DeSaad

> Yes. Mighty Steppenwolf, who might have sat here by the side of the great one. But undone by his self-pride.
>
> DeSaad, Zack Snyder's Justice League

**DeSaad** is an ancient New God who is extremely loyal to Darkseid, acting as one of his closest followers. He is a scientist and one of Darkseid's advisors. He assisted Steppenwolf in his invasion of Earth in 2017.

## Biography

### Serving Darkseid

DeSaad became a loyal follower of Darkseid, before he ascended to the throne of his homeworld Apokolips, and was devoted to him, during the second invasion thousands of years later. DeSaad communicated to Steppenwolf, Darkseid's uncle and herald who lead the charge of the fight against Earth's champions, vital information and orders from their master.

### The Invasion of Earth

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In 2017, when Steppenwolf invaded Earth, he communicated with DeSaad several times from his base, updating him on the process of acquiring the Mother Boxes, while DeSaad relayed orders from Uxas, now known as Darkseid.

When Steppenwolf revealed he had discovered that Earth housed the Anti-Life Equation, the shocked DeSaad withdrew, allowing Darkseid to talk to his exiled general.

Later, DeSaad was present with Granny Goodness when Darkseid prepared to boom tube to Earth, only for the League to repel the Unity and defeat Steppenwolf. As his servant asked what Darkseid planned to do next, the latter responded with the command for DeSaad to prepare the Apokolitian Armada.

## Powers and abilities

### Powers

* **New God physiology**: As an New God, DeSaad possessed superhuman attributes.
	+ **Longevity**: As a New God, DeSaad has a significantly longer lifespan than humans, having lived for thousands of years without visibly ageing..

### Abilities

* **Genius-level intellect**: DeSaad is a brilliant Apokoliptian scientist, enough to secure his position as Darkseid's personal advisor.

## Relationships

	+ Darkseid - master
	+ Steppenwolf † - general
	+ Granny Goodness
	+ Apokoliptian priests - teammates
* Parademons - subordinates
	+ Zeus †
	+ Ares †
	+ Artemis †
* Amazons
	+ Hippolyta
	+ Antiope †
	+ Menalippe
* Atlanteans
	+ Atlan †
* Green Lantern Corps
	+ Yalan Gur †
* Justice League
	+ Bruce Wayne/Batman
	+ Diana/Diana Prince/Wonder Woman
	+ Barry Allen/Flash
	+ Victor Stone/Cyborg
	+ Arthur Curry/Aquaman
	+ Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman

## Behind the scenes

* In the comics, DeSaad is an Apokoliptian New God who serves as Darkseid's most loyal master torturer, chief scientist, and right hand.
* DeSaad in the DC Extended Universe is the second live-action incarnation of the character, after the *Smallville* version played by Steve Byers.

### Differences in *Justice League*

* DeSaad's scenes were cut completely. It is possible he was among the Apokoliptian priests in the Invasion of Earth scene, but this is never confirmed.

The ***DC Extended Universe Wiki** has a collection of images and media related to* **DeSaad***.*

## References

Terrio, Chris, Beall, Will (writers) & Snyder, Zack (writer and director) (March 18, 2021). *Zack Snyder's Justice League*.

## External links

* File:Favicon.png Desaad on DC Database
* File:WP favicon.png DeSaad on Wikipedia

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