
them so she left them in Hub City. Two years later, Kendra visited Ray while he was
teaching in a college classroom. They went to a park where Ray gifted Kendra his
time beacon with the intention of destroying it together. Ray also was about to
propose to Kendra but the time beacon activated and the Waverider arrived and
picked them up to resume the mission. Kendra was glad to be back on the ship to be
herself again but Ray took it hard, especially when Kendra didn't think it was
necessary to retrieve any of their possessions from 1960. When they were reflecting
on the lives they left behind, Kendra surmised that Sara probably returned to the
League of Assassins. When they went to Nanda Parbat, Rip was captured by Sara so
Kendra and the team snuck into the fortress where the League captured all of them.
They discovered Sara had reverted to a former self and was loyal to only Ra's al
Ghul. In the League prison, she admitted to Ray that she had not been able to
access her hawk powers or her memories of past lives in two years, which was why
she was glad to be back on the ship. Rip then challenged Ra's to a trial by combat.
Ra's chose Sara while Rip chose Kendra, which they both accepted. Kendra managed to
hold off Sara for a bit but Sara got the upper hand. Before she could kill Kendra,
Kendra reminded her that she was the White Canary which made Sara realize her real
self. After the trial, Chronos attacked. Sara convinced Ra's to free the rest of
the team so that they could fight off Chronos. Through their combined efforts, they
defeated Chronos but discovered that he was actually Mick Rory. Back on the
Waverider, she reassured Ray that even if she wasn't happy with the situation of
being stranded in time, she still fell in love with Ray and didn't want to lose him
and they kissed. Later, Rip informed the team that their next target was 2147.[14]

The team arrived in the Kasnia Conglomerate in 2147. Rip's plan in this leg of the
mission was to kill future despot Per Degaton before he could provide the platform
for Savage to later conquer the world. Kendra and others opposed this plan so Rip
compromised by kidnapping him from the timeline. Kendra caught up with Ray after he
discovered that he had a child back in 2016. It was around this time where she
remembered her life as Edith Boardman and her time with Joe Boardman and Aldus,
which made her feel as if she was cheating on Carter with Ray causing some
awkwardness between the two. Kendra sensed Savage and soon after, Savage and Tor
Degaton's army surrounded the Waverider so she helped the team battle the A.T.O.M.
robots and soldiers. Kendra and Ray broke off from the rest of the team and
targeted the robots' command center. They ran into Dr. Bryce but convinced her to
do the right thing and disable the robots. She also revealed to them that her
distant grandfather was actually Sydney Palmer, not Ray. Later, she and Ray talked
about the awkwardness between them but they both agreed not to give up on their
relationship.[15]

Rip Hunter's team walks through Salvation

The Legends arrive in Salvation

Rip next took the team to Salvation, 1871 to hide out from the Hunters. Kendra went
with the team to explore the town. They entered a saloon when Kendra bumped into an
older woman triggering flashbacks. Gideon gave Kendra the location of the nearby
Albano Gulch based on her memory flashes and Sara went with her. They tracked down
the woman in the middle of the wilderness and found out that the woman was a past
life of Kendra. The woman told Kendra about her life with Hannibal Hawkes and that
any relationship that wasn't with Carter would end in tragedy. Back on the ship,
Sara told Kendra that the woman had already lived her life and that her opinion
should not stop Kendra from living hers. Later, Kendra watched Rip win a duel
against Jeb Stillwater when the Hunters arrived and attacked. The entire team
fought off the Hunters but before dying, one of the Hunters told Mick that the Time
Masters had initiated the Omega Protocol triggering the Pilgrim to go after the
team. Later, Kendra decided not to tell Ray about what her past incarnation told
her.[16]

While the team rescued a young Mick Rory from the Pilgrim, Kendra trained with Sara
reiterating her decision not to tell Ray about her past life's advice. Later, when
Kendra is talking with Ray, Ray was thrown back and started sustaining injuries so
Firestorm and Rip rescue Ray from the Pilgrim in 2014. When present Ray recovered,
he proposed to Kendra thinking she had found his ring. Sara found Kendra in the
engine room where she confessed that she wasn't ready for marriage. Kendra and Sara
later abducted a newborn Leonard. After the team was successful in rescuing
everyone's younger selves, they took them all to the Refuge under the care of Mary
Xavier. Later Ray confronted Kendra about what he overheard from Kendra and Sara.
Kendra divulged that her past life predicted their relationship was doomed to
failure. Gideon then intercepted a message from the Pilgrim threatening the team's
family if they didn't turn themselves in. The team went to an abandoned Time
Masters outpost to meet with the Pilgrim where they turned over 10 year-old Rip to
her. The team then ambushed the Pilgrim but she used her time micro-manipulation to
fend them off but young Rip stabbed her and she was subsequently destroyed by the
team. After the battle, Kendra reaffirmed her love to Ray and they kissed.[17]

