Hro Talak

Evil-doer

Full Name

Hro Talak

Alias

Commander Talak

Origin

Justice League

Occupation

Commander of the Thanagarian Military

Powers / Skills

Thanagarian Physiology:

Superhuman strength
Superhuman durability
Superhuman speed
Superhuman endurance
Superhuman stamina
Flight

Master combatant
Axe mastery
Tactician

Hobby

Fighting

Leading the Thanagarians

Goals

Win the Thanagarian-Gordanian War.

Create a gateway through Earth that would allow the Thanagarians to destroy the Gordanians (even if it means destroying Earth).
Defeat the Justice League.
Kill John Stewart and Hawkgirl (all failed).

Crimes

War crimes

Invasion
Mass murder
Espionage
Conspiracy
Abuse (physical and of power)
Assault and battery
Incrimination
False imprisonment
Privacy violation
Enslavement
Blackmail
Attempted genocide
Attempted mundicide

Type of Villain

Genocidal Extremist

“	We are at war, have you forgotten why we fight? Or what horror the Gordanians are capable of? Have you forgotten my long years rotting in their stinking prison camps? I haven't!	„
	~ Hro Talak to Hawkgirl.

Commander Hro Talak is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Lex Luthor) of the animated series, Justice League and a minor antagonist in Season 2 of its sequel series, Justice League Unlimited.

He was the commander of the Thanagarian military who was in constant war with the Gordanians. Desperate to defeat the Gordanians and win the war for his people, he planned to invade Earth and use it as a hyperspace bypass to invade the Gordanian homeworld, which would destroy both worlds in the process. This directly puts in conflict with the Justice League and his former lieutenant/lover, Shayera Hol (later known as Hawkgirl).

He was voiced by Victor Rivers.

Biography[]

Hro offers to lend his troops to help the Justice League defend Earth from a possible invasion from the Gordanians, enemies of the Thanagarians. However, the Thanagarians' true aim is to build a massive device called a hyperspace bypass, which will allow Thanagarian ships to reach the Gordanian homeworld, destroying all life on Earth in the process. While Talak does not desire the latter, he considers it an acceptable sacrifice for the Thanagarians to win their war with the Gordanians. He becomes furious when Shayera betrayed her people to save Earth, believing it's because of her feelings for John Stewart, the Green Lantern. However, the Thanagarians are defeated by the Justice League and the hyperspace device was destroyed. Seeing no more reason to fight, he was forced to order his troops to leave Earth. Before leaving, he tells Shayera that her actions have consequences for their people, which she accepts.

In the Justice League Unlimited episode "Hunter's Moon", it was revealed that Talak died while saving his men from a Gordanian attack on Thanagar upon their return.

Personality[]

Talak was a mostly no-nonsense leader who was dedicated to serving and protecting his race. However, he had little sympathy for beings other than his own race, as he didn't care about destroying Earth in order to fight the Gordanians. He also considered Shayera's sympathy for Earth traitorous.

Trivia[]

He originally was meant to be Katar Hol, Hawkman and Shayera's husband in the comics. As a reference to this, Hro's name is an anagram for Katar Hol.
It's said that Victor Rivers had a hard time reading his lines in the scene where Hro savagely beat up Shayera and struck Kragger, due to growing up with an abusive father who beats him and his mother.

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External Links[]

Hro Talak on the DC Animated Universe Wiki

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