Knights of Rao

"Tyranny anywhere is a threat to Freedom everywhere."

- The Knights of Rao Motto The Knights of Rao are a team of young heroes in DC Comics. The team is formed by Terra out of her and her teammates' worshipping of Superman as well as the determination of putting an end on the existence of Vandal Savage, who was responsable for the deaths of the young heroes' loved ones, and on the tyrant threat.

Terra / Tara Markov
The team's founder and leader. After being saved from the hands of Slade and trainned by Superman as a heroine, Terra was persuaded by the fact that tyranny was the only threat to Freedom and Hope, which is one of the primary reasons she formed the Knights of Rao.

Toymaster / Hiro Okamura
A 13 old young highly intelligent boy from Japan with an I.Q. of 210 and the team's second-in command. He was found by Terra after she saved him from a group of mercenaries from Project Cadmus who were sent by Amanda Waller to capture him and recruit him to the Task Force X program. One of his primary reasons for being in the team is his uncle, who was a successful College teacher in Japan before his death in the congress where Sanage killed Ronnie Raymond.

Blue Lantern / Collin Hill
Collin Hill, an 9 year old boy who was orphanned by Savage's killing of his parents in the congress and felt disowned by his older and uncaring half-brother. Collin also hnded up joinning the Blue Lantern Corps when the Corps' guardian entity Adara (posing as Peacock) felt he needed Hope to overcome grief and bonded him with a Blue Lantern Ring. He was eventually found by Terra when she saw him fighting a Project Cadmus robot made of Manhunter Technology which was going for a rampage in Coast City.

Alpha-Wolf / Milo Chaves
An unhappy teenager from Mexico whose family died along with Ronnie Raymond and the other National Leaders with him by the hands of Vandal Savage. He used to work as a talented but abused and poorly paid theater actor who was bullied by the main actors and also greatly despised by the public. One day, he ended up locked by the bullies inside a cave where he ended up finding a mysterious wolf-headed amulet which permanently bonded him with a curse: he now had the appearance and the abilities of a Werewolf. After escaping the cave, he figured out that his new look made the public unable to recognize him, but see him differently (seeing him as a beloved celebrity and not as a hated freak as they used to treat him in the theater), to his delight. The spirit of his curse continued persuading him to take the Amulet to the Moon Temple in exchange of freeing him from his curse. But reminded that he was hated before and now beloved for his new look, Milo refused and threw the Amulet away. He was then found by Terra after she saw him battling and defeating a berserk Super-Soldier of Project Cadmus attacking his neighbourhood and recruited by her to join the team, on which he adopted the alter-ego Alpha-Wolf.

Omega Knight / Jason Burke
Jason Burke, the son of Alicia Burke (a successful and popular athlete in Olympic Games) and Alexander (a former Spartan soldier who was executed by his brothers for betraying their lord Ares by stealing an ancient Olympian Artifact created by Hephestus for the Wargod himself) and a teenager who delevoped amazing abilities from the Artifact his father stole. The artifact gave him the Strength of Hercules, the Speed of Hermes, the Wings of Icarus and the powers of the main Gods of Olympus (the Light of Zeus, which enabled him to cast Lightning Bolts, the Arsenal of Poseidon, which allowed him to craft Water-made constructs based on weapons, and the Spawns of Hades, which enabled him to create Fire-made constructs based on Animals). He was found by Terra battling alone against a pack of Minotaurs sent by Ares to get the Artifact back and recruited him in her team, on which he adopted the alter-ego of Omega Knight. He is also in the team because Ares was also collaborating with Project Cadmus to bring on more war.

Indigo Lantern / Amber Lang
The daughter of Superman's first lover Lana Lang she is one of Tara's closest friends and a member of the Indigo Tribe. She and her friend Dionne were recruited by Terra as members of the team due to Luthor's corrupt alliances with Sinestro, who has been a long time enemy to both Lantern Corps.

