Time Masters

Time Masters
Information
Location(s)	Vanishing Point
Use(s)	Protecting the timeline (façade) Manipulating the timeline (true goal)

The Time Masters are a council of individuals tasked with protecting the timeline. They are also associates of Vandal Savage. In "Destiny", it is revealed that the Time Masters' goal to keep he timeline is nothing more than a façade, as they used a device called the Oculus that not only gives them knowledge of the past, the present and future, but they also used it to manipulate the timeline; something that that most members are aware of.

History

The HQ of Time Masters in the Vanishing Point.

Rip Hunter stood before the council, requesting a team to take on Vandal Savage and prevent him from massacring anyone more. However, the council turned a blind eye, standing by their decision. Instead, Rip took his ship, the Waverider, and took on the mission anyway, in doing so relinquishing his position as a Time Master. They subsequently sent Chronos after him, to bring him in.

Chronos followed the team, but failed again, and so Time Master Druce was sent to try and bring in Rip and his entire team. Druce pretended to offer Rip and his team amnesty, but when Rip seemingly conceded, Chronos turned up to execute him. However, Mick Rory forewarned Rip of the betrayal and, assisted by Firestorm, thwarted Druce and Chronos, forcing them to flee.

Ultimately, Rip's team was able to capture Savage in 2166, along with evidence that he was tampering with time to acquiring futuristic technology for his conquest of Earth. Despite this justifying Rip's mission to stop Savage, it was revealed that the Time Masters have sided with Savage, believing him to be crucial to the balance of the timeline, opting to return him to 2166 and imprison Rip and his team..

The Time Masters capture every member of the team except Leonard Snart, Sara Lance, and Jefferson Jackson. They released Kendra Saunders and Scythian Torvil into Savage's "care". They also planned to brainwash Rory into becoming Chronos. Druce, in order to get Hunter to abandon his obsession, showed him the Time Masters' ace in the hole, a device that could be used to influence decisions. He explains not only has he been controlling the teams' actions for months but also that he was the mastermind behind Savage's rise to power, wanting Savage to take over the world in order to prepare the Earth's armies for an alien invasion in 2175.

Overview

To Be Added

Known members

Current members

• Eve Baxter

Former members

• Rip Hunter (turned enemy)
• Druce (deceased)
• Declan (deceased)
• Miranda Coburn (resigned; deceased)

Known allies

Former allies

• The Hunters (bounty hunters; deceased)
• The Pilgrim (assassin; deceased)
• Mick Rory/Chronos (bounty hunter; resigned)
• Vandal Savage (deceased)

Known enemies

Current enemies

• Rip Hunter's team
  • Rip Hunter (former member)
  • Ray Palmer/The Atom
  • Firestorm
    • Jefferson Jackson
    • Martin Stein
  • Kendra Saunders/Hawkgirl
  • Sara Lance/White Canary
  • Mick Rory/Heat Wave (former ally)
  • Scythian Torvil/Hawkman

Former enemies

• Kaylex Druzan (deceased)
• Carter Hall/Hawkman (member of Rip Hunter's team; deceased)
• Leonard Snart/Captain Cold (member of Rip Hunter's team; status unknown)

Appearances

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

Season 1

• "Pilot, Part 1"
• "White Knights" Druce
• "Marooned"
• "Left Behind" (mentioned)
• "Progeny" (mentioned)
• "The Magnificent Eight" (mentioned)
• "Last Refuge"
• "River of Time"
• "Destiny"
• "Legendary" (mentioned)

Trivia

• The Time Masters were nicknamed "Time Bastards" by Leonard Snart.

Behind the scenes

• Unidentified Time Masters are portrayed in "Pilot, Part 1" by Mackenzie Gray, Simone Bailly and Christopher Logan.