In addition, Batman warns him that if he reveals the secret, it would give Ra's al Ghul a vital clue that he used a Lazarus Pit without his permission, and the League of Assassins would subsequently retaliate against him.

A dying Ra's reveals that this is all part of his greater plan to ensure that his daughters will realize that he is correct in his perceptions about the world and what needs to be done to it, and that they would come to accept their destinies as his heirs.

Later in seclusion, Ra's reveals everything which happened was a test for Tim Drake, from the League, the Council, the Men of Death, and the plot against Bruce Wayne.

Ultimately, Spider-Man and Batman interfere and the Kingpin reveals that he knows Ra's ' plans and allows the two heroes to board his plane so they can assist him.

When Batman and Robin catch up with Ra's al Ghul in the episode's main timeframe, he reveals that the old man is his son Arkady Duvall.

Halfway through the film when Batman travels to Ra's al Ghul's stronghold to question him, Ra's reveals that he had been planning to ruin the economy of Europe and had hired the Joker to provide Batman and Robin with a distraction.

Miranda Tate, the Wayne Enterprises board member responsible for the project in the first place, reveals herself to be Talia al Ghul, the child of Batman's deceased enemy Ra's al Ghul.

Batman saves them and Ra's reveals himself as the man who kidnapped Robin, and that Talia had never even been captured to begun with.

After Batman catches up with them at their desert stronghold, Ra's reveals his plan to the Dark Knight: with no male heir to carry out his crusade, Ra's plans to use a satellite to wipe out all life on Earth by destroying all the Lazarus Pits on Earth simultaneously, killing billions.

After Batman's return to the city and near the end of the story, Miranda stabs Batman to help Bane and reveals herself to be the child of Ra's al Ghul that escaped the prison.

When Batman finally reaches Ra's, he reveals he only wanted Ra's's blood for a cure, which upsets Talia because he used her for her father, though she still urges Batman to kill her father and join her as the leaders of the League of Assassins.

Ra's uses the alias Ducard, pretending to be subservient to a decoy Ra's al Ghul for the first half of the film, until he reveals that he is in fact Ra's al Ghul himself.

In time, through the use of Batman's notes, Ra's al Ghul was able to fashion a synthetic red kryptonite, this version turning Superman's skin transparent and leaving him almost exploding with power as the sunlight that gave him his powers was sent directly into his muscles without being filtered by his skin.

Set was depicted standing on the prow of Ra's night barque spearing Apep in the form of a serpent, turtle, or other dangerous water animals.

Isis was Ra's companion at the coming of dawn.

Mut, the doting mother, was assimilated into Hathor, the cow-goddess and mother of Horus who had become identified as Ra's wife.

Indeed: it was even thought that sometimes Apep actually managed to swallow Ra during the day, causing a solar eclipse, but since Ra's defenders quickly cut him free of Apep, the eclipse always ended within a few minutes.

Since Ra's earthly manifestation was the Mnevis bull, the three of Anubis as son, the Mnevis as father, and Hesat as mother, were identified as a family triad, and worshipped as such.

Much of Sun Ra's music could be classified as free jazz, especially his work from the 1960s, although Sun Ra said repeatedly that his music was written and boasted that what he wrote sounded more free than what " the freedom boys " played.

In the 2010 film Batman: Under the Red Hood, the explanation for Jason's escape from death was retconned to Ra's al Ghul obtaining his body and immersing it in the Lazarus Pit.

It featured several members of the late Sun Ra's big band, the Arkestra, which was ( among other modes ) an archetypical free jazz ensemble.

The creature was then sealed away in the frozen wasteland of Antarctica, encased within ice, until it was released by Ra's Al Ghul, who used him as a pawn in his plan to use nuclear warheads to decimate Gotham as well as destroy a cluster of communication satellites, causing a major communications blackout, the end goal of his mission being to incite chaos and purge the Earth of the " cancer " that is civilization.

Early in the Libyan civil war he reportedly " fled ", but after the city of Ra's Lanuf was recaptured by pro-government forces, AP reported on 13 March that he asked Italian oil giant Eni SpA for help with putting out a fire at the Ra's Lanuf Refinery.

His music video " Snake Charmer " was screened at Deejay Ra's music video night in Toronto at the FILMI festival, North America's longest running South Asian film festival.

Ra's al Ghul has been featured in various media adaptions, most notably the 2005 Christopher Nolan film, Batman Begins, where he was portrayed by actors Liam Neeson and Ken Watanabe ( the latter being an expendable decoy ).

Since the White Ghost was his son, Ra's was able to use the resemblance between them to modify his new body's appearance to be more like his own.

During the Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul storyline, he was revealed to be Ra's al Ghul's centuries-old father.

Created by Peter Milligan and David Lopez in 2007, Dusan al Ghul () was Ra's ' only known son.

