Dru-Zod (Earth 2000)

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"*I win. I always win.*"
―Dru-Zod[src]
**Dru-Zod** (also known as **General Zod** and more commonly referred to as simply **Zod**) was an infamous Kryptonian military commander that served the Kryptonian Military Guild.

Born on Krypton during it's last decades, Zod became a distinguished soldier in the Kryptonian military, eventually rising to the rank of General.

## Biography

### Early life

Dru-Zod was born into a notorious family on the planet Krypton during it's last decades. By adulthood, Zod became a distinguished soldier in the Kryptonian military, eventually rising to the rank of General. Years later, Zod was the appointed leader of military defense for the Kryptonian Science Council. Upon learning of the scientific experiments being conducted by Jor-El and his mentor Jax-Ur, Zod, accompanied by his lieutenant, Ursa, led a raid on Jor-El's laboratory and placed both men under arrest for charges of heresy. Soon after the arrest, however, Zod learned that Jor-El was actually correct and that the Science Council had lied to him. Ursa, Non and he defected from the council and joined with Jax-Ur in his quest to warn Krypton's civilian populace of their penultimate fate.

### Attempted takeover of Krypton

"*You will bow down before me, Jor-El! I swear it! No matter if it takes an eternity, you will bow down before me! Both you, and then, one day, your heirs!*"
―Dru-Zod to Jor-El, moments before being imprisoned in the Phantom Zone[src]
The Kryptonian Science Council believed that Zod and his growing movement was causing uncivil panic and moved to have them destroyed. The Kryptonian council members soon apprehended Non and performed a lobotomy on him, turning him into little more than a mindless savage. Zod was incensed. He abandoned all loyalty to the council and swore revenge against them for what they did to Non. Zod tried to enlist the aid of Jor-El in a bid to wrest control from the Science Council, but Jor-El refused, citing that violence was hardly the solution. Zod reminded Jor-El that the Ruling Council were the ones that started the violence, and to defend themselves, Zod felt that violence was the only answer at this juncture. At around the same time, Jax-Ur was arrested and imprisoned inside the dimension known as the Phantom Zone. In retaliation for their actions, Zod, Non and Ursa invaded the Science Council chambers and murdered five council members before they were stopped.

As a response, the Council put the entire planet on permanent lockdown as civil unrest continued to increase. Jor-El used the last bit of influence he had with the council to convince them not to execute the terrorists for treason. The council instead unanimously agreed to cast Zod, Ursa, and Non into the Phantom Zone. Before Zod was imprisoned, he again attempted to persuade Jor-El to join them. When Jor-El refused once more, Zod became enraged, swearing revenge upon him and his offspring. The Phantom Zone portal was launched into space shortly before Krypton's destruction.

Zod and Ursa discovered a fragment of an old Kryptonian prison known as Fort Rozz floating inside the Phantom Zone. The prison was transported into the zone due to a projector accident, and for reasons unknown, was able to maintain a corporeal shape. Inside the prison, time passed normally and residents were able to revert back into solid matter so long as they stayed inside the building. Because of this, Zod and Ursa were able to mate and produce a son, Lor-Zod. They raised him inside of Fort Rozz where the child was able to age normally.

===Escape from the Phantom Zone
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## Personality and traits

"*Kneel before Zod.*"
―Dru-Zod[src]
Zod was very charismatic and manipulated many individuals to aid him in his cause, swaying them to follow him as he sought to overthrow the Ruling Council and rule Krypton; he turned much of the populace against the Ruling Council and accepted assistance from Brainiac in return for his loyalty.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

**Solar Energy Absorption**: Under the effects of a sun, Zod possessed the same potential powers as an average Kryptonian.

**Superhuman Strength**: Zod possessed a truly extraordinary strength level.
**Invulnerability**: Zod's body was virtually invulnerable to all forms of mundane and ordinary harm.
**Healing Factor**: In the extreme event that Zod was harmed, he had been shown to have the ability to heal almost instantaneously from any wound, assuming that the process was not impeded from some outside factor i.e. Kryptonite.
**Superhuman Longevity**: Zod, like all other Kryptonians, weren't immortal, they just aged at a far slower pace.
**Superhuman Stamina**: He had the ability to maintain continuous physical activity for an undefined period. Although not unlimited, Zod's stamina was indeed considerable.
**Flight**: Zod was capable of manipulating graviton particles to defy the forces of gravity and achieve flight. This ranged from hovering to moving in any posture, in any direction.
**Superhuman Speed**: He was capable of moving, reacting, running, and flying at superhuman speeds.
**Superhuman Hearing**: Zod had the ability to expand his hearing range, which gave him the ability to hear sounds before the sound waves actually reached him. This also gave him incredible hearing at extreme variances of sound and pitch frequency, allowing him to pick up noises from across the globe. He had shown enough control to block out ambient sounds to focus on a specific source/frequency.
**Super Vision**: Zod also possessed telescopic vision, enabling him to see objects from great distances away, and X-ray vision, which enabled him to see through objects via the emission of X-ray radiation optically.
* **X-Ray Vision**: The ability to see through anything except lead.

* **Telescopic Vision**: The ability to focus his vision to see something at a great distance, without violating the laws of physics.

* **Microscopic Vision**: The ability to see extremely small objects and images down to the sub atomic level.

**Heat Vision**: Zod could fire beams of intense heat from his eyes, a product of his capacity for optical release of electromagnetic radiation along a range of wavelengths. .
**Super Breath**: Zod could create hurricane force winds by blowing, and also exhale supercooled gas to freeze a target. He could also breathe in large amounts of air to dispel clouds of gas by exhaling it.
* ***Mind Transferral:*** Zod could transfer both his mind and soul into other host bodies or objects, such as machines, if his own physical body was somehow killed. He would make use of this ability when he secretly transferred his mind into the Fortress of Solitude computer for many years and later into the body of Lex Luthor Jr.

### Abilities

* **Leadership**: Zod was an expert in military tactics and strategic planning.

* **Multilingualism**: He spoke several languages, such as English, Kryptonian, Greek, Latin and Norse.

### Weaknesses

* **Magic**:

* **Kryptonite**: Since the destruction of Krypton, its remains (rendered radioactive by the explosion) began spreading throughout the universe as Kryptonite, a crystalline substance whose specific radiation was lethal to Kryptonians native to this reality. The most common form of Kryptonite was Green Kryptonite, and its effect were directly poisonous.

* **Lead**: Zod could not see through lead with his vision powers.

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