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The way I see it, we'll start with a little family time the night before then Tandem will attack the wedding itself. AND SO IT BEGINS!

Pulling one hand from the warmth of a pocket, long standing detective Harvey Bullock squats down to grab the dead girls chin, pushing the head to the left side until the wounds that were once hidden becomes visible as two small, ovate holes in the right temple ooze red and white. “Ain’t she pretty?” A young officer, clad in a black leather jacket and converse shoes watched as the snow fell onto the still warm body and blood leaked into the snow. “Two puncture wounds to the head, no other signs of trauma or struggle, yep, I’d say sleeping beauty here was targeted, Grayson” Dick Grayson, three years on the force and already a detective, a perk of dating the Commissioner’s daughter? Perhaps. Or maybe it comes down to the fact that the GCPD has the highest mortality rate and longest list of corrupt cops in the United States and nobody rarely signs up without an ulterior motive. “Wait a second” The sound of someone falling through the sky wasn’t many men had heard but when you grow up falling in a circus act, it’s something you never forget. “HARVEY MOVE!” Dick pushed his colleague out of the way as something crashed onto the hood of their car. A pair of glowing yellow eyes was staring back at them. A masked figure with two blades stained with blood on each hand was crouched opposite them. “Catch me if you can” It hissed before taking off into the strengthening snowfall. “Harvey, stay with the body” Dick took off after the assailant leaving Harvey alone with the victim. “I hate it when he does that hero stuff” Oh Harv if you only knew…. The guy could move and he moved well. He was floating over cars like it was nothing. Running up walls like anybody could do it. This killer moved liked a Robin. “Not today Grayson” A shine of a blade under the neon sign of the ACE Chemicals caught Dicks’ eyes. Dodging the throwing knife was difficult. He was a little rusty. Sliding back to his feet, the killer was gone. “Damn it!” he growled kicking a trash can over. He couldn’t let this happen again. If Dick wasn’t going to catch this kind of criminal, he was going to have to get back in the game. An hour later, Dick stood outside the front door of Wayne Manor, his girlfriend Barbara at his side. “Barb this is gonna suck. You realise this right?”

Awesome! I'm working on the intro post now. Just to give everyone a heads up, we're starting off the night before the wedding.

> Well I planned on having him be the "I have an idea who all of you are but...I'm gonna look over here." kinda Gordon. With Barbara I wanted him to know about Oracle...maybe babs told him? When I was envisioning the history and such of the rp, this very much the kind of idea I had for Gordon. He's more or less figured out the identities of the bat family but he and Bruce have a silent understanding "I know who you are, I'm gonna pretend I don't" Also that Batfamily picture is sweet, may need to steal that and use it as our logo! Still waiting on Ruby and Spidey to post their CS and Angel to finish his Gordon

 _“My heart is cold, unfeeling. What little humanity was left in me has been stolen. It was stolen by YOU! Let me show you how harsh winter can be…” – Victor Fries_ **• Name** - Victor Fries **• Alias** - Mr Freeze **• Age** - 56 **• Occupation** - Criminal - Scientist **• Skills & Abilities** - Genius Level Intellect - Hand to Hand Combat - Weapons Proficiency - Inventor ** • Equipment** -Exo Suit - Freeze Gun - The Interface **• Personality & History** _Born from Ice_ Victor Fries was born in Lowell, Nebraska. As a boy, he and his mother Lorraine would enter the city's annual snowman contest at the first snow. On one such occasion, they were crossing a frozen lake when his mother fell through the ice. Though she survived the experience, she was never the same. For a year, she was confined to a wheelchair with severe brain damage. When the snowman contest came that next year, she had become such a burden on him that Victor’s abusive father Charles led her across the same frozen lake, and allowed her to break through the ice again and drown. _Nora_ After further years of abuse and after repressing all his rage, Victor moved to Gotham City. In college, he felt that he may never feel a warm touch, but then came [Nora](http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120624173039/truebloodfanfic/images/thumb/a/a8/Mandy-Moore-2012.jpg/500px-Mandy-Moore-2012.jpg), a beautiful athlete, with whom he fell deeply in love with and ultimately married. He later got a job teaching cryogenics at the local college. Nora later fell terminally ill with a rare malady. Fries left teaching and took on a job working for a large drug company called GothCorp, run by the ruthless Ferris Boyle, so he could find a cure. Using his great intellect and passion for cryogenics, Fries discovered a way to put Nora into cryo-stasis (using company equipment), hoping to sustain her until a cure could be found. _Heart of Ice_ Boyle found out about the experiment and cancelled the funding, attempting to have Nora brought out of stasis and overruling Fries' frantic objections. A struggle ensued, which resulted in Fries becoming engulfed in his own cryogenic coolants and being left for dead. Fries survived, but the chemicals had altered his body chemistry and his body temperature was lowered dramatically; he could now only survive at sub-zero temperatures. Fries escaped, unnoticed with the frozen Nora. The process not only effected Victor physically but emotionally too. Fries became even more emotionally withdrawn and colder than normal, his love for Nora transforming into a borderline obsessive psychosis. Seeing no other option, Victor built a suit to sustain his life and turned to crime. He became a long-time nemesis of Batman in his constant misguided search for a cure for his wife. _Incident on Robert Kane Bridge_ After years at war with the Batman and in his desperate search for a cure, Victor finally made a break through. Unfortunately fate stepped in. On the run with Nora in the back of his truck, Freeze was speeding out of Gotham only to be stopped on the Robert Kane Bridge by Batman. Soon enough a wave of Freeze’s goons descended on the old red bridge, Batman was overwhelmed until an old friend returned. Dick appeared amongst the fray and helped Batman fight off his attackers. During the course of the fight, Batman forced the cure into Victor which surprisingly cured his biology from its icy infection. A stray bullet deflected by Dick lit up a gas tanker and the frozen Nora was blown into the river where she was forever lost. _Blood in the Snow_ Victor managed to escape the battle and retreated to the Alaskan wilderness. After a year of isolation, Victor had lost the little humanity left in his cold soul. Using one of his underworld contacts, Fries secretly returned to Gotham and began conducting his experiments. Enter James Fuller and Robert Vans, to black ops soldiers known for their synergy in battle. When the duo were killed in a firefight, their bodies were stolen and delivered to the cold hearted villain for experimentation. Fries’s benefactor wanted weapons for his own personal gain but Victor had another agenda on his mind; revenge. Developing a communication and control network named the Interface, Victor would use this tool to manipulate his newest creations, the Tandem. Now all he needed was platform for his vengeance. The wedding of Gotham’s favourite son was the perfect option… 

