Hugo Strange - Batman: Arkham City

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Real Name: Hugo Strange
Occupation: Psychiatrist
Based In: Gotham City
Eye Color: Grey
Hair Color: Grey
Height: 5 ft 10 in
Weight: 180 Ibs
First Appearance: Detective Comics #36 (February 1940)

Bio

Infamous psychiatrist Hugo Strange claims to have unique insight on the criminal mind from years of clinical study. He persuaded Mayor Sharp that the Arkham City project was the only way for Gotham City to eliminate crime and "rogue vigilantes" like Batman.

Rumours persist of Strange performing ethically dubious experiments on inmates without consent, but unless hard proof comes to light, the Gotham public is happy to credit Strange with their dramatically reduced crime rate. Strange knows that Batman will hunt him down. He's counting on it.

Attributes

• Trained to physical perfection
• Brilliant psychological analyst
• Extensive knowledge of psychoactive substances
• Obsessed with Batman and Batman's secret identity
• Plagued by schizophrenic episodes

The Penguin - Batman: Arkham City

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Real Name: Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot
Occupation: Black Market Racketeer
Based In: Gotham City
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Black
Height: 4 ft 10 in
Weight: 175 Ibs
First Appearance: Detective Comics #58 (December 1941)

Bio

The Penguin is an eccentric criminal mastermind known for his shady business dealings. Born into the wealthy Cobblepot family, Oswald was sent overseas for school as a boy. When his family hit hard times, Cobblepot immersed himself in a criminal education on the streets of London.

Years later, he re-emerged as the Penguin, a black-market arms dealer in Gotham, facilitating the illegal financial activities that fund much of the city's underworld.

The Penguin seems to be prospering within Arkham City as the leader of its emerging black market

Attributes

• Criminal and financial mastermind
• Expert hand-to-hand combatant
• Mercilessly cruel
• Various underworld connections

Audio Logs: 

Tape One

Penguin: I'm only doing this as a courtesy, Strange. Don't think you've beaten me.

Hugo Strange: I just thought we could both benefit from a little talk, Mr. Cobblepot.

Penguin: Don't try that psycho mumbo jumbo with me, Strange. I'm not like the other crazies.

Hugo Strange: Of course not, after all, considering the... challenges you've faced...

Penguin: Challenges? What freakin' challenges? You're not better than me. No one is. I own this place.

Hugo Strange: Well, to be clear, I allow you certain freedoms, but let's continue. Why do you feel the need to own anything? I believe it is a mechanism to compensate for some childhood inadequacy. You were friends with the Waynes, correct?

Penguin: I was, 'till someone did the world a favour and blew the brains out of little Wayne's self-righteous parents. I was laughing for weeks. It still brings a smile to my face.

Hugo Strange: And you think that's OK?

Penguin: OK? No, I don't think it's OK. I think it's bloody hysterical. That family destroyed mine. What happened to them, well, it couldn't have happened to nicer people.

Tape Two

Hugo Strange: Take a seat, Mr. Cobblepot.

Penguin: What is it now, Strange?

Hugo Strange: I wanted to talk about your apparent hatred of the Waynes. Your outburst last time was most interesting.

Penguin: It's simple, really. I don't like the snivelling little bastard. Look at him. All high and mighty because someone killed mummy and daddy.

Hugo Strange: Most people look upon him with sympathy.

Penguin: No they don't. They're jealous. Jealous of his money, his cars, his women. He lost the sympathy vote when he vanished for all those years. I can't tell you how much I hoped he was visiting his dear mom and dad.

Hugo Strange: Where do you suppose he went?

Penguin: How am I supposed to know?

Hugo Strange: Let us move on then.

Penguin: No. It's time that you do something for me.

Hugo Strange: And what is that?

Penguin: Here's a list.

Tape Three

Penguin: I thought I told you, Strange, no more little questions until you give me what I want.

Hugo Strange: Take a look, Mr. Cobblepot. Here is a purchase order for the various firearms you require. I must say, you chose an exotic selection.

Penguin: I only take the best.

Hugo Strange: A wise strategy.

Penguin: So, what's yours?

Hugo Strange: Excuse me?

Penguin: What are you up to? Why would you give me, me of all people, guns, explosives... all this stuff?

Hugo Strange: Arkham City is an experiment, Mr. Cobblepot, a new way of thinking. We've separated you from society so I am more than willing to study the results if you all just decide to kill each other. Besides, your feud with the Joker is intriguing.

