Zenith

Christopher Kent (Legal Alias)

Scion of Zod (Title)

Chris (Nickname)

Son of Zod (Alias)

Zod the Younger, Lor-El (Alias)

Superman (Adoptive Father)

Lois Lane (Adoptive Mother)

Martha Kent (Adoptive Grandmother)

Power Woman (Adoptive Aunt)

Superboy (Adoptive Brother)

Superboy (2) (Adoptive Brother)

Supergirl (Adoptive Sister)

Laura Kent (Adoptive Sister)

Carol Kent (Adoptive Sister)

Jane Kent (Adoptive Sister)

Infinity Inc. (Former Member)

Advena Legion (Figurehead)

## **History**

### **Lor-Zod: 1972 - 1978**

While on a xenocidal campaign against the Calatonians for a brutal assault on the Kryptonian colony of Kandor that resulted in the deaths of the family of Dru-Zod, General Zod and his loyal lieutenant Ursa Hu-Ul fell in love. The two would seal their love with a wartime wedding.

Lor-Zod was born on a military command ship, but before he could walk his parents would be captured shortly after their return to Krypton and charged for their war crimes. Without any family to claim him, and not being the product of a sanctioned noble marriage, Lor-Zod was placed in a state sponsored "nursery" that was essentially a prison camp for children.

While incarcerated, Lor-Zod was assaulted, nearly on a daily basis, simply for being born of two noble houses while the other children in the program's care were from much lower stations. It didn't help that Lor-Zod's parents were xenocidal war criminals. So it was that Lor-Zod had a childhood much rougher than most other Kryptonian nobles.

### **Lor-Zod: 1978 - 1987**

When Brainiac attacked, Lor-Zod was rescued from his imprisonment. Brainiac's admiration for Dru-Zod led to his decision to preserve Dru-Zod's progeny for study. Lor-Zod was even "given the honor" to watch from the carnage-soaked bridge of a military vessel as Krypton exploded.

Lor-Zod spent weeks aboard the same military vessel manned by a silent robotic crew as Brainiac's guest of honor; but after several months of this isolation, Lor-Zod was placed in cryogenic stasis for later study. When Lor-Zod awoke next, he was a part of Brainiac's menagerie. Lor-Zod joined other children of similar development, from a dozen other worlds that had been drafted into a weird social experiment with Brainiac as their warden.

Lor-Zod did not mind this life. The prison-like environment was familiar to him, and the menagerie lacked his previous abuses. Lor-Zod was also Brainiac's favorite and was afforded special luxuries and privileges. But this is where Lor-Zod met Thara Ak-Var.

Thara was from Kandor, the colony Lor-Zod had understood to be his birthright. Lor-Zod liked to hear her stories of what could have been his home. Thara was pretty and made him laugh. Using these social charms, Thara convinced Lor-Zod to help her stage a rebellion.

### **Lor-Zod: 1987 - 2013**

Despite Lor-Zod's help, the coup failed. As punishment, Brainiac placed all of the children into stasis. As he did with other children, Brainiac pulled Lor-Zod out of stasis periodically to use the boy for experiments. Lor-Zod hated the feeling of being awake and asked to be returned to stasis so he could at least see Thara in his frozen dreams.

Then, one day, Lor-Zod woke up in a lab. But it was not Brainiac's lab. Lor-Zod feared he had been sold into slavery. He was not sure what to do, but he felt strong. With ease, Lor-Zod tore off his restrains, kicked his supposed captors across the room, and made a break for the exit. That is when he stopped dead in his tracks at the sound of a voice he had not heard in such a long time.

### **Ultraman: 2013 - 2014**

After being revived from stasis and convinced to side with Sivana, Lor-Zod began to be tutored in English and various Earth-based practices. He struggled more than Thara because he lacked her noble education and had been somewhat brainwashed by Brainiac, so more focus was put on Thara being the spokeswoman for the developing team.

Sivana's publicists and stylists decided to use Lor-Zod's house crest in his costume and decided to call him Ultraman, based on the slight resemblance to the letter U in the English language. The original suit did sport an actual U in the familiar shape of a Kryptonian shield, but Lor-Zod refused to wear such an emblem on his chest as it was not only disrespectful to his House, but also resembled an "improper term" in the Old Kandorian tongue.

### **Ultraman: 2014 - 2015**

When the Salvation Syndicate debuted, Lor-Zod was definitely marketed to be the mysterious, stern bad boy of the group. He rarely spoke and when he did, it was either in Kryptonian or Kandorian with Thara, or in brief, prepared phrases that were drilled into him by Sivana's marketing team.

In the team's public patrols, Thara often stuck around to talk to the media while Lor-Zod would watch over captives and/or evidence until the police arrived. More than once, this left Thara and Lor-Zod without their team when members of the Justice League arrived. The first few of these exchanges were hostile, but eventually Lor-Zod decided that he was tired of listening to Sivana's opinion on things.

One day, while Incorporated was making an appearance in Metropolis as part of a photo-op with Lex Luthor, Lor-Zod managed to slip away and soared through Metropolis' skies until he encountered Steel. Seeing the emblem on Steel's chest and not realizing that Steel was not himself a Kryptonian, Lor-Zod began speaking in his native tongue. Steel's translator was able to understand the message and he arranged a meeting between Superman and Ultraman. These Last Sons of Krypton spoke for nearly an hour on the roof of the Daily Planet before Thara tracked Lor-Zod down and broke up the meeting.

As they left, Superman mentioned Sivana and the Reach having some questionable ties. Lor-Zod had little knowledge of the Reach but Superman had earned his trust enough that Lor-Zod began to regularly pressure Thara to question Sivana on his involvement with the Reach. This would eventually lead to Lor-Zod and Thara meeting with Superman and Power Woman to review their evidence. Once they did, they knew they had to leave Incorporated and did so promptly.

### **Zenith: 2015 - Present**

Leaving the public eye altogether, Lor-Zod and Thara were invited to retire to the Fortress of Solitude. They lived there with Kelex as full-time caretakers as Kelex gave them a more balanced education on Earth and its ways. After Thara was given a human identity and began to make frequent trips to civilization, Lor-Zod wished to accompany her. This would lead to Kal-El meeting with Lor-Zod and offering him a chance to have something he never had before: a father.

## **Trivia**

* Zenith joined the Justice League in 2017 nominated by Superman.
* Ultraman served as Superman's counterpart Infinity Inc.
* Veterans at the Daily Planet often assume Chris is a rookie reporter.
* Chris is majoring in Economics in college.
* Chris struggles with spelling words in English. Probably because he was partially tutored by Lois Lane.
* Lor-Zod needed an excuse to explain his unfamiliarity with American culture and his close ties to the Kents. As Lois was writing a story on human rights violations in Markovia, it was a convenient excuse to claim Lor-Zod was "Kristof," an informant from Markovia that needed asylum. To accelerate the process, Lois and Clark adopted "Kristof" through an adult adoption arranged by Wayne Foundation lawyers.