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[INDENT][COLOR=8dc73f]The Joker
The Pale Man of Gotham
The Ace of Knaves
The Harlequin of Hate
The Clown Prince of Crime
The Jester of Genocide[/COLOR][/INDENT]
[COLOR=92278f][B]| ORIGIN & BACKSTORY: |[/B][/COLOR]
[INDENT][COLOR=8dc73f]Due to his nature, the Joker suggested many possible origins for how he came to be. While most of these origins were strictly grounded in reality, they all contained at least some fantastical element.

[INDENT]Of the Joker's favorite origins was that he lived with his murderous [color=fff79a][b]Aunt Eunice[/b][/color]. An abusive guardian, she washed his skin with bleach. Eventually this resulted in irreparable brain damage as well as the drainage of all pigmentation from his skin.

The most commonly accepted theory was that the man who would become the Joker had at some point been coerced into joining the Red Hood Gang. This man acted as a body double to [color=fff79a][B]Red Hood One[/B][/color] and due to this, fell in a vat of chemicals during the Showdown at A.C.E. Chemical. The acid severely disfigured his skin and shattered his sanity, sending the man down the path to becoming the Joker. As the man who was the real Red Hood One was found dead after the Showdown, it was unknown if the body double killed him and took his spot or replaced him sometime during the Showdown.

A theory that began to arise in the later years of the Joker's activities was that he was actually the [color=fff79a][b]Pale Man of Gotham City[/b][/color]. This more supernatural take on the Joker's past perpetuated that at some point prior to the construction of Gotham, a man had come into contact with the chemical compound known as dionesium. It was alleged that this compound transformed him into an immortal being that haunted Gotham City during the time of great disasters.[/INDENT]
Whatever his origin was, the first sightings of the Joker began to happen during the 2002. At this time, the Joker had not yet taken that specific name and covered his face with wrapped bandages. Initially the man who would be Joker started to hunt down members of the [color=fff79a][b]Red Hood Gang[/b][/color], whilst they were in a gang war with [color=fff79a][b]The Blockbuster Gang[/b][/color]. While hunting the gang, the Joker began to take an interest in [color=fff79a][B]Willis Todd[/B][/color], the leader of the Red Hood Gang. Following Todd to the place that the remnants of the Red Hood Gang had gathered, the Joker massacred the remaining members from a vantage point while disguised as a police officer. With a smoking sniper rifle, the Joker ended the reign of the Red Hood Gang. With his notorious murders growing, the man quickly gained the title of the Joker and due to concrete proof of his existence, became a larger media sensation than the [color=fff79a][B]Batman[/B][/color]. The Joker confirmed his existence when at the [color=fff79a][b]Gotham City Fairgrounds[/b][/color] where he revealed himself with an event that would shake Gotham — [color=fff79a][b]The Haly’s Circus Massacre[/b][/color]. Individuals like [color=fff79a][b]Gillian Loeb[/b][/color] lost their life during this event much to the Joker's amusement. A random massacre that was unpredictable, the Joker laughed in Batman's face before disappearing without a trace, returning to the ghost he had been before.

Nearing the end of the year 2003, the Joker reappeared once again on All Hallow's Eve, intending to use the holiday to incite mass fear and hysteria as he ignited a bomb scare by leaking information to the Gotham Gazette. This leak sent the city into chaos as the Joker warned that thirty-seven bombs will go off anywhere between one hour to twenty-four hours. As a televised journalist began to announce the warning to the city, the Joker hijacked a local news channel to make his own announcement.  Smiling at the people of Gotham, the Joker told all who was watching that he was hosting a “sort of party” at Robinson Park where he intended to burn a large quantity of cash to celebrate the “end of Gotham”. Even though the Batman pushed himself to find and disable each of the bombs, he Joker is ultimately gone by the time all of the bombs were found and disabled — his antics continuing to mock Batman and his repeated failure.

Killing about nineteen people per year, the Joker would slowly build up a small gang. While building up his gang, which would later evolve into the [color=fff79a][B]Circus of Strange[/B][/color]. With the gang created, the Joker would eventually try to prove that anybody could go insane with just one "bad" day. Returning to Gotham over a year to the Gotham Fairgrounds, the site of the infamous massacre, the circus claims to be the friendly replacement and as such lures innocents to their show where The Joker’s chaos soon takes full advantage of. It begins as the showcases start to murder the guests and it comes to [color=fff79a][B]Batman & Robin[/B][/color] to arrive to put a stop to it and revealing themselves to Gotham for the first time in broad daylight. It is here where Joker reveals himself alongside his mutated accomplice, [color=fff79a][b]Killer Croc[/b][/color]. A savage and difficult fight ensues but in the end The Joker is seriously beaten and all of the psychopaths are arrested by the police as Batman & Robin disappear. This fight would prove for certainty that the existence of Batman was true to the general public, any doubts that could be left would be gone.

