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History of The Batman

  • Birth

    Birth
    Gotham General
  • Started Preschool

    Started Preschool
    Star student
  • First Bat-Act

    First Bat-Act
    Jumped from block tower at preschool, rolled out of it like a boss
  • Period: to

    Childhood

    Contiued being a child, unknowingly honed his skills through Bat-Activites
  • Parents Killed

    Parents Killed
    Boom. Headshot.
  • Period: to

    Emotional Turmoil

    Years of regret and shame, hatred of Gotham's criminal culture builds. Doesn't really make friends. Alfred is around. Learns and begins strenuous fitness regimes.
  • 10th Birthday

    10th Birthday
    Alfred remembered. There was cake and lots of sympathetic old people.
  • 20th Birthday

    20th Birthday
    Sorted shit out, saw a bat. Joe Chill was just pardoned and subsequently shot in a mob coverup.
  • First Crime Fighting Experience

    First Crime Fighting Experience
    Stopped a robbery in progress... may have just accidentally run over the crimnal while blinded by grief and self loathing. Buys a bat costume at the store, Because... hey... bats.
  • Attends history curriculum class, it's life changing

    Attends history curriculum class, it's life changing
    What happens in Queen's courses, stays in Queen's courses. There was learning involved, that's all you need to know.
  • Changes Life Goals

    Changes Life Goals
    No longer interested in being a recluse. Now plans to be a recluse with cool gadgets and an overwhelming obsession with wearing black leather, spiked gauntlets, feature obscuring masks, and a complete disregard for safewords.
  • Crimefighting Progresses

    Crimefighting Progresses
    Finds some scumbags vandalizing an A&W, intimidates them with his cold stare. They cry. Then they go to jail. No one messes with The Batman's Mozza Burgers.
  • Met the White Squirrel, leader of The Kingston Squirrels

    Met the White Squirrel, leader of The Kingston Squirrels
    It's a real gang, google it. They have an intense discussion, boundaries are set. Bats are kind of just flying mice anyway, and squirrels are fancy tree mice... sooooooo.... logically..... BFFs.
  • It's been a while, let's check in

    It's been a while, let's check in
    Having further developed his costume and gadgetry (including his totally pimped out MR2, it comes in black). Crime has also been fought. And learning has happened, both about crimefighting and education. Gotta keep your options open, beating people with your mailed fists can only be a career for so long. You know, arthritis etc.
  • Attends a fancy costume party

    Attends a fancy costume party
    His outfit is a hit, little do the guests know that it's also incredibly effective for battling the mob and is fully machine washable (just don't put it with anything you wish to remain intact).
  • Meets a young sidekick

    Meets a young sidekick
    Meets Robin at a Denny's. He's super nerdy, but also an orphan. Seems like a good match.