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Name: Joker
Appearance: Joker's most distinguishing features are the two scars in the corners of his mouth. He has green hair, and wears white facepaint with a red smile and black circles around his eyes, like a clown. His makeup is smeared but disguises him well. He usually wears a purple and green suit.

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Personality: The Joker is a psychopath, revelling in causing mayhem wherever he goes. He frequently murders dozens of people in twisted games, and enjoys the battle of wits between Batman and himself. He prefers to use a knife over a gun or other weapon, as he enjoys seeing the fear in his victim's eyes.

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Powers: Joker's insane disposition lead to him feeling almost no guilt. He seems to enjoy pain, and is unmoved by threats of physical violence, and having spent a great deal of time in Arkham Assylum, the Joker is also unaffected by any threats of arrest. He commands a great deal of respect from other villains.
History: The Joker's true identity or history is not known. Stories he tells of his past are mostly untrue. He has been Batman's arch enemy for many years, and is responsible for meny of the tragedies which have befallen the dark knight. Joker has spent a lot of time in Arkham Assylum; his obsessive sidekick-come-lover Harley Quinn was his psychoanalyst. The Joker also has a history of violence and mindless murder.

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Name: Harvey Dent, AKA: Two Face

Gender: Male

Appearance:

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Personality: Harvey Dent is a very intelligent, yet insecure character. He had maintained a severe schizophrenic attitude throughout his young adult hood, and the accident that deformed his face only exasperated this problem. He is obssessed with the number two, and believes in chance. He flips his two headed coin to decide whether he does good, or evil within his current situation. Two Face is not a man to be bargained with as although he still has an ounce of humanity within him, his disorder makes him very volatile.

History: Harvey Dent was a very intelligent child, but he formed a very severe schizophrenic problem when his brother died of poisoning in front of him. His father became a drunkard because of this, and Harvey was abused throughout his childhood. When he became district attorney, Harvey acted as help for his best friend Bruce Wayne, who set out to clean up crime in Gotham City. However, when Harvey was scarred in an accident, his face was left half scarred, half untouched. His schizophrenic problem became worse from there on, and he resorted to crime on the city streets.

Because of the crimes he commited, Harvey spent time in Arkham Asylum.

Weapons: Harvey uses a variety of weapons, but usually dual pistols due to his obssession to the number two. His main weapon is his two-faced coin.

Other: Two-Face has a personal relationship with the Batman, and despises the Joker because of how he used Harvey. Two Face can be unpredictable and unwise in his decisions, even to the degree of putting his own allies in danger.

Name: The Riddler (Edward Nigma)
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Rank: A villan
Allegiance: Himself
Appearance:

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Personality: Overwhelmed with an undeniable need to construct riddles, Edward's only drive in life is to be a better detective than Batman. His major flaw is that whenever he has Batman in the clutch of his hands, he HAS to trap him within a death trap, to see if finally his intellect can surpass that of his adversary. He feels nothing to the suffering of others: content to put innocents through mental and physical torture in order to lure his true victims to their demise. He does this openly, due to his compulsive need for attention.
Skills/special abilities: Similar to Batman, the Riddler is no supernatural being, his only skill being that to construct elaborate deathtraps and employ his wide array of custom weaponry to deadly precision.
History: After a school competition based around solving a puzzle which Edward solved only due to cheating, his life's work deteriorated into solving and creating puzzles. He worked his way around life, his unstable mentality plummeting him into a career of crime, albeit a minor one. He is looked upon by super heroes and villains alike as a second-grade, washed-up, minor criminal, and it is his intent to shake this reputation.
Up For Love?: His only love is for puzzles.
Other: The weaponry of the Riddler is comprised of question-mark shaped pistols, explosive jig-saw pieces, and of course his infamous cane, which houses an assortment of fire-arms, computer hacking tools, lock-picking equipment and long-range communications systems.
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Dibs on Scarecrow, will post shortly

Name: The Scarecrow
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Rank: Villain
Allegiance: Joker
Appearance: Much like his appearance in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, though he has recently required a hat, trench coat and gloves to further project his fear toxin.

