[center][b][h1][color=black]B A T M A N[/color][/h1][/b][b]Bruce Wayne[/b], 34 (b. 1934)
[i][sub]Vigilante based in Gotham City, New Jersey
Active since approximately Winter 1960[/sub][/i]

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[color=999999]With the introduction of a game with no ties to my previous universes, I decided to at least represent a character I haven’t touched in a good while—The Caped Crusader himself. 

With that in mind, in the nature of this universe what I have in mind is a revision of the golden age-era of the character with a modern interpretation at an era that embodied revolution and political tension as people suffered both on the battlefield and on the homefront. Batman is obviously a character that will focus in Gotham during this revised golden age that is akin to the elseworld interpretations of the era. The concerns of Vietnam, the Mutant Scare, anti-communism rhetoric in the government, and the insidious nature of Batman’s foes. 

By 1968, despite persisting as a mythic urban legend, Batman has dealt with many obstinate threats from marque mobsters within the Gotham Crime Families to dubious anarchists such as The Joker. Batman has had seven years of fighting back against the pervasive influence of crime following the second World War and has no intent of slowing his crusade against those who would descend Gotham into madness. Batman’s first conflicts of the new year will be dealing with the mutant scare, overzealous criminals who take advantage of the general public’s fears, and much more. My first story begins as an opener—a reflection of Batman’s state of mind whilst he begins a case that endangers the life of one of his friends, Katherine Webb, who is in the middle of a film production when one of her writers is found dead on set.[/color]

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[color=999999][hider=Rough Timeline][b]1934[/b]
[list][*]Bruce Wayne is born in Gotham City during The Great Depression.[/list]
[b]1944[/b]
[list][*]Thomas Wayne and his wife, Martha, are murdered outside of the Monarch Theater in northern Gotham City.[/list]
[b]1960[/b]
[list][*]Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham City after many years of travelling the world on his personal yacht. Batman debuts not too long afterward.[/list]
[b]1967[/b]
[list][*]The Haly’s Circus Massacre occurs—an event that casts two long shadows over Bruce Wayne and a boy named Richard Grayson. Feeling guilty by the events that occurred, Bruce sponsors the orphaned acrobat.[/list][/hider]
[hider=Rogues Gallery]TBD[/hider]
[hider=Supporting Cast][b]James Gordon:[/b] The lead detective of the Major Crimes Unit and trusted ally for Bruce’s crusade, Detective Jim Gordon has been instrumental in intelligence gathering and legal actions against criminal syndicates and psychopaths.

[b]Alfred Pennyworth:[/b] A former member of the British military and a close friend of Thomas Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth is a man of many talents who aides Bruce in his crusade as the Batman.

[b]Victoria Vale:[/b] A reporter for The Gotham Gazette, and a close ally that has followed Batman’s dubious appearances since his debut in 1961. As tenacious as she is free-spirited, Vale has been Batman’s ally in the press. Bruce finds her brand of investigative journalism commendable despite the times it has put her in the crosshairs of his most dangerous enemies.

[b]Katherine Webb:[/b] A socialite, artist, and financial investor from Gotham City that has had a hand in defining Gotham’s arthouse culture. She has been one of Bruce’s most public allies within her support of the Martha Kane Foundation.[/hider]
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