Lords of Chaos (DC)

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The Lords of Chaos are a group of beings that feature in DC Comics.

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History

Origin

The Lords of Chaos were a higher order of mystical being that thrived on chaos and set in opposition to the Lords of Order.

At some point, a Lord of Chaos was responsible for wresting the Amulet of Anubis from the Lords of Order with Nabu later reclaiming it. On Earth, the Lords of Chaos adopted the guise of gods and demons among humanity. (The Flash v1 #306) In Ancient Egypt, a Chaos Lord named Hytuurnus took the form of a woman named Asherya where they encountered a time displaced Ultra Boy. The Lord of Chaos intended to use the time-displaced individual as a gateway into the future and in a human guise elicited his aid. However, Nabu saw this as a danger to reality and destroyed the Chaos Lord before she could accomplish her scheme. (Legion of Super-Heroes v4 #19) Among these was Malferrazae who centuries ago took on a godly disguise and was worshipped by the Aztecs as their god of war Totec. He ruled from his city of Tenochtitlan where at one point he was challenged by a rival Lord of Chaos who the Aztec's believed was Totec's sister Coyolxauhqui with his legions battling 'hers' in the lands once known as Coatlepec. 'Totec's' rule came to an end when the Conquistadors came to his domain and brought Christianity. In time, his worshippers had fallen with his mystic strength falling and leading to Malferrazae's essence retreating into a stone statue that served as his vessel. However, he was trapped within and required power in order to be free again. As such, for the next 400 years, his mind reached out from the statue to drive unsuspecting mortals to ritual acts of human sacrifice that would free him from his stone vessel into a form of flesh. (The Flash v1 #307)

In the newly created Gemworld sector, the Lord of Chaos Vandaemeon attacked the other-dimensional world where he was summoned by Dark Opal to destroy the Lord of Order Patagones. The weak lord was nearly overwhelmed by Vandaemeon but the intervention of Dark Opal caused him being weakened when his foe was defeated. He then cursed Dark Opal and bade him to prepare the way for his return at which point he would remove the brand placed on him for his failure. (Amethyst v2 #13)

Disciples of Totec later freed Malferrazae from his prison where he sought to bring about the end of the Fifth Age as Aztec prophecy spoke of the end of the world. The Lord of Chaos planned to create new beings of his own creation in the aftermath and make himself the sole god. (The Flash v1 #307)

In Gotham City, Lord Typhon secretly operated through a disciple of chaos named Dr. Benjamin Stoner who operated as a doctor in Arkham Asylum. (Doctor Fate v1 #1)

A Lord of Chaos came to be responsible for empowering Inza Crammer when she became Doctor Fate. Thus, she became their first champion though Inza was never aware of the source of her abilities. (Doctor Fate v2 #37)

When the Egyptian gods attempted to conquer Earth, a Chaos Lord intervened secretly and helped Inza defeat them. This was largely because the Lords of Chaos did not desire the boring world that the Egyptian pantheon would bring about to the mortal realm. He the abducted Inza and intended to keep her as his champion and spread further chaos to Earth. However, Kent Nelson helped Inza escape back to Earth with the chaoslord in pursuit. (Doctor Fate v2 #37)

On Earth, the Gray Man who was a former servant for the Lords of Order went rogue and started taking the power of dream-essence from mortals. At first, the Lords of Order did not intervene as they felt that the events surrounding the incident were the result of mortal actions. However, his growing power eventually threatened the balance leading to both the Lords of Order and Chaos acting where together they reduced the Gray Man to ash. (Justice League Europe v1 #8)

Through the efforts of Eclipso, the Spectre came to be driven insane and made to believe that magic was evil. As such, the Spectre went on a rampage bringing about the destruction of mystical sources of power and resulting in the end of the Ninth Age of Magic. This saw many of the Lords of Order and Chaos who were massacred as a result leaving Nabu their last surviving member. (Infinite Crisis Special: Day of Vengeance v1 #1)

Post-Flashpoint

Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. During ancient times, the period saw the birth of the Lords of Order and Chaos with Xanadoth being the Lord Chosen of his compatriots. However, her quest for power came to scare even her fellow Lords of Chaos who for the only time in their history came to ally with the Lords of Order to overpower Xanadoth. She came to be imprisoned within a spike forged from powers that no longer existed in the universe with Xanadoth being buried from her kind for the ret of time. (Superman v5 #24)

Seventy years ago, a Lord of Order and a Lord of Chaos manifested on Tamaran after hearing a prayer from a Tamaranean woman. Her daughter Mirand'r was recently killed in the market by a man trying to kill her where the grieving mother had prayed to X'Hal for her child to be brought back to life. Instead, the two magical Lords had heard her prayer and seemingly took pity on her after believing the girl's death was unjust. However, the return of the recently deceased had distruped the balance leaving her in an undead ghost-like state and they required Mirand'r to perform a task before she could be returned fully back to life. (Harley Quinn v3 #65)

Department of Extranormal Operations agent Veronica Bissette came to uncover a mystical amulet and tried to take it back to headquarters. Unfortunately, this was during the events of Leviathan's mass attack on the intelligence agency community with Bissette nearly killed. However, Xanadoth, the Returned who was trapped within it bonded to her and saved her from death. The Lord of Chaos then used her a host where first he targeted Madame Xanadu before making his way into the Tower of Fate. (Superman v5 #23) She intended to claim the Helm of Nabu and other artefacts of the Lords of Order to fully restore her body. This led to a battle within the dimensions of the Tower of Fate where Xanadoth's power caused Earth to fall into chaos with people fighting one another. Doctor Fate was only able to stop her by merging with Superman where together with the Justice League Dark were able to dispel Xanadoth's re-formed body and seemingly free Agent Bissette from her. (Superman v5 #24)

