Aethyr is a recurring villainess in the WB/CW TV series Smallville.
She along with fellow Kryptonian Nam-Ek were loyal to General Zod and appeared as the main antagonist in the Fifth Season premiere "Arrival".
She was portrayed by Alana de la Garza.
Biography[]
Past[]
Aethyr and Nam-Ek were the Disciples of Zod as they were his closet allies during the final years on Krypton. After Zod was sentenced to the Phantom Zone for his war crimes, the disciples escaped Krypton's destruction with the Brain InterActive Construct in the Black Ship and made its way towards Earth. It laid dormant in space until it reached its destination.
Season Four[]
The Black Ship activated and crash-landed on Earth after one of the Stones of Power was stained with blood, belonging to Genevieve Teague. The Kryptonian vessel was hidden in a meteor shower that struck Smallville a second time and landed in Lawson's Field witnessed by Lana Lang.
Season Five[]
Exiting the ship, the disciples startled Lana with their appearance, and they attacked police officers who arrived at the scene. Aethyr and Nam-Ek used their heat vision to dispatch the officers. They killed mostly all of them but left a few survivors including Deputy Harris and Greg Flynn. She and Nam-Ek super speed to the Katwatche Caves where they encountered Lex Luthor and questioned if he was Kal-El.
After grabbing him by the neck and saw Lex bleeding, Aethyr stated he was not Kal-El and quickly left the caves taking the key from him. The pair traversed Smallville in search of Kal-El, leaving a trail of destruction and brutality in their wake. When the disciples went to the Smallville hospital looking for Kal-El, Lois Lane confronted them, but they choke her and threw Jonathan across a room. Lana stumbled in and as they were about to kill Lois, she tells them she knew where Kal-El was.
She led them to the Luthor Mansion where she tried to trick them into entering Lex's vault full of Kryptonite-rock artifacts. The Kryptonite stuns and pains the pair, but the disciples managed to seal the vault and regain their composure. Angered by the deception, Aethyr threw Lana across the room, knocking her out. Before the aliens could kill Lana, Clark arrived. The disciples asked Clark to join them; wanting to transform Earth into a New Krypton but he refuses.
Seeing no other choice, Aethyr threw a bracelet off her arm to form the Phantom Zone vortex to trap Clark inside it. However, Clark strongly resisted; they fight briefly and Clark manages to trap them instead. The disciples were trapped in the vortex which formed into a giant shard of crystal that flew out of the window and into space.
Season Six[]
Exiled to the Phantom Zone, Aethyr and Nam-Ek traversed the barren landscape plotting their revenge against Kal-El. They came across Kal-El and Raya, Jor-El's former assistant, when he wan banished to the realm. Raya pretends that she is using Clark to escape and they start to fight. Nam-Ek battled Clark while Raya and Aethyr fought.