Penguin: I was here first. I bought my museum and the Iceberg Lounge fair and square. It was you and that mayor who stuck us all together.

Hugo Strange: Again, you refer to owning things. Quite fascinating. I believe we gave you the opportunity to leave.

Penguin: And take over my turf? Never.

Tape Four

Hugo Strange: Good evening Mr. Cobblepot. I trust you received the second delivery.

Penguin: Yeah, I did. I don't know what you did to those dribbling monkeys, Strange, but they were perfect.

Hugo Strange: I'm glad. It appears that we can both help each other.

Penguin: If you say so. I suppose it doesn't hurt that by the time I'm done with 'em, they're usually in too many pieces for anyone to suspect what you are really getting up to in those rooms of yours.

Hugo Strange: I have no idea what you are talking about.

Penguin: Of course not. So, Hugo, the clown, is he really dying?

Hugo Strange: It appears so. Self-inflicted, of course, but yes he is. He has Mister Freeze working on a potential cure, but I am sure neither of us wants him to get his hands on it, do we?

Tape Five

Penguin: We're ready.

Hugo Strange: Good. Now, one last thing. Your face.

Penguin: It's beautiful, isn't it?

Hugo Strange: The eye? I believe it was the result of a bar brawl, correct?

Penguin: The toe-rag got lucky. He got his though. He took my eye, I took both of his. Left him trying to walk across the Gotham Freeway at rush hour. Hilarious.

Hugo Strange: You're a rich man, Mr. Cobblepot. You could have had that glass removed.

Penguin: They said it was impossible. And what the hell, I think it gives me a... more unique look. Know what I mean? Now, where is Freeze?

Hugo Strange: He's right here, in the room next door. You can take him with you. Are you familiar with the term Napoleon complex?

Penguin: No. What is it?

Hugo Strange: It's nothing. Oh, and one last thing. Here is a list of ten prisoners I believe work for you.

Penguin: Yeah, so what? Do you want to saw their heads open and scoop out their brains too?

Hugo Strange: No. I just thought you'd like to know that they are all in the employ of the GCPD.

Penguin: What?!

Hugo Strange: I believe you know what to do to them. I don't like being spied on, Mr. Cobblepot. Goodnight.

Mister Freeze - Batman: Arkham City

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Real Name: Dr. Victor Fries
Occupation: Professional Criminal
Based In: Gotham City
Eye Color: Blue 
Hair Color: None
Height: 6 ft 3 in
Weight: 190 Ibs
First Appearance: Batman #121 (February 1959)

Bio

Victor Fries was a brilliant cryogenicist whose beloved wife Nora was stricken with a fatal degenerative disease.

He placed her in suspended animation while obsessively searching for a way to cure her; but the corporation that funded his research pulled the plug, triggering an accident that transformed Fries's body into a cold-blooded form that must always be kept below zero. At normal room temperature, he will die.

Wielding a number of freezing weapons, he wears protective armour in his quest to somehow bring back his lovely wife and avenge her fate.

Since the opening of Arkham City, Mr. Freeze has seemingly disappeared.

Attributes

• Scientific genius, with a specialty in cryonics
• Employs an extensive array of cryo-weaponry
• Permanently altered to survive in a sub-freezing state
• Wears protective, freezing armour
• Motivated by grief over the fate of his wife Nora

Audio Logs: 

Tape 1: 

TYGER Guard: Prisoner's here, sir.

Hugo Strange: Very good. Send him in.

TYGER Guard: But we haven't got the suit off him yet. He's dangerous. Are you sure?

Hugo Strange: Of course. Victor Fries and I have much in common. We will be fine. Welcome to my facility. Please, take a seat.

Mister Freeze: I prefer to stand. Why am I here?

Hugo Strange: Oh, Victor, there will be plenty of time for that later. Right now I wish to get to know you. Discover how you came to have such a... frosty outlook on life.

Mister Freeze: I have nothing to say to you. You may have taken my weapons, but my suit still has considerable offensive capabilities. I will freeze the marrow in your legs. Each bone will shatter and fracture while you remain completely aware of your impending paralysis, begging me to end you.

Hugo Strange: I don't think that you will do that, Victor.

Mister Freeze: Really. Why not?

Hugo Strange: Simple. If you hurt me, your wife will die.

Tape 2:

Mister Freeze: Where is she? Where is my wife?

Hugo Strange: Nora is in safe hands. Now, let's discuss an incident from your childhood...

Mister Freeze: No.

Hugo Strange: Then this is over. Guard!

Mister Freeze: Wait! What do you wish to learn?

