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History
Origins
The birth of Gotham City is one shrouded in both mystery and mysticism. Millennia ago, an evil warlock was buried alive beneath what would one day become the central island of Gotham. It is alleged that while the warlock laid in a state of torpor, his evil essence seeped into the soil, poisoning the ground with his dark, corruptive touch. By the warlock's own reasoning, he claims that he fathered the modern spirit of Gotham City and has even taken to calling himself Doctor Gotham.[1]

The territory surrounding Doctor Gotham's burial spot was also the home of an ancient Native American tribe known as the Miagani. The Miagani inhabited the Gotham islands several centuries before European explorers ever crossed the Atlantic. The Miagani tribe is no longer in existence, and there is much speculation as to their final fate. One posited theory suggests that a shaman named Blackfire came to them, proclaiming to be a holy messenger. Within short order however, Blackfire took control of the Miagani and proved to be a cruel and evil tyrant. The Miagani chieftain Chief Paleface demanded that Blackfire leave the tribe, but the shaman would not be silenced, and he struck down Paleface with his staff, killing him. The other Miagani revolted against Blackfire. They shot him with their arrows and tied him to a pole to die. Blackfire didn't die though, so the Miagani sealed him inside of a cave. They erected a totem in front of the tomb as a warning sign of the evil that resided within. Some sources cite that Shaman Blackfire emerged from the cave and used his power to cause a blight across the land. As such, the Miagani had little choice but to abandon their homes in search of fertile ground. Two days into their journey, a rival tribe came upon them and slaughtered all of the Miagani. Some legends however, say that it was actually Shaman Blackfire who murdered them.[2]

17th Century
In 1609, the Dutch East India Company selected English explorer Henry Hudson to chart an easterly passage to Asia. Along his journey, he surveyed the Northeastern coastal region of what would one day become the United States.[3] Following Hudson's course, Dutch pioneers sailed for this New World and began populating the region once inhabited by the Miagani. The pioneers established themselves in two different colonies. One colony was set up along the shore where fishing was plentiful, and the other was developed further inland. The latter colony came upon the sealed cave with the Miagani totem erected before it. Unaware of its significance, they ignored the totem's warning and loosed Shaman Blackfire from the cave. The colonists were never seen again. Two days later, men from the coastal community traveled to visit their inland brothers. When they arrived in the village, they found the town deserted. Pools of blood dotted the streets, but there were no bodies. A trapper claimed to have seen the image of a naked Indian walking from the woods to the settlement.[2]

19th Century
During the latter half of the 18th century and the early half of the 19th century, Gotham was a major port city known as Gotham Town. Beginning as early as 1799, Darius Wayne began construction on a family estate that would eventually become known as Wayne Manor.

On January 1st, 1800, the frontiersman known as Tomahawk became embroiled in a fight with a British spy named Lord Gerald Shilling. Shilling had disguised himself as Tomahawk's close ally Stovepipe in order to get in close enough to procure a piece of mystical amber that Tomahawk had acquired from occultist Jason Blood years earlier. The two fought one another inside of an immense, bat-filled cavern not far from the Wayne estate. During the fight, the piece of amber fell into a stream of molten fluid. Shilling reached to retrieve it, and the amber fused itself to his hand, mummifying his entire arm. Tomahawk severed the arm and returned with it to Gotham Town. The arm and amber later became known as the Claw of Aelkhünd. The cavern in which the two fought one another would later service modern age super-hero Batman as the Batcave.[4]

In 1840, Gotham underwent a major urban planning initiated by Judge Solomon Wayne and architect Cyrus Pinkney that laid the foundation of Gotham City.[5] Under Wayne's commission, Pinkney's design was meant to invoke a "bulwark against the godlessness of the wilds wherein we may nurture the gifts of Christian civilization and be protected from the savagery which lurks in untamed nature."[6] Pinkney saw his designs as an organic whole, almost a living being that would itself fight against evil. Gargoyles to frighten people onto the path of righteousness; rounded edges to confuse malevolent beings; thick walls to lock in virtue. It also had many elevated walkways, with some buildings connected to each other in such a way as they could not stand alone. Although vehemently criticized by Wayne's fellow Gothamites, the edifice pleased the judge and, in fact was highly successful in that it attracted others to locate their ventures nearby - which in fact became the focal point for a thriving commercial center in Gotham's financial district. Together Wayne and Pinkney raised no fewer than a dozen other similar buildings. Pinkney's "Gotham Style" structure, for a time, was widely imitated, both in Gotham and elsewhere despite universal vilification in the architectural world.[7]

