Batman

Batman is a vigilante superhero based in Gotham City. He works outside the law to find and capture Gotham's criminals, often having to use violent methods while doing so. He trained for many years in Tibet under Ra's Al Ghul in order to get over his childhood fear of bats, learn how to fight crime and stop people being murdered like his parents were. Batman returned to Gotham City five years after the fuse to carry out his mission of eradicating crime from the city and cleaning up the streets. Considered an urban myth by Gotham's criminals and citizens and wanted by the Gotham City Police Department, Batman uses his persona to strike fear into the hearts of the city's underbelly and keep the city's residents safe.

## History

Before the fuse, Bruce was born into the wealthy Wayne family. The only son of Thomas and Martha Wayne, Bruce was the heir to the Wayne Industries throne. Bruce developed a phobia of bats when he fell down a well in the Wayne Manor garden, being surrounded and attacked by a swarm of agitated bats.

During a showing of The Mark of Zorro, Bruce experienced a traumatic flashback to the event, asking his parents to leave. Outside the theatre, the Waynes were mugged by Joe Chill, who asked Thomas for his wallet and Martha for her pearls. Despite their co-operation, Chill murdered Thomas and Martha and spared Bruce. Leaving him traumatised from the event.

Decades later, Bruce decided that he wanted to avenge the death of his parents by doing what he could to stop crime in Gotham. To do this, he travelled the world and did what he could to survive, including stealing food in order to survive. Eventually, he came to the monestary of the League of Shadows, where he met and was trained by Ra's Al Ghul. After years of training, Bruce was ready to officially become a member of the League. In order to do this, Ra's Al Ghul demanded that he kill a thief. Bruce refused to do this and instead fought his way out of the monestary and escaping from the League.

Bruce returned to Gotham years after the fuse to fight crime in the city. After much time, he managed to craft a persona out of his own fear of bats to strike fear into Gotham's underbelly. Utilising various equipment from Wayne Industries' Research and Development department, Bruce became Batman. He stopped petty crimes that took place during the night and apprehended the perpetrators, allowing the police to take them into custody. Batman began to take on the Gotham mob. In particular, he began to dismantle the operations of Black Mask, who denied his existence until he was shown proof of Batman stopping his operations.

Black Mask ordered the assassination of Batman by hiring Deadshot. He offered him a prize of $5,000,000 if he managed to kill Batman and bring the body back. Deadshot accepted the offer, managing to shoot Batman but accidentally allowing him to escape. Once Black Mask was informed of this, Deadshot was threatened with murder should he fail again. Batman interrupted this meeting, apprehending Black Mask and informing the cops.

Batman met Lieutenant Jim Gordon on the roof of the building, telling him that he believed he was one of the only good cops in the city, and informed him that he was aiming to end Gotham's corruption. A reluctant Gordon acknowledged Batman's effort and formed a fragile alliance where he would not help Batman but he would also not stop his efforts to clean up Gotham once and for all.