Justice League/Teen Titans Chronicles: Dark Kingdom

Justice League/Teen Titans Chronicles: Dark Kingdom is an american Direct-to Video animated superhero film which is part of the Justice League/Teen Titans Animated Universe.

Featured Characters

 * Justice League
 * Aquaman / Arthur Curry
 * Batman / Bruce Wayne
 * Batgirl / Oracle / Barbara Gordon
 * Red Robin / Tim Drake
 * Robin / Damian Wayne
 * Flash / Barry Allen
 * Green Arrow / Oliver Queen
 * Green Lantern / Hal Jordan
 * Kyle Rayner
 * Shazam
 * Billy Batson
 * Star Sapphire / Carol Ferris
 * Stargirl / Courtney Whitmore
 * Superman / Clark Kent / Kal-El
 * Wonder Woman / Diana of Themyscira
 * Teen Titans
 * Beast Boy / Garfield Logan
 * Cyborg / Victor Stone
 * Nightwing / Dick Grayson
 * Starfire / Koriand’r
 * Raven
 * Knights of Rao
 * Alpha-Wolf / Milo Chaves
 * Black Owl / Zoe Lawton
 * Blue Lantern / Collin Hill
 * Galaxor / Mitchell Davis
 * New Gaia / Delilah Raymond Snow
 * Omega Knight / Jason Burke
 * Star Hunter / Felix Whitmore
 * Sun Rose / Esperanza Del Rey
 * Terra / Tara Markov
 * Toymaster / Hiro Okamura

Supporting Characters

 * Lois Lane
 * Lena Luthor / Tess Mercer (single appearance) (flashback and main story) (resurrected) (dies)
 * Liberty Belle / Jesse Chambers (first appearance)
 * Caitlin Fairchild
 * Steve Trevor
 * Rick Flag
 * Bronze Tiger / Benjamin “Ben” Turner
 * Big Barda
 * Queen Perdita

Villains

 * General Zod (first appearance) (resurrected) (dies)
 * Ra’s al Ghul (first appearance) (resurrected) (dies)
 * Floronic Man / Jason Woodrue (first appearance as Floronic Man) (resurrected) (dies)
 * Poison Ivy / Pamela Isley
 * Talia al Ghul (dies)
 * Project Cadmus
 * Ultimen
 * Downpour (resurrected) (dies)
 * Galatea (resurrected) (dies)
 * Juice (resurrected)  (dies)
 * Shifter (resurrected) (dies)
 * Wind Dragon (resurrected)  (dies)
 * Lexcorp
 * Lex Luthor
 * Task Force X
 * Captain Boomerang / George "Digger" Harkness (resurrected) (dies)
 * Captain Cold / Leonard Snart
 * Clayface / Basil Carlo
 * Harley Quinn / Harleen Quinzel
 * Killer Frost / Louise Lincoln(resurrected) (dies)
 * King Shark / Nanaue (resurrected) (dies)
 * Ares (flashback and main story) (resurrected) (dies)
 * Agamemnon (first appearance) (resurrected) (dies)
 * Spartans
 * Joker (resurrected) (dies)
 * Darkseid (flashback only)
 * Slade (mentioned)

Other Characters

 * Highfather (flashback only)
 * Martha Wayne
 * Lillian (single appearance) (resurrected) (dies)

Premise
Set between the events of the Justice League: Knights of Rao episodes War of Light, Part 2: Seven Lights in Hand and Big Twisted Bomb, fugitive scientists of Project Cadmus attempt to rebuild the agency’s destroyed reputation by creating a new device which can bring the dead back to life. But when the new device falls in the hands of criminals who end up using it to resurrect deceased foes of the Justice League, Terra and her Knights of Rao work to rebuild an ancient device created by the New Genesis Gods to undo what the rogue scientists started while the Justice League and the Teen Titans work to stop the new threat which Luthor unwillingly unleashed before before something worse can be created.