Thought little is known about his past, it is stated that he was born out of a union meant to strengthen his father's hold over " some long-extinct people ", suggesting that he was older than Ra's ' other children.

Talia's mother was a woman of mixed Chinese and Arab ancestry named Melisande, who met Ra's at the Woodstock festival.

And despite being aware of Batman's true identity as Bruce Wayne since before their first meeting, Ra's has never exposed that information to the public or Batman's other rogues ; it's a consideration that Batman attributes to Ra's personal code of honor.

Ra's ' true intent is to show Batman the folly of his efforts to protect a corrupt society that, to his mind, allows criminals to exist and flourish.

He reappears later at Wayne Manor, where his true identity is revealed, and since Bruce believed him long dead, he states " But is Ra's Al Ghul immortal?

Batman convinces the Riddler not to reveal his true identity to anyone else, because a riddle which everyone knows the answer to would be worthless, and even if he does, the revelation would give Ra's al Ghul a vital clue that Nigma is the one who used his Lazarus Pit, making Ra's to send his League of Assassins after him.

Ra's al Ghul is an international criminal mastermind whose ultimate goal is a world in perfect environmental balance.

Ra's considers Bane a potential heir to his empire, despite his daughter Talia's distaste for the criminal mastermind.

Meanwhile, a seventy year old Bruce Wayne, on the trail of Ra's al Ghul, is captured by agents of the criminal mastermind.

Though the False-Facers and Circe would later cross paths with Batman multiple times, Black Mask himself remained behind bars until he was freed by the criminal mastermind Ra's al Ghul, along with all of Arkham's other inmates.

They were also the power behind Hugo Strange and Protocol 10, which, if successful, would have meant Strange was Ra's al Ghul's successor.

In the film, Jonathan Crane is the head psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum, where he uses his fear gas to conduct experiments on his patients, working closely with Gotham mob boss Carmine Falcone and international terrorist Ra's al Ghul, who provides the ingredients for his fear gas.

James Gordon and institutionalized in Arkham, but later escapes in the mass release of the asylum's inmates prompted by Ra's al Ghul as part of his plot to destroy Gotham.

To ensure Ra's is not a constant threat within Gotham City, Batman comes up with the false identity of " Terry Gene Kase ," and plants it along with credible photos, medical records, and police records for both Blackgate Penitentiary and Arkham Asylum.

Batman takes an unconscious Ra's directly to Arkham where it is believed he really is the prisoner " Terry Gene Kase ," a criminal with multiple personality disorder who has just been transferred to Arkham to finish out multiple life sentences.

Despite these precautions, Ra's eventually escapes when the orderlies miss his dosage once, which allows him to become conscious enough to escape from Arkham.

In the story " Resurrection Night " in Batman # 400, Ra's helps all of Batman's foes to escape from Arkham Asylum and the Gotham State Penitentiary, setting them on a plan to abduct certain individuals across Gotham City who are linked in one form or another to Batman.

Ra's al Ghul is last seen watching the news bulletin of the Red Hood's disappearance and the Joker's return to Arkham Asylum.

* In Batman: Arkham Asylum, Ra's al Ghul's body can be found zipped up in a body bag in the morgue part of Arkham Mansion near Dr. Penny Young's office, which serves as the answer to the riddle " It'll be a cold day in hell when this Ghul rises again .".

* Ra's al Ghul appears in Batman: Arkham City, voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, as one of the three main antagonists in the game, along with the Joker and Hugo Strange, as both an orchestrator and a boss battle.

In the Arkham game universe, Batman is unaware of the existence of the Lazarus Pit, but believes Ra's does not lie to him when he claims he has lived for over 600 years.

Batman lands safely as Ra's ' body collides with the Arkham City main gate, leaving his body hanging over the gate, and his sword sticking out of his chest.

* Hugo Strange appears in Batman: Arkham City, voiced by Corey Burton, as the primary antagonist along with the Joker and Ra's al Ghul.

It is eventually revealed that he is also working with Ra's al Ghul, sharing a vision for " Protocol 10 ": A chilling attempt to wipe out the entire inmate population of Arkham and accordingly, ' saving ' Gotham from its criminal element.

He is sent to Arkham Asylum, but escapes during Ra's al Ghul's attack on Gotham, and nearly attacks Dawes and a child she is protecting.

* In Batman Arkham City, Ra's Al Ghul says " We are Legion ," referencing his eternal life and power provided by an ancient demon's blood.

He is briefly seen in Arkham when Batman goes to rescue Rachel Dawes from Scarecrow and was not seen when Ra's al Ghul's men released all the inmates in Arkham.

The League is made up of Talia's elite guard, and is notably the only incarnation of the League of Assassins in both comics and media to be composed of mostly female members, with Ra's being the only male member shown in Arkham City.

* In The Batman Adventures ( a comic series based on the animated series ), he escapes Arkham several times and teams up with villains such as Lex Luthor and Ra's al Ghul to destroy Gotham.