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"There's no way to deceive a Truth Seeker. It has one function, to expose lies."
—J'onn J'onzz[src]

Vertullarians, better known as "Truth Seekers", are a species on Earth-38 and Earth-Prime that force anyone to whom they are in physical contact to tell the truth. When near others, they can sense lies without touching someone.

Overview

An indispensable breed of xenobiological life-form rarely found on Earth according to Brainy, the Vertuallarians are a psychic breed of symbiotic alien which compel those whom they attach themselves to commit acts of uninhibited veracity and to this effect, they are often slated as the "Truth Seekers" due to people being unable to lie while latched onto a host.[1] Even infants have a profound honesty inducing effect on the most strong-willed minds, such as in the case of the Luthor family.[2]

History

Original multiverse

Lauren Haley tried to use a Vertullarian to discover Supergirl's secret identity, leading all the D.E.O. agents who know it - including Alex - to have their memories erased by J'onn J'onzz.[1]

Months later, Lena asked her adoptive mother Lillian to help her find a way to extract the Harun-El from a human body and bonded her to a baby Vertullarian to force her to tell her only the truth, thus prompting the latter to admit that she loved Lena.[3]

After the D.E.O. caught Rip Roar, they tried to use a Vertullarian to interrogate him about Leviathan. However, the suit he wore made him immune to their influence.[4]

New multiverse

Lex Luthor visited his sister Lena stating that he knew she was skeptical because she couldn't trust him, so he placed a baby Vertullarian around his arm prompting her to ask everything she wanted.[2]

In mid-2020, Supergirl used a Vertullarian to convince Lex to go to the Fortress of Solitude and shut off the satellites that were a part of his plan to brainwash half the population of the world.[5]

After being adopted by Alex and Kelly Olsen in early 2021, Esme absorbs the power of a Vertullarian.[6]

Two months later, Lex reveals on a recorded message being broadcast on a big screen at the Tower that he and Nyxlygsptlnz kidnapped Esme and demands the rest of the AllStone Totems in exchange for her. To prove his honesty that he won't hurt Esme, he placed a baby Vertullarian to around his arm.[7]

Powers and abilities

Powers

Weaknesses

Appearances

Supergirl

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Suspicious Minds"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Bottle Episode"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Red Dawn"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Confidence Women"
  5. ↑ "Rebirth"
  6. ↑ "Hope for Tomorrow"
  7. ↑ "The Last Gauntlet"