Plot
Following the seven Lantern Corps’ battle against the Black Lanterns, Lex Luthor’s employed scientists had salvaged a small shard from the Black Lantern Power Battery. Using a new device the Lexcorp Engineers built called the “Heart of Anubis”, Luthor manages to resurrect his deceased daughter Lena, who previously died during Superman’s battle with General Zod (to which Luthor arrogantly held Superman responsible for). However, Lena (having experienced visions of her father’s crimes, including one which allowed Vandal Savage to take numerous innocent lives) reprimands him in tears of rage before escaping the facility and departing to places unknown with help from Jesse Chambers / Liberty Belle, a young speedster who was spying on Luthor. As Luthor orders his men to search for her everywhere, a stranger sneaks into the facility and discreetly steals the Heart of Anubis.

Next day, Lena (disguising herself as Tess Mercer) is hiding from authorities who are possibly loyal to Luthor until she crosses paths with Terra and her teammates the Knights of Rao (whom she is aware to be related to Vandal Savage’s victims) as well as the Teen Titans. Despite aware of her true identity and parentage, the young heroes spare her and agree to help her hide from Luthor’s agents. After Tess tells the Knights and the Titans of what Luthor committed, Terra and Nightwing contact the Justice League and alert them of the situation. Meanwhile, Harley Quinn, who was the intruder who invaded Lexcorp, uses the Heart of Anubis to resurrect the Joker, who had perished during the Enchantress’ rampage. Her act inadvertently resurrects General Zod and Ra’s al Ghul along with other villains and dark hearted ancient mortals who perished sometime ago before it successfully resurrects the Joker.

Knowing that the source of the deceased villains and tyrants’ resurrection is the Heart of Anubis, the young heroes formulate a plan to destroy it. While the Titans go to help the Justice League, the Knights are approached by Big Barda, who informs them that they can destroy the Heart of Anubis with the Anti-Matter Fang, an ancient sword of massive power which was once wielded by the finest of the New Gods until it was shattered into pieces during a conflict between Highfather and Darkseid. Terra and her team exact to find an collect the pieces and bring them together so that they can destroy the Heart of Anubis. Meanwhile, the Justice League (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash and Aquaman) and the Titans arrive in Lexcorp to investigate the files about the Heart of Anubis before they battle and defeat an army of Spartans sent there by Ares, who previously perished due to the instant lack of conflict (as a result of the Blue Lantern Corps and Knights of Rao’s actions against Tyranny) until he was resurrected by the Heart.

Toymaster, New Gaia, Blue Lantern and Star Hunter are with Tess in a ravaged Project Cadmus facility of London to retrieve some shards which were buried in the debris. They are ambushed in there by Task Force X Squad members who were sent there by Luthor to retrieve Tess. The villains are however defeated with help from Liberty Belle, who also agrees to help with the shards of the sword. Alpha-Wolf, Black Owl, Galaxor and Omega Knight are in Vlatava where they discover some more shards in Count Vertigo’s secret laboratory (which Perdita was unaware of). The group are met there by the Justice League and the Titans just as Vlatava was to be attacked by the Ultimen, whom the heroes defeat and repel.

Terra and Sun Rose are with Barda are in the volcanic lands of Apokolips, where they are searching for the Anti-Soul Ruby, which is one of the two main sources of the sword’s power. There, they encounter Bruce Wayne’s mother Martha, whose soul was chosen to be the Ruby’s keeper until it would be obtained by someone from Earth or New Genesis. There, the three are informed that the Ruby can only be obtained with the sacrifice of a mortal with irredeemable soul. They are ambushed there by Ra’s al Ghul’s daughter Talia, who was planning to brainwash or kill her son Damian’s friends unless he abandons his father’s rules and path. The two girls and Barda, deeming her as a soulless mother who does not truly love her son, consequently twart Talia and throw her into the fiery pits to her death, earning the Ruby.

Now needing the Sol Ruby, which is in possession of the Enchantress (who has become an independent life form strong enough to live without a host thanks to the Heart of Anubis) as part of General Zod’s plans to terraform Earth into the new image of Krypton, Terra lures and confronts Zod’s forces in what was once Troy until it was invaded and destroyed by Agamemnon and his army centuries ago. She is joined in the fight by Superman, Stargirl, White Lantern, Starfire and Shazam and, after Enchantress is subdued by Starfire, Terra obtains the Sol Ruby and departs as Superman holds Zod back until the Knights complete their mission.

