Daxamites

Daxamites are a humanoid species that hail from the planet Daxam.

History

Hundreds of years ago the Daxamites and Kryptonians fought a huge war against each other to a stalemate. Thousands of lives were lost, and the cause for the war remains unknown, each insisting the other started it.

When Krypton was destroyed, Kryptonite rained down on the planet claiming the lives of thousands. The Daxamites quickly sought out safety in ships and fled Daxam, scattering across the universe. The Prince of Daxam, Mon-El, made his way through the Well of Stars and ended up landing on Earth. There, he decided to let himself be trained as a hero to give his survival purpose. However, it wasn't until later when he was reunited with his parents on their ship that he learned that thousands of Daxamites managed to survive the devastation. It was also learned that Daxam's climate had become hospitable again and the King and Queen hoped to rebuild their society. When Mon-El chose to stay on Earth instead of return to Daxam, Queen Rhea was so driven by vengeance that she killed King Lar Gand and decided to unleash devastation onto the Earth in retribution. Queen Rhea aligned with Lena Luthor in order to have her assistance in creating a transmatter portal that summoned all the other Daxamite ships scattered across the universe to Earth to make it their new home.

Soldiers beamed down onto National City where they began to take control through aggression though Rhea declared it was for their benefit. To try and stabilize their presence and position on Earth, Rhea planned to wed Mon-El with Lena Luthor. The two were forced to comply but circumstances came into play which had both of them escape Rhea's clutches. Rhea planned to fully destroy National City but Supergirl presented the rite of Dakkum Or in order to resolve the invasion with the least amount of bloodshed. Rhea was challenged by Supergirl to fight for Earth though Rhea violated the rite by ordering her troops to attack before a winner could be decided. This forced the humans to unleash a weapon that doused the atmosphere with lead which made it toxic to Daxamites. The armies of Daxam then fled to Earth to escape the toxicity though Queen Rhea was left behind and died. Mon-El was also forced to leave the Earth and disappeared into an unknown wormhole in space.

Overview

Daxamites generally do not get along with Kryptonians at all; due to the Kryptonians' arrogant and self-righteous traits. According to Kryptonian teachings, Daxamites are a race of hierarchies ruled by kings and queens. Their race is known to Kryptonians to be selfish-bullies, who care more about their own profit than the welfare of others, however, this is completely untrue; as the Daxamites generally do care about the welfare of others, particularly their own people.

Daxamites are seen to like being entertained by throwing great parties and watching grand events. They enjoy drinking, dancing, and dating.

Mon-El has claimed that;

Slavery is legal on Daxam.^[1]
Daxamites engage in public shaming after a person is found guilty.^[2]
Daxamites don't consider homosexuality an issue.^[2]
Daxamites new relationships with big parties.^[3]
Fifth Dimensional imps' presence are not tolerated on Daxam; due to them being very dangerous and out of control, as the only way to deal with them, was to kill them quickly.

Most daxamites, such as Mon-El, who have a sense of justice, honor and good morals to the point of having guilt, shame and remorse for their actions.

Culture and technology

The Daxamites' form of government was monarchy, with their planet being ruled by kings and queens. The monarchy supported and practiced slavery. They also believed in public punishment for law breakers. It is also tradition on Daxam for the Regent to arrange a marriage for their eldest child when creating formal alliances and unions between people.

Like the Kryptonians, Daxamites worship the red sun god Rao and most likely share similar religious customs and traditions associated with Rao.

Daxamites are able to generate children by using genetic material, as simple as locks of hair, from two parents.

The Daxamites had a tradition similar to Trial by Combat which is known as Dakkum Or. To violate the terms of this rite would shame them in the eyes of the gods.

Physical appearance

Despite hailing from another world, Daxamites are indistinguishable from humans.

Powers and abilities

Powers

Longevity: Presumably like Kryptonians, Daxamites' life spans are considerably longer than normal humans and likewise ages much slower.
Solar energy absorption: The Daxamites' physiology is similar to the Kryptonians physiology. Both have powers in common. Daximites' powers come from a source, a blue or yellow sun.
- Super strength: The Daxamites have great strength. They are strong enough to fight Kryptonians on equal terms.
- Super speed: The Daxamites' unique physiology under a blue or yellow sun allows them to move at incredible speed.
- Super leaping: The Daxamites' incredibly strong legs have the ability to do incredibly high jumps in a single bound, while they can also land from several stories without any damage or harm.
- Invulnerability: The Daxamites' skin under a blue or yellow sun cannot be penetrated by sharpened objects, chemicals or other toxins. They can suffer from great physical traumas, however, they will feel pain and sometimes weak.
  - Contaminant immunity: Daxamites are known to have an immunity to any known forms of diseases, ailments and illnesses, along with chemicals and toxins, on Earth. This immunity can extend to similar contaminants or chemicals from other worlds. Notably, Daxamites are immune to the effects of alcohol on normal humans, though some alcohol and similar substances from other worlds can affect them as normal alcohol would affect humans.
  - Green Kryptonite immunity: Despite having a similar physiology to Kryptonians, Daxamites are immune to the radiation effects of Green Kryptonite.
- Electrosynthesis: The Daxamites are able to absorb electrical energy around them to repair themselves at a cellular level.
- Accelerated healing factor: The Daxamites are able to heal much faster than normal humans; due to them absorbing energy.

Abilities

Multilingual: Daxamites are capable of learning to speak other languages very quickly.

Weaknesses

Lead: Weapons made from lead will penetrate their skin. If lead stays in the Daxamites' system for too long, they will die from the poisoning. If the atmosphere they are in is seeded with Lead, the exposed Daxamite will fossilise and crumble.
Extreme energy: Extreme amounts of energy will be enough to kill Daxamites.
- Electricity: Despite there invulnerability, Daxamites seems to be vulnerable to large amounts of electricity.
Red Sun energy: Like Kryptonians, the energy from a red sun is known to be the Daxamites natural sun and therefore, exposure to it will make them the equivalent of a human being on Earth.
Magic: Since Daxamites get their powers from their heritage they have no more protection from magic than a normal human.

Known Daxamites

Living Daxamites

Mon-El (prince of Daxam; in stasis in the Phantom Zone)

Deceased Daxamites

Rhea (queen of Daxam)

Lar Gand (king of Daxam)
Unnamed Royal Guard

Appearances

Supergirl

Season 1

"Better Angels" (unseen)

Season 2

The Flash

Season 3

"Duet"

Behind the scenes

In the DC comics, Daxamites have similar powers to Kryptonians, yet opposite weaknesses; as they are vulnerable to the inert element of lead, instead of the radioactive element of Green Kryptonite, and the radiation of a red sun will not rob them of their powers, as it would with Kryptonians.

References

[1] "Supergirl Lives"

[Luthors-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Luthors"

[3] "Homecoming"

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