Family History - 1609-1983
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The Wayne family’s occupation in Gotham can be traced back to Nathaniel Wayne who was a small time merchant and professional witch-hunter who operated under his middle name Malleus to avoid endangering the Wayne name. Whispers during these witch-hunting trials later haunted Nathaniel as he believed himself to be cursed by the horrible deeds he had done. But it wasn’t until the Revolutionary War for the Wayne family to become a true enterprise. As importers of trade goods, the Waynes become central to a conflict between the British Empire and the thirteen colonies of New England. The brothers Anthony Wayne and Darius Wayne were split on the issue when it came to war but ultimately agreed when they saw the brutality of the British Empire: it was here where they discovered a Lenape cavern called Takhwìkàmën which they used to mount a safe place to strategize against the British. This would be the future site of the Batcave. After the war ended in their favor the Wayne brothers were granted the plot of land that was placed above and near Takhwìkàmën and Wayne Manor was born.

Takhwìkàmën was a prospect of the Wayne resistance once again when Joshua Wayne used the cave as a way to lead the slaves to the north; part of an underground railroad. He came at odds when his brother, Solomon Wayne found out—who happened to be a maker and enforcer of law. Joshua and Solomon got into an argument and a gun went off killing Joshua Wayne in the process. Solomon never speaks of this and lives outside of Wayne Manor for some time due to the reminder of his brother. He swears to his brother’s grave to redeem himself while he looks down on him from heaven. Solomon’s son Alan took hold of the business opportunities during the industrial revolution and founded a Chemicals & Hazards department to the Wayne shipping company—thus starting its day as an Enterprise. The son of Alan Wayne, Phillip, serves in the Spanish-American war during this time and is killed; he bears no children.

The family from there has a varied history with business and development; always keeping in mind of the lessons taught by their ancestors.

Early Life - 1983-2009
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Bruce Wayne was the heir to two distinct people of Gotham City, New Jersey – Thomas Wayne and Martha Kane. Wayne was an ethical businessman and proprietor of Wayne Enterprises, a company that was in a constant battle for dominance against Queen Industries. Thomas Wayne had no interest in a corporate war when the city of Gotham continued to dive into corruption, anarchy, and filth; making it his mission in life to give as much as he took, the businessman founded the Wayne Foundation. The Wayne Foundation was Thomas’ sub-organization that handled charities around the poverty-stricken and those who needed rehabilitation – it was here where Paul Quinzel, Alfred Pennyworth, and Martha Kane met Thomas. The four became quick friends and together with their places in Gotham society became driven to make it better. Thomas Wayne would end up marrying Martha within the next three years of meeting her.

Bruce Wayne for the most part had a good and privileged childhood, although on a vacation to Oceania an incident with a group of bats terrified the young boy for quite some time – something he would never forget through his life experiences. However, tragedy hit the Wayne family when Bruce witnessed the murder of his parents at the hands of Cyrus Gold and Joe Chill; the two staging the “robbery” to put an end to Thomas Wayne’s invasive mission to clear Gotham of poverty & crime. Bruce was left there only as the appearance of a rookie police officer named Harvey Bullock arrived on the scene. This would be the makings of Bruce Wayne as he is today. With Thomas & Martha Wayne dead, Bruce Wayne had few options and during the reading of Thomas Wayne’s Last Will and Testament he discovered the Wayne Estate in a surprising move would not be left to the Kane family of which Bruce had been connected to through his mother but rather Alfred Pennyworth. A security contractor for Wayne Enterprises and several other companies; Alfred had since his initial meeting of Thomas Wayne gone from the best in 20th century security to a socialite in what seemed like an instant and this sealed the deal. Alfred’s friendship with Thomas led to his acquisition of Wayne Manor and the guardianship of young Bruce Wayne. This Will of Thomas Wayne infuriated Martha Wayne’s brother Jacob Kane; and splintered the family even more—a thing that a young Bruce Wayne did not need.

Bruce’s friendship with his cousins Katherine and Elizabeth grew distant and when Bruce became more aggressive and detached with every year until he was eventually sent to military school; specifically the Samuel Lane Military Academy for Youths. This is where Bruce Wayne met Lane’s daughter, Lois Lane; and learned his discipline that he would later learn to centralize in his mission as Batman. At the age of eighteen, Bruce opted out of the academic school despite what it had taught him for a more personal goal: prepare himself for his war on crime. With the discipline he had received at the military school he now realized to center himself on a goal. By the age of twenty-four, Bruce Wayne’s applied intelligence and eidetic memory became evident as the young man held half-a-dozen degrees including ones in criminology, psychology, economics, biology, and chemistry. The intellect was featured in an article by Lois Lane that served as her big break at the Daily Planet. Lois Lane had tracked down her former classmate at her father's academy and Bruce gladly spoke about his supposed plans for the future on record. The billionaire was asked when he would be returning to Gotham to take hold of his company to which he responded that he’d “like to experience the world before I take on the challenge of investing my time into my father’s company, Edward Nashton is doing an excellent job in my stead. There’s a whole world to discover out there.”

After his formal education ended Bruce then looked to the east; and he left for the eastern hemisphere to learn pursuits of the body. Bruce traveled the world learning from a variety of men and women in his pursuit to obtain the skills to become a spirit of justice on Gotham City including Ted Grant, Harvey Harris, Santiago Vargas, Giovanni Zatara, and Paul Kirk. This inspiration never teetered but it didn’t take until Bruce Wayne met the one man that would change his life: David Cain – Cain found Bruce on one of his missions to discipline himself but after a run-in with criminal individuals in Bangkok it triggered something in the self-destructive (but skilled) Bruce Wayne. Bruce was at the end of his ropes as he found himself being tortured after weeks of attacking drug lords in Bangkok. That was when he was found by David Cain, a man who had actually been sent to destroy the cartels himself as a member of the League of Shadows. He took Bruce in as a potential candidate before the leader of the group that at the time ran its organization out of Bialya: Henri Ducard.

Thus began a year of Bruce’s life that he would never forget. The League of Shadows was a strict and rigid order of like-minded people who mastered the art of martial arts, espionage, and sabotage in order to repair the world through quiet violence. This was explained to Bruce so that he could be twisted to understand and agree to their methods. However, in the beginning the order while demanding never put toward ideas of ruthlessness to the point where they cared not about innocent lives. After months of rigorous training he found himself attached to the leader of the organization’s daughter named Talia Ducard. It wasn’t until things got out of hand on a mission in Qurac where Talia was killed before Bruce’s eyes which sent him into a violent rage where he nearly killed those responsible—something that reminded him of the murder of his parents which truly and deeply terrified him. He left the League of Shadows sometime later realizing he couldn’t follow their code as Henri Ducard fashioned himself as “The Demon’s Head” and revealed the chaotic nature of the league where the world must be cleansed to bring anew better world. Talia’s death had made Henri maddened and Bruce acted out as his first attack against his former mentor—as the sanctuary was set ablaze. Bruce returned to Gotham believing he had made sure Ducard’s plans would never come to fruition.

The Bat's Crusade - 2009
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Returning to Gotham in the middle of summer, Bruce Wayne was welcomed back to the excitement of the press and the presence of his former guardian who had kept up his parent’s manor in his absence. Initially Bruce did not seek to take ownership or even a role in Wayne Enterprises as he revealed a bombastic playboy alter ego that he revealed as his supposed personality claiming that his time traveling had made him see the world for what it was: a playground. This of course was a ruse that he had been developing since his first years at the very first university he went to as returning to Gotham was always in his plans. In deep talks with Alfred he explained to his longtime guardian how thankful he was for the direction Alfred put him in and told Alfred of his experiences with the League of Shadows amongst his travels. Reestablishing his connection with Gotham in a big show Bruce set up the first large charity drive for the Wayne Foundation since a few months prior to his parent’s death; whilst he was compared to the likes of Jeremiah Arkham by journalist Victoria Vale of the Gotham Gazette, the intent was to do good work while appearing to be the fool he wanted people to believe he was.

With his personality cemented, not more than a month later he decided to use his specific brand of skills to physically confront the criminal underbelly of Gotham which resulted in a variety of failures in the following weeks. These failures were brushed off by Bruce as he found himself confused why his training was not working until Alfred made a comment about how the criminals would not fear him in such a state as his near-death encounters had proven. It wasn’t until a documentary that Bruce caught on a late night about bats that triggered something in Bruce as he began going through his father’s old journals. Using the journals knowledge he moved to speak with Wayne Enterprises affiliate Lucius Fox, the founder of a technological firm called FoxTech Incorporated. Purchasing failed prototypes from Lucius Fox, Bruce felt he was ready and re-purposed them as he situated a base of operations out of Takhwìkàmën—a place underneath Wayne Manor that he had discovered due to a text written by one of his ancestors from the 19th century. His crusade was ready to truly begin.

The criminal underworld stood no chance for the collective skills and methods that Bruce would put into his arsenal as he revealed himself to them as The Batman. Dismissed as a hackneyed urban legend it seemed Bruce’s years of espionage, stealth, and sabotage have played out as he begin sorting out who was to be trusted in the city and how to bring the rest of them to justice. Using an identity he created called Matches Malone he initially infiltrates the criminal lifeblood on the days where he isn’t attacking it directly as Batman. As his crusade hits the criminal underworld hard he begins to work on his social personification as he begins to date Julie Madison during this time. But it’s only a passing guise as Julie is just another piece to the Bruce Wanye billionaire playboy guise. In time as Batman Bruce begins to feed information to the uncorrupt police officers of the city such as Detective Helena Bertinelli. The crusade becomes ever the more apparent as unwinnable cases for the office of the district attorney soon find themselves obtaining reliable witnesses and testimonies against Carmine Falcone and his mobster administration despite his ties to the then political players in the city such as Police Commissioner Gillian Loeb and Mayor Hamilton Hill. However it becomes apparent that the Falcone’s refuse to lose their empire as they target the district attorney to spook him which results in the death of his wife, Gilda Dent. The chaos however seems to only encourage Harvey Dent to show Falcone that no amount of life threats will allow him to continue being in charge of Gotham. Carmine is tried for several charges and is inducted a prisoner in Blackgate Prison for life.

Gotham Rising - 2010
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What happened next, some would say was inevitable as the presence of the ‘superhero’ was met with its antithesis—the ‘supervillain’. Much like in other cities around the world, Gotham’s underbelly revealed its madness to fight the righteousness of the Dark Knight. As the clock revealed a new year so did it reveal The Joker who took it into his capable hands to give a declaration back at Batman that there was nothing he could do to stop the chaos that would follow. It was here at the Gotham City Fairgrounds where The Joker revealed himself as he creates an event that would shake Gotham—the Haly’s Circus Massacre. Individuals like Gillian Loeb lose their life during this event. The massacre was random and unpredictable, something Bruce soon discovered as he found himself on patrol on the opposite end of the city. The Batman would arrive at the chaos only to realize that The Joker had disappeared without a trace into the January darkness as if he had never existed in the first place. This is Bruce’s first true failure and he holds it with him for the rest of his life. Days later, Batman is approached by The Tarantula of neighboring Bludhaven who asks for his help directly as Bludhaven soon faces a cataclysmic situation as a prototype weapon developed by Wayne Enterprises has somehow gotten into the hands of the leader of the Blockbuster Gang who intends to use it to wipe out a margin of the city to get rid of his rivals—the Red Hood Gang in the process. By the time they arrive at Bludhaven the Blockbuster Gang has lured the Red Hood Gang into a trap where they had been prepping the device. The device is stopped from going off, but a police sniper takes out several gang members including the leader of the Red Hood Gang—Willis Todd. Bruce returns to Gotham witnessing what kind of chaos that could be created, he questions who could have sold such a weapon to a street gang from his father’s company? He decides he needed to take a public role in his father’s company if such actions were going on behind his back. He begins a lengthy but cautious investigation into the matter.

In the resulting months, as if following the Joker’s madness comes a wave of criminals who intend to use Gotham as their playground. The first of these happenings is with the psychopathic Niccolai Tepes who reveals his intentions with Gotham as he believes himself to be a “vampire” and fashions himself as what the Gotham Gazette refers to as “The Monk” due to the religious imagery surrounding his cult. This begins a race against time as he announces his next target: Zatanna Zatara—a girl who happens to be the daughter of one of Bruce’s former mentors making the case all the more imperative. Tepes’ obsession with Zatanna ends with the appearance of Batman and he is taken to Arkham Asylum as an end result.

Following his battle with The Monk, Batman then has to deal with a psychopathic scientist named Karl Hellfern only weeks later. Hellfern’s intent is much more grandiose than Tepes as Batman soon comes to realize as the mad doctor attempts to use an experimental poison to extort money from the Gotham high society with the help of his assistant. Julie Madison is poisoned during the investigation and soon it becomes another race against time. Guilty of Julie being involved in the mess he soon discovers Hellfern’s identity and is upon his doorstep where he makes short work of him and his plans. As the work of the Batman continues to spread so does his reputation due to articles springing up from the Gotham Gazette which glorifies the vigilante as he protects the city from villain after villain. The next threat erupts almost on call on the streets of Gotham as a police officer named Adrian Wentworth has a mental breakdown and finds himself murdering a sales clerk immediately after sexually assaulting her. This begins a string of repeated crimes as the former police officer loses his mind. As Bruce attempts to figure out his pattern the media taunts the serial rapists with a press report that calls him “Sick Nick” which leads him to go further into his own depraved criminal actions. It comes to a point when Marcie Cooper witnesses the murder of her father but not before Nick makes it apparent that he’s content with making the teenaged girl watch him violate her mother. Batman arrives at the last second and curses that his abilities and transportation have stunted him from making such a crime not occur. Marcie becomes obsessed with the chaos of Gotham and becomes unhinged—she is admitted into Arkham Asylum months later.

With three psychopaths emerging out of nowhere Batman decides to ask a professional for his views on what was happening to Gotham so in the darkness of the night he reveals himself to Doctor Paul Quinzel, the director of Arkham Asylum. This begins a sort of confidential relationship with the Asylum between Batman and Dr. Quinzel who is oddly all the eager to help him in his understanding of crime to prevent it, but not before trying to psycho-analyze the Dark Knight first. While his leads of the instability of The Monk, Dr. Hellfern, and Officer Wentworth lead to dead ends it seems that somebody in the city was creating such monsters or so he begins to believe.

After months of hard detective work Bruce discovers that none other than Edward Nashton is responsible for the criminal activities of Wayne Enterprises. Bruce puts forward effort to bring Nashton down after securing the safety of his company. In the following weeks Nashton's luck goes south as his own business firm suffers a strike by the police from a supposed tip-off from the Dark Knight to Detective Bertinelli. Nashton is to be sentenced to prison. This event becomes a catalyst as Stephanie Nashton, Edward's teenaged daughter becomes obsessed with who Batman is.

December exploited a truth to Bruce as all of the ties to one case he had been working for as it happens that Yuri Dimitrov’s criminal activity links to a concerning foreign element in the city which turns out after a period to be the League of Shadows who have apparently survived Bruce’s attack on them when he was a member. The investigation explodes come Christmas Eve when Henri Ducard reveals to Bruce that he had indeed survived and he because of such treachery by Bruce intended to use Gotham as the blueprint for his new world but not before dealing the same punishment to Bruce that he had received at his hands and the penthouse he was throwing his party at is filled with a deadly nerve toxin—in the aftermath he is rescued by a man called Wesley Dodds who gives an antidote to those infected. Dodd’s reveals to Bruce that he’s been following a trail of strange chemicals, thefts at ACE chemicals, and other such things for several months and believes that Ra’s al Ghul intends to make Gotham suffocate on the toxin through the water supply or controlled infections of some sort. It is later revealed that Dodds is the vigilante detective known as “The Sandman”. In the end the two work together and foil the League of Shadows plot.

