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"I am your consequence."

―Amanda Waller^[src]

Amanda Waller is a high-ranking United States government official who is the Director of ARGUS, while having ties to several other espionage and law enforcement agencies, as well as being the commanding officer for the expendable field team Suicide Squad (officially known as Task Force X), and an occasional situational ally of Batman.

Biography

Early Life

Amanda Waller at some point became the Director of ARGUS and swiftly built up a fearsome reputation for herself, being nicknamed is "The Wall" due to how ruthless, dominating, and unrelenting she is when dealing with others. As a result, many frightening stories about Waller are told by those who have encountered her (as a warning), but practically everyone disbelieves them until dealing with her personally. Waller therefore becomes one of the most feared and respected people in the US government.

Meeting Lex Luthor

Amanda Waller is known to have meet supergenius Lex Luthor on at least one occasion, as he indirectly referred to Waller, ARGUS, and the Task Force X idea, in an interview with Ron Troupe^[1].

Metahuman emergence and Task Force X

Amanda Waller notes that even after his death, Superman still continues to have a profound impact on the world - his alien heritage and usage of his powers for selfless heroism make Superman a beacon of hope and inspiration for metahumans like the Flash, inducing them to more openly use their powers and come out into the light, with the Flash notably apprehending the notorious bank robber Captain Boomerang as a result.

Waller herself however, has a much more negative view on Superman after his death, since while she posthumously respects Superman himself for his benevolence and selfless heroism, she recognizes that there could very well be other beings out there, beings with equally tremendous godlike power, coupled with far less friendly intentions (what she refers to as a potential "World War III"). Fearing the inability of humans to stop such beings, Waller promptly advocates for the creation of Task Force X - her own potentially disposable team of individuals with exceptional powers, abilities, and skills, which could be forced to battle against such formidable threats as a contingency, whereas a normal non-disposable human army would be powerless.

Waller would select the most suitable candidates for this task force: the lethally formidable marksman Deadshot, the notorious rope assassin Slipknot, prolific Australian bank robber Captain Boomerang, the formidable psychopath Harley Quinn, the mighty metahuman Killer Croc, the exceptionally powerful pyrokinetic metahuman El Diablo, and finally Enchantress - the most powerful metahuman that Waller had ever come across. Waller also intended to have US Colonel Rick Flag join the team as its leader, along with his extremely formidable samurai bodyguard Katana.

However, Waller realized that putting such a team together would take an exceptional amount of planning and persuasion.

Assembling potential Task Force X recruits

Prior to advocating her idea of Task Force X, Waller would order Rick Flag to protect June Moone, the woman who unwillingly hosted the spirit of Enchantress (after discovering it in a vial in Central America). The two would quickly grow close and become lovers, as Waller had intended in order for her to attain leverage over the both of them. In order to ensure Enchantress' cooperation with joining the task force, Waller gains possession of the metahuman's cut-out heart, threatening to kill her if Enchantress refuses to comply with her orders.

In order to gain Deadshot for her squad, Waller secretly became a situational ally of Batman, anonymously letting the latter know when and where best to intercept Deadshot (when he is together with his daughter Zoe Lawton), with the Dark Knight successfully carrying it out, having Deadshot imprisoned in Blackgate Penitentiary, with Waller then transferring him to Belle Reve.

Around the same time, Batman would also pursue Harley Quinn and her boyfriend Joker (due to them being long-term enemies of his), but the Joker manages to escape, so Batman swiftly incapacitates Harley and drives her to Arkham Asylum, where she is imprisoned, with Waller then promptly transferring her to Belle Reve.

Captain Boomerang would be intercepted by the extremely powerful metahuman Flash during yet another one of his bank robberies, with Boomerang subsequently getting imprisoned in Central City, and then promptly transferred by Waller to Belle Reve as well.

Killer Croc, being another major enemy of Batman's, is repeatedly chased out of Gotham City by the Dark Knight, thus eventually intercepted and tasered into submission by Waller's ARGUS SWAT team, and taken to Belle Reve.

Extremely powerful metahuman El Diablo one day unintentionally loses his temper during a family spat, accidentally killing his wife and 2 children with his pyrokinesis. Utterly devastated, El Diablo willingly turns himself in to the Los Angeles authorities, subsequently getting transferred by Waller to Belle Reve.

And finally, Slipknot is also subdued, by the mighty Wonder Woman^[2], with Waller gleefully transferring her final task force candidate to Belle Reve.

Thus, will all of Waller's potentially unwilling intended Task Force X recruits finally being subdued and locked up within Belle Reve (or as Waller herself describes it, put him in a hole, with the hole getting thrown away), she finally prepares to present her idea to fellow government officials.

Presenting her idea

"Because getting people to act against their own self-interest for the national security of the United States is what I do for a living."

―Amanda Waller^[src]

Amanda Waller sits at dinner with government officials — Waller discussing the fallout of Superman's death.

Waller meets Dexter Tolliver and Admiral Olsen to discuss her Task Force X proposition, giving them a detailed description of all of the candidates. Ultimately, however, Olsen objects to the proposition, appalled at the idea of Waller entrusting homeland security to "witches, gang-bangers, crocodiles, and the Joker's girlfriend." Waller, however, remains adamant, and intends to present her idea at the Pentagon, and Dexter is more supportive of her idea.

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Pentagon presentation

"What if Superman had decided to fly down, rip off the roof of the White House, and grab the President right out of the Oval Office? Who would have stopped him?"

―Dexter Tolliver^[src]

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Belle Reve visit

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Enchantress' escape and Task Force deployment

Waller's fears ultimately prove to be valid, as several days later June Moone transforms into the Enchantress during her sleep, subsequently teleporting back to her Central American tomb, and opening the vial containing the spirit of her brother Incubus. Enchantress then takes him back to Midway City and incapacitates a man in the subway, with Incubus forcing the unwilling human to host him.

As the two mystical metahumans fully build up their powers, they become the incredibly powerful threat than Waller had foreseen, as while Enchantress and Incubus would also, like the Flash, be inspired by Superman to come out into the light, the intentions of this duo are far less benevolent - recalling how they were once worshiped as gods by ancient humans millennia ago, both of them resolve to conquer Earth and subjugate its inhabitants to their will. Thus, the implementation of Waller's Task Force X becomes necessary.

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Amanda Waller's files

"That's the difference between us, Mr. Wayne - you believe in friendship, I believe in leverage."

―Amanda Waller to Bruce Wayne^[src]

Mere days after the Suicide Squad's re-imprisonment, Waller meets her situational ally Bruce Wayne, and, in exchange for him promising her to take care of the rumors following the aftermath of the calamitous mystical events in Midway City, Waller gives Bruce files on the specific Metahumans that he requested (including Aquaman and the Flash, along with Enchantress). As Bruce turns to leave, Waller lets him know that she is aware that he is Batman, and he, though somewhat surprised, sternly warns Waller to shut down Task Force X or he and his team of friends will do it for her.

Personality

"They warned me about you... My dumb ass didn't believe the stories."
"Nobody does."

―Rick Flag and Amanda Waller^[src]

Amanda Waller is an exceptionally intelligent woman, especially in the fields of tactics and political science, not above using questionable and even outright amoral methods to achieve her planned goals. She is a manipulative and devious leverager, priding herself in being able to frequently get people to act against their own self-interests, even people as dangerous the members of her Suicide Squad, with Waller gaining leverage over them, rather than simply attempting to out-fight them, using any of their exploitable weaknesses to her advantage. Indeed, her nickname is "The Wall" due to how ruthless, dominating, and unrelenting she is when dealing with others, which makes Waller one of the most feared and respected people in the US government. Indeed, prior to joining ARGUS, Rick Flag would be warned about Waller via frightening stories about her (which many people have a tendency to initially disbelieve), and Harley Quinn even compared Waller to the biblical Devil. However, in this regard, Waller unintentionally gains the respect (and to some extent, disrespect) of the Squad after ruthlessly executing her FBI subordinates in front of them. After witnessing this, Deadshot, himself a notorious assassin, respectfully calls Waller a "mean lady", remarking that "[it's] gangsta", while Killer Croc even claims to like her. Waller also knows to make some useful situational allies, a notable one being Batman.

Although Waller has no metahuman powers herself, she more than makes up for it with her tremendous determination and willpower, which make her an extremely formidable opponent. Hence, when Enchantress kidnaps her and demands that Waller reveal the locations of the secret technological facilities of ARGUS, Waller adamantly refuses, emphasizing that she wouldn't break under torture, challenging Enchantress to "do [her] worst", even fearlessly insulting the latter to her face. Enchantress is thereby forced to knock out and telepathically assault the mind of Waller to get her way.

However, Waller's leverage-based power is also her greatest weakness, since (ironically, much like Enchantress) it occasionally makes her arrogant and overconfident, believing that her perfect leverage over everyone she wishes to control, makes her supremely powerful. Hence, Waller is somewhat caught off-guard when an unexpected turn of events causes her plans to not work out the way she indented. This is most notable when Enchantress manages to outwit Waller - releasing her brother Incubus upon Midway City, knowing full well that Waller (not knowing of him being Enchantress' brother) would dispatch her to take the mighty metahuman down, which, in turn, would allow Enchantress to reach Incubus and (via his mystical empowerment) and become immune to her exposed heart weakness before Waller could stop Enchantress by stabbing said heart. This catastrophic error in judgement on Waller' part results in the metahuman duo wreaking havoc upon Midway City, forcing Waller to execute her FBI subordinates (due to their knowledge of this error of hers), and then turn to genius tactician Batman for help in the aftermath, so that he might help cover up her involvement in the matter, and keep the wrong people in the US intelligence community from finding out.