After his apprehension at the hands of Batman and Robin, the Joker was sentenced to Arkham Asylum. It was here where he would be treated by a beautiful young doctor named Harleen Quinzel. It did not take long for the Joker to exploit Harleen's unstable side, reavling the Harlequin within. The Joker would seduce Quinzel into insanity and would make her his assistant. Now operating from within his cell, the Joker is slowly plotting his big return to the spot light while waiting for the prefect moment to strike.[/COLOR][/INDENT]
[COLOR=92278f][B]| ATTRIBUTES: |[/B][/COLOR]
[INDENT][COLOR=8dc73f][B]POWERS:[/B]
[INDENT][color=fff79a][B]UNIQUE PHYSIOLOGY:[/B][/color] Due to his chemical submergence, Joker has gained beyond average advantages over normal humans as well as further exposure has tainted his physiology.

[color=fff79a][B]PAIN RESISTENCE:[/B][/color] It is speculated that the Joker's exposure to chemicals may have heightened his resistance to pain. It is also implied that he is masochistic in nature, and thus enjoys any pain received, making it an ineffective way of dealing with him.

[color=fff79a][B]TAINTED [S][I][color=ed1c24]LOVE[/color][/I][/S] BLOOD:[/B][/color] Joker's blood is tainted. It has been said that "being an avid consumer of his products, Joker's immunity to poisons has been built up over years of dedicated abuse." When a mosquito sucks the Joker's blood, it "writhes and whines, choking on tainted blood".

[color=fff79a][B]JOKER VENOM IMMUNITY:[/B][/color] The Joker is immune to his own venom as well as various similar toxins.

[color=fff79a][B]CHEATING DEATH:[/B][/color] The Joker has cheated death numerous times, even in seemingly inescapable and lethal situations. He has been, among other things, caught in explosions, electrocuted, shot repeatedly, and dropped from great heights, but he always returns to once again wreak havoc.[/INDENT]
[B]ABILITIES:[/B]
[INDENT][color=fff79a][B]INDOMITABLE WILL:[/B][/color] The Joker's insanity, or his frame of mind, leaves him immune to the Spectre's judgement, though warranted, as Batman explained once that the Joker doesn't actually know what is right and wrong, a crucial understanding the Spectre needs to judge. In a way, one has to know one's deeds are evil or wrong for the Spectre to judge, and the Joker doesn't. Also, both Jim Corrigan and Hal Jordan Spectres have had major problems with navigating the Joker's mind, Corrigan even managed to get lost in it and Jordan literally was blasted out of his boots to the moon when he tried.

[color=fff79a][B]GENIUS LEVEL INTELLECT:[/B][/color] The Joker is portrayed as highly intelligent and skilled in the fields of chemistry and engineering, as well an expert with explosives. From his first appearance onward, he has been consistently portrayed as capable of hijacking broadcasts - usually news programs - of both the television and radio varieties.

[color=fff79a][B]GIMMICK GADGETRY:[/B][/color] The Joker commits crimes with countless "comedic" weapons (such as razor-sharp playing cards, acid-spewing flowers, cyanide pies, and lethally electric joy buzzers) and Joker venom.

[color=fff79a][B]ESCAPOLOGY:[/B][/color] A master at escaping prisons, cages, restraints and even straitjackets, the Joker is a master at escaping from any constraints that are inflicted upon him.

[color=fff79a][B]TACTICAL ANALYSIS:[/B][/color] A schemer and a criminal mastermind, the Joker is capable of pulling off high risk exploits and heists. However he's also capable of framing others for murder and laying out elaborate schemes to entangle his foes or simply to incite general anarchy. 

[color=fff79a][B]DISGUISE:[/B][/color] A master of disguise in both physical appearance and mannerisms, the Joker can blend into any crowd to infiltrate unsuspecting foes or even to simply manipulate others for his personal amusement. 

