—The High Evolutionary[source]"Mo ergastee förn, mo ergalone förn nort," which translated is, "be not as you are, but as you should be." It's our sacred mission to take the cacophony of sounds around us and turn it into a song. To take an imperfect clump of biological matter such as you, and transform it into something... perfect.
History
Early life[]
Running OrgoCorp
The High Evolutionary is a spacefaring geneticist obsessed with creating “the perfect species,” as well as a “perfect” society that he could rule over as a god. Throughout hundreds of years, he performed ruthless experiments on animals abducted from Earth, and genetically engineered several races, including the Abilisks, the Animen, the Hell Spawn, the Xeronians, the Motios, and the Sovereign. In spite of these attempts to fulfill his goal, the High Evolutionary was unsatisfied with what he had created.
He founded the bioengineering company OrgoCorp to continue his illegal experiments on various lifeforms throughout the cosmos to attempt to remake the universe in his image, which he conducted from his ship and laboratory, the Arête.[1]
Creation of Counter-Earth[]
In the 1980s, the High Evolutionary came across the planet Earth on his travels through the cosmos,[3] where he collected several of its animals to be his test subjects. Inspired by Earth's culture, he began designing a new society he called Counter-Earth through OrgoCorp, and began cybernetically and genetically enhancing the Earth animals into a new race called the "Humanimals". He settled the Arête down on a planet that could properly sustain the life he wanted, and began constructing a civilization for his subjects to live in once they were complete.
The High Evolutionary takes an interest in 89P13
While working on Batch 89 of his Humanimal efforts, the High Evolutionary found that one of his subjects, a raccoon designated 89P13, possessed incredible intelligence, able to not only memorize complex ideas, but to also invent his own, a quality his other test subjects lacked. The High Evolutionary planned to study 89P13's brain through surgery and incinerate the rest of Batch 89, but 89P13 managed to attack and ferociously scar his face before escaping to a starship and flying away, though not before watching his friends die during his attempt.
After being scarred by 89P13
The High Evolutionary took to wearing prosthetics to hide his scars, and, in an effort to protect himself from future attacks, gave himself cybernetic enhancements, allowing him gravity manipulation. He populated Counter-Earth with his Humanimals and ruled over it for decades, and continued to develop new creatures, including the Star Children, humanoids who could manipulate energy. All the while, he searched for 89P13 to study his brain and engineer his inventive quality into the Star Children.[1]
Pursuit of Rocket[]
Around 2026, the high priestess of the Sovereign, Ayesha, revealed to the High Evolutionary that she had fought with 89P13, now calling himself Rocket, and his team of mercenaries, the Guardians of the Galaxy, years ago, and had since been developing an evolved superpowered Sovereign to destroy them. Furious but still seeing the opportunity, the High Evolutionary ordered the evolved Sovereign, Adam, be taken from his birthing pod and sent to retrieve Rocket immediately and bring him back to the Arête on Counter-Earth so they could study his brain.
Adam soon returned, badly wounded from an encounter with the Guardians on the mining colony Knowhere, and revealed that he had failed to capture Rocket, but he had mortally wounded him. Realizing the Guardians would come to Counter-Earth to get the necessary intel on his technology to operate on and save their friend's life, the High Evolutionary prepared a trap for them and awaited their arrival. Sure enough, the Guardians, lead by Star-Lord, did arrive and made their way to the Arête, leaving their ship, and Rocket, guarded only by their ally Gamora.
The High Evolutionary confronts Star-Lord
The High Evolutionary sent his soldier War Pig out to capture Rocket, as he conversed with Star-Lord about Rocket and what he did to him. When Star-Lord revealed he had witnessed the "perfect society" of Humanimals still had violence on the journey to the Arête, the High Evolutionary decided it was time to raze it all and move the Star Children to the new colony. And so as the Arête took off, he detonated explosives he'd set all over Counter-Earth to exterminate the Humanimals, much to the Guardians' shock and horror.
Star-Lord, Gamora, and Groot managed to escape the ship and Counter-Earth's destruction with the passkey to disarm the kill switch on Rocket's heart and operate on him, while their other teammates were captured by the High Evolutionary. He contacted the rest of the team and demanded they bring him Rocket if they ever wanted to see their friends again, but the Guardians refused to give up, and prepared for the fight of their lives. Star-Lord called their teammate Kraglin to pilot their space station, Knowhere, to combat the Arête, and the two ships engaged in heavy fire. When Knowhere fired on the Arête and the ship began exploding, the High Evolutionary refused to retreat and made his way to find Rocket himself when the Guardians boarded the ship to rescue their friends and the Star Children.
When the High Evolutionary did find Rocket, he attempted to subdue him with his telekinesis while boasting about how much more important he was than Rocket. However, Rocket and the Guardians managed to easily overpower him, leading to Gamora stabbing him in the gut. Rocket prepared to kill the High Evolutionary, but decided to leave him alive out of his newfound compassion. As the Guardians evacuated the exploding ship, Drax carried the wounded High Evolutionary to safety on Knowhere, where he was imprisoned for his crimes.[1][2]Personality
Attributes
Powers
- Enhanced Condition: The High Evolutionary had been cybernetically augmented and as a result possessed special abilities from his enhancements.
Abilities
- Genius-Level Intelligence
- Genetic Engineering
- Cybernetic Engineering
- Linguistics
Paraphernalia
Transportation
Notes
- Chukwudi Iwuji portrayed the High Evolutionary in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
Deleted scene of the High Evolutionary being on Knowhere.
Trivia
- The High Evolutionary's race, homeworld, and true name remain unknown.[1]
See Also
- 1 appearance(s) of High Evolutionary (Earth-199999)
- 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of High Evolutionary (Earth-199999)
- 2 mention(s) of High Evolutionary (Earth-199999)
- 9 image(s) of High Evolutionary (Earth-199999)
- 2 quotation(s) by or about High Evolutionary (Earth-199999)
- 3 victim(s) killed by High Evolutionary (Earth-199999)
- 1 item(s) used/owned by High Evolutionary (Earth-199999)
Links and References
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gunn, James (19 May 2023) James Gunn on Twitter Twitter. Retrieved on 19 May 2023.
- ↑ Gunn, James (8 May 2023) James Gunn on Twitter Twitter. Retrieved on 11 March 2023.