- "Krypton was a democracy. A world of explorers, philosophers, scientists, and Daxam, was a monarchy. With kings and queens who ruled a population of hoodlums."
- —Supergirl[src]
Daxam was the home planet of the Daxamites, before Krypton's destruction. It was located 2,000 light years from Earth, orbiting an old red dwarf star named Rao. It was ruled by the late king Lar Gand and the late queen Rhea.
Overview[]
- "It's a sister world to Krypton. Both capable of sustaining life, both orbiting the same sun."
- —J'onn J'onzz[src]
The planet was mostly covered in deserts. Daxam also had moons, but the exact number is unspecified. During the planetary devastation, the moons were hit by Krypton's debris and may have been destroyed; the surface itself was heavily bombarded with meteors.
Daxam was ruled by the Royal Family of Daxam. The family lived in a pyramid shaped building. The pyramids and surrounding areas were also heavily bombarded with meteors, and the people were irradiated with kryptonite.[1]
History[]
Slave trade[]
Daxam was a large presence in the slave-trade market, often buying alien slaves from Maaldoria to do their labor. This was a very common business on Daxam, particularly with the royal family, and one of the many things that sparked a war with Krypton.[2]
War with Krypton[]
Daxam is known to have feuded with their sister planet, Krypton, over various issues such as Monarchy vs. Democracy and how life should be lived. Both Daxam and Krypton went to war over their respective ideals, with casualties in the thousands.[3]
Planetary devastation and relocation[]
The death of the planet soon followed after Krypton when the shock waves and debris from the explosion hit the moons of Daxam, causing gravity to fluctuate and solar storms to ravage the land. The pyramids of Daxam were hit with meteors and damaged or destroyed: Mon-El only escaped via the action of an unnamed guard. He fled the planet through the use of a commandeered Kryptonian pod and for a time believed himself to be the planet's sole survivor, going to Earth. It was then revealed that his parents Lar Gand and Rhea, along with a number of other Daxamites, escaped aboard ships and have scattered across the universe. Despite the Daxamite immunity to Kryptonite, when the mineral rained down on Daxam, it made the atmosphere uninhabitable for them,. By the time the King Lar Gand and Queen Rhea reunited with Mon-El, the atmosphere of the planet had settled and they were planning on returning to Daxam and start gathering their people to rebuild their society (such as their pyramids.). However, Mon-El refused to leave Earth and return to Daxam, as told by Lar Gand. This fueled Rhea into killing him and taking vengeance on both Supergirl and Earth whom she both blamed for his desertion.
The planet was still intact even if it was a wasteland;[4] though the effects of solar storms and gravity fluctuations were beginning to wear off,[5] making the planet habitable again, where the Daxamites planned to rebuild their society but also invade Earth.
Rhea went into a partnership with Lena Luthor to create a transmatter portal which she would use to bring all the scattered Daxamite ships across the universe to make Earth their new home. As they arrived, she christened Earth as 'New Daxam';[6] they invaded and attacked National City[7] until Supergirl set off a Lead bomb irradiating the atmosphere with Lead forcing the Daxamites to retreat; some left behind such as Rhea died and crumbled. The remaining Daxamites fled to space, while Mon-El entered an unknown wormhole.[1]
Known inhabitants[]
Former inhabitants[]
- Lar Gand (king; deceased)
- Rhea (queen; deceased)
- Mon-El (prince; abdicated)
- Unnamed royal guard (deceased)
- Daxamite army (invasion force; retreated)
- General (knocked unconscious)
Appearances[]
Supergirl[]
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