WARNING UNMARKED SPOILERS! VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED FOR THOSE NOT CAUGHT UP TO SEASON TWO, EPISODES 36 & 37.
In the Renegade timeline, the Renegade was abducted by Justice Lord Batman to help fend off the demolition of Earth at the hands of a Thanagarian fleet.
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The Justice Lords
A version of the Justice League who decided to become totalitarian rulers to create order. In General
- 0% Approval Rating: Subverted. Although they are hated in America, some other countries, like China, approved of their actions.
- Backstory: Mr Zoat gives one
in Episode 36: Stars, Crossed, Part 1. - Breaking the Fellowship: Although Batman, Green Lantern, and Hawkgirl tried to stay together to continue doing some good, as well as Wonder Woman rejoining later, the Lords completely fall apart after Batman's death.
- Knight Templar: Turned to extreme methods to get rid of crime.
Bruce Wayne/Batman
The hero who seeks to atone for his actions.
- Badass Normal: As typical of a Batman, he only has his skills and weaponry to fight evil.
- Cover Identity Anomaly: He didn't even bother making himself look like Batman 16 when recruiting the Renegade.
- Didn't Think This Through: He was so wrapped up in getting the Renegade to help him that he didn't realize that the Renegade was unarmed when he took him to Earth 50.
- Heel–Face Turn: Like in the JL animated series, he turned against the Justice Lords.
- Hero with Bad Publicity: Justified as he is a former dictator, but he is one the few people who realized that the Thangarians were planning to wipe out Earth and doing something about it.
- Killed Off for Real: Despite Nightwing hoping otherwise, Batman really is dead.
- Loophole Abuse: Used the fact that the Renegade is compelled to obey Batman due to his oath on Gaia to trick him into helping them.
- Never Found the Body: As the Watchtower was completely destroyed by Grayven, Batman's body was never found, causing Nightwing to believe he may still be alive.
John Stewart/Green Lantern
The former Green Lantern of the Sector.
- Beard of Evil: Subverted. He was a villain, but has had a Heel–Face Turn. Lampshaded by the Renegade when they first meet.
- Berserk Button: Hurting Shayera is a quick way of getting him angry.
- Costume Evolution: After he gains the ability to channel the Green Light through his body, he gets a coat that looks similar to the clothes worn by the Guardians of the Universe.
- Discard and Draw: He was kicked out of the Green Lantern Corps and lost his ring. Later, he was given the power to wield the Green Light of Will himself by the Renegade.
- Heel–Face Turn: He wants to make for his actions and save Earth.
- Powered by a Forsaken Child: Downplayed, but his fear is used as a power source by the Renegade to heal Shayera with Sinestro's Ring
- The Power of Love:
- He willingly acts a power source for the Renegade so Shayera could be cured, meaning he had to sit there and watch in fear as she was taken apart so the ring would work.
- Invoked in his attempt to use the Star Sapphire as a power source. It didn't go well.
Shayera Hol/Hawkgirl
The former spy of the Thanagarians.
- Archaic Weapon for an Advanced Age: Her weapon was a mace made of Nth Metal.
- Atrocious Alias: Downplayed. She doesn't like her alias since she's a grown woman being called Hawkgirl but the intelligence agency she worked for gave her that codename to make her sound more friendly.
- Body Horror: Lex Luthor's depowering device turned the Nth metal in her body into lead, dooming her to a slow and painful death by lead poisoning.
- Locked Out of the Loop: Had no part with Thanagar's plan to take over and wipe out Earth.
- White Sheep: Unlike her counterpart, she was not involved with the Thanagarian fleet as she was deathly ill for months and didn't know until after she was healed.
- Winged Humanoid: Like all thanagarians.
Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman
The former leader of the Justice Lords.
- Brought Down to Normal: The Power Nullifier that was used on him left him riddled with exotic energy that cancelled his powers, but it would have worn off in five years if the Renegade didn't expose him to gold kryptonite, permanently robbing him of his powers.
- De-power: The Renegade unleashed powdered gold kryptonite to permanently rob him of his powers.
- Fallen Hero: Unlike the other Justice Lords, he doesn't regret what they had done.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: His whole belief. Unlike the others, he regrets nothing and thought the Justice Lords were a great idea, so the Renegade took measures to ensure that he remained powerless.
- Your Head Asplode: Killed Darkseid this way, as part of his Start of Darkness.
Wally West/Flash I
The late hero whose death was the impetus for the Lords' totalitarian methods.
- The Heart: For the Justice Lords. His death was the impetus for their totalitarian rule.