However, while amoral, unempathetic, ruthless, and strict, everything Waller does is ultimately for the national safety of the United States and she is ultimately not ungrateful, as Waller notably rewarded the surviving Suicide Squad members for saving the world and rescuing her from Enchantress and Incubus by not only taking 10 years off of each of their respective prison sentences, but also even generously granting them some personal requests (granting the prison cells of Harley Quinn, Deadshot and Killer Croc an espresso machine, a punching bag, and cable TV respectively, as well as allowing Deadshot prolonged monitored visits to his daughter Zoe from time to time).

Abilities

"But everyone has a weakness, and a weakness can get leveraged!"

―Amanda Waller^[src]

Gifted Intelligence: Amanda Waller is exceptionally intelligent, which extends to her immensely formidable political science, leadership, tactical, demagogic, investigative, manipulation, hacking, exploitative networking, and leveraging skills.
- Expert Tactician: Amanda Waller, is an immensely skilled manipulative tactician, being effective enough to have built up a fearsome reputation among US government officials. Given her lack of superpowers, Waller, much like Batman, often uses cunning and planning to successfully outwit stronger and more powerful foes, gaining leverage over them rather than simply attempting to out-fight them, often using any of their exploitable weaknesses (such as Enchantress' cut out heart, Rick Flag's love for June Moone, Deadshot's beloved daughter Zoe, and the threat of activating the nano-bombs implanted in the other Suicide Squad members) to her advantage, though Waller's methods are considerably more amoral than Batman's. Due to this, Waller is able to extend her authority over the extremely dangerous Suicide Squad members (something Admiral Olsen and Dexter Tolliver had initially considered impossible), forcing them to battle Enchantress, Incubus, and the mystical duo's monstrous army. By promising Deadshot freedom and a permanent reunion with his daughter Zoe, Waller is almost able to get him to assassinate an escaping Harley Quinn, with him able to resist the extremely tempting offer only with a visible amount of effort. Even when caught off-guard by the Joker when the latter unexpectedly hijacks her ARGUS helicopter, Waller swiftly regains control of the situation, forcing the Joker to retreat by shooting him down. Ultimately however, Waller seems to recognize Batman as a superior tactician, since she turns to him for help in the aftermath of the Midway City events, with Batman promising to protect Waller by covering up her involvement in the events, keeping the wrong people in the US intelligence community from finding out about her one catastrophic error in judgement.
- Expert Political Scientist: Amanda Waller, as a very high-ranking US government official, and the Director of ARGUS, with ties to several other espionage and law enforcement agencies (such as the FBI and CIA), is an extremely skilled political scientist, understanding the inner workings of political structures and their intended goals. Hence, Waller fully understood the paradigm shift that the goals of modern politics took (referring to it as "World War III"), first after the emergence of Superman, then after his subsequent death, and then following the metahumans' emergence, with Waller superbly using this to her own benefit, by having Dexter Tolliver and Enchantress openly address the newfound concerns of politicians, as they addressed the National Security Council in the Pentagon.
- Expert Demagogue: Amanda Waller is a superbly skilled demagogue, since her intention is to come off as a pioneering altruist concerned with United States national security, so she therefore masterfully appeals to popular desires and prejudices when addressing fellow US government officials, championing the cause of covert metahuman exploitation as a contingency against impending threats of incredible power (like "the next Superman"), with her usage of seemingly rational arguments making Waller's method even more effective. Waller's most notable demagogic demonstration was when she presented her Task Force X sales pitch to the National Security Council, even managing to swiftly convince the adamantly oppositional General Edwards, by demonstrating how valuable Enchantress could be to US national security as an exploitable asset, due to Waller having the perfect leverage over her.
- Expert Networker: Amanda Waller, as a very high-ranking US government official, superbly uses a dense network of professional and social contacts to further her power ambitions. This is notable through her influence of other espionage and law enforcement agencies (like the FBI and CIA), the US army (like General Edwards of the National Security Council), powerful companies (like Wayne Enterprises's Van Criss Laboratories), and certain prisons (like Belle Reve supermax). Hence, Waller is able to discreetly keep tabs on numerous people and things that interest her, was able to get Batman to take down Harley Quinn, Deadshot, and Killer Croc for her, learned the secret identities of Batman, Aquaman, and Flash, and was able to transfer inmates that interested her all the way to Belle Reve. However, Waller still needed Batman's direct help in order to prevent the US intelligence community from finding out about her catastrophic error in Midway City.
- Expert Leader: Amanda Waller, as the Director of ARGUS, is a superbly skilled leader, having lead her organization for years, as well as occasionally leading other agencies' operatives (such as some FBI agents while in Midway City), inspiring fierce loyalty from her subordinates.
- Expert Hacker: Amanda Waller is highly skilled hacker (thou not quite on pair with Batman and Lex Luthor, as she was able to hack into several security cameras in Midway City, from the John F. Ostrander Federal Building, in order to monitor the Suicide Squad during their mission (reminding them that she's watching and "can see everything"), and to study how Enchantress transformed humans into Eyes of the Adversary, though Waller notably had some assistance from her FBI subordinates in this.
Indomitable Will: Amanda Waller, although she has no metahuman powers, has tremendous determination and strength of will, which make her an extremely formidable opponent. Indeed, her nickname is "The Wall" due to how ruthless, dominating, and unrelenting Waller is when dealing with others, which makes her one of the most feared and respected people in the US government. Hence, when Enchantress kidnaps her and demands that Waller reveal the locations of the secret technological facilities of ARGUS, Waller adamantly refuses, emphasizing that she wouldn't break under torture, challenging Enchantress to "do [her] worst", even fearlessly insulting the latter to her face. Hence, Enchantress is forced to knock out and telepathically assault the mind of Waller to get her way.
Expert Markswoman: Amanda Waller is a highly skilled markswoman, swiftly shooting down some of her FBI subordinates (due to them knowing of her catastrophic error in judgement, the one that made the mystical Midway City incident possible).
Arrogance: Amanda Waller's greatest weakness (ironically much like for Enchantress) is her overconfidence and arrogance, with Waller believing that since she has seemingly perfect leverage over everyone she wishes to control, that this makes her supremely powerful. Hence, Waller is somewhat caught off-guard when an unexpected turn of events causes her plans to not work out the way she indented. This is most notable when Enchantress manages to outwit Waller - releasing her brother Incubus upon Midway City, knowing full well that Waller (not knowing of him being Enchantress' brother) would dispatch her to take the mighty metahuman down, which, in turn, would allow Enchantress to reach Incubus and (via his mystical empowerment) and become immune to her exposed heart weakness before Waller could stop Enchantress by stabbing said heart. This catastrophic error in judgement on Waller' part results in the metahuman duo wreaking havoc upon Midway City, forcing Waller to execute her FBI subordinates (due to their knowledge of this error of hers), and then turn to genius tactician Batman for help in the aftermath, so that he might help cover up her involvement in the matter, and keep the wrong people in the US intelligence community from finding out.
Human Vulnerabilities: Amanda Waller's other main weakness is that she is a human with no enhanced strength, speed, durability, or metahuman powers, therefore making her quite vulnerable to the physical attacks of stronger and more powerful opponents. Waller, however, usually compensates for this quite well with her exceptional intellect and useful equipment, since while most of the Suicide Squad members (particularly Deadshot, Killer Croc, and El Diablo) are powerful or skilled enough to defeat her without much effort, Waller's tactical brilliance had accounted for this in advance, and rendered them unable to do so, since if any of the Squad members were to attempt to kill her, she would instantly activate the nano-bombs implanted into them with her detonator, killing them instantly (as she did with Slipknot). However, Waller's helicopter was swiftly and easily taken down by the extremely powerful Incubus, who subsequently imprisoned her. Waller was subsequently also easily subdued and had her mind telepathically probed by Enchantress (due to Waller having lost access to the metahuman's cut out heart), making it necessary for the Squad to rescue her.

As the Director of ARGUS, with ties to several other espionage and law enforcement agencies (such as the FBI and CIA), Amanda Waller has access to some of the most sophisticated technology in the world, owned by the US government, allowing her to be extremely well-informed in regards to individuals (be they human, metahuman, or otherworldly) who could potentially pose a threat to Earth (allowing Waller to keep discreet tabs on all of the Suicide Squad and some of the future Justice League members, among others), along with Waller's knowledge of many, classified, global security secrets. Hence, Waller is one of the extreme few to know the secret identities of at least Batman, Aquaman, and the Flash.

Nano-bomb Detonator: Amanda Waller, in order to ensure the compliance of most Suicide Squad members (apart from Rick Flag and Katana), has them injected with powerful Van Criss Laboratories nano-bombs, and keeps the detonator on her (with a separate button for each individual) - ready to blow off the heads of any of them, should they step out of line or fail to comply, with her notably killing Slipknot in this way. Waller keeps this detonator on her at all times, managing not to lose it even while being telepathically tortured by Enchantress, and thus forces the Squad back into their Belle Reve jail cells in the battle's aftermath.
Enchantress' Artifact: Amanda Waller acquired this jar-shaped Maya artifact from June Moone after the latter found it in Tres Osos Caves and released Enchantress.
Handgun: Amanda Waller is is seen carrying a handgun, which she used to execute her FBI subordinates, due to them knowing of her catastrophic error in judgement, that made the mystical Midway City incident possible.