Dawn of Justice - 2011
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Bruce had speculated the day would come when a threat with such power would emerge in their world where he would have to work together with other like-minded heroes though he never thought it would come down from the dark corners of outer space. This antagonist would be known as Star’ro, a parasitic alien that intended to use Earth as its breeding ground whilst it fed on the sentient life of the world. Despite being at a disadvantage, Bruce takes to his prototype ‘Batwing’ to respond to the threat which would occupy his primary concern for months as the governments of the world were overwhelmed by the force of the alien. Eventually, an alien named J’onn J’onzz reached out to Bruce and soon the caped crusader found himself fighting alongside with the other heroes of the world: Superman, Green Lantern, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Hawkgirl, and J’onn who likened himself as the Martian Manhunter. Through their combined strength and intelligence Star’ro found itself defeated. Superman realizing the scope of what they could do together suggests forming a “Justice League” to combat threats of this scale which at the time Batman seems indifferent towards but offers them his aid if they need it. Following the case, Bruce Discovers an experimental artificial intelligence project that was scrapped called “Oracle” which he systematically re-activates and ties into his main computer in his ambiguous batcave hidden deep underneath Wayne Manor. The intelligence is tied to a branch file on a WayneTech satellite is able to detect planetary collisions and synergize with traffic cameras throughout the United States and especially Gotham. He understands this was an unfinished project that went under the radar due to the sketchiness of the legalities of the software. Knowing himself to use it for properly he adds it to his arsenal.

Not too long after this occurrence, it came to a point where the League of Shadows began to plot against Batman once again as a political activist named Olivia Ortega began vocalizing a civil protest against the politics of Gotham City which created a large group of civilians to amass at Robinson Park. The police carefully watching over the rally knew not of the Leagues intentions as a gunshot erupted in the darkness from the gun of a police officer. However, this was all changed due to an interruption by Batman as the officer who did the crime turned out to be a disguised assassin by the name of Deadshot. With cooperation, the scene avoided a potential riot at Robinson Park.

For the rest of the year, Batman focused on once again derailing Gotham City’s organized crime and continued his war on corruption. This threw him in the crosshairs of Rupert Thorne amongst many other criminals of his caliber as the Bat’s presence whilst illusive seemed to become a constant hindrance to their actions especially with Batman’s new intelligence system through Oracle. However this all came to a standstill when the Joker reappeared for the first time since his appearance on New Year’s Day back in 2010. This event redirected Batman’s focus as the Joker called out the “supposed” Batman on public television which he hijacked in the late hours of night. Challenging Batman to reveal himself or be responsible for more deaths, Bruce found himself in peculiar situation where he attempted to find and defeat the Joker before he could disappear which almost succeeded until Joker put the lives of Gotham General Hospital at risk warning Batman he could catch him and let innocent people die or he could ignore him and stop the bombs from going off—Bruce picked the latter and The Joker much like before disappeared into the darkness.

Injustice For All - 2012
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Tragedy struck hard to the Quinzel family as Doctor Paul Quinzel was murdered after picking up his young daughter one fateful day in early summer. Harleen had been spending time with her friend Pamela Isley until her father decided to take some time clearing up his schedule to spend time with his daughter like he used to—they he and his wife had done when she was little. As a car accident occurs several cars ahead during the confusion a gunman surfaces from the traffic jam firing a full clip into the driver’s side window. Harleen in the passenger’s side is injured whilst her father chokes on his last breath. The crime resonates with the chaos of Gotham and Harleen is left alone in this world. Alfred and Bruce reflect on the Quinzel family whilst Bruce feels this could be all directly tied back to his role as Batman as Paul Quinzel helped him on several cases throughout the previous years. Taking a personal responsibility Bruce adopts Harleen as his ward.

Bruce could see in every step that Harleen made that she was much like he was—her obsession and distaste for the city had exploded in a tiny moment and the only thing that seemed to keep her comforted was that The Batman was out there doing the city good. Afraid of what would follow next Bruce took a precaution through his own gut feeling and began to train Harleen in his own brand of self-defense that he had created through his years of martial arts instruction all over the world. Eventually through this he sat the aggressive wounded girl down and she became the first person after Alfred to reveal his identity to—his identity of Batman. The training continued, moving from martial arts to bettering her perception and investigative skills as he prepared her for something that didn’t occur him until it was too late to step back – he was creating a shadow of himself; another masked vigilante. When Alfred confronts him with this it leads into an argument that ends poorly as Alfred and Bruce came to a bitter standstill until the two wards speak for themselves; breaking up the fight and defusing the entire conflict. Despite this Alfred begins to start perhaps thinking Bruce’s obsession is going over certain boundaries he can’t approve of. In spite of this he still continues to support Bruce as The Batman, even with the tampering and training of the young Harleen.

Sometime afterwards, a string of murders hits a movie studio that are producing an adaption of the horror novel called “The Terror”. Directed by Bryan Haly, the film took some liberties with the source material which ended with a falling out with the author of the novel Basil Karlo. As an act of revenge and sabotage Karlo donned the “Clayface” persona from his book and began killing off vital members of the plot starting with the actor who was the lead actresses love interest—a role that wasn’t in the book. Cast members such as Rita Farr and Daphne Pennyworth become terrified as the police find themselves stumped. It is only due to the appearance of The Batman that the culprit is discovered, defeated, and sent to Blackgate Prison.

Then came the first organized group of villains that the Justice League found themselves contending against, they called themselves “Injustice Gang” as an ironic counter to the Justice Leagues own name – led by the former protégé of Professor Ted Knight named Justin Ballantine who took up the alias of Libra in an organized attempt to test his prototype weapon—the Trans-mortifier, a device with theoretical flawless energy with limitless capabilities. The first battle in a chain of conflicts that lasted a year began on the outskirts of Metropolis as Libra intended to see how much nuclear energy the trans-mortifier could absorb and “redistribute”. This caused a near meltdown at the power plant in question. The members of the “Injustice Gang” who were little more than paid mercenaries to bodyguard the project prepared to contend with The Justice League. This wouldn’t be the first battle Libra and his Injustice Gang would lose. As the Justice League contended with rogues galleries and the Injustice Gang, the anti-superhero programs (like H.I.V.E and C.A.D.M.U.S) began to see their projects finally breathe into fruition.

Nearing the end of the year on Halloween, the Joker reveals himself once again as he intends to use the holiday as he ignites a bomb scare by leaking information to the Gotham Gazette that thirty-seven bombs will go off anywhere between one hour to twenty-four hours. A televised journalist announces this to the public and stirs a panic in which the Joker hijacks a local news channel to announce he will be holding a “sort of party” at Robinson Park where he intends to burn a variety of cash at large amount to celebrate the “end of Gotham”. Batman pushes himself as he finds and disables each of the bombs. The Joker is gone by the time all of the bombs are found and disabled—as if he continues to mock Batman himself with his games.

As the Joker reveals his madness, another force prowls the streets of Gotham City as the north end of the city is attacked brutally by an attack that is initially credited to Batman as the “unionized” coalition of pimps and crooks begin to be violently purged from the streets that left them as corpses or as unrecognizable pulps. This becomes a case for The Batman over the last neck of the year as he finds himself at odds with a woman in a stylized outfit designed after a cat motif. It astounds him how his influence is spreading as this Catwoman shows her idolization for the dark knight. This would not be the first of his dances with Catwoman and for a time the murders stop but not before she reveals herself to the criminal underworld as she claims this part of Gotham City for herself—declaring the prostitutes and poverty stricken are under her protection. The next time he would meet Catwoman would be as she steals from various penthouses to fund her support for her people. Batman coins her as a “Robin Hood-type” which she finds very accurate and amusing.

Knights of Gotham - 2013
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As New Year’s Day passes by, Batman finds himself in a strange situation as Oracle reports a meteorite’s collision with Earth which he requests Superman to respond to immediately through the Oracle network which has been adopted by the Justice League as an open method of communication between the heroes and to observe threats. At this point the founding blocks of “The Justice League” are set in stone though Batman adamantly only offers his aid feeling distant about being a ‘face’ of such a group. As this happens a blatant abduction of Mayor Hamilton Hill by a young anarchist named Anarky who is apparently inspired by the Joker’s ravings last Halloween who confronts Batman through telephone to tell him that the anarchy will come. Attempting to reason with the youth and find the mayor, the conversation ends with a gunshot—a gunshot that reveals the death of Hamilton Hill the next morning when he is found on the streets of the east end of Gotham. To only make matters worse, Nora Fries dons the alias of “The Freeze” whilst Firefly continues to bring up a string of arsons on several banks and credit unions in Gotham. Feeling overwhelmed Batman realizes it’s time to unveil Batgirl and bring her along on patrols and investigative cases. The two defeat all three villains and bring a cohesive crime-fighting detail to Gotham. The highly publicized homicide case of Mayor the mayor hits the news and the butterfly effect comes reeling as the two politicians (Oswald Cobblepot and Jean-Paul Valley Jr.) voice their concern and begin campaigning early to help push themselves into the seat of power. Until the election, Alderman Charles Chesterfield reigns as mayor incumbent of Gotham. Throughout the year it seems Valley is taking the conservative vote and Cobblepot the liberal vote. In a surprising turnout Jean-Paul Valley Jr. becomes the next mayor of Gotham City.

As the two patrolled Gotham, Bruce keeps tabs on the events that have conspired in the new year as new vigilantes have surfaced as he is left with a decision—keep an eye on them and allow them to operate or disallow their meddling in Gotham’s affairs. Realizing he is his own man he decides upon the former as he continues to operate. Such vigilantes he becomes concerned with include: a teenaged girl who has started working with Tarantula in Bludhaven by the name of Nightshade, a female caught up in a crime war in Gotham’s Robbinsville as she wields psionic powers as The Looker, a sword-wielding female declaring war on the Golden Dragons in Gotham’s Chinatown as she becomes known as Katana, a mysterious and religious cloaked figure named Azrael who has appeared in southeastern Gotham, and an old friend of Bruce’s named Zatanna Zatara who has taken on the identity of Primak in the upper east side. Bruce feels these… outsiders would come in handy in the near future.

Nothing further would occur until fall of that year when the Circus of Strange rolled into down at the Gotham Fairgrounds - the site of a massacre of a similar circus three years earlier. The circus, under the guise of Haly's friendly replacement, lured innocents to their show where chaos soon ensued as three of the lead showcases began to murder the guests. Batman & Batgirl soon arrived on scene - revealing themselves for the first time in broad daylight and took down the apparent circus freaks. However, the Joker emerged and revealed himself as the true ringmaster of the Circus, along with his mutated accomplice, Killer Croc. A savage and difficult fight raged on between the giant crocodile-man and the two Bat-themed vigilantes. After a grueling battle which left both Batman and Batgirl injured, and the Joker seriously beaten, all of the psychopathic murderers were arrested by the GCPD. This fight would prove the existence of Batman (and now Batgirl) to the public, any doubt that was left in Gotham would be gone.

Shadows Among Us - 2014
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At a New Year’s party at the Kane Estate, Bruce Wayne discovers his cousin and childhood friend—Katherine Kane—has been released from the military and has returned home to Gotham. The two talk at length as Harleen enjoys the company of one of her closest friends, Katherine and Bruce’s cousin named Bette Kane. When the party ends the two return to Wayne Manor and gear up for the first patrol of 2014. Throughout the week following a new enemy for the Batfamily debuts—Killer Moth. A con man and thief with a murderous motif named Cameron van Cleer, Killer Moth attempts to rob and murder Bette Kane’s mother. The attempt is foiled by Batman but not before injuring Batgirl due to his surprisingly capable martial arts. Batman ponders if he inspired the villain as he is taken by the police—only to escape them due to the aid an unknown accomplice that was accounted for. Killer Moth leaves Gotham.

SUPPORTING CAST
Alfred Pennyworth:
Bruce's most trusted mentor and friend. A former British military officer who turned to security consulting when he moved to the United States in the mid-seventies. Pennyworth became situated in Gotham City where he met Thomas Wayne at a fundraiser where the two started up a friendship. The British professional's firm personality and unfaltering morals became the traits that made Thomas pick him as his most trusted confidant and the guardian of his son in case of his demise. Alfred’s wife bore a child named Julia who has proven herself as an acknowledged attorney before she was elected as Gotham’s ADA. Alfred is currently widowed, losing his wife years ago to cancer, and despite his misgivings aids Bruce in his guise as Batman.

Harleen Quinzel:
Bruce’s ward, and his first sidekick known as ‘Batgirl’. Bred from Gotham high society, Harleen was the daughter of Paul Quinzel and Dini Quinzel; the former being a renowned professor of psychology as well as the previous director at the Arkham Asylum, the latter being a successful businesswoman who worked out of Wayne Enterprises. Whilst her mother died when Harleen was young it wasn’t until she was a teenager when she would lose her father as well. Paul Quinzel was caught in a traffic jam when a lone gunman fired blindly into the automobile—killing Paul and injuring Harleen in the process. Harleen was systematically put into the care of Bruce Wayne and soon discovered his identity as Batman. Harleen continues to go to Gotham Academy where her friends Pamela Isley, Artemis Crock, and Bette Kane also attend.

James Gordon:
Captain James Gordon is a police officer with a detailed history through Gotham and is married to an accountant named Barbara Eileen; they have two children (James and Barbara). James Gordon initially believed Batman was a 'urban legend' made up by criminals to mock the police force's integrity. When Batman revealed he had been working with the likes of Helena Bertinelli James slowly began to see that the tolerance of the Dark Knight was something he would need to deal with and reluctantly began to work with him.

Helena Bertinelli:
Detective of GCPD, Helena Bertinelli was the first and only police detective that Batman trusted due to her background being relatively passionate against the Gotham Crime Families due to her parents death by one of the said families. Using her as his informant inside GCPD as well as his only lawful contact she has become very useful.

Lucius Fox:
A genius inventor and founder of FoxTech Incorporated with longtime investor Jack Drake, Lucius is a middle-aged man with three children (Tiffany Fox - 16, Timothy Fox - 14, Tamara Fox - 11) that is the central support of Batman and his crusade to get Gotham on the right track. A former R&D scientist with backgrounds in both STAR Labs and WayneTech, Lucius has done well for himself.

The Sandman:
A scientist, inventor, and detective; Wesley Dodds is one of Batman's trusted allies when he has a bio-terrorist plot or needs a well-developed counter-agent to a gas or toxin. In his civilian guise he a professor of chemistry at the University of Gotham.

The Tarantula:
Secretly John Law, the Spider of Bludhaven is it's sworn protector and an ally of Batman. Cooperating with Batman on many occasions, the Tarantula has been a constant since he debuted in 2010. Unlike the Batman however his resources are limited and has only recently been allowed access to Batman's "Oracle" network.

Julia Pennyworth:
The ADA of Gotham City and the daughter of Alfred Pennyworth. She knew Bruce in passing and thinks little of him; Batman on the other hand she sees as a "means to an end" and has cooperated with him before.

Daphne Pennyworth:
Julia's cousin through Alfred's brother named Wilfred, she is an actress who came to Gotham for a career in the movie industry motivated to get her start in Gotham City.

Zatanna Zatara:
Daughter of Giovanni Zatara, the man who trained Bruce in escapology. Bruce previously was friendly with Zatanna though due to Bruce's hectic desire to train intently until he truly returned to Gotham the to-be relationship never went anywhere. Back in 2010, Batman encountered Zatanna as she was a potential sacrifice for The Monk; a scheme he stopped. Bruce has since created a dossier for Zatanna as she proves as a useful ally in Gotham. Her vigilante alias is known as Primak.

Dr. Bradford Thorne:
A brilliant surgeon who is the brother of Rupert Thorne, a member of the criminal underworld of Gotham. Thorne secretly does jobs for his brothers organization as a "crime doctor" but is actually morally sound. He was once quite friendly with Thomas Wayne and in recent years has become the Director of Medicine at Gotham General.

Jeremiah Arkham:
Heir to Arkham Enterprises and one of the richest men in Gotham City. Renowned as a "billionaire playboy" everything Jeremiah does is in excess, he likes his pleasures plentiful and vast. Despite such debauchery he has somehow maintained a relationship with Magdalene Kyle who he shows some semblance of affection toward.

Magdalene Kyle:
A doctor of psychology that operates out of Arkham Asylum and the "second-in-command" of the Asylum so to speak. She's treated and rehabilitated many clinical patients such as Margaret Pye. She is currently in a relationship with Jeremiah Arkham despite his lifestyle.

Catwoman:
Secretly sisters Holly Robinson and Jennifer Robinson, gothamites that liberated the north end of Gotham from the previously controlled independent prostitution factions that included several pimps, drug dealers, and thugs. Word has reached of this Catwoman's mark on Gotham as several criminals in the north have turned up down the river dead. The lack of police support in north Gotham lends it to be a pretty hard to secure place so it leaves it in the hands of this Catwoman who had taken up residence there. The former prostitutes carry on with their lives independently as the Catwoman protects their person and their way of life. The other crime families of Gotham have nicknamed this Catwoman's coven as "The Black Cat".

Vikki Vale:
A journalist and reporter for the Gotham Gazette and the GCN television station that covers televised news. The majority of Batman's articles and reports have been from Vale's hands.

ROGUES GALLERY
The Joker & The Circus of Strange:
The leader of the Circus of Strange and the engineer of the Haly’s Circus Massacre, The Joker is an unnamed anarchist with a vast array of skills and a sense of unpredictability thus making the most skilled detectives and psychologists unable to follow his criminal pattern or psychological profile. The Joker is skilled in demolitions, firearms, close quarters combat, and is surprisingly deductive in nature. Nothing is known about him and his “story” changes as often as he tells it. He is the antithesis to Bruce's Batman. He is currently occupying the most secure cell in Arkham Asylum alongside his former cohorts of the Circus of Strange: Killer Croc, Professor Pyg, and Mister Toad.

Ra’s al Ghul:
Formerly known as Henri Ducard, Ra's al Ghul is the leader of the League of Shadows; a splinter group from the Illuminati who believe in a violent repair of the world, a natural chaos to counter a corrupt controlled world. The transformation into 'the Demon's Head' has left Henri insane and highly disturbed as such the Lazerus Pit brings nothing back in the manner they came in. Bitter with Bruce's attempt to destroy his order and the first death of his daughter Talia.

Victor Absonus:
A relatively new foe for the Dark Knight, Victor Absonus is secretly the Director of Psychology at Arkham Asylum named Hugo Strange. He is responsible for killing Paul Quinzel, creating psychopathic villains that are obsessed with Batman such as William Mallory, and is known internationally as a award-winning author of science ranging from psychology, general theory, and biology.

Sensei:
The illusive leader of the League of Assassins and the primary broker of “the best assassins in the world” has yet to debut in Gotham, but he is a rumored rival and colleague of Henri Ducard as per the League of Shadows archives that Batman had once read. The Sensei is described as a quiet mastermind of asian descent.

David Cain:
The man who brought Bruce into the League of Shadows and one of his mentors. David Cain is an obedient martial artist and marksman who served in several wars before being discovered by Henri Ducard several decades ago. In addition to a ruthless demeanor that serves the league he also shares a relationship with his comrade, Sandra Wu-San, who birthed his daughter who he named Cassandra.

The Freeze:
Doctor Nora Fries is a former employee of the Gotham branch of Stagg Industries where she and her husband worked until an accident involving a cyrokinetic generator in their research lab exploded. The head of the branch of the company, Randall Stagg, refused to help them when Victor fell into a cyrogenic sickness. Determined to save her husband she puts together a 'freeze ray' based on her and her husband's prototype blueprints and uses it to threaten Randall Stagg and take the money she needed to make sure her husband didn't perish by force. She was defeated by Batman and Batgirl.

Bane:
Bruce's replacement in the League of Shadows and a clever tactician as well as biochemist. Developing an adrenaline stimulant that he named “Venom”, the drug is shot directly into the bloodstream which overcharges the body with micro-steroids and phencyclidine traces. Effects of this compound includes accelerated strength, heightened reflexes, and a degree of supposed metahuman endurance all two-to-three times the peak of a human of their size can yield.

Edward Nashton:
A former majority shareholder of Wayne Enterprises until it was discovered that the over-analytic genius was using his pull in Wayne Enterprises to support a budding criminal motif. In the end the Batman revealed to Detective Helena Bertenelli that Nashton was fronting a massive money laundering scheme and following a police raid Nashton found himself in Stonegate Penitentiary. It is unsure if he’s going to become the Riddler or not.

Stephanie Nashton:
Not the only Nashton struck by the arrest, Edward’s fourteen year old daughter, a math genius with a high IQ started asking questions to herself about how convenient it was for the police to bring down her father. Believing The Batman to have framed her father she began to become obsessive in discovering the identity of anything or anyone connected to the illusive vigilante. It was truly an enigma that had to be solved.

Black Mask:
The newest criminal mastermind of the Gotham-Bludhaven area, Black Mask controls the False Face Syndicate; a drug cartel that is muscling in on the weakened Red Hood Gang, the aggressive Blockbuster Gang, and even the Gotham Crime Families. Secretly Roman Sionis of Sionis Industries, a childhood friend of one Bruce Wayne. To keep out of the Bat’s sight Black Mask attempts to do most of his business out of downtown Bludhaven… for now.

The Looking Glass:
An off-beat nightclub owned by Jervis Tetch, the self-styled Mad Hatter. Jervis Tetch was a former psychologist and medium that worked for Arkham Asylum in his youth. Tetch's abilities diving into mentally ill minds while effective only made himself more unhinged until he quit his profession and opened a club that catered to the eccentrics and free spirits of Gotham. The Looking Glass whilst a nightclub is also a guise for Tetch's personal cult where he has used his power to manipulate others into being like him or loving him and by extensions his club. This separated into two factions: his personal harem and his personal protectors.

Two Face:
There is no information about this legacy name at this time.

The Penguin:
Secretly Oswald Cobblepott, a british-born politican and businessman. As The Penguin he operates as a loanshark and information broker as he takes hold of Gotham.

The Scarecrow:
There is no information about this legacy name at this time.

Peter Grogan:
The corrupt police commissioner in-charge of the Gotham Police force currently.

Killer Moth:
A dual identity of Drury Walker the encompasses a con man named Cameron van Cleer who is known as a professional con man and thief who kills the victims he robs, leaving a dead moth on their corpse. Drury Walker lives out of Bludhaven under the guise of a CEO who runs Walker Industries of which owns ACE Chemicals. Batman stopped him from killing Bethany Kane but for some reason the police lost Killer Moth when he was in transit for questioning. Even Batman is nto aware of his identity as Drury Walker.

Clayface:
Also known as Basil Karlo, an acclaimed horror novelist who tried to stop the film production of his novel, “The Terror” but was ultimately stopped by The Batman. He is currently residing in Blackgate Prison for first degree murder.

Deadshot:
Known internationally as the "deadliest shot in the world", Floyd Lawton was hired by the League of Shadows to incite a riot by killing activist Olivia Ortega. The job was to make it appear as if the city officials were attempting to silence Ortega at her riot at Robinson Park andwhich ultimately failed due to intervention by Batman. Lawton was apprehended by officials and is now residing in Blackgate Prison.

Firefly:
A former mob cleaner by the name of Garfield Lynns, Firefly is a paid criminal who specializes in arson. He was stopped by Batman when he began a spree of arsons upon Gotham-owned banks and credit unions as he attempted to use fire damage as a cover to lift money from the vaults. He currently resides in Blackgate Prison.

Anarky:
A twenty-one year old anarchist and former college student named Lonnie Machin, Anarky served as a violent catalyst to the events that sprung up a series of political murders including Mayor Hamilton Hill. Defeated by Batman with support from Batgirl he now resides in Arkham Asylum due to his mental psychosis and obsessive compulsive personality.

The Monk:
Niccolai Tepes was a villain Batman faced who believed he was a vampire and is currently in the criminally ill ward of Arkham Asylum.

Sick Nick:
Adrian Wentworth was a member of the Gotham City Police Department who became mentally ill and become known for his string of rape-murders in 2010, he is currently held in Arkham Asylum's criminally ill ward.

Wrath:
William Mallory is a psychopathic inventor who is obsessed with the Batman due to a compulsive fascination with Batman's inventions or so he was told by Hugo Strange who made him into Wrath.

Harlequin:
There is no information about this legacy name at this time.

The Falcones:
Nicknamed “The Roman Empire” the Falcone crime family at one point was the strongest syndicate of crime dating back to Prohibition in the 1930s. Carmine Falcone served as the boss of the family until his imprisonment to Blackgate Prison. Currently Mario Falcone runs the family with Tony Zucco.

The Mandragoras:
Nicknamed “The Great White” the Mandragora crime family is as ruthless as it is senseless. Defeating the Bertenelli’s in the 1990s granted the boss of the family, Stefano Mandragora a lot of leeway in the Bludhaven and Gotham game.

The Dimitrovs:
Nicknamed “The Slavs” the Dimitrovs are Russians, Serbians, Poles, and Hungarians with a taste for blood. Masters of “information gathering” these eastern thugs moved into Gotham around 2004 and have stayed as a pretty intimidating force.

The Valestras:
Nicknamed “The Sicilians” the Valestras are like a smaller more rabid version of The Falcones and actually served them as a co-family until Carmine Falcone was arrested and they started an independent streak once more. They are currently at war with the Falcones and are lead by Salvatore Valestra with consultation by their hitter; Carlton Duquesne.

The Thornes:
Nicknamed “The Germans” the Thornes are an organization that prefer intelligence and coercion over brute force. Led by Rupert Thorne the family formerly were part of The Roman Empire serving as the backing pool that corrupted the Gotham Police force over thirty years ago though it began very slowly. Now once again independent, it's trying to keep itself from losing it's control of the law and politics which is fading fast. With the current Commissioner Peter Grogan in their control.

The Blockbuster Gang:
Led by Roland Desmond, the Blockbuster Gang is one of the central sources of street crime in the city of Bludhaven which includes drugs and weapon trafficking as well as several extortion rackets. They are especially known for their aggressive unfaltering brutality which had previously been kept in check by the Red Hood Gang who believed the Blockbuster Gang was nothing more than a bunch of drug-addled thugs who enjoy hurting people to fit their own depraved sense of enjoyment.

The Red Hood Gang:
Currently led by Thaddeus Ryerstad, the Red Hood Gang was formerly the strongest criminal force in Bludhaven and the only one that kept the Blockbuster Gang in check. Since the death of the former leader, the Red Hood Gang has become weak and scattered. Ryerstad’s organization of the gang doesn’t help much as he’s begun to follow a similar motif as the Blockbuster Gang in a sense of chaotic antagonistic behavior. When the gang was led by Willis Todd the motorcycle gang believed in giving the people of the city a peace of mind as the police became more and more corrupt. Whilst they dealt drugs, they never partaken in them or sold them to children and they believed in a strict code of honor.

LOCATIONS & COMPANIES
Blackgate Prison
Blackgate Prison is Gotham-Bludhaven's maximum security prison.

Stonegate Prison
Stonegate Prison is Gotham-Bludhaven's minimum security prison.

The Asylum for the Mentally & Criminally Insane
Nicknamed the "Arkham Asylum" after it's founder, Amadeus Arkham who started the institution in the early 20th century. It is separated into two wings: the voluntary wing and the criminal wing. In it's most recent history it has had two Director who have run the facility namely Paul Quinzel and Hugo Strange. Psychologist Magdalene Kyle works directly under the director of the facility.

The Gotham Academy for Higher Learning and the Arts
Nicknamed the "Gotham Academy" and often shortened down to as GAHLA, the academy is a preparatory private school that is highly prestigious. The Gotham high society educate their children here, although in recent years a scholarship program has admitted special cases who don't fit the financial criteria. The academy runs grades 2-12 with advanced courses and distinct extracurricular activities (such as archery, gymnastics, etc.).

The University of Gotham
The ivy league university of the Gotham-Bludhaven residents was established in 1901 by the Kane family, originally named Kane College it was systematically renamed in 1948. It serves with highly sought after psychology courses, business courses, and the liberal arts.

FoxTech Incorporated
Founded by Lucius Fox with financial backing from Jack Drake, FoxTech Incorporated has been an affiliate of Wayne Enterprises for the last ten years primarily focused in technological innovations and Gotham industry. A good portion of security systems in the Gotham-Bludhaven area are designed at FoxTech. Their main competitor is Star Labs, an affiliate of Queen Industries.

ACE Chemicals:
The core asset of Bludhaven owned Walker Industries, ACE Chemicals is a chemical processing and transportation company that deals in a variety of industries. A branch of the company often works closely with Professor Hugo Strange and other scientists in chemical advancements. It's R&D head is Doctor Marc Legrande.

Stagg Industries-Gotham:
The Gotham branch of Stagg Industries is another competitor to Wayne Enterprises and is known for it's previous employment of Victor & Nora Fries. It is currently repairing damage done to their facilities due to heavy frost damage.

Arkham Enterprises:
Founded in 1962 by a entrepreneur in the Arkham family, Arkham Enterprises specializes itself as a real estate empire that owns several high revenue businesses such as Marcielios, Tobacconists Club, the Burton & Associates Investment Firm, the High Towers Casino, and Club Vesuvius. The current business head is Jeremiah Arkham.

​Peak Human Conditioning: Through intense training and treatments, Batman represents the pinnacle of human physical prowess.

Martial Arts: Bruce is well trained in multiple martial arts, the core of his fighting method include jujitsu, aikido, boxing, karate, ninjitsu, boxing, and krav maga.

Stealth: His Ninjutsu training has made him a master at stealth and capable of breaching high security facilities without being detected.

Genius Level Intellect: Batman is a brilliant, virtually peerless, detective, strategist, scientist, tactician, and commander; he is widely regarded as one of the keenest analytical minds on the planet. Given his lack of superpowers, he often uses cunning and planning to outwit his foes, rather than simply "out-fighting" them.

Eidetic Memory: Bruce has the unique ability to have total recall of his memory and can remember anything in great detail. He is said to have a "Photographic" Memory due to the way he processes information.

Disguise: Has mastered the art of disguise. Batman has many aliases he uses to infiltrate the underworld or just to go undercover in public situations though the most notable identity is that of Matches Malone.

Tactical Analysis: Bruce has a deductive and analytic mind which goes into his detective work. He was jokingly referred to by Green Lantern as The World's Greatest Detective.

Specialized Equipment: Bruce has reverse engineered WayneTech and FoxTech equipment to create batarangs, vehicles, security technology, the batclaw, a grappling gun, and over two dozen other technologies in his time as Batman.

A theoretical team comprised of Batman's closest local allies in Gotham which are also used as relief support when needed.

Sandman
Azrael
Black Canary
Looker
Katana
Primak

The Lantern Corps Initiative & the Galaxy

In the beginning when the universe was young there existed the emotional spectrum and the alien entities that embodied each essence. These entities were seven—Ion of Will, Atrocitus of Rage, Ophidian of Greed, Parralax of Fear, Adara of Hope, Zamaron of Love, and Proselyte of Compassion. The guardians of Oa have archived the stories of this period where Atrocitus turned on his brothers and sisters in a fit of anger, Ophidian sought out more power, and Parralax watched as he contemplated their destruction by the fear of the two brothers caused in their battle. In the end the only truth that is known is that Atrocitus, Ophidian, and Parralax were locked away and the guardians of Oa began to work with the remaining entities to observe the galaxy—hoping such destruction would never be unleashed again. Thus the Lantern Corps Initiative was born—embodying a fraction of each entities power to a single person as long as they were “worthy” of such gifts.

In the time of the initiative, the guardians saw empires fall (Salamon, Psion) and evil forces disappear (The Blight, The Manhunters).

Green Lanterns: The base police and military of the lantern corps initiative.
Blue Lanterns: The base police and military of the lantern corps initiative.
Indigo Lanterns: The response teams and relief forces of the lantern corps initiative.
Violet Lanterns: The response teams and relief forces of the lantern corps initiative.

Early Life - 1997-2012

Born of two worlds, Jade is the daughter of an earthling named Alan Scott and a thornian named Rose. Before Jade was born her civilization, known for their abundant resources and druidic nature found themselves under siege by a large assortment of galactic raiders that began to reap the planet of its rich assets. If not for the assistance of the lantern corps initiative there would’ve been a much higher fatality rate than they did. The leader of the relief team was Alan Scott who was a green lantern that had taken over from Abin Sur several years prior. Scott fought back the raiders and defeated them into submission and hauled them back to galactic court to face the law. Jade’s mother was grateful to Alan Scott when he returned a few galactic cycles later and they fell in with each other; eventually resulting in the birth of Jade; which despite a taboo on other worlds was only looked upon with worry for the child. Jade’s childhood was one of half-thornian and half-earthling—where Jade felt out of place despite the affection she was given by the thornian people around her. Taking inspiration from her father gave her drive and as young as ten years old she found herself knowing what she wanted to be—a protector like her father had been. At her “adulthood” as the thornian people considered it, Jade left the planet at the age of fourteen.

Jade’s fiery and adventurous personality garnered her friends as she traveled throughout the galaxy. As time would come it became apparent that Jade was destined to become a member of the lantern corps initiative. She found herself fighting off complete and emotional agony when the planets she came to visit “spoke” to her as they called for help. This feeling that enveloped Jade made her realize that her people were wasting their time away on their homeworld when other planets suffered as she experienced almost unbearable pain each time she stood on these new worlds that called out to her. As thus she began to adventure despite being so young in the scheme of things and she knew she would be a protector—she had to be one. Therefore Jade Scott traveled and fell in with a variety of others in the pursuit of being a protector such as a group of freedom fighters on Zureq, she fought against raiders on Yovk, and even defended against slavers on Vega. She proved she truly envied her father’s legacy and in the eye of the galaxy she soon found herself in a hopeless scenario where the indomitable willpower she inherited from her father showed her a path—to join the lantern corps initiative.

The Return of the Blight - 2013

Assigned to veteran lantern member Arisia Rrab, Jade Scott found a mentor in the form of the graxonite that became the perfect fit for the thornian. In fact, the guardians selected Arisia specifically for the fact she was a hardened lantern who reflected Jade in many ways—her father was one of the most renowned lanterns in the corps, she had become a member of the corps as a teenager, and initially had a fiery volatile personality that had to be reined in by her former mentor/partner. Jade was finally thrilled with finally been assigned responsibilities after several galactic standard months passing since she passed her recruit training that was heralded by Kilowog and Katma Tui. The following missions that Arisia and Jade would go on to allow Jade to understand the scheme of galactic politics such as the Tamaran Empire’s policy against the corps activity through the space of their sovereignty. Traveling to the Vega System as carefully as possible they came into contact with a group of smugglers distributing illegal goods on an abandoned space station that served as a criminal hotspot. The lanterns had been keeping eyes on the location but rumors had it that an artifact of Psion origin had been shipped there which they planned to sell to The Blight who had supposedly returned and were interested in such things. Donning disguises and entering the station they intended to infiltrate and gather Intel directly on the Blight as well as the nature of the artifact. However, when word reached the criminals that the Blight had attacked a Tamaran Empire colony for a similar artifact they voided all interest due to a desire of not wanting to cross the Tamaran Empire so eagerly. Despite this the deal went south when one of the smuggler’s associates recognized Arisia and things turned into a firefight. Jade’s first mission turned into her first taste of action as they dealt with the men and acquired the artifact. They returned to Oa with a mission complete report in mind.

As the Blight threat continues to spread; the Darkstar Alliance begins to work with the Lantern Corps Initiative—a rare occurrence. As Alan Scott is sent to investigate a sighting of the Blight with Merayn Dethalis. As the two do this Jade and Arisa report back to the lantern corps council and a science team from Rann is sent to study the Psion artifact comprised of Sardath and an earthling by the name of Adam Strange among others. This brings the investigation to a heading as it is soon discovered that the artifacts were designed by an ancient Psion named H'san Natall who was working on a device that could tap into the emotional spectrum and disable it—thus cutting the entities off from their spectrum or perhaps manipulate the spectrum for their own gain. This must be stopped and a task force is organized to deal with the Blight problem at the source before they tampered with what they could not understand as the consequences would be dire. Eventually this team led by Thaal Sinestro find themselves successful in their mission as Sinestro acts with a brutality that “must be done” which the guardians of Oa secretly agree. Alan Scott witnesses this event when he and Merayn end up on the same planet after following their own investigation and Scott is appalled by the genocide Sinestro enacts as he uses a scientific device to specifically kill all of the insectoid aliens in one swift motion. Alan Scott sees this as an act of fear and confronts Sinestro and later the guardians. The situation is left open as Alan Scott is assigned time off to cool his head before his next mission; he begins to wonder what lengths the guardians would go—lengths he disagrees with.

The Rise of the Manhunters - 2014

The new year has brought dread and ever-consuming worry with the news that Alan Scott has not reported back to Oa after a deep space mission after his ship—the Starheart was found drifting in space with no trace of the green lantern; and worst of all, Scott’s lantern ring is giving off no signal indicated his or its location. The guardians declare this an important matter as they discuss the possibility of organizing a task force team to investigate his last known whereabouts. Jade pleads to the guardians to put her on such a team as its paramount to her to see her father brought back alive as she holds on to the hope that he is still out there. Unbenowst to the corps and Jade, Alan Scott has been captured by a fringe group of manhunters that have remained in hiding whose plans are grand indeed.

SUPPORTING CAST

Alan Scott:
Alan Scott in addition to being Jade’s father is also her mentor and inspiration to do what she does. Born on the planet known as Earth, Alan Scott is a veteran soldier who came into the lantern ring when it came to him after an inescapable event that tested his will when he lost his best friend Sam Smith in battle during the first Gulf War. The guardians of Oa have indicated that Alan Scott is the ‘ideal’ Green Lantern on occasion which is proven through his tenacity, research, and dedication to keeping the galaxy safe. He is current MIA.
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Katma Tui:
A korugaran member of the lantern corps who trained Jade.
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Kilowog:
A bolovaxian member of the lantern corps who has been assigned to recruit orientation due to the events of a former mission. A former scientist, Kilowog is equally smart as he is tough. He trained Jade.
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AYA:
The lantern corps artificial intelligence that is routed through their starcraft's on-board computer.
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Special Tasks Force:
Otherwise known as STF, the special task division of the lantern corps initiative is designated with being organized for specialty cases that don't need singular patrols or general investigation. It is generally comprised of four lanterns and a supervising officer. The command is currently held by Salaak.
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The Darkstar Alliance:
An independent galactic security firm that operates off of Rann in the Alpha Centauri system. They are noted as being more ruthless than the lantern corps initiative with more concern with enforcing order rather than law.​

​Thornian Physiology: Born with the blood of the people of Thorn in her veins, Jade has not only the green-skinned appearance of the people but a degree of their abilities one of which includes empathy with the force of nature. This sensory ability allows her to feel the “emotions” of the planetary core and such can cause an emphatic overload of emotion.

Green Lantern Ring: Like all Green Lanterns, Jade Scott has the ability to create constructs based on her will which is granted from the energy of Ion.

Basic Hand-to-Hand: Jade was trained by Katma Tui and Kilowog and thus has an understanding of basic hand-to-hand combat.

Chlorokinesis: Tied in with her thornian physiology, Jade has the potential to control plant matter though such an act is rarely seen by those her age. Jade has not yet discovered this ability.

Early Life

The House of El’s history is one comprised of hope, wisdom, and faith. This is something Kara-El knew as she looked to her father, Zor-El. Zor was the parallel opposite of his brother despite them once agreeing on where krypton needed to go; Jor-El being more of a traditionalist and Zor-El falling into transhumanist beliefs. Perhaps this is to say why the two El’s became distant and ignorant of each other and their families. It wasn’t until his daughter Kara’s sixth birthday when his world was truly shaken when his wife was seemingly assassinated on a trip to the nearest city, Argos. Zor didn’t know what was worse: that his wife was murdered or that his young daughter saw the entire thing. Irregardless, Zor vowed to remove himself and his daughter from this world as they soon retreated to his rural home.

After her mother’s death, Kara-El found herself in an environment that was shaped around her father—at such a young age she had not even came to terms with what she had saw nor how to move past it. The next few years for her were all planned subsequently by her father who blamed the way their utopic society was falling apart slowly but most certainly. With his daughter in mind he began to toil with her genetics in proven theory in the guise of medical checkups: increasing her brain functions, her immune system, how her body and mind adapted to a scenario or environment, and her perceptive capability. This would prepare her for life on Earth and life among unpredictable archaic aliens. Kara didn’t understand why she would in time pick up on information from archives faster and at a higher level or why she never felt sick—but she didn’t think much of it as she moved forward ignorant of what was to come.

Kara-El’s fate was altered as her father doomed her to life away from krypton—away from everything that she had ever known. The last daughter of krypton was placed in a hyperbolic sleep and placed in a illegally developed spacecraft destined to make sure that the House of El and more importantly, Kara, lived to see the next cycle. This starship would drift in space as it literally froze her in time until it landed in the star system known as Sol. Equipping her with a robotic AI with a recorded log from himself, he hoped Kara could make it out there with what he had given her. Much like Kal-El, Kara-El had been designated towards the planet known as Earth. However, due to a variety of complicated events she would never reach Earth… at least, not until Kal-El who at this point has fashioned himself as the Man of Steel—Superman finds her in a very bad way.

The Supergirl from Krypton - 2013

The discovery of Kara-El was seen as an exceptional link to Kal-El’s past and the real difficulty was getting the female kryptonian to adapt to the new world nearly ignorant of everything that she should have of known about. Through extensive education as well as lengthy conversations with her cousin she found herself understanding more and more—the most difficult being the archaic civilization of Earth society and the notion of “superpowers” as Kal had called them. The most surprising out of everything however was that Kara didn’t have trouble understanding the duality of Clark Kent and Kal-El as the young Kara theorized it was in the nature of self-preservation which is something she completely understood. When it came time for Kara to create an “alter ego” for practice, she picked two names that resonated with Clark’s stories—Lana and Kent. This would come into awkward straights months later when she incidentally met Lois Lane, who believed “Lana Kent” to be the daughter of Clark and some “smallville yokel” he had a fling with in his teenage years. This brought much complications for Clark as Kara ended up being enrolled at a public school in Metropolis after securing her identity legally through Batman’s channels of ability to do so.

To be expanded on.​

​Kryptonian Physiology: Under the effects of a "yellow" sun, The average Kryptonian possesses the potential for super strength, super hearing, flight, near-invulnerability, and enhanced vision.

Multilingualism: Supergirl speaks a multitude of languages fluently. She learned all of Earth's core languages (english, german, french, spanish, russian, japanese, mandarin, italian, etc.) in less then a month.

Genius Level Intellect: Kryptonians, though otherwise completely human, were superior both intellectually and physically to natives of Earth. Supergirl who lived on Argo City for some time learned much about science and technology. Supergirl excels in engineering. It is also said that her father's genetic engineering of Kara has made her more intelligent than the average kryptonian.

Eidetic Memory: Kara has a enhanced-photographic memory which also entails a "sponge effect" on information visually or sonically absorbed. This is a byproduct of genetic conditioning by her father.

Reactive Adaptation: Engineered by her father, Zor-El, Kara has the ability to adapt to new surroundings (and specifically planets) in three times of the time it would take a normal Kryptonian.This is how she is able to grasp flight and her superpowers that may of taken Kal-El a decade to discover.

Basic Hand-to-Hand: Kara observed Torquasm-Vo, a Kryptonian martial art and thus using her Eidetic Memory can access it.

Tactical Analysis: Kara-El has a deductive and analytic mind putting her skill of observation and thought process on a high level.

Engineered Immune System: Kara has been engineered to have a stronger immune system than most and it can resist disease and destroy contaminants through time.

Early Life & Career

If there could have been a King of Krypton, General Zod was such a man. A great strategist, he emerged as the preeminent soldier in the Daxamite-Krypton War that shattered all connections between Krypton and the last of it's former colonies, leaving the former celestial empire in stagnation as more xenophobic and anti-exploration policies began to be put in place by the ruling council of Krypton, led by Jax-Ur.

General Zod was believed to have had great potential as a scientist, if not for the caste that he was born into and the outbreak of the colonial wars. He made friends with two of Krypton's top scientific minds, the outspoken Non and Jor-El. In the social and economic slump that followed after the negotiated armistice concluded the Daxamite War, with exploration now forbidden to Krypton, it was this trio that undertook a movement to return Krypton to the stars. Except this time, there was a new motivation for exploration.

Krypton was dying. The planet's resources were exhausted. Overpopulation and changes in Krypton's sun spelled out a coming devastation to the planet, but Jax-Ur and the council would hear none of it.

To respond to the crisis, Zod, Non, and Jor-El had designed a new kind of colonial ship -- one capable of travel beyond anywhere that Krypton had traveled before, using a gravitational drive that would open a portal into a dimension that Jor-El had discovered and dubbed The Phantom Zone. By passing through this 'sub-space', the ship could emerge at a location lightyears apart and experience no passage of time. The trio went to the council to present their discovery and their solution, and were charged with treason against the planet Krypton for 'creating an atmosphere in which the population would panic.'

