Also, for what it's worth, Bane's father King Snake is going to be one of Bruce's corporate lackeys, a major executive at Wayne Enterprises. In case that informs any ideas.
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Oh hell yes. I am so making the Question. Not completely cannon but very close.
Sage or Montoya? Either is fine, just curious.
Other DC properties will be fine too, provided they're on the lower end of the power scale. So if the Question comes in from Hub City to investigate, or Green Arrow shows up from Star City, that's just icing on the cake.
Definitely interested. Though, would we be playing actual canon characters or our own or a mix? Excuse me if I missed that somewhere. :)
Good question, I'm sorry that I was unclear. You would, of course, be free to play original characters. Alternately, you could play as the traditional canonical characters, modified to fit this new history- purely as an example, say Harvey Dent never became Two-Face and is instead a respected judge.
For those who care to keep track of these things, it's agreed that the decline of Gotham City began twenty years ago. To be precise, in the little alleyway where Martha Wayne was brutally gunned down by a mugger in front of her husband and ten-year-old son. Rumor has it that Thomas Wayne broke down and begged for his own life, one of Gotham's wealthiest and most powerful groveling before a petty thug. The mugger spared Thomas Wayne, but forever degraded the man in the eyes of his already traumatized son Bruce.
As time passed, young Bruce Wayne became ambitious, driven, and talented- but also cold, ruthless, and calculating. At the age of thirty, he is already head of the family company, the massive conglomerate known as Wayne Enterprises. Bruce is the de facto king of Gotham- the mayor, police, courts, press, and even organized crime answer to him in one capacity or another. Despite his affable and philanthropic public image, though, Bruce Wayne is a much more sinister figure than he lets on. He has a seething hatred for criminals and the impoverished. Their lives mean nothing at all to him, and he would like to see them all slowly tortured to death. Indeed, he has been using his influence to mold Gotham into an authoritarian society, all aimed at the tight control and eventual elimination of crime. He has gathered numerous allies- some just want money and power, but others share his fanaticism.
Arkham Asylum is now run by Wayne Enterprises and is used as Wayne's private jail- with his connections in the mental health board, he is able to have his enemies declared insane and delivered into the tender arms of the institution's head, Professor Hugo Strange. If they weren't mad on arrival, a few months of medication, electroshock therapy, and unnecessary experimental brain surgery will do the trick.
However, there is a small but growing number of people who recognize Wayne's malign influence on the city and seek to counter it. Some are altruistic, some are motivated purely by hatred. But they represent the best chance this benighted city has. However, some have reported being menaced or even attacked by a strange bat-like figure. . .
TL; DR: Bruce Wayne takes a different path, becoming a militant control freak who runs Gotham City and specifically wants to eliminate all crime through highly drastic measures. He is aided and opposed by the familiar figures of the Batman comics- the Rogues and supporting characters are on both sides of this conflict.
Anybody interested?
As time passed, young Bruce Wayne became ambitious, driven, and talented- but also cold, ruthless, and calculating. At the age of thirty, he is already head of the family company, the massive conglomerate known as Wayne Enterprises. Bruce is the de facto king of Gotham- the mayor, police, courts, press, and even organized crime answer to him in one capacity or another. Despite his affable and philanthropic public image, though, Bruce Wayne is a much more sinister figure than he lets on. He has a seething hatred for criminals and the impoverished. Their lives mean nothing at all to him, and he would like to see them all slowly tortured to death. Indeed, he has been using his influence to mold Gotham into an authoritarian society, all aimed at the tight control and eventual elimination of crime. He has gathered numerous allies- some just want money and power, but others share his fanaticism.
Arkham Asylum is now run by Wayne Enterprises and is used as Wayne's private jail- with his connections in the mental health board, he is able to have his enemies declared insane and delivered into the tender arms of the institution's head, Professor Hugo Strange. If they weren't mad on arrival, a few months of medication, electroshock therapy, and unnecessary experimental brain surgery will do the trick.
However, there is a small but growing number of people who recognize Wayne's malign influence on the city and seek to counter it. Some are altruistic, some are motivated purely by hatred. But they represent the best chance this benighted city has. However, some have reported being menaced or even attacked by a strange bat-like figure. . .
TL; DR: Bruce Wayne takes a different path, becoming a militant control freak who runs Gotham City and specifically wants to eliminate all crime through highly drastic measures. He is aided and opposed by the familiar figures of the Batman comics- the Rogues and supporting characters are on both sides of this conflict.
Anybody interested?
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Well, if you're interested, I'd be happy to have you guys. I was honestly about ready to give up on this but if you're willing to commit, then there's no reason not to launch.
Well, if you're interested, I'd be happy to have you guys. I was honestly about ready to give up on this but if you're willing to commit, then there's no reason not to launch.
Longmire.
Well, the person I was planning to partner up with has been MIA for two weeks, so looks like Deirdre is going to strike out on her own. I'll get cracking on a post.
Real life always comes first. Get to us when you're able.
Just a note, guys, we're still recruiting for this one, there's room for two or three more.
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