| abstract | - Born in the future during the 30th century, Berta Skye Haris is the beneficiary of a recessive gene in her family that gives its females the innate power to create and control wind currents to various degrees. As soon as she was old enough, she tried out for the Legion of Super-Heroes as Nightwind. During the tryouts, she met her future best friend, Lamprey. Also trying out were Crystal Kid and Blok. The four Legion hopefuls went on a field mission with the Legionnaires. Nightwind, Lamprey and Crystal Kid assumed it was just a test, and feeling overconfident were quickly defeated. Blok, however, defeated the criminals known as the Starburst Bandits single-handedly and won Legion membership.Later, after a tryout with Wildfire, Nightwind and her two friends once again failed to impress, but showed a lot of potential. Wildfire confided in the three his tragic history, with Nightwind and Lamprey gaining respect and crushes on their mentor. Upon Wildfire's suggestion, she enrolled in the Legion Academy. After she enrolled, she changed her costume, hoping the Legion would take her more seriously. As Nightwind she became a senior student and a veteran of Legion tryouts, while an excellent student with a quiet and reserved demeanor. She became close friends with the amphibian student Lamprey, who also joined the Academy at the same time. Nightwind kept her admiration for Wildfire, going so far as getting in a fight with Laurel Kent and Comet Queen when they were bad-mouthing him.
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