Hightower (Wildstorm Universe)

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 * Alignment              = Bad
 * Affiliation            = Cabal
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 * Universe               = Earth-50
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 * Gender                 = Male
 * Height                 = 6'4"
 * Weight                 = 230 lbs
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 * Citizenship            = Daemonite
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 * Origin                 =
 * PlaceOfBirth           = Daemon
 * Creators               = Brandon Choi; Daffyd Wyn; Jae Lee
 * First                  =  WildC.A.T.s Trilogy #1


 * HistoryText            = Hightower was not always been a key member of The Cabal - originally he was but a Daemonite soldier, though more ambitious and clever than the rest. He thus managed to rise to the very top. His abilities to transform his image allowed him to borrow various identities over time. He was Genghis Khan, Hannibal, King John, Stalin... Hightower also sought to destroy Kherubim to gain prestige among the Cabal. His target of choice was Lord Emp, whom he nearly succeeded at killing but only left as an amnesiac instead.

Hightower first appeared in modern times when, with the help of the renegade Coda warrior, Artemis, he abducted Grifter. Artemis wanted Cash captive to lure Zealot in to his rescue, but Hightower knew too well that the rest of the WildC.A.T.s, particularly Emp, would soon follow. He nearly succeeded at defeating the team, only failing due to Voodoo's determination at expelling him from her possessed body.

Wildstorm Rising
When a key for the activation of the Daemonite warship emerged at the Smithsonian Institute, Hightower planned to take control of the destructive power of the spacecraft. He first called for the Coda's help, but the WildC.A.T.s ruined his attempt by trashing the local sisterhood antenna. They had been seeking him out because of misleading information linking him to Maul's abduction. Hightower then bluffed Emp into helping him recovering the warship before Lord Defile could do so, pretending that he would use it to flee Earth as opposed to Defile's plan to control the planet.

All but Grifter, who still remembered the torture he experienced during their first encounter, bought the lie. They teamed with the Daemonite in the search for the missing keys and the ship. This ended with the resurrection of Helspont (one owner of the ship's key), and a three-party war: Defile against Helspont for the control of the ship and both of them against all the heroes of the Wildstorm universe, who wanted to prevent them from reaching that goal. The ship turned out to be the Kherubim ship instead of the Daemonite vessel, but nevertheless the fight continued for its possession. At last, Hightower exposed himself and was killed by Grifter.


 * Powers                 = Hightower is a Daemonite officer. As such he possesses great strength and endurance. As is typical for Daemonites, he has the ability to possess host bodies. He is also one of the few of his race gifted with the ability to take the appearance of any other person. Somehow this ability extends to transforming part of his body to less organic material. He has been known to grow his forearms with metal-like hands and claws. As a result, he can take a form not vulnerable to Earth atmosphere, meaning that unlike typical Daemonites he can live on our planet without needing to possess a human body.


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