Relationships

Allies

United States government
- Dexter Tolliver - supporter
United States Armed Forces
- Admiral Olsen
National Security Council
- General Edwards - opposer turned supporter and authorizer
ARGUS - subordinates
- Rick Flag - leader of unwilling expendable allies, manipulatee
- June Moone - former manipulatee
Katana - willing ally and subordinate
CIA - allied government organization
FBI - allied government organization
- FBI agents † - subordinates turned victims
LexCorp Industries
- Lex Luthor - acquaintance
United States Air Force
- Lieutenant "GQ" Edwards †
Wayne Enterprises
- Batman - situational ally
- Van Criss Laboratories
  - Dr. Van Criss † - supplier of nano-bombs
Superman † - respected hero

Enemies

Enchantress † - obedient ally turned enemy and torturer
- Eyes of the Adversary
Incubus † - capturer and enemy
Joker's gang
- Joker - attempted killer turned attempted victim
- Harley Quinn - former subordinate and manipulatee
- Jonny Frost
- Panda Man
Suicide Squad - unwilling expendable allies, subordimates and manipulatees
- Deadshot
- Captain Boomerang
- Killer Croc
- El Diablo †
- Slipknot † - victim

Gallery

Promotional stills

Promotional images

Trivia

Amanda Waller is revealed to be one of the extreme few individuals who knows Batman's secret identity.

Behind the scenes

Oprah Winfrey and Octavia Spencer were the other two front runners for the role of Amanda Waller alongisde Viola Davis.
Viola Davis signed a three film contract in her role as Waller starting with 2016's Suicide Squad.^[3]

References

[Lexical_Analysis-1] Lexical Analysis

[SlipknotWonderWoman-2] Slipknot & Wonder Woman's Shocking Pre-Suicide Squad History Revealed - MovieWeb

