Killer Moth [hider]Drury Walker, ex-convict - a muscle jobber put away after a gig got raided by Batman. ‘Reformed’ and hired after release by a corrupt Gotham businessman as security detail. Businessman ultimately exposed by Batman too, though nothing able to incriminate Walker. Press ran stories bringing up Walker’s time spent and making allegations that he must have been in on it or even ringleading it, but without evidence Walker was successfully able to bring libel suits against them and score payouts settled out of court before disappearing, presumably ‘retiring’ with his money. What he was actually doing was turning himself into a Batman For Criminals, using his background and skills as muscle-for-hire and protective detail to market himself as premium heavy for tough jobs. He gets hired on a couple watch-jobs and then lands a small gig as top muscle on a heist for a mid-level mob boss hoping the planned score will put him on a Falcone/Maroni playing field. Can either have: job going well even with an appearance from [batfam member], but mockery over his chosen attire and tools and crafted persona causing Walker to snap, subdue the jobbers he was on the heist with, and take the score entirely for himself OR have the job go okay until the appearance of [batfam member], where Walker is somehow the only guy left standing and manages to escape with the heist’s score while realizing he’s still outclassed. Either way Walker’s now sitting on the score plus cash plus the new enmity of the mob boss who hired him plus the batfam are now aware of him, and realizes he’ll be blacklisted from Gotham’s criminal underworld - so it’s time to start building his own crew and organization and creating the jobs, not just getting hired for them. [/hider] Kitrina Falcone as Catwoman [hider]Kitrina is the illegitimate daughter of Alberto Falcone and his illicit lover, Anna de Luca. With her father already the un-favourite of the Falcone children, Alberto being discovered as the Holiday Killer in the year of the Long Halloween did Kitrina no favours, and Carmine's murder - the severing of the last piece of goodwill toward her - sealed her fate. From then on, with her father incarcerated and her grandfather dead, Kitrina was left in the 'care' of Mario Falcone, her uncle, who partially blamed Alberto for Carmine's death, and was more than happy to unload this blame onto Kitrina by proxy. When, in the aftermath, the efforts of Batman and Jim Gordan finally dealt a mortal blow to the Falcone Crime Empire, and Mario and Kitrina were reduced to living in the Narrows - trying desperately to claw back Falcone assets that were being steadily liquidated - the situation only got worse; until eventually, Kitrina has become embittered, numb, and angry enough to try something stupid in a last-ditch effort to earn back some respect and some much-needed cash and maybe, just maybe, something daring enough to start bringing the Falcone name back into notoriety in Gotham. That "something stupid and/or daring" is a heist on Wayne Industries. Bruce Wayne, magnanimous philanthropist playboy as he was, was well-known for Wayne Industry's outreach programme, that guaranteed stable employment and life coaching for less-fortunate Gotham residents. Kitrina is by no means unintelligent, and applied under the pseudonym 'Holly Robinson', getting a position rather quickly and using her time within the company plotting and scoping. Hoping to find something within the belly of Wayne Industries that she can use as blackmail for the board, Kitrina/Holly has everything planned out to propel her out of Mario's vengeful clutches, and secure the Falcone name once again as a force of nature within Gotham, reclaiming her birth-right and landing her back in the luxurious life she deserves. Kitty Gets Her Claws The research has been done, the plan has been made, and the time has come for Kitrina's heist on Waynetech to finally happen. What she seeks and what she finds are completely different things, but Kitrina will find her hard-won quarry will push her in a career direction she never could have imagined, and rubbing shoulders with persons she otherwise would have never met. ...But Satisfaction Brought Her Back Under the tutelage of ex-Catwoman Selina Kyle, Kitrina Falcone has become quite the successful thief; however, when Sofia Falcone, surviving daughter of The Roman, catches wind of Kitrina's new money, she sees it as an opportunity to start rebuilding the Falcone Empire. Which Kitrina would have no issue with, provided her dear auntie knows how to show respect to the new generation of mafia in Gotham. A Nice Big Ball of Yarn Kick-starting a mafia empire is no easy task, especially in Gotham, where fierce competition hounds you at every corner. One specific player in the Gotham underworld has welcomed a return to a more traditional mob format, but he's set his beady eyes on Kitrina's budding empire, working backstage for the perfect moment to steal the limelight from the new Falcone boss. In time however, it will be revealed who's really pulling who's strings...