Mister Miracle

**Scott Free** is a New God male and prince of the planet New Genesis. He is the god of of escape and freedom, as well as husband of Big Barda and son of Highfather. He is an escape artist under the guise of **Mister Miracle**.

## **Origins**

Scott was born to the New Genesis rulers Highfather and Vayla, but he was traded to the planet Apokolips, as a means of brokering peace between their two planets. While Scott became the adopted son of Darkseid, Orion became Highfather's adopted son. He was sent to one of Granny Goodness' "Terror Orphanages", where he began his training. He had no knowledge of his actual heritage and he didn't have a name when he came to Apokolips. At the same time, he began rebelling against the rule of Darkseid, mostly due to Metron's belief in a future beyond Darkseid's rule. During his time at the orphanage however, Scott became a very athletic, cunning and exceptionally cleaver man, which aided in his knack for escape artistry. At some point, he joined a group of pupils being trained in inventions, as well as working with a mother box, by a New Genesisian known as the "Hunger Dog".

At some point, Scott was able to venture out of the orphanage, but at the same time, a rebellion was secretly being built to destroy Darkseid's reign. Scott met with a child name Auralie and both were discovered by the on who was left to care for her, Big Barda. When the rebellion was discovered, both she and Scott bared witness to the brutal punishment the adults and children had to endure. This left both horrified and Scott planned to leave Apokolips for good. Barda assisted in his plan, leading them to escape the planet together. This was planned for and anticipated by Darkseid, which enabled him to restart the war with New Genesis. Both Scott and Barda headed for Earth, where he became the apprentice of Thaddeus Brown, a circus performer, who was referred to as Mister Miracle. Free's skills impressed Brown, as well as his ward Shilo Norman and dwarf, Oberon. When his mentor was murdered, Free avenged his friend by not only bringing his killer to justice, but also assuming his role as Mister Miracle and performing in the show.

While on their time on Earth, Barda and Scott began developing feelings for one another due to them spending time together. They would eventually go on tour and settle in New Hampshire for a while, but would be wedded soon by Scott's real father and briefly lived on New Genesis for a while. The couple would find themselves returning to Earth, where both worked for the Justice League International. While in the League itself, Scott became a rival with the villain Manga Khan, who worked as an intergalactic trader and black marketer. Khan had repeatedly kidnapped Scott and was able to convince Funky Flashman, Scott's former agent to forge documents as a means to make his client Khan's personal entertainer. While Scott had no choice but to comply with his manager, a robot took his place, that was until it was destroyed by Despero. Scott was able to escape Khan, returning to his friends and his wife, who believed him dead and this resulted in him quitting the Justice League.

Scott and Barda would eventually become the targets of various different visits from the superhero community, strange visitors and even of New Genesis and Apokolips. This resulted in them moving to a loft in New York, however left Earth once more, residing on New Genesis for sometime. They returned once more to Earth, where they stayed at the Justice League refuge. Due to problems within their marriage, the couple separated and Barda left for Themyscira, where she sparred with Wonder Woman. Deciding to give another chance to Scott, Barda returned to him and both went back to New Genesis once more. The couple returned to Earth once more, this time settling in Connecticut, where they lived until they were visited by Wonder Woman, Superman and Batman, requesting aid from Barda to save Supergirl from Apokolips. Batman borrowed some of Scott's tech in order to aid them in their rescue. Despite being a semi-retired hero, Scott is willing to aid the League when the opportunity arises.

## **Powers & Abilities**

### Powers

* **New God Physiology:** Scott is born to the New Gods of New Genesis and as a result, possesses many of their abilities. Such abilities include:
	+ **Immortality:** Like his kin, Scott is capable of living for eons, immune to the effects of time and capable of living forever.
	+ **Superhuman Durability:** Scott's body is capable of withstanding a great deal of physical injury, due to New Gods being far more rugged than humans.
	+ **Superhuman Strength:** As a New God, Scott's body is capable of lifting far more than a human.
	+ **Superhuman Agility:** Scott is capable of moving with superior ease and speed.
* **Alpha Effect:** Scott wields an antithetical energy source to the "Omega Effect", referred to as the "Alpha Effect". This power gives him augmentation to his physical abilities, and his aero-discs, as well as allowing him to heal other people and even capable of raising those from death. He can even use it to absorb divine energies from other gods and wield it against the source.

### Abilities

* **Escape Artist:** What makes Scott so well known is his mastery of escape. He is capable of getting out of most bindings in his sleep, passed beyond unconscious competence within meta-cognition's realm. Scott is a marginally far better as an escape artist than that of Batman. Though in truth, this is also due to his superior nervous system, as well as his study in trap sciences. He's even able of building traps, aside from escaping them, even with primitive and fourth world technologies.
	+ **Lockpicking:** Aside from his vast knowledge in escapology, Scott is also well versed in picking locks. When he was much younger, it took him a year to escape a cage he was in on Apokolips, but he didn't get far before returning to it and locking it once more. His second attempt took only a few months before he was able to do it again.
* **Gadgetry:** Scott is well versed in the use of various advanced gadgets, even those of his homeworld.
* **Hand-Hand Combat:** From his days on Apokolips, Scott was trained in the art of advanced hand to hand combat training, capable of toe to toe with the likes of Blue Beetle and even Black Canary. He however mostly relies on his skill to dodge and outflank his opponents, as he won't fight unless it's a last resort.
* **Indomitable Will:** Even after Granny Goodness' best efforts, Scott rejected the ideas of Darkseid's totalitarian regime and longed for freedom. He's even resisted his usage of the anti-life equation.
* **Genius-Level Intellect:** Scott is well versed in Fourth World and even much of the universe. He knows all the people and places of Earth, Apokolips and New Genesis. He was able to learn about places on Earth from his show's tour.

## **Weaknesses**

* **Radion:** Like most of his brethren, Scott is vulnerable to a substantial amount of a rare material called Radion. It can be lethal to New Gods, especially in bombs or blasters. Some however are known to have better resistance against it than others.
* **Earth Technology:** Not entirely a weakness to Scott, he isn't really versed in the repair of Earth technology.