Heggra
Heggra is a comic supervillain who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Heggra was a female member of the New Gods and an inhabitant of the dark world of Apokolips where she was the sister of Steppenwolf. (New Gods v1 #7) She was noted to had married Yuga Khan who came to rule that world. (New Gods v3 #20) In that time, she came to have two children by the name of Uxas and Drax. (New Gods v3 #18) Later on, husband came to be lost beyond the Source Wall when he tried to uncover the power of the Source. (New Gods v3 #19) This resulted in Heggra become the sole ruler of the planet Apokolips where her brother Steppenwolf was charged with leading military forces in strikes against New Genesis. (New Gods v1 #7)
Her eldest son was opposed to any further conflict with New Genesis and even forged a friendship with Izaya. Such a move was unpopular in the royal court of with Uxas claiming that perhaps he was more suitable to the throne. Secretly, he began his own preparations for claiming rule of all of Apokolips. After the latest peace with New Genesis, Uxas told his mother that Drax had decided to be a peacemaker, and shook hands with Izaya the Inheritor. Heggra found this hilarious, and warned her son that he must prove his Apokoliptan worth by soon taking a wife and the god-power that was rightfully his. Pressured by his mother, and his treacherous friend Desaad, he decided to go ahead with his rite of passage. (Jack Kirby's Fourth World v1 #3) Heggra awaited the outcome, and at dinner she had a servant present her with a number of Hunger Dog infants, and she chose a plump one for her meal. Uxas betrayed Drax, and stole the power for himself. He prepared to kill his mother, but she laughed. She knew Drax would fail, and Uxas would succeed because she had crafted him to represent what the omega energy represented. She had been cold and cruel to him, and made him into a heartless schemer obsessed with power. She asked his god name, and he revealed that he had chosen Darkseid, the name no other New God had ever claim for themselves. He admitted there was much he could learn from his mother in the ways of evil, and spared her. (Jack Kirby's Fourth World v1 #5)
During one of Steppenwolf's raids, Heggra's brother was responsible for killing Avia who was the wife of Izaya. (New Gods v1 #7)
Heggra was responsible for getting her son Darkseid married to Tigra with their union producing a Orion. Suli's peaceful nature displeases Heggra, who then had Desaad to kill the woman. She was forced to threaten Desaad's life in order to have the task done. Heggra forced Darkseid to marry Tigra, whom she admired for her hot-tempered nature. Darkseid goes through with this despite hating Tigra; Heggra's grandson Orion was born as a result. At some point, Heggra was killed during the events of the war between Apokolips and New Genesis. (New Gods v1 #7)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. Heggra
Heggra had studied the DNA of the New Gods and codified them in the Book of Bloodlines; which had lead to her choice of Tigra over Suli, and ultimately the birth of Darkseid and Tigra's son Orion. This book was passed on secretly to Granny Goodness in Heggra's dying moments as Granny throttled her; and she pleaded with Granny to use the information within. (Female Furies v1 #4)
She did not rule for long, as she had Darkseid's first love Suli killed, to replace her with Heggra's own choice for his mate: Tigra. This was the final impetus that Darkseid needed to hate and kill his own mother. Darkseid sent Granny to assassinate her. (Female Furies v1 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
According to Steppenwolf, his sister was noted for her being clever, cunning and a plotter. Heggra considered her son her own darling who was cool and wise. (New Gods v1 #7)
As the ruler of Apokolips, he eventually came to take Heggra as his wife where she was the mother of his children. (New Gods v3 #20)
When Darkseid married Suli, Heggra was shown to had been displeased with the marriage being a dagger in her heart. She ad felt that her intelligent and powerful son had become corrupted by his wife with this resulting in him not listening to his mother. It was for this reason that she plotted with DeSaad to have Suli murdered. (New Gods v3 #8)
Powers and abilities
Heggra was one of the cosmic race of deities known as the New Gods and shared all the traits of their species. (New Gods v1 #7)
The beings of Apokolips call themselves gods and live in a realm called the Fourth World which is outside normal space and time. Their strength is due to their relative proximity to the Source, an energy which fuels the powers of the beings in Apokolips. The inhabitants of New Genesis are far more stronger, faster, smarter and are said to be immortal.
Notes
- Heggra was created by Jack Kirby where she made her first appearance in New Gods v1 #7 (February, 1972).
Appearances
- New Gods v1: (1972)
- New Gods v3: (1989)
- Jack Kirby's Fourth World v1: (1997)
- Female Furies v1:
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