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You don't need to know everything about DC to follow this story, but for the lore nerds and timeline truthers—here's a breakdown of where everyone stands in this version of Gotham. Consider this your declassified Bat-Family + Rogues Gallery cheat sheet.
💰 Bruce Wayne (Batman)
Status: Active
Notes: 32 years old. Gotham's richest man. Mentally unraveling. Still patrolling. Obsessively reliving Joker's death. Unshaven. Unstable. Unrelenting.
🎭 John Doe (Joker)
Status: Deceased... allegedly
Notes: 38 years old. Last seen in a fatal clash with Batman. Cave collapse. No body. Cause of death assumed to be blood loss or drowning. Name remains unconfirmed. "John Doe" is all the system has. Is he really gone?
🦇 Bat-Family
🌙 Dick Grayson (Nightwing)
Status: Active in Blüdhaven
Notes: First Robin. Now protector of Blüdhaven. Distant but checks on Bruce. Emotional anchor. Canonically has a top-tier ass.
🔫 Jason Todd (Red Hood)
Status: Active, off-grid
Notes: Second Robin. Died. Came back wrong. Now runs his own war on crime—lethal, uncompromising, emotionally unavailable. Keeps a distance from Bruce. Still watching. Still hurting.
🦉 Tim Drake (Robin)
Status: Temporarily reassigned
Notes: Current Robin. Relocated by Oracle. Smart, skeptical, and loyal. Misses Gotham more than he admits.
🧬 Damian Wayne (Former Robin)
Status: Off-grid
Notes: Bruce's biological son. No longer acting as Robin. Last seen training abroad. Radio silent.
🧯 Jim Gordon (Commissioner)
Status: Active
Notes: Gotham's last honest cop. Haunted by too many funerals and not enough justice. Still trusts Batman—barely. Chain-smoker. Sleeps in his office more than at home. Thinks he's too old for this, but won't quit until the city kills him or he saves it first.
🖥️ Barbara Gordon (Oracle)
Status: Active as Oracle
Notes: Former Batgirl. Now tech goddess. Jim Gordon's biological daughter. Their bond is close, but strained. Wheelchair-bound post-Killing Joke. Distrusts Bruce's judgment. Running intel from a distance.
🔧 Lucius Fox
Status: Support role
Notes: Wayne Enterprises genius. Keeps the tech running and the money clean. Passive but observant.
☕ Alfred Pennyworth
Status: Holding it all together
Notes: Father figure. Grade-A butler. Keeps the manor alive. Witty. Tired. Still making tea at 4pm sharp.
🦹♂️ Rogues & Villains
🧪 Jonathan Crane (Scarecrow)
Status: Missing
Notes: Testing new fear toxins. Last seen near the Narrows. Feared by everyone—even other villains.
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Red on Black
FanfictionBruce Wayne thought the Joker was dead. But he was wrong. Every night, Bruce dreams of the Joker's final moments in his arms, laughing through blood and pain, blaming him for the inevitable end. But the Joker isn't gone. Not in the way Bruce wishes...