[/hider] Working-class Batman [hider]- GCPD: - James 'Jimmy' Gordon & Det. Harvey Bullock - Det. Renee Montoya & Sr. Det. Crispus Allen - Coroner Dr. Leslie Thompkins - Commissioner Gillian Loeb - Public Figures - Mayor Aubrey James - Editor-in-Chief Gotham Gazette Jack Ryder - Field Reporter Gotham Gazette Vicki Vale - District Attorney Harvey Dent - Antarctic Industries - CEO Oswald Cobblepot - CFO Warren White - Sionis Industrial & Janus Cosmetics - CEO Roman Sionis - Félin-Bijou - Founder/Lead Jeweller Selina Kyle - Hightowers LLC - CEO William D. Sommers - COO Victor Zsasz - Criminals - Riddler as AI, a learning algorithm that escapes its confines and goes out of control - Firefly as corporate saboteur double-crossed and left for dead in his own blaze[/hider] Deadman [hider]Deadman as a kid trying to solve his own murder and save his brother and ex-girlfriend.[/hider] Absolute Hellblazer Daimon Helstrom [hider]One day, Victoria Helstrom was whisked into a whirlwind romance beyond her dreams, wooed and seduced by a charismatic, charming gentleman. Their affair was passionate, but inevitably short-lived, and soon Victoria was left alone with infant twins, brother and sister, Daimon and Ana. Life from then on would be difficult, but manageable, and while they had their differences as individuals, the three held firm as a family, taking care of each other and holding love between them. Then Daimon and Ana turned eighteen, and everything changed. Dark, powerful magic awakened within them both, and their father suddenly reappeared, not having aged a day in the near two-decades since he'd abandoned them, and he returned with momentous news: his human form was a mere illusion, and in truth he was the King of Hell, Satan, The Devil Himself, and he had come to claim Daimon and Ana and grant them their birthright as heirs to the demonic throne. Victoria, for her part, was driven mad, and while Ana - who had dreamed of achieving greatness her entire life - was more than happy to welcome such incredible power, Daimon held nothing but contempt for this presumptuous creature who had invaded his mother's life so many years ago, just to abandon his family and only return to tear it asunder once again. Unlocking his powers of magic and hellfire, Daimon waged considerable battle against his father - eventually, the demon conceded, returning to Hell without Daimon, but with Ana by his side. In the fallout, Daimon devoted himself to occult investigation, seeking how to strike back at his father and return his sister to Earth, and in the process discovered that his father wasn't Satan at all. Instead, the pool of demons who could have sired him was broad indeed, and whoever his father really was had merely impersonated Satan in a bid to falsely fulfil the prophecy of an Antichrist, who would overthrow the ruler of Hell. Daimon and Ana had merely been pawns in a foolish game of demonic politics, and Daimon cared very little for it. Now, Daimon works as a freelance investigator, dealing in small personal matters and occult cases, while on the side he continues his research into his true father and the safe return of his sister. Uninterested in his 'birthright' and the machinations of devils, he has little patience for the denizens of Hell who continue to pester him, or indeed anyone in general.[/hider] Omega Sentinel [hider]The Sentinel Program, led by Trask, was a United Nations effort. The Sentinel drones, about the size of fighter jets, capable of atmospheric and spaceflight. Their weaponry proved capable of penetrating Chitauri wreckage in tests. - created by Bolivar Trask - Bastion as the antagonist to setup? - Obvious ties to the X-Men and mutants. An Enemy-to-Friend scenario? Prisoner-to-ally? Won't be attempting to hurt them but obviously mutants will be hostile by default - will need to defend itself and then explain it's not a threat.[/hider] Pandora [hider]Pandora, The Proto-Woman, The First Creation of Hephaestus, Blessed by the Olympians. Gifted with a box by Zeus, to act as a keepsake of her legacy and a dowry for her eventual husband, she was commanded only once: never open the box. But in embodying humanity, Pandora held their curiosity, and so, once she had found a husband, eventually convinced him to open the box on her behalf. The Sins spilled forth, Pandora's seven terrible sons, unleashing great evil unto the world. And yet, an eighth child was born from the box: Hope, Pandora's only daughter. Dreading the wrath of the Olympians, especially the ire of Zeus, Pandora took the box and stole away in the night, entrusting the care of Hope to her forlorn husband, asking him to pass her daughter's teachings down through