- Posthumous Character: Dead in the backstory, leading to the Justice Lords rise to power.
- Speak Ill of the Dead: He is sadly just as hated as the rest of the Lords, despite the fact that he was murdered before they became tyrants. As such, people destroyed his museum and harass those who still have positive opinions about him.
Diana/Wonder Woman
The former champion of the Olympians.
- The Atoner: Becomes this after she accepts that what she and the rest of the Justice Lords did was wrong.
- Brought Down to Normal: Like Superman, the Power Nullifier used on her robbed her of the powers given to her by the gods. Given enough time, they'll likely come back.
- Divine Assistance: Subverted. Even though the divine gifts she had were blocked by the Power Nullifier, they could be restored. However, they weren't because she had fallen from grace. She gets her powers back after she admits that she was wrong and works to redeem herself.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Had this realization as a result of binding herself with her golden lasso and admitting that what she did was wrong.
J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter
The last Martian of his universe.
- Brought Down to Normal: Luthor's device left him without his shape-shifting and telepathy.
- Opt Out: While he does feel remorse for his actions and was offered to be re-powered, he chooses to remain on Mars to work on restoring his near-extinct race instead.
SHADE
The Super-Human Advanced Defense Executive is an organization that rose in prominence after the fall of the Justice Lords. They handle the coordination and monitoring of all persons on Earth with powers as well as any aliens or other non-humans on the planet. In General
- Government Conspiracy: At the very least Father Time had plans to completely control America, and possibly even beyond.
Father Time
The leader of SHADE.
- Hurl It into the Sun: Averted. The Renegade thought this trope is overused, so he sent Father Time to Jupiter instead.
- The Man Behind the Man: He's the one controlling America via a robotic duplicate of the man who was voted President of the US.
Director Bones
A Senior Agent of SHADE.
- Number Two: Was this to Father Time.
- Rank Up: Gets promoted to head of SHADE after Father Time's plans with the Anti-Life Equation are revealed to the public.
- Unwitting Pawn: He was unaware of Father Time's more sinister goals and was even exposed to the Anti-Life Equation.
Gonzo the Mechanical Bastard
An Apokoliptian android that SHADE used to replace the president.
- Kill and Replace: Replaced the President of the United States of America before he was even sworn into office.
Thanagar
In General
- Pyrrhic Victory: As there is no hope of the Thanagarians saving their planet from the Gordanians, this is the best they can hope to achieve via destroying the Gordanians' planet.
Hro Talak
The leader of the Thanagarians who are trying to destroy Earth.
- Determinator: Challenged the person he thinks is leading the force that is conquering his people to single combat. He has to be completely beaten into submission because he wouldn't surrender.
Kragger
Hro Talak's second-in-command.
- Number Two: The loyal second-in-command of Hro Talak.
Apokolips
In General
- Decapitated Army: With the death of Darkseid, Apokolips is falling apart at the seams.
- Enemy Civil War: With Darkseid gone, everyone is trying to claw their way up to the top.
Malice Vundabar
The youngest of the Female Furies.
- Body-Count Competition: An ongoing game between her and the other Furies is who can kill the most with points to creativity.
- Enfante Terrible: She's nine years old and a sadist who loves watching people suffer.
- Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Less "Evil" and "Good" and more Stupid Evil Cannot Comprehend Pragmatic Villainy. She cannot understand why Grayven wouldn't want to participate in Apokolips' civil war.
Grayven
Earth 50's version of the God of Conquest.
- '80s Hair: The Renegade notes that Grayven 50 has a mullet when telling Scott and Barda 50 saying how he looks different from the latter.
- The Dreaded: The Thanagarians fear him, as he was the one who transformed the Gordanians from a directionless joke into a powerful interstellar army.
- Not So Similar: Although he and the Renegade have a lot of similarities, they ultimately clash due to their differing opinions on how to go about conquering.
- Off with His Head!: Happens to him courtesy of the Renegade.
- Oh, Crap!: He panics after the Renegade uses the Anti-Life against him.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Refuses to anything to do with Apokolips' civil war. He later changes his mind.
- Villain Has a Point: While no better than his brethren, he's right in that there is nothing about Apokolips worth fighting for.
Granny Goodness
The leader of the Female Furies.
- Evil Old Folks: Granny is in her name, and she's the New God of Child Abuse.
- Slashed Throat: Courtesy of the Renegade using the Sword of the Fallen.
Lashina
One of Granny Goodness' Female Furies.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: She genuinely loves her son.
- Meaningful Name: Her name describes what her whip does.
