Andra as she appears in Masters of the Universe: Revelation.
Biography[]
Some time after the fall of Grayskull and the loss of magic on Eternia, the young mechanic named Andra formed a partnership with the former Captain of the Royal Guard, Teela. Working together, Andra provided the technical know-how and Teela the physical prowess. At one point they had been hired by the Priestess to recover one of the few remaining magical artifacts on Eternia: the Glove of Globolah, which had been stolen from it's temple by Stinkor. During this mission, they wore cloaks and special breathmasks in order to stand the foul smells emited by Stinkor. Teela and Andra were successful in their task, and after turning the object to the Priestess, an an old lady who called herself Majestra gave them another task: to recover a magic goblet from Snake Mountain. Andra was a bit hesitant, but Teela accepted immediately.
They entered Snake Mountain by breaking through the walls of the trap door beneath Wolf Gate. The two women infiltrated the Motherboard ceremony dressed in pilgrim robes. After watching a pilgrim receive the mechanical blessing, Teela revealed herself, to distract the cultists from Andra as she moved towards the goblet.
Andra grabbed the goblet and used throwing stars to come to Teela's aid, but found herself facing Trap Jaw, whom she defeated with a mechanical arm Teela had severed earlier. After making sure that Blast Attak was unable to stop himself from exploding, the two warrior women left the throne room. The explosion knocked out Whiplash, but Tri-Klops ordered his Doomseekers and even more cultists to go after the women. In the lower depths of Snake Mountain, Teela and Andra passed several pools that housed large tentacle monsters, which conveniently grabbed some of the cultists but did not touch the heroines, who quickly reached another exit and escaped.
They returned the goblet to Majestra and received their payment, but Majestra offered them another challenge: to return the goblet to Castle Grayskull. This time Andra was excited to go, but Teela was not interested. Grayskull had been declared a Forbidden Zone by King Randor and had taken on it's true form of the Hall of Wisdom. Inside, the Sorceress was holding on to the last ember of true magic left in Eternia.
Teela revealed that she knew Majestra was really Evil-Lyn in disguise. Evil-Lyn turned out to be working with the Sorceress to share what little magic they had left, and Teela was given the task to find the two severed halves of the Sword of Power in the two realms in which they were forged: Subternia and Preternia. Again Teela refused, but this time it was Cringer who convinced her to take on this task, on which the survival of Eternia and the entire universe depended. Andra was happy to join the quest, and they were joined by Evil-Lyn as well.[1]
Before beginning their quest, Teela sought out her adoptive father, who had gone into exile. They found him battling members of the Motherboard cult while trying to keep safe a small vial filled with magic water from a fountain that the cultist had just destroyed. Teela, Andra and Evil-Lyn came to the aid of the fighting man, with Andra using her technical know-how to deactivate a large vehicle and it's crystal-powered weapon. They were unexpectedly joined by Beast Man, who had sworn to protect Evil-Lyn. After sending the cult back to Snake Mountain, father and daughter were reunited.
Man-At-Arms refused to help find the two halves of the sword and forge them together. But his creation Roboto, who shared all the memories of a younger version of his maker, proposed that he could join the quest and reforge the sword. Orko, for whom Duncan was caring, also insisted to go with them on one last grand adventure. When Duncan finally decided that he would join them as well, Teela decided that he could better go to Grayskull to protect the powerless Sorceress.
Soon the band of warriors was sailing across the Crystal Sea on a seafaring vessel with Roboto at the helm. They found themselves under attack by the Aquaticans and their ravaged looking leader, Mer-Man. But Man-At-Arms appeared out of nowhere to save the group and force Mer-Man to show them the way to the gate of Subternia. Duncan left again, this time finally heading for Grayskull, and Evil-Lyn used the top of the Havoc Staff to open the gate to the land of the dead.[2]
In the Land of the Dead[]
Once inside, the group of warriors were split up and all had to face their greatest fears, some of them in familiar surroundings. Beast Man, Andra]] and Roboto appeared to be in the remains of a battleground, where they spotted Shadow Beasts in the distance. As they were attacked by enemies, each one of them saw their opponents in a different way. Andra thought she was fighting zombies, while Beast Man only saw Fire Bats. Roboto however, was able to see through the deception and recognized their opponents as powerful Shadow Beasts. Andra used her mechanical know how to boost Roboto's power, allowing him to defeat the Shadow Beasts with a burst of blinding light.
The companions were reunited, having all defeated their fears. Evil-Lyn demanded that Teela give her the sword, so she could use it in combination with her wand and open a gateway to Preternia by calling upon the allmighty Zoar with every last bit of magic she could conjure. But before they could pass through the gate, Scare Glow reappeared and caused stone tentacles to grow out of the ground and grab each of the Warriors by the leg and stalagtites to drop from the cavernous ceiling. This time it was Orko who conjured up all the magic that still remained in him, but stoping the stalagtites from falling and redirecting them at Scare Glow. While his friends and companions freed their legs, Orko used all the magic he had left to stop Scare Glow from advancing. Scare Glow was able to grab Orko's scarf, and both of them disappeared in one last explosion, leaving only a small scrap of Orko's garment to cross over into Preternia with the rest of them.[3]
The Preternian Afterlife[]
In the Preternian afterlfe, they were met by Adam, who was as surprised to see them as they were to encounter him. Adam willingly offered the travelers his half of the sword, and proposed that they ask He-Ro to revorge both halves into the Sword of Power. He then sought out King Grayskull during the Wild Hunt for information about a portal back to the land of the living hidden in Preternia's Grayskull Tower.
He-Ro did not compete in the Wild Hunt, and Teela's companions met with him at the Central Tower to reforge the swords. Andra came up with the idea to turn the entire tower into one large forge, as it's walls were constructed from the nearly indestructable ore called Eternium. Roboto was attached with cables to four spires inside the hall, and Evil-Lyn powered his core with some of the last magic left in her wand so he could use it as a forge.
Roboto reforged the two halves of the sword, but his core exploded, leaving him terminally damanged. His sacrifice made Adam decide that he would not let any more of his friends die, and to return to Eternia, even if it meant that he would not be allowed into Preternia a second time[4]
Back on Eternia, the group arrived outside Castle Grayskull, which was under attack by Motherboard and being defended by Man-At-Arms. Teela handed Adam the reforged sword and he called upon the Power of Grayskull to restore the Orb of Power and all of Eternia's magic. Unfortunately, Skeletor was also resurrected, having hid in an extremeley hidden state inside the top of his Havoc Staff. Skeletor stabbed Adam in the back before Adam could transform into He-Man. A shocked Andra witnessed Skeletor using the Sword of Power and taking the power of Grayskull to become Skelegod as Evil-Lyn and Beast Man returned to his side.
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Trivia[]
- The character of Andra first appeared in the Masters of the Universe Star Comics published by Marvel between 1986 and 1987. In this series she was a friend and colleague of Teela and served as a member of the Royal Guard.
- She is a race-swapped (and developed) version of Lieutenant Andra from the Star comics.
Appearances[]
Netflix series[]
- Poisoned Chalice
- The Most Dangerous Man in Eternia
- Land of the Dead
- The Forge at the Forest of Forever
- Cleaved in Twain
- Reason and Blood
- The Gutter Rat
- Hope, for a Destination
- Comes with Everything You See Here