Fandom Batman: Gotham's Guardian

[Birdsie]

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• Introduction
• Characters
• Rules

• Gotham City, located on the eastern coast of the United States, is a hive of scum and villainy like no other in the entire country, and maybe the entire world. It's almost as if though there was an entity - a spirit of the city - and one that feeds on darkness and despair, that infected it with malignant, tangible evil.
  
  Twenty-seven years ago, this evil was destined to give birth to yet another tragedy. When a small-time criminal, Joe Chill walked into an alleyway at the right time, he stumbled upon Gotham city's wealthiest family. Overtaken by greed, he killed the parents of the eight-year-old Bruce Wayne and fled the scene, leaving the boy alone and tormented.
  
  Most, in the boy's place, would waver and be consumed by the evil of the city and join its madness; become a brutal, inhuman catalyst of more tragedies in a never-ending cycle. But through willpower and perseverance, he endured the darkness and rather than let it take him, he took its reins and used it for good.
  
  Who is he, you ask? He is Gotham's protector and guardian. By night, her defender. By day, her first citizen.
  
  He's the Caped Crusader, the Dark Knight, the World's Greatest Detective. He is the Batman.
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  Let me say right off the bat - heh, bat, get it? - that I will accept original characters, but I'd like there to be a nice equilibrium. If everyone is a non-canon character, this wouldn't be that much of a Batmanverse Roleplay, just a random vigilante-villain-hero roleplay set in a place called Gotham City with vague DC Universe references.
  
  As such, there will be a limit of OCs. Before making one, please ask me for permission first. I'd like to get some canon characters before we get to original characters, but I'm willing to bargain.
  
  Second of all, I am allowing players for total creative freedom over their characters and their resources. Ergo, you can play any version or variant of the Joker you want, and if you play the Joker, you also control his gang.
  
  Generally, I request the players use Batmanverse characters or DC Universe characters that aren't strictly tied to the "gallery" of any specific pool of heroes or place.
  
  Here is a list of canon characters that I will require to start the roleplay. As in, without these necessary roles taken, we're not going anywhere at all.:
  - Batman (Bruce Wayne) [ Birdsie ] - If someone wants it I'm willing to swap
  - Police Commissioner James Gordon [ Safety Hammer ]
  
  Here is a list of secondary characters that we can start without, but are still major concerns on the list in the sense that playing without at least some of them wouldn't make much sense.
  - Batgirl/Oracle (Barbara Gordon) [ DiscoQuinn ]
  - Nightwing (Dick Grayson) [FREE]
  - Red Hood (Jason Todd) [ Hammy ]
  - Red Robin (Tim Drake) [ olive.tree ]
  - Robin (Damian Wayne) [FREE]
  - Robin/Spoiler (Stephanie Brown) [FREE]
  - Batwoman (Katherine Kane) [FREE]
  - 2nd Batgirl/Black Bat (Cassandra Cain) [ olive.tree ]
  - The Joker [ DiscoQuinn ]
  - Catwoman [FREE]
  - Harley Quinn [ Harley Quinn ]
  - The Penguin [FREE]
  - The Riddler [FREE]
  - Two-Face [FREE]
  - Mr. Freeze [FREE]
  - Poison Ivy [FREE]
  - Scarecrow [ Hammy ]
  - Bane [ Safety Hammer ]
  - Black Mask [ Hammy ]
  - Ra's al Ghul [FREE]
  - Azrael [ Safety Hammer ]
  
  Original Characters: [5/7]
  
  AGES for the Bat-Family:
  Bruce Wayne: 34 to 35. Can be younger biologically with the use of Lazarus Pit at the player's discretion.
  Barbara Gordon: 24-25
  Dick Grayson: 22-23
  Jason Todd: 21-22.
  Tim Drake: 18-19
  Stephanie Brown: Roughly the same as Tim Drake.
  Damian Wayne: 10-11
  Katherine Kane: Roughly same, or a little younger than Batman.
  Cassandra Cain: Around Jason Todd or Dick Grayon's ages.
  
