Some chose to do this directly, while others preferred to act through agents.

Lacking physical forms, they would have to find ways to assert their consciousness through agents. While the Lords of Chaos were the manifestations of destruction, entropy, and discord the Lords of Order sought creation, unity, and stability. Even these cosmic beings are not sure why they exist, unaware that they were created by the Monitor of the 27th Reality to intrinsically oppose each other and through their agents create tension and conflict which would then create what the Monitor desired most: stories. Perhaps the first example of this was the Lords of Chaos and their counterparts in the Lords of Order. Though these three events contributed to the rise of the ‘superhero’ and ‘supervillain’, for as long as there has been an Earth, there have been those who have gained unspeakable power and likewise, as there is balance in all things, there would rise people of likewise ability to defy them. And while magic seems to have always existed, there was noticeable rise in its power in the late 90s, during which time magically influenced events happened that Hippolyta decided it was time to reintroduce the mortal realm to the Amazons, sending her only trueborn daughter to Earth as her ambassador of goodwill.Likewise, this is also referenced as the inspiration for the rise of the “costumed criminal.”

The beginning of Batman's career in Gotham, which inspired others to put on masks, capes, and costumes to take a stand against crime and corruption.

The meteor storm of 1978 which theoretically introduced alien particles into Earth’s atmosphere which interacted with the human genome, causing an increase in the number of persons with meta-genes.

Most scholars that studied the metahuman emergence and the corresponding rise of the superhero point to three major events: Unknown Biography Nabu: Prehistory - Present

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