[3] Suicide Squad's Viola Davis Has A Three Picture Deal

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+'''Amanda Waller''' is a high-ranking United States government official who is the Director of [[ARGUS]], while having ties to several other espionage and law enforcement agencies, as well as being the commanding officer for the expendable field team [[Task Force X|Suicide Squad]] (officially known as Task Force X), and an occasional situational ally of [[Batman]].
-'''Ares''' was the fearsome God of War and son of [[Zeus]], who was worshiped by the Ancient Greeks and Romans (though they would give him the name '''Mars'''). Millennia ago, Zeus created the Amazons, specifically [[Wonder Woman]], as a fail-safe against Ares's own power. Ares would ultimately instigate and win the [[War of the Gods]], killing all other [[Olympian God]]s, but also forced to temporarily retreat in the process. Ares would later reappear during [[World War I]], after showing interest in [[Doctor Poison|Dr. Poison]]'s newly developed deadly gas. Ares desired to use the gas against [[human]]ity, a race which he had developed bitter jealousy for.
 ==Biography==
 ===Early Life===
+Amanda Waller at some point became the Director of [[ARGUS]] and swiftly built up a fearsome reputation for herself, being nicknamed is "The Wall" due to how ruthless, dominating, and unrelenting she is when dealing with others. As a result, many frightening stories about Waller are told by those who have encountered her (as a warning), but practically everyone disbelieves them until dealing with her personally. Waller therefore becomes one of the most feared and respected people in the US government.
-Ares was born millennia ago to [[Zeus]], King of the Olympian Gods, as one of the latter's many godly children.
-===[[War of the Gods]]===
+===Meeting Lex Luthor===
+Amanda Waller is known to have meet supergenius [[Lex Luthor]] on at least one occasion, as he indirectly referred to Waller, [[ARGUS]], and the [[Task Force X]] idea, in an interview with [[Ron Troupe]]<ref name="Lexical Analysis">[http://www.wired.com/brandlab/2015/12/lexical-analysis-lex-luthor-on-disrupting-the-vigilante-industrial-complex/ Lexical Analysis]</ref>.
-[[File:Zeus_vs_Ares.jpg|thumb|250px|Zeus vs. Ares]]
-Ares viewed the [[human]] race that Zeus created with disdain, and began corrupting them with war, blood-thirst, and violence. Zeus responded by creating a new race - the [[Amazon]]s, who were intended to protect humanity from Ares' influence, while spreading love and compassion. Ares, however, violently rebelled, starting the [[War of the Gods]] on [[Olympus]], which resulted in him killing off the other Olympian Gods for disagreeing with his bloodthirst and extremism. Ultimately, when only Zeus was left, he faced Ares in combat and defeated him, but was mortally wounded in the process. Before Zeus died, he fathered [[Wonder Woman|Diana]] (as a contingency weapon that could one day save humanity by defeating Ares) by [[Hippolyta]], and created the protected island paradise [[Themyscira]] for the Amazons to live, hidden from the God of War.
+===Metahuman emergence and Task Force X===
-===Corrupting Humanity===
+Amanda Waller notes that even after his death, [[Superman]] still continues to have a profound impact on the world - his alien heritage and usage of his powers for selfless heroism make Superman a beacon of hope and inspiration for [[metahuman]]s like the [[Flash]], inducing them to more openly use their powers and come out into the light, with the Flash notably apprehending the notorious bank robber [[Captain Boomerang]] as a result.
-Now, as the sole surviving unopposed [[Olympian God]], Ares again proceeded to corrupt humankind with war, determined to wipe the race out, but that ultimately proved ineffective. Hence, at some point, Ares came to [[Earth]], disguising himself as an elderly and kindly human named of "Sir Patrick Morgan", and became an advocate member of the [[United Kingdom|British War Council]]. Secretly, however, Ares would support the German [[General Ludendorff]], slyly inducing him and [[Doctor Poison|Dr. Poison]] to create an extremely deadly gas, which Ares intended to use for wiping out humanity for good.
+Waller herself however, has a much more negative view on [[Superman]] after his death, since while she posthumously respects Superman himself for his benevolence and selfless heroism, she recognizes that there could very well be other beings out there, beings with equally tremendous godlike power, coupled with far less friendly intentions (what she refers to as a potential "World War III"). Fearing the inability of [[human]]s to stop such beings, Waller promptly advocates for the creation of [[Task Force X]] - her own potentially disposable team of individuals with exceptional powers, abilities, and skills, which could be forced to battle against such formidable threats as a contingency, whereas a normal non-disposable human army would be powerless.
-===Instigating World War I===
-In 1918, Ares witnessed the arrival of Diana to London from [[Themyscira]], but maintained his disguise, initially pretending not to know her identity. When [[Steve Trevor]] reported his discovery of Dr. Poison's notebook and the location of Ludendorff's base to the war department, the rest of the committee denied him a mission to halt their plans, earning them the ire of Diana which "Sir Patrick" silently observed. Ares had a word with Trevor and Diana afterwords.
+Waller would select the most suitable candidates for this task force: the lethally formidable marksman [[Deadshot]], the notorious rope assassin [[Slipknot]], prolific Australian bank robber [[Captain Boomerang]], the formidable psychopath [[Harley Quinn]], the mighty metahuman [[Killer Croc]], the exceptionally powerful pyrokinetic metahuman [[El Diablo]], and finally [[Enchantress]] - the most powerful metahuman that Waller had ever come across. Waller also intended to have US Colonel [[Rick Flag]] join the team as its leader, along with his extremely formidable samurai bodyguard [[Katana]].
-Against the wishes of the committee, Ares later on met with [[Steve Trevor's team|Steve and the rest of his compatriots]] at a local bar, and showed his support for a raid by providing them enough funds for a halfway transport to Belgium, earning their gratitude.
+However, Waller realized that putting such a team together would take an exceptional amount of planning and persuasion.
-Trevor later decided to infiltrate a ball celebrating Ludendorff's first firing of Poison's new mustard gas formula. While relaying this information to [[Etta Candy]], Etta relayed the information to "Sir Patrick", who vehemently denied him access, but was savvy enough to know that Trevor would go regardless.
+===Assembling potential Task Force X recruits===
-=== Tempting Diana ===
+Prior to advocating her idea of [[Task Force X]], Waller would order [[Rick Flag]] to protect [[June Moone]], the woman who unwillingly hosted the spirit of [[Enchantress]] (after discovering it in a vial in Central America). The two would quickly grow close and become lovers, as Waller had intended in order for her to attain leverage over the both of them. In order to ensure Enchantress' cooperation with joining the task force, Waller gains possession of the metahuman's cut-out heart, threatening to kill her if Enchantress refuses to comply with her orders.
-After Trevor, Diana, and the rest of their team discovered a large bombing facility manufacturing and loading mustard gas to be used against the Allies, Ares decided to take matters into his own hands. Transporting himself to the facility, "Sir Patrick" finally shed his disguise and revealed himself to Diana after she killed Ludendorff, whom she falsely believed to be the God of War. He went on to agree with his half-sister's recent sentiments that humanity doesn't deserve the help of the Olympian Gods, but instead destruction. Ares then began stating his reasoning behind everything he had done up to that point. After retrieving the "Godkiller" sword from Ludendorff's dead body, Diana attempted to strike at him, but Ares simply held his hand out and disintegrated the weapon, stating that the sword wasn't the Godkiller; Diana herself was.
+In order to gain [[Deadshot]] for her squad, Waller secretly became a situational ally of [[Batman]], anonymously letting the latter know when and where best to intercept Deadshot (when he is together with his daughter [[Zoe Lawton]]), with the Dark Knight successfully carrying it out, having Deadshot imprisoned in [[Blackgate Penitentiary]], with Waller then transferring him to [[Belle Reve]].
-Ares continued to try and tempt Diana into joining his side by telling that he wanted humanity's eradication because he saw the inherent evil in Zeus's creations, whispering into the ears of mortals who craved destruction. From his point of view, humanity itself chose to start a war with the ideas he planted in their heads; he himself had nothing to do with it. Even the influence of the [[Lasso of Truth]] didn't dissuade him; it only furthered his resolve, as he used Zeus's lightning to warp the Lasso and show Diana vivid illusions of a world at peace through the end of humanity. Despite his efforts, Diana ultimately decided that she couldn't be a part of Ares' plan.
+Around the same time, Batman would also pursue [[Harley Quinn]] and her boyfriend [[Joker]] (due to them being long-term enemies of his), but the Joker manages to escape, so Batman swiftly incapacitates Harley and drives her to [[Arkham Asylum]], where she is imprisoned, with Waller then promptly transferring her to [[Belle Reve]].
-===Sibling Duel===
-{{quote|Let's see what kind of God you really are!|Ares to Diana|Wonder Woman (film)}}
-[[File:WW-5455544.png|thumb|250px|Ares engages his half-sister.]]
-The God of War then regrettably engaged his half-sister in combat, beginning by destroying the tower they were in and sending Diana flying. Seeing that she survived, he began telekinetically trying to slam her with metal slabs on the ground, but she dissuaded these efforts. Ares noted the naivete of his half-sister as she tried to whip him with the Lasso of Truth, simply creating strong winds to blow it away and dodging a slab toss by hovering in the air. He then attempted to crush Diana with an uplifted chunk of concrete, but she easily dodged and hit him with her bracelets. Tossed away, Ares stopped a box filled with explosives from reaching him, but Diana caused an explosion by simply throwing another box, temporarily incapacitating the both of them.
-[[File:Ares_forging_weapons.jpg|thumb|left|251px|Ares forming swords from nearby weaponry.]]
-After the both of them recovered, Ares began to take the fight more seriously, manipulating the metal around him into a makeshift suit of plate armor, complete with Spartan-esque helmet, and nonchalantly walked out of the inferno he was in. Diana rushed at him, Ares responding by tossing huge shards of metal and combating her with crude swords. Even as they fought, the God of War continued stating how humanity would die, with neither of them gaining an upper hand on the other until Ares choked Diana and threw her into a large tank, wrapping her with its treads.
-===Death===
-Ares condescendingly threatened Diana and attempted to force her surrender, but Diana bore witness to Steve's selfless suicide by blowing up the plane of mustard gas, making her send out a shockwave that threw Ares back. The God of War then began seeing her combat the German soldiers with great anger, and he began his platitude once again in the belief that Diana finally saw from his point of view and continuing to state humanity's weakness and rush to violence, even stating Trevor's heroic sacrifice as him leaving Diana. She threw her fists into Ares' face, only for him to push her back and summon Dr. Poison's car, tossing the mad scientist out as use as a final counterargument to Diana. Fully angered, Diana nearly crushed Poison with a tank until she looked back on Steve's final words. Poison escaped as Diana approached her half-brother, saying that while humanity is indeed everything Ares says they are, they are also more than meets the eye.
