Teen Titans (S2)

## **Lead Up**

The Titans are a solidified team, with a headquarters in San Francisco. Dick Grayson is 17. Roy Harper has taken the name Arsenal

## **EP1 - "Starfire"**

Starfire arrives and its a job for the titans to help her fight off Gordanian invaders. Dick and Koriand'r have romantic tension, and she explains that her planet had been conquered by the gordanians and she escaped. For some reason the barriers between time and space are distorted, as her people prophesize of the coming of a dark destroyer who will devour the universe.

## **EP2 - "Animal Instinct"**

Dick gets visions from girl telling him to come save her. The rest of the titans battle against a drug cartel using a meta named beast boy who can turn into animals. he has been feral since he was bitten by a monkey infected with Sakutia, and the cartel killed his mother. The titans free him from the cartel control, and beast boy is "tamed". dick is led by his visions to a warehouse in Bludhaven, and is captured by a cult led by Brother blood.

## **EP3 - "Bloodwork"**

Dick is drugged and captured by the cult who have been taking civilian in order to sacrifice them to the demon trigon. At the center, they have Raven, an empath, who they claim to be his daughter. The cult is led by Brother Blood, an apostle of Trigon. As the Titans adjust to their new team, Arsenal and Kaldur search for dick and wally babysits the new recruits. Blood moon comes over San Francisco, and brother blood recites the incantation. All of the civilians including dick are sacrificed and their souls call for trigon, Raven's forehead gem unleashes her father. The terror of trigon descends of earth.

## **EP4 - "Father's Day"**

*Origin of Raven. Trigon impregnated human woman named arella, raven was born killed her mother during childbirth. The Quintessence intervened and battled to chain trigon in hell. The Phantom Stranger took Raven and placed her in foster care where she was taken care of. The Blood cult invaded Raven's home and killed her family, kidnapping her.*

 Trigon is released and wreaks havoc on San Francisco. He releases his inter-dimensional minions, including mister twister, who proceeds to attack titans tower. As the titans battle mister twister, the Justice League confronts Trigon but are rendered inert and frozen under his demonic magic. Arsenal and Kaldur arrive at the Blood cult compound where they find the dead civilians and dead dick grayson. Raven cries as she holds his lifeless body. The titans knock out Brother blood as arsenal savagely beats him. Kaldur stops him, as raven says she knows a way to stop her father. Raven reveals that in order to exist and maintain corporeal form in this plane of reality, trigon is fueled by the life essence of hosts and sacrifices as a tether. Dick grayson's body is dead, but his soul is in trigon.

## **EP5 - "Raven"**

Raven must beat trigon. Raven and Trigon battle in the astral plane, with their projections emitting debilitating attack after attack. Many powerful beings watch the battle from their dimensions; Dream of the Endless, Lucifer and Neron in Hell, the amazons on themyscira, even Mister Mxyzptlk. Raven is knocked back, her father's power is greater than hers. He proposes that they work together to conquer the universe. The titans attack trigon once more but he steals their souls. Raven reverts to her physical body and enters trigon's soul void, where she finds dick grayson. She saves him, creating a tear in trigon that unleashes all of the trapped civilians. Trigon loses power, and the justice league is freed. Just then, the Spectre arrives and banishes Trigon back to hell. The Justice League confronts Raven as she is a threat to the universe. The Titans stand by her, and the league agrees to let her be. The Phantom Stranger returns and speaks to Raven, stating that he will be ready to mentor her now (father figure).

## Timeline

* This event is part of The Silver Age
* It is preceded by Green Lantern: Wanted
* It is followed by Gotham Knights

## Links

* Full Reading Order
* Teen Titans Reading Order