- Weapon Specialization: She fights with a whip.
Stompa
One of Granny Goodness' Female Furies.
- Extremity Extremist: Fights primarily by using her feet.
Doctor Impossible
A New God that works for Grayven and looks similar to Mister Miracle.
- Evil Counterpart: Seems to be this to Mister Miracle.
Kanto
The New God of Assassination.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He still loves his deceased wife. The Renegade's promise that he can resurrect her is part of why Kanto joins his side.
- I Fight for the Strongest Side!: Switches from Grayven 50 to the Renegade partially for this reason.
- Villain Respect: Is impressed with the lengths the Renegade apparently went to in order to become independent.
Stormwatch
A new hero group that watches over Earth 50 without going to far. Kara In-Ze/Supergirl
The former sidekick of Superman.
- Eye Beams: The Kryptonians of Universe 50 have invisible heat vision.
- Flying Brick: Typical for a Kryptonian.
- Significant Wardrobe Shift: She goes from her traditional outfit to a darker one after joining SHADE. She wears a new version of her old outfit, which was made by the Renegade, after SHADE is exposed and she joins Stormwatch. She later gets a new outfit, as she doesn't want to be associated with Superman, at least in public.
- Took a Level in Cynic: Superman's fall from grace has made her less cheerful.
Mister Miracle
A New God who has been hiding on Earth with his wife.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: He is the logical Blue to his wife's emotional Red.
Big Barda
A New God who has been hiding on Earth with her husband.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: She is the emotional Red to her husband's logical Blue.
Eliza Harmon/ Flash II
A fan of the Flash who was given his powers by the Renegade.
- Affirmative-Action Legacy: Is the successor to Wally West and the first female Flash.
- All of the Other Reindeer: Gets attacked and her home vandalized regularly for supporting the Flash.
- Ascended Fangirl: She was originally a huge Flash fan. The fact that she remained one even after opinion of the Justice Lords soured is what leads her to being given the Garret Formula.
- The Heart: The Renegade empowered her so that she can serve as this just as the first Flash did.
- Motivational Lie: Is given a message from her hero, the late Flash who tells her his secret identity and his plan to make her his successor and along with a vial of the chemical that gave him his powers. All of it was engineered by the Renegade to make a successor.
Richard "Dick" Grayson/Nightwing
Batman's former protégé.
- Badass Normal: Like Batman, he relies on training and advanced weaponry.
- Pragmatic Hero: He is willing to work with the Justice Lords if there is a good enough reason.
Billy Batson/Captain Marvel
A hero who retired when he refused to join SHADE.
- Flying Brick: A magical version.
- The Heart: The Renegade specifically chose him to replace the Flash in this role for the Justice Lord's successors.
Kyle Rayner/Green Lantern
The current Green Lantern of Earth.
- Heroic Willpower: Necessary to be a Green Lantern.
Joseph Gardner/Carter Hall/Hawkman
An archaeologist who had his mind altered after coming into contact with Thanagarian technology.
- The Driver: His main role is this, as he's the only one who knows how to pilot the Thanagarian ship that Stormwatch commandeered.
Zatanna Zatara
A stage magician who has actual magic powers.
Brute
One of the youths who were experimented on by SHADE and freed by the Renegade.
- Super-Strength: Strong enough to give the Renegade some trouble.
Char
One of the youths who were experimented on by SHADE and freed by the Renegade.
- Playing with Fire: He can shoot flames.
Metalica
One of the youths who were experimented on by SHADE and freed by the Renegade.
- Magnetism Manipulation: Seems to be her power, though the Sinestro Ring points out some flaws in that conclusion.
Stretch
One of the youths who were experimented on by SHADE and freed by the Renegade.
Others
Guy Gardner
A soldier that tried to stop the Renegade using Sinestro's ring.
- Clear My Name: He is wrongfully imprisoned because his attempt to stop the Renegade was mistaken as him aiding the Renegade.
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: He uses a weapon that is stored in a SHADE vault to try and stop the Renegade. Due to it looking like he broke into the vault to give the latter a weapon, he is sent to prison.
- Point of Divergence: The major difference between this Guy and the one from Earth 16 is when his brother died.
Sinestro's Ring
Sinestro 50's ring, which was taken from his corpse. The Renegade takes it for himself.
Lynne Wayland
A young girl who was one of many being indoctrinated with the Anti-Life Equation
Rex Grayven Stewart
John and Shayera's infant child.
- Half-Human Hybrid: Half-human, half thanagarian. He looks like a normal human baby.