Having run out of options, Rip took the team to London of 2166 when Savage had
already conquered most of the world. Kendra monitored Rip, Leonard, Mick, and Sara
as they try to assassinate Savage where she learned that Cassandra Savage had a
bracelet from her first life as Chay-Ara. While the team is away, Sara and Kendra
worked on weaponizing the bracelet. Meanwhile, Kendra had more memory flashes of
her and Carter in 1941 where she was learning to use Carter's mace. After Leonard
and Mick captured Cassandra, Kendra had Mick use his Heat Gun to melt the Nth metal
bracelet over Carter's mace. Later, the Waverider is attacked by Savage's
superweapon, the Leviathan. The team then devised a new plan. Kendra and Ray kissed
before going off to their respective battles against the Leviathan and Savage.
Kendra went with the strike team to end Savage engaging him in hand-to-hand combat.
Using the Nth metal imbued mace, she got the upper hand but was ambushed by a
soldier who was a future incarnation of Carter. She knocked out Scythian but
couldn't bring herself to kill Savage because he had brainwashed Scythian and told
Kendra that if she killed him, Scythian would never recover his memories.[18]

Rediscovering Carter
After Scythian was brought on board, Kendra tried to help him remember his past
lives as Khufu and Carter Hall. Kendra showed him a picture of Aldus but it had no
effect. Scythian then attacked her but Ray punched him out. While Ray was
interrogating Savage in the brig, Kendra recited the love poem Khufu wrote on the
Amon Dagger. Ray overheard this and was distraught. Ray told her that he wasn't
content with just being Carter's replacement and ended their relationship. Later,
Ray let Savage escape prompting Leonard, Mick, Ray, and Kendra to try to recapture
Savage and Scythian. During the fight, Savage held a knife to Kendra's throat.
Scythian then had a flood of memory flashes of his past lives and his powers
awakened. They subdued Savage, but not before Scythian was stabbed in the stomach.
Later, Ray and Kendra talked and she told him that even though she and Carter were
soulmates, her love for Ray was real. When the team arrived at the Vanishing Point,
Time Master troops boarded the Waverider and captured the crew since the Time
Masters had been working with Savage the whole time.[19]

The Time Masters put Kendra in a prison cell with Ray, Martin, and Mick nearby.
Soon after, soldiers fetched her from her cell. She tried to fight them off but was
shot and stunned. She later woke up in a jump ship with Scythian captive as well,
and Savage who was traveling back to 2166. When they arrived, Kendra pleaded for
Savage to spare Rip's family which he denied. When Savage returned to the jump
ship, Kendra listened in when the Time Masters withdrew their support of Savage due
to the Oculus's destruction and she laughed that his allies had cut him off. He
reassured her that he still had a plan and they left 2166.[20]

After escaping, Kendra ran through the forests of Saint-Lô, France and encountered
Sgt. Rock. She recognized his helmet as the one on display on the Waverider and
wrote a message to the Legends. Immediately after, Savage arrived and murdered Sgt.
Rock. Kendra and Savage fought, but Savage subdued Kendra. Kendra woke up and
Savage drew her and Scythian's blood and explained his plan to erase time back to
1700 BC using Thanagarian meteorites, while Scythian started regaining memories of
his life as Carter Hall and his other incarnations. Savage took Kendra along with
him when he delivered Kendra's blood samples to his past selves. He then tied her
up as he prepared the meteorite atop a building in St. Roch, 2021. After Rip and
Scythian arrived, she used her enhanced strength to break free and fight off
Savage's soldiers. Kendra and Scythian fought Savage together and she stabbed him
with the Amon Dagger. Rip then pushed him into an electrical conduit killing Vandal
Savage in an explosion of light. However the team couldn't stop the meteorite due
to the radiation buildup so Rip elected to fly the Waverider with the meteorite
into the sun.

After Vandal Savage's death, Kendra and Scythian decline Rip's offer to continue to
protect the Timeline, choosing to start a new life together now without the
imminent threat of being hunted and killed and plan to continue to act as
vigilantes in the present. Kendra and Scythian bid the Legends farewell and fly
away together.[21]

Erased future
Crisis in 2024
In 2024, in at least one possible timeline, where Kendra never retired or came out
of retirement, Hawkgirl fought with the Flash and Green Arrow along with the Atom
against Reverse-Flash in Central City atop two leaking oil trucks. However, in an
explosion of light, the Flash vanished.

