Komand'r was the oldest child of the Tamaran's royal family. She was the first princess boen in 100 years. She should have been showered with gifts, honors, and privileges. On the day Komand'r was born the Citadel Empire attacked the weastern part of Tamaean and killed 3000 citizens in her name. Though she was in no way at fault Komand'r was forever inextricably linked to that horrible day. She was also crippled as a child with an illness that took away her ability to absorb ultraviolent radiation allowing her to fly as most Tamarans could.

Because of her grim disposition the subjects of Tamaran hated her. Even though she was the oldest and first in line of succession, she was denied her birthright to become the next princess of Tamaran to maintain the respect and prestige of the royal family. Her privileges, honors, royal style, and dignity were transferred to her younger sister Koriand'r(Starfire). inwardly Komand'r's rage grew and her resentment turned to hatred for her planet, people, family, and mostly her sister.

Komand'r's rivalry intensified when she and her siblings were sent to warrior training with the Warlords of Okarrar. Komand'r's true feelings were exposed when in a sparring exercise she tried to kill her sister Koriand'r. She was expelled by the Warlords and Komand'r joined the Citedel swearing vengence. She quickly raised through their ranks to become a worrior against her own planet.

Komand'r later betrayed her planet by giving the Citedel detailed information about the Tamaran defenses. The Citedel conquered Tamaran with ease and the surrender contract included the enslavement of Koriand'r. Koriand'r was never permitted to return to Tamaran or the Citedel would devestate their planet for going against the treaty.

Komand'r was her sister's master and made the most of her sister's bondage with years of horrific torture and servitude. When Koriand'r killed one of her rapist Komand'r sentenced her to execution they were captured by the Psions before it could happen.

Psions, largly species of sadistic scientists, performed a deadly experiment on both the sisters to see how much energy their Tamaranian bodies could absorb before they exploded from the overload. During the procedure, Komand'r's forces attacked the Psion ship to rescue her. When the Psions were distracted Koriand'r escaped using the starbolts, destructive blasts of solar energy, which were a result of the experimentation. Koriand'r, even after all her sister did to her, decided to free Komand'r who was still absorbing the experimental energy. As soon as Komand'r was free she struck down her sister with the same, but much more powerful, starbolts and she also gained the power to fly. She then had her sister restrained for later execution. Koriand'r escaped and stole a ship and went to Earth where she joined the Teen Titans.