Gotham: The Coming Storm
Gotham, simply the name itself brings to mind two words Batman and Crime. In recent years Gotham had started to become better, more peaceful. Needless to say it was a far cry from the city that Batman first appeared in to defend from the seedy underbelly. The Penguin seemingly gave up his life of crime and now runs the Iceberg Lounge, one of Gothams high end clubs, he also has been dabbling in local politics. Several of Batmans other villains have left for their own reasons, though some still stayed in Gotham. People have been moving to the city, and its economy has picked up a bit, though there is still a wide disparity between the citizens. Gotham was finally becoming a good place, though not everyone thought or thinks so.
The Great Detective himself couldn’t shake the feeling that something was coming. Almost everyone else from the most recent Robin to Nightwing, thought that Batman was simply yearning for the days when he was needed, in the city. They all urged him to finally retire or atleast take a break, and he of course refused. This in turned caused a bit of a schism and many of his heroic allies left Gotham to help where they were truly needed. For a while Batman even thought they were right, then something happened and he sent a message urging them to come back to Gotham. By the time they arrived back Batman had vanished without a trace, and Wayne Manor and the Batcave were empty. Not even the Late Alfreds grandchildren knew where he had gone, just that Bruce had left one day and while there had been reported sightings of Batman they then disappeared entirely.
It was almost as if the underbelly of Gotham had been waiting for this day, there was a massive breakout at Blackgate prison and Arkhum asylum both, this marked the turning point of Gotham’s recent change. Arkhum is now run and secured by a private mercenary group with rumored ties to a company outside of Gotham. A new casino was finished and reportedly it is run by a Villain known only as the Gambler, or the Cajun, who until then had been running high-stakes games out of the Lounge. Additionally a new gym and fight club has opened up in downtown Gotham and the Gotham Botanical gardens has reopened. Most notably of all however the Grandson of legendary crime boss Carmine Falcone has come to Gotham to whet his teeth against the city that destroyed his grandfather. He is reportedly responsible for the rumors of all the gangs not behind or connected to any of the major players in Gotham banding together.
Robin moved back to Gotham permanently to try to fill the void temporarily, but there were others that decided to do the same. The Red Hood was now no longer one person, jason Todd, it was now a series of people who assumed his mantle and chose to continue fighting in Gotham, they were little more than righteous assassins. They violently dealt with the criminals they encountered, using guns and other means at their disposal. It was in their profile in the Batcave that the current Robin accidentally activaed Batmans contingency should he go missing. A Signal went out to nearly all Heroes that Batman knew of or about that were in his database calling them to Gotham for help. Robin was somewhat glad to have the assistance, however unknown to him The various criminal powers had been doing the same for some time. Let us hope that Gotham, with the help of the heroes can weather the Coming Storm.
Hello and welcome to the Interest and TheoryCrafting Thread for Gotham: the Coming Storm, As you might guess by the name, this is a superhero rp set in the DC universe, and Gotham city in particular. You can be a Hero or villain, Original character or DC. You can have connections to existing DC heroes or villains, or create and entirely original one. If you do play a DC character, try to play them well, If I or my co-op’s deem you unworthy you may be booted from the character. While i do have a general idea of the Plot and characters, I would like help to further flesh out the world. Will any of you answer the Call?
