*Once he was Isaiah King, scientist, loving husband, and father to two boys, Jackson and Malcolm. But he had the misfortune to be aboard Monitor One when it ran into the radioactive tail of a comet, and the resulting disaster affected him more strongly than most because of his unique genetic makeup. Despot was the most powerful WarGuard member of all before he abandoned his teammates to mold the world into his own image. *Source: Back of card