Ayesha

Ayesha is the Golden High Priestess of the Sovereign. She was brought into conflict with the Guardians of the Galaxy as a result of Rocket Raccoon stealing from her people. Having failed to destroy the Guardians herself, Ayesha hired Yondu Udonta and his own band of Ravagers to complete the task, only to be betrayed. With information gained from Taserface, Ayesha's army tried again to kill the Guardians during their battle against Ego, only to fail once again. This forces Ayesha to create Adam Warlock as their greatest weapon to finally get her revenge against the Guardians.

Biography

Seeking Revenge

Deal with the Guardians

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.^[2]

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.

Ayesha hires Yondu Udonta, who has been exiled from the greater Ravager community for trafficking children, to recapture the Guardians. Yondu’s crew tracks down the Milano and capture Rocket Raccoon and Groot, with the help of Nebula.^[2]

Battle on Ego's Planet

Ayesha later leads a Sovereign fleet against the Guardians of the Galaxy, as they were attacking the core of Ego. The whole fleet is eventually destroyed, much to Ayesha's anger and dismay.^[2]

Creating Adam Warlock

Ayesha then decides to develop a new breed of Sovereign to destroy the Guardians, whom she names Adam.^[3]

Personality

Ayesha, much like the rest of the Sovereign people, is a xenophobe. She saw the Guardians of the Galaxy 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, thinking of herself and the Sovereign people as much more superior than any other race in the galaxy. Like the rest of the Sovereign, she is somewhat immature, prone to frustrated screaming and fits when embarrassed or defeated.

Abilities

• Genius-Level Intellect: Ayesha possesses a high level of intelligence, something that she takes great pride in, and often makes her feel superior when comparing herself to other species, even towards other Sovereign citizens. She alone was able to genetically re-engineer her race into something more powerful.
• Acute Genealogical Perception: Ayesha appears to be capable of discerning the unique quality of one's genetic makeup in the event a genetic anomaly enters her gaze.

Equipment

Vehicles

• Omnicrafts: To be added

Facilities

• Sovereign Throne Room: To be added
• Birthing Chamber: To be added

Relationships

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.

References

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External Links

• Ayesha on the Marvel Wiki
• Ayesha on Wikipedia