Desaad

Name

Desaad's name is a play off the Marquis de Sade. It is from his name the term "sadism" comes from.

History

Origin

Originaly from New Genisis, Desaad wasn't always as sadistic as he is now. He used to be nothing, but an innocent youth, untill Darkseid showed up. On one of his secret trips to New Genisis, Darkseid met him. He noticed the young lad had two favorite animals, a bird and a cat. The one day the boy came home to find his bird missing. Finding feathers on his cat's bed, Darkseid told the boy that it's his job to avenge the bird by killing the cat. Desaad took the cat in his back yard and buried it alive. On his return, he found the bird back in his cage. In a fit of rage, he killed the bird, and went with Darkseid to Apokolips.

Creating Darkseid

Before Darkseid took up his god-name, he was called Uxas. He and his brother, Drax, and Desaad used to visit taverns in their younger days. Desaad was the first one to take up his god-name. Always switching between the brothers, Desaad was able to give Uxas information on what Drax and Izaya of New Genisis were up to, and able to gain information on the Infinity Pits. Desaad was the only one Drax ever called a friend. It was Desaad who designed the clothing to be used in the Infinity Pit. Never expecting anything when he went into the Infinity Pits, Desaad double-crossed him, and got Uxas in there, too. Because of this, Uxas was able to obtain the Omega Effect, and become Darkseid.

Back-Stabber

Heggra highly disapproved of her son's wife. Mostly because she was used to having her son obey her. Desaad killed Darkseids lover, Suli, at the order of the Queen of Apokolips, Heggra. Desaad poisoned her and tried to make it look natural so that he wouldn't get caught. Once the body of his love was found, Darkseid wasn't fooled. To save his own life, Desaad offered his master a trade. In exchange for Suli's death, Darkseid had Desaad poison his mother, thus putting Darkseid ruler of Apokolips, and he dubbed Desaad his head torturer and advisor.

Kalibak

From the time Kalibak was born, he and Desaad never really got along. Desaad liked to play with Kalibak's mind and get him to do the complete opposite of what he was told. Desaad even managed to get the son of Darkseid to fight Superman when Darkseid told him not to. Kalibak was punished with the force of his father's Omega Beams, giving Desaad more power, since Kalibak was second in command. Even though all Kalibak wants to do is please his father, Desaad won't let that happen, especially if that means he'll go down in the rank of Darkseid's Court. Kalibak even murdered Desaad when he threatened to tell Darkseid about Kalibak's plans that were against his orders and ideas.

Resurrection

Because of the fact Desaad is so vital to Darkseid, he never stays dead long. Desaad has been killed more times then anyone can count. Each time Darkseid is forced to resurect him claiming "this is the last time."

Sadist

The only real joy Desaad gets out of life is being able to feed off of the pain of others. Desaad has been known to spend days at a time torturing the same person or thing. Using a specialized syphon, Desaad can drain the emotions from his victim or victims. In one case, during one of the battles between Orion and Kalibak, Desaad used his device to syphon the energy away from Orion and put it into Kalibak. He then used his syphon to drain away the emotions of pain and anguish from Orion. Desaad was caught by Darkseid and faced the effects of his Omega Beams. One of his favorite emotions is the breaking of a soul once it enters the training facility on Apokolips. Desaad even suffered a comma when he tried to break Orion's spirit, but none of his machines could do the job and the gadjets suffered overload. To Desaad, everything is worth risking to savor the pain of others.

Gaining the Throne

It has always been Desaad's goal to gain the glory of ruling Apokolips. Sometimes, he even takes on the guise as Darkseid in order to get what he wants. In one of the "New Gods" series, Darkseid disapears and Desaad tries to take over Apokolips, but is foiled when the real Darkseid returns. Desaad isn't always the most loyal henchman to Darkseid. Desaad is sycophant, meaning he is basicly a boot-licker. Whoever has the most power at the time is the one he sticks to.

Abilities

Though Desaad doesn't have any real superpowers, he is a mastermind at creating weapons of torture or war.

Characteristics

Height- 5'11"

Weight- 152lbs

Eyes- Blue

Hair- Black

Base- Apokolips

Final Crisis
During Final Crisis Desaad took the body of Mary Marvel.