[CENTER][COLOR=SLATEGRAY][B]C H A R A C T E R   C O N C E P T   P R O P O S A L[/B][/COLOR][h1][color=414f72][b]B A T M A N[/b][/color][/h1][hr][img]https://i.imgur.com/RESo2U5.png[/img][h3][sup][sub][color=darkgray] Bruce Wayne [color=lightgray]♦[/color] CEO Of Wayne Enterprises [color=lightgray]♦[/color] Gotham City, New Jersey, USA [/color][/sub][/sup][/h3]
[/CENTER][COLOR=lightgray][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]C H A R A C T E R   C O N C E P T:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][CENTER][color=414f72][b]"People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy... and I can't do that as Bruce Wayne."[/b][/color][/CENTER][i][color=999999]
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Basically, I'm running with the idea that every big media interpretation - all of the live-action fare, BTAS, the games, etc - has all happened and are canon, with the exception that none of the villains ever died. So Joker didn't fall off a bell tower, Penguin didn't choke on bile and drown, Catwoman never blew herself up, Two-Face never fell to the bottom of a well or fell off of a construction site, Ra's wasn't permanently killed in a train explosion, etc, etc, etc. But the general idea is that Batman's career has hinged on these moments aswell as many of the notable comic book storylines. As such, he's quite an older man and very experienced, with all of the sidekicks and the rogues' gallery members you could think of - not quite at the level of a Dark Knight Returns era, but enough to be showing signs of age.

Also, given recent comic events, I'm just gonna go ahead and say that Alfred is dead. Feels like he'd be better served in that regard at this stage of Batman's career than if he were waiting on Bruce with tea or something in the Batcave.[/color][/i][INDENT][INDENT][i][/i][/indent][/indent]
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[i][color=999999]My idea for a story is to actually examine the fragility of Batman as a man rather than trump up his hyper-trained mind and physique. He's had all of those for a long time, but he's starting to notice that he's getting slower and his mind is getting foggier. He's always been shown as someone who struggles with his sanity, but he's never really written to experience simple things like arthritis, disease, and even the idea that he'll eventually get too old to suit up anymore. So what better time to lay a prominent murder mystery in his lap to try and sharpen the senses? Every member of his rogue's gallery is a potential suspect and the victim is a prominent figure in Gotham, in a sense - but with no clear M.O., it's going to take some doing on Bruce's part to piece everything together. Add to that any plots that villain players or players who want to take up the extended family (Nightwing, Red Hood, Robin, Batgirl, Oracle, ect.) can bring to the table and I can keep things going in Gotham for a multitude of different interactions. The only hard-set supporting character I intend to utilize is Gordon, so any other player has the freedom to jump in and work with me to their content. 

Batman's an overarching shadow over Gotham, both literally and figuratively, so it shouldn't be hard to draw his attention if you're in the area.[/color][/i][/indent][/indent]
[COLOR=lightgray][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]C H A R A C T E R   N O T E S:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][i][color=999999]In the interest of specificity, these are the events that I'm considering canon alongside the comic continuity that ends with Tom King's run:

[hider=Mask Of The Phantasm]
All of the flashbacks to Bruce's pre-vigilante life would be canon, aswell as his engagement to a first love that ultimately ends with the two being split by their respective destinies - though instead of Andrea Beaumont/The Phantasm, it'd be Bruce's first comic book love, Julie Madison.[/hider]
[hider=Batman Begins]
Most of the training and origin would derive from here, aswell as Ra's Al Ghul's plot to cleanse Gotham of it's crime by attempting to douse it in a purified form of The Scarecrow's fear toxin.[/hider]
[hider=Batman '89]
The Joker first appearing to terrorize the city after a botched raid on a chemical factory and a doomed romance with Vicki Vale.[/hider]
[hider=Batman Returns]
The first appearance of The Penguin and Catwoman, with the former trying to launch an insidious campaign for Mayor and the latter becoming a big part of Bruce's romantic life, despite their considerably split views on capital punishment.[/hider]
[hider=Batman Forever]
Bruce adopting Dick Grayson around the same time as a massive crime wave perpetrated by Two-Face and a newly emerged Riddler, resulting in Dick's first adventure as Robin. Bruce would have also had a bit of an identity crisis around this time.[/hider]
[hider=The Dark Knight]
The Joker's big return, having reinvented himself as a so-called "agent of chaos" and being directly involved in the events that first turn Harvey Dent into Two-Face. Batman is still considered an outlaw at this point in his career, aswell.[/hider]
[hider=Batman & Robin]
Bruce coming to realize the importance of utilizing his allies as Batgirl is brought into the fold, amidst a city-wide panic involving Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy.[/hider]
[hider=The Dark Knight Rises]
The same idea of intersecting the Knightfall storyline with No Man's Land would be kept intact, aswell as Bane's alliance with Talia Al Ghul. The difference being that Ra's isn't dead, Bruce is only out of action for as long as his back is broken, Catwoman is already established and they don't end up running off together, and there's no hero cop named Robin to take the place of Dick Grayson as Robin.[/hider]
[hider=Batman: Under The Red Hood]
Everything would be in canon for the Jason Todd period of Bruce's career, from Jason's fateful final mission as Robin to his resurrection through the Lazarus Pit and his attempt to take over Gotham's crime families through murder and a revenge quest.[/hider]
[hider=Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice]
For a time, following Jason's death, Bruce would become more volatile towards criminals and behave rather out of character up to a point, even coming to blows with The Man Of Steel after a severe misunderstanding. It just wouldn't have anything to do with their mothers' respective first name, and neither would have killed anyone. Following the death of Superman at the hands of Doomsday, Bruce would be shaken out of this.[/hider]
[hider=Justice League (film)] - Bruce being at the forefront of a campaign to recruit more members for the Justice League in Superman's absence, to prepare for a coming invasion by an alien force.[/hider]
[hider=Batman: The Animated Series/The New Batman Adventures] - Any and all of it that doesn't contradict the above continuity notes. So basically, Dick becoming Nightwing, Barbara being let in on the secret, Tim taking up the mantle of Robin, Harley Quinn becoming a thing, and Bruce's rogues getting alot darker and scarier over time.[/hider]
[hider=Batman: Arkham Asylum/Arkham City] - Everything up to The Joker ending up dead. He still juices up with Titan, but his illness is brief and is only ever a catalyst for Bruce to be infected aswell, forcing him to come up with a cure to save them both.[/hider][/color][/i]
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[/indent][/indent][COLOR=lightgray][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]P O S T   C A T A L O G:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][i]A list linking to your IC posts as they're created. This can be used for a reference guide to your character or to summarize completed arcs and stories.[/i][/indent][/indent]