Status : Concluded
Principals : Croutex, Dream, Nightstar, Nightwing, Starfire, Brainiac-5, Oracle, Dr. Fate, Various
Follows : None.
Followed By : Crisis in Eternity
Tag : operation: chaos

Overview :
This threat to the multiverse had a relatively inauspicious beginning with the sudden return of Raven to Titans Island, near the Golden Gate Bridge, and the surprising appearance of Nightstar, the daughter of Starfire and Nightwing from an alternate future. Hearing that her home universe had been destroyed, Starfire and Nightwing accepted Nightstar as a family member ("genetically but not chronologically," as Nightwing put it). While trying to adjust to this new universe, with people who were almost but not quite like those she had known and loved, Nightstar was startled to meet Dream of the Endless, who claimed that she was at risk for being collected by his sister, Death, because Nightstar had been destined to die with the rest of her universe. Having grown up with a profound fear of dying, Nightstar quickly accepted Dream's offer of protection in the form of a contract, binding her as his servant.

Shortly after Nightstar began learning how to move within the Dreaming, heroes sensitive to magic felt a disturbance that seemed to shake the foundations of reality, but were uncertain of the cause or the consequences ... until strange, random events began to be reported from around the globe. Unusually strong or out of season natural disasters were followed by (brief) appearances of people from other universes. Perhaps the most startling visitor was Brainiac-5, who for a while took up residence in the Clocktower with Dick and Barbara Grayson as he labored to find a way to return to his own time. However, his attempt to be reunited with his teammates was foiled, and he returned to Earth to join forces with the JLA and other heroes seeking to learn the cause of the crisis.

In time, it was revealed that the disturbances in reality were caused by Croutex, a chaos god from another universe who sought to take control of the realm of Destruction, the wayward member of the Endless. While the other Endless had been aware of Croutex's plan, they had felt unable to act directly in defense of their brother, and had instead arranged for Nightstar to act as their secret champion--so secret that she herself was unaware of the role she was to play, beyond a cryptic prophecy offered by Dr. Fate. Searching for Destruction, with the assistance of Delirium, Nightstar found the wandering Endless, but he dismissed her concerns and continued his journey.

Beyond the chaos caused by the disturbances in reality, cultists who worshipped Croutex began their own disturbances in cities around the world, and across the multiverse. The mystics and other magically-talented heroes speculated that such random violence served to raise power for Croutex, bringing the god closer to its ascension as an Endless. As the JLA and other heroes fought against the destruction and mayhem caused by the Croutex-cultists, Nightstar pulled Nightwing and Starfire into the Dreaming with her to face Croutex in battle. The chaos god was ultimately defeated by Destruction, who intervened at last. With the multiverse still in disarray, Dr. Fate called upon Earth's greatest heroes to dream of their reality as it was, restoring the status quo.

After the plot concluded, an OOC note was posted in Watchtower Fans thanking those players who'd made a special contribution to the development and running of this long-term plot.