Justice League (TV Series)

Hearts and Minds (2003)

Keith David: Despero

Quotes 

• Despero : [as his followers ascend to the galaxy]  Go! The conquest begins now! Emblazon my word and will across the cosmos!

• Despero : Another Green Lantern. This is getting monotonous. But I'm sure it's not your fault. You were, after all, just following your master's orders.

  Green Lantern : Despero, I presume.

  [his followers chant Despero is all in unison] 

  Green Lantern : With a backup group, no less.

  Despero : The Guardians would be wise to step aside. A new order to the universe is coming, one that will be written in fire and with the blood of all who oppose me. You would be wise to join me.

  Green Lantern : I don't know what you're selling, but I'm not buying.

  Despero : What you want is irrelevant. The only will that matters is mine, the one true voice of the Flame of Pitar. Such was bestowed upon me in the time of before.

  [narrating over flashbacks] 

  Despero : I was but a simple peasant cast out because of my deformity. Alone and forlorn, I wandered in the wasteland, guided by an unknown hand of fate. It was when I was set upon by a gang of thieves bent on taking what little I had that the ultimate truth was revealed to me. Before the thieves could flee, the ground split asunder. A great flame shot forth and destroyed my assailants. But I was spared. My third eye opened, and the flame spoke to me in a voice only I could hear. It told me of a time when Kalanor would become a paradise. Pitar charged me with the honor of leading my world to greatness and spreading its light across the galaxy.

  Green Lantern : Hmm. Your story sounds a little derivative.

  Despero : You doubt my word? Behold, the Flame of Pitar.

  Green Lantern : [a pair of doors are opened and the flame is unveiled]  You built a bonfire. Am I supposed to be impressed?

  Despero : You are not the first skeptic. You will not be the last.

  [John fights off two guards] 

  Despero : Open your eyes that you may see!

  [he fires an energy beam from his third eye, which John counters with his ring] 

  Despero : Feel the power of my rage! Feel the power of my hate!

  [John's ring is overpowered] 

  Despero : You see the futility of your quest?

  [knocking him down a flight of stairs] 

  Despero : Priestess, throw this one into the Flame.

  [the priestess is revealed to be Katma]