Overlords-verse: Jor-El

Another character that won't be appearing, but is a somewhat important part of JL: Overlords. Prepare yourself, his story is kinda out there.

 

Jor-El

Born during the height of Kryptons era of great expansion, Jor-El was one of the first to know something was wrong with Krypton. As one of Kryptons elite scientists, he had been chosen to crew one of Kryptons most important and well equipped space stations, 'Rao's hand'

 

From his orbit above Krypton, Jor-El could see that something terrible was happening to the planet. His instruments confirmed his suspicions when they found that Krypton was wobbling on its axis, and its core had become unstable. Naturally, he rushed back to Krypton to inform the high council of his concerns.

 

So, Jor-El stood before the high council and made his case. He urged them to seriously consider evacuating the planet, and resettling on one of Kryptons many colonies. They laughed at him. They dismissed his concerns by fobbing them off as 'Gravitational re-alignment'. But Jor-El new they were wrong. He had estimated that there was around 3 years until the planets core would destabilise, and cause the planet to be destroyed.

 

So, for three years, he planned. Eventually, he came to a conclusion: the council must be removed. Luckily, he was friends with one of Kryptons great military leaders, General Zod. Although Zod, being a soldier, didn't entirely understand the matter at hand, he agreed with Jor-El that the high council were incompetent.

 

And so, the general and the scientist led a revolution, to remove the high council, and assume command of the planet, and give the evacuation order. Suffice to say, they failed. They were outnumbered and Zod was arrested, imprisoned in the Phantom zone for high treason.

 

Jor-El, however, was lucky. His wife, Lara, was pregnant, and he knew that if he couldn't save Krypton, he could at least save their child. Jor-El managed to escape, and went into hiding. He made a recording, of himself, explaining his sons heritage, and preparing a message for whoever found him. He also created an interface based on himself, to help guide his child as he grew up. He was able to build a ship, load his child on it, and blast him off to a planet called 'Earth'. Once this was done, he loaded a second rocket with the codex, a device that stored all of Krypton. Culture, customs, all the important aspects of Kryptonian life. He set this rocket upon its course and headed to the roof. As he entered the turbo-lift, the ground shook. Violently. Kryptons destruction had begun.

 

The first rocket, containing his son, named Kal-El, set upon its course, taking it straight to Earth. However, the second rocket, went off course, still on track to Earth, but the long way round.

 

As Jor-El and Lara watched their son head off into the blackness of space, a look of horror swept across Jor-Els face. He had mixed up the messages. He had meant to put the interface on his sons ship, and his message on the other. He had made a mistake, which could have devastating consequences. He was powerless to fix his mistake, so he did the only thing he could do. He held his wife, as his world burned. He could only hope his son would live to see a brighter future.

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