Steppenwolf!

Part 7 of an at least 52 part series of Who’s Who entries of New 52 characters (but probably a whole lot more what with cancellations and all).

"Steppenwolf is the brother of Queen Heggra of the planet Apokolips (see Apokolips), and the uncle of that world's later ruler, Heggra's son Darkseid. Steppenwolf commanded Apokolips' army during Heggra's reign.

"While Heggra ruled, Darkseid suggested to Steppenwolf that they should go to Apokolips' sister planet, New Genesis (see New Genesis), to pursue his perverse sport of hunting and killing people [Maybe I'm biased against the planet Apokolips, but from what I know about it, the sport of hunting and killing people probably wouldn't be seen as perverse there. Maybe things were different under Heggra's rule.]. Darkseid secretly intended that Steppenwolf cause an incident that would incite war between the two planets [Secretly? Was Steppenwolf too stupid to realize landing on another planet and killing its inhabitants would cause an interplanetary incident?]. Steppenwolf and his demon raiders attacked Izaya the Inheritor, a leader of New Genesis known today as Highfather (see Highfather). Avia, Izaya's wife, flew towards them to stop the battle, but Steppenwolf, seeing movement from behind him, whirled about and fired a fatal radion bolt at her, not realizing who his victim was [Would he have cared?]. Darkseid rendered Izaya unconscious with the energy from "killing gloves," but pretended to have killed him [So the "killing gloves" have a stun setting?]. Then Darkseid and Steppenwolf, suspicious of his nephew's motives [That Steppenwolf ain't no fool! Or at least he doesn't remain a fool for long.], returned to Apokolips.

"War did indeed break out between Apokolips and New Genesis, with Izaya leading New Genesis forces and Steppenwolf commanding those of Apokolips. Darkseid gave command of a unit of dog cavalry--warriors riding gigantic, savage dogs--on one raid of New Genesis to Steppenwolf. As Darkseid had intended, Steppenwolf encountered the vengeful Izaya on this raid, and was slain by Izaya in battle [Darkseid is a gigantic dick.]. Meanwhile, Darkseid had his ally Desaad (see Desaad) poison Heggra [See? Gigantic dick.]. With both his mother and his uncle dead, Darkseid became ruler of Apokolips [And there was much rejoicing. Hooray!].

"However, Steppenwolf was recently resurrected through Apokolips' advanced technology. Today he again acts as a military leader, but in the service of Darkseid."

Powers & Weapons

"Steppenwolf has no known super-powers, but he is a highly talented military leader. He has served as the head of Apokolips' armed forces, and when going into battle personally often commands units of the dog cavalry--warriors riding enormous, vicious dogs [Yeah, I remember from your previous note!]. Steppenwolf is infamous for the carnage and mass deaths he causes when he leads forces in battle [His own? Or others? Or does it even matter?].

"Steppenwolf wields various weapons, including a "cable-snare" in which he can entrap an opponent, and from which he can fire lethal radion beams. His main weapon is his "electro-axe." He is a master swordsman [Then why doesn't he wield a sword?] and a formidable hand-to-hand combatant."