Big Barda

**Big Barda** is an Apokoliptian New God female and former leader of the Female Furies. She has since joined the Justice League, alongside her husband Mister Miracle.

## **Origins**

Barda was born to Apokoliptian Big Breeda and as custom on Apokolips, was taken to be trained as a warrior. She was sent to Granny Goodness' Home For Orphaned Youths, where here training commenced. As she grew older, so did her prowess in conflict, leading to her being not only apart of the Female Furies, but also it's leading member. At the same time as she led a distinguished military career, Barda came across a group of Apokoliptians training to stage a coup on Darkseid, as well as finding his adopted son Scott Free, otherwise known as Mister Miracle, among them. When the group was discovered by other members of Apokolips, Barda and Miracle witnessed them being "punished", resulting in them needing to flee the planet. Aiding each other, the pair left Apokolips and headed for Earth.

During their time on Earth, Barda and Miracle began developing feelings for one another, as they spent more time in each other's company. They were eventually wedded by Miracle's biological father, Highfather and resulting in them living on New Genesis for a time. They eventually returned to Earth and settled for some time, working along side the team Justice League International. Barda and Miracle were frequently bombarded by various things involving the superhero community, New Genesis and Apokolips and even strange visitors. This resulted in both her and her husband moving to New York. She became a professional wrestler and became part of a fad known as "Bardamania". She left after finding that all the matches were fixed. With several other fellow wrestlers, Barda became apart of a new defense training course called the New Female Furies.

Following their work with the league, Barda and Scott left for New Genesis, but returned to Earth. During this time, both husband and wife were separated due to issues in their relationship, but Barda returned to Scott on New Genesis. They would come to work with the league once more to deal with the battle with Mageddon and leave once their work was complete. They would return to Earth, this time living in Connecticut for a while. This was until Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman arrived for her aid to rescue Supergirl from Apokolips. She also became a member of the Birds of Prey under Oracle, alongside her job as part time warrior and homemaker.

## **Powers & Abilities**

### Powers

* **New God Physiology:**
	+ **Immortality:** Born as a New God, Barda is incapable of aging beyond her physical prime and capable of living forever.
	+ **Superhuman Durability:** Though she wears powerful armor, Barda is still able to take extremely nasty hits from blunt weapons without any real physical injury. Her durability however is not like a Kryptonian's under a yellow sun, but more like an Amazon. She is also immune to the effects of disease.
	+ **Superhuman Strength:** Like most of her race, Barda is incredibly strong. She is easily capable of lifting over 100 tons and is even capable of lifting into the megatons.
	+ **Superhuman Reflexes:** Barda possesses reflexes, capable of allowing her to move at incredible speeds. This means she is capable of dodging things like bullets, which her armor can easily protect her from. She can even flow and move with astonishing ease.
	+ **Superhuman Stamina:** From her rigorous training on Apokolips, Barda is capable of lasting longer than many of her opponents in a fight. This also includes her being with a certain amount of sustenance or rest.

### Abilities

* **Hand-Hand Combat:** Being trained at a young age to become a warrior, Barda is an expert in advanced hand to hand combat. This makes her one, if not the feared combatant on both Earth and New Genesis.
* **Weapons Expert:** Along side her training as an expert hand to hand combatant, Barda was trained in knowledge of various different weapons.

## **Equipment**

* **Apokoliptian Battle Armor:** Barda wears a set of extremely rugged battle armor, which she wore during her time as a soldier for Apokolips. Even after her emancipation from the hellish world, she still wears the armor in combat. It's capable of taking on powerful attacks, attacks that even human armor can't withstand.
* **Mega Rod:** Barda's main armament of choice is what is referred to as a mega rod. These weapons are hand to hand weapons, but also capable of blasting energy projectiles strong enough to break through the hull of a heavily armored vessel. It can also be used as a means of transport, mostly capable of generating boom tubes like the mother and father boxes.
* **Mother Box:** Like her husband, Barda has on her at all times, a mother box, which gives her an additional edge on the battlefield. This enables her to open boom tubes for teleportation, as well as healing, access all the knowledge of the New Gods, etc.
* **Aero-Discs:** Barda has a pair of aero-discs, which enable her to defy the laws of gravity and allow her to skim on the air.

## **Weaknesses**

* **Radion:** Like other members of her own species, Barda is vulnerable to the effects of a substance called Radion. Only through a substantial amount or explosive debris of the substance is enough to deal a crippling blow to her and other New Gods. Barda, however, is capable of protecting herself via her mother box, her ruggedness and of course, her tough armor.

## **Physical Appearance**

Barda looks exactly like a human female, but the only real difference between her and normal women is her height. She earns her name because she's actually much taller than her husband. She is also woman who looks like she's in her 30s, despite being much older than she looks. She's also somewhat bulked up as well, mostly due to her years of military training. She typically wears her Apokoliptian armor when she goes into battle, consisting of several colors including red, black, yellow, gold and even blue.

## **Trivia**

* Mister Miracle is the prince of New Genesis, which makes Barda a princess.
* Barda is known to enjoy being a homemaker, as well as a housewife, but also enjoys maintaining herself as a warrior.