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Personality: Obsessed with fear, Scarecrow is unique and deranged in the fact that nothing terrifies him. Nothing, but the Batman. Scarecrow is determined to overcome his fear of the Dark Knight by discovering his fears and his past, discovering what frightens the Bat. He believes, somehow, that this knowledge will grant him an advantage over Batman and control of his mind. The Scarecrow is quiet and terribly introverted, keeping to lonely, dark rooms and often found muttering to himself.
Skills/special abilities: His fear toxin poisons the mind of whomever inhales it, a dangerous hallucinogen that sends dark and horrible images flashing before the victim's eyes of their worst terrors. An average dose will send the victim permanently insane, a concentrated dose will cause a slow death.
History: After creating his fear gas and destroying the minds of a few simple "guinea pigs", Jonathan Crane moved on to pastures new, pastures more challenging, and decided an assault on Batman's mind, one of the most strong and protected minds in Gotham City. Creating the alias of the Scarecrow, Crane deducted a number of sick mind games with Batman and came close to driving the Caped Crusader insane. However, Batman's will was far to strong and so broke free of the vile hallucinations to defeat the Scarecrow, giving him some of his own fear gas in the resulting battle. Crane was traumatised and developed a fear of Batman so strong, he is determined to kill him to be rid of his terror.
Up For Love?: His sick schemes get in the way of romance.

(This is the edited profile- I didn't change much just added more cannon information from the comic.... also I am now addicted to the comic and am trying to find the next chapters online. XD
As always if something is not peachy just PM me and I will edit.)

Name: Simon Emanuel Dark

Age: 21-25 (he has no actual idea as parts of him are different ages.)

Gender: Male

Rank Hero/Vigilante

Allegiance: No group at the moment. His stomping grounds are a neighborhood in Gotham City called The Village- he rarely leaves the boundaries of this area and never carries his vigilante work outside of it. He wouldn’t be completely against joining forces- if The Village was threatened (he is actually very attached to those he considers his “charges”)

Appearance: Simon is not the most handsome young man you’ll ever meet. In fact he would rival the Joker in gruesomeness in the scar department. Simon is the freakish brainchild of a twisted scientist and his thirst for recognition and addiction to the dark occult. Simon was created from the bodies of over twenty different children that the scientist dissected and stitched back together, forming a truly terrifying and demented rag-doll. Simon has a dreadful deathlike pallor and blackish bruise like circles around his hollow eyes that never seem to go away- no matter how much he sleeps. He has badly done stitches all over his body too- making him look like the product of an insane seamstress. His face is also crisscrossed with these black stitches- but contrary to popular belief it is not so deformed as it seems. Simon wears a white mask over his face to hide his stitches, and the designs on this mask are what gave rise to the myth his face is like doll-like.
Surprisingly enough if one actually stopped to look, he isn’t “that” ugly (okay maybe he is but give the poor guy a break.) He is tall-ish (6’3”) and is willowy in his build but still muscular. His face is only one a face mother could love, but he has large striking gray eyes that are quite attractive. his hair is darkish and he keeps it longer to hide some of his scars.
He often wears a old well worn pair of cargo like jeans, dark shirts, dark hoddies and black gloves- not the most fashion forward guy but who cares? he wears the gloves because his hands are from two different people and are very different colors.

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Personality: Simon is a self loather, he thinks he is a twisted monster who does not deserve to be alive and he feels dreadful kids died to “create” him. The reason he took to his vigilante work is to make up for this, he perceives it as his sin. He is a very benevolent person by nature and will not attack anyone unless they threaten the safety of anyone in “the village” or he is directly attacked himself and then he will only fight in attempting to flee. He has a sarcastic sense of humor, and can be adorably unsure of himself. Simon is ashamed of his appearance understandably (he doesn’t own a mirror and hates them with a passion) and he painfully shy, naturally, so he tends to flee far away from any human contact because he doesn’t want to be rejected because of how he looks- even though he is starving for affection..

