Desaad (Earth-7341)

"Your ambition is little, born of childish need. We look beyond the Earth to greater worlds the Tesseract will unveil."

- - Desaad

Desaad is the personal servant and emissary of the mad titan Darkseid, who rules the world of Apokolips. He was the one who provided Ares with the Chitauri army to conquer Earth and retrieve the Tesseract, a part of the Infinity Equation.

Aiding Darkseid
"The Tesseract has awakened. It is on a little world, a human world. They would wield its power, but our ally knows its workings as they never will. He is ready to lead, and our force, our Chitauri, will follow. The world will be his, the universe yours. And the humans, what can they do, but burn?"

- - Desaad

Desaad was born and raised in Apokolips and through his manipulations managed to slowly rise through Darkseid's ranks. When Ares fell deep into the wormhole created by the destruction of the River Styx, he was saved by Desaad, whom in trade demanded Ares' help in Darkseid's campaign to obtaining parts of the Infinity Equation.

Battle of Earth
"You question us? You question HIM? He, who put the Scepter in your hand, who gave you ancient knowledge and new purpose when you were cast out, defeated? You will have your war, Olympian. If you fail, if the Tesseract is kept from us, there will be no realm, no barren moon, no crevice, where he cannot find you. You think you know pain? He will make you long for something sweet as pain."

- - Desaad Attempting to contact her son, Hera had a vision of Ares lost into the dark edges of the galaxy, contacting Desaad and Darkseid and allying himself with them. This caused her to pass away, which worried Zeus, that quickly contacted Athena about it.

Desaad gave Ares the Scepter, which gave the Son of Zeus complete control over Darkseid's army of Chitauri, which would allow Ares to conquer Earth so Darkseid could obtain the Tesseract. After arriving on Earth and brainwashing Doctor Viktor Reznov, he contacted Desaad. The God of War assured Desaad that the battle against Earth and it's forces would be quickly finished. Desaad then quickly threatened Ares, questioning his power and declaring that if he foiled Darkseid, the Mad Titan would show him a new form of suffering.

Courting Death
"Humanity. They are not the cowering wretches we were promised. They stand. They are unruly, and therefore cannot be ruled. To challenge them is to court...Death."

- - Desaad to Darkseid When Ares activated the Tesseract above New York City, Desaad sent the Chitauri army to aid the God of War in his campaign of conquering. With Ares defeated by the Justice League and taken back to Olympus alongside the Tesseract, both the cube and the Scepter, parts of the Infinite Equation, were lost to Darkseid. Desaad then promptly informed to Darkseid that humanity was not as weak as they had imagined, which angered Darkseid, who stood up from his throne. This made Desaad lower his head and bow before his ruler as a sign of respect. He then declared that challenging Earth's heroes could be to court Death itself, to which Darkseid only smiled.