Val-Yor

Val-Yor
Background information
First episode	"Troq"
Voice	Stephen Root
Character information
Real name	Val-Yor
Species	Vernathian
Affiliations	Teen Titans (formerly)
Place of Origin	Vernathia
Allies	None
Powers and abilities	Flight Superhuman strength Laser vision Superhuman endurance Enhanced reflexes Expert piloting skills Space survival skills Leadership skills Hand-to-hand combat Alien martial arts

I don't need any help from a stupid Troq.

―Val-Yor revealing his prejudice of Tamaraneans to Starfire.

Val-Yor is a superhero from another planet who only appeared in the episode "Troq".

Character history

After a brief aerial battle on Earth, the Titans met Val-Yor and decided to help him on his mission to fight the Locrix. Despite being a hero and overall friendly towards the Titans, he held contempt and dislike for Starfire because she is Tamaranean and called her a "troq" which means being worthless and nothing. While his opinion shifts and she earns his respect, the Titans choose their friend over Val-Yor, since he clings on to his specist views and later deems that maybe Earthlings just as bad as Tameraneans.

This specist attitude eventually sunders his relationship with the Titans and Earth in general, and he returns to his own planet out of disgust. However, in the end of the episode, he secretly smiles for Starfire's gratitude of saving him.

Trivia

• Val-Yor seems to based off the DC Comic's Captain Atom, who has similar abilities (as does Superman) and pale silver-colored skin. Also, it should be noted there is a DC comics superhero named "Valor" (who's Mon-El, and the name of his homeworld's sun).
• He nicknames Raven "Sunshine," Robin "Spike," Beast Boy "Champ," Cyborg "Metal Butt," and Starfire "Troq" (which is a racial slur against Tameraneans).
• His arrogant attitude and racism towards Starfire may not be limited to her species. His own kind, the Vernathians, may believe themselves to be higher to other beings as well.