The Emmerald / Dionne Stewart
John Stewart's daughter, she is one of Tara's closest friends and a member of the Green Lantern Corps like her father. She also battles crime on the identity of the "Emmerald". She and her friend Amber were recruited by Terra as members of the team due to Luthor's corrupt alliances with Sinestro, who has been a long time enemy to both Lantern Corps.

Static Shock / Virgil Hawkins
Dakota City's primary superhero with the abilities to manipulate Electricity and Technology. He and Gear were recruited by Terra and Toymaster after they helped the duo deal with Hot-Streak and Ebon.

Gear / Richie Osgood Foley
Virgil's best friend and sidekick with a Superhuman Intelligence which allows him to build high-tech machines and gadgets. He and Static were recruited by Terra and Toymaster after they helped the duo deal with Hot-Streak and Ebon.

New Gaia / Delilah Raymond Snow
The 14 year old daughter of the deceased Ronnie Raymond (Martin Stein's first merging partner as Firestorm) and widowed scientist Caitlin Snow (Killer Frost's heroic counterpart Winter Star). She has a small, but very strong degree of her father's ability to manipulate Matter. She was eventually merged with three Element Shadows (symbiotic organisms created in a secret Lexcorp lab which can absorb Earth's elements and bond with an organic host body) which had duplicated Terra's elemental abilities and enveloped her like a bodysuit with the Earth Shadow as the skin, the Metal Shadow being the Leotard-like suit and the Ice Shadow forming the hair, the Owl wings and Fox tail. Thanks to her own abilities to manipulate Matter, she was able to control the organism. Delilah joined the rampage when the Element Shadows showed her a vision of Savage killing her father (which caused a nuclear explosion which likewise killed the other National Leaders, including Tara's father Viktor Markov, indirectedly leading to a guilt-ridden Superman's self-imposed exile) and exacted revenge on Luthor for letting this happen by framing Superman. Delilah eventually destroyed every robot and Kryptonite in Lexlab. Luthor tried to stop her by sending in Amazo, who was likewise unable to stop her due to the Element Shadows preventing it from duplicating their powers. Just then, Delilah was approached and calmed down by both her mother Caitlin and Terra and convinced to leave with them. As Luthor faced accusations for the rampage caused by Amazo and the Element Shadows departed to unknown places, Delilah and Caitlin had a mother-and-daughter heart-to-heart before Caitlin allowed her daughter to train with Terra, who eventually saw Delilah (who dubbed herself New Gaia) as a new recruit for the team.

The Royal Guard Patrol
A group of teenage sportspeople with metahuman abilities who were brought together as a family by their trainner Mike Falsworth (who was also another victim of Savage's rampage) and saved by Terra from terrorists working for Savage. They formed an Chess game-themed superhero team named the Royal Guard Patrol (paralleling the Royal Flush Gang).
 * Cade Fergunson (the King), an Basketball player and the team's leader with the abilities to liberate Solar Energy and animated objects (which are his Pawns).
 * Sarah Falsworth (the Queen), an Surfer, Mike Falsworth's daughter, Cade's girlfriend and the team's second-in command with the ability to manipulate water.
 * Lucas Blake (the Bishop), an Archer and Skeet shooter with ability to teleport. He is also armed with his Crossbow and is as talented as Green Arrow and Deadshot in hitting his targets.
 * Adam Hill (the Knight), Collin Hill's cousin and an Gymnastics champion with Superhuman Leaping and Shockwave Fists.


 * Karen Blake (the Rook), Lucas' older sister, Sarah's best friend and roomate and a professional wrestler with Superhuman Strength and a unbreakable skin.

Origin
The team was formed by Superman's prodigy Terra out of her deep faith for Freedom and Hope and her belief that Tyranny is the one true threat affecting the world. After recruiting enough candidates, Terra named her team "Knights of Rao" in homage of Rao, the Sungod of Krypton, and added the motto: "Tyranny anywhere is a threat to Freedom everywhere.".