List of Legends of Tomorrow characters
Legends of Tomorrow is an American television series, developed by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Phil Klemmer, and Andrew Kreisberg, based on several characters from DC Comics. The series premiered in the United States on January 21, 2016, for The CW television network, and it finished its first season on May 19, 2016. The second season premiered in October 2016 and ended in April 2017. The third season premiered in October 2017 and concluded in April 2018, while the fourth season premiered in October 2018 and wrapped up in April 2019. The fifth season premiered in January 2020 and finished in June 2020.
Legends of Tomorrows first season follows Time Master Rip Hunter in his mission to stop Vandal Savage from killing his wife and child and destroying the world. To help him, he forms a team of Legends consisting of Martin Stein and Jefferson Jackson / Firestorm, Ray Palmer / The Atom, Sara Lance / White Canary, Kendra Saunders / Hawkgirl, Carter Hall / Hawkman, Mick Rory / Heat Wave, and Leonard Snart / Captain Cold ; with the A.I. Gideon providing assistance. By the end of the season, Snart sacrifices himself to save the Legends and Kendra and Carter depart following Savage's defeat.
The second season focuses on the remaining Legends fixing "aberrations" in time as well as confronting the Legion of Doom, composed of Eobard Thawne / Reverse-Flash, Damien Darhk, Malcolm Merlyn and a time-displaced Snart. Along the way, they are joined by historian Nate Heywood / Steel and Justice Society of America member Amaya Jiwe / Vixen. Though the Legends defeat the Legion, they accidentally destroy time and Rip disappears under mysterious circumstances.
The third season sees the Legends repairing anachronisms across the timestream. In addition, they also face opposition from Rip's Time Bureau and a demonic entity called Mallus, whose disciple, Nora Darhk, has resurrected her father Damien and Amaya's future granddaughter Kuasa. Though the team loses Stein and Jackson, they gain new allies in computer hacker Zari Tomaz, speedster Wally West / Kid Flash, and Time Bureau agents Ava Sharpe and Gary Green. In the end, Rip dies fighting Mallus while Amaya and Wally depart following the demon's defeat.
In the fourth season, the Legends must capture a group of mythical creatures that were released when they freed Mallus. Along the way, they must also stop the demon [|Neron] from unleashing Hell on Earth. The team is joined by occult detective John Constantine, shapeshifting fugitive Charlie, Kaupe Mona Wu, and a reformed Nora. After changing the timeline while defeating Neron, Zari is erased from the team and replaced by her brother, Behrad Tarazi.
In the fifth season, the Legends track down and stop evil historical figures called "Encores" after they are resurrected by Astra Logue, whom Constantine accidentally sent to Hell. Along the way, they discover Charlie is actually Clotho of the Fates, who is being hunted by her sisters, Lachesis and Atropos, for destroying the Loom of Fate. Though Mona leaves the Legends to start her writing career and Ray and Nora also leave after getting married, Ava and Gary join the team after the Time Bureau gets shut down, the new Zari from the changed timeline joins them, and Astra ends up joining the team after the Fates betrayed her. The team regains their memories of the old Zari when they learn she has been transported to the World Between Worlds in the Air Totem however she can't co-exist with her counterpart for too long as her timeline will bleed into the new one, risking Behrad's life. After defeating her sisters, Charlie departs to reunite with her old band.
In the sixth season, the Legends deal with rescuing Sara from the scientist human shapeshifter Bishop while dealing with alien creatures released by Sara in different times. The team is joined by alien hunter Esperanza Cruz. Zari Tomaz learns she can switch places with her counterpart in the Air Totem, allowing her to rejoin the team on a part-time basis and continue dating Nate. John and Mick depart following Bishop's defeat.
In the seventh season, the team fights their very own Waverider. After Bishop is returned to his time with his memory wiped, he wakes with a hard drive containing Gideon. After removing her "humanity protocol", he creates "Evil Gideon" the antagonist of the season. After recreating the Waverider he and his "Ava 1.0" travel to the bridge between season 6 & 7 and destroy the Waverider marooning the legends in 1925. The team are forced to seek the help of Gwyn Davies, a scientist and World War One veteran who is also the inventor of time travel. He aids the team in their fight against Evil Gideon as he joins them after they make his time machine work properly. After defeating Evil Gideon, their robot clones and saving the life of Alun Thomas, Gwyn's best friend, who died during World War One, Nate and Zari Tomaz leave the team when Nate moves into the Air Totem with her. The rest of the team are double-crossed by the time-fixer, Mike who they met and they were all arrested by the Time Police, alongside Mike and Alun Thomas, for 'time crimes.'