In 1895, the legend of Solomon Grundy was born when Gothamite Cyrus Gold, through varying accounts, came to his death in Slaughter Swamp that led to his transformation into the undead being who would emerge to the public fifty years later.

By the end of the century, Gotham City became a bustling hub of industry. However, it also became a haven for crime, known more for its poverty, the squalidness of its slums and the utter corruption of its government than for commercial and cultural achievements.

20th Century
By the 1930s, crime and corruption had reached a significant height in Gotham in which it became immortally characterized as a dark foreboding metropolis. At the same time, however, Gotham became the home of two of the earliest super-heroes: the Golden Age Green Lantern and Black Canary. Eventually, the Justice Society of America would even make its headquarters in Gotham for a short while. However, no matter what good these forces managed to do, the city remained in the control of organized crime.

During the 1950s, Gotham evolved with the changing times, particularly in light of the paranoia perpetuated by the Cold War. Various bomb shelters were erected all throughout the city. By the 1960s, Gotham City planners began an ambitious project called the Underground Highway. Beginning at Fourth Avenue, they began building an actual subterranean thoroughfare designed to link with the subway system. They only managed to complete two-hundred yards worth of tunnel before budget cuts forced them to abandon the project. In later years, the unfinished highway became a haven for the homeless and even a few criminals such as Killer Croc.[8]

Crime in Gotham would continue to proliferate in the later half of the century. This increase in criminal activity would provide Gotham to host its iconic super-hero, Batman. Other vigilantes such as Robin, Batgirl, and the Huntress appeared in the years that followed, countering the increased evil with their presence. But with heroes, Gotham was also introduced to a number of outlandish, yet very dangerous super-villains such as the Joker, the Penguin, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, Riddler, and Scarecrow.

No Man's Land
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Gotham City devastated by the "Cataclysm".
Shortly following Ra's al Ghul's attempt to contaminate Gotham with a deadly virus, the city suffered an magnitude 7.6 earthquake in an event commonly referred to as the "Cataclysm". With hopes for rehabilitating the broken city, the United States government declared it a "No Man's Land," which effectively quarantined the entire island city. Eventually, thanks in no small part to the financial and political machinations of Lex Luthor — dipping his hands, as ever, in both legitimate and illegal means to achieve his goals — Gotham City was released and rebuilt, and rejoined the United States.

War Games
Gotham later fell into a massive gang war between many of the city's major criminal groups following a botched contingency plan created by Batman that was implemented by Stephanie Brown (without Batman's permission). The end results allowed the crime lord Black Mask to single-handedly rule over the city's organized crime until his death at the hands of Catwoman and a temporary police arrest warrant on vigilantes until being revoked by Police Commissioner James Gordon.

Points of Interest
Brown Gotham Map-791759
Map of Gotham
Neighborhoods
Brideshead
Burnley
Burnside
Cherry Hill
Chinatown
Devil's Square
East End
Crime Alley
Gotham Heights
Gotham Village
Miller Harbor
Otisburg
The Hill
The Narrows
Tricorner
Public locations
Archie Goodwin International Airport
Gotham City General Hospital
Gotham City Police Headquarters
Gotham Public Library
Robinson Park
Businesses
Ace Chemical Processing Plant
S.T.A.R. Labs
Monarch Theater
Tobacconists' Club
Wayne Enterprises
Wayne Aerospace
Wayne Industries
Media
Gotham Broadcasting Company (GBC)
Gotham Gazette
Other locales
Arkham Asylum
Batcave
Blackgate Penitentiary
Club Vesuvius
Hall of Justice (Super Friends continuity only)
Iceberg Lounge
Justice Society Headquarters
Slaughter Swamp
Wayne Manor
Wayne Tower

