Lords of Chaos and Order

During the events of Day of Vengeance, Eclipso seduced the Spectre into slaughtering most of Earth's magic users after she claimed that magic was the source of all of Earth's evil. The Spectre's rampage on magic users resulted in the death of the wizard Shazam, the destruction of the Rock of Eternity, and the release of the forces contained within it, which included the Seven Deadly Sins and numerous other demons.

In the Day of Vengeance Special, Nabu called together a team of magical beings to stop the Spectre and seal the Seven Deadly Sins. Nabu confronted the Spectre, whose anger grew so great that the Presence took notice and sent the Spectre to his new host. In the process, Nabu died, and with him, the Ninth Age of Magic. Before his death, he gave the helmet of Doctor Fate to Detective Chimp to give to the new Doctor Fate. Although Nabu and his spirit would no longer be a part of the helmet, it would still have significant powers. After a failed attempt by Detective Chimp to put the helmet on, he asked Captain Marvel to throw the helmet down to Earth and let it land where it will, allowing fate to pick the next Doctor Fate.

The deaths of the Lords of Order and Chaos caused magic to break down into its basic raw state, triggering the end of the Ninth Age of Magic and the beginning of the Tenth. Amethyst and Mordru are the only known Lords to have survived into the Tenth Age.

The most prominent Lord of Order is Nabu, who empowered and occasionally possessed various humans through the Helmet of Nabu who acted as Doctor Fate. Originally, Doctor Fate was depicted as an agent for Order, or the forces of good. When the standings of the sides were revised, Fate's role was changed so that he was now a balancing force between Order and Chaos. The god Tynan from Darkworld was also an agent of balance.

Members of the Lords of Order include:

• Amon-Ra[5][6]
• Anu[5]
• Arion[7]
• Amethyst[8]
• Deedra[9]
• Deathrax[10]
• Gemimn (from Darkworld)[11]
• Jheryl[12]
• Kilderkin[13]
• Kismet[14]
• Nabu
• Ohrmazd[5][6]
• Osiris[6]
• Shazam (the wizard)[15]
• Terataya[16]
• Sister Sentry[17]

Agents of the Lords of Order include:

• Ynar[18]
• Djinn[19]
• Kent Nelson, Eric & Linda Strauss (as Doctor Fate)
• Dove[20]
• Gray Man[21]
• Halaria
• Kid Eternity - He was an agent of the Lords of Chaos who defected to the Lords of Order.[22]
• Captain Marvel[23]

The most prominent Lord of Chaos is Mordru, who has plagued the Legion of Super-Heroes, Doctor Fate, the Justice Society of America, and various other heroes for years. He has attained virtual omnipotence, only to be defeated by Doctor Fate and the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Members of the Lords of Chaos include:

• Vandaemon
• Chaon (of Darkworld)[11]
• The Child
• Gorrum
• M'Shulla
• Mr. Keeper
• Mordru
• Shivering Jemmy of the Shallow Brigade
• T'Charr[16]
• Typhon
• Klarion the Witch Boy

Agents of the Lords of Chaos include:

• Anti-Fate
• Doctor Chaos[24]
• 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.

Worshippers of the Lords of Chaos include:

• Kobra

Balancing forces between Order and Chaos include:

• Doctor Fate (Hector Hall)[7]
• Equinox[25]
• Fate (Jared Stevens)[26]
• Tynan[11][27]

• 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.

• 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.
• 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.

• 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, however he 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. However 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.