Lords of Chaos

The **Lords of Chaos** are powerful magical beings of pure energy representing Chaos who possess the task of destroying all Order and make the world fall into the control of chaos. They dedicate their nearly unlimited power into empowering agents and followers with their Chaos Magic, serving as a deterrent to their cosmic opposites, the Lords of Order in a constant struggle for universal supremacy as they work to bring about a period where chaos reigns supreme, also known as the "kali yuga"

## Overview

The Lords of Chaos are immensely powerful entities composed energy, born fully developed beyond sex or form and unlike their counterparts, in order to manifest in the physical realm, Lords of Chaos have to be anchored by a host or through a familiar. It's deemed impossible to stop or even contain a Lord of Chaos, because they are incarnations of Chaos; Thus, even Doctor Fate stresses that it is futile to try to kill or capture one. The most that can be done is to foil their plans for chaos and defeat them temporarily, but chaos is an eternal force in the universe and necessary for its survival.

Certain deities aligned with Chaos can ascend to become Lords of Chaos, gaining ultimate power within their realm. Ascension requires the favor of Darkar, the dark counterpart to Demiurge. These deities further the cause of chaos by creating new Lords of Chaos to serve their chaotic purposes.

## History

### Origins

The origins of the Lords of Order and Chaos trace back to the early days of the universe itself, 16 billions of years ago. They were born from the conflict between opposing forces and were entrusted to maintain the sacred balance between them, thus safekeeping the universe's integrity. There are thousands of Chaos Lords. The number gathered at any one time varies, as many take mortal form to cause chaos throughout the universe.

Darkar is the first known Lord of Chaos in existence, emerging from Chaos along with Gaea's consciousness and his counterpart, Demiurge. Therefore, while Demiurge is source of light, life and energy, and represents Order and its various aspects, Darkar counteracts everything Demiurge is as his polar opposite. It has remained largely unknown what Darkar was doing after Demiurge created the Elder Gods, however its possible Darkar was responsible whispering into Set's mind, causing him to become the first murderer after easting his fellow Elder Gods, which turned him into a demon.

#### War Between Order and Chaos

Chaos and Order have been fighting a cyclical battle for eons. First Order is dominant, then Chaos, then destruction and renewal and then it starts over again. Originally, the struggle was depicted as one between Good (Order) and Evil (Chaos); it is currently depicted as a balance between stagnation and anarchy.

### New Generation

When Darkar's brother and sister, Demiurge and the Triple Goddess were reborn as Hecate and Perseus respectively, and gifted mankind with magic, men and women alike took notice of her great power and conspired to steal it to supplant themselves capable of ushering in their own version of order. Chief among the group was Mordru, whom relentlessly tortured Hecate into giving the mortals her power. While Hecate endured the lorture for years she finally relented when she heard the news that her father, Perses, was responsible for her capture and torture. She did not, however, give the mortals her own power but instead gifted them the dark magic form the Realm of Chaos, which the goddess hoped being exposed to Darkar's power and influence would eventually destroy the humans from within.

Perseus detected the inbalance and subsconsciously created the Lords of Order from this discord, having them writing the laws of magic to better harness it.

Mordru, however found the notion of 'Ordered Magic' laughable when it had been born through such chaotic means as Heacate's torture. He refused to follow rules and methods of the Lords of Order and used chaotic magic instead, unbridled by the limits of Order, which allowed him to survive for thousands of years unlike his former colleagues in the Lords of Order who had to bind their souls to artefacts and amulets after their bodies were destroyed by the magic of 'Order'.

## Known Users

* Lords of Chaos
	+ Deities of Chaos
		- Amatsu-Mikaboshi
		- Apophis
		- Chaon
		- Chthon
		- Darkar
		- Eris/Discordia
		- Loki Laufeyson
		- The Weaver
	+ Child
	+ Garn Daanuth
	+ Klarion
	+ Lord of War
	+ Man-Bat
	+ Scarlet Witch
	+ Xanadoth
* Agents of Chaos
	+ Majistra (formally)
	+ Dark Opal
	+ Doctor Chaos
	+ Eclipso
	+ Fenris Wolf
	+ Flaw
	+ Jörmungandr
	+ Thalas
	+ Typhon