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HISTORY
There have been several different heroes who have used the names Hawk & Dove. The first two were Hank and Don Hall, two brothers who received their powers from an unnamed Voice. When they said the words "hawk" and "dove" respectively, they would transform into superheroes. Hank and Don were created by Steve Ditko in the 1960s and were basically a vehicle to examine the then-relevant Vietnam War. Hank was a hot-blooded all-American who hated commies and who rushed into battle without proper thought. Don was a diehard pacifist who always fought defensively. Hawk and Dove were allies of the Teen Titans and served a brief tenure in Titans West.
In the Crisis on Infinite Earths series, Don Hall was killed in action. This drove Hank over the edge and he nearly killed a man while aiding the Titans on a post-Crisis mission. Without a Dove to temper his anger, he was on a one-way path to self-destruction.
Enter Dawn Granger, aka Dove II. Gaining the powers of Dove at the instant of Don Hall's death, she was drawn to Hawk and aided him in defeating an agent of Chaos called Kestrel. This led to a partnership and an exploration of their origins. It turns out that a Lord of Order named Terataya and a Lord of Chaos named T'Charr had created Hawk & Dove as an experiment to prove that the war between Order and Chaos should be put to an end. They hoped that Dawn and Hank would produce a child, part Order and part Chaos.
This was not to be, however. After T'Charr and Terataya died, merging their spirits with those of Hawk and Dove, things began to fall apart.
When the time-travelling villain called Monarch arrived in the 20th Century, he was unmasked as the future Hank Hall. Monarch killed Dove II, driving Hank over the edge. He slew Monarch, donned the armor, and become Monarch himself -- thus creating one heck of a time paradox. Hank later became Extant, another time-travelling villain who was responsible for the deaths of many of the Justice Society.
Later, a slacker named Wiley Wolverman and a military brat named Sasha Martens adopted the identities of Hawk and Dove. They had no connection to the Lords of Order or Chaos. These two adventured for a time and appeared alongside the Titans at one point, but are generally regarded with disdain.
More recently, a Lord of Order named Kor and a Lord of Chaos named S'chak decided to revive the old experiment for reasons of their own. Granting powers to Sara and Jake Morrison, a newlywed couple, the Lords have created a new Hawk & Dove. This duo's powers are still undefined, but they have already bested Major Disaster and Kestrel. Like the previous Hawk and Dove pairings, this one has an idealogical bent : Sara is a social-worker by trade and is a diehard liberal while Jake is a former Marine who leans to the conservative side of the spectrum. Only by overcoming their differences can they ever hope to succeed.
The current Hawk and Dove, when in their heroic forms, appear identical to the Hank Hall/Dawn Granger versions. In their true identities, however, they look nothing like their predecessors. There seem to be other strange connections to Hank and Dawn, as well -- shared memories, for instance. The full story behind their relationship with Hank and Dawn was revealed in issue six of the fanfiction series.
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