Skills/special abilities: (this is all cannon from the comic!) Simon is very stealthy, often appearing behind enemies without them knowing it. He is also exceptionally agile and strong for his size (or even for a normal human) He is not effected by physical trauma the way a normal human is- and will not die even is shot multiple times, or hit head on by a car- though the former had him out cold on a morgue table once and he was not please when he woke up. He has some weird mental gifts as well as a side effect of how he was created. and he also has what seems to be a photographic memory as he remembers everything he sees or reads- but he is horrible with peoples names. He is a creative fighter who uses a mixture of common street fighting and stealthy brute strength to attack his enemies. His weapon of choice is a cut wire but he has been known to use whatever was at hand- except guns, Simon hates loud noises as they take away his element of surprise.

History: ( this is cannon from the comic history given.)
He acts as a protector of a neighborhood called "the Village" in Gotham City- for its part the neighborhood is happy for their odd protector's presence.
Simon Dark was created from the bodies of 20 boys by a desperate medical genius who turned to a dark cult for assistance. Simon, and several other people, were created using science and magic but only Simon was created with a purpose; to stop the dark cult that created him.
Simon a an adorable awkward powerful supernatural being with a laundry list of vaguely-defined superpowers. Simon lives the the collapsed and derelict remains of an old chapel that is in the heart of the village

(this is my own addition)
He came to “the Village” about ten years ago and has been living in an abandoned/condemned tiny catholic chapel. He is very quiet as super hero/vigilante go and rarely is heard from- unless he is needed.This coupled with his shyness had lead many to attribute his deeds to those of more social heroes. Simon also has one odd habit that everyone in the Village actually likes.

Simon is driven to create things, he is artist at heart and love to paint and draw. The Village is a run down poor neighborhood and there was lots of ugly graffiti everywhere, Simon, as the years went by started using whatever he could to paint over these. he painted anything and everything he could think of but one thing was surprisingly clear- Simon is not ordinary graffiti artist, he actually painted works of art- like the old masters. Soon every ugly or bare wall was covered in paintings and he is constantly changing them. Those living in the village figured it out quickly enough who was their artists and they did the only thing they could do for their shy protector, they supplied him with what he loved best- paints.

Simon is not for or against the other hero/vigilantes in Gothem, he actually doesn’t care about anything that goes on outside of his little bit of the urban jungle, he wants to find peace. Something that always seems to be outside his grasp.

Up For Love? Simon is straight as a poker, and would be up for a relationship. But he has given up hope of finding someone who could love him like he is. He is terrified of rejection so he hides from people, even though he is starving for affection. The poor thing really does carry his heart in his hands and would be more than willing to give it away, to someone who would be gentle with it- it is terribly fragile.

Other: Simon is left handed. He has a love of classical piano music and the old classic style of rock- a very odd taste the two of those. In the the chapel also lives a large gray tiger cat named Josephine. She is very much a queen among cats and rules the chapel with a tyrannical dominance that has all the other strays in the area fleeing for their lives- but she allows one stray to live with her- Simon.

Hi guys, here is the discussion thread for plot ideas: topic90864.html

Name: Waylon Jones (A.K.A Killer Croc)
Gender: Male
Appearance:

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Personality: Not very intelligent due to his degrading mental state and physical condition which makes him more animalistic. Killer Croc has an extremely volatile temper. His main goal is to feed upon the corpse of Batman. Croc is purely carnivorous meaning he often needs food to keep his animal side at bay.

Powers: Croc inherits his abilities from, guess where, a crocodilian. He has razor sharp teeth, a bulletproof hide, can swim extremely fast, and possesses super human strength. To match this, his size gives him great durability and stamina which, coupled with his rather fast speeds, makes him a scary adversary.

Weaknesses: Croc is often consumed with the goal TO consume… even if that means his allies. Usually he can control himself, but he needs regular appeasement to make him less likely to devour teammates. His rage also gets the best of him, and he lacks fair intellect.

History: Born with a rare mutation that made his skin green and scaly, and which grew his body to grotesque proportions, Waylon Jones was raised by an alcoholic aunt and bullied relentlessly for his appearance. He briefly worked as a carnival freak under the name Killer Croc, but his misanthropy grew as did his bestial nature, pushing him to a life of crime. As his physical condition and mental state deteriorate, Killer Croc becomes a more bestial foe, increasingly detached from humanity.