+[[Captain Boomerang]] would be intercepted by the extremely powerful metahuman [[Flash]] during yet another one of his bank robberies, with Boomerang subsequently getting imprisoned in [[Central City]], and then promptly transferred by Waller to Belle Reve as well.
-Angered, Ares summoned another cadre of mighty swords and thrust himself at Diana, but every sword that attempted to reach out to her disintegrated, showing that she had finally tapped into her Olympian Godly power through her emotions. Determined, she released another shockwave that grounded Ares and removed his helmet. Furious, the God of War summoned a thunderbolt as he stated that humanity deserved none of Diana's love, but Diana blocked and absorbed its energies as she countered by saying it's not about deserving her love, but about believing in a cause, with hers ultimately being love. Finally at the brink of madness because of her rejection of his cause, Ares summoned an even more powerful bolt and sending all of its intensity at his sister, who absorbed more energy thanks to her bracelets. Now overcome with surprise, Ares could only watch as she redirected the thunderbolt back at him, destroying him once and for all, and thereby ending the existence of the Olympian Gods.
+[[Killer Croc]], being another major enemy of [[Batman]]'s, is repeatedly chased out of [[Gotham City]] by the Dark Knight, thus eventually intercepted and tasered into submission by Waller's [[ARGUS]] SWAT team, and taken to Belle Reve.
-==Personality==
-Ares, as the God of War, is extremely violent, bloodthirsty, selfish, sinister, and egregiously malevolent, willing to wipe out [[human]]ity (by instigating the devastating [[World War I]] and then utilizing [[Doctor Poison|Dr. Poison]]'s immensely deadly hydrogen mustard gas), and ruthlessly killing off all of the other [[Olympian God]]s in the [[War of the Gods]] when they opposed his hatred of humanity. Ares is purely evil and irredeemable, as he doesn't hesitate to turn against his allies when they are no longer useful to him (such as Dr. Poison), and even against his own family, remorselessly murdering his own father [[Zeus]] when the latter stood in Ares' way. Indeed, Ares seems to genuinely believe that without humanity existing on [[Earth]], the planet would be a paradise.
+Extremely powerful metahuman [[El Diablo]] one day unintentionally loses his temper during a family spat, accidentally killing his wife and 2 children with his pyrokinesis. Utterly devastated, El Diablo willingly turns himself in to the Los Angeles authorities, subsequently getting transferred by Waller to Belle Reve.
-Ares is also extremely intelligent and divinely wise, given his tremendously long godly lifespan, allowing him unparalleled insight into humanity's darker traits, something no other Olympian God had, apart from Ares' father [[Zeus]]. Hence, even when not utilizing his divine powers, Ares is still extremely dangerous and absolutely lethal.
+And finally, [[Slipknot]] is also subdued, by the mighty [[Wonder Woman]]<ref name="SlipknotWonderWoman">[http://movieweb.com/suicide-squad-movie-slipknot-wonder-woman-connection/ ''Slipknot & Wonder Woman's Shocking Pre-Suicide Squad History Revealed'' - MovieWeb]</ref>, with Waller gleefully transferring her final task force candidate to Belle Reve.
-Despite his violent and bloodthirsty nature though, Ares (much like [[Lex Luthor]] after him) is a deceptive genius who can expertly hide it under a persuasive façade of calmness, kindness, perceptiveness, as well as his persuasive rhetoric, with Ares also usually not desiring to fight individuals who could be useful to him otherwise, like [[Wonder Woman]]. Indeed, while posing as the human "Sir Patrick Morgan", Ares deceived not only [[Wonder Woman]], but even the highly experienced spies [[Steve Trevor]] and [[Sameer]] into believing that he was a staunch Allied Powers supporter, with him notably funding [[Steve Trevor's team]] for their military expedition to find and defeat [[General Ludendorff]], with Wonder Woman never suspecting "Sir Patrick" until Ares willingly reveals himself to her.
+Thus, will all of Waller's potentially unwilling intended [[Task Force X]] recruits finally being subdued and locked up within [[Belle Reve]] (or as Waller herself describes it, put him in a hole, with the hole getting thrown away), she finally prepares to present her idea to fellow government officials.
-Ares is also a phenomenal demagogue, with the usage of wise and seemingly rational arguments making Ares' method even more effective. Hence, even after revealing himself and his motives to [[Wonder Woman]], Ares claimed to be "the God of Truth, not War" (notably saying this while restrained by the [[Lasso of Truth]]), and was still quite persuasive in presenting his viewpoints (him not actually being her enemy, and humanity being inherently malevolent and destructive even without his influence), to the point that it gave even the determined Wonder Woman some pause before she could even respond. As such, Ares succeeded in riling up Wonder Woman to a ferocious display of violence, and (by insulting [[Steve Trevor]]'s sacrifice) almost got her to murder [[Doctor Poison|Dr. Poison]].
+===Presenting her idea===
-Ares' greatest weakness is his occasional overconfidence and arrogance (much like it is for [[Enchantress]], [[Erich Ludendorff|General Ludendorff]], and [[Amanda Waller]]), with the God of War believing that his phenomenal divine power and ability to enhance himself from violence makes him practically unbeatable. This ultimately becomes his downfall, as [[Wonder Woman]] is able to use her non-violent emotions of love and compassion to overpower and defeat Ares, fulfilling her role as the "Godkiller."
+{{quote|Because getting people to act against their own self-interest for the national security of the United States is what I do for a living.|Amanda Waller|Suicide Squad}}
+[[File:Amanda_Waller_sits_at_dinner_with_government_officials.jpg|thumb|251px|Waller discussing the fallout of Superman's death.]]
+Waller meets [[Dexter Tolliver]] and [[Admiral Olsen]] to discuss her [[Task Force X]] proposition, giving them a detailed description of all of the candidates. Ultimately, however, Olsen objects to the proposition, appalled at the idea of Waller entrusting homeland security to "witches, gang-bangers, crocodiles, and the Joker's girlfriend." Waller, however, remains adamant, and intends to present her idea at the [[The Pentagon|Pentagon]], and Dexter is more supportive of her idea.
+''to be added''
-==Powers and Abilities==
-<tabber>Powers=
+===Pentagon presentation===
-*'''Olympian God Physiology:''' As an [[Olympian God]], and a son of [[Zeus]] himself, Ares is a phenomenally powerful divine being, enough to surpass even the already tremendous might of [[Wonder Woman]].
+{{quote|What if Superman had decided to fly down, rip off the roof of the White House, and grab the President right out of the Oval Office? Who would have stopped him?|[[Dexter Tolliver]]|Suicide Squad}}
-**'''Immortality:''' Ares, due to him being an [[Olympian God]], has been alive for millennia, predating the time when [[Zeus]] created [[Human|humanity]] and the [[Amazon|Amazons]].
+''to be added''
-**'''Super Strength:''' Ares has a tremendous level of superhuman strength, notably superior to that of [[Wonder Woman]], with him able to send her flying vast distances with his incredibly mighty blows.
-**'''Invulnerability:''' Ares, as an [[Olympian God]], cannot be killed by normal superficial means, given as how [[Zeus]] was only slain by another Olympian God, Ares himself. As such, Ares withstood numerous tremendously mighty blows from [[Wonder Woman]], conflagrations, and the full force of massive explosions, all without any permanent damage.
+===Belle Reve visit===
-***'''Healing Factor''': Ares, after being grievously wounded and forced into retreat by [[Zeus]] in the [[War of the Gods]], managed to heal from it in a very short time.
+''to be added''
-**'''Super Speed:''' Ares can move at considerable superhuman speeds, going toe-to-toe with Wonder Woman's speed during their final fight, even outmaneuvering her on several occasions, despite his muscular physique and heavy armor.
-***'''Super Reflexes:''' Ares's speed extends to his reflexes as well, even if he is not moving at super speed, as when [[Wonder Woman]] first swung a massive piece of debris at him with her [[Lasso of Truth]], Ares swiftly flew out of the way, and proceeded to dodge and counter many of her ensuing attacks.
+===Enchantress' escape and Task Force deployment===
-**'''War Manipulation''': Ares, as the God of War, has the formidable power to manipulate war, strife, combat, bloodlust, rage, and other forms of conflict. This power also allows Ares to naturally be incredibly skilled in all forms of fighting, and weaponry.
+Waller's fears ultimately prove to be valid, as several days later [[June Moone]] transforms into the [[Enchantress]] during her sleep, subsequently teleporting back to her Central American tomb, and opening the vial containing the spirit of her brother [[Incubus]]. Enchantress then takes him back to [[Midway City]] and incapacitates a man in the subway, with Incubus forcing the unwilling human to host him.
-***'''War Inducement''': Ares can induce conflicts by influencing people or events - raising personal and fanatical armies, shown when he corrupted [[human]]ity with warfare shortly after the race's creation, when he instigated the extremely devastating [[War of the Gods]] on [[Olympus]], as well as later the equally devastating [[World War I]] (more horrific than any war before it in human history), which spanned much of [[Earth]] and lead to the deaths of millions.
-***'''Violence Empowerment:''' Ares channels violence, hatred, rage, bloodshed and death to render himself more and more powerful, hence every time [[Wonder Woman]] attempted to fight Ares with violence, the God of War maintained the upper hand (the violence, hatred, devastation, and rage of Wonder Woman only making Ares more powerful), only losing when Wonder Woman understood and utilized the power of love against him instead.
+As the two mystical [[metahuman]]s fully build up their powers, they become the incredibly powerful threat than Waller had foreseen, as while Enchantress and Incubus would also, like the [[Flash]], be inspired by [[Superman]] to come out into the light, the intentions of this duo are far less benevolent - recalling how they were once worshiped as gods by ancient humans millennia ago, both of them resolve to conquer [[Earth]] and subjugate its inhabitants to their will. Thus, the implementation of Waller's [[Task Force X]] becomes necessary.
-***'''Violence Telepathy:''' Ares can subtly influence the thoughts of individuals that are predisposed to violence, hatred, rage, and bloodshed, with him covertly invading their minds, as in this way, Ares taught both opposing sides of [[World War I]] how to create innovative formidable weapons, notably giving [[General Ludendorff]] and [[Doctor Poison|Dr. Poison]] the idea of using lethal chemical warfare against the Allied Powers. He seemed to have also influenced Dr. Poison to create the [[metahuman]] gas that Ludendorff used to gain temporary physical enhancements as a ploy to fool Wonder Woman into thinking that Ludendorff was Ares, and to break her faith in humanity further. Indeed, after Ares' supposed death at the hands of [[Wonder Woman]], many Central and Allied Powers soldiers embraced and smiled, as if they had just woken up from an enthrallment, ending World War I for good.