Hugo Strange: Your early years were troubled.

Mister Freeze: I was not a sociable child, but that is all.

Hugo Strange: Even your parents disowned you. They sent you away to a reform school, correct?

Mister Freeze: They did not understand my work.

Hugo Strange: Your work? According to a police report, you froze over a dozen of your neighbours' pets.

Mister Freeze: I've always had an interest in cryonic preservation. I didn't understand why my parents allowed our sick pets to die instead of attempting to save them. So I set about finding my own way. I intended to revive all those creatures.

Hugo Strange: But you didn't. Which brings us to Nora.

Tape 3:

Mister Freeze: Have you ever seen a flower die? Watched something that was once so beautiful, so full of life, collapse and rot from within...

Hugo Strange: You refer to Nora's illness?

Mister Freeze: It seems like yesterday when I first found her. It all happened so quickly. Suddenly, I was losing her.

Hugo Strange: Did you seek help? What about your employer, GothCorp?

Mister Freeze: I hid it from them, diverting resources from GothCorp's research in an attempt to find the cure, but in the end, I failed. Time was running out. I knew that if I was discovered, Nora would die.

Hugo Strange: Why take that risk?

Mister Freeze: Do you know what it is to love someone? To really love them?

Hugo Strange: No.

Mister Freeze: Nora was all I could think of. I re-ran the diagnostics, re-examined every detail from every angle, certain that I had missed something. I cursed myself for being so blind, so stupid. Surely there was a cure, I just needed more time. Then I realized what I had to do.

Tape 4:

Mister Freeze: I had worked without sleep for a week. My needs didn't seem important. Sleep didn't matter. Food didn't matter. There was only her. I looked at Nora and I told her that I loved her. She told me there was nothing I could do, that I... we should just accept fate. She smiled her beautiful smile as she said it. I promised to cure her. And then I pressed the button.

Hugo Strange: You cryogenically froze her. Keeping her on ice, so to speak, while you worked on a cure. It broke your heart but now you had all the time in the world. Did you feel relieved?

Mister Freeze: I went home and fell into a deep sleep. For the first time since we discovered Nora's illness, I dared to dream. But... for weeks I had ignored my superiors' attempts to contact me. The next morning, I overslept. And by the time I got to the lab, Ferris Boyle, the CEO, was there waiting.

Hugo Strange: What did he do?

Mister Freeze: He accused me of industrial espionage, which I denied, but then his guards found Nora. Boyle told me that, like all of my "research," she belonged to him. I was enraged. I attacked him, but his guards beat me back and in the struggle, I was drenched by the cryogenic chemical I had created. I lay on the floor helpless watching the guards steal Nora away. Boyle told me it was a tragedy for such a promising mind to perish in a lab accident. Then he left me to die.

Hugo Strange: But you survived.

Mister Freeze: The chemicals absorbed into my body and... transformed my metabolism. My body went numb. I felt a strange tingling, then searing pain all over... Each breath ignited my lungs. I clawed my way back to a refrigeration unit and as I closed the door behind me, I felt the icy chill calm my aching body. Things suddenly seemed clear.

Hugo Strange: What seemed clear? Finding a cure for Nora?

Mister Freeze: No. Revenge. Boyle would pay.

Tape 5:

Hugo Strange: You failed to kill Ferris Boyle, though, didn't you?

Mister Freeze: Yes.

Hugo Strange: Why?

Mister Freeze: You know why. Batman. Though he did return Nora to safety - until you got her.

Hugo Strange: See, there you go. Blame me. Blame your parents because you failed to revive the neighbours' pets. Blame Ferris Boyle for spoiling your plans to cure Nora. Blame Batman for stopping your revenge against Boyle. And now your Nora is in danger...

Mister Freeze: Because of you.

Hugo Strange: No, Victor. Because of you. You have always had a heart of ice. You stole peoples' pets, you stole GothCorp resources, and since then you've stolen so much more for your own selfish, scientific inquiries. If you had shared your genius with others, devoted your energy to medicine instead of crime, perhaps your ice princess would be at home now, preparing you a hot meal - instead of being delivered to the Joker.

Mister Freeze: No...

Hugo Strange: You could have saved Nora a long time ago, Victor.

Mister Freeze: It's all for her. Everything. I will get her back. And when I do, I'm coming for you.

Hugo Strange: Thank you. We are done now.

Mister Freeze: Nora...

