Arthur Brown

## Background

### 1976 - 2003: Arthur Brown

Arthur Brown was born in Metropolis to William & Agnes Brown. His father worked as a hotel manager & his mother worked in retail. His childhood was mostly uneventful, with no tragedies documented in Arthur's life. After high school, he decided to attend Gotham University to remain close to high school sweetheart, Crystal, who picked the college for their nursing program. Shortly after beginning their sophomore year of college, Crystal discovered she was pregnant. Arthur immediately proposed & the two were married just months later in a small ceremony.

When their daughter Stephanie was born the next year, Arthur dropped out of college to be a full-time dad while Crystal remained in school to get her degree. When Crystal graduated, the family had more funds to move around so they put Stephanie in daycare & Arthur got himself a job working at bar. It just so happened that during one of the bar's trivia nights, he impressed a television producer who was attending the event with his friends. He invited Arthur to become a telelvision host on the celebrity game show *Think Thank Thunk*.

Arthur kept this gig going for about three years until he had a unfortunate metldown on camera. After getting frustrated with a particular contestant's stupidity, he berated him on national television & caused a hige scandal for the show. He was subsequentally fired & struggled to find work. Now broke & unemployed, Arthur grew angry that the intellectually inferior got rich while he had to scrape by on food stamps with his family.

### 2003 - Present: Cluemaster

To make up for his lack of income, he began stealing & pawning items off under the guise of doing odd jobs around the city. This worked out for him for months before Arthur's anger at the intellectually inferior switched specifically to the show's producer, host & the contestant who he felt had cost him his dream job. He kidnapped the three of them & put them in an unfair paraody of the show where they were to answer his impossible questions correctly or die. Luckily, he was stopped by none other than Batman then sent to Blackgate Penitentiary for his crimes.

Arthur remained in Blackgate for four years until there was a massive outbreak due the prison being destroyed by Gotham's 2008 earthquake. Prisoners emptied back on to the streets & citizens evacuated the city if they could. Arthur amde his way back to his estranged wife's apartment to see if she & his daughter had made it out of the city's turmoil. When he arrived, he found the apartment vacant & decided to camp out there, turning the place into his criminal headquarters for the time being. He took part in the looting taround the city for the next year until Gotham eventually stabilized. Arthur was one of the few that was freed in the aftermath due to Blackgate's destruction leaving Arkham Asylum having to take in all their inmates. As a result, non-violent offenders & offenders coming up on their release date were parolled. But Arthur did not turn over a e new leaf with his freedom.

Arthur enjoyed his freedom for about a year before he was captured by Batman, Red Robin & Spoiler (his own daughter). Due to Blackgate being no more, he was sent to Arkham. This became a reoccuring trend for Arthur, release for good behavior then caught again commiting a crime. Some of his other activities include participating in some missions with the Suicide Squad, working with a team of lower level villains & doing freelance work for other criminals.

## Romantic Relationships

* Crystal Brown: Girlfriend (1990 - 1993); Wife (1993 - )

## Powers & Abilities

* **High Level Intellect**
	+ ***Deception***
	+ ***Leadership***
	+ ***Tactical Analysis***
* **Firearms**
* **Hand to Hand Combat**

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* During the War of Jokes & Riddles, he joined the Joker's side. He was eventualy caught by Batman & Riddler goons before being sent back to Blackgate.
* He joined the Suicidie Squad when it was reassemebled at Arkham.