Ayesha

"I see it within you. Fear, jealousy, betrayal. It is our duty to cleanse the universe of this weakness."

- Ayesha

Ayesha is the Golden High Priestess of the Sovereign who is brought into conflict with the Guardians of the Galaxy.

Hiring the Guardians of the Galaxy
Due to the Guardians of the Galaxy's new reputation as heroes, High Priestess Ayesha, leader of the xenophobic, gold-skinned Sovereign, hires the Guardians to defend valuable batteries from an inter-dimensional monster, the Abilisk, in exchange for Nebula, whom the Sovereign captured following the Battle of Xandar, trying to steal the batteries.

Pursuing the Guardians
Rocket steals several of the Anulax Batteries for himself, and when the Sovereign discover this, they attack the Guardians’ ship, the Milano, with their own fleet of Sovereign drones. The Milano is heavily damaged and forced to crash-land on a nearby planet, but the rest of the Sovereign fleet is single-handedly destroyed by Ego the Living Planet.

Ayesha hires Yondu Udonta, who has been exiled from the greater Ravager community for trafficking children, to recapture the Guardians. Yondu’s crew track down the Milano and capture Rocket Raccoon and Groot, with the help of Nebula.

Ayesha later leads a Sovereign fleet against the Guardians, as they attack the core of Ego. The whole fleet is eventually destroyed, causing Ayesha to rage.

Ayesha then decides to develop a new breed of Sovereign to destroy the Guardians, whom she names Adam.

Personality
"Don't screw with the Sovereign!"

- Ayesha

Ayesha, much like the rest of the Sovereign people, is a xenophobe. She saw the Guardians as being rude and disrespectful to her and her fellow Sovereign, but displayed interest in Peter Quill. However, she was very grateful to them for defeating the Abilisk. When Rocket stole some of the Anulax Batteries, she saw this as an act of war and one of the highest restrictions, becoming obsessed with defeating them.

Additionally, Ayesha can be extremely arrogant being by thinking of herself and the Sovereign people as much more superior than any other race in the galaxy.

Allies

 * Sovereign
 * Priestesses of the Sovereign
 * Zylak
 * Ravagers - Employees
 * Taserface †
 * Adam - Creation

Enemies

 * Guardians of the Galaxy - Employees turned Enemies
 * Peter Quill/Star-Lord - Crush turned Enemy
 * Gamora
 * Drax
 * Rocket Raccoon - Battery Stealer
 * Groot
 * Mantis
 * Yondu Udonta † - Employee turned Enemy
 * Nebula - Former Prisoner
 * Kraglin Obfonteri - Employee turned Enemy
 * Ego the Living Planet †
 * Abilisk †

Trivia

 * In the comics, the being known as "Ayesha" was originally the second attempt of the Enclave, with the unacknowledged aid of Stephen Strange, to resurrect their plan to end war and crime through the creation of an artificial human after the failure of the first attempt with "Him". Originally referred to as Paragon, she would later be called other names like Her, Ayesha and Kismet.
 * In the alternate future of Earth-691, Ayesha is the biological mother of Stakar Ogord.