Arkham Asylum

The Elizabeth Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane, or simply known as Arkham Asylum, is a fictional mental hospital and penitentiary located on the outskirts of Gotham City, New Jersey, located on Arkham Island north of Gotham City, presumably near the Gotham Bay. Those who were legally deemed criminally insane were often sent here to be rehabilitated or imprisoned to prevent harm to the innocent citizens of Gotham, but oftentimes, the security was too weak to hold down the criminals for too long, often prompting Batman to bring the escaped patients back to the island. The island eventually suffers a massive breakout in 2023, which would ultimately lead to the asylum's downfall. It serves as the eponymous setting for Batman: Arkham Asylum, a minor but supporting setting in Batman: Arkham Knight, and appears as a background location in Batman: Arkham Origins and Arkham City.
== Description ==
== History ==
=== Founding ===
=== Before 2023 ===
=== The Joker's Breakout, 2023 ===
=== Shutdown ===
=== City of Fear Incident, 2024 ===
On October 31st, 2024, after a lengthy night of battling the Scarecrow's forces, Batman surrendered himself to the criminal after he had taken Commissioner Gordon and Robin hostage and threatened to kill them unless he surrendered and revealed his identity. After a year of being shut down, both Batman and Scarecrow return to the location where their feud last ended, the place where most of the events leading up to the events of Halloween started: Arkham Asylum. Scarecrow brought Batman into the abandoned hall of Arkham Mansion, where he had cameras and televisions set up to reveal Batman's true identity, ordering Gordon to take his mask off or he will kill Robin in front of them. Batman resigned himself to this fate and instructed Gordon to do so. He did so and revealed that his true identity was Bruce Wayne, shocking all of the mass media and the world in front of him. Scarecrow then proceeded to inject Bruce will near-lethal doses of Fear Toxin, which prompted him to face his inner demons and defeat the Joker held within his mind.