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Steppenwolf brings Darkseid on a hunt to New Genesis and kills Avia, the wife of Izaya the Inheritor. Darkseid uses an invention of Desaad's, the Killing-Gloves, to incapacitate Izaya so he appears dead, but leave him alive, instigating the war between planets.
Izaya the Inheritor leads New Genesis against Apokolips, confronting and killing Steppenwolf, but after avenging Avia he sees the destruction they have wrought, abandons his weapons and wanders New Genesis searching for meaning. He receives a message from the Source in burning words writ upon a wall, and becomes Highfather. He leads the Gods of New Genesis to end their war, and to rebuild their home as a paradise.