Editing Project Valkyrie Lifebringer (section)

=Origin=

Allison's childhood would probably have been difficult, no matter what.  Single mothers generally have a difficult time... and when the absent father is a supervillain like master thief Nighthand, getting help and support is even harder.  But Allison's mother did her best, and with the help of her family, began raising a happy, beautiful daughter...

...and then Allison began getting sicker and sicker.  Medical exams revealed the terrible news:  Allison, at the young age of 11, had contracted leukemia.  It didn't take long for her to be hospitalized, and despite heroic efforts from the doctors, her health did not improve for long, even after bone-marrow transplants.

It was when Allison was 15 that her father heard the news of her sickness.  He'd never been around for her before, and now she was dying-- and she was, after all, his daughter.  He couldn't pretend that he didn't know.  But what could he do?  Money wasn't the problem-- Allison simply wasn't responding to treatment.  He had to do something, though... and he was, after all, a master thief.  There were legends of the Chalice of Light-- an ancient artifact that was supposed to bring life, and heal injuries, stored in the Smithsonian.  It was worth a try...

Stealing the Chalice wasn't too hard, even evading superheroes.  Breaking into the hospital afterwards was a bit more complicated, but he managed to get into his daughter's room, and give her a drink from the Chalice... and Allison was reborn, glowing with an incredible life-energy.  The heroes drove Nighthand off, recovering the Chalice, although its light was gone, but his true goal had been accomplished.  Allison lived... but now she was changed.

Now the Light of Life was hers.