Just a summary for now. I'll be posting Freeze's sheet hopefully today and then we can get started in the IC tomorrow!

**Blood in the Snow: ** Every night for twenty two years, Bruce Wayne has risked his life to protect Gotham City from urban decay and gross injustice. On this Christmas Day however, he is about to take the biggest risk of his life; he’s getting married! With invites sent to Gotham’s elite and his own adopted and extended family, Bruce is the most scared he’s ever been. Unbeknownst to the Prince of Gotham, an old vendetta is about to rear its ugly head as an enemy from the sordid past makes his presence known…. It’ll take the entire combined efforts of the Bat-Family to combat the threat of Mr Freeze and his Tandem creations. A mystery still looms however. What happened three years ago? Why have Bruce and Dick never talked about it? How can the family stop Freeze’s onslaught before tragedy strikes? 

 _• “Oh honey, this devil does wear Prada” – Selina Kyle_ **• Name** - Selina Lorna Kyle **• Alias** - Catwoman **• Age** - 46 **• Occupation** - Businesswoman - Owner of Kyle Kustom Jewellery - Vigilante - Former Thief **• Skills & Abilities** - Acrobatics: - Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced) - Stealth: - Thievery: - Disguise - Feline Empathy **•Equipment** - Catwoman Costume - Razor Claws - Whip **• Personality & History** _A Stray Kitten_ Selina Kyle's early life was defined by tragedy. When she was just a girl, her brutalized mother Maria committed suicide and her violent father Brian drank himself to death soon after. Selina was separated from her younger sister Maggie and she remanded to the Sprang Hall Juvenile Detention Centre, an abusive state home for orphaned or delinquent girls. Eventually, she escaped the Centre and tried pickpocketing the crowd at a carnival outside Gotham City but failed. She was caught by the man who run the place and he offered her to join the carnival. Selina agreed and soon she learned the art of contortionism, gymnastics, magic and trickery. Using her new learned skills, Selina also improved her pickpocketing skills. When the owner of the carnival died in a tragic accident, Selina decided to take her chances on the streets of Gotham City. On her first night alone, she witnessed the murder of Martha Wayne, unbeknownst to Selina, the little boy at the centre of the event would have a great effect on her life. _Gotham City Siren_ In the intervening years, Selina graduated from picking pockets to full blown robbery and her personal favourite; confidence schemes. Her reputation became so great, the papers labelled her the Gotham City Siren. Unfortunately for Selina, she always wasted whatever score she had taken and had to keep robbing and robbing. When the Batman surfaced, he inspired Selina. This tall dark mystery man completely overtook her interest. After stealing a prototype combat suit from Waynetech, Selina transformed herself into Catwoman. Whilst as the Cat she stalked the Bat, as Selina she stalked Bruce Wayne, the little boy from all those years ago. _Love Story_ Targeting Bruce was always just supposed to be a con. Selina never had any intention of falling in love with the man. However an unspoken bond that neither could explain was too strong to ignore, it was like gravity pulling them together. Whilst Bruce taught Selina the fine art of money handling, their respective alter egos were also drawn together. For years, the Bat and the Cat danced around each other, the emotions so thick, so powerful. Finally after so long, Batman and Catwoman give into their feelings and a night of passion leads to the discovery of their civilian identities. After much deliberation, the two decided to look away from the past and look to a bright future, a future together… The two are looking at a White Christmas wedding but with all of Bruce’s “children” coming home for the wedding, Selina is worried. Once upon a time she had fought every single one of them, how could they accept her as their new mom? **• Character Impressions** TBA **• Story Arc** TBA **• Extra** - Selina is still in contact with her Birds of Prey friends Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy - Bruce recently gifted her with his mother’s mythical pearls 