Name: Dick Grayson (AKA Nightwing)

Gender: Male

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Personality: Dick was raised as an acrobat, then as a crime fighting hero. He has a keen sense of justice, which has ,however, led him to vigilante crime fighting. He also has a nasty temper, which he sometimes struggles to control, however he is usually laidback and fair to those who have not wronged him.

History: Dick Grayson's family was an acrobatic travelling circus, but a mafia boss killed his family after the circus owner refused to pay him for protection. Dick was adopted by Batman when he saw great potential in him, and Grayson took on the persona of Robin. As he grew up, however, Robin was slowly growing apart from Batman and decided to work independantly. He joined the teen titans for a while, but then left, and remade himself as Nightwing. Nightwing is more vigilante than extraordinary hero, but he still possesses his tutors morals and teachings. Nightwing may not be as renowned as the Dark Knight, but he has a physique and intellect that comes close to that of Bruce Wayne's.

Weapons: Nightwing, being a vigilante peace keeper, uses two electrically charge metal bars and some other high-tech weaponry that the Batman gave him. Nightwing is quite strong, so he can always back himself in a fight.

Other: Nightwing has a commitment to justice, but can sometimes be infatuated by the charms of some villainess'

Name: The Mad Hatter

Age: 45

Gender: Male

Rank: Villain

Allegiance: Joker (and the Scarecrow)

Appearance: A very short, but thin and sickly man, Jervis Tetch has gaunt features with tired eyes, big ears and a prominent overbite. His hair is black and wiry. Jervis, or the Mad Hatter, is never seen without his oversized green top hat, which he treasures. It mirrors that of the Hatter's in "Alice in Wonderland", with a price card sticking out the ribbon; "In this style, 10/6". He also wears a scruffy green coat, a black shirt with the large collar pulled up over his neck, and a green bowtie and trousers.

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Personality: A paranoid schizophrenic, Tetch is obsessed with the works of Lewis Carroll, most prominently "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and"Through the Looking Glass". He is often seen or overheard quoting from these stories, and invariably themes his crimes around the books. Like the Scarecrow, the Mad Hatter is infatuated with the mind of Batman, his criminal activities performed for the sole purpose of taking control of the Bat to discover his secrets. He believes he is the Hatter incarnate, and because of this often mistakes young women as an Alice incarnate, attempting persuasive techniques to get the poor girls to join his cause, usually forcing them into a grisly tea party and using his mind control techniques to create helpless "Alice" minions.

Skills/special abilities: Perfected the art of mind control, using a mixture of hats, "10/6" cards or masks, shaped like
characters from Wonderland, to allow him to enrol henchmen and goons, or warp the mind of his enemies. The Mad Hatter is also an accomplished hypnotist and psychologist, enabling him to trick the minds of his more simple-minded victims without the need of technology. Being small and relatively weak, Tetch has so far failed to force his contraptions and skills upon the Batman; either he has been defeated before he got a chance, or the Bat's willpower has been too strong.

History: When Tetch fell in love with his first "Alice", who was, in fact, called Alice, he attempted to use his mind control techniques on her, and her friends, to convince she was in love with him also. By the careless trail Tetch had left of discarded victims- the then imperfect mind control technology reducing their minds to a vegetative state after the Hatter was done with them- and clues, prominently the references to the work of Lewis Carroll in the technology such as the "10/6" cards or White Rabbit masks, Batman managed to track down Tetch to the most Carroll-esque place in Gotham; the Literature section of the Gotham City History Museum where there was a small section devoted to Alice in Wonderland. The self-styled Hatter, dressed in the newly-tailored costume for the occasion, had Alice trapped in his first sick tea party with intentions to control her mind. Batman caught him easily and, after a court trial which found him to be
insane, was locked into Arkham Asylum.

Other: Teamed with the Scarecrow as, in his words, "fear and madness walk hand in hand". Hatter believes Scarecrow is the perfect choice for a partner, as his Fear Gas is the only weapon that comes even close to the abilities of Tetch's mind controlling devices.

