The Agency

"**The Agency**" is the public face of a shadow committee consisting of military leaders, intelligence experts and government officials. It is currently under control by Amanda Waller. Its only known case is investigating the Riddler, Gotham's original supervillain.

## History

### Background

It is unknown who founded the Agency or what it's main operations were. Officials in the organization, if allowed to, overthrow local law enforcement with impunity and take over operations from the highest ranking official. The Agency had a long history of unethical operations, including civil rights violations, domestic black sites and decentralized accountability. By the time Amanda Waller became its director, these accusations were silenced and the Agency was one of the most powerful law enforcement agencies in the United States. Prior to Waller becoming the director, an Agency cell called SANCTUS had developed a bioweapon codenamed Project Lotus.

### The Enigma

Waller and a group of agents arrived at the Virago casino, having heard reports that the Riddler had attacked. After they subdued the last of the Riddler's men, they helped the GCPD round up the suspects and clear up from the attack. They also placed the victim of the attack, Rumi Mori, into a security detail. During this, Batman became acquainted with Waller, agents Iman Avesta and Vernon Blake.

Whilst the agency search for the Riddler, Avesta and Blake later visited Bruce Wayne in his office to interview him on a person of interest, "John Doe". About a week later, another agent, Mario Hernandez, was kidnapped by the Riddler, forced to participate in a death trap, which he failed, and died. Batman and Commissioner Gordon would discover his corpse whilst investigating the building he was held in.

That same day, Avesta, Blake and two other agents were able to locate the Riddler on his personal ship, the Lady of Dublin, but were captured and held within the Riddler's death traps. Desperate, Waller allowed her agents to brutally interrogate Eli Knable, the Riddler's second in command, and kept her agents observing Mori. When Batman was able to retrieve information about the Riddler's location, he put it through to the GCPD and the Agency, with the agents and Waller heading to the ship.

Upon arrival, Batman was able to free Agent Avesta, but was captured by the Riddler and forced to either sacrifice the others, including Blake's, to save her or go through with the Riddler's game, though deafens her in the process. Regardless of the decision made, Batman eventually broke free and captured the criminal, but he was shot with a poisoned dart and died. Believing the GCPD to be ineffective or have tampered with her operations, Waller had the Agency take control and forced the GCPD to step down from the investigations.

### The Pact

Whilst investigating the Lady of Dublin and rounding up the remnants of Riddler's men, the Agency sent their agents to investigate a series of explosions throughout the city. Waller and either Avesta or Blake, would be in charge of an investigation of GothCorp, where staff and security had been frozen in ice by an unknown individual.

*If Batman calls Waller for help after his battle with Bane, the agents will help him out of a pile of rubble he was trapped under and investigate the GCPD's arsenal for anything that they could connect to the Pact. Using cartridges they find there, the scientists are able to make a counter-agent to Venom, which is later given to the vigilante by Waller.*

Agents, including Avesta, followed and monitored Bruce Wayne as he infiltrated the Pact, to make sure he followed by Waller's rules. Wayne, as Batman would later advise that they would stop this, as it could lead to the group members becoming suspicious of him.

Whilst escorting the Riddler's body out of the city, they were attacked by the Pact, who sought to retrieve their fallen comrade's body for their operations. Using an EMP generator from Wayne Enterprises, they deactivated the agents' stun pistols. Despite this, they tried to fight back, leading to multiple deaths and either Bane or Harley Quinn being left behind. Despite Wayne asking her to act, Waller stood by as the Pact stole Riddler's body.

#### *What Ails You*

After Batman was able to uncover the location of a SANCTUS base,
Waller sent the Agency to arrest the Pact and retrieve equipment for
future use. During the operation, they were able to capture Mr. Freeze
and Bane, whilst "John Doe" and Harley Quinn were able to escape. With
Freeze being infected with the LOTUS virus, the Agency planned to keep
him to analyze the effects on the virus. *However, Batman/Wayne can*
tamper with these plans by reducing the temperature in his confinements
to help him attempt to combat the virus.

During the cleanup, an Agency taskforce infiltrated the Pact's lair
 to steal samples of Riddler's blood. To ensure Quinn didn't get samples
 from his corpse, they drained the blood from the criminal's body. They
also captured Selina Kyle/Catwoman,
 after either finding her in one of Riddler's traps at the lair or
managing to capture her during the attack on SANCTUS (depending on
whether Batman gave her up as the traitor). Afterward, these samples
were moved to cold storage, so that the scientists would be able to
synthesize a usable version of the LOTUS virus to blackmail the other
members. However, these samples were later destroyed by Avesta to
prevent Waller from going through with her plans.

When Harley Quinn held a desperate attempt to hold the Gotham
Bridge hostage for the stolen samples, the Agency was involved in
securing the area. They would attempt to negotiate with her, but refused
 to go through with her demands. Depending on how much he trusts John
Doe, Batman's actions will affect how the situation plays out.

* Trust John
* Don't trust John

If Batman is able to trust John, the vigilante's alter-ego, Bruce Wayne,
 and Doe arrive to help defuse the situation. The Agency is told to let
the two through to negotiate with Quinn, though with John being forced
to take over the responsibilities when Wayne only angers her further.
Depending on whether Bruce is able to trust John and keep Waller at bay,
 the following will happen.

*If Bruce is able to trust John and keep Waller at bay, Quinn is*
successfully capture, though the Agency quickly turns on John when he
refuses to hand over the LOTUS virus. He then attacks their agents and
detonates the bombs. As he leaves, he promises the Agency that he will
target them and reveal the corruption within their ranks.

