Over the next several hundred years Ra’s traveled the globe, mastering various forms of combat. Shortly thereafter, Ra’s declared himself “the Demon’s Head,” after desecrating the altar of the ancient Egyptian demon-god Bisu. When the king begged Ra’s to heal his son once more, Ra’s killed them both, and he and his tribe razed the city to the ground, killing all of its inhabitants. He used scientific knowledge centuries ahead of his time to create a virus, one that infected the young prince. Ra’s then set forth to find the nomadic tribe he was born into, and convinced his uncle, by then the leader of the tribe, to help him in his quest for revenge. Ra’s, however, was set free by the son of an elderly woman whom he had treated as a doctor, and whose suffering he had eased in her final days. The local king, father of the mad prince, refused to acknowledge his son’s act, and instead blamed Ra’s, whom he sentenced to a slow and torturous death in a cage, alongside Sora’s corpse. Although the pit revived the prince, it temporarily drove him insane, and he strangled Sora to death. It was during this time that Ra’s discovered the secret of the life-extending Lazarus Pits, and he saved a dying prince by lowering him into one. Interested in science and the study of nature, Ra’s left his tribe and went to live in a city, where he became a doctor and married a woman named Sora, whom he has described as the great love of his life.
The man who would be known as Ra’s al Ghul was born over six centuries ago, to a tribe of nomads somewhere in the Arabian desert. He remains one of the greatest threats the DC Universe has ever known.
But regardless of their familial connection, Batman knows Ra’s is never to be underestimated or trusted. And although he learned Batman’s secret identity before their first meeting, he refuses to reveal it out of respect for the man he simply refers to as “Detective.” Now the two are bound by blood, as Bruce Wayne and Talia’s son Damian is the grandson of Ra’s al Ghul. For years he tried to have Batman wed his daughter Talia. To this end, he's orchestrated numerous attempts at genocide, bringing him into direct conflict with the Batman.ĭespite his obvious enmity for Batman, Ra’s sees him as a worthy adversary. He was born over 600 years ago, but thanks to repeated exposure to the mystical Lazarus Pits, he’s extended his lifespan many times over.Ī dangerous idealist, Ra’s believes the perfect ecological balance can only be achieved by getting rid of a large portion of the human population. Hundreds of years old, Ra’s-which translates from Arabic as “the Demon’s Head”-is leader of the League of Assassins. But Ra’s al Ghul is a Super-Villain of a different caliber. Batman has many foes, many of whom are wildly theatrical urban criminals.
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