Jonathan Crane (Arkhamverse)

* Asylum
* Knight

***Jonathan Crane** has character files in Arkham Asylum and Arkham Knight.*
**Jonathan Crane** is a doctor of psychology and biochemistry making use of a fear-inducing gas.

## Arkham Asylum

### Attributes

* Master of psychology and chemistry
* Creator of fear inducing gas
* Motivated by an obsessive need to create fear in others

### Story

Taunted and bullied as a youth, Jonathan Crane vowed to overcome his fears through the study of psychology and biochemistry. Kicked out of his university for experimenting on human subjects, Crane then adopted the identity of the Scarecrow and armed himself with a specialised fear-inducing gas that makes a person’s deepest phobias become frighteningly real. His ongoing criminal reign of terror makes him one of Batman’s most psychologically dangerous foes.

### Patient interview #1, January 7th

**Jonathan Crane:** Patient interview 1. Patient was referred to me after the incident with Dr. Murphy. He appears to have suffered a breakdown of sorts. I believe it was brought about after the loss of his wife and child. As yet, the patient has been unable to speak. Continued observation shows little mental activity. It’s as if the shock of what he saw triggered his mental collapse.
**Security Guard:** There’s someone in here! It’s him! We’ve found him! Break down the door!
**Jonathan Crane:** Note to self. As ever, it is difficult to continue my research under such conditions.
Security Guard: Step away from Dr. Combs. Now! Get down on the ground! We’ve found them. Someone get a medic. Oh God, what’s he done to him?

### Patient interview #6, January 22nd

**Doctor Kellerman:** Patient interview 6. Dr. Crane has been back in custody for 3 weeks. Regular sessions have been inconclusive. I am not sure he is actually insane.
**Jonathan Crane:** Good evening, Stephen. How are you tonight?
**Doctor Kellerman:** I’m conducting the session, Jonathan.
**Jonathan Crane:** Of course. If that helps you cope, I wouldn’t have it any other way.
**Doctor Kellerman:** Let’s talk about the events 3 weeks ago. What did you think you’d achieve? Dr. Murphy is still in therapy.
**Jonathan Crane:** I wanted to understand him. His personal demons. His fears. It’s all quite fascinating, really.
**Doctor Kellerman:** But you are… were a respected doctor. A brilliant mind, now just another resident in Arkham.
**Jonathan Crane:** Can I have a drink? A strong one? This kind of question bores me.
**Doctor Kellerman:** I’m afraid not.
**Jonathan Crane:** Interesting choice of words, Doctor. Tell me, what are you afraid of?

### Patient interview #9, January 29th

**Doctor Kellerman:** Patient interview 9. Dr. Crane continues to evade questions. I believe he is quite sane. Just evil. He takes no interest in the people he has hurt. His research appears to be the only motivating factor in his life. What is it about fear that drives your obsession?
**Jonathan Crane:** Fear drives everything, Stephen. Everything. Your life is governed by fear. Every decision you make is a product of that fear.
**Doctor Kellerman:** Don’t be ridiculous.
**Jonathan Crane:** You married your wife… Margaret isn’t it?... because you were scared of dying alone. You have children because you are scared of leaving nothing behind that really matters. You go to the doctors because you’re scared of dying. Do I need to go on?
**Doctor Kellerman:** No. I think that will be all for today. Guards!

### Patient interview #12, February 14th

**Doctor Kellerman:** Today I have another interview with Crane. I cannot say I am looking forward to it. I’ve been feeling anxious. I don’t like to admit it, but… I think he’s getting to me.
**Jonathan Crane:** How are you today?
**Doctor Kellerman:** I keep telling you, this is my session.
**Jonathan Crane:** It was your session, Doctor, but not anymore.
**Asylum Guard:** Are you OK, Doc?
**Doctor Kellerman:** I think… yes… I…
**Jonathan Crane:** Oh, he’s fine. Just questioning his grip on reality. You should be doing the same any second…
**Asylum Guard:** Mom, is that you? Wait, what are you doing? Get off of me… Help. I need help here. I can’t breathe…
**Jonathan Crane:** Like I said… You’re all part of my experiment now!