*If Bruce is unable to trust John or keep Waller at bay, he turns on*
the billionaire and the Agency. As the agents make an attempt to capture
 and execute Harley Quinn, John detonates the bombs and attacks them.

If Batman was unable to trust John, the vigilante is forced to interfere
 and tries to capture Quinn. After he is able to restrain her, Waller
and the Agency attempts to get closer, but are unable to take a shot,
due to Quinn holding a dead man detonator. When John Doe arrives to save
 the criminal, he takes the switch and detonates the bombs, causing
devastation across the bridge and to the Agency's forces.

### *Same Stitch*

Depending on whether John Doe has become a vigilante or a criminal, the following actions will be taken by the Agency.

* Vigilante Joker
* Villain Joker

If Doe has become the vigilante Joker, the Agency begin searching for
 him and Batman, due to the former's possession of LOTUS and their
association. After reports of John's associates being present at
Riddler's lair, the Agency find and interrogate them, hoping to get the
fugitive's location. When Special Agent Harrison attempts to execute one of them,
 Batman, having slipped past those guarding the site, stops them. The
agents then attack Batman, but attacked by Doe (now calling himself "the
 Joker").

Working together, Batman and Joker subdue the agents, leaving
some seriously injured in the process. Unable to match them, Harrison
calls in for the Agency to send in Bane, who has been given a new
version of Venom and seeking to kill Joker for his believed involvement
in Riddler's murder. Battling the criminal, Batman and Joker are able to
 defeat him. More reinforcements arrive, forcing the two vigilantes to
flee.

When Waller confronts Batman on the roof of the GCPD, a number of
 agents are present during the later part of the battle between them,
Joker and their supervillain division.
 Eventually surrounding the two vigilantes, the Joker releases two
bombs, both of which threaten agent lives. Regardless of which one
Batman stops, the other kills at least eight people and injures eleven
more, though it is currently unknown how many were actual members of the
 Agency.

During the fight, Joker captures and flees with Waller. Though
they attempt to retrieve their director, the Agency ultimately lose the
criminal after a high speed pursuit through Gotham. With the
organization is placed into disarray. Desperate, they are forced to make
 a deal with Harley Quinn, granting her the title and privileges of a
special agent in return for her help. Using their assistance, Quinn
attempts to murder Batman and the GCPD, though is quickly subdued by the
 vigilante. *If Tiffany Fox has joined the Agency, she is also present during Batman's investigation to locate Joker's hideout.*

The Agency later learn that he is using the disused ACE Chemicals
 plant and retrieve Waller, Joker and Batman after the latters' battle.
They are also forced to stop their manhunt for Batman in gratitude for
his actions and a truce the vigilante has organized with Waller. The
vigilante can also negotiate for them to either release Catwoman, place
Quinn and Bane on trial, or for them to leave the resigning Avesta
alone, despite her actions.

If John Doe has become the Villain Joker, the Agency are sent to a
list of demands from him and Quinn. These include for them to withdraw
from Gotham, though Waller is to be shot out of a cannon at the stroke
of midnight. Despite these outlandish orders, they work with Batman and
the GCPD to locate the criminals' bombs and defuse them. After Gordon
returns with the location of every one in Gotham, they are able to find
and defuse all of them with the GCPD's help.

Possibly before or during the chaos, Joker and his men assault a
convoy escorting Catwoman out of the city, taking her and the surviving
agents hostage. Forced into the criminal's games, the agents are all
killed in his demented games, either through Joker's tricks or not being
 able to solve the problems. After being informed of Joker's lair at the
 Bonus Brothers Carnival,
 the Agency are able to arrive in time and are possibly the ones who
find Wayne, Kyle, Joker, Quinn and their men. Whilst the former is taken
 for medical care, the others are arrested.

*If Wayne chooses to use Waller's influence to affect he*
allies, the Agency's resources can be used to affect either Catwoman,
Gordon or Avesta.

After the Joker's capture, Waller would order every operative to leave
Gotham, seeing that the organization had no reason to stay in the city.
She and every operative carry out their orders and leave.

## Members

* Amanda Waller - Director
* Iman Avesta - Special Agent
* Vernon Blake - Special Agent
* Roger Harrison
* Tiffany Fox (determinant)
* Maureen Chan
* Renee Gladwell
* Tyson Borley
* Todd Marshall
* Lynda Farrow
* Suresh Pradeep
* Michael Finn
* Ryan Garcia
* Natalie Fried
* Heather Greenbaum
* Vince Rector
* Bradley Willis
* Jevon Banks
* T.R. Langley
* Martin Woo
* Lara Kilroy
* Trent Vimes
* Michaela Prince
* Kyle Standish
* Vicki Rooney
* Patrick (determinant)

### Assets

* Deadshot/Floyd Lawton
* Bane - (Determinant)
* Harley Quinn - (Determinant)

### Former

* The Riddler - Deceased (implied)
* Mario Hernandez - Deceased (Special Agent)
* Vernon Blake - Special Agent (fate determinant)
* Patrick - (fate determinant)
* Roger Harrison - (fate determinant)
* Iman Avesta - Former Special Agent (determinant)
* Harley Quinn - Arrested to Blackgate Penitentiary (determinant)
* Bane - Arrested to Blackgate Penitentiary (determinant)

## Trivia

* Some believe that the Agency may actually be A.R.G.U.S., an organization run by Amanda Waller and behind Task Force X (the Suicide Squad).