Jim Gordon - Batman: Arkham City

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Real Name: James W. Gordon
Occupation: Police Commissioner
Based In: Gotham City
Eye Color: Blue 
Hair Color: White (formerly brown)
Height: 6 ft 
Weight: 180 Ibs
First Appearance: Detective Comics #27 (May 1939)

Bio

Police Commissioner James W. Gordon dedicated his career to cleaning up the corruption in the Gotham City Police Department, a goal he has come a long way towards accomplishing.

He has been equally tough on crime, and in the pursuit of making Gotham City safe for all its citizens, Gordon has forged an uneasy alliance with Gotham's other top crime fighter, the mysterious vigilante known as Batman.

In the wake of Mayor Sharp's establishment of Arkham City and TYGER guards assuming most law-enforcement roles, Gordon has been increasingly marginalised - but he remains an ally to the Batman.

Attributes

• Experienced police officer
• Trained criminologist
• Proficient in hand-to-hand fighting
• Expert marksman

Robin - Batman: Arkham City

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Real Name: Tim Drake
Occupation: Student
Based In: Gotham City
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Black
Height: 6 ft 
Weight: 189 Ibs
First Appearance: Batman #436 (August 1989)

Bio

Young Tim Drake was in the audience the night the Flying Graysons were murdered, where he witnessed Batman leap to the scene. Inspired by Batman's heroics, Tim closely followed the chronicles of Batman and Robin.

Eventually deducing their secret identities using his self-taught detective skills, Tim convinced Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson - now Nightwing - that a new Robin was needed in the never-ending battle for justice.

Tested by the Dark Knight himself with a gruelling training regimen, Tim earned the right to become Robin and has since lived up to the name.

Attributes

• Keen detective skills
• Trained to fight crime by Batman
• Arsenal of gadgets and advanced technology

Alfred Pennyworth - Batman: Arkham City

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Real Name: Alfred Pennyworth
Occupation: Butler
Based In: Gotham City
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Gray (formerly black)
Height: 6 ft 
Weight: 160 Ibs
First Appearance: Batman #16 (April-May 1943)

Bio

After a varied career, Alfred Pennyworth was employed as the Wayne family's butler. When Bruce Wayne's parents were killed, Alfred raised the young orphan and reluctantly aided him in his quest to become the Batman.

Alfred's many skills ranging from cooking to combat medicine make him Batman's staunchest ally, and his formal demeanor helps ground the Dark Knight and deflect those who might otherwise suspect Bruce Wayne's true identity.

Attributes

• Skilled actor
• Trained in emergency medical techniques
• Proficiency with mechanical and computer systems
• Expert in domestic sciences
• Unflappable manner

Bruce Wayne - Batman: Arkham City

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Real Name: Bruce Wayne
Occupation: CEO/Philanthropist
Based In: Gotham City
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Black
Height: 6 ft 2 in
Weight: 210 Ibs
First Appearance: Detective Comics #27 (May 1939)

Bio

Born into the wealthy Wayne family, Bruce Wayne had an idyllic childhood. But after witnessing his parents' violent murder in Crime Alley, Bruce dedicated his life to battling criminals.

He circled the globe for years, training his mental and physical abilities to their peak. Gotham City welcomed him home, not knowing that high society's favourite billionaire playboy is also the Batman.

Bruce has never been into politics but Batman alone has not been able to stop Arkham City's construction and so he has had no choice but to use his alter ego and invest millions to bring enough political pressure to bear to force its closure. He knows it is a ticking time bomb waiting to explode onto the streets of Gotham.

Attributes

• Billionaire playboy by day, Batman by night
• Gotham's most eligible bachelor

Batman - Batman: Arkham City

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Real Name: Bruce Wayne
Occupation: World's Greatest Detective
Based In: Gotham City
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Black
Height: 6 ft 2 in
Weight: 210 Ibs
First Appearance: Detective Comics #27 (May 1939)

Bio

When his parents were gunned down in front of him, young Bruce Wayne resolved to rid Gotham City of the criminal element that took their lives.

He trained extensively to achieve mental and physical perfection, in addition to mastering martial arts, detective techniques, and criminal psychology.

Dressing as a bat to prey on criminals' fears, Batman fights crimes with the aid of specialized gadgets and vehicles, operating out of his secret Batcave below Wayne Manor.

Attributes

• Trained to physical and mental peak
• Arsenal of gadgets, vehicles, and advanced technology
• Inventor, detective, genius-level intellect
• Expert in most known forms of martial arts
• Trained in all aspects of criminology

The Riddler - Batman: Arkham Knight

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Real Name: Eddie Nashton a.k.a. Edward Nigma
Occupