Mike Matthews (Mon-El)

# Mik Gand

## Mik Gand

Legion of Superheroes

*Description here ~ Talia*

Born to be the second son of the third generation monarchy in Daxam (his older brother Prince Lar Gand II being the direct heir to the throne), Prince Mik Gand had always shown a penchant towards adventure and fun till the day that Daxam’s neighboring planet of Krypton suffered a tragic fate. The cosmic explosion lit up the skies in a dazzling array of emerald and verdant hues - till it dawned on the Daxamites that the spectacular sight would also signify certain doom for their own planet; considering the close proximity. Awe turned to horror, as the inhabitants of the then flourishing planet scrambled in desperation toward the five space-ready evacuation arks that’d been built by one of Daxam’s most exceedingly brilliant engineers, who’d once warned that calamity might befall Krypton and then to Daxam, except his warnings had largely gone unheeded till the final hour.

And it was in that final hour that the ships filled up to the brim, leaving hundreds of thousands out in the cold when the ships hurriedly ascended off into space. Barely scraping by the great shower of meteorites, remnants of Krypton that went on to devastate Daxam, the once radiant civilization of lights, leaving nothing but an ocean of radioactive ruins in its wake. This single calamity rendered the planet uninhabitable for at least half a century. Till then, the Daxamites had been floating among the stars like space exiles in those five arks, bartering for food and water with known civilizations with whatever resources they could muster. Though it was eventually Mik Gand’s prerogative to turn parts of the arks into manufacturing plants to produce services to these civilizations in exchange for resources. And while such a scheme had proven to be largely successful, there remained underlying gripes about being confined to the arks, with the more restless of the Daxamites requesting to barter for land in order to construct a temporary outpost for themselves.

Coincidentally, it was on a diplomatic trip to the planet of Eris that Mik caught the eye of Rita, the well lavished daughter of King Utar. Having never been refused any demand that wasn’t impossible to attain, she demanded that she be granted Prince Mik as one of her husbands for her 30th birthday. Far be it for King Utar to say no to his precious daughter, and made well aware of the Daxamites’ predicament, he offered a fetching proposal to King Lar and Queen Rhea - that if they wed the second prince to his daughter, then he’d grant the Daxamites the right to inhabit Eris for fifty years till Daxam should be finally be ready to be re-habitated.

Enthralled at the prospect of taking up land on Eris, the monarchy arduously pressed this duty on the unwitting prince, seeking out his agreement to marry the princess of Eris. Pointing out that it would only take a simple ‘yes’ on his part to grant relief to a beleaguered people. Alas, Mik remained dead set against the idea of becoming a princess’ plaything, especially after being furnished with the tales of Rita’s terrible temper. Instead, he argued fervently for keeping the Daxamites on the arks, suggesting that they could make the arks a little more palatable with more additions made to cater to a restless people - though a losing argument at that, for at that point, it’d seem that nothing would be allowed to get in the way of the proposed - not even at the price of his own freedom. Incensed by these turn of events, that it should be him who pays the ultimate price for the happiness of everyone else, Mik hopped into an evacuation pod and ejected himself into space. Hoping to run away from his responsibilities… though without a solid plan as to where he should head off to next, perhaps it’d been a decision made out of impulse, without necessary forethought.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Daxamite Physiology:** Because of his genealogy, with being under the solar radiation of the yellow sun he can do the following.
* **Superhuman Strength**
* **Superhuman Speed**
* **Heightened Breath**
* **Superhuman Stamina**
* **Flight**
* **Invulnerability**
* **Acute Hearing**
* **Telescopic, Microscopic, Heat Inducing, and X-ray Vision.**