El Penitente

* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

* El Penitente
* Simon Hurt

### Known Aliases

El Penitente, Mangrove Pierce, Niccolai Tepes, Mad Monk, Richard Rallstone, Kristopher Roderic, Prince Roderick (Aliases)
Majstir al Shaytan (Title)

### Relatives

Lilith (Sire's Sire)
Cain (Sire)
Belphegor (Surrogate Father)
Mary Seward, Natalia Mitternacht, and Emily Briggs ("Daughters")
Andrew Bennett, Benny Lafitte, and Gabriel Santo ("Sons")

### Affiliation

Abyssia (Leader)
League of Assassins (Member)
Arkham Asylum (Member)

## Biographical Information

### Education

Medical Doctorate Degree in Psychiatry & Centuries of Experience

## Arkham Employee File

### Employment History

* **Arkham Asylum:** Psychiatrist (6 years)
* Private Practise (8 years)
* **GCPD:** Staff Psychiatric Consultant (3 years)

### Education

* Medical Doctorate Degree in Psychiatry.

### Notes

* Ran a number of private practices in numerous in Europe, the Middle East, South Africa, and South America.
* Helped the GCPD develop the profile on the Batman many years ago. Also conducted a psych exam on Batman and Robin as part of pardon deal.
* Spends a lot of time volunteering his time with a number of charities which often take him out of the country.

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* His employee number is 63-156.
* Belphegor is his mentor and surrogate father.
* As Roderick he is a leader of Abyssia. He's responsible for:
	+ Turning Emily Briggs, Andrew Bennett, Gabriel Santo and Benny Lafitte into vampires,
	+ Turning Ethel Cripps into a thrall,
	+ Trapping Dream of the Endless while trying to catch Death and taking his three tokens of power: his Materioptikon, Helm of Nightmares, and Sand of Sleep.
	+ Being a leader of a organized crime syndicate in St. Roch area (as Kristopher Roderick)
* Ethel later managed to escape from Abyssia and with her she took the Dreamstone.
* As Richard Rallstone he turned Andrew Bennett into a vampire, killed his father and convinced Mary to force Andrew into turning her into a vampire.
* It's theorized Tiger Shark studied under him the techniques of interrogation.

### Notes

* He is a composite character of several characters.
	+ Simon Hurt was a devil-worshiping ancestor of Bruce Wayne's who attempted to summon a Bat-God named Barbatos, but instead was confronted by the Hyper-Adapter. He created a cult called Black Glove. His aliases were El Penitente and Mangrove Pierce.
	+ Nicolai Tepes was a vampire who wore a red, monk-like outfit. His aliases were Mad Monk and Richard Rallstone.
	+ Kristopher Roderick was a crooked landowner and a descendant of Hath-Set.
	+ Roderick was a vampire and leader of Abyssia.
	+ Roderick Burgess was a man who trapped Dream of the Endless.
	+ Due to turning Benny Lafitte into a vampire he's also a composite with the Old Man from the *Supernatural*.
* Henri Ducard and black glove in the portrait are nods to his association with the League of Assassins.
* His employee number is a nod to his first comic book appearance: *Batman #156*, 1963.
* Roy explain who he is: *There's this psych exam from the '60's in the comics that was Hurt's first appearance but he wasn't utilized until 40 or so years later in Grant Morrison's run on Batman. In Earth-27, I decided that in 2003, the Justice League was founded with US government oversight with an agreement that they could keep their identities secret and could act as official law enforcement agents, but had to do missions for the US government. Prior to this being enacted, the heroes had to be officially vetted by their local law enforcement. GCPD had Batman and Robin undergo psych exams to assess their character. That's this "pardon deal". Hurt was the guy who did the psych exam on Batman & Robin and approved them to be official members of the JLA*.

## Appears In

Welcome to Arkham AsylumAgents of ARGUSThe HorsemenSafinat Dakhma

## Links and References

* Appearances of El Penitente

1. ↑ Arkham Employee Files: Simon Hurt
2. ↑ Network Files: Belphegor 1
3. ↑ Network Files: Gabriel Santo 1
4. ↑ NFX: Mary Seward
5. ↑ Network Files: Tiger Shark