Residents
Gotham City Earth One
Heroes
Earth-Two
Batman (Bruce Wayne)
Green Lantern (Alan Scott)
Huntress (Helena Wayne)
Robin (Dick Grayson)
Earth-One
Ace the Bat-Hound
Bat-Girl (Bette Kane)
Batman (Bruce Wayne)
Bat-Mite
Batwoman (Katherine Kane)
Ragman (Rory Regan)
Nightwing (Dick Grayson)
Modern
Azrael (Jean-Paul Valley)
Batgirl (Barbara Gordon)
Batman (Bruce Wayne)
Batwoman (Katherine Kane)
Black Bat (Cassandra Cain)
Birds of Prey
Black Canary (Dinah Laurel Lance)
Huntress (Helena Bertinelli)
Catwoman (Selina Kyle)
Jason Blood
Nightwing (Dick Grayson)
Ragman (Rory Regan)
Red Robin (Tim Drake)
Robin (Damian Wayne)
Villains
Anarky
Bane
Black Mask
Blockbuster (Mark Desmond)
Blockbuster (Roland Desmond)
Calculator
Calendar Man
Catman
Cavalier
Clayface (Basil Karlo)
Clayface (Clay Payne)
Clayface (Matt Hagen)
Clayface (Preston Payne)
Clayface (Sondra Fuller)
Cluemaster
Deadshot
Doctor Double X
Doctor Phosphorous
Dragoncat
Electrocutioner
Film Freak
Firebug
Firefly
Grotesk
Harley Quinn
Hugo Strange
Hush (Thomas Elliot)
Joker
KGBeast
Killer Moth
King Snake
Kite-Man
Lady Shiva
Lockup
Mad Hatter
Man-Bat
Maxie Zeus
Mister Freeze
Victor Zsasz
Nocturna
Penguin
Poison Ivy
Red Hood (Jason Todd)
The Riddler
Rupert Thorne
Scarecrow
Silver Monkey
Solomon Grundy
Talia al Ghul
The Terrible Trio
Tweedle-Dee
Tweedle-Dum
Two-Face
Others
Robert Langstrom
Alberto Falcone
Alfred Pennyworth
Anthony Zucco
Carmine Falcone
Crispus Allen
Eddie Skeevers
Francine Langstrom
Harvey Bullock
Irene Miller
James Gordon
Janice Porter
Jason Bard
Jim Corrigan
Joe Chill
Leslie Thompkins
Lucius Fox
Martha Wayne
Renee Montoya
Silver St. Cloud
Sofia Falcone
Thomas Wayne
Tony Zucco
Vicki Vale
Sports Teams
Baseball
Gotham City Eagles
Gotham Giants
Gotham Goliaths
Gotham Griffins
Gotham Guardians
Gotham High Hawks
Gotham Knights
Gotham Mammoths
Basketball
Gotham Gators
Gotham Goliaths
Gotham Guardsmen
Gotham Knights
Football
Gotham City Wildcats
Gotham High Titans
Gotham Rogues
Hockey
Gotham Blades
Gotham City Giants
Gotham City Knights

Notes
The concept of Gotham City was first developed by Bill Finger and Bob Kane.
In the early Batman stories, his home base was established as New York. The name "Gotham City" was first used in Detective Comics #48.[9]

Trivia
In the Golden and Silver Age Gotham Cities, the rooftops were littered with bizarre gigantic props that were often used as staging places by villains, but by the 1970's they had all but been removed. In Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #3, it's revealed that Humpty Dumpty is responsible for this, as he once accidentally set off a chain reaction causing all of the props to be knocked down off of their rooftops, like a chain of dominoes. This caused the senate to actually place a ban against giant unnecessary props, referred to as the "Sprang" Act.