When Non would not be silenced, the great scientific mind of their time was imprisoned and mutilated, rendering him mute. To ensure Zod's loyalty, the council imprisoned with Non the mate of General Zod, the woman Ursa, who was with child. Jor-El accepted the vow of silence pressed on him by the council, taking leave to make his own preparations to save those that he might still save. Zod's loyalty, however, was not as secure as the council might have hoped. A revolt broke out, one which resulted in the assassination of everyone on the council but one - Jax-Ur.

Freeing Non and Ursa from their prison, Zod watched as Krypton began to break apart as the civil war swelled into the mass hysteria that the council had predicted would occur. He tried to make it to Jor-El, but it was too late. The general boarded the colonial ship and gave the command to make the jump into the Phantom Zone. That ship disappeared as Krypton was destroyed, vanishing into the night unaware of two rockets en route to a distant world orbiting a yellow sun.

Voyages on the Matrix

Seventeen years passed, as those on Earth count time. The ship emerged out of the Phantom Zone at a location in empty space, unaware of the time that had passed. With few survivors left of the once great Krypton Empire, Commander Zod set out to try and find a world that could be their new home. Months passed. Ursa gave birth to a boy, who was named Lor for Ursa's father, who had been the general that had instructed Dru-Zod in the arts of war. The birth of Lor-Zod was seen as an omen, one of the first of a new generation of Kryptonians who would know nothing of Krypton. And yet, their existence would be their survival.

Seven years later, the ship continues to search the stars for a place to call home. Trading where it can, fighting where they must, protecting their own and guarding their children as their future. Lor-Zod is the oldest of a handful of such New Kryptonians, the leader of the children with a young Kryptonian canine at his side.

SUPPORTING CAST:

Overlord Jax-Ur:
The political leader on the Matrix, Jax-Ur serves on the Kryptonian Defense Council that sits on the spacecraft and the only remaining member of the council during the time of Krypton's destruction. Jax-Ur is highly manipulative in how he orchestrates his will over others when politics overrules military administration which he reminds Commander Zod of repetitively. Jax-Ur thinks optimistically of the day they finally run out of resources and need to organize a terraforming effort as he would be the controller of such an endeavor and as thus become the Overlord of New Krypton.
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Patriarch Jer-Em:
The religious leader on the Matrix, and the head of the Kryptonian Religious Guild. Many words can be used to describe Jer-Em including fanatical, devout, zealous, and old. In fact Jer-Em is the eldest member of the entire crew as he sits beyond ninety-years of age. The religious and cultural traditionalist that is Jer-Em clashes with both Commander Zod and Overlord Ur on several occasions as he truly believes he; not them, has Krypton's best interests in mind.
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Ak-Var:
The current head of the Kryptonian Science Guild and one that is particularly distrustful of the tri-fecta of politics going on-board the Matrix. Ak-Var has a daughter of eight cycles named Thara-Var. A genius in the field of kryptonian mechanical engineering, Ak-Var is invaluable to the maintence of the spaceship.
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Ursa-On:
Dru-Zod's partner and the bearer of his son, Lor. Academic caste, a laboratory assistant to Non who had been promised to him in an arrangement by her family and his. Broke tradition and defied both families when she instead mated with Dru-Zod, causing significant disruption between the House of Ka and the House of Zod which may have led to the decision to have Dru-Zod transferred to the battle front in the Daxamite Conflict. Like Dru-Zod, she despises the caste system but it more public about her thoughts, having a desire to have been Warrior caste.
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Non-Ka:
Academic caste. The shell of a once great scientific mind, rendered mute and partially lobotomized by Jax-Ur in order to prevent the scientist from revealing the nature of Krypton's problems to the public at large, and send a message to Zod at the same time of what would happen to others if the council's decision were to be countermanded.
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Faora-Ui:
One of Zod's closest allies and the individual in charge with the Matrix's internal security. Ursa however feels Faora is overly attached to Zod to the point that she might be after his affections, but her thoughts on Faora are hard to prove with little evidence.
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Nadira-Va:
A member of the Kryptonian Science Guild who serves as one of the principal medical practitioners as well as a known expert of xenobiology. Due to her interest in offworld fauna and her knowledge of a variety of obscure aliens such as The Blight she is seen as valuable on and off the field.
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Nam-Ek:
A member of the Kryptonian Military Guild that serves as one of the principal soldiers sent as a boarding party. A soldier known for his ruthless nature and short temper, Nam finds himself at odds with many people as he thinks with his fists over his brain. He gets along surprisingly well with his sarcastic comrade, Karin-Starr.
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Car-Vex:
A member of the Kryptonian Military Guild that serves as one of the principal soldiers sent as a boarding party. She finds herself exhibiting reckless behavior when she strongly believes in something though despite this volatile nature she is very loyal to her commanding officers and comrades.
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Lesla-Lar:
A member of the Kryptonian Military Guild that serves as one of the principal soldiers sent as a boarding party. One of the the youngest members of the crew, she wields a sarcastic and loud-mouth demeanor as her strong sense of "right" and "wrong" buffer her loyalty to her commanding officers. Lesla does not feel happy on the Matrix and dreams of a life that anchored to the crew.
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Mon-El:
The youngest of the three El brothers and the only one to survive Kryptonian's destruction AND the plague known as the green death. Born to science caste, Mon became a member of the Kryptonian Military Guild out of a request to Commander Zod that Zod felt he couldn't deny due to him being unable to save Mon's two brothers. He serves as one of the principal soldiers sent as a boarding party.

ROGUES GALLERY:

BRAINIAC:
A weaponized artificial intelligence created by the Coluans as they feared the Kryptonian populace that neighbored their system. Assuming the kryptonians would invade their space due to the vast resources and habitable planets. Viewing the Kryptonian Empire as an antagonistic plague they devised an artificial intelligence that served many facilities including: infiltration, sabotage, and destruction. BRANIAC was installed onto Kryptonian networks through an infiltration mission devised by Vril Dox. In time, BRANIAC's prime directive to acquire information on Krypton and thus ensure they do not remain a threat - progressed into a designed genocide in which radioactive leakage of green energy (the green death) began to pick off the kryptonian populace to cut down on the population. This only seemed to slow down the kryptonians as they began to think re-expansion was key to their survival which the AI reacted upon learning of this by causing a planetwide natural disaster that began to tear the planet asunder. The Death of Krypton had been designed and afterward the AI went into a deep sleep as it drifted in a probe in outer space.​​​

​Kryptonian Physiology: Under the effects of a "yellow" sun, The average Kryptonian possesses the potential for super strength, super hearing, flight, near-invulnerability, and enhanced vision.

Kryptonian Physiology: Under the effects of a "yellow" sun, The average Kryptonian possesses the potential for super strength, super hearing, flight, near-invulnerability, and enhanced vision.

Genius Level Intellect: Kryptonians, though otherwise completely human, were superior both intellectually and physically to natives of Earth.As a krypton native Dru-Zod in great time learned much about science and technology in spite of being military caste.

Basic Hand-to-Hand: Zod was trained and exceled in Torquasm-Vo, a Kryptonian martial art.

Tactical Analysis: Dru-Zod has a deductive and analytic mind.

Early Life

Dinah Laurel Lance was born to a smiling pair of parents in Gotham General Hospital. Due to the success of her parents, the bar was always set high for young Dinah who had very different aspirations from her parents. Her mother was a successful lawyer, helping defend numerous victims in Gotham's court system and ensuring killers went behind bars where they belonged. Her father on the other hand was the man who ensured criminals were brought in to be prosecuted by the courts as he worked the streets as a member of the Gotham City Police Force alongside one of his closest friends and comrades James Gordon.

Despite her parents pushing her towards academic activities, Dinah leaned towards numerous physical activities begging her parents to let her take part in swim teams, gymnastics, dance and of course karate. As she grew she eventually abandoned the karate and the swim team but Dinah studied gymnastics and dance through high school right up to college. Growing up on the Upper West End of Gotham, Dinah had a few close friends but none were as close as her younger sister Sara. Sara and Dinah, despite the two year age difference between them were nigh inseparable. The two shared several friends and were always found together whether it be playing in the yard or in the same gymnastics class. Sara was the competitive one of the two and always pushed herself to keep up to her older sister and at times to even surpass her.

Growing Pains - 2009

As Dinah entered highschool, the two sisters began to drift apart as Dinah was caught up in a new circle of friends and within a year she had stop making an effort to include Sara in all her plans leaving a heartbroken Sara often alone at home. During her sophomore year of highschool, Dinah found herself sick quite often claiming to have a sore throat. While the doctors assumed she had numerous ailments ranging from tonsillitis, to laryngitis to vocal nodes. Having given up on Gotham's major clinics and hospitals, Dinah sought out a small clinic run by Leslie Thompkins for the neglected and impoverished residents of Crime Alley and the surrounding area known as the Bowery. Dr. Thompkins was the first person to actually help shed some light on Dinah's condition. After taking a blood sample, Dr. Thompkins revealed to Dinah that she was a metahuman and it was soon after this Dinah released her first Canary Cry. Struggling to hide her new found ability, Dinah under Leslie's suggestion took up the harmonica which allowed her to learn to control her ability. Enjoying the harmonica, Dinah eventually started singing lessons, her teacher commenting she sang as lovely as the song birds outside her bedroom window.

Downward Spiral - 2010

In her junior year of highschool, Dinah met Evelyn Crawford and the two became fast friends, while Sara began to befriend several friends from the wrong side of town. While Dinah began to look towards colleges, Sara began to try cigarettes and the downward spiral only went further from there. Eventually Sara began sneaking out to join in on numerous parties, whether it was a rave in an abandoned building, a field party outside the city or a sneaking into a Blüdhaven club with a fake ID. While Dinah had been taking basic self defense for quite some time, it was when Sara began her downward spiral that Dinah asked for her training and family friend Ted Grant to teach her more advanced techniques and combat forms believing that Sara's behaviour would put her in danger and possibly even their family.

Leaving the nest - 2011

As senior year reared its ugly head for Dinah, Sara eventually dropped out of gymnastics and other extra circulars while Dinah decided to announce to her family that she had decided to take a year abroad instead of going to college immediately after her highschool graduation. Both Lawrence and Laurel believe it was this turn of events that led to Sara experimenting with illegal drugs and eventually her death as Dinah packed her bags and headed to Europe while Sara rarely came home and soon stopped going to school all together. It was also at this time that the Justice League revealed themselves to the world, like most teens her age, Dinah was infatuated with the men of the League but also seeing other people with abilities led her to believe perhaps instead of hiding hers, she too should put it to work.

Trial by Blood - 2012

While in Europe, Dinah took it as a chance to have a trial run in using her abilities. Travelling all over Europe, she donned a hoodie to disguise herself as she unleashed her abilities upon unsuspecting criminals. Eventually her activities caught the attention of the wrong people who managed to abduct Dinah before forcing her to fight in their underground cage fights. Surviving match after match, Dinah was kept for a week before finally a foe arrived who she couldn't defeat. Brought out to fight again, her voice hoarse and throat raw, Dinah looked up to see a woman of Asian descent.. The woman proceeded to unleash a barrage of brutal martial arts upon her as Dinah struggled to defend against the flurry of fists and feet. Eventually overwhelmed, Dinah lay collapsed on the floor while the other woman looked her over. Extending a hand, the woman helped Dinah to her feet before introducing herself as Sandra Wu-San, though Dinah would come to know her better as Lady Shiva. Shiva knew of Dinah's exploits while travelling and informed her she represented a powerful organization with plans to change the world. Intrigued, Dinah wanted to find out more and Shiva told her she would after she was properly trained. Blindfolding Dinah, the young Black Canary was taken deep into Japan where she was introduced to Richard Dragon. Dragon spent months training Dinah in the art of Dragon Kung-Fu along with numerous other martial arts turning her into a competent fighter without needing to relay on her metahuman nature. Eventually however, Dinah overheard Dragon and Shiva talking, realizing the organization that Shiva worked for was the mysterious League of Shadows, Dinah rebelled from her trainers bringing her into combat with Shiva once again. The two fought again with Dinah matching Shiva blow for blow until eventually the two fought each other to a stand still. Impressed by the American's progress, Shiva allowed Dinah one favour by letting her leave in peace but warned her next time they encountered each other it would be a fight to the death.

Taking Flight - 2013

Coming home to Gotham, Dinah was greeted by teary eyed parents as they reluctantly explained while she was gone her sister had passed away. Enraged and heart broken, Dinah realized she didn't have to fly half way around the world to fight crime when it was right here at home. Looking up to the Batman of Gotham, Dinah decided it was time for her to take up an alias. Her sister Sara had kept a pet canary when the girls were younger and in her honor, Dinah dubbed herself the Black Canary. Enrolling in Gotham University, Dinah took an associates degree in business before opening up a florist shop in order to fund her mission. Reconnecting with Eve, Dinah hired her friend in order to help run the business while she set up a different shop in the back. After a few trial runs, Dinah procured herself a motorcycle being more than comfortable with them since her Dad had owned one his whole life teaching both girls how to ride. Deciding she'd need a costume, Dinah found a local tailor who she worked with to design the Black Canary costume. While the leotard was relatively easy to design, her leggings took a few trial runs before they managed to get them right. In the end, the leggings which appear to be fishnet tights, were made of a kevlar weave and while they won't stop a knife or direct bullet would protect her legs from being grazed or slashed while retaining almost full movement. Dinah decided against a mask, finding them limiting to her vision and instead began to wear her hair pulled back while donning glasses and wearing less form fitting clothes to blur the lines between her appearance as the Canary and as Dinah Lance. Additionally, Dinah used make up to alter her facial appearance while in her civilian garb. With the right shades of blush and foundation, Dinah was able to make her cheekbones seem higher and her face more narrow, hiding her more toned features.

