He chose the image of a bat, an old childhood fear, and began crafting an identity to prey on both of the superstitions and the cowardice of criminals. Returning to Gotham after several years abroad, ostensibly to reclaim his inheritance and become the CEO of his family's company, Bruce realized that he needed to become a symbol to fully utilize everything he'd learned on his journey. Mastering all of them, and even managing to defeat Kirigi's best student Shiva, Bruce earned the sensei's respect and was allowed access to the knowledge that he had been seeking as well as more advanced training. At first nothing more than servant and a foreigner, Bruce was eventually allowed to train with his students in Tokagure-Ryu and other Shinobi arts similar to the Japanese Ninjutsu. There, Bruce discovered a secret Korean monastery where he met martial arts master, Kirigi of the League of Assassins. He studied various detective techniques, criminal psychology, invention, computers, disguise, escape arts, tracking, acrobatics, weapons, and marksmanship to name a few.īruce went on a journey to learn and master the many highly refined forms of Asian martial arts and eventually traveled to North Korea. Bruce became obsessed with avenging his parents' murder and created a plan for the rest of his life.įor the next several years from his childhood to young adult life, Bruce trained extremely extensively to the height of mental and physical perfection. Bruce forever had his childhood stolen from him. The family's faithful butler, Alfred, became Bruce's legal guardian and tried to help. He offered the boy what little comfort he could.

The first person to talk to him after the tragedy was a kind police officer named James Gordon. When he was 8 years old, Bruce watched helplessly as his parents were gunned down in front of him. Incident Reports Before Arkham Origins Incident 1.20 Gotham needs Batman for One Last Night.1.16 After Harley Quinn's Revenge Incident.1.9 Between Assault on Arkham and Road to Arkham.

1.7 Between A Matter of Family and Assault on Arkham.

1.5 Between Arkham Origins Blackgate and A Matter of Family.

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