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[b][i]ATTENTION: FOR THE SAKE OF STORYTELLING, THIS RP IS SET IN A SOMEWHAT ALTERNATE UNIVERSE[/i][/b]

[b]The Story So far:[/b]

We all know the story but do you know this one?; When Bruce Wayne was a young boy, he was forced to watch helplessly as a mugger named Joe Chill mercilessly gunned down his mother Martha Wayne in cold blood. This single act propelled her husband Thomas to pursue a career in crime fighting. Taking inspiration from his wife’s favourite animal and with the help of best friend and war veteran Alfred Pennyworth he became the first vigilante of Gotham, the first Batman. After the deaths of his father and Alfred in a blaze at Wayne Manor, a now adult Bruce decided that the most effective means of avenging the death of his family, was by becoming a fearsome creature of the night and following in the steps of his father, and thus the true Batman was born. 

For the first few years of his career, Batman operated alone, prowling the rooftops of Gotham City, but on one fateful evening, he watched history repeat itself. A gangster named Boss Zucco murdered John and Mary Grayson, leaving their young son, Dick, an orphan. Bruce Wayne took Dick in, and trained him in the ways of crime-fighting. Dick became the flamboyant Boy Wonder known as Robin. In the intervening years, history continued to repeat and Batman and Robin were joined by others from Gotham who had gone through various tragedy and had been stained with a mark of dark justice.

Through the urban decay of Gotham City, the once solitary Batman had now built a solid family of surrogate sons and daughters, a family with the goal of protecting innocent lives from the evil that seems entrenched in the gothic city ground.

Today is a noteworthy day in Gotham City history as its favourite son, a now 46 year old Bruce Wayne, head of Wayne Enterprises marries on/off girlfriend local businesswoman Selina Kyle in a lavish ceremony at the majestic Wayne Manor. Join us for live coverage at 5pm won’t you?

[b]The Short of it:[/b]

Don’t let the title fool you, this is sandbox style story of set in modern Gotham. This rpg is about building a universe. THIS IS NOT A SUPERHERO RP. Although the Batman family is the focal point of this rpg, we are not here for smash, bang, kapow beat em up stuff. We are here to become emotionally invested in this new take on the Batman mythos. Of course there will be battles with everyone’s favourite villains but not all the time.

Imagine the setting as something akin to Arrow/The Flash or Gotham. I really like what DC is doing on tv right now by making it a believable world of heroes and villains. Superpowers exist, the Justice League and Young Justice exists (more on that later) but they aren’t all that common in Gotham City.

This rp is about a fresh take on set characters, so don’t feel like you need to stay true to every little bit of canon stuff from the comics. After all this is an alternate universe (although some things are set in stone so make sure you check the timeline below!)

There is no overarching plot, that said this rp will have an episodic feature. Meaning that there will be periods in the rp where characters will follow a certain story path rather than the individual and interlocking stories that will relevant through the run of the rp. If you have idea’s for a story then pm them to me and we can discuss how it will work or won’t work and when the time comes, you can take point and GM for that particular arc…That makes sense right?

The list below is of the preferred family members you can use but I am open if there is another character you want to use as long as you can fit them into the story in a suitable fashion. OC’s are a bit of a tender subject so I’ll allow maybe two again as long as they can fit in. Below is also a timeline to give you an idea of where we are on ages and such.

Still with me? Great so let’s see those CS!

[b]Timeline[/b] 
[i](Everything below is fixed. Anything significant that appears in your CS or happens in the rp will be added as we progress)[/i]

