Darkseid


 * "It's simple, we take the fight to Darkseid. Expect things to go south, so be prepared for everything. Don't underestimate him. We deal with him and take the planet back."
 * "It's simple, we take the fight to Darkseid. Expect things to go south, so be prepared for everything. Don't underestimate him. We deal with him and take the planet back."

- Superman about Darkseid

Uxas, better known as Darkseid, is the tyrannical ruler of Apokolips, a sadistic, aggressive, and merciless tyrant who has invaded and conquered multiple worlds throughout the entire Multiverse. As the God of Tyranny, Darkseid seeks to enslave all things to his will.

Original timeline (Pre-Reign)
He conquers world after world after each one has run out of resources, and he has the natives turned into Parademons for his army. Attempting to invade the Earth, Darkseid and his forces begin terraforming the planet.

Darkseid had attempted to invade and conquer Earth multiple times but was stopped by the efforts of the Justice League. During his efforts to secure the Earth, he encountered and battled many of Earth's superheroes, chief among them Superman, a relationship that was extremely antagonistic.

Darkseids Reign
In October 2019, Darkseid had finally led his final and strongest assault on Earth. After numerous and lengths of planning, Darkseid had discretely put plans into action for a greater scheme.

He ignited his largest plan by having Earth's first and last line of defense removed from the board. When Wayne Enterprises hosts a conference in Metropolis regarding new developments, Darkseid has his Parademons sent to Earth. During this, the Parademons begin causing havoc. When the Justice League arrives and holds their ground against the Parademons, they eventually defeat them. However, this was part of Darkseid's plan. The League had regrouped and circled each other, Darkseid then arrived. He immediately wanted to get Superman out of the image and deal with the rest. After battling it out with the heroes, a Boom Tube opens directly above the heroes and sends them to an unknown planet. On this planet, time, however, stops, thus leaving people unaged and unharmed. Even so, this planet didn't have things like a yellow sun or signals. Leaving beings like Superman powerless and Cyborg rendered useless with technology.

With the League off-world, Darkseid immediately began challenging any heroes present in Metropolis. Many heroes emerged and banded together to go against Darkseid. However, they fail and Darkseid defeats them. The remaining heroes retreat and reach out to heroes across the globe.

New timeline (Post-Reign)
After the the timeline being changed because of The Flash, Darkseid's history was altered.

Invasion of Earth
Thousands of years ago, the ruler of Apokolips, the powerful Uxas began searching for remnants and pieces of a power source called the Anti-Life Equation to rule the universe. The Anti-Life Equation is a transcendental mathematical formula that eradicates free will, and grants the ability to dominate the will of any sentient race. It implants the mathematical certainty that all life is hopeless and that freedom and hope are futile concepts, dooming those who hear it to despair. Upon discovering Earth's population possessed fragments of the Anti-Life in their subconscious, Uxas prepared an assault on Earth to access the Anti-Life Equation.

Uxas traveled to the planet Earth with an enormous army, planning to form the Anti-Life and conquer Earth. Unfortunately for him, the native beings of that world, four powerful races known as Humans, Atlanteans, Amazons, and Olympians, formed their own army to protect their world, even calling in help from wizards and the Green Lantern Corps. Uxas was defeated and was forced to retreat with his army. A furious Uxas was undeterred and vowed to claim the Equation, renaming himself Darkseid to show that he was above failure.

From that point on, Darkseid began conquering world after world to deplete each one of resources, and then turn the natives into Parademons for his army. Thousands of years after his first invasion, Darkseid discovered Earth was open for attack. This was because Atlanteans became underwater, Amazons secluded themselves, and Olympians abandoned Earth. This lead Darkseid to wreck havoc on Earth after his initial failure.

Darkseid prepared his assault on Earth for the next year to invade and terraform Earth, turn the natives to Parademons, and then seize fragments of the Anti-Life. As Darkseid did not believe the plan to conquer Earth required him to leave his throne, Darkseid sent his military general Steppenwolf to complete his plan.