Up For Love?: Constantly. Tetch falls in love with any girl who is even a remote fit to Carroll's Alice.

Okay, we have everybody to start the story book! Three cheers! So, we'll have a comment from each hero, followed by a comment from each villain, and the one for each Joker teammate. Lightening, you'll still have to do one for Scarecrow and another for the Hatter. First we need to introduce our characters. I guess I'll start, any hero can comment next.
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Nightwing

The streets of the almighty Gotham city were, yet again, empty and reeking of crime and pain. I breathed the cold, empty air, heading on the way to the manor that I had been notified that was under my care. Alfred Tenpenny had inherited the estate but he called in the closest thing to a relative to Bruce when he vanished, which was me. I was suprised when Alfred demanded to remain in Gotham when everyone else was evacuated, at the risk of being killed by the Joker or Two-face and their goons. Unfortunately, I was the only one to stop them, which was a blatantly impossible task.

I heard a voice from the rooftops. "What's the matter sweetie, missing Brucie?" I instantly recognised the purr that followed the question.
"Curiosity killed the cat" I called back.

"But satisfaction brought it back". A slender black figure leaped from the rooftops and landed softly in front of me.
Catwoman.

Catwoman

Selina cocked a brow at the boy as she straightened up. He hadn't changed in the least after all these years. Perhaps he was a little more mature now, and maybe a little less boyish in terms of appearances, but nothing that didn't still scream 'Robin'. She supposed he had expected her to leave like everyone else.

"And I'll only be satisfied once we find Brucie. You must miss him just as much as I do," she purred, fingering the whip at her side. "Is Alfy still living with you, or do you need someone to come take care of the helpless little Robin?" Selina wrapped an arm around Nightwing's shoulder, grinning.

He shrugged her off and scowled, turning back towards the manor. Selina wasn't just going to let him walk off like that, so she followed after him.

"You know I just want to help, I miss Brucie just as much as you do," she called after him when his pace quickened.

Simon Dark/ Rooftops of the Village:

It was one of those cloudless nights. When the dark swirled in the eternity that was the bejeweled vault of the heavens. Leaning back against the cold tiles of the roof I stared up at them, they were dim now from the lights of Gotham's late night district.... in fact the whole city seemed to come alive at night.

Neon signs gaudily shined down on the streets of those neighborhoods further on, but the Village? My Village lay in almost absolute darkness, only the few still working street lamps were casting dim pools of light on the sidewalks. The lights in the windows lighted up so many heartwarming tableau's playing out behind the curtains and shades.

Silently I jumped from the roof to the alley and with my hands in my pockets I wandered off through my Village- I had work to do....

Quickly I made my way over to the east side of the village- between Princeton avenue and Riverside road, to the old Kepler apartment building. There was a large bit of blank wall I had yet to paint. I had been looking through some of the old books I had stashed away in the chapel and come across a really nice one- one the kids would love. I dug out my paints and gave the wall a once over, visualizing the painting in my mind before I went to work...

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(Think this is my shortest SB post ever..... sorry!)

ooc: Don't worry shadowlight, it's long enough

Joker

I lounged lethargically over the arm of a sofa in the man's highrise penthouse. It was posh, I'd have granted him, but he had all the taste of Kiler Croc. A mishmash of gaudy colours made the walls look like they'd been painted by Dr. Frankenstein, and a spattering of ornaments served little other than to prove that this man had far more money than actual sophistication.
The man's jaw moved up and down constantly. I could not have cared less what he had to say, I just needed the explosives he was willing to sell me. Of course, the transaction would be a little more one-sided than he may have envisioned.
Having had my fill of his self-importance, I gave Harley a wink. Like a flash, she had her arm around his throat, keeping him pinned to his ostentatious armchair. I stood, and, taking my time to walk around his no doubt priceless coffee table, turned to regard him. Laughing, I licked my scars before I spoke;
"You seem to think," I couldn't help but laugh again, "You seem to think that I'm gonna let you live. I'm a fun guy and all, but I just don't believe in team sports. So here are your choices: One, you can tell me where it is you're hiding all that useful C-four, and I'll make it quick. Two, you stay quiet, and I have to beat it outta you before I kill you anyway,"
I watched him debate his options for a moment or so before boredom took me again. I slammed my switchblade into the table. "Time's up,"
"What if I don't tell you?" The man- Deveraux, that was his name- was clearly more pathetic than I had realised. Too bad for him.
"That's number two, sweetie," Harley whispered into his ear. Deveraux's face paled.
I laughed. "The only thing greater than your lack of taste is your lack of intelligence," I grinned, savouring Deveraux's indignance. Licking my scars, Harley and I turned and left the room, pausing only to give Scarecrow the go-ahead.

