Alan Wade

Alan Wade is a fictional character appearing in the DC Origami Universe. The character was created by writer OrigamiLuke100, and first appeared in Batfold in 2018. Based on Thomas Wade from Batfold: The New 2012, the character has changed and evolved over the course of stories and cameos.

Alan Wade wields Batfold, taking on this puppet because of an incident that happened a few months before his sophomore year: The death of his parents. Because of this, he starts taking his anger out on bullies and people as Batfold, a kid in a mask and a puppet.

Alan operates in the fictional town of Jutefruce, California with assistance from various supporting characters, such as CJ Whogley, Emily Sampson, and David Thompson.

Unlike the Comic Counterpart of Bruce Wayne, Alan keeps Kane safe out of anxiety, paranoia, and fear. A former millionaire, Alan managed to somehow waste most of it away by the end of Batfold Two.

## History

### Early Life

Alan Wade was born to Adam Wade and his wife Lizzy Alan. Multi-millionaires, Adam and Lizzy had started a successful company called "Citizen Wade's Inc.," which has created fast food restaurants throughout the country, called "Citizen Wade's Soups and Meats." Living on Millionaire's Row in Jutefruce, they were known as one of the most friendliest families there, donating large sums to charity. This raised Alan to believe that with the right amount of money and a dream one could make anything come true.

### Later Childhood

Alan attended Barbera Middle school, learning how to fold puppets and seeing something that, later on in life, he would understand as "being used." Classmates would like to come to his house and his parties, just to simply use the stuff his family could afford, rather than being a friend to him. The only real friends Alan had was CJ Whogley, the grandson of Alan's butler/caregiver Danny Whogley, and JC Russell, the future Aquapleat.

### The Death of His Parents & the Rise of Batfold

On June 10, 2018, Adam and Lizzy Wade mysteriously died. Alan was suddenly orphaned, and he had decided to fight crime to cope with the pain with a finger puppet of Batfold. When Vincent Vanderlin, Walter Gilligan, Bartholomew Lowe and Drake Rogers took on the roles of The Presence, Voice, Hand, and Source, they had convinced Alan to stay Batfold, as Vincent believed Alan's parents were murdered.

### The Beating of Conrad Mordecai

Alan had fought Jessica Zinnia to gain information about this stolen plant, called "The Lily of the Valley." Alan, upon uncovering the knowledge of this plant, learned there was a poison in it. He figured out Conrad Mordecai had stolen it, and went on to attack him.

Conrad had claimed that he had killed Alan's parents by poisoning them. After a suspension, an autopsy was done and it was found that there was no poison found in their body. This left Alan full of anxiety, and has continued to struggle in trusting anyone.

### Suspension

Now Suspended, Alan had tasked CJ Whogley with keeping Kane safe as his sidekick Oriobin. Meanwhile, characters such as Cooper King and Terry D'Lunes came to check in on him, leading to an end to friendships in Terry's case, or the reveal of a new Hero, like in Cooper's example.

Alan received a letter saying that he must return to protect a new section of Kane, called Novick Detention.

### Inside Detention

In school suspension was not easy for Alan, as he had grown to believe that he was surrounded by criminals and thieves. Alan proceeded to stop fights through violence as he went on to try and solve the Black Mask case. While in Novick, he met Madalyn, who would soon become his girlfriend. Working with Emily Sampson and CJ Whogley, Alan discovered Bartholomew Lowe, the former hand, to be the leader of this puppet selling ring. This leads to a massive school-wide riot, which Alan and crew have to put a stop to.

### Revealing His Identity

Alan proceeded to reveal his identity as the masked vigilante Batfold, announcing as well that he would open Novick School, causing him to move out of his mansion into a small house in the suburbs. This led him to start recruiting other Origami Heroes to be on his team, "The Justice Pleats."