Originally Posted by
donnafan
For Donna's origin, I blame Dark Angel for the silly retcons...
(The past) Wonder Woman hears the cries of an infant and rushes into the burning building. Diana notices that the flames surround the baby but, do not touch her. Sensing that this baby is special and possibly touched by the gods, she brings the baby to Themyscira. There, the Oracle confirms Diana’s suspicion that the baby is indeed, touched by the gods but, is concerned that this child’s future is shrouded in darkness and hidden from her. Diana leaves the baby, now named Troy, with her mother to be raised by Queen Hippolyta as an Amazon on Themyscira.
Troy is raised by the Amazons and quickly excels, much like her adopted sister, Diana. She follows in her sister’s footsteps, leaving her island paradise to live in Patriarch’s world where she joins a group of costumed teenaged sidekicks to form the Teen Titans. Years pass, Robin helps Troy discover her birth name, Donna, from a doll in the burnt building where Diana found her years ago.
Crisis events unfold, the Multiverse is destroyed and renewed. Dark Angel somehow survives the many Crisis events, her desire for revenge against Hippolyta and the Amazons grows with every passing moment. Dark Angel makes several unsuccessful attempts to take out her revenge by wiping Donna Troy from the Multiverse. She is defeated every time; however, after the Final Crisis, Dark Angel seizes her opportunity. It appears with the new 52, that Dark Angel was successful but, wait – the Amazon’s bring Troy back with a spell! A side-effect from the spell is that all memories of Donna being Hippolyta’s daughter are erased. Troy, not her doppelganger Dark Angel, is mistakenly thought to be a tool of the Amazon’s destruction.
After a visit from her patrons, the Titans of Myth, Troy learns the truth: she is the adopted daughter of Hippolyta who was chosen at birth to be the future champion of the Titan gods. Troy seeks out Dark Angel and they battle once again. Troy triumphs and banishes Dark Angel to Tartarus, the underworld. As a gift, Mnemosyne restores the Amazon’s memories of Troy including Hippolyta and Diana. Sisters once again!