Personality
Kendra was a kind, hard working barista before she discovered Vandal Savage and her
powers. She enjoyed movies, and fancy foods. When Vandal Savage arrived, she
started to feel confused about it all. Her memories started to come back as she met
Carter Hall. She was in denial about what she was seeing because she didn't want to
be a warrior. As the threat of Savage became more dire, she decided to go forward
and learn her powers as she was determined to help her new friends. She showed at
the end that she didn't want to feel overwhelmed by the craziness in her life.
Wanting to resume partially of a normal back she joined The Legends in hopes of
getting rid of Savage for good although unlike Hall she wasn't a natural warrior
having to be trained by Sara Lance after Carter had been killed. She's also shown
to have a sense of gullibility after first seeing Scythian and being reluctant to
fight against believing that he could be free from Savage which the other Legends
were cynical about however Kendra's ideology won and after winning a battle that
her past incarnations couldn't win Kendra seemly retired from the hero business
after returning to 2016 for good with Scythian by her side.

Powers and abilities

Powers
Kendra sprouting wings due to rage
Kendra sprouting her wings due to rage

Claws: When Kendra's ancient warrior-persona emerges, she possesses claws which are
sharp enough to tear through flesh.[9] It is also possible that her great strength
enhances the strength and sharpness of her nails.
Enhanced strength: Kendra possesses great strength, at least some of it seemingly
caused by the size of her wings, that allows her to overpower and knock down larger
and heavier opponents and even lift up and send people flying through the air with
enough momentum, especially while in flight or moving with her wings out. She had
the strength to grab and carry away a soldier with one hand, all while gliding down
with her wings and swooping down to pull him off the ground.[15] She could
effortlessly rip off the chest plate of the A.T.O.M. Exosuit while Ray was
unconscious and beat his chest with enough force to quickly resuscitate him as he
was dying of hypothermia and cardiac arrest.[12] She was even capable of throwing a
man several feet through the air and to the ground after flipping over him.[20]
With enough motivation, she was able to break straps forged from Tiberian steel.
[21]
Flight: As Hawkgirl, Kendra can manifest a pair of bird like wings, giving her the
ability to fly. She can also use the size of the wings to enhance her strength and
overpower and knock down people who are larger and heavier than herself, even the
likes of Carter Hall or Vandal Savage. Her wings allow her to seamlessly glide in
any direction, which allowed her to swoop down and grab objects or people from the
ground with ease. Despite their size, her wings move as if weightless.
Reincarnation: The ancient Egyptian knife which murdered Kendra in her original
incarnation as Chay-Ara had an unusual effect upon her soul and that of her lover,
Khufu. The pair are locked in a seemingly endless cycle of death and rebirth
throughout the centuries. While not a superhuman power per se, this propensity for
reincarnation has allowed Chay-Ara to cheat death and return to active duty in her
current incarnation. Over time, each new incarnation is able to recall all their
knowledge and experiences from each respective past life.
Abilities
Expert hand-to-hand combatant: Kendra was skilled in close quarters combat, having
had some training from Sara Lance. Kendra was able to briefly hold her own against
Chronos. Kendra was also able to hold her own against Savage for a short time but
was easily overpowered and nearly killed by the latter. Kendra was also able to
fight off several Time pirates with ease. Later though, Kendra's skills have
greatly improved, partially from rage, as she easily beat up Vandal Savage and
knocked him unconscious and could later best him with help from Scythian Torvil.
Skilled bo-staff/stick-fighter: Training with Sara, Kendra became quite capable at
using a staff. She was able to keep up with Sara and even surprise her during
sparring sessions.
Skilled swordswoman: Kendra is proficient at fighting with swords. She was able to
defend herself for a while against Sara before she got overpowered.
Expert welder: Drawing from her experience from a past life, Kendra is highly
trained with metalwork, able to assist with repairing the future technology of the
Waverider.
Equipment
Hawkgirl suit: Kendra uses this suit to operate as her alter-ego, Hawkgirl.
Carter Hall's mace: After the death of Carter Hall, Kendra had Mick melt down her
bracelet, coating the head of the mace with the bracelet's Nth metal, thereby
weaponizing the mace as a means to kill Savage.
Appearances
The Flash
Season 1
"The Trap" (mentioned)
"Fast Enough"
Season 2
"The Darkness and the Light"
"Gorilla Warfare"
"Legends of Today"
Arrow
Season 4
"Legends of Yesterday"
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Season 1
"Pilot, Part 1"
"Pilot, Part 2"
"Blood Ties"
"White Knights"
"Fail-Safe"
"Star City 2046"
"Marooned"
"Night of the Hawk"
"Left Behind"
"Progeny"
"The Magnificent Eight"
"Last Refuge"
"Leviathan"
"River of Time"
"Destiny"
"Legendary"
Season 2
"Land of the Lost" (indirectly mentioned)
Season 3
"The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly" (indirectly mentioned)
Season 4
"Nip/Stuck" (pictured)
"Hey, World!" (mentioned)
Season 5
"Mortal Khanbat" (indirectly mentioned)

Novels
The Flash: Johnny Quick (mentioned)
The Chronicles of Cisco
Post 19 (mentioned)
Post 21 (mentioned)
Post 22 (mentioned)