~The Riddler~

Shadows dance with cold passion across the moaning mounds of trash as they struggle against the tides of sewer water dragging them ceaselessly around the underground labyrinth that was the Gotham City sewer system. The frothing tides are stained with the discarded pieces of the above city, which means it was a dark crimson, procured from blood and beer. A mass of bricks clung weakly to the sides of the circular tunnel, and along said path strode a tall figure in purple and green. His cane struck the slender walk-way repeatedly, rippling sound waves along the muck-encrusted walls of the enclosure. Said vibrations were dangerous things in the sewer, for they attracted dangerous things. Unfortunately for these dangerous things however, he is dangerous man.

The monstrosity burst from the depths without warning: tearing the surface of the water in two, and leaving it in a sloshing mess of maroon. It loosed an unearthly roar, probably due to the fact that instead of it's fangs sinking into the moist flesh it had expected, they met cold steel. Unwittingly, the beast had snared a hidden contraption, laced delicately into the brickwork. It was dragged from the depths by a complex series of chains, until it lay completely immobilized in a web of metal. It's raging eyes were baleful yellow orbs: staring directly into the grinning face of the Riddler.

"Tell me Waylon, if that name means anything to you, what's scaly, hungry and completely trapped? I'll give you a hint: it'll be dead soon if it doesn't cooperate"

In response, Killer Croc roared some more. "Puny green man, I will eat your bones!"

"I'm sure if given the chance you would, but riddle me this; who would take one bony man, over several hundred meaty ones?"

"I don't see more meat" It said this as a motley assortment of carcass slid from the base of it's fangs.

"Just because there is none now, doesn't mean there won't be eventually. Croc, it's simple. The Bat's gone: the city's ripe the plucking. Nothing is stopping you from leaving this sewer and feasting upon the myriads of people above"

"These chains!"

"Ah, yes, so you understand our deal. I set you free, you get to eat to your hearts content, Batman never bothers us again. In return of course, I need something from you"

"What?"

'Concise as ever, an admirable quality if I might add. Nothing's more cumbersome that being overly articu-"

"STOP! What is it you need!?" Apparently the elaborate nature of the Riddler's vocabulary had been to much from the primitive brute.

"Joker and his crew are up to something, and there are still one or two lunatics who might cause us some trouble. Even with all my brilliance, I alone can't counter both of them. I need your brawn if we're to gain control of this city"

"Let me out, and I'll do whatever you want"

"Please Croc, I'm not stupid. Nothing is to stop you from eating me the moment I release you, which means some insurance is required" The Riddler bent over, aiming his cane at the collar adorning the monster's neck. A few minutes passed, and the Riddler stepped back.

"Excellent' he said, before snapping a chain in two. The entire contraption collapsed, and Killer Croc shook it off. Blind with fury, he reared his head towards the Riddler, and made to the attack when the Riddler hit a button on his cane and the Croc's collar discharged a huge amount of electrical force into the beast's neck. It fell to the side, roaring in pain.

"Good, you now understand what happens if you try to consume me. Come now, my dear monster. We are a formidable team, yet we require two more things before my plan can be set in motion: the finesse of a certain archer, and the madness of not one, but two faces"

The Riddler began to walk, silently followed by his underwater accomplice.

(Just in case it wasn't clear: the archer is Huntress and the other person is Two-Face: sorry to Tyrant if he feels like I god-modded)