 _ “I am vengeance. I am the night. I AM BATMAN!” – Bruce Wayne_ **• Name** - Bruce Anthony Wayne **• Alias** - The Batman **• Age** - 46 **• Occupation** - CEO of Wayne Enterprises - The DAMN Batman **• Skills & Abilities** - Ugh….he’s Batman **• Equipment** - Too much to name **• Personality & History** _Gotham Royalty_ February 19th 1968. Solomon Wayne Hospital. It is a particularly stormy night in Gotham City. A clown attempts to make his son laugh. Haly’s circus rolls into town and renowned surgeon Thomas Wayne and his wife Martha welcome baby Bruce into the world. The Wayne family more or less owned half of Gotham, the other half being held by the Kane family of which Martha was a distant relative. Young Bruce was doted on by his father, mother and godfather Alfred Pennyworth (whom also acted as the family butler). The Wayne’s were the stars in the eyes of all of Gotham, they were so loved. One of Bruce’s favourite memories is one night when he was nine, he and his mother were at a train platform and conversed with a young drifter named Joe (unbeknownst to all, the father of Superman). Everything was great for the Wayne family until that cold wintery night in December 1977, outside the Monarch theatre when Martha was gunned down in the coldest blood by a mugger after her pearls. _The First Dark Knight._ Upon the murder of his wife, something inside Thomas Wayne snapped and he donned a dark costume and with influence and aid from his friend Alfred, he became the first Batman. The two men fought the corruption of Gotham for six years, all the while young Bruce watched them meticulously, intent on following in his father’s footsteps. In 1984, Wayne Manor burned to the ground with Thomas and Wayne inside it. Bruce had lost everyone. Lucius Fox, another friend of the late Thomas took Bruce in and while the manor was slowly being rebuilt, Fox helped to immerse Bruce even further into his father’s legacy by taking him off on a trip around the world. _Year One_ In January of 1993, the Gotham Gazette reports strange sitings of a bat like creature. The reports were similar to that of a creature supposedly seen in Gotham between 1977 and 1984. Shortly after, a now adult Bruce Wayne returned to Gotham. After a particularly hostile hostage situation, rookie beat cop James Gordon comes face to face with the Batman and a lifelong partnership is born. In his first year as the dark knight, Bruce seems to cause the manifestation of a new kind of criminal. A man in clown paint. A woman in a cat costume. A portly fella with a crooked nose and an umbrella. Here cometh the rogues. _My Family_ A trip to the circus changed everything. When Bruce Wayne attended the circus that night with Selina Kyle, little did he expect to stare into the face of his past and his future. The Graysons were murdered in front of their only child’s eyes, just like Bruce’s years before. A connection was formed instantly and Bruce took in the child. From that moment on, nothing was the same as shortly after, the first Robin was born. Grayson. Gordon. Todd. Drake. Kane. Brown. Cain and Wayne. From the ashes of Gotham, a family of heroes was born. Now Bruce looks to add to that family with the addition of Selina Kyle. A white wedding? Or blood in the snow perhaps? **• Character Impressions** - Bruce plays thing close to the chest. You’ll find out his opinions in game **• Story Arc** _- Return of the Phantasm_ Once upon a time, a boy met a girl and fell madly in love. Secrets, lies and a penchant for the dramatic tore them apart. Reunited years later, love blossomed again until the same old problems forced them to separate once more. The time has come for this bond to be tested for the final time and it is to tested in the most unexpected and tragic of ways… **• Extra** - Batman doesn't drink alcohol to keep his physical state at his peak, but he tricks others around him by consuming ginger ale and pretending that it's alcohol. - Bruce has only said “I love you” three times. Andrea Beaumont being his first. Talia his second and Selina his third and final. - Secretly, Bruce always hated the Robin name but went along with it for the sake of his “children” 

So a decision has been reached. We will be going with Sloth's version of Jason. Archangel I hope there is another character you're interested in because you seem super talented and I'd hate to lose you. It was a tough call. I'm currently about to commence doing NPC CS for Bruce and Selina so people have more info to reference during posts. In regards to villains, we will need CS for them however we need only do them when the villains actually appear in story. As for story arcs, the current story arc will appear on the first ic post (giving you a summary of what's going on).