Origin
During the Cold War, Weapon Plus created operation code name Descendant with the purpose of recreating and android as sophisticated as Jim Hammond, the Human Torch. Three individuals known only as Father, Mother and Brother attempted to create the perfect android. Though they came close they were never able to replicate “true life” until Brother, who was a scientist of magic, used the Orb of Necromancy to breathe life into their creations. Twenty Descendants, Homo-Synthezoids, were created. Father demanded Brother to repeat the process on a mass scale to which he refused and later disappeared with the Orb. Mother released the Descendants into the world to live unaware of their true power.
Father continues to create variations of the Descendants, each with it’s own flaw without the help of Brother’s Orb. Father created the adaptoids in order to find and recover the Descendants.
Father has seen a future where super humans went too far and had to be stopped. He created Operation Deathlok wherein all super humans were killed, reanimated and converted into Deathloks. Apocalypse‘s existence in the current time threatens his future so he has seeded the Deathloks into all dimensions and realities to kill Fantomex.
Creation
Father was created by Rick Remender and first appeared in Uncanny X-Force #6.
Character Evolution
Major Story Arcs
Deathlok Nation
For further information: Uncanny X-Force
Fantomex discovers that someone has been controlling the World in his absence and has let time and evolution to elapse for almost a million years. Father is revealed to be responsible for this as well as Weapon Infinity. Fantomex alerts X-Force to the threat of the Deathloks as they travel into the world to kill Father, which would stop this all from happening. Deadpool is the one to find Father in the World in his lair. As he approaches him, he seems to recognize his voice and immediately wishes to please him and seek his approval. Deadpool watches along with Father as the Deathloks almost kill Wolverine and Fantomex. Father commands Deadpool to finish the job before Wade is able to overcome his control and beheads Father, ending the wave of Deathloks.
The Descendants
For further information: Secret Avengers
Father is revealed to still be alive despite his beheading and is currently leading the cabal of robots in the Core. He seemingly kills the descendant Yalda only to reprogram her later. The Secret Avengers attempt to save Yalda and her son Parvez but lose Eric O’Grady on the process. Father sends a robot in O’Grady’s guise as a double agent. The Secret Avengers escape with Parvez but Father and his cabal survive.
Rage of Ultron
Father and the Desendents “liberate” a Stark Sentinel, and are confronted by the Avengers. Hank Pym murders the descendents with a targeted EMP, enraging his fellow Avengers, particularly Vision with his callous willingness to kill androids and cyborgs.