-**'''Divine Electrokinesis:''' Ares, like his father [[Zeus]], can generate and control divine electricity to an extreme degree, generating everything from precise small tendrils to tremendous torrents (which incinerated almost anything in Ares' path) from his hands, with Ares also able to conduct extreme amounts of electricity through touch, with that allowing him to instantly break free from Wonder Woman's otherwise unbreakable [[Lasso of Truth]]. He could also summon immense celestial bolts of lightning, and redirect them towards desired targets.
+''more to be added''
-**'''Telekinesis:''' Ares can move, hurl and manipulate objects' movements to an immense degree with mere hand gestures, thus keeping the [[Lasso of Truth]] from entangling him while fighting [[Wonder Woman]], as well as telekinetically projecting waves of debris and hurling entire tanks at her. Indeed, Ares' telekinesis exerts such tremendous force, that he was able to immobilize Wonder Woman by having thick metal sheets pin her torso to the ground, forcing her to helplessly watch as [[Steve Trevor]] died, as she struggled to break free from Ares' telekinetic clutches.
-**'''Matter Transmutation:''' Ares was able use his telekinesis to summon battle debris towards himself and than transmute the debris into a fearsome and powerful black  battle armor and a diabolical 4-horned helmet, as well as many mighty swords he created during his battle with [[Wonder Woman]]. He can even transmute parts of his armor into weapons, given as how he created a chain from the arm brace of his armor during his battle with Wonder Woman.
+===Amanda Waller's files===
-**'''Thermokinesis:''' [[File:REB_ARES_1.png|thumb|250px|Ares, melting open his helmet.]]Ares can manipulate and conduct an immense amount of heat, notably doing so when Wonder Woman tried stabbing him with her [[God killer|Godkiller]] sword (with the blade melting and harmlessly breaking into pieces upon touching the God of War), and when Ares used his superheated fingers to melt open the eye and mouth openings of his reforged battle helmet.
+{{Quote|That's the difference between us, Mr. Wayne - you believe in friendship, I believe in leverage.|Amanda Waller to [[Bruce Wayne]]|Suicide Squad}}
-**'''Teleportation:''' Ares can instantly traverse immense distances at will, appearing before [[Wonder Woman]] moments after she slayed [[General Ludendorff]], teleporting all the way from [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]] to [[Belgium]]. He swiftly disappears again as soon as Wonder Woman slashes her sword at Ares, promptly reappearing some distance away.
+Mere days after the [[Task Force X|Suicide Squad]]'s re-imprisonment, Waller meets her situational ally [[Batman|Bruce Wayne]], and, in exchange for him promising her to take care of the rumors following the aftermath of the calamitous mystical events in [[Midway City]], Waller gives Bruce files on the specific Metahumans that he requested (including [[Aquaman]] and the [[Flash]], along with [[Enchantress]]). As Bruce turns to leave, Waller lets him know that she is aware that he is Batman, and he, though somewhat surprised, sternly warns Waller to shut down Task Force X or he and his [[Justice League|team]] of friends will do it for her.
-**'''Invisibility:''' Ares can render himself imperceptible to [[human]]s as he covertly manipulates and corrupts them, notably doing so to [[General Ludendorff]] and [[Doctor Poison|Dr. Poison]].
-**'''Shape-Shifting:''' [[File:Patrick_Morgan_-_001.png|thumb|200px|Ares, as "Sir Patrick Morgan."]]Ares can persuasively alter his true divine appearance whenever necessary, notably posing as the middle-aged and lame-legged human "Sir Patrick Morgan."
+==Personality==
-**'''Illusion Casting:''' [[File:ARES_ILLUSION.png|thumb|left|201px|Ares' vibrant paradise illusion.]]Ares can conjure up extremely realistic and vibrant illusions, notably temporarily altering the environment around himself and Wonder Woman to look like a luscious forest ally (representing the "paradise" that [[Earth]] could be without humanity).
+{{Quote|They warned me about you... My dumb ass didn't believe the stories."<br>"Nobody does.|[[Rick Flag]] and Amanda Waller|Suicide Squad}}
-**'''Flight:''' Ares can fly at considerable speeds both on [[Olympus]] and [[Earth]], capable of maneuvering with precision in any direction, as well as hovering in one place.
+Amanda Waller is an exceptionally intelligent woman, especially in the fields of tactics and political science, not above using questionable and even outright amoral methods to achieve her planned goals. She is a manipulative and devious leverager, priding herself in being able to frequently get people to act against their own self-interests, even people as dangerous the members of her [[Task Force X|Suicide Squad]], with Waller gaining leverage over them, rather than simply attempting to out-fight them, using any of their exploitable weaknesses to her advantage. Indeed, her nickname is "The Wall" due to how ruthless, dominating, and unrelenting she is when dealing with others, which makes Waller one of the most feared and respected people in the US government. Indeed, prior to joining [[ARGUS]], [[Rick Flag]] would be warned about Waller via frightening stories about her (which many people have a tendency to initially disbelieve), and [[Harley Quinn]] even compared Waller to the biblical Devil. However, in this regard, Waller unintentionally gains the respect (and to some extent, disrespect) of the Squad after ruthlessly executing her [[FBI]] subordinates in front of them. After witnessing this, [[Deadshot]], himself a notorious assassin, respectfully calls Waller a "mean lady", remarking that "[it's] gangsta", while [[Killer Croc]] even claims to like her. Waller also knows to make some useful situational allies, a notable one being [[Batman]].
-|-|
-Abilities=
+Although Waller has no [[metahuman]] powers herself, she more than makes up for it with her tremendous determination and willpower, which make her an extremely formidable opponent. Hence, when [[Enchantress]] kidnaps her and demands that Waller reveal the locations of the secret technological facilities of [[ARGUS]], Waller adamantly refuses, emphasizing that she wouldn't break under torture, challenging Enchantress to "do [her] worst", even fearlessly insulting the latter to her face. Enchantress is thereby forced to knock out and telepathically assault the mind of Waller to get her way.
-*'''Genius-level Intellect:''' Ares is extremely intelligent and divinely wise, given his tremendously long godly lifespan, allowing him unparalleled insight into [[human]]ity's darker traits, something no other [[Olympian God]] had, apart from Ares' father [[Zeus]]. Ares' eclectic genius extends itself to his superb leadership, tactical, strategic, demagogic, deceptive, combat, and weapons intuition skills. Hence, even when not utilizing his divine powers, Ares is still extremely dangerous and absolutely lethal.
-**'''Expert Deceiver:''' Ares (much like [[Lex Luthor]] after him) is an extremely experienced deceptive genius, as he very convincingly posed as the human "Sir Patrick Morgan", and deceived not only [[Wonder Woman]], but even the highly experienced spies [[Steve Trevor]] and [[Sameer]] into believing that he was a staunch Allied Powers supporter, with him notably funding [[Steve Trevor's team]] for their military expedition to find and defeat [[General Ludendorff]], with Wonder Woman never suspecting "Sir Patrick" until Ares willingly reveals himself to her.
+However, Waller's leverage-based power is also her greatest weakness, since (ironically, much like [[Enchantress]]) it occasionally makes her arrogant and overconfident, believing that her perfect leverage over everyone she wishes to control, makes her supremely powerful. Hence, Waller is somewhat caught off-guard when an unexpected turn of events causes her plans to not work out the way she indented. This is most notable when [[Enchantress]] manages to outwit Waller - releasing her brother [[Incubus]] upon [[Midway City]], knowing full well that Waller (not knowing of him being Enchantress' brother) would dispatch her to take the mighty metahuman down, which, in turn, would allow Enchantress to reach Incubus and (via his mystical empowerment) and become immune to her exposed heart weakness before Waller could stop Enchantress by stabbing said heart. This catastrophic error in judgement on Waller' part results in the [[metahuman]] duo wreaking havoc upon [[Midway City]], forcing Waller to execute her [[FBI]] subordinates (due to their knowledge of this error of hers), and then turn to genius tactician [[Batman]] for help in the aftermath, so that he might help cover up her involvement in the matter, and keep the wrong people in the [[Central Intelligence Agency|US intelligence community]] from finding out.
-**'''Expert Demagogue:''' Ares is a divinely wise and experienced genius demagogue, since when posting as "Sir Patrick Morgan" to the [[United Kingdom|British War Council]], he successfully comes off as an altruistic advocate for peaceful negotiations, and a supporter of [[Wonder Woman]] and [[Steve Trevor's team]], with usage of wise and seemingly rational arguments making Ares' method even more effective. Indeed, even after revealing himself and his motives to Wonder Woman, Ares claimed to be "the God of Truth, not War" (notably saying this while restrained by the [[Lasso of Truth]]), and was still quite persuasive in presenting his viewpoints (him not actually being her enemy, and humanity being inherently malevolent and destructive even without his influence), to the point that it gave even the determined Wonder Woman some pause before she could even respond. As such, Ares succeeded in riling up Wonder Woman to a ferocious display of violence, and (by insulting [[Steve Trevor]]'s sacrifice) almost got her to murder [[Doctor Poison|Dr. Poison]].
-**'''Expert Social Intuit:''' Ares, in his "Sir Patrick Morgan" disguise, has a high degree of social confidence, allowing him to intuitively determine how to interact with others, gain their respect and get his point across with a calmness, eloquence, and charisma that belie his sadistic malevolence, megalomania, bloodthirst, and actual emotional state. Hence, Ares diplomatically greeted [[Diana Prince]] upon first meeting her (despite his initial desire to destroy the "Godkiller"), diplomatically addressed the [[United Kingdom|British War Council]], politely addressing [[Etta Candy]] with a proposition, and appealing to [[Steve Trevor's team]]'s trust by financially supporting their efforts, gaining their trust (all despite his incredible hatred of [[human]]s). Only when finally confronted by [[Wonder Woman]] does Ares not hold himself back in conversation for the first time, passionately expressing his immense hatred for humanity, and everything his father [[Zeus]]' race represents.
+However, while amoral, unempathetic, ruthless, and strict, everything Waller does is ultimately for the national safety of the [[United States of America|United States]] and she is ultimately not ungrateful, as Waller notably rewarded the surviving [[Task Force X|Suicide Squad]] members for saving the world and rescuing her from [[Enchantress]] and [[Incubus]] by not only taking 10 years off of each of their respective prison sentences, but also even generously granting them some personal requests (granting the prison cells of [[Harley Quinn]], [[Deadshot]] and [[Killer Croc]] an espresso machine, a punching bag, and cable TV respectively, as well as allowing Deadshot prolonged monitored visits to his daughter [[Zoe Lawton|Zoe]] from time to time).
-**'''Warfare Expertise''': Ares, as the God of War, is an unparalleled genius in all areas of warfare, with him effectively using this knowledge while posing as "Sir Patrick Morgan" of the [[United Kingdom|British War Council]].
