Ra's al Ghul's predecessor


 * This article is about the predecessor of the current Ra's al Ghul. For the current one, visit Ra's al Ghul. For the title visit Ra's al Ghul (Title)

"Ra's al Ghul" was a title wielded by an unnamed man. He was former leader of the League of Assassins and the predecessor to current leader, who assumed the title of Ra's al Ghul.

Biography
At some point in the past, Ra's offered the role as leader of the League of Assassins to an unnamed man. He told him a phrase in an ancient dialect that would soon die out, "the tale to be told begins thus", meaning that there was no choice in the matter, that the man would have to become the next Ra's al Ghul. Eventually he did so, and the previous Ra's al Ghul presumably eventually died.