Birds of a Feather - 2014

Now as the Black Canary, Dinah patrols Gotham's West side, coming into conflict with the Golden Dragons along with various other rogues who she is slowly starting to build a rivalry with. Dinah hopes one day to be noticed by the Batman or the Justice League, and perhaps to even be honored by joining the ranks of the latter. Recently she has begun to work alongside another 'green' hero by the name of Oddman...​

SUPPORTING CAST

Detective Lawrence Quentin Lance:
Lawrence, or rather Larry, is a Gotham City Police Detective and quite close with James Gordon, having both served together in the Major Crimes Unit. Unlike Gordon however who aspires to climb the ladder, Larry feels his place is on the streets and is quite content in his role as Detective in Gotham. Lawrence is also a loving father and husband to Dinah and Sara respectively. Recently, Lawrence has been paired with a young headstrong detective by the name of Helena Bertenelli although the two are as different as Night and Day. Gordon believes together they'll accomplish great things however. Summed up in a few words, Lawrence is a “gruff, determined city detective” who believes true justice can only come from law and order.​

Laurel Simone Drake-Lance:
The mother of Dinah and the wife to Lawrence Lance, Laurel is a high profile lawyer who works on some of Gotham's largest cases which unfortunately brings her into contact with the most dangerous men in the city. Laurel is the younger sister to Mortimer Drake, although the two have been estranged since the latter's descent into eccentricity and the Lances belief that Mortimer could be a threat to their daughter.​

Sara Gail Lance:
Sara was Dinah's younger sister and is believed to be dead after she was kidnapped sometime after Dinah returned from Europe. Growing up together the girls were nearly inseparable until Dinah entered highschool and made new friends. Throughout those four years, the girls grew further and further apart leading to Sara picking new friends eventually rebelling from her parents in order to set herself apart from Dinah. Landing herself in Gotham's party scene, Sara got caught up with drugs and alcohol coming home at all hours of the morning until one morning she didn't come home. Lawrence and the GCPD believe Sara likely overdosed at the party and in a panic other party goers ended up dumping her body in the nearby river.​

Mortimer Drake:
Laurel's brother and Dinah's uncle, Mortimer Drake was a self-made millionaire who used to rub elbows with the likes of Bruce Wayne before he descended into further eccentricity and nearly lost his fortune. A collector of 16th and 17th Century Artifacts with a special soft spot for anything coming from France during that time period. Mortimer nearly lost his fortune when he decided to build a private history museum. Rumor has it he has since turned to crime and he's not been welcome in the Lance household for quite some time.​

Jack Drake:
Jack Drake is the son of Mortimer Drake as well as the nephew to Lawrence and Laurel Lance and a cousin to Dinah. Like his father, he's a self made business man with an interest in archeology although Jack didn't amount the fortune that his estranged father did. Growing up distant from his father with no clue who his mother was, Jack was taken care of by various nannies before being sent away to boarding school. Coming out with promising grades he eventually attended University in Metropolis where he met his future wife and graduated with a degree in business. Investing in several stocks, Jack made a modest fortune on the return from these investments and eventually upon the birth of his son Tim, decided to buy a home in Gotham where his biggest investment, FoxTech Incorporated was situated.​

Janet Surillo-Drake:
The wife of Jack Drake and a County Judge in Gotham City. Janet was completing her degree in law when she met her future husband Jack Drake. Shortly after completing University, Janet was snatched up by a law firm where she work for several years, proving herself to be assertive and aggressive eventually earning herself a Judgeship only two years after the birth of her son. Unfortunately due to the long work hours, her relationship with Jack has begun to fall apart and neither parent are overly close with their son.​

Timothy Drake:
Second Cousin Timothy 'Tim' Drake, the son of Jack and Janet Drake is a young prodigy and second cousin to Dinah. Young TImothy seems to be showing much promise towards surpassing both of his parents later in life due to his high intelligence and aptitude. Unfortunately Tim is often left with a nanny or babysitter due to both of his parents being too caught up in their jobs to take time for their young son.​

Ted Grant:
A friend to both Lawrence and Laurel Lance, having been a college friend of the former. Ted Grant too settled down in Gotham when he could which wasn't often as Ted had become a world heavyweight mixed martial arts champion nicknamed the Wildcat. A champion in the ring, Ted was almost world renowned for his progress in the Boxing, Muay Thai, Capoeira, Krav Maga, and Hapkaido, but he was also a man with a very kind heart and often took care of a young Dinah when her parents couldn't. As Dinah grew, Lawrence had her put in boxing classes taught by Ted in order to ensure his daughter could defend herself. As Dinah decided to pursue a career in fighting crime, she came to Ted asking for private lessons which he obliged although reluctantly upon seeing a certain gleam in her eye.​

Evelyn Crawford:
The daughter of a former Mob Hitman, Evelyn Crawford or Eve as she prefers to go by has seen the darker side of Gotham for much of her life. Raised in Old Gotham, not far from the infamous Crime Alley, Eve has gotten to used to dealing with mobsters and gangsters. By the time she was in highschool her father had taught her how to handle various firearms and she was quite capable with a pistol. Eventually moving out of Old Gotham in order to attend University of Gotham where she met Dinah Lance. The two became quick friends and Eve eventually took up Ted Grant's boxing class alongside. Currently, Eve works for Dinah at Sherwood Florist as her assistant manager, although Eve is completely unaware of Dinah's nightly activities.​

ROGUES GALLERY

Lady Shiva:
A master martial artist, Sandra Wu-San first encountered Dinah when the latter was back packing through Europe after highschool. Having gotten the bright idea to test out what Ted Grant had taught her in an underground fight club, Dinah managed to make her way to the top where word of her exploits reached Lady Shiva who sought a worthy opponent and recruits for the League of Shadows. Seeking out Dinah, the two eventually dueled with Shiva emerging the leader. Seeing the potential in Dinah, she directed the future Canary to her former sensei, Richard Dragon introducing them both as members of a world changing order. Intrigued, Dinah agreed to train with Dragon, but she soon realized the true ideals behind the League of Shadows and rebelled against her mentors. This brought Dinah into combat with Shiva again, but this time Dinah managed to fight Shiva to a draw, earning enough of Shiva's respect to walk free but losing enough to cement herself as both a rival and enemy to Shiva and the League of Shadows. Shiva is the only member of the Canary's rogue gallery to know Dinah's true identity making her all that much more dangerous of a foe.​

White Canary:
Lady Shiva's unknown protégé, like Dinah the White Canary was trained by Richard Dragon before being made a full fledged member of the League of Shadows. It's said her skill might even surpass Shiva herself possibly making her one of the world's most deadly martial artists. Rumors of the White Canary are hard to come by as she very rarely leaves witnesses or survivors.​

Martin 'Mad Dog' Hawkins:
A former mob hitman turned serial killer, Martin 'Mad Dog' Hawkins was once a stable individual with a penchant for killing people. However after a near attempt on his life left his damaged and revitalized the buried memories of his traumatic childhood at the hands of his father who beat and sexually abused him. Admitted to Arkham Asylum, Mad Dog managed to stay under the radar, building his strength until he managed to overpower an orderly, raping her and leaving her for dead. Despite being believed to have feld to Metropolis, ever since Mad Dog's escape, reports of woman raped and mutilated bodies have been surfacing from Gotham's Coventry and the West End. Though so far the victims have only been homeless, drug addicts or prostitutes, Detective Lawrence Lance is taking these events seriously unlike most of the GCPD.​

Lynx:
Leader of the Golden Dragons, a gang of young Chinese Youths set up in Gotham's Chinatown along the city's West Coast between Upper West Side, the Diamond District and Old Gotham. Lynx is a deadly tactician and a skilled swordswoman. Acrobatic and skilled in various martial arts, Lynx by herself is more than enough fight for the Canary without being backed up by her gang.​

Lady Vic:
A deadly mercenary for hire. Lady Vic isn't particular about the jobs she takes and is often desperate enough for money that'll she take what comes her way. While she's from England, she seems to primarily find employment in Gotham and Blüdhaven particular at the hands of the Blockbuster gang. Lady Vic and the Canary have tangled on a few occasions previously and have a sort of rivalry formed. Her signature is using antique weapons which come from her family's vast collection.​

Onomatopoeia:
Not much is known about Onomatopoeia, Dinah has heard rumours of him in the underworld and there are a couple of cold cases attributed to a killer of that name but no evidence or witnesses have ever been found. The current rumor is that he stalks his targets before killing them, learning about them and watching how they work so he can kill them without a struggle. Gotham Police aren't sure why the underworld refers to him as Onomatopoeia and most aren't really willing to find out.​

Dollmaker:
A Gotham City Serial Killer who creates "dolls" out of the skin and limbs of his victims. The Dollmaker has a long history of torturing and murdering women, going so far as to transform some of these woman into 'Dolls' which he keeps, often breaking them mentally until a form of Stockholm takes over them causing them to remain loyal to him and carry out his will without resistance. As a child, Barton Mathis went on several 'hunting trips' with his father. During these hunts, he watched as his father killed people and then cannibalized them. He would also witness his father being shot down by a young cop named Lawrence Lance. After spending only a year in foster care, Barton disappeared for years before he resurfaced as the criminal Dollmaker. His mask is partially made of skin from his deceased father. ​

GOTHAM LOCATIONS:

Sherwood Florist:
Sherwood Florist is a small flower shop owned by Dinah and operated out of the Upper West End in Gotham City. Built just off of the Diamond District, Dinah was inspired to go into a florist business by her mother who had always wanted to do one before her law career took off. The property is owned by Dinah and contains a small garage out back in which Dinah stores her motorcycle as well as her Canary gear. She has a small staff who works for her, most notable Evelyn Crawford who is her best friend and assistant manager. Above the Sherwood Florist is also a small one bedroom apartment which Dinah lives in. The downside to the location of the shop is that it almost lies in Golden Dragon territory making it a potential target to gang related crime. Dinah has yet to allow herself to become a victim and most of the criminals in the area stay away from the neighbourhood which is under the protection of the Black Canary.​

The 'Roost':
The Roost is Dinah's nickname for the garage in which she stores her motorcycle and Canary gear. Although her costume is simplistic at best, in time she hopes to be able to upgrade her gear to the quality that some of her inspirations wear such as the Batman. Aside from her gear, the Roost has a small work area with enough tools for Dinah to maintain her chopper bike. The outside of the roost appears to be a very run down garage with several bushes grown close to the doors making it appear as though no one has been in it for a very long time.​

My Alibi:
A local nightclub run out of the Lower West End between Gotham University and the Coventry. Popular among both Gotham's seedier citizens and the students at Gotham U who just want to blow off some steam, My Alibi has provided Dinah some extra cash as she's performed as a Lounge Singer several times impressing some of the wealthier clientele. The club's true use lies in listening in on the conversations in the dark corners which reveal where the next big deals are going down between various gangs and other members of Gotham's Underworld.​

PARAPHERNALIA:

Body Armor:
As the Black Canary, Dinah wears a kevlar weave leotard which covers her torso. On her legs she wears a fine mesh 'fishnet' stocking that she had custom made. These stalkings contain smaller amounts of kevlar in order to preserve her agility and full range of movement. Her arms are bare however though she does wear reinforced gloves which also brace her wrists. Additionally, Dinah has one of two heavy leather jackets she wears over her uniform, the first of which is a short 'biker' jacket and the second of which is a long trench coat. When using her motorcycle, she dons a black motorcycle helmet which can also be used as an impromptu weapon.

As her career in crime fighting advances, Dinah will eventually be able to achieve a more armored uniform.​

Motorcycle:
Dinah rides a heavily modified Honda Fury. She's taken the time to increase the speed of the bike as well as improving its handling. Dinah also managed to reduce the bike's weight and beef up it's suspension allowing for her to pull some trickier maneuvers with the powerful machine.​

Telescopic Batons:
As the Canary, she uses a pair of expandable batons to fight. They are able to combine into a bo-staff. These batons are similar to the ones used by the Gotham Police Force with the exception of their ability to combine into a bo-staff.​​

​Canary Cry: A high-pitched, sonic scream which she can deploy to shatter objects and incapacitate her opponents. Analyzing her capabilities, it was found that she can reach ultrasonic frequencies outside the audible spectrum which render other beings unconscious. However, the cry has been shown to be completely useless when Dinah's mouth is covered with a gag, piece of tape, or any other means of forcing her mouth closed. When Canary is close enough she can unleash her cry to literally destroy an opponent but this is an absolute last resort. Dinah states that her Canary Cry is able to inflict serious damage to beings even as durable as Wonder Woman. Moreover, Dinah is capable of not only creating sonic blasts, but also could generate an ultrasonic attack, which renders everyone within an ear range unconscious; this specific use of the Canary Cry requires the full capacity of Dinah's lungs. Black Canary rarely utilizes her metahuman abilities during fights, preferring to engage in hand-to-hand combat. Lately, Dinah uses the Canary Cry only against considerably more powerful metahuman opponents. Black Canary is one of the very few characters who chooses not to take advantage of their superpowers, preferring physical skill over inborn abilities. During times of extreme stress, Canary has displayed the ability to create sonic vibrations capable of destroying whatever was obstructing her mouth. Black Canary can also use her Canary Cry to glide across gorges by rebounding on sonic waves. Furthermore she can use the Canary Cry to propel herself large distances in the air. Dinah plays a harmonica which she uses to strengthen her breathing and vocal cords. This is a form of training for her Canary Cry. In addition to this, Dinah loves to sing and will often perform karaoke at her favourite pubs and has worked a gig as a lounge singer at least once in the Iceberg Lounge.​

Acrobatics: Due to her history in gymnastics and dance, Dinah is a strong acrobat. While she's not capable of performing parkour or free running like some of her peers, Dinah's acrobatic nature is more than useful for getting around Gotham rooftops. Dinah's small frame and acrobatic nature also help keeps her safe in a fight as she's able to stay light on her feet making her a hard target due to her agile evasive fighting techniques.​

Driving: A skilled motorcyclist, Dinah got her passion for her bikes from her father and grew up working on her father's hobby motorcycles. When she was old enough, her father made sure she knew how to ride and has since regretted as getting Dinah off a bike is near impossible. Dinah has taken some professional lessons and dated a motorcycle stunt rider during her senior highschool years learning a few tricks from him as well.​

Investigation: As the daughter of one of Gotham's leading detectives, Dinah was taught quite a few skills in observation and problem solving. While she's by no means as good as a detective as her father, nor anyone near the same level as the Batman, Dinah can handle her own cases on the streets bringing in help when she needs it.​

Martial Arts: Dinah is a very skill martial artists having learned a variety of hand to hand combat techniques. She trained under Ted 'Wildcat' Grant, who is a retired Heavyweight MMA Champion. As such, Ted is highly skilled in numerous martial arts including the art of Boxing, Muay Thai, Capoeira, Krav Maga, and Hapkaido. Teaching these to Dinah, Ted pushed her to be the best she could, making sure to emphasize moves and techniques that benefited from her size and stature. While travelling abroad, Dinah encountered Lady Shiva who after seeing her potential sent her to Richard Dragon to be trained to be a worthy opponent. Under Richard Dragon, Dinah learned Dragon Style Kung Fu as well as pressure point fighting. Her travels also introduced her to the basic elements of Savate, Judo, Aikido, Jujutsu, Wing Chun, and Tae Kwon Do.​

Tactical Analysis: Dinah is also considered a strong leader and strategic thinker. These traits have been learned from her mother who always encouraged Dinah to think radically about a situation and look at all the ways to approach it. As such Dinah is very well suited to putting together strategies both with advance preparation and on the spot. With the proper chances she could easily develop into a team leader.​

Strength level: Black Canary possesses the strength level of a woman her age, size and weight who engages in intensive regular exercise. Dinah can therefore press (lift) at least her own body weight.​

Early Life & Career

Born out of wedlock and thus a bastard child, Jonathan was initially shunned by his mother's family who took her away and left Jonathan to be raised by his father. A cruel man with a capacity for brutal and sadistic punishments, Jonathan's father would push the envelope with Crane, locking the boy inside a root cellar for days or leaving him strung up like a scarecrow in the field until Jonathan passed out from the heat. These acts of cruelty left numerous psychological scars on young Crane but also awoke his interest in fear. As his father instilled more fear in Crane, the boy began to feel himself excited by the sensation and eventually he was addicted to it, seeking out punishment in order to experience the feeling of fear until one day his father didn't scare him anymore. At the age of twelve, Crane tried to push his father to punish him further and further and while the boy's body was harmed, he couldn't feel the same fear he once had and as such pushed harder eventually turning his father's own tactics on him, holding a gun to his father's head daring him to scare Jonathan. His father resisted and tried to struggle with Jonathan for the gun and in the heat of the struggle the weapon discharged, Jonathan finding himself sitting covered in his father's blood.