-**'''Weapons Intuition:''' Ares also revealed to [[Wonder Woman]] that he had not been the one to start [[World War I]], but merely taught both opposing sides of the global war how to create innovative formidable weapons (barbed wire, flamethrowers, flare pistols, machine guns, tanks, airplanes, anti-aircraft guns, submarines, depth charges, and chemical weapons), which induced [[human]]s themselves to choose war with one another. Indeed, the chemical weapons developed by [[Doctor Poison|Dr. Poison]] under Ares' tutelage proved so effective (especially her new and deadlier version of hydrogen-based mustard gas), that chemical warfare would become prohibited following World War I.
+==Abilities==
-**'''Master Tactician:''' Ares, as the God of War and a megalomaniac, is an immensely formidable tactical and strategic genius, especially in regards to military tactics and strategies of war. As a result, Ares had been the one to discreetly start [[World War I]], had manipulated the outcome of defining battles in both sides in the war, and, despite the [[Germany|German Kaiser]] being close to surrendering to the Allies and ending the war, had Ares' strategy of utilizing [[Doctor Poison|Dr. Poison]]'s gas succeeded, the [[World War I|Central Powers]] would have emerged victorious, leaving much of [[human]]ity wiped out. As it was, Ares' strategy almost succeeded, and was only thwarted by [[Steve Trevor's team]] successfully intervening, and [[Steve Trevor]] himself selflessly sacrificing his life.
+{{Quote|But everyone has a weakness, and a weakness can get leveraged!|Amanda Waller|Suicide Squad}}<tabber>Abilities=
-*'''Master Combatant:''' Ares, as the God of War, is a phenomenally skilled, fierce, and formidable armed and hand-to-hand combatant, a master of numerous martial arts, as well as an expert in wielding weapons (be they swords, shields, chains, telekinetically hurled objects, etc.), with centuries of combat experience. Indeed, Ares' tremendous combat skills have allowed him to defeat and kill off all of the other Olympian Gods in the [[War of the Gods]] (even those more powerful than him, like his uncle [[Aquaman|Poseidon]] and father [[Zeus]]), and to consistently maintain the upper hand against the extremely skilled [[Wonder Woman]], mocking her skills, and with Wonder Woman only managing to ultimately defeat Ares with considerable effort and initial failure.
+*'''Gifted Intelligence''': Amanda Waller is exceptionally intelligent, which extends to her immensely formidable political science, leadership, tactical, demagogic, investigative, manipulation, hacking, exploitative networking, and leveraging skills.
-*'''Master Swordsman:''' Ares, as the God of War, is an incredibly skilled swordsman, with centuries of experience wielding his fearsome swords, most notably during the [[War of the Gods]] (where he slayed all other [[Olympian God]]s with them) and in his final battle with [[Wonder Woman]] (where he initially drove her back with his superior swordsmanship, though she notably had gotten her own sword broken before the battle).
+**'''Expert Tactician:''' Amanda Waller, is an immensely skilled manipulative tactician, being effective enough to have built up a fearsome reputation among US government officials. Given her lack of superpowers, Waller, much like [[Batman]], often uses cunning and planning to successfully outwit stronger and more powerful foes, gaining leverage over them rather than simply attempting to out-fight them, often using any of their exploitable weaknesses (such as [[Enchantress]]' cut out heart, [[Rick Flag]]'s love for [[June Moone]], [[Deadshot]]'s beloved daughter [[Zoe Lawton|Zoe]], and the threat of activating the nano-bombs implanted in the other [[Task Force X|Suicide Squad]] members) to her advantage, though Waller's methods are considerably more amoral than Batman's. Due to this, Waller is able to extend her authority over the extremely dangerous Suicide Squad members (something [[Admiral Olsen]] and [[Dexter Tolliver]] had initially considered impossible), forcing them to battle [[Enchantress]], [[Incubus]], and the mystical duo's monstrous army. By promising [[Deadshot]] freedom and a permanent reunion with his daughter Zoe, Waller is almost able to get him to assassinate an escaping [[Harley Quinn]], with him able to resist the extremely tempting offer only with a visible amount of effort. Even when caught off-guard by the [[Joker]] when the latter unexpectedly hijacks her [[ARGUS]] helicopter, Waller swiftly regains control of the situation, forcing the Joker to retreat by shooting him down. Ultimately however, Waller seems to recognize [[Batman]] as a superior tactician, since she turns to him for help in the aftermath of the [[Midway City]] events, with Batman promising to protect Waller by covering up her involvement in the events, keeping the wrong people in the [[Central Intelligence Agency|US intelligence community]] from finding out about her one catastrophic error in judgement.
+**'''Expert Political Scientist:''' Amanda Waller, as a very high-ranking US government official, and the Director of [[ARGUS]], with ties to several other espionage and law enforcement agencies (such as the [[FBI]] and [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]), is an extremely skilled political scientist, understanding the inner workings of political structures and their intended goals. Hence, Waller fully understood the paradigm shift that the goals of modern politics took (referring to it as "World War III"), first after the emergence of [[Superman]], then after his subsequent death, and then following the [[metahuman]]s' emergence, with Waller superbly using this to her own benefit, by having [[Dexter Tolliver]] and [[Enchantress]] openly address the newfound concerns of politicians, as they addressed the [[The Pentagon|National Security Council]] in the [[The Pentagon|Pentagon]].
+**'''Expert Demagogue:''' Amanda Waller is a superbly skilled demagogue, since her intention is to come off as a pioneering altruist concerned with [[United States of America|United States]] national security, so she therefore masterfully appeals to popular desires and prejudices when addressing fellow US government officials, championing the cause of covert [[metahuman]] exploitation as a contingency against impending threats of incredible power (like "the next [[Superman]]"), with her usage of seemingly rational arguments making Waller's method even more effective. Waller's most notable demagogic demonstration was when she presented her [[Task Force X]] sales pitch to the [[The Pentagon|National Security Council]], even managing to swiftly convince the adamantly oppositional [[General Edwards]], by demonstrating how valuable [[Enchantress]] could be to US national security as an exploitable asset, due to Waller having the perfect leverage over her.
+**'''Expert Networker:''' Amanda Waller, as a very high-ranking US government official, superbly uses a dense network of professional and social contacts to further her power ambitions. This is notable through her influence of other espionage and law enforcement agencies (like the [[FBI]] and [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]), the [[United States Army|US army]] (like [[General Edwards]] of the [[The Pentagon|National Security Council]]), powerful companies (like [[Wayne Enterprises]]'s [[Van Criss Laboratories]]), and certain prisons (like [[Belle Reve]] supermax). Hence, Waller is able to discreetly keep tabs on numerous people and things that interest her, was able to get [[Batman]] to take down [[Harley Quinn]], [[Deadshot]], and [[Killer Croc]] for her, learned the secret identities of Batman, [[Aquaman]], and [[Flash]], and was able to transfer inmates that interested her all the way to [[Belle Reve]]. However, Waller still needed Batman's direct help in order to prevent the [[Central Intelligence Agency|US intelligence community]] from finding out about her catastrophic error in [[Midway City]].
+**'''Expert Leader:''' Amanda Waller, as the Director of [[ARGUS]], is a superbly skilled leader, having lead her organization for years, as well as occasionally leading other agencies' operatives (such as some [[FBI]] agents while in [[Midway City]]), inspiring fierce loyalty from her subordinates.
+**'''Expert Hacker:''' Amanda Waller is highly skilled hacker (thou not quite on pair with [[Batman]] and [[Lex Luthor]], as she was able to hack into several security cameras in [[Midway City]], from the [[John F. Ostrander Federal Building]], in order to monitor the [[Task Force X|Suicide Squad]] during their mission (reminding them that she's watching and "can see everything"), and to study how [[Enchantress]] transformed humans into [[Eyes of the Adversary]], though Waller notably had some assistance from her [[FBI]] subordinates in this.
+*'''Indomitable Will:''' Amanda Waller, although she has no [[metahuman]] powers, has tremendous determination and strength of will, which make her an extremely formidable opponent. Indeed, her nickname is "The Wall" due to how ruthless, dominating, and unrelenting Waller is when dealing with others, which makes her one of the most feared and respected people in the US government. Hence, when [[Enchantress]] kidnaps her and demands that Waller reveal the locations of the secret technological facilities of [[ARGUS]], Waller adamantly refuses, emphasizing that she wouldn't break under torture, challenging Enchantress to "do [her] worst", even fearlessly insulting the latter to her face. Hence, Enchantress is forced to knock out and telepathically assault the mind of Waller to get her way.
+*'''Expert  Markswoman:''' Amanda Waller is a highly skilled markswoman, swiftly shooting down some of her [[FBI]] subordinates (due to them knowing of her catastrophic error in judgement, the one that made the mystical [[Midway City]] incident possible).
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 Weaknesses=
+*'''Arrogance:''' Amanda Waller's greatest weakness (ironically much like for [[Enchantress]]) is her overconfidence and arrogance, with Waller believing that since she has seemingly perfect leverage over everyone she wishes to control, that this makes her supremely powerful. Hence, Waller is somewhat caught off-guard when an unexpected turn of events causes her plans to not work out the way she indented. This is most notable when [[Enchantress]] manages to outwit Waller - releasing her brother [[Incubus]] upon [[Midway City]], knowing full well that Waller (not knowing of him being Enchantress' brother) would dispatch her to take the mighty metahuman down, which, in turn, would allow Enchantress to reach Incubus and (via his mystical empowerment) and become immune to her exposed heart weakness before Waller could stop Enchantress by stabbing said heart. This catastrophic error in judgement on Waller' part results in the metahuman duo wreaking havoc upon [[Midway City]], forcing Waller to execute her [[FBI]] subordinates (due to their knowledge of this error of hers), and then turn to genius tactician [[Batman]] for help in the aftermath, so that he might help cover up her involvement in the matter, and keep the wrong people in the [[Central Intelligence Agency|US intelligence community]] from finding out.
-*'''Arrogance:''' Ares' greatest weakness is his occasional overconfidence and arrogance (much like it is for [[Enchantress]], [[Erich Ludendorff|General Ludendorff]], and [[Amanda Waller]]), with the God of War believing that his phenomenal divine power and ability to enhance himself from violence makes him practically unbeatable.
