Changes: Warlord's Daughter

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"...I know the rage that drives you. That impossible anger strangling the grief until the memory of your loved one is just...poison in your veins. And one day, you catch yourself wishing the person you loved had never existed...so you'd be spared your pain. I wasn't always here in the mountains. Once, I had a wife...my great love. She was taken from me."

―Ra's al Ghul to Bruce Wayne^[src]

The Warlord's Daughter was the wife of Ra's al Ghul and the mother of Talia al Ghul. She was portrayed by India Wadsworth in The Dark Knight Rises.

Biography

Batman Begins

While he mentored Bruce Wayne, Ra's told him that his wife's murder taught him that there are those without decency who should be fought without hesitation or pity. This gave Bruce a much better understanding of Ra's, as they had both lost someone they loved.

The Dark Knight Rises

Approximately thirty years before the events of the The Dark Knight Rises, the warlord's young daughter met a skilled mercenary working for her father. They fell in love, married in secret and conceived a child. When the warlord later found out, he had planned to place the mercenary in The Pit, but the daughter convinced the warlord into exiling the mercenary instead, and unknown to the mercenary, took the mercenary's place in the pit. There, she gave birth to a daughter that she named Talia, who spent the first years of her life locked up with her mother. One day, the doctor forgot to lock the door to their cell and the other inmates eventually attacked and murdered Ra's' wife, but her child was protected by a prisoner known as Bane, who also assisted in her escape from the Pit.

During this time, the exiled mercenary had joined the League of Shadows and became known as Ra's al Ghul. Talia found her father and brought him back to enact terrible vengeance upon the prisoners of the Pit, with the exception of Bane.

Talia later told Batman that Bane was exiled from the League by Ra's because he was a constant reminder of the hell her father left his wife to die in, and that the only crime that Bane committed was that Bane loved Talia.

Trivia

In the comics, there have been different versions of Talia's mother. One unnamed mother died of a drug overdose that Ra's declined to help, while another was named Melisande and was attacked by Ra's former servant Qayin as child Talia watched him push her into a Lazarus Pit where she died.
In the comics, there have been different women who were wives and loves of Ra's al Ghul. Centuries back into the past, the murder of a physician's wife and love Sora leads the physician to create The Demon organization and become Ra's al Ghul. Another wife and love of Ra's al Ghul later on was named Melisande, the mother of Talia.
Actress India Wadsworth is of mixed Chinese heritage, much like Talia's mother in the comics.

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+{{Infobox Movie Character
-{{Infobox_Movie_Character
-|Character name = Warlord's daughter
+|Character name = Warlord's Daughter
+|image=[[File:Warlord's Daughter.jpg|250px]]
-|real name = Unknown
+|real name = Melisande al Ghul
-|relatives = [[Ra's al Ghul (Liam Neeson)| Ra's al Ghul]]<br>
-[[Talia al Ghul (Marion Cotillard)| Talia al Ghul]]
+|relatives = [[Ra's al Ghul (Liam Neeson)|Ra's al Ghul]]<br>[[Talia al Ghul (Marion Cotillard)|Talia al Ghul]]
 |characteristics = Gender - Female<br>Eyes - Brown<br>Hair -Brown
 |actor = [[India Wadsworth]]
-|appearances = ''[[Batman Begins]]'' (mentioned)
+|appearances = ''[[Batman Begins]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[The Dark Knight Rises]]''}}
-''[[The Dark Knight Rises]]''}} {{Quote|I wasn't always here in the mountains. Once I had a wife, my great love. She was taken from me.|Ra's al Ghul|Batman Begins}}
+{{Quote|...I know the rage that drives you. That impossible anger strangling the grief until the memory of your loved one is just...poison in your veins. And one day, you catch yourself wishing the person you loved had never existed...so you'd be spared your pain. I wasn't always here in the mountains. Once, I had a wife...my great love. She was taken from me.|Ra's al Ghul to Bruce Wayne|Batman Begins}}
+'''The Warlord's Daughter''' was the wife of [[Ra's al Ghul (Liam Neeson)|Ra's al Ghul]] and the mother of [[Talia al Ghul (Marion Cotillard)|Talia al Ghul]]. She was portrayed by [[India Wadsworth]] in ''[[The Dark Knight Rises]]''.
-'''The Warlord's daughter '''was the wife of [[Ra's al Ghul (Liam Neeson)| Ra's al Ghul]] and the mother of [[Talia al Ghul (Marion Cotillard)| Talia al Ghul]].
 ==Biography==
+===''Batman Begins''===
+While he mentored [[Batman (Christian Bale)|Bruce Wayne]], Ra's told him that his wife's murder taught him that there are those without decency who should be fought without hesitation or pity. This gave Bruce a much better understanding of Ra's, as they had both lost someone they loved.
 ===''The Dark Knight Rises''===
-While still a young woman, she met Ra's al Ghul, a skilled mercenary working for her father. They fell in love, married in secret and concieved a child. Out of a sense of dishonor, the warlord has Ra's exiled while he had his daughter imprisoned. There, she gave birth to a daughter, [http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Talia_al_Ghul_(Marion_Cotillard) Talia al Ghul], who spent the first years of her life locked up with her mother. The other inmates eventually raped and murdered Ra's' wife. This action nearly consumed him with anger, but he managed to control his emotions, due to his sense of vengeance for the crime against his wife. He joined the [http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/League_of_Shadows League of Shadows] and rose through the ranks relatively quickly.
+Approximately thirty years before the events of the ''The Dark Knight Rises'', the warlord's young daughter met a skilled mercenary working for her father. They fell in love, married in secret and conceived a child. When the warlord later found out, he had planned to place the mercenary in [[The Pit]], but the daughter convinced the warlord into exiling the mercenary instead, and unknown to the mercenary, took the mercenary's place in the pit. There, she gave birth to a daughter that she named [[Talia al Ghul (Marion Cotillard)|Talia]], who spent the first years of her life locked up with her mother. One day, the doctor forgot to lock the door to their cell and the other inmates eventually attacked and murdered Ra's' wife, but her child was protected by a prisoner known as [[Bane (Tom Hardy)|Bane]], who also assisted in her escape from the Pit.
+During this time, the exiled mercenary had joined the [[League of Shadows]] and became known as Ra's al Ghul. Talia found her father and brought him back to enact terrible vengeance upon the prisoners of the Pit, with the exception of Bane.
+Talia later told Batman that Bane was exiled from the League by Ra's because he was a constant reminder of the hell her father left his wife to die in, and that the only crime that Bane committed was that Bane loved Talia.
-With the assistance of an imprisoned mercenary called "[http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Bane_(Tom_Hardy) Bane]", Talia escaped from the prison, although Bane was beaten within an inch of his life while defending her. Talia found her father, who liberated the prison and rescued Bane, who had become mutilated and addicted to pain relievers through his mask. Ra's trained Bane and his daughter, but due to the constant reminders of the fate his wife suffered, as well as as the former's growing extremism within the group, Ra's exiled Bane. It was this very reason that caused Talia to have resentment towards her father, with her not having much regard for him and often staying abroad and living in far off places, such as Switzerland.
-===''Batman Begins''===
-While he mentored [[Batman (Christian Bale)| Bruce Wayne]], Ra's told him that his wife's murder taught him that there are those without decency who should be fought without hesitation or pity. This gave Bruce a much better understanding of Ra's, as they had both lost someone they loved.
 ==Trivia==
-*In the comics, there have been several versions of Talia's mother. One died of a drug overdose, while another was named Melisande and was murdered by Ra's former servant Qayin.
+*In the comics, there have been different versions of Talia's mother. One unnamed mother died of a drug overdose that Ra's declined to help, while another was named Melisande and was attacked by Ra's former servant Qayin as child Talia watched him push her into a [[Lazarus Pit]] where she died.
+*In the comics, there have been different women who were wives and loves of Ra's al Ghul. Centuries back into the past, the murder of a physician's wife and love Sora leads the physician to create The Demon organization and become Ra's al Ghul. Another wife and love of Ra's al Ghul later on was named Melisande, the mother of Talia.
-*[[India Wadsworth]] is of mixed Chinese heritage, much like Talia's mother in the comics.
+*Actress India Wadsworth is of mixed Chinese heritage, much like Talia's mother in the comics.
+==Gallery==
+<gallery captionalign="left">
+File:Warlord's Daughter3.jpg|The Warlord's daughter and baby Talia.
+File:Warlord's Daughter2.jpg|The Warlord's daughter looks at her young daughter, Talia
+</gallery>
 [[Category:The Dark Knight Rises Characters]]
 [[Category:Deceased Characters]]