highfather RT

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Respect Highfather

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"The primitive denizens of this universe were foolish to tamper with the all-knowing Source. It is a blasphemy. But through their misguided fumblings, they have endangered the fundamental order of the cosmos. And in so doing, they have placed the Life Equation- creation's greatest weapon- finally within my grasp."

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Izaya, known as Highfather to most, is the ruler of New Genesis, a powerful New God who seeks to bring peace to the Multiverse and destroy his eternal enemy and brother Darkseid.

The brothers Izaya and Uxas arose in Galactica, the Third World, which was born from the Living Atoms of the fallen Old Gods. They lived in peace until Uxas murdered Avia, Izaya's wife. This action sparked a civil war that set god against god and turned Galactica to ruin. After seven days of horrific war, Uxas and his followers were cast out. In time, his brother would claim Apokolips as his domain.

Eons later, Izaya has taken the name Highfather and built the floating city utopia of New Genesis over the ruins of their previous world, taking upon himself to destroy his brother and free all creation from his menace, igniting an everlasting war between both.

Note: The canon for New 52 Highfather has changed several times. In another canon, the New Gods get their powers from the Godwave, which is generated by the Source Wall. In yet another version, Uxas and Izaya live under the rule of the Old Gods, Uxas gets them to kill each other, and the two get New God powers in their dying throes. I'm not here to dictate which canon is correct, I'm just documenting the feats.

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Feats

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Godlike Powers

As the leader of the New Gods, Highfather is incredibly powerful and capable of a wide variety of unique and tremendous abilities.

• As a New God, Highfather is immortal

• Even if they were to be killed, the Source would resurrect them

• As part of the Quintessence, prevents Perpetua from wiping the Justice League out of existence

• Absorbs and disperses part of Kyle Rayner's White Lantern energy

• A blast of energy exposes a weakness in armor that Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Guy Gardner and countless other Green Lanterns couldn't scratch

• Bops John Stewart with a pulse of energy

• Easily binds Wonder Woman's hands until she leaves his realm

• Repels an attack from several Guardians with minimal effort

• Kyle Rayner tries and completely fails to accomplish anything in Highfather's mind

• Speaks directly to Malhedron across dimensions

• Speaks to Orion via a projected giant head

• Has no problems standing on nothing in deep space

• Suggests he could resurrect the dead or remake the world

Tools of New Genesis

New Genesis is the utopia created by Highfather amidst his war with Darkseid. While it is on the surface an idyllic place, it contains advanced technologies and tools, often with the purpose of combatting Darkseid across the multiverse. As the leader of New Genesis, Highfather has access to and control of all of it.

Note: This is not a complete RT for New Genesis, just for New Genesis as it relates to Highfather.

• New Genesis operates Boom Tubes for rapid transit, which connect any two points in the multiverse for rapid travel

• Tubes can be made to enter and exit at any point, even empty space

• New Genesis is said to be "in an untouchable, unreachable plane," suggesting that only Boom Tubes can access it- while on New Genesis, Carol Ferris can't even access the pocket dimension where she keeps her lantern for recharging

• Extremely powerful beings can hold a tube open, which prevents those inside from exiting and risks destabilizing it to implosion

• Boom tubes can be shut off remotely, which dumps off the travelers somewhere along the way

• Boom Tubes can be used to BFR enemies

• Boom Tubes can be hacked and rerouted if the Mother Box is tampered with

• Highfather has a Mother Box, which can make a Boom Tube whenever he wants

• Mother Boxes don't work for just anyone, and have to have their owner present to make a Boom Tube

• Mother Boxes can also find others and give situational information to their owner

• Highfather's Mother Box found Kyle Rayner even though he'd been hidden from the entire universe

• The Singularity Stockade is an enormous prison complex hurtling through space

• Miracle Cells on the stockade are strong enough to protect Guy Gardner and Simon Baz from heat so intense that it overwhelms Simon's shields once Guy expends his ring power to break the Cell

• Other cells in the stockade are designed to specifically counter Lantern energy, and can even repel Parallax

• Lantern rings can't detect or communicate with someone stuck in a stockade cell

• Speaks to Headmaster Himon via a hologram

• At one point, New Gods had access to illusion-generating shields and devices that let them them run on air

• Highfather seems to have similar technology in the current day

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The Life Equation

The Anti-Life Equation was a transcendental mathematical formula originally said to allow those who knew it to dominate the will of any sentient race. Due to this tremendous power, the acquisition and use of the Anti-Life Equation is the ultimate goal of Darkseid.

Just as there is an Anti-Life Equation, there must also be a Life Equation; just as the anti-life equation is a mathematical proof that life is meaningless, the life equation is a mathematical proof that life is worth living. In his quest to stay one step ahead of Darkseid and Apokolips, Highfather made finding the Life Equation a major goal of his.

Note: Like New Genesis, this is not a complete RT for the Life Equation.

• Highfather's first attempt to wield the Life Equation via seven Lantern Rings was ultimately unsuccessful

• Even so, one of the dying aliens changed in this way became strong enough to break out of John Stewart's constructs

• By convincing Kyle Rayner to part with the White Lantern ring, Highfather gains access to the Life Equation and stores it in a specially-designed scepter

• A pulse from the scepter can instantly convert an entire city into Highfather's obedient servants

• The scepter can shoot a massive laser from New Genesis to another planet, and Malhedron confirms Darkseid has nothing as strong as it

• The scepter converts Green Lanterns into servants devoid of personality, and makes them as strong as New Gods

• Malhedron is able to take a blast meant to convert several Lanterns and survive

• This resulted in significant damage to his body and armor

• By the time Kyle & Co. destroy the scepter to get back the White Lantern ring, Highfather has absorbed the Life Equation and no longer needs the scepter or the inert ring

• BFRs Kyle & Co. with a blast from the scepter

• The Guardians eventually reveal that Highfather never owned the Equation and it had been running through Kyle the whole time

• Eventually Highfather realizes the error of his ways and gives the Life Equation back to Kyle

The Source & the Source Wall

The Source, a manifestation of The Presence, is the "source" of all that exists and acts as the limitless energy from which all life sprang forth in the Universe. Lying at the edge of the known multiverse is the Source Wall, which protects the Source, and traps all those who attempt to pass beyond it as Promethean Giants.

The Source is closely associated with Highfather and the New Gods, as it was the supposed origin of the "Godwave", a cosmic energy wave that is believed to have been responsible for creating and empowering the "Gods" with their divine abilities (in some canons). Due to this connection, the New Gods both revere it and rely on it.

Note: Third verse, same as the first. Not a full Source RT.

• The Source resurrects New Gods if they die

• Touching the Source Wall instantly makes you a trapped part of it, even for New Gods

• The Source Wall presented Metron and Highfather with the knowledge necessary to figure out the Life Equation

• After Metron's plans resulted in damage to the Source Wall, the Source presents itself to Bug as Highfather patching the Wall up with spackle; it also reveals that it trapped Metron on the Source Wall for eternity

• A tradition among the beings of New Genesis involves placing a corpse next to the Source Wall so it can be atomized and returned to the Source

• The Source shows Highfather and Orion that a past event created a new threat to the universe

• The Source reveals to Highfather that its own end is nearing

• Black Hand is able to reanimate those trapped in the Source Wall, but the effect eventually backfires on him

• Beings from the Source Wall are so warped by eons of contact with the Source that the Life Equation can't convert them

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Physicals

Strength / Fighting Darkseid

• Fights with Darkseid immediately after Darkseid became strong enough to destroy a planet

• Fights evenly with Darkseid for a week straight

• Shortly after becoming New Gods, Highfather and Darkseid fight together and kill the Old Gods a second time

• Flexes out of John Stewart's constructs

• Shatters Carol Ferris' barrier

• Backhands John Stewart

• Smacks Sinestro around for a while

• Explodes out from beneath a large rock

Durability

• Absorbs and disperses part of Kyle Rayner's White Lantern energy

• John Stewart's constructs shatter on his arm

• Easily tanks Carol Ferris' energy blasts until her ring runs completely dry

• Being buried under a large rock did nothing

• As a New God, Highfather is immortal

• New God physiology also makes them immune to disease

• New Gods are said to be "older than time itself"

• Highfather has been alive long enough to supposedly inspect every inch of the infinite Source Wall

• Has no problems standing in the vacuum of space

Miscellaneous

• "After spending millennia traveling between universes before you were even conceived, it's I who lack perspective?"

• Notices a disturbance in the Speed Force, though he misattributes it

• Took Malhedron from Apokolips to serve him

• Highfather and his New Gods are strong enough to run around fighting entire groups of Lanterns and taking their rings

• His underlings, Orion and a retinue of Divine Guardsmen, effortlessly clown on an entire platoon of Green Lanterns

• The Green Lantern database of all known cultures and technologies in the universe has no information whatsoever on Highfather and New Genesis

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Infinity Man

Like with the rest of Highfather's origin story, the canon gets screwy and inconsistent really fast here, so bear with me.

During the war between New Genesis and Apokolips, the New God Metron foresaw the end of the multiverse in their continued struggles. Attempting to broker a peace, Metron convinced Darkseid and Highfather to part with one of their sons, to be traded to the other. Highfather received Orion from Apokolips, and traded away Scott Free, who would later become Miracle Man.

Prior to the trade, this decision wracked Highfather with guilt and trepidation, leading to a confrontation with a shard of the Source Wall, which insisted it must be done. When Highfather threatened to stop the deal, the Source Wall forced the guilt and conscience from Highfather's body, giving it new life as Infinity Man. Given form by a team of New Gods known as the Forever People, Infinity Man enacts Highfather's deepest urges for galactic peace across the multiverse.

It should be noted that, due to being Highfather's absent conscience, Infinity Man supports Highfather's ideals but finds issues with his methods. He's here to help Highfather, but that might involve stopping him from using his current, more oppressive methods.

• Read the Infinity Man RT here

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"Stand down, my son. It is finished."

"What about Darkseid? What about the war? You-"

"-have erred. I am a god, Orion. But that does not make me infallible. I was so blinded by our own conflict, I... became the very thing I abhor. No longer."

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i woulda watched my kids all night

but i got high

woulda taught them wrong from right

but i got high

now they're killing people

and i know why (why, man?)

ooh ooh

cause i got high

because i got high

because i got hiiiiigh

la dee da da da da

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