Apokalypse

Forces of Apokalypse

### Current Members

Steppenwolf, Fury, DeSaad, Virman Vundabar, Granny Goodness, Barbatos, Temiz, Maiden Mad, Sister Stomp, Bloodseeker, Gilotina, Lashina, Parademons, G. Gordon Godfrey

### Enemies

Lantern Corps, Justice League, Santa Claus

## Origins

### History

The first Genesisians were primitive, tribal people without a spark of creativity. They did not name themselves for Dream of the Endless had yet to be born, and without Dream, there was no imagination. So, they lived, and they died. But later generations would begin to dream, and their dreams led to differing opinions, which led to conflict and destruction. More differences led to desire, despair, and even delight.

This was the era of the First Epoch when ancient and primitive gods came to take tribes to dominance over small areas. From a single valley or forest or plain to an entire region — a collection of valleys, a field and forest. Even a continent.

This gave away to the Second Epock, where the older gods evolved to lead their people to control entire continents and even an entire planet. This led to the Exodus as two major religious factions warred with one another for control of the planet Genesis, giving way to the Third Epoch.

The Third Epock was the uniting of an entire star system (Star Sector). This was the era where Yuga Khan came to prominence. Yuga Khan was a self-made god. A man born of mudgrubbers (mortals) used foul science to destroy the hidden gods of the worlds under their star, and used the material of these gods and their worshipers to make himself into something else, leading a revolution that made his entire race something else. As the empire spread out from its dying homeworld, two opposing factions developed within the empire. Some saw their empire as a beacon of hope, and others saw their empire as an emblem of fear.

Yuga's two sons came to embody those opposing ideals, and while Yuga kept his throne on the dying world of Genesis out of pride, each son settled in a new world under the light of new stars. It was there that they catered to their factions' people. Izaya named his world New Genesis a reminder of where his people had come from and a new beginning. Uxas named his world Apokalypse, signifying his intent that eventually all would realize he was the end of everything.

When Genesis collapsed, so did Yuga's empire without naming a rightful successor. Instead, both Uxas and Izaya were prepared to take over, and both declared their reign at the beginning of the Fourth Epoch. Izaya promised to bring peace and prosperity to the galaxy, and Uxas swore that all would submit to his rule. With two empires rising from the ashes of one, each son took a title to signify their domain and accompanying authority. Izaya became Highfather. Uxas became Darkseid.

Around 960 the two nations fought so far their last Great War. The war ended in 1972. As means of cementing a political truce that would assure both galactic empires could coexist for a significant amount of time, Highfather and Darkseid exchanged their sons.

Currently, Apokalypse is a hellish planet. Its inhabitants are born in Breeding Pits and genetic material of enemies are deconstructed and repurposed to forge Parademons.

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* The population of Earth knows very little, if anything outside of world leaders, intelligence experts, and the like, about Apokalypse. The Justice League, a little bit more. The Lanterns, they know quite a bit. They have been doing everything in their power to slow the Apokalyptan growth outside of direct conflict. They are afraid that a direct war with the empire would destroy the Corps.
* The planet Okaara is located in Apokalyptan Empire space.
* Apokalyptans are a group of different sub-races. One of them, Termagants, are a rare sub-species created through a select process of genetic engineering and selective breeding. Only females of this sub-species are viable. They have exceptional strength, but are also heavily influenced by emotions. When she is driven by strong emotions their powers are near peak levels, but when they are experiencing emotions such as sorrow, regret, or frustration, their physical ability is in a state of fluctuation which can make them exceptionally vulnerable.
* Apokalypse has made a deal with the Lords of Hell. The Lords give Apokalypse souls of people with powerful psychic signatures to use them in creation of Fatherboxes.
* Santa Claus is one of the enemies of the Empire. After encountering a foul being known as Barbatos during the early colonial period of America, Santa began paying trips to Apokalypse to warn Barbatos' associate Emperor Darkseid to leave Earth alone, or he would come to regret it. Darkseid laughed at him, but the Apokalyptans stood down. However, following the Manhattaning incident, Santa noticed an uptick in the Apokalyptans' interests and operations on Earth. Every year since 1988, Santa Claus' sleigh has dared the entire fleet of Apokalypse after finishing its run all across Earth to make one final delivery of coal, wish Darkseid a Merry Christmas, and leave him a hearty "ho-ho-ho" as Darkseid crushes the coal in hand.
* There are Breeding Pits on Apokalypse where thousands of genetically superior breeding studs and incubators are forced to breed. These slave begin their breeding at an extremely young age.

### Notes

* Usually in comics, the homeworld of Darkseid is called "Apokolips". Something Roy finds silly, "why would the name of an alien world have a similar sounding name to the word Apocalypse?", Instead Apokalypse is: "an advanced alien empire whose capital is a planet roughly translated to "Final Revelation" or "Apocalypse" (I know, ominous, right) and colloquially known as "Apokalypse" (with a "k" because reasons).
* Santa Claus being the enemy might be a nod to a story "Present Tense" in the *DCU Holiday Bash #2*.

## Links and References

* Appearances of Apokalypse
* Location Gallery: Apokalypse
* List of Apokalyptans

1. ↑ Network Files: Bekka
2. ↑ Oracle Files: Scott Free (1/2)
3. ↑ Oracle Files: Steppenwolf
4. ↑ Powers of Imagination
5. ↑ Network Files: Kaye Ou 2
6. ↑ Network Files: Kaye Ou 1
7. ↑ VOX Box: Weird Worlds 17
8. ↑ Network Files: Santa Claus
9. ↑ Earth-27 101: 'Tis the Season
10. ↑ Oracle Files: Barda (1/2)
11. ↑ VOX Box: Glory to Gemworld 4