The following is a list of characters that have appeared on the television series. Many are named for, or are based on DC Comics characters.
Overview
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Main characters
Martin Stein / Firestorm
Professor Martin Stein is a faculty member from Hudson University and nuclear physicist focused on transmutation, who is also half of the character Firestorm with Jefferson Jackson. Stein is also Ray Palmer's former college professor. Initially time travels for intellectual pursuits and adventures with his wife Clarissa's blessing; however, after accidentally altering his own history resulted in his fatherhood in season two and becoming a grandfather following his daughter's pregnancy in season three, Stein discovers happiness that he and Clarissa had never experienced in the previous timeline and desires to be with his family, ultimately seeks to separate himself from the F.I.R.E.S.T.O.R.M. matrix, with help from Jax, Ray, Harry Wells, Cisco Ramon, and Caitlin Snow.However, during the events of "Crisis on Earth-X", Stein is badly injured during the team's escape from Earth-X when he is shot by two Nazis and dies separating himself from the F.I.R.E.S.T.O.R.M. matrix. The Legends, Team Arrow, Team Flash, Supergirl, and Alex Danvers avenge Stein by defeating the Earth-X armies that are led by Overgirl and Dark Arrow and killing their leaders, though Eobard Thawne gets away.
Following Stein's death, his younger 1992 self is accidentally displaced in the Norsemen era with a Beebo toy, reveals details of Stein's change to his past during Hanukkah after his last encounter with his younger self in 1987 in the process. After taking his future self's advice, young Stein leads a fulfilling marriage with Clarissa following the couple's daughter Lily's birth, with him being a devoted father, therefore young Stein and his wife are living a much happier lives than what would have been without interfering Stein's destiny. The Legends end up saving him and getting him back to his own time with a replacement Beebo for his daughter. Becoming aware of his fate in 2017, young Stein decides not to learn the details of his impending death and avert it, knowing that he would die in the age of 67 hence a senior; he gathers that he would already lived his life to the fullest by then and even if he alters the event it would only bought himself a little time anyway due to being elderly. He resolves to treasure the life he has as a husband and father, and advises Jefferson to move on from his future self's death.
In season seven, Gideon encounters a memory of Stein at the time she suffers a virus.
The character was first introduced on The Flash. Garber left the series during season three, after his character's death during the "Crisis on Earth-X" crossover.
Victor Garber also portrays Henry Stein, an ancestor of Martin living in London, 1895.
Ray Palmer / Atom
Dr. Raymond "Ray" Palmer is a scientist, inventor, businessman, and CEO of Palmer Technologies. After losing his fiancée Anna to the Starling City Siege, Ray developed a power-suit to protect the people of Starling City and became a member of Team Arrow. After a lab accident that saw him captive for 6 months and the world believing him dead, he is now capable of shrinking and growing to immense sizes whilst wearing the suit.During the first season, he develops a relationship with Kendra Saunders, but this ends when Hawkman is reincarnated as Scythian Torvil.
In later seasons, Ray forms a strong friendship with Nate Heywood and develops an attraction towards Nora Darhk. He later becomes the host of the demon Neron after surrendering his body to save Nate's life. He is eventually saved and resurrected by Constantine.
During season five, he marries Nora and leaves the Legends so they can live their lives together.
In season seven, Gideon encounters a memory of Ray while suffering from a virus.
The character was first introduced on Arrow. In August 2019, it was revealed that Routh would leaving as a series regular during the fifth season.
Rip Hunter is a roguish time traveler and leader of the team as well as former Time Master, who hides the strains of being responsible for history itself behind a façade of charm and wit. His goal is to defeat Vandal Savage to save the world and his family. He and Savage are archenemies throughout the timeline. Aiden Longworth portrays a young Rip Hunter.
In season two, after giving himself false memories and identity for the sake of protecting the Spear of Destiny, Rip is captured and brainwashed into joining the Legion of Doom; he attempts to rewrite his and his family's fate with the Spear. He is also revealed to be an ally to a future variant of Barry Allen, whose younger self operates as the Flash in the present. By the end of the season, Rip regains his memories and leaves the Legends, feeling he has nothing left to teach them.
In season three, after leaving the Waverider for only 15 minutes in the Legends' time, Rip meets the team again in 2017. During the five years that have passed in Rip's time, he has set up the Time Bureau to replace the Time Masters and correct the anachronisms caused by the Legends. In the season finale, Rip sacrifices his life to stop Mallus. Darvill became a recurring actor for season three.
In season seven, Gideon encounters a memory of Rip while suffering from a virus. It was also revealed that Rip altered her programming so that she would interact with the Legends better.