### Asylum interview #1, February 14th

**Jonathan Crane:** Asylum interview 1. My experiment is underway. Working alone, I have created my ultimate Fear Gas, its potency a revelation.
**Doctor Kellerman:** They’re all over me.
**Asylum Guard:** Please, Daddy, don’t do it.
**Doctor Kellerman:** Keep away! Keep away! Keep away!
**Jonathan Crane:** I have pumped enough gas into the Medical Center to break 100 minds. It should only be a matter of time before… What?
**Batman:** Give it up. Now!
**Jonathan Crane:** How… how are you still standing? How come it’s not affecting you?
**Batman:** Who says it’s not?
**Jonathan Crane:** I knew it. What was it like? What have you seen?
**Batman:** Officer Cash. Get this formula to the air-conditioning system. Now! You failed, Crane. Again. I’ve been working with Dr. Kellerman, creating an antidote to the toxins in your cologne. He fooled you, Crane. How does that make you feel? Threatened, humiliated? Scared?

## Arkham Knight

### Bio

The self-proclaimed Master of Fear, Dr. Jonathan Crane is an obsessive and deranged former psychiatrist who uses a combination of experimental drugs and psychological tactics to exploit his victims’ fears and phobias.
Prolonged exposure to his own toxin has rendered Scarecrow unable to experience the fear he so desperately craves. The only person who can still elicit terror from Scarecrow is Batman.
Following his attacks on the Dark Knight in Arkham Asylum, Scarecrow was mauled by Killer Croc. Rumour has it he has since reconstructed his face to resemble his iconic mask, while plotting his revenge against Batman and Gotham.

### Attributes

* Master of Fear
* Professor of Psychology
* Expert Chemist

### Audio File 1

**Arkham Knight**: You should invest in better guards, Crane.
**Scarecrow**: And you should invest in some manners… Who are you? Another pretender to the cowl?
**Arkham Knight**: Call me the Arkham Knight.
**Scarecrow**: Another child of the Asylum set free. Tell me, what tortured soul cowers behind that mask?
**Arkham Knight**: It doesn’t matter who I am. I’m here because we want the same thing. Batman dead.
**Scarecrow**: You made short work of my guards, but Batman is a very different proposition. One for which I am fully prepared.
**Arkham Knight**: Those “guards” I killed? I could replace them with an army, an army trained in his methods.
**Scarecrow**: Trained by whom?
**Arkham Knight**: Me.
**Scarecrow**: And what would you know about Batman?
**Arkham Knight**: His fears.
**Scarecrow**: Very well. You have my attention, Arkham Knight.

### Audio File 2

**Scarecrow**: Three billion is a significant investment.
**Arkham Knight**: People are willing to pay.
**Scarecrow**: And what exactly would we be getting for our money?
**Arkham Knight**: Tanks, drones, a highly-trained infantry.
**Scarecrow**: You think you can just bring tanks into Gotham?
**Arkham Knight**: We hold his city ransom. We create panic. Then chaos.
**Scarecrow**: A distraction.
**Arkham Knight**: As they run scared, we emerge, take over his habitat. Every rooftop, road and back alley. We draw him out of the shadows, chip away until he has nowhere left to hide and no one left to hide behind.

### Audio File 3

**Scarecrow**: If you want him dead, why come to me? You seem… capable.
**Arkham Knight**: He needs to suffer. I suffered. So he will too.
**Scarecrow**: So it’s personal. There are many in this city with a gift for causing harm.
**Arkham Knight**: Not that kind of pain. The real kind.
**Scarecrow**: Ah. You want him afraid.
**Arkham Knight**: I’ve seen what your toxin does. I want that.
**Scarecrow**: You’re well informed about all of us, Arkham Knight. But you’re wrong about something. I don’t want Batman dead. I want him unmade.
**Arkham Knight**: He’s better off dead.
**Scarecrow**: Kill him, and you martyr him, you make him a legend. But break him, humiliate him, terrify him and hold him up for the world to see. Then he’s nothing but a man.
**Arkham Knight**: Look, you can do what you want, Crane. But when you’re done, I will kill him.
**Scarecrow**: Very well. But know this: it’ll be an act of mercy when you do.