+*'''Human Vulnerabilities''': Amanda Waller's other main weakness is that she is a [[human]] with no enhanced strength, speed, durability, or [[metahuman]] powers, therefore making her quite vulnerable to the physical attacks of stronger and more powerful opponents. Waller, however, usually compensates for this quite well with her exceptional intellect and useful equipment, since while most of the [[Task Force X|Suicide Squad]] members (particularly [[Deadshot]], [[Killer Croc]], and [[El Diablo]]) are powerful or skilled enough to defeat her without much effort, Waller's tactical brilliance had accounted for this in advance, and rendered them unable to do so, since if any of the Squad members were to attempt to kill her, she would instantly activate the nano-bombs implanted into them with her detonator, killing them instantly (as she did with [[Slipknot]]). However, Waller's helicopter was swiftly and easily taken down by the extremely powerful [[Incubus]], who subsequently imprisoned her. Waller was subsequently also easily subdued and had her mind telepathically probed by [[Enchantress]] (due to Waller having lost access to the metahuman's cut out heart), making it necessary for the Squad to rescue her.
-*'''Beings of Equal Power:''' Ares, when fighting other [[Olympian God]]s (such as his father [[Zeus]]) is more vulnerable, as they are powerful enough to injure and even kill Ares, as during the [[War of the Gods]], Zeus was able to temporarily force Ares into retreat off of [[Olympus]] by grievously wounding him, and Ares was albe to mortally wound Zeus in the process.
-**'''[[Wonder Woman]]:''' Ares can be killed by her, since [[Zeus]] had created and empowered his [[Olympian God|demigoddess]] daughter Wonder Woman to be the "Godkiller", as a fail-safe to stop Ares and save humanity from his corrupting influence.
-*'''Non-Violent Combat:''' Ares, when attacked by an opponent filled with violence, hatred, or rage, will surely win, as the presence of those emotions only allows Ares to become more powerful. However, a sufficiently mentally powerful opponent can bypass this by attacking Ares without those violent emotions, however, unless said opponent is also sufficiently physically powerful, Ares, even weakened by a violent emotions shortage, will still prevail. This was seen when [[Wonder Woman]] finally found true love by remembering her last conversation with [[Steve Trevor]], who bid her farewell and declared his love for her, prior to his sacrifice. This calmed Diana of her violence and instead filled her heart and emotions of compassion and love, even for Ares himself, and thus it allowed her to weaken and defeat the God of War, since it also finally allowed her to fully unlock her [[Olympian God|demigodly]] powers.
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 Equipment=
+As the Director of [[ARGUS]], with ties to several other espionage and law enforcement agencies (such as the [[FBI]] and [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]), Amanda Waller has access to some of the most sophisticated technology in the world, owned by the US government, allowing her to be extremely well-informed in regards to individuals (be they [[human]], [[metahuman]], or otherworldly) who could potentially pose a threat to [[Earth]] (allowing Waller to keep discreet tabs on all of the [[Task Force X|Suicide Squad]] and some of the future [[Justice League]] members, among others), along with Waller's knowledge of many, classified, global security secrets. Hence, Waller is one of the extreme few to know the secret identities of at least [[Batman]], [[Aquaman]], and the [[Flash]].
-*'''Battle Armor:''' Ares' [[File:REB_ARES_ARMOR.png|thumb|249px|Ares, having re-assembled his battle armor.]]fiercely intimidating black armor with a 4-horned helmet that is always worn by the war god in battles.
+*'''[[Nano-bomb Detonators|Nano-bomb Detonator]]:''' Amanda Waller, in order to ensure the compliance of most [[Task Force X|Suicide Squad]] members (apart from [[Rick Flag]] and [[Katana]]), has them injected with powerful [[Van Criss Laboratories]] nano-bombs, and keeps the detonator on her (with a separate button for each individual) - ready to blow off the heads of any of them, should they step out of line or fail to comply, with her notably killing [[Slipknot]] in this way. Waller keeps this detonator on her at all times, managing not to lose it even while being telepathically tortured by [[Enchantress]], and thus forces the Squad back into their [[Belle Reve]] jail cells in the battle's aftermath.
-*'''Swords:''' Ares' mighty swords wielded by him in both the [[War of the Gods]], and his final battle with [[Wonder Woman]].
+*'''[[Enchantress' Artifact]]:''' Amanda Waller acquired this jar-shaped Maya artifact from [[June Moone]] after the latter found it in [[Tres Osos Caves]] and released [[Enchantress]].
-*'''Cane:''' Ares used a cane while posing as "Sir Patrick Morgan", in order to support the illusion that he was lame-legged and frail, and keep [[Diana Prince]] from ever suspecting him to be the mighty God of War in disguise.
+*'''Handgun:''' Amanda Waller is is seen carrying a handgun, which she used to execute her [[FBI]] subordinates, due to them knowing of her catastrophic error in judgement, that made the mystical [[Midway City]] incident possible.
-*'''Resources:''' Ares, as "Sir Patrick Morgan" is sufficiently influential and wealthy, being a member of the [[United Kingdom|British War Council]] and having diplomatic relations. He was also able to easily provide funding for [[Steve Trevor]]'s secret mission against [[General Ludendorff]] and [[Doctor Poison|Dr. Poison]].
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 ==Relationships==
-===Family===
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-*[[Olympian God]]s
-**[[Zeus]] † - father
-**[[Aquaman|Poseidon]] † - uncle
-**[[Lasso of Truth|Hestia]] † - aunt
-**[[Sword of Athena|Athena]] † - paternal half-sister
-**[[Sword of Athena|Apollo]] † - paternal half-brother
-**[[Artemis]] † - paternal half-sister
-*[[Wonder Woman]] - paternal half-sister
 ===Allies===
+*[[United States of America|United States government]]
-*[[World War I|World War I Central Powers]]
+**[[Dexter Tolliver]] - supporter
-**[[Erich Ludendorff|General Ludendorff]] † - manipulated ally
+*[[United States Army|United States Armed Forces]]
-**[[Doctor Poison|Dr. Poison]] - manipulated ally turned enemy
+**[[Admiral Olsen]]
+*[[The Pentagon|National Security Council]]
+**[[General Edwards]] - opposer turned supporter and authorizer
+*[[ARGUS]] - subordinates
+**[[Rick Flag]] - leader of unwilling expendable allies, manipulatee
+**[[June Moone]] - former manipulatee
+*[[Katana]] - willing ally and subordinate
+*[[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] - allied government organization
+*[[FBI]] - allied government organization
+**[[FBI|FBI agents]] † - subordinates turned victims
+*[[LexCorp|LexCorp Industries]]
+**[[Lex Luthor]] - acquaintance
+*[[United States Air Force]]
+**[[Edwards|Lieutenant "GQ" Edwards]] †
+*[[Wayne Enterprises]]
+**[[Batman]] - situational ally
+**[[Van Criss Laboratories]]
+***[[Van Criss|Dr. Van Criss]] † - supplier of nano-bombs
+*[[Superman]] † - respected hero
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 ===Enemies===
+*[[Enchantress]] † - obedient ally turned enemy and torturer
-*[[Olympian God]]s - victims
+**[[Eyes of the Adversary]]
-**[[Zeus]] †
+*[[Incubus]] † - capturer and enemy
-**[[Aquaman|Poseidon]] †
+*[[Joker's gang]]
-**[[Lasso of Truth|Hestia]] †
+**[[Joker]] - attempted killer turned attempted victim
-**[[Sword of Athena|Athena]] †
+**[[Harley Quinn]] - former subordinate and manipulatee
-**[[Sword of Athena|Apollo]] †
-**[[Artemis]] †
+**[[Jonny Frost]]
-*[[Steve Trevor's team]]
+**[[Panda Man]]
+*[[Task Force X|Suicide Squad]] - unwilling expendable allies, subordimates and manipulatees
-**[[Wonder Woman]] - Archenemy and killer
+**[[Deadshot]]
-**[[Steve Trevor]] † - Seeming ally turned enemy
+**[[Captain Boomerang]]
-**[[Etta Candy]] - Seeming ally turned enemy
-**[[Sameer]] †
+**[[Killer Croc]]
-**[[Chief]] †
+**[[El Diablo]] †
-**[[Charlie]] †
+**[[Slipknot]] † - victim
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-==Trivia==
-*DCEU Ares is somewhat different from his original Greek mythology counterpart - the original Ares had been a rather poor tactician, more focused on mindless bloodshed. He is also usually depicted as somewhat of a joke, being beaten by other gods (like Athena and Apollo), heroic mortals (like Diomedes), insulted by Zeus, trapped in a jar by the giants Otis and Ephialtes, and caught naked with his lover Aphrodite in a net, while his incarnation both in the DCEU as well as the original DC comics is far more powerful, capable, serious, intelligent, and fearsome.
-*DCEU Ares' life and role with humanity is quite similar to that of the biblical Satan for multiple reasons:
-**Both Ares and Satan were present during the dawn of humanity's creation (by Zeus and God respectively).
-**Both Ares and Satan rebelled against Zeus and God respectively due to the latter creating and loving humanity.
-**Both Ares and Satan have been discretely influencing humanity to commit horrific atrocities against one another, but never forcing them to do so.
-**When Zeus defeated Ares in battle, the image of the fallen from Olympus Ares lying on the ground is exceptionally similar to many paintings and depictions of Satan (formerly archangel Lucifer) after his defeat and banishment from Heaven.
-**Ares' armored suit and 4-horned helmet is also somewhat diabolical in appearance.
-*The DCEU Ares received a "Collect-and-Connect" figure in the DC Comics Multiverse line as well as a LEGO "Big-Fig"; however, the figures were based off of initial concept art for him (featuring a ram skull for a helmet, a mini side-cape and tunic, as well as being barefooted and wielding a sword and shield) rather than the final film, possibly to avoid spoiling the movie appearance.
-*Mars, the fourth and largest planet of the Solar System, is named after Ares' Roman name.
-*Tuesday (Martis Dies in Latin), in most Romance languages, is named after Ares' Roman name as well.
 ==Gallery==
+===Promotional stills===
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+<gallery>
-Ares_-_12548552.jpg|Ares fights Wonder Woman
+Amanda Waller brings up the concept of Task Force X.jpg
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+Amanda Waller enters Belle Reve.jpg
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-==External Links==
+===Promotional images===
+<gallery>
-*[http://wonder-woman.wikia.com/wiki/Ares Ares] at the [http://wonder-woman.wikia.com/wiki/Wonder_Woman_Wiki Wonder Woman Wiki]
+Suicide Squad character portrait - Amanda Waller.png
-*[http://dcau.wikia.com/wiki/Ares Ares] at the [http://dcau.wikia.com/wiki/DCAU_Wiki DC Animated Universe]
+Suicide Squad character poster - Amanda Waller.jpg
-*[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Ares Ares] at the [http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/DC_Comics_Database DC Database]
+Amanda Waller comic character poster.jpg
-*[http://dcmovies.wikia.com/wiki/Ares Ares] at the [http://dcmovies.wikia.com/wiki/DC_Movies_Wiki DC Movies Wiki]
+Amanda Waller promo.jpg
-*[http://dcuniverseonline.wikia.com/wiki/Ares Ares] at the [http://dcuniverseonline.wikia.com/wiki/DC_Universe_Online_Wiki DC Universe Online]
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+</gallery>
+==Trivia==
+*Amanda Waller is revealed to be one of the extreme few individuals who knows [[Batman]]'s secret identity.
+==Behind the scenes==
+*Oprah Winfrey and Octavia Spencer were the other two front runners for the role of Amanda Waller alongisde Viola Davis.
+*Viola Davis signed a three film contract in her role as Waller starting with 2016's ''[[Suicide Squad]]''.<ref>[http://comicbook.com/2015/08/27/suicide-squads-viola-davis-has-a-three-picture-deal/ Suicide Squad's Viola Davis Has A Three Picture Deal]</ref>
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