Eventually found by the police, the authorities determined that Crane had acted in self defense seeing the scars and evidence of the abuse that the boy had suffered. Trying to get in contact with Jonathan's mother, the police eventually revealed she had died a year earlier due to complications from a sexually transmitted disease, likely passed to her by Jonathan's father. Without either of his biological parents alive to care for him, Jonathan was put in the care of his fanatically religious grandmother.

Seeing Jonathan as a child of the devil who killed her daughter, the grandmother began to do everything she could to 'drive the demon' out of the preteen boy. She drove Jonathan out to an old abandoned church, pushing the boy inside and locking the door from the outside in the hopes that the 'holy spirits' within the church would purify the boy. Instead the abandoned church was filled with a murder of crows. The crows went into a blind panic at the suddenly disturbance in their home and swarmed around Jonathan intially pecking him as he backed away, finally feeling fear again. However something changed as he suddenly began to laugh, remembering all the times his father had tied him up in the field. Stretching his arms out, Jonathan's laughter grew louder as it began a menacing cackle. Yelling out at the crows as they flew away from him, Jonathan proclaimed himself the Scarecrow. All the while, the crows fled the church from every opening possible, which startled his grandmother to the point that she collapsed on the ground, her heart going into cardiac arrest as she looked up at the black birds of omen swirling around the old church. Emerging from the church, Jonathan acted just in time to call an ambulance which saved his grandmother's life, however for the rest of the time Jonathan lived with her, she never once occupied the same room as him keeping her distance as often as possible. This fear of him introduced Jonathan to a sensation that he would go on to cultivate throughout the rest of his life.

As a youth, Jonathan Crane was forever the victim of taunts and jeers due to his lanky frame and spindly legs. The other boys in the neighborhood would throw rocks at him and call him cruel names such as Ichabod and even turned his own surname into a cruel taunt likening him to the bird that shared that name. Because of this, Crane became obsessed with finding ways to strike fear into them and thoughts of revenge. Some five years later, he learned the origin of one of his nicknames when he read Washington Irving's short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”. He regarded the story's main character, Ichabod Crane, as his personal hero, particularly, the man's skill at dancing. However, he also despised the fact that Ichabod was an utter coward and Jonathan swore that no one would ever laugh at him again. Inspired by the tale, Jonathan developed his own style of "violent dancing" which he combined with elements of Crane style Kung Fu and Drunken Boxing.

When Crane was seventeen, he developed a crush on a high school classmate named Sherry Squires. Unfortunately for Crane, Squires was romantically involved with another boy named Bo Griggs. Griggs embodied many of the traits shared by the bullies that used to torment Jonathan as a child. In October of that year, Jonathan mustered up the courage to ask Sherry to be his date at a costume party. Sherry agreed, but in truth, she was conspiring with Bo Griggs to play a cruel prank on Crane. Sherry led Jonathan into a dark room where Griggs surprised him, wearing a Jack O'Lantern mask. Much like the antagonist Brom Bones from “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, Griggs chased Crane and threw the pumpkin where it smashed across the back of Crane's head. Crane swore revenge against both of them.

On the night of their senior prom, instead of dressing up like the rest of his class, Crane fashioned himself a garb modelled after the Scarecrow he so resonated with. Excelling in chemistry class throughout his highschool career, Crane planned his revenge months in advance, researching the correct toxins and elements required to creature a formula which would heighten the fear levels in someone who inhaled it. It was during this time that Crane stumbled across a box of belongings that had been gathered from his father's house sometime after his death. Rummaging through it, Crane stumbled across his father's notes which contained the formula for a drug known as 451A. Reading the notes that accompanied it, Crane discovered that his father too had been developing a fear toxin, albeit one that could be used as a demoralizer or bioweapon as opposed to petty revenge. Replicating the toxin, Crane lay in wait for Sherry and Bo as they emerged from the prom before following their car to the local lover's knock. Once Sherry and Bo were getting steamy, Crane made his move throwing several canisters of the toxin at the car as the green mist surrounded it. Donning a gas mask, he approached the car in full costume, brandishing a scythe he had taken from his grandmother's barn. In his scarecrow costume, Crane did all he could to scare the pair who panicked, with Bo attempting to drive the car only to veer off on of the sharp turns lining the backroads. The crash immediately killed him while the stress caused by the potent toxins in 451A eventually killed Sherry by the time she arrived in hospital. It was this incident which grounded Crane's savage delight in frightening people -- literally to death. Though he laid low for the rest of the summer, as the time came for Crane to leave for Gotham University, he decided to finish off his grandmother from all those years ago. Flooding the house with the toxins of 451A, Crane donned his costume once again and visited his grandmother who took one look at the abomination before her and died as her eyes rolled up into her head, a prayer barely able to escape her mouth.

After high school, Jonathan enrolled at Gotham University where he became the prized student of psychology professor Avram Bramowitz. Although he had great respect for Bramowitz, he was bothered by the fact that his mentor could so easily dismiss the importance of the psychology of fear. Despite this, Crane wanted to be Bramowitz' colleague, however, there were no available staffing positions at the school. Undeterred, Crane turned his interests towards chemistry, not only honing his already impressive skills but also further honing 451A into a powerful hallucinogen that caused people to psychologically experience their greatest fear. He used this toxin against Professor Bramowitz, leading to the pedagogue's death. With Bramowitz out of the way, Crane was able to take his position as a professor of psychology with an emphasis on the study of fear.

While Crane is a respected member of the Gotham University staff, many are wary of his awkward presence and poor social skills. Most just chalk it up to being an eccentric genius but others still don't believe he should be teaching. Working at Gotham University, Crane built up his repertoire eventually applying to Arkham Asylum taking up a job as a psychiatrist between teaching classes. With access to the inmates at the asylum, Crane is able to continue his experiments into fear unleashing them on the inmates such as Waylon Jones. A man with a bit of a 'cannibal' problem who Crane later found out had an irrational fear of bats. With Gotham having recently taken up a bit of a bat problem, Crane decided to experiment with Jones' phobia cultivating the very sight of a bat to drive Jones into a rage. However the drugs that Crane used mutated Jones' body turning him into the criminal known as Killer Croc. Turning Killer Croc over to the Circus of Strange, Crane continued his job only eventually to have Croc back under his watch after he was apprehended by the Batman. It was during this time that Crane encountered the Joker face to face, going through numerous sessions with him and finding himself fascinated with the Joker's lack of fear. Inspired by the man's visage, Crane felt the need to cultivate his Scarecrow persona and created himself a new costume.

Now Crane lays waiting for the perfect moment for the Scarecrow to strike having perfected his fear toxin and made several variations of it, one of which is the street drug known as 'Thrill'. Designed by Crane and distributed by his orderly Allen Corvus to the Valestras crime family who then sell it, Thrill is a drug which gives the user an addicting high while removing all inhibitions and sources of fear. As such, the drug is extremely popular with the criminals before heists. Crane has yet to reveal himself as Scarecrow to the public as a whole, but one can be safely assured that he's scheming a deadly plot to unleash upon Gotham.​

Allen 'Craw' Corvus
An orderly at Arkham Asylum and Crane's right hand man. Allen Corvus or Craw, as he's more commonly referred to, is a member of the Thornes. As such, Crane uses his connections into Gotham's underworld to provide his recreational drug 'Thrill' throughout the city. Craw acts as his middle man, taking the drugs to the Valestras who then distribute them through the city. To avoid being affected by Crane's chemicals, Craw wears a black mask reminiscent of a Renaissance era Plague Doctor. Additionally, Craw often dresses from head to toe in black, including a long split tailed trench coat.​

Dr. Wesley Dodds:
Professor of Chemistry at Gotham University. Though Crane and Dodds are amicable to each other in the work place, Crane has little patience for Dodds believing that the latter wastes his potential in chemistry. Crane also has gathered a streak of paranoia around Dodds believing he may be suspicious of Crane's true plans.​

Waylon Jones:
A former patient of Dr. Crane, Waylon Jones, or as he's more commonly known, Killer Croc came to Crane due to his irrational fear of bats. Instead of curing that fear, Crane cultivated it and made it a trigger for Jones so that the sight of a bat would drive him into an unstoppable rage. The treatment that Crane administered to Jones also had dangerous side effects, mutating Jones' skin condition into something much worse as his dry, flaky skin developed a leather like scale appearance. His body mass also began to shift as his mind began to wane. Jones eventually came to regard himself as a monster, and Crane was thrilled as the mere sight of Jones would spread fear everywhere he went. Jones' mind eventually snapped and he began to file his teeth into points before Crane handed him over to the Joker. Jones now resides in Arkham Asylum under the watch of its staff which of course consists of the Scarecrow himself.​

Joker:
The Clown Prince of Crime himself and one of Crane's biggest inspirations. The Joker is an unnamed anarchist with a vast array of skills and a sense of unpredictability thus making the most skilled detectives and psychologists unable to follow his criminal pattern or psychological profile. The Joker is skilled in demolitions, firearms, close quarters combat, and is surprisingly deductive in nature. Nothing is known about him and his “story” changes as often as he tells it. Crane finds him truly intriguing, especially his complete lack of fear and regard for everything around him.​​​​

​Jonathan Crane is a brilliant scientist who specializes in the study of fear. He invented a gas that causes his victims to experience terrifying hallucinations. He wears his Scarecrow mask to enhance the effect of the hallucinogen. The mask contains filters to protect him from his own gas. Although not physically intimidating, Scarecrow is adept in physical combat, using a style called "violent dancing", based partly on the crane style of kung-fu and on drunken boxing.

Due to the psychological scars and prolonged exposure to his own gas Crane's brain has suffered permanent damage. This damage affected his 'fear center' meaning that he has a hard time feeling fear for much of anything. This is problematic for him, as he has an addiction to fear and compulsively seeks out situations to satiate it.

The Scarecrow at times wields various farm instruments including a scythe, a sickle, a pitchfork or any combination of the aforementioned which he uses in addition to his "violent dancing". Scarecrow also uses a hand-held fear gas sprayer in the shape of a human skull, a pair of secondary sprayers are hidden on the underside of his wrists as well. Crane also uses strands of straw which he leaves as a calling card, some of which are special straws which can be snapped in half to release a fear poison. Another one of Crane's calling cards consists of small stuffed scarecrows which scare his victims.

However the Scarecrow's signature weapon is a glove with syringes strapped to each of the fingers, the needle of these syringes lead into four small blades, which the toxins leak onto the blade coating it with the strong hallucinogen. The syringes and blades are retractable, with the blade able to slide away from the syringes in the event Crane has a clear shot for an injection. It's with this weapon, Crane often spreads fear toxins into his victims as its versatile nature allows either a scratch or stab to inject the toxin.

Chemistry:
Jonathan Crane is a proficient chemist and has used this skill to develop his infamous "fear toxin". Additionally, Crane has developed a street drug known as 'Thrill' which grants a user a high while removing their inhibitions and their fear allowing them to believe they can accomplish anything.​

Intimidation:
Using a variety of toxins that cause his victims to hallucinate that their phobias have come to life, the Scarecrow instills fear in all who see him. He uses various gas canisters on his costume to keep a cloud of his toxins around him constantly further enforcing his intimidation factor since all those around him inhale the toxins.​

Martial Arts:
Crane uses a form of martial arts known as 'Violent Dancing'. When forced to fight, Crane uses his own martial arts style he calls "violent dancing", which is based in part on the crane style of kung fu, and makes full use of his long arms and legs. Additionally it takes several notes from Drunken Boxing, making it a slightly unpredictable style of fighting.​

Psychology:
Jonathan Crane is an expert in the field of psychology, specifically the study of anxiety disorders. He is a walking textbook on the study of fear, and can recite the name and description of nearly every known phobia. He often demonstrates his intellectual prowess by analyzing his patients at Arkham Asylum. With this knowledge, he knows how to use words to affect a person's actions, once managing to drive two men to suicide with nothing but words. He also can use this insight to find people's mental weaknesses and exploit them.​

Fear Gas:
Scarecrow's chief weapon is a toxin he created called fear gas. With it, he can cause his victims' worst fear to come to life. This substance is versatile as it has been used in gas, darts, capsules, etc. His mask was made in order to enhance the effects of the hallucinogen while also acting as a gas mask of sorts to keep him from poisoning himself. Through intense research in the science of fear, Jonathan Crane developed a powerful hallucinogenic drug he dubbed "fear toxin". When inhaled, the victim hallucinates their own worst fears becoming a reality. Though the length of the effects have been seen to vary, an antidote could neutralize the toxin almost instantly if properly made. Similarly, overcoming the fear in question has also been shown to nullify the symptoms.

The original strand of Fear Gas was created by Crane's father and dubbed 451A. This 'Super Toxin' is a specific version of the toxin utilizing the sweat of children under the effects of lesser fear toxin to make it more potent, enough that even Scarecrow himself does not have the antibodies. This version of Fear Toxin can take months to overcome its symptoms, and is far harder to synthesize an antidote for.

Alternately, Crane has created Thrill, an addictive version of the Fear Toxin which instead of giving the victim their worse fears and nightmares, instead makes them fearless while instigating a nice high which is what gives Thrill its addictive edge.​

John Constantine's closest and oldest friend. The two met after John ran from home and found himself in London with a dire need for a roof over his head; the cheap spare room in Chas' mother's house was easy and quick to grab. The two formed a firm relationship out of cigarettes and sarcasm, forming a deep respect for each other. Chas revealed to Constantine that his mother was a witch, who had killed his father after his younger brother was found hanged by his own hand. Her familiar tormented Chas endlessly, and Constantine stepped up to help, slaying the familiar, and through it, Chas' mother. With this debt setting the backdrop, the two left for their own place and their own paths.

The two are a tremendous pair. With Chas as the muscle and Constantine as the brain, they take turns in pulling each other's arses out of various fires. Chas has since become a cabbie by trade, and is often roped in as Constantine's 'wheels' on whatever case he's working - but rarely while letting Chas in on the 'know' about the occult aspects of Constantine's life. John refuses to put Chas in danger with knowledge, and whether or not his has worked, Chas remains steadfastly loyal and alive - the longest surviving of any of John's acquaintances.

An immortal, voodoo-wielding ex-mob boss, and (currently) an uneasy ally of Constantine's. Midnite was born in the 18th century along with his twin sister Luna, and taught voodoo magic by his mother, and later moved to New York, where he met a slave named Cuffee, who was planning to overthrow the rule of the white man and end black oppression. Cuffee requested Midnite make him a powder that would turn his followers invulnerable; however, Midnite's voodoo failed, and the following brutal slaughter of Cuffee's rebellion angered him greatly, causing him to gather his friends and curse Midnite to immortality for as long as white men ruled over black, as well as decapitating his sister and turning her skull into an instrument of voodoo.

Eventually, Midnite started his own club - The Midnite Lounge - and began to run a black market operation using it as a central hub, slowly building power before he came to hold a significant portion of New York's underworld in his hands. He met Constantine in 2012 when he attempted to sell him a rifle he claimed to be the Ace of Winchesters - a gun that fired bullets capable of outright annihilating demons. However, John realized it was counterfeit, and turned down the deal, instead stealing it later on, along with $50,000, and disappearing back to England.

Midnite desired revenge, and later got his chance, spotting Constantine back in New York a few months later and casting a voodoo spell to send him to Hell. In response, John fought his way out, freeing Luna's soul in the process. Luna, furious with Midnite for the role he played in her death, his abandonment of her despite his powerful voodoo, and his current immoral ways, compelled her brother to walk off the 83rd floor of the Empire State Building, well aware of his immortality and the fact that the fall wouldn't kill him, just spread him.