[color=fff79a][B]HAND TO HAND COMBAT:[/B][/color] The Joker has moderate skill in hand to hand combat. Over the years it has been shown that although Batman is stronger, the Joker is faster and more agile, and his fighting style is chaotic and difficult to predict. The Joker has been known to be able to hold his own in hand-to-hand combat against Batman, however every time he is subdued by Batman, it is through physical force. However, the Joker has proven to be very skilled in the area of martial arts as well, this being proven when beating the Batman once in a fight without "cheating". However, this skill in fighting can also be questioned, due to different artists having different reincarnations of the Joker. In some cases, he is so weak, that Batman can take him down with a single punch, whilst in other cases, he has proven to be more than a match for the Dark Knight.

[color=fff79a][B]INTIMIDATION:[/B][/color] Joker is adept at torturing his victims endlessly, including shooting victims at point blank, torturing people to death and beating others into submission.[/INDENT][/COLOR][/INDENT]
[COLOR=92278f][B]| CHARACTER NOTES: |[/B][/COLOR][INDENT][COLOR=8dc73f][CENTER][I][SUB]~WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE AS THE RP PROGRESSES~[/SUB][/I][/CENTER]
[color=fff79a][B]PROFESSOR PYG -[/B][/color] Lazlo Valentin is a gifted scientist who's obsessed with making things perfect. This involves drastic harmful surgery to turn people into his brainwashed Dollotrons. Together with the Joker, Pyg helped to found the Circus of Strange.
  
[color=fff79a][b]MISTER TOAD -[/b][/color] Kenneth Shepard, a race car driver who after suffering gross disfiguration from a crash became a car thief. Dubbed Mister Toad due to his grotesque appearance and love of fast cars, Kenneth is often seen tagging along with Professor Pyg acting as the getaway driver for the Professor’s various crimes.  

[color=fff79a][b]THE RATCATCHER -[/b][/color] Otis Flannegan 

[color=fff79a][b]KILLER CROC -[/b][/color] Waylon Jones

[color=fff79a][b]VICTOR ZSASZ -[/b][/color] Victor Zsasz 

[color=fff79a][b]FIREBUG -[/b][/color] Joseph Rigger was a former military soldier and demolition experts who was dishonorable discharged. Returning to Gotham he found his family had been lost in three separate building-related incidents. His grip on sanity began slipping causing Joseph to begin a descent into madness. Donning the alias of Firebug, Joe went on a crusade to burn each of the buildings to the ground when contractors began to rebuild them. Quickly apprehended, Joe was committed to Arkham before eventually being broken out. He was recruited by the Joker into the Circus of Strange where he masqueraded as a fire swallower. 

[color=fff79a][b]MR. PUNCH -[/b][/color] Clyde Phillips 

[color=fff79a][b]JUDY -[/b][/color] Jewel Phillips
 
[color=fff79a][b]HARLEQUIN -[/b][/color] Harleen Quinzel

[color=fff79a][b]CHARLEY QUINN -[/b][/color] Charles Quinzel 

[color=fff79a][b]RAG DOLL -[/b][/color] Peter Merkel Sr.

[color=fff79a][B]ACE CHEMICALS -[/B][/color] 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. Its R&D head is Doctor Marc Legrande. 

[color=fff79a][B]THE ASYLUM FOR THE MENTALLY & CRIMINALLY INSANE -[/B][/color] Nicknamed the "Arkham Asylum" after its 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 its most recent history it has had two Directors who have run the facility namely Paul Quinzel and Hugo Strange. Psychologist Magdalene Kyle works directly under the director of the facility.[/COLOR][/INDENT]
[COLOR=92278f][B]| CHARACTER GOALS: |[/B][/COLOR]
[INDENT][COLOR=8dc73f]Taking inspiration from 'THE DARK KNIGHT', 'BATMAN: DEATH OF THE FAMILY', 'THE KILLING JOKE', 'JOKER', 'UNDER THE RED HOOD' AND 'THE MAN WHO LAUGHS', I am planning a Joker who commands a presence, a master showman who is also a psychotic criminal mastermind. This Joker has no problem hiring a gang or having others be his muscle, but also won't hesitate to drop one of his own for pure amusement. The Joker is unpredictable, changing in personality from day to day. One day Joker could scheme and plot, the next day he could walk into the middle of a crowd and start indiscriminately killing all those around him. In terms of goals, I hope to have Joker tangle not only with Batman but other major heroes. That said he'll always have a special spot for Batman and his family. Furthermore, my Joker would be happy to attack other villains, aligning with them only if their needs suit his own. My first major arc involves Joker first attempting to escape Arkham before instead asserting himself as the king in the castle, taking control of the asylum.[/COLOR][/INDENT]
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