Hamilton Hill

**Hamilton Hill** is a major antagonist in *Batman: The Telltale Series*. The corrupt Mayor of Gotham City, he was the ally to crime boss Carmine Falcone and billionaire Thomas Wayne. Running the city with the group, Hill was still in office by the time Batman began operating. During the Children of Arkham's attacks on the city, Hill was both a pawn and a target for the group, due to his complicacy in the Arkham conspiracy.

## Biography

**Spoiler warning: *Plot and/or ending details follow.***

Hamilton Hill became Mayor of Gotham years before Thomas and Martha Wayne's murder in Crime Alley. He forged an alliance with the two and crime boss Carmine Falcone,
 running the politics whilst Falcone handled many of their operations
and the Wayne's legitimized their money. Though challenged to his place
as Mayor, Hamilton's opposition would frequently disappear, under
suspicious circumstances. One of his previous rivals included Theodore Cobblepot, who apparently committed suicide part way into his campaign.

With Thomas, Hamilton was responsible for convicting people who
refused their offers to Arkham, sending them insane with a psychogenic
chemical. One of them was Esther Cobblepot, the last remaining "of age" Cobblepot, who refused to sell land that later became the site of Wayne Tower.

Eventually, Martha saw that Thomas was going too far and
threatened to expose his crimes, before he did too much harm, worrying
Hill. He hired one of Falcone's hitmen Joe Chill to assassinate Thomas and Martha and make it look like a mugging gone wrong. Chill did so as they and their son Bruce
 returned home from a movie showing at the Monarch Theater. However,
Chill was caught, but Hamilton, and possibly Falcone, arranged for him
to be murdered in prison.

Nearly twenty years after that event, Hamilton was approached by Theodore and Esther's son, Oswald,
 who wanted to expose Gotham's corruption and remove those who were
corrupt from power. Either through blackmail or a willing alliance,
Hamilton gave him evidence to prove the Wayne's ties to corruption. He
also began compiling data to incriminate Carmine Falcone, either to hand
 over to Oswald or help boast his campaign as Mayor. Unknown to him,
Penguin also planned to kill him, once he had served his purpose. At the
 same time, Hamilton was challenged for his seat of Mayor by District
Attorney Harvey Dent.

### *Realm of Shadows*

At the beginning of the episode, Hill's office was attacked by the Children of Arkham and Catwoman,
 both of whom attempted to break into his vault and steal the data he
had compiled on Falcone. However, the latter was successful whilst the
mercenaries were caught by Batman. The next day, Hill authorized a
police warrant to search Wayne Manor and collect documents related to
Wayne Enterprises. This was either at the behest of Oswald or a smear
tactic to ruin Dent's campaign.

### *Children of Arkham*

Hill later called one of Penguin's men, demanding that he was let loose
and that the debate was not attacked. Later, Bruce Wayne, following a
confrontation with this man at the Stacked Deck Bar, came into position
of this phone and heard a recorded call from Hill to this henchman.
Deciding to confront Hill, he can choose to go either as himself or
Batman.

* Go as Bruce Wayne
* Go as Batman

Managing to charm Hill's secretary
 into letting him in, Bruce meets with Hill, who is practicing for that
night's debate. When Hill questions Bruce on why he is here, the latter
plays the recorded call made that day. Hill agrees to tell Bruce, if he
promises to stop funding Dent's campaign.

*If Bruce agrees to, Hill reveals how he, Thomas and Falcone*
took control of the city and gained property from those who disagreed.
He also shares information on why Penguin is attacking Gotham. Despite
Bruce's warnings, Hill claims that he is still in control. Before he
leaves, Hill gives Bruce his father's cufflinks, hoping that the two
will work together in the future. However, if Bruce refuses to, Hill
will threaten him to not release the recording. He then orders security
to escort him out the building.

Whilst on the call with his secretary,
 the power in Hill's office was suddenly cut. As he called out to her,
Batman made his presence aware to Hill. The vigilante questioned Hill on
 his connection to the Penguin, even playing a recording on the call he
had made. Hill tried to rebuke the conversation onto Wayne and, whilst
he was distracted, called for security. Batman responded by dangling
Hill from the balcony, demanding that Hill really told him the truth. He
 complied, telling him about Thomas Wayne's unlawful commission of
Gotham citizens to Arkham Asylum to gain control of their land and
wealth. Satisfied with what he had heard, Batman let Hill go and left as
 City Hall security guards appeared.

Hill was at the debate as it started, having prepared ahead of time
for it. As it began, Penguin and his men attacked, murdering the
moderator and taking the audience hostage. Bringing out a hostage
 to "host" the event, they forced her to inject Hill and Dent with the
same chemical used by him and his partners to commit people to Arkham.
Loosing control, Hill admitted to his darkest of thoughts, including his
 feelings about the citizens of the city and those in poverty. Penguin
also played a clip of him and Wayne committing Esther Cobblepot to
Arkham for refusing a deal they made to her.

As the GCPD tried to raid the debate, Batman attacked Penguin, but was brought into a fight with one of his men.
 As Penguin prepared to kill him, Hill confessed to having arranged
Chill's assassination of Waynes, claiming that he had done so after
believing Thomas Wayne had go too far. Penguin refused to spare him,
claiming that his actions had not saved his mother's life. Though Dent
tried to protect him, Cobblepot shot Hill dead, avenging his mother.

### Legacy

Following Hill's murder, Harvey Dent was unopposed and was sworn in as
Mayor. Hill's reputation as Mayor was also tarnished, with his links to
Falcone and the Waynes and activities with Arkham Asylum exposed by the
Children of Arkham. Lady Arkham, who had helped organize his murder,
also used his death, along with Falcone's, as an excuse to Batman for
reasons why she had helped the city during their final confrontation.
Batman himself can also see Hill's death as either a good thing,
believing that he had received justice, or as a negative, believing that
 he and Falcone had not received the proper punishment.

## Personality

Though he initially would appear to potential allies as friendly, Hill,
much like Thomas Wayne and Carmine Falcone, was known to be ruthless and
 willing to use any means to get and keep control of Gotham. It seems he
 was also somewhat cowardly, often relying on his employees and allies
to take care of problems or trying to shift the blame. Hill was also
willing to betray others for his own personal gain, as he did with both
Wayne and Falcone.

## Trivia

* Hamilton Hill created by Gerry Conway and Don Newton.

* Since Hill was the one who ordered Joe Chill to kill Thomas and Martha Wayne, he is indirectly responsible for Bruce becoming Batman.