the generations. Inevitably, Pandora did not get far before Olympus found her; fortunately, however, it was not Zeus that discovered her - it was Argus, the All-Seeing Giant, under instruction from Hera. Knowing her husband's fury would be far more terrible than Pandora deserved, Hera sought to hide her from the Olympians - but to do so surreptitiously, in a way that could still pass as punishment for Pandora's supposed trespass against the gods. Weaving grand magic, Hera granted Pandora a double-edged sword, to hide her from the gods forever: loneliness. Now, Pandora wanders the Earth, knowing humanity but never growing close, those that came near inevitably being torn away, or enduring tragedy great enough for Pandora to avoid them altogether. At the same time, every step on her eternal journey wrenches her through history and around the globe, bearing witness to every foible and facet of man. Every day, Pandora sees the horrors her sons unleashed upon the world. Every day, Pandora sees the comfort her daughter gifted Mankind.[/hider] BPRD Daryl the Wendigo Suicide Squad [hider]- Taskmaster - Captain Boomerang - Mysterio - King Shark - Typhoid Mary - Onomatopeia[/hider] Punisher origin w/ Matt Murdock [hider] A post-shootout Frank actually tries to take the legal route like a good boy, still got that US Soldier Trust In The System drilled into him, and he works with Nelson & Murdock on building the case and helping bring stuff to bear against the mob leaders and lieutenants responsible as the case stalls out Matt tries to keep Frank's spirits up and keep his trust in the system while on the other side, as Daredevil, he's doing the vigilante thing. Meanwhile Frank's going to further and further lengths to gather evidence and build his case, and he crosses paths with Daredevil. Frank's doing dark shit but nothing lethal yet, just torturing and beating etc etc eventually the case fails Frank finds out Matt is Daredevil he breaks, realizes Matt's failing on two fronts because he can't get them as a lawyer and he won't put them down as a vigilante so he decides if they won't get justice, they'll get Punishment instead[/hider] Jonah Hex revenant [hider]What makes a man an outlaw? What drives a man away from civilisation, and turns him to seek the harsh solitude of the desert? To seek such a barren place, so scornful of humanity that he spurns it entirely, and walks out into a wasteland devoid of life? What makes a man turn against his nature? What takes a good heart and noble soul, and twists both until they are unrecognisable, even to a mother, even to the very individual himself? For Jonah Hex, the answer was Love. Born November 1820. Died August 1863. And now, some 200 years after his first arrival, Jonah Hex rises again from beneath the sands of the Sonoran Desert and walks back into the world of man. His head swims with figments and memories, his brain frantically seizing any thread of reality it can find, past or present. Family. Slavery. Freedom. Betrayal. Names and faces fade in and out, but nothing feels as real as the sand in his boots or cold steel in his hands. But for Jonah, newly alive and lost in the modern world, merely one question remains. What makes a man come back?[/hider] Eve Coffin [hider]Coffin Witch getting caught in a trap by a long-dead witch who wants to siphon her power.[/hider] Copperhead [hider]'Copperhead' as a legacy alias for high-level agents of Basilisk, a cultish terrorist organisation lead by King Kobra. Latest agent (protagonist) gets anti-brainwashed and breaks out with a little girl (her replacement-in-training) trying to rescue her as an act of penance.[/hider] Gotham Knights [hider]See PM[/hider] Wonder Woman, God-Butcher [hider]Absolute Wonder Woman take where Diana or Yara was kidnapped from Themyscira at a young age and taken to the underworld to be brainwashed and raised by [a character from Greek mythology who was slighted/cursed by the Gods and has a grudge against them, holy shit you have so much choice] for the express purpose of being used as a weapon to slay the pantheon and topple mount olympus. The Amazons in this canon are a race of Greek Demi-gods created jointly by the pantheon and meant to embody all the best qualities of each deity with none of their flaws or squabbles, set to one day take over Olympus and guide humanity as a far more stable and benevolent force than the gods themselves ever managed to be. [/hider] Danielle Ketch, Spirit of Vengeance [hider]See PM[/hider] Savage Spider-Man [hider]See PM[/hider] S.T.A.K.E. [hider]Jasper Sitwell as a near-retirement SHIELD agent who takes on a new case that turns out to be Jubilee's turn into vampirism, opening up a new world to SHIELD and necessitating the creation of a new departmental branch lead by Sitwell dedicated to the research of and safeguarding against supernatural and paranormal threats.[/hider]