While Batman and his proteges (Nightwing, Batgirl, Robin and Red Robin) work with Geo-Force and Flash to battle Ra’s al Ghul, Poison Ivy, Jason Woodrue (who was resurrected as Floronic Man) and the Task Force X Squad in Gotham City and with the Joker watching, Wonder Woman and Aquaman lead their armies of Amazons and Atlanteans to aid the U.S.A. soldiers in a battle against an army of Spartans commanded by Agamemnon and sent by Ares to destroy Metropolis. The Justice League and the Titans, along with Liberty Belle, the Amazons and Atlanteans, mount a defense and a battle issues. Terra reunites with her teammates and they assemble the shards and the rubies, successfully rebuilding the sword. As the others follow Barda in the battle for Metropolis, Terra and Tess head to the Heart of Anubis.

The two are ambushed by Rose, who is reluctant to let them destroy the Heart because it had just resurrected her long lost mother Lillian. Tess (who cannot die because of the effects of the Heart of Anubis, which will soon affect all humanity the more it resurrects the dark-hearted) holds Rose off enough for Terra to finally destroy the Heart of Anubis with the completed sword. Just then, Tara has a tearful moment with Tess, who thanks her for setting her free and peacefully crumbles into ashes in Tara’s arms as Rose desperately rushes to her mother. The Knights of Rao’s mission succeeds, with those who were resurrected by the Heart of Anubis disintegrating, including Galatea, Downpour, Shifter, Juice, Wind Dragon, Agamemnon, Ares, Zod, Enchantress, Floronic Man, Ra’s al Ghul, Captain Boomerang, Killer Frost, King Shark and finally the Joker. Rose reaches her mother, who voices regret over seeing her daughter become what Slade turned her into before she disintegrates as well. Learning of his daughter’s death, the enraged Luthor again blames it on Superman, who in turn scolds him for almost wiping out everyone else’s existence with his ambitious attempts to bring Lena back to life.

Luthor starts facing more accusations on him about the incident by Steve Trevor and Rick Flag as Superman and his fellow members of the League leave. Tara visits Lena Luthor’s grave (which is now written “Tess Mercer”) as she voices regret for her death. Tara is comforted by Diana, who convinces her that Tess is in a better place now. Just then, the two are approached and greeted by Tess’ spirit, who encourages Tara in continuing leading her friends on their mission to save the world from Tyranny, to which a confident Tara takes off to do so as Diana watches with a smile.

Cast

 * Ashley Johnson as Terra / Tara Markov
 * Kevin Conroy as Batman / Bruce Wayne
 * George Newbern as Superman / Clark Kent / Kal-El
 * Danielle Panabaker as Tess Mercer / Lena Luthor
 * Dana Delany as Lois Lane
 * Mae Whitman as New Gaia / Delilah Raymond Snow
 * Jessie Flower as Liberty Belle / Jesse Chambers
 * Grey DeLisle as Wonder Woman / Princess Diana of Themyscira
 * Josh Keaton as Green Lantern / Hal Jordan
 * Greg Cipes as Beast Boy / Garfield Logan
 * Scott Menville as Nightwing / Dick Grayson
 * Khary Payton as Cyborg / Victor Stone, Juice
 * Tara Strong as Raven, Supergirl / Kara Zor-El, Galatea
 * Hynden Walch as Starfire / Princess Koriand'r
 * Kath Soucie as Batgirl / Barbara Gordon
 * Jason Marsden as Geo-Force / Brion Markov
 * Kari Wahlgren as Black Owl / Zoe Kyle Lawton, Martha Wayne
 * Misty Lee as Big Barda
 * Travis Willingham as Aquaman / Arthur Curry
 * Wally Wingert as Flash / Barry Allen
 * Alyssa Milano as Rose the Ravager
 * Troy Baker as General Zod
 * Oded Fehr as Ra's al Ghul
 * Mark Hamill as the Joker
 * Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor
 * Tasia Valenza as Poison Ivy / Pamela Isley, Enchantress
 * Robin Atkin Downes as Floronic Man / Dr. Jason Woodrue
 * Laura Bailey as Lillian, Shifter
 * Robin Atkin Downes as Floronic Man / Dr. Jason Woodrue
 * Laura Bailey as Lillian, Shifter