Overview

Similar to the Lords of Order, the Lords of Chaos were could not be killed as they were beings without end. (The Flash v1 #306) It was said that they were bringers of despair and heartache. (Teen Titans v3 #27)

Lords of Chaos had often taken guises of gods or demons as their mortal followers could not gaze at them in their true form and keep their sanity. They could draw upon the mystic strength created by having worshippers. (The Flash v1 #307)

Offspring's of chaos had it in their very nature to spread lunacy with such creatures walking among men to devour minds, hearts and souls. (Doctor Fate v1 #1)

Their kind was side to thrive on desperation as it led to people going on paths to foolishness, illogic and madness. (Doctor Fate v1 #1) They were said to not hold a grudge and even accepted their defeats without issue. (Doctor Fate v2 #37)

It was said to be a common misconception that the Lords of Chaos were creatures of evil. In fact, it was noted that they hated evil as much as the orderlords as it was a perversion of chaos. However, their nature tended to mean that most individuals referred to them as being creatures of evil. (Doctor Fate v2 #37)

Though chaotic by nature, the chaos realm was said to operate under a certain set of rules. (Teen Titans v3 #27)

Members

Lords

  • Xanadoth : said to be the lord of the Lords of Chaos who was trapped within an amulet until it was discovered by Veronica Bissette whereupon Xanadoth possessed her as a host body. (Superman v5 #23) She was trapped within the spike of Xanadoth that served as her prison until she took possession of a host body. (Superman v5 #24)
  • Typhon : a powerful Lord of Chaos who was an enemy of Doctor Fate. (Doctor Fate v1 #1)
  • M’Shulla :
  • Malferrazae : a Lord of Chaos who had taken on the identity of Totec the Aztec god of war but after the annihilation of his followers he was trapped within a stone statue for 400 years until released where he battled Doctor Fate. (The Flash v1 #308)
  • Vandaemeon : a Lord of Chaos that battled Doctor Fate. (The Flash v1 #312)
  • Pythia : a Lord of Chaos that took a female form. (Doom Patrol v2 #13)
  • Hytuurnus : a Lord of Chaos who during ancient Egypt took the form of a woman named Asherya and attempted to claim the time displaced Ultra Boy but was killed by Nabu. (Legion of Super-Heroes v4 #19)
  • Balthusa : a Lord of Chaos who believed he should have been sent to pacify Gemworld rather than the Child. (Amethyst v2 #16)
  • Child : a Lord of Chaos who appeared as a young boy with blonde hair and red eyes where he was older than the Earth but suffered from child-like temper tantrums with him being aided by his crystalline servant named Flaw. (Amethyst v2 #16)
  • Weaver : a Lord of Chaos who operated as he god of madness that resided in Darkworld. (Power Girl v1 #4)
  • Mordru :

Agents

  • Hank Hall :
  • Holly Granger :
  • Kestrel :
  • Anti-Fate :

Notes

  • The Lords of Chaos were created by Paul Levitz and Joe Staton where they made their first appearance in DC Special Series v1 #10 (January, 1978).

Alternate Versions

  • In Future State: Suicide Squad v1 #1 (2021), the Lords of Chaos appeared in the alternate future timeline of Future State. By the year 1,000,000,000, the last Lords of Chaos which included Child accompanied the Unkindness that was destroying all known space.

In other media

Lord Typhon standing on the right alongside Lord Nabu in Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

Television

  • In Superman: The Animated Series, the Lords of Chaos was briefly mentioned in the DC Animated Universe episode "The Hand of Fate" when the recently freed demon Karkull calls out to them.
  • In Batman: The Brave and the Bold animated series, the Lords of Chaos made an appearance in the animated television series with them being led by Typhon where they appeared alongside their order counterparts to reveal the history relating to Equinox. Typhon along with his fellow Lords of Chaos were defeated by Equinox who absorbed their power along with the Lords of Order.
  • In Young Justice, the Lords of Chaos were referenced in the animated television series with Klarion the Witch-Boy being one of them. They were said to had been born at the beginning of the universe as a result of the struggle between order and chaos. It was said that they and their counterparts were responsible for maintaining the balance thus preventing the destruction that brought about the destruction of the previous universe. Similar to the Lords of Order, they were not able to manifest on Earth directly and had to have something that anchored them to the mortal plane such as an object or familiar.

Video Games

  • In DC Universe Online, the Lords of Chaos were shown to be supporting the villains of the Secret Society of Supervillains. Phantom Stranger summoned a number of heroes to Gotham City to find a number of hell portals manifesting within the city and stopping the demons emerging from them. On the villain side, Tala served as their representative at the Hall of Doom.

Appearances

  • DC Special Series v1: (1978)
  • The Flash v1:
  • Amethyst v2:
  • Doctor Fate:
  • Doctor Fate v2:
  • Legion of Super-Heroes v4:
  • Doctor Fate:
  • Infinite Crisis Special: Day of Vengeance v1:
  • DC Universe Presents v1 #0:
  • Harley Quinn v3:
  • Justice League Dark v2:
  • Superman v5: (2020)

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