The Merciless

==Summary==
The Merciless is an alternative version of Batman from -Earth 12 from the Dark Multiverse and one of Barbatos' Dark Knights.
In his world, when Ares created a helmet that amplified his powers a hundredfold, war broke out in the effort to stop him. For two years, Bruce and Diana fought side-by-side just to get close enough to attempt to stop Ares. The two were able to get the helmet off the war god, but at the cost of Diana's life. Bruce, driven by grief, put the helmet on in order to take down Ares. Despite his belief that he could keep himself under control, Bruce was corrupted by the power and killed Ares. Afterwards, he learned that Diana had only been stunned by Ares. Afraid of what Ares power would do to Bruce, she tried to remove the helmet. However, Bruce was so addicted to the power that he chose to kill the woman he loved rather than risk losing the helmet. With virtually unlimited power and no sense of morality, Bruce went on to wage war on the entire world. Starting with killing only villains, he quickly escalated to killing his fellow heroes when they tried to pull him out of the darkness. Soon no one was left to stop his rampage.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: 
Name: Bruce Wayne, Batman, The Merciless
Origin: DC Comics
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Classification: Dark Knight, Inhabitant of the Dark Multiverse, God of War, Dark Knight, Servant of Barbatos
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Divine Empowerment with Ares Helmet, Martial Arts, Weapon Mastery, Energy Absorption, Weapon Summoning, Necromancy with the Golden Drachma, Empathic and Mind Control (Can induce others with anger and desire to fight, as well as with a need to worship him), Electricity Manipulation, Attack Reflection, Resistance to Physical and Energy Attacks (The denizens of the Dark Multiverse cannot be harmed by physical or energy attacks by beings of similar power levels. Regular superheroes need divine metals to injure them)
Attack Potency: Solar System level (Fought and overpowered Rebirth Wonder Woman)
Speed: Massively FTL+ (Comparable to Rebirth Wonder Woman)
Lifting Strength: Unknown
Striking Strength: Solar System level
Durability: Solar System level (Traded blows with Wonder Woman and took a combined beating from the Flash and Red Death)
Stamina: At least Superhuman
Range: Standard melee range, extended with melee weapons
Standard Equipment:
*Ares' Helmet: An helmet that Ares created to increase his power a hundredfold. Bruce put on the helmet after Diana took it off from Ares in battle.
*Golden Drachma: An artifact created from all the smelted gold coins from the killed Amazons of Themyscira. By ringing the object of currency, The Merciless can summon an army of restless warrior spirits to do his bidding.
*The Godkiller: An incredibly powerful mystical sword used to kill Gods. It is able to adjust it's weight and height, redirect blasts back to the source with twice the power, be recalled back to its user and more.
Intelligence: Should be rougly comparable to his Earth 0 counterpart, fought and trained alonside with Diana form two years in the war against Ares, managed to kill all his fellow friends and several villains after he became the new god of war
Weaknesses: Due to the Dark Multiverse's citizens vibrating at an opposite frequency to Nth Metal, his body is badly damaged upon contact with it, and can also be heavily injured or even killed by large amounts of positive energy
Feats:
* With Earth -12's Wonder Woman did battle against Ares for two years
* Killed Ares when he took the war god's helmet
* After taking up his mantle as the God of War killed Wonder Woman and many other heroes of his Earth
* Besieged Mount Olympus
* Absorbed the Valhalla Bomb
* Took down a group of government officials with ease
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Losses:
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Category:Characters
Category:DC Comics
Category:Dark Multiverse
Category:Male Characters
Category:Evil Characters
Category:Traitors
Category:Demigods
Category:Martial Artists
Category:Weapon Masters
Category:Energy Users
Category:Absorption Users
Category:Summoners
Category:Necromancers
Category:Empathic Manipulation Users
Category:Mind Users
Category:Armor Users
Category:Sword Users
Category:Morality Users
Category:Electricity Users
Category:Attack Reflection Users
Category:Gods
Category:Fallen Characters