Lords of Chaos and Order

The Lords of Chaos and Order are complementary groups of supernatural entities that appear in DC Comics. They have also been featured into the histories of several characters, including: Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld, Doctor Fate, Kid Eternity, Phantom Stranger, Shazam, Hawk and Dove and The Sandman. The first Lord of Order to appear in comics was Nabu in More Fun Comics #67 (May 1941) created by Gardner Fox and Howard Sherman. Nabu's first appearance was later retconned to be in More Fun Comics #55 (May 1940), but the concept of the Lords of Chaos and Order was introduced years later.

Lords of Chaos and Order
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearance(retcon): More Fun Comics #55 (May 1940)
(actual): DC Special Series #10 (Jan 1978)
Characteristics
Place of origin
  • Cilia & Darkworld (previous continuity)
  • Sphere of the Gods (current continuity)
PantheonCombination of various others including Atlantean and Egyptian
Notable members
Inherent abilities
  • Although powers varies, all Lords of Order, Lords of Chaos, and Balancers are capable of influencing reality to a degree due to their status.
  • Some of the Lords of Order, Lords of Chaos, and Balancer entities are capable of bestowing powers onto others to act as their agents.

Fictional group history

The two elemental forces, Order and Chaos, were born during the creation of the universe, eternally struggling for supremacy. Serving the side of Order were known as the "Lords of Order" while those serving the side of Chaos became known as the "Lords of Chaos". According to Indian philosophy, the age of the universe and mankind is divided into four different cycles of ages in which the first age marks Order ruling with perfection. In the second age, Chaos begins to spread it's subtle influence so that in the third age, Chaos can go to war with Order. In the final era, Chaos triumphs and ushers in a age known as the "Kali Yuga". After this age, the cycle restarts when the age ends and the universe itself also ends, resulting in a rebirth of a universe in which Order rules once more.[1]

In the Day of Vengeance, Eclipso seduces the Spectre into slaughtering most of Earth's magic users after she claimed that magic was the source of all of Earth's evil. Nabu organises a team of magical beings to stop the Spectre and seal the Seven Deadly Sins. Nabu confronts the Spectre, and the Presence (a Lord of Chaos) uses Spectre as a new host. Although Nabu dies,his helmet is left with its significant powers. The deaths of the Lords of Order and Chaos caused magic to break down into its basic raw state, which marks the end of the Ninth Age of Magic within the DC Universe, and the beginning of the Tenth. Amethyst and Mordru are the only known Lords to have survived into the Tenth Age.[2]

Members

Lords of Order

Members of the Lords of Order include:

Agents of the Lords of Order also include:

Lords of Chaos

Members of the Lords of Chaos includes:

  • Vandaemon
  • Chaon
  • Garn Daanuth
  • The Child
  • Gorrum
  • M'Shulla
  • Mr. Keeper
  • Mordru
  • Shivering Jemmy of the Shallow Brigade
  • T'Charr
  • Typhon

Agents of the Lords of Chaos also include:

  • Anti-Fate
  • Doctor Chaos[9]
  • Garn Daanuth - Arion's brother.
  • Hawk
  • Kestrel - A human-like monster created by Gorrum and M'Shulla.
  • Kid Eternity - He was an agent of the Lords of Chaos before he defected to the Lords of Order
  • Weaver - An agent that came from ancient Atlantis.
  • Flaw - Child's monstrous familiar.

Balancers of Order and Chaos

Balancing forces between Order and Chaos include:

In other media

Film
  • Nabu appears briefly in Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay. He is shown in flashbacks featuring Steel Maxum as Doctor Fate, first in the beginning of the flashbacks on which the helmet bonded with him, then, in the end of the flashbacks, on which he (upset with Maxum failing to protect the "Get Out of Hell Free" card from Scandal Savage and Knockout) kicked Maxum out of the Tower of Nabu and stripped him of his Doctor Fate title.

Television
  • The Lords of Chaos and the Lords of Order appear in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "The Fate of Equinox!" with Typhon voiced by John DiMaggio and Nabu voiced by James Arnold Taylor. Batman and Doctor Fate appear before them in order to learn the history of Equinox. In addition, the character "Equinox" is revealed to be a balancer between order and chaos.
  • Nabu is featured in the Young Justice episode "Denial" voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson. The episode also features Klarion the Witch Boy who is referred to as a Lord of Chaos in this series. A flashback in the third season episode "Evolution" showed that Nabu was originally the son of Vandal Savage in ancient Babylonia. The Child and Flaw appear in the fourth season, with the Child voiced by Erika Ishii. The Child is a girl in this version.

Video games
  • In Injustice 2, the Lords of Order have decided that humanity is capable of only chaos and aid Brainiac in his campaign to conquer Earth, forcing Doctor Fate to do his bidding. As a result, Kent Nelson finds himself being controlled by Nabu forcing his friends Black Canary and Green Arrow to defeat Doctor Fate and remove his helmet, though Kent is freed from Nabu's influence for the time being he leaves to speak to his masters, warning the pair of the coming threat. Kent tries to reason with Nabu when he forbids him from aiding innocent people, causing Nabu to reveal that the Lords of Order support Brainiac's attack on Earth due to the chaos caused by the conflicts between the Regime and the Insurgency. Batman and Superman later free Kent Nelson after defeating Doctor Fate on Brainiac's ship and Superman destroys his helmet, freeing Kent who is killed by Brainiac. In Doctor Fate's ending, he defies the Lords of Order and defeats Brainiac, but is forced to go into hiding with the help of his Justice League Dark teammates and is happily reunited with his wife. In Raiden's ending, Raiden assists Batman in defeating Brainiac but after the battle he finds he is unable to save Kent's life. Before dying, Kent reveals that the Lords of Order are responsible for the impending Armageddon conflict as they intent to use it to create a more orderly multiverse. To oppose the Lords of Order and restore balance, Raiden joins forces with Justice League Dark to combat them.

References
  1. Who's Who: Update '88 #2. DC Comics. 1988. p. 13.
  2. Willingham, Bill (2005). Day of Vengeance. Jan Churchill, Justiniano. New York: DC Comics. ISBN 1-4012-0840-1. OCLC 62511503.
  3. JSA #48 (July 2003)
  4. All-Star Squadron #47 (July 1985)
  5. Secret Origins (vol. 2) #24 (March 1988)
  6. Warlord #57 (May 1982)
  7. Day of Vengeance: Infinite Crisis Special (March 2006)
  8. Secret Origins (vol. 2) #43 (August 1989)
  9. The New Adventures of Superboy #25 (January 1982)
  10. Fate #0 (October 1994)
  11. Warlord #61 (September 1982)
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