[hider=Timeline]
- February 12th 1968 – Bruce Wayne is born.
- April 1st 1968 – Selina Kyle is born.
- October 31st 1977 – Thomas Wayne stops a mugging on his way back from a costume party dressed as a bat.
- November 7th 1977 – Martha Wayne meets Joe the Drifter aka Jor-El of Krypton at a train station and convinces him that not everyone on Earth is a bad guy.
- December 2nd 1977 – Martha Wayne is gunned down by Joe Chill who is soon beaten death by Thomas and his friend Alfred Pennyworth. Bruce witnesses all of this as does eleven year old runaway Selina Kyle.
- January 1st 1978 – Thomas becomes the first Batman and year one begins.
- March 4th 1984 – Thomas and Alfred are killed in a fire at Wayne Manor.
- March 7th 1985 – Lucius Fox becomes Bruce’s legal guardian and the two head off on a journey around the world.
- September 1st 1986 – Lucius returns to Gotham and claims Bruce is studying abroad.
- March 21st 1987 – John and Mary Grayson welcome their son Richard into the world.
- August 3rd 1987 – James Gordon moves to Gotham City from Chicago with his wife and new born daughter Barbara
- June 27th 1990 – Jason Todd is born, his mother dies and his father runs away.
- December 2nd 1992 – Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham.
- January 1st 1993 – The first recorded sighting of the Batman since 1984.
- July 19th 1993 – Batman meets Catwoman for the first time and Timothy Drake is born.
- September 5th 1997 – Boss Zucco slaughters the entire Grayson family except youngest son Dick. Bruce Wayne, Selina Kyle and four year old Tim Drake are in attendance.
- September 10th 1997 – Bruce Wayne adopts Dick Grayson.
- September 18th 1997 – Superman appears in front of the world.
- January 4th 1998 – Dick becomes the first Robin.
- May 2nd 1998 – Bruce meets Talia al Ghul.
- February 28th 2000 – Barbara Gordon makes her debut as Batgirl.
- June 30th 2000 – Batman teams with Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, The Flash and Green Lantern to battle Darkseid and the Justice League is born.
- December 2nd 2002- Talia gives birth to a boy named Damian.
- June 30th 2004 – Dick discards the mantle of Robin and becomes Nightwing, leaving Bruce and heading off to school in Bludhaven.
- July 4th 2004 – Bruce finds Jason Todd and formerly adopts him.
- October 14th 2005 – Jason is sent off for school abroad or at least that’s what the public thinks.
- November 29th 2005 – Tim Drake infiltrates the Batcave and becomes the third Robin. His parents die shortly after and he is adopted by Bruce.
- August 6th 2007 – Tim befriends other young heroes, Connor Kent, Cassandra Sandsmark and Bart Allen, they form Young Justice and head off on their own adventures. In the meantime he abandons the Robin mantle and becomes Red Robin.
- June 9th 2010 – Jason returns and becomes the new Red Hood.
- August 1st 2010 – Dick and Barbara return to Gotham and move in together. Both have discarded their hero persona’s.
- January 1st 2013 – Damian Wayne arrives at Wayne Manor and soon becomes the next Robin.
- May 23rd 2014 – Bruce proposes to Selina and they set plans for a Christmas wedding.
- December 20th 2014 – [url=http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120622153647/onetreehill/images/7/7a/TV.jpg] Bruce and Selina welcome the Bat Family home for Christmas and a White Wedding[/url]
- December 25th 2014 – Wedding Day for The Bat and the Cat[/hider]

[b]Family Members:[/b]
[hider=Family Members] Bruce Wayne/Batman – NPC
Selina Wayne/Catwoman – NPC
Richard Grayson/ - Xtreme
Jason Todd/Red Hood – Open
Timothy Drake/Red Robin – Open
Damian Wayne/Robin – Open
Barbara Gordon/Batgirl/Oracle – Open (Identity up to player)
Katherine Kane/Batwoman – Open
Stephanie Brown/Batgirl/Spoiler – Open (Identity up to player)
Cassandra Cain/Black Bat – Open
Lucas Fox/Batwing – Open
Helena Bartinelli/Huntress – Open
Calvin Rose/Talon – Open[/hider]

[b]Character Sheet[/b]
- Appearance
- Quote
- Name
- Alias
- Age
- Occupation
- Skills & Abilities
- Equipment
- Personality & History
- Story Arc (Here I want you to give me a brief summary of a story you wish to do within the context of the rp)
- In Costume Appearance