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**Highfather** is a title given to the ruler of the good New Gods on New Genesis, originally held by Izaya. He is their connection to the will of the Source, the celestial force that governs their lives. He is locked in eternal combat with Darkseid and the evil New Gods of Apokolips. His wife Avia was killed by Darkseid's general Steppenwolf. For many years as part of a peace treaty, Highfather raised Darkseid's son Orion and Darkseid raised Highfather's son Scott Free. Eventually Izaya was murdered by Ares, and **Takion** became his successor.

### Izaya the Inheritor

Highfather's true name is Izaya, sometimes known as Izaya the Inheritor. Centuries ago, Izaya the Inheritor was a respected leader and highly accomplished warrior of New Genesis, and dedicated to battling against any and all threats to the peaceful and serene way of life championed by his world. Sometime during the early days of both New Genesis and Apokolips the warrior Izaya struck up an unlikely friendship with the warrior Drax, son of then ruler of Apokolips Queen Heggra and her heir apparent to the throne.

Although both Izaya and Drax were competitive warriors by nature, they each were determined not to let their home worlds follow in the ways of destruction that befell the Old Gods that came before them. Izaya and Drax pledged as long as they both had the will and the way to insure it, there would never be war between New Genesis and Apokolips. But fate in the form of Drax's scheming brother Uxas took a hand in the undoing of the hopes of the two warriors. During his bid to claim the god power of the Omega Force, Drax was sabotaged and seemingly destroyed by Uxas, with aid from his companion Desaad, allowing Uxas to claim the power of the Omega Force and become the evil god now known as Darkseid.

An unspecified amount of time later Izaya unwittingly played a part in Darkseid's scheme to strengthen his power base and claim the throne of Apokolips. At the urging of Darkseid, his uncle Steppenwolf lead a group of warriors on a raid to New Genesis, where they encounter Izaya and his wife Avia on a peaceful outing in the wilds of New Genesis. A struggle ensues between Izaya and the invaders from Apokolips, leading to the death of Avia at the hands of Steppenwolf. Darkseid himself subdues an enraged Izaya using a device supplied by Desaad after Izaya attempts to attack Steppenwolf for killing his mate. Darkseid insures his uncle that Izaya is dead, but it is a lie and Izaya leads the armies of New Genesis into years of war against Apokolips just as Darkseid had hoped.

It is during these years of war that Izaya is injured and is nursed back to health by a young woman named Vayla. It is during this time with Vayla that Izaya begins to find the peace and hope that he once had prior to the death of Avia restored and he and Vayla are wed. Vayla becomes pregnant and despite the peace and contentment he has with Vayla, Izaya's responsibilities as a warrior call him back to battle. Izaya promises his new wife he shall return to her before the birth of their child, but that promise proves hard to keep once he learns of the presence of Steppenwolf on New Genesis. After years of waiting for the moment, Izaya finally engages Steppenwolf in battle and ends the life of his hated adversary.

Viewing the death of Steppenwolf as a sign that at last he can gain complete peace for his soul, Izaya returns to his home with Vayla only to learn that she has died due to unforeseen complications during the birth of their child. This is the child that will later become known as Scott Free, Mister Miracle. With Vayla's death, Izaya once again feels there is no peace or hope in life as well as rejects the ways of war and begins to wander the various lost and barren lands of New Genesis in search of himself and his true purpose. It is during this time of wandering that Izaya comes across a last artifact of the Old Gods, a piece of a wall. In a fit of rage and despair, Izaya approaches the wall and strikes it with his former battle staff yelling "I am Izaya the Inheritor! Where is my inheritance?!" In response a large flaming hand appears before the wall and write in large flaming letters "The Source". Izaya had found a piece of the Source Wall and after an unspecified time of communing and learning what he must from the Source, he returns from the lost lands, his former battle staff now dubbed the Wonder Staff and serving to link him to the Source and aiding him in gaining the leadership of New Genesis under the new name of Highfather.

## *Powers & abilities:*

*As leader of New Genesis, High-Father is the most powerful of the New Gods & has strength that rivals that of Darkseid & surpasses Orion. He rubs shoulders with some of the most powerful people in DC & his God status is well respected . High-Father's abilities include:*

* Easily 1-shotting 6 enemies that were each giving Orion trouble (in the issue previous, Orion does this). The blast had the Mystic power of all New Genesis, a galaxy sized planet @ the time.
* His howl of anguish turns into a force felt across the entire Cosmos, even on Earth.
* Survives a barrage from Darkseid amped with the **Anti-life equation**, Darkseid uses up most of this power trying/failing to kill High-Father.
* Seemingly whips up a "Cosmos of torment" to banish Orion into. Said cosmos contains a spiral galaxy, & Darkseid emphasizes the Astro-force wont be enough for **High-Father's power.**
* Can give Legion their full power back, as well as amp Superboy/Supergirl to fight Darkseid.
* Creates Takion, someone who is one with the Source & can manipulate the Godwave/Manhandle Lightray.
* Takes the 100% to 0% energy of Carol Farris, with no damage.
* Easily tanks a reality warping White Lantern's energy, & this was effecting planets & Guardians/Carol.
* High-Father & Kyle overpower the White source energy, then Highfather swats away the Guardian's attacks.
* His strength added with 4 others destroys a reality/dimension. The 5 also temporarily overpowers the Universal Anti-life entity.
* With 4 others, Highfather can fuse into "The one" an entity capable of entering the Source by force. Later, gas enough power The one with just 2 others.
* **New God Alien Angel and Titan Physiology**: The beings of New Genesis call themselves Gods Angels and live outside of normal time and space. These New Gods have evolved due to taking up the powers of other gods and through the use of the Source, believed to be one of the ultimate foundations of the Universal Expression of Energy, along with their superior technology, into beings of genetic stability and evolutionary perfection. The denizens of Apokolips are immortal, stronger, faster, and smarter than homo sapiens, despite their resemblance.
	+ **Light Manipulation**: Highfather can generate light from himself and project it forward to attack his enemies.
	+ **Order Manipulation**: Highfather can generate order from himself and project it forward to attack his enemies.
	+ **Life Manipulation**: Highfather can generate life from himself and project it forward to attack his enemies.
	+ **Superhuman Strength**: Highfather's strength rivals Darkseid's, capable of effortlessly shatter Lantern constructs, defeat multiple super humans simultaneously, and temporary hold his own against a Multiverse-empowered Green Lantern.
	+ **Invulnerability**: Highfather survived the destruction of a whole planet, remained unfazed by the combined assault of the Justice League, and was completely unharmed by the God-killing Boom-Spheres. It took the combined power of the entire Multiverse's Green to knock him out.
		- **Superhuman Durability**
	+ **Superhuman Stamina**: Highfather fought against Darkseid for seven days straight with just little signs of tiredness.
	+ **Flight**: With his body came new powers and new abilities, the ability to fly being one of them.
	+ **Dimensional Travel**
	+ **Mind Control**: Highfather can possess anyone he feels necessary for his plots. He has controlled hundreds of people and the most powerful of champions.
	+ **Immortality**: Highfather is functionally immortal, having ceased aging physically when received his power.

* **Alpha Effect**: Highfather wields a cosmic energy field called "Alpha Effect", which proves integral, as it is the core from which his other abilities manifest from. This effect allows him to transverse through time and space, also enabling him to break barriers and force-fields.
	+ **Alpha Beams**: Highfather can fire concentrated beams from his eyes which can lock on it's target to ensure it never misses. They are powerful enough to harm revive planets, and fast enough to catch speedsters. Anything Highfather revives with them an be recreated with a thought.