 In the 2017 "" event, it is revealed that a Dark Multiverse exists alongside the main DC Multiverse.Each reality in the Dark Multiverse is negative and transient reflection of its existing counterpart, which were intended to be acquired by a third figure in the 'trinity' of the Monitor and the Anti-Monitor, who would feed these timelines to his 'dragon', Barbatos.However, this balance came to an end when Barbatos escaped his bonds and allowed the rejected timelines to remain in some form of existence.