  
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  Rules:
  - I am always right.
  - When I'm wrong, refer to the rule above.
  - Ask me when you want to play an OC. You must receive permission.
  - A person playing a character with control over an organization is responsible for playing NPCs from that organization. Gordon controls the police, Joker controls the Joker's gang, etc.
  - Don't be a meanie.
  - Use proper grammar and paragraphing.
  - Feel free to invite your friends! The more the merrier.
  - Have fun.
  

Tagging currently active people who participated previously as well as a few friends:
Rumble Fish Safety Hammer FireMaiden Kylesar1 Alteras Hammy Nomad_Queen Literally Batman Harley Quinn DiscoQuinn Archdemon

 

[Archdemon]

Yo, OC detective person, that's who I'm gonna be.

 

[Birdsie]

Yo, OC detective person, that's who I'm gonna be.

One out of five OC's claimed.

 

[Rage]

OC Fighter, my boy.

Birdsie HOOK ME UP TO THE VENOM, BOY!

 

[Birdsie]

OC Fighter, my boy.

Birdsie HOOK ME UP TO THE VENOM, BOY!

Two out of five OC's claimed. Also, damn it! We need Canon characters too! I knew this would happen!

 

[FireMaiden]

I wanna join, but I'd want to play an OC cause I hate playing cannon characters.

Plus, the sooner you get these spots filled, the sooner people are forced to choose cannon characters.

 

[Birdsie]

I wanna join, but I'd want to play an OC cause I hate playing cannon characters.

Plus, the sooner you get these spots filled, the sooner people are forced to choose cannon characters.

Three out of five!

 

[Safety Hammer]

Can I be Azrael?

Also dibs on Bane

 

[Birdsie]

Can I be Azrael?

Also dibs on Bane

Wonderful! Finally someone who understands me!

 

[Hammy]

Put me down for Scarecrow as a definite first-pick, and Jason Todd as a second. Maybe Roman Sionis if that's not too much and no one else desperately wants to play him.

 

[Safety Hammer]

Put me down for Scarecrow as a definite first-pick, and Jason Todd as a second. Maybe Roman Sionis if that's not too much and no one else desperately wants to play him.

If you are gonna be Roman Sionis, I have to be Black Mask

 

[Rage]

Now we have people on this thread now.

 

[Rumble Fish]

I'll be making an OC if that is cool with yall

 

[Safety Hammer]

OH SHIT SOMEONE HAS TO BE HUSH

 

[Hammy]

If you are gonna be Roman Sionis, I have to be Black Mask

You know, this statement isn't that far off given how many people have impersonated Roman and taken his moniker.

How we've hardly ever seen Roman lose his cool over the impersonation is beyond me.

 

[Birdsie]

Put me down for Scarecrow as a definite first-pick, and Jason Todd as a second. Maybe Roman Sionis if that's not too much and no one else desperately wants to play him.

*Moans* You've been written down as all of them.

I'll be making an OC if that is cool with yall

Four out of five.

 

[Rage]

Birdsie BACK! BACK! DEMON! *Makes finger latin cross and walks backwards*

 

[Archdemon]

We still need a commissioner Gordon.

 

[Rage]

We still need a commissioner Gordon.

Wut Arch said.

 

[Safety Hammer]

We still need a commissioner Gordon.

*mustache*

 

[Rage]

*mustache*

You gonna have three characters?

 

[Birdsie]

*mustache*

*Manly nod* Thank you.

 

[TekSoda]

Oc pls
wow that was close
playing canon just isnt fun imo

 

[DiscoQuinn]

Ooof I‘m down! I‘d be interested to play Joker and or Batgirl.

 

[Birdsie]

Oc pls
wow that was close
playing canon just isnt fun imo

Good.

Ooof I‘m down! I‘d be interested to play Joker and or Batgirl.

Goood.