Barda Free

* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

## Big Barda

* Big Barda
* Barda Free

## Biography

### Barda: 971 - 2000

Barda was born from the breeding pits of Apokalypse. Her parents were likely two of the thousands of genetically superior breeding studs and incubators enslaved in the pits. Like all viable products from the pits, Barda was sent for assessment and allocation.

Due to Barda's impressive size and strength, even as youth, she was hand-picked by Goodness and removed from the normal allocation process and instead sent to train under Goodness. There at Goodness' Hope for Orphaned Youth (*read: prison*). Barda was trained to "Die for Darkseid."

Early on, Goodness began to groom Barda to one day lead Goodness' specialized pack of the fanatical female warriors. Barda surpassed Goodness' lofty expectations repeatedly and quickly rose to the rank of Doyenne and Commander of the Fury Squadron. This came with a number of extra luxuries and privileges, but Barda rarely engaged in any, instead preferring to push herself further, training around the clock and volunteering for additional duties and assignments.

This attitude convinced Goodness that Barda was the ideal candidate for talking on the extra challenging assignment of being the warden and handler of the political prisoner Skophre. At first, Goodness' instincts proved correct as Barda handily outperformed all other bounty hunters and trackers, always proving able to catch the elusive escape artist in a fraction of the time it took others and even when she did capture him, Skophre tended to stay imprisoned longer after being given to Barda's supervision.

What Goodness didn't know is that Skophre and Barda had begun a secret romance. It started almost from the moment they met, working its way from innocent flirting to to a full-blown affair with the Doyenne even having the prisoner brought to romantic rendezvous under the disguise of interrogations.

Yet, while Barda was happy for once, she was hesitant to leave Apokalypse so Skophre escaped to Earth. When Barda tracked him down, she found he had an engineered ultimatum: "Die for Darkseid" or "Live, Love, and be free." So, Barda chose Free.

### Big Barda: 2000 - Present

Married in a simple ceremony in Las Vegas and swearing to have and hold Skophre (who had developed the human persona of "Scott Free") until death do them apart. Barda chose to stay on Earth and make a new life for herself. Supplied with a new human identity as Roxanne Free (a name which Scott came up with after watching a performance of Cyrano de Bergerac and then hearing the name repeated in a rock song while taking a cab ride home).

Barda decided to try something new to go with her life on the new world. Though Scott tried to convince her to join the local police force or work as his stage assistant, Barda chose to be a homemaker... and in 2003, she added the responsibilities of a mother to that with the birth of their daughter Avia.

Living off of Scott's meager income as a Vegas magician was rough at the start, but soon Scott impressed a famed death-defier known as Mister Thaddeus Brown. Yes, *the* Thaddeus Brown, the same guy who had that awesome television series in the 90's, *Mister Miracle!* So when Thaddeus offered to take Scott under his wing and help Scott develop his stagecraft, Barda and Avia went along for the ride, moving from Vegas to St. Roch, Louisiana.

While Scott and Thaddeus worked with Thaddeus' assistants Oberon and Shilo to develop a return of *Mister Miracle* on the air with Scott in the titular role and famous costume, Barda enjoyed taking baking classes, going to PTA meetings, and coaching soccer for Avia's little league team.

When the Reach invaded, Barda and Scott did not fall under the charismatic sway of the Reach Ambassador. They were both very familiar with the Reach and Barda had survived many battles against them in her long career. The Frees decided that they owed it to their new planet to stand up and do something about this menace. So they suited up and went to war.

Barda and Scott played instrumental parts in defeating the Reach. Though Scott was invited to join the Justice League in 2015, he declined. He refused to join the Justice League without his wife, even if the League was hesitant about an Apokalyptan in their ranks. But it only took a year for the League to come to their senses and give this bodacious bombshell a shot.

## Threat Assessment

### Resources

* Superhuman Strength, Resilience, and Reflexes
* Limited Shapeshifting Capabilities
* Accelerated Regenerative Healing & Immortality
* Over a Millennium of Combat Experience
* The Undying Love and Support of her Husband
* Apokalyptan High-Density Composite Armor
* Apokalyptan Mega-Rod and Genesisian Motherbox

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

#### General

* Big Barda joined the Justice League in 2016 nominated by Martian Manhunter.
* She is currently pregnant.

#### Kaye Ou

* Kaye Ou was the only other Termagant Barda interacted with and Kaye looked up to her. After winning a tournament at the orphanage, Barda asked Kaye to accompany her in the field for a number of missions where Barda could benefit from the extra muscle. Many of these missions required the tracking and capture of the elusive Skophre. With each successful mission, Barda's prestige grew and so did her gratitude toward Kaye. Barda made certain that Kaye was rewarded for her service, but her generosity was also deliberately engineered to keep Kaye quiet about Skophre and Barda's flirting - something Kaye had been somewhat oblivious to, thinking that it was merely harmless banter.
* Kaye's arrogance had begun to grow, but humility was on the horizon. When a plague in the Breeding Pit had depleted the fertility of a number of Termagant incubators, Darkseid ordered that one Termagant be sent from each region to fill their Breeding Pits' losses. Most regions did not have any Termagants, but Goodness' Orphanage had two. To decide who should stay and who should become an incubator, a contest between Barda and Kaye was organized. The battle was impressive enough to merit Darkseid himself coming to enjoy the festivities, but when the dust of the arena settled, it was the Doyenne who stood victorious. Shackled and restrained, Kaye was taken to the nearby Breeding Pit and there she labored for the next fifty-two years.
* One day, to Kaye's surprise, Granny Goodness delivered an imperial pardon from the Pit for Kaye, but freedom came with a cost. Kaye was sent to Earth, tasked to find Barda and Skophre. When Kaye found Barda, the former Doyenne was obviously engaged in a romantic relationship with the male prisoner she had been ordered to return to imprisonment on Apokalypse. Kaye kicked down the couple's front door and impaled Barda with a spear. An intense battle broke out between the two Furies, with Skophre retreating further into the home at Barda's command. As the battle went on, Kaye got the upperhand and pinned Barda to a wall, allowing her to pursue Skophre. Kaye found him in a nearby room, comforting a small crying child. Kaye discerned that the child was not only of Genesisian and Apokalyptan origin, but also had a strong resemblance to the Doyenne, but with her father's eyes. After this revelation, Kaye decided to leave the couple on the "backwater planet." Kaye returned to Apokalypse and tried to deceive Darkseid, but she failed. After a year in the Breeding Pit, she was saved by Barda and Scott.

### Notes

* Barda's address and birth date are references to her fist comic book appearance: *Mister Miracle #4* in October, 1971, created by Jack Kirby.
* The spots that her species has is a nod to the Trill from Star Trek.
* Roy explains why Barda is a homemaker: *A big part of the comics was exploring the idea that this big badass woman really wanted to try to be a housewife. She wanted to learn domestic skills like baking and join book clubs and such. She was never really good at these, but she enjoyed trying. Barda is already her husband's superior in terms of strength and in other ways. She has nothing to prove in regards to climbing a career ladder. Remember she was the Doyenne of the Furies. She was the boss and at the top of her field for hundreds of years. Now she wants to try something else*.

## Oracle Files

Oracle Files: Barda Free 1Oracle Files: Barda Free 2
## Appears In

Barda and Scott watching hockeyBirds of Prey

## Links and References

* Appearances of Barda Free

1. ↑ Oracle Files: Barda Free (1/2)
2. ↑ Oracle Files: Barda Free (2/2)
3. ↑ Network Files: Kaye Ou 1
4. ↑ Network Files: Kaye Ou 2