Pact

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"You forget: in the name of peace, we swore not to interfer on Apokolips. We made a pact."
— Highfather^[1]

The Pact was the peace treaty which ended the war between New Genesis and Apokolips.

[edit] History

Specific terms are unknown, but it states that New Genesis and Apokolips are not to interfer with the affairs of the other planet. To seal the pact, Highfather, ruler of New Genesis, and Darkseid, dread lord of Apokolips, exchanged their infant sons: Highfather gave his son Scott to Darkseid, who in turn gave his son Orion to Highfather. In the end, Highfather would be able to temper Orion's aggression, while Scott would reject the influences of Darkseid and Granny Goodness, and escape with his lover Big Barda.

Though it was believed to end the war, Darkseid merely interpreted the pact as an armistice, and sought the Anti-Life Equation to conquer New Genesis and the universe. Highfather would attempt to thwart Darkseid's plans as much as possible, such as placing worlds like Earth under his protection, and that attacking such worlds would declare the Pact void.

After Darkseid was resurrected by Lex Luthor, he announced that the Pact was void and intended to attack Earth and New Genesis. He vanished while attacking the former but before he attacked the later. As such, the state of the treaty is unknown.

[edit] Background information

In the DC comics, Highfather formulated the Pact as a means to redeem Orion and test Scott Free's compassion. The Pact succeeded in both, but it also clouded relations between Scott and Highfather.

The Pact also specified that it was in force as long as Scott and Orion were on Apokolips and New Genesis, respectively, meaning that when Scott escaped Apokolips, the Pact became null and void. This particular aspect of the treaty does not appear to be part of the DCAU, as Highfather and Darkseid both appeared to hold the Pact still in force as of Darkseid's first invasion of Earth.