Despite having been burst by the impact, Midnite's body reformed through its immortality, and Midnite considered him and Constantine even, by way of besting one another, and John freeing Luna, despite her immediate actions. He respected the wishes of Luna and quit the criminal life, instead turning his club into a safe, neutral haven for magicians, half-breed, angels and demons alike. When the Magic War came around in 2013, he joined John as an ally at his request, and aided in the defeat of The Beast.

Midnite and John remain uneasy allies despite their past differences, and The Midnite Lounge remains open for business to whoever can get in.

John Constantine's elder sister. After John ran away, she was left with her dying father in an empty house in Liverpool. After his death, she inherited the house and found a job. She eventually met, fell in love with, and married a religious man named Tony, selling the house for a tidy sum while they moved in together in a new place in London. She was caught up in the Magic War of 2013 as a victim, her husband whipped into a violent religious frenzy by one of John's and Rosacarnis' demonic children, who thought her a witch and killed her - and them himself when he came to.

John plunged into Hell to retrieve her soul and resurrect her, but ultimately failed when the First offered her a deal to fairly split the punishment her husband's soul deserved and she accepted. Her soul is still in Hell, endlessly tortured alongside her husband, and John still grieves.

John Constantine's father. A nasty man native to Liverpool, he married Mary-Anne, John's mother, at a young age. He drank a lot and beat her, and forced her to get an abortion when he got her pregnant during a violent sexual escapade early on in their marriage, weakening her womb.

After his wife's death at John's birth, he refused to accept responsibility and instead blamed John, loathing the child and leaving much of his care to Cheryl as he drank himself into oblivion. Eventually, he was imprisoned briefly after stealing underwear from his female neighbour, and John and Cheryl moved to Northampton with their Aunt and Uncle. After his release, John and Cheryl returned, John armed with knowledge of his magical heritage. John grew tired of Thomas' abuse and attempted to curse him lightly, but failed the ritual and instead put doom upon him. Thomas grew frail and withered, causing John to flee Liverpool, and eventually Thomas died in his chair, beer in his hand, his soul damned to Hell.

John Constantine's mother. A pretty girl born in Liverpool, she married Thomas, John's father, at a young age. He was a foul man who drank and beat her, and after a violent sexual encounter caused her to become pregnant early in their marriage, Thomas forced her to have an abortion, which weakened her womb from the stress and trauma.

Eventually, Mary-Anne grew pregnant and John and his twin. John's twin asphyxiated in the womb on John's umbilical cord, and during the delivery of John and his stillborn brother, her weakened womb ruptured and she bled out, dying on the table, her soul ascending to Heaven.

The child at the center of John's first foray into occult heroism. Living in Newcastle, she was abused by a group of sadistic and depraved adults that included her mother and father. She discovered that she possessed natural talent for magic, particularly evocation and conjuring. She tapped into her innate powers and summoned a terrible monster of her imagining to slay her oppressors, which it dutifully performed in the middle of an orgy - but then refused to leave, and began to torment her and others.

John intervened after stumbling upon the initial massacre, and enlisted the help of his friends to summon a demon to slay the monster. They succeeded in the summoning, but were unable to bind it, and after it killed the monster, it tormented John's friends and slew Astra, taking her soul back to Hell with it.

While John has since taken revenge for her on the demon that seized her soul, he considers Astra's fate his greatest failure, and her retrieval is a constant objective.​

The First of the Fallen was the first being God created after the universe was complete, and he was intended to be God's companion, and the embodiment of His conscience. However, the First soon came to believe that God was insane, and as a result, he was banished from Heaven and cast down to Hell, his name forgotten and replaced with the moniker he sports now. He was soon joined by the Second and Third of the Fallen, and the three quickly organised a ruling triumvirate to prevent a war that would tear Hell apart and destroy them all. The Triumvirate lasted until Lucifer, the most powerful being in the universe after God, was banished and fell to Hell; however, he soon abdicated, and the Triumvirate was established once more, holding a fragile truce.

The First's initial encounter with John Constantine, the mage who would soon become his greatest fixation, was in Ireland, 2010, at the funeral of Brendan O'Marrall, an old friend of John's. Brendan had been an alcoholic, and the First had tricked him into striking a deal - his soul for an endless supply of the finest wines. The First had supplied the wines - but they had been so exquisite that it was impossible to stop drinking them, and Brendan died that same night, bottles clutched to his chest. The First came to the funeral to collect, but John tricked him into drinking wine spiked with holy water, weakening him to the point where he was unable to collect Brendan's souls before midnight, rendering the deal void and allowing Brendan's soul to ascend to Heaven. Furious and wounded at being tricked by a mortal, the First swore that Constantine's soul was now his to collect by 'right of insult', and that he would drag it to Hell when John died.

John tricked the First again, selling his soul to the Second and Third of the Fallen, and they were forced to cure him of his cancer and prevent his death, lest they descend into war over ownership of his soul. The First's fury grew brighter, and he swore revenge, harboring an obsession with claiming victory over the mortal.

The First eventually managed to wound Constantine; after Rosacarnis' machinations after the Magic War of 2013 resulted in Cheryl Constantine's soul being taken into Hell, John fought through to the hall of Rosacarnis, where the First slew Rosacarnis, her two sons, and Nergal, and then made a deal with Cheryl's soul that resulted in her willingly choosing to stay in Hell. The First gloated, and sent John away, content in a victory over the Mortal - but the First's plots are far from over, and he is still happy to torment John Constantine whenever he can.

Creations of God, and the other two-thirds of the Triumvirate Rule of Hell. After God created the First, He realized that other beings were needed to keep him in check; thus, he created the Second and Third, demons of nearly equal power to the First, and cast them down to Hell with him. They quickly set up a triumvirate rule lest Hell be destroyed with them in civil war, and while Lucifer deposed this rule for a time, it has since be re-established.

After the First declared Constantine's soul his by 'right of insult', John sold his soul to the Second and Third separately. When they realized, they knew that if John died, they would erupt into a war over ownership, a war that only God would truly win. Instead, they cured him of his cancer and prevented his death.

A Demon created from magic and John Constantine's negative aspects by the Triumvirate Rulers of Hell. After John tricked the First, Second, and Third of the Fallen into healing him, they also used his energies to create a malevolent being from all of his worst attributes, which would stalk the wastelands of Hell and, should John enter, find and consume his soul to gain unimaginable power.

Eventually, when John dove into Hell to save his sister after the Magic War in 2013, the Demon Constantine found him, and attempted to kill him and consume his soul. Helpless alone, John was forced to allow the demon Nergal to possess him; while, together, they managed to defeat the Demon Constantine, John's soul was irrevocably tainted by the possession as a result.​

A brief ally of John Constantine in the Magic War of 2013. A creature created by God to defend Mankind from The Beast, it stalked the dreams of men who would seek to free The Beast and use them to cross over into the physical realm, taking form as a ferocious and fearsome large black wolf.

When The Beast threatened to return to Earth in 2013, the Shadow Dog appeared and a Magic War erupted, into which John was dragged. The two allied with each other to defeat The Beast, leaving John drained of power and vulnerable after victory, the Shadow Dog disappearing from the mortal plane once its purpose was fulfilled. It is still alive, out there somewhere, always awaiting the return of The Beast, and sworn to protect Humanity.

A demon that escaped being named by Adam in the Garden of Eden, allowing it to take whatever form it desired. It then followed Adam and Eve out of Eden, actively desiring the destruction of Mankind by its hand, using its ability to take whatever form it chose, and the ability to possess willing hosts, to bring disasters upon Humanity across the globe - the Shadow Dog never far behind, keeping The Beast at bay and preventing its true return.

In 2013, The Beast tried new tactics and slowly grew in power, possessing followers en masse and preparing for a true return to the mortal plane. The Shadow Dog realized this, and a Magic War erupted, John Constantine being one of the many recruited. Eventually, The Beast was defeated, and shut away by the Shadow Dog.

The Beast, however, it not truly dead, as that which has no form cannot be utterly slain - and it plots still.

A powerful demoness, daughter of Nergal, and mother of the three demonic children Adam, Saul and Maria. She betrayed her father and usurped his throne, seizing his kingdom of Hell.

In the aftermath of the Magic War of 2013, Rosacarnis saw an opportunity in the weakened and vulnerable John Constantine, and bound him for a single day of his life - a day that she split into three bubbles of reality, having John sire a child with her in each, three demonic children that she named Adam, Saul, and Maria. They immediately slew everyone John ever knew, and took Cheryl Constantine's soul back to Hell with their mother.

John followed them, enlisting the help of Nergal, who wished to take back the throne his daughter had deposed him from. They found their way to the hall of Rosacarnis, where she gloated in her apparent victory over Constantine - before being startled by her father's reappearance, and then goaded by John into slaying him in exchange of his sister's release. Before she was able, she was slain by the First, along with Adam and Saul, who deemed Constantine's soul his own by 'right of insult', and to be collected only when he chose.

Three demonic children sired by Constantine and the demoness Rosacarnis in the aftermath of the 2013 Magic War that left John weakened and vulnerable. They emerged into the mortal plane and slew everyone John every knew, friend, family, and foe alike, and goaded Cheryl Constantine's husband into killing her, taking her soul to Hell, and forcing John to come after it.

After John found his way to the hall of Rosacarnis, he baited their mother into attacking her, and she was immediately killed by the First, as well as Adam and Saul. Maria was left alive, suffering an existential crisis and confused as to whether she truly desired to exist.

A powerful Demon that John Constantine constantly encounters. Nergal was the demon John summoned to aid Astra, and the two have been steady enemies ever since. John eventually caught up with Nergal, and took revenge for Astra, battling him and eventually using considerable magic to banish Nergal to the border of Heaven, where he was burnt by Heaven's light and cut up by an angel. Nergal, slain but not defeated, fell back to Hell.

Years later, in the aftermath of the Magic War in 2013, Nergal found himself bound to John's service as Constantine braved Hell to save Cheryl Constantine. While his power was enough to throw off the shackles John had bound him under, he agreed to help if John, in return, aided him to depose his daughter, the demoness Rosacarnis, and let him take back the kingdom of Hell that she had taken from him. During the journey, they encountered Demon Constantine, and John was forced to allow Nergal to possess him to attain victory over his dark aspect, tainting John's souls irrevocably.

They eventually found their way to the hall of Rosacarnis, but after she was slain by the First, Nergal attempted to take her throne for himself once more - and was also slain, cut up and banished, scattered across the wastelands of Hell.

A small one-bedroom apartment with an open-plan kitchen, toilet and separate bath/shower-room, and a sizable living space, located on the upper southwest side of Chicago. While Constantine allowed Chas to aid him in furnishing and decorating, though there are several quirks about his apartment that one would only find if they looked for them; Constantine's table has only one chair, and it always faces north, as does his sofa. There is only one clock, and it is the one found on Constantine's wrist. On further inspection, one can also find carvings of symbols and quasi-letters lining all of the door-frames - symbols that form barriers stronger than the thickest steel against creatures not bound by walls. Constantine's room also bears the symbol of every religion upon its wall, and his bookshelves have volumes of strange names to behold. All in all, Constantine's apartment is, at first glance, a typical small bachelor's place furnished by a man - but a closer look gives a small hint into John's inner life.

A triangular corner room on the fifth floor of a shared building in downtown Chicago, Constantine's office is where he takes new clients, updates old ones, and hides from anyone else. It's nondescript, almost to a point - a desk, a filing cabinet, a lazy fan on the ceiling. A small plaque on the door reads 'J. Constantine, Private Detective' with a line below that says 'Occult business and other matters'. No one really mention the first half of the lower line unless they're there about it. While there are no symbols on the walls or pendants in drawers, the inside of the doorframe is, once again, lined with carvings. The only ones getting in to Constantine's office are those with appointments.

A club in New York run by the ex-mob boss and immortal voodoo practitioner Papa Midnite. A dingy leisure lounge bathed in red light, it acts as a safe haven for any being who has a connection to the occult and supernatural, whether mortal or not, and the club is designated neutral grounds, all quarrels left at the door - the only rule, and enforced strictly by Papa Midnite himself.

The club is open to whoever can get in - the only requirement to entry is a single tarot card shown face-down by Papa Midnite's bouncer. If you can tell him which card he had chosen, you can enter the lounge.

A large mental health facility in the North of England, Ravenscar has existed in one form or another for hundred of years, and will exist for a hundred more. The 'treatment' used within is questionable and often outdated, and the staff are often negligent or outright cruel. It is not a place of dedicated healing, and most patients do not leave. John Constantine was one of the lucky few - but the fear that his chosen life will lead back to that shadowy building hangs over him eternally.

Gotham is a seedy city patrolled by a bloated and half-corrupt police force and inhabited by scared citizens and criminals, home to Arkham Asylum, Blackgate Prison, the Iceberg Lounge, and some of the worst people the world of mental illness has to offer, as well as your more standard fare of mob bosses and crime families. And it's Constantine's favourite holiday spot.

However, in the last few years, a newly appeared vigilante known only as The Batman has become the guardian of the city's soul, alongside James Gordon, an honest cop in a dishonest town, and his Major Crimes Unit, compiled of the only GCPD officers he trusts. The town is slowly cleaning up, though it resists it every step of the way.

The lowest point of the afterlife, a place of despair, suffering, and terror, where the souls of the damned reside and are subject to horrifying torture and punishment for untold millenniums. Hell's landscape is an unspeakably ugly tapestry; ranging from vast, impossibly dry deserts to mountain ranges with unseeable peaks to forests of trees so dense and black it is like night itself sprung from the ground, all with corpses and anguished souls strewn across the land - husks of corpses still reaching for impossible water, mangled bodies that have fallen in their insurmountable climbs, sufferers impaled on branches and woven into the very roots. Within this awful topography, powerful demons have carved themselves territory, raising impossible geometry from the ground to house themselves and their kin, creating entire communities dedicated to destruction and torment, ruins reflecting bygone eras of humanity and representing mankind's deepest, most awful repressed wants and vices.

Hell is almost mind-shattering in its profound horror. Luckily, Constantine's already come back from insane before.

A grungy, light-tan trenchcoat that John has owned for many years, and one that he rarely - if ever - ventures out in public without. It's dirty and stained and has all manner of smells beaten into it - chemical, magical, demonic, human - and it conceals an extraordinary amount of pockets and compartment, within which Constantine can store - or hide - as many tools as he may need for his current job. The only constants, in one particular pocket, are a pack of Silk Cut cigarettes, and a simple brass Zippo lighter.

Constantine's most important possessions - besides his trenchcoat and cigarettes - are the tools of his trade. That is to say, occult relics and artifacts that aid in his defense, offense, and whatever utility he can think of using them for. Most of these are mainly used offensively - obviously, Constantine's signature set of silver, engraved, blessed Knuckledusters, as well as small vials of liquids like holy water, elixers, and various essences and serums. John also ha several talismans and pendants with various religious and occult symbols and icons, most of which can be used as either weapons of banishment or wards of protection. He also carries small, pocket-sized editions of a few of the main religious texts, like the Bible and the Quran, as well as a pack of tarot cards, and other assorted magical knick-knacks that could save his life if used with quick-thinking in a desperate moment.