Recommended Reading
Azrael: Agent of the Bat
Batgirl
Batman
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight
Batman: Shadow of the Bat
Birds of Prey
Catwoman (Volume 1)
Catwoman (Volume 2)
Catwoman (Volume 3)
Detective Comics
Gotham Central
Huntress (Volume 1)
Huntress (Volume 2)
Nightwing (Volume 1)
Nightwing (Volume 2)
Nightwing/Huntress
Robin (Volume 1)
Robin (Volume 2)
Robin (Volume 3)
Robin (Volume 4)
World's Finest (Volume 1)

Related Articles
Batman Family
Batman Villains
Gotham City Police Department

See Also
Appearances of Gotham City
Location Gallery: Gotham City
Catalogued images related to Gotham City

Links and References
Gotham City article at Wikipedia
Map of Gotham City
Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
Batman Secret Files and Origins #1
DC Atlas
↑ Shadowpact #5
↑ 2.0 2.1 Batman: The Cult #1
↑ Daily Planet Guide to Gotham City
↑ Swamp Thing (Volume 2) #86
↑ Batman: Gates of Gotham #2
↑ Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #27
↑ Batman Secret Files and Origins #1
↑ Batman #471
↑ Trivia in Batman #254.
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Rules: You can post long or short, if you like posting short. Then tell me, I don't want you to type long or anything like that.
2. No GODMODDING! If you do, I will have to give you 3 major warnings, if you just keep doing it. I will kick you out of the Batman RP Gotham Chaos.
3. For Arkham Fans, it's soon coming, I'll create a Batman Arkham Roleplay soon.
4. Gotham is the majority roleplay!
5. If you are confused what a Role-Player says, just define it. I do it before using a basic word. It makes you look professional, I made this Free Roleplay for people that have slow computers.
6. On OOC, I'll post more facts about the GCPD areas and more places in Gotham City.
7. I have a Asylum group now, I probably PMed all the members here. Here's the link; http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/81923-batman-arkham-asylum-madness-connected-to-batman-gotham-chaos/ooc You can come here to visit inmates. Stop a outbreak that inmates sometimes cause. So, that's probably it for Arkham. Also you have to confirm your status inside of the OOC before posting. Like if you are a villain, you can put jailed or visitor or so.
8. Soon going to make it Advanced sense I'm making long paragraphs too. And also, I've chosen ONE GM. The second will probably be someone that is responsible and trusting.
9. You need to be active enough, I know it's strange but I'm the activest GM. Also, everyone, go back on CHAR and post how active you are. (It doesn't have to be exact.)
10. There will be a ton of bios on here. Including news and etc.
11. I did this for fun, so if your saying if I'm just saying something funny in OOC funny, then just laugh it off or something. Roleplaying is suppose to be fun.

History
The Gotham State Penitentiary was the primary correctional facility of Gotham City prior to the establishment of Blackgate Island. It is located in the neighborhood of Sommerset, some twelve miles north of Arkham Asylum. Although Gotham's more deranged criminals were usually incarcerated at Arkham, the Gotham State pen filled its cells with prisoners who were just as notorious, but no less deadly. Such inmates included the Penguin, Catman, Deadshot, and the Cavalier. Shortly after the Crisis on Infinite Earths event, the Gotham State Pen was the scene of a massive breakout executed by the eco-terrorist Ra's al Ghul. Ra's not only released all of the prisoners from the prison, but he also provided them with their costumes and weapons, while simultaneously uniting them with escaped patients from Arkham Asylum. [1]

I guess that's all, I'll edit this some more for more rules and news etc.
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Oi @TimeToRP can you slow down the Speed Posting just a little, Because by the time I finish posting, you already posted like 3 posts and it's a bit hard to keep up, thanks in advance!
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Oh :P, what about Savi?


Not much to say but we need more people…
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I made a Asylum group, I'll PM you the link and name. If you get jailed you stay there, or if there's a outbreak of inmates escaping. Heroes go there.
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Confirm your character first :) Like the others did.
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I know it sounds ridiculous, but how do I confirm a image? Cause it doesn't show for me in a post sometimes when your demonstrating a char or for show. .. Or it's URL?
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History of GCPD
Acting as both ally and opponent of Batman, the superhero long-established in Gotham, the GCPD has long been steeped in political corruption, with numerous officers both high-and-low ranking involved in bribery and even more serious offenses such as drug-trafficking and murder.

The GCPD's reputation for corruption dated back through most of the century, stemming from high offices.

One of the earliest known commissioners of the GCPD was Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb, under the bankroll of Carmine Falcone, who made sure Loeb and his force did not interfere with his operations.

The strongest blow against police corruption in the force came when an increasing amount of conspiracy charges against Loeb forced him to resign his position, replaced by Peter Grogan. The Falcone crime family, which had a stranglehold on Gotham's underground for generations, finally crumbled when a series of killings shook the structure of the mafia organization. After the death of Carmine Falcone, the mob lashed out in sloppy, retaliatory crimes, which, in combination with rising gang violence, severely crippled organized crime in Gotham City. Simultaneously, the ebbing presence of corrupt police officers allowed James Gordon to become the new commissioner, a man determined to eradicate crime wherever it existed.

Gordon served for a long period, until messy politics began to chip away at his position.

The GCPD has had a long love-hate relationship with the city's vigilante known as Batman. Commissioner Gordon went along with him because Batman got the job done. The GCPD received in short order three more commissioners, including Sarah Essen. Gordon was finally restored to office, until he retired. His successor, Commissioner Michael Akins ordered the arrest of Batman and had the Batsignal removed from the roof of Gotham Central. Corruption and rot within the police department also rose during Akins' tenure as Commissioner.

Current status of GCPD
As of DC's One Year Later, James Gordon has been reinstated as Commissioner, along with Harvey Bullock after Akins left the force for good. Harvey came back on disciplinary probation after helping expose a criminal drug ring. Relation with Batman, including the Bat-Signal, have been established once more. Other characters from Gotham Central have appeared in the recent Tales of the Unexpected miniseries, featuring Crispus Allen as the The Spectre. Thus far, Detective Driver has appeared in a speaking role. It is unknown what has happened to Commissioner Akins, but it is implied that, following revelations of massive corruption within the department, there has been a drastic cleaning-of-house within the department.

Kate Kane referred to Akins as police commissioner in the weekly 52 series, which reveals the events of the missing year. A later issue, however, showed a brief snapshot of Commissioner Gordon's welcome back party. The circumstances of Akins's departure and Gordon's reinstatement have yet to be explained. A rising amount of costumed villains bought the need for the GCPD to respond accordingly. A Major Crimes Unit was founded under the command of Sarah Essen and Mackenzie Bock. Captain Maggie Sawyer from Metropolis is currently the commander of the MCU department, and has ended her relationship with former lover Toby Raines.

Divisions of GCPD
Homicide Division
The division that handles murders and some of the more serious non-metahuman crimes in Gotham. This is the division Gordon was a part of before becoming commissioner. Harvey Bullock formerly worked in this division. Former private investigator Jason Bard is now working on homicide cases for this division.
Major Crimes Unit
Led by Capt. Maggie Sawyer, who previously served in Metropolis in a similar position with that city's police, the MCU deals with the most serious crimes, often involving supervillans or politically sensitive cases. This division is the focus of the comic book series Gotham Central.
Quick Response Team
Led by Lt. Gerard "Jerry" Hennelly, the QRT is the GCPD's SWAT unit.
13th Precinct
Main article: Gotham City Police Department, 13th Precinct
One of the precincts of the GCPD that presumably specialized in undercover operations. Commissioner James Gordon picked a 10-man squad to go undercover into Arkham City to investigate what is the true nature of the city-wide prison facility, but they ended up exposed and captured from an information leak.

Gotham City Police Department (Nolan Films)
Commissioner James Gordon
Chief Clancy O'Hara
Detective Harvey Bullock
Detective Renee Montoya

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The link for the first dicussion. http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/81953-batman-gotham-chaos-prequel-to-sequel-discussion-1-the-joker-and-gcpd/ooc#post-2731625
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