BACKGROUND: Kate Bush had been a moderately successful singer/songwriter in her native England.  Her songs were popular and she had a near-fanatical fan base.  In '82 she had released her fourth album, and while it had not sold as well as she would have liked she did not necessarily feel that her life was going to change dramatically any time soon.
    She would soon learn differently.
    Kate was born on July 30, 1958, the same time that Lionheart I was slain.  Uknown to her she had become the unwilling inheritor of his legacy, a legacy that did not intfere with her life until '82 when she was attacked by an insane fan who felt she had to die to become immortal.  Kate easily survived the assault and her fan was taken away, no one believing his story that his knife failed to pierce her flesh.
    Over the next week or so Kate experimented and found that she had a wide range of powers, but at that point she did not know what to do with them.  She was not politically active (although she had sung about one or two causes) and all she wanted to do was sing.  The decision was taken out of her hands, however, when terrorists captured members of the royal family and Kate felt she had to act.  Donning a makeshift mask and costume she managed to stop the terrorists and save the royals.  The press dubbed her Lionheart and it stuck.
    Over the next fifteen years Lionheart protected her native soil as well as the Earth.  She became a member of High Justice in '90 and by '95 had become their leader.  This activity took a toll on her musical career.  She had less and less time to write and touring was out of the question.  The final blow came in '97 when she faced off against her worst enemy, The Unicorn.  She and several of her other enemies discovered who she was and conspired to bring her down.  They burned down her studio, destroyed her family home and hospitalized her father.  Enraged, she confronted The Unicorn over London out of costume.  In a battle that devastated half of downtown London-damaging the new London Bridge, parts of the Tower of London, Parliment, St. Paul's Cathedral and Tower Records in Picadilly Circus, Lionheart killed The Unicorn.  Her other enemies were rounded up a short time later.
    The trial was short, the verdict never in doubt.  Lionheart's career was so impressive, she was so loved by the UK and the world at large, that she could seemingly do no wrong.  She was cleared of all charges.  But the world now knew who she was.
    Well, so what?  The world's villains now had a very good idea what happened when they pushed her too far so by unspoken agreement her family was now off limits.  And her song writing had been second in her life for years now so it did not seem so bad from that perspecitve.
    After a series of adventures in other dimensions, Kate found heself re-focused.  For years being Lionheart had felt more a burden because it interfered with her music.  But now she sees it as something to be celebrated and enjoyed and while her music takes first place in her life, she does not mind being the hero quite so much.
    Since going into space Kate now wears a variation of her nineties costume.

PERSONALITY: Kate is a nice person with little ego.  She is an effective leader and mediator, and has earned the respect of the world's heroes and leaders.  Over the past several years she has been plagued with the guilt of her role in the partial destruction of Great Britain and the murder of The Unicorn, an act that went against her deepest beliefs.  She loathes violence yet was stunned at the level she was capable of.
    Kate is a vegetarian.

POWERS: Kate has tremendous strength, resilience and endurance.  She has survived all manner of trauma short of a nuclear warhead and can endure any environment on the planet, can lift hundreds of tons and can go for days without sleeping or eating.  She is able to fly at multi-mach speeds and can survive in space for brief periods of time.  Lionheart heals quickly from any injury she does sustain.
    Lionheart also seems to have other powers which can only be described as "Magical".  She is able to switch in and out of costume in a literal flash, and emit her "Lion's Roar" a devastating blast of sonic energy that at its widest arc can destroy objects (and people!) across a hundred yards.  Lionheart is reluctant to use her roar for the sheer destructiveness of its nature.
    Lionheart also seems highly resistent to mental attacks.  Whether this is another super power or simply an illustration of her strong will is unknown.

APPEARANCE: Kate is an attractive woman that appears to be in her early twenties.  She stands five foot three inches tall, has an athletic build and wears her auburn hair shoulder length and full.  Her skin is pale and her eyes are hazel.

As Lionheart she has worn different costumes over the years.  Her first was a simple gold leotard with leather boots and gauntlets with a belt and cape.  Later she switched to a blue, red and white costume.  In the wake of the '97 incident, she wore the costume less and less.  When she returned from her multi-dimensional hop she began to wear stylish suits of either navy or red hue constructed of material that looked like silk but are far more durable, with a rampant lion brooch in the lapel.  Black boots and black leather gloves completed her ensemble, with a clip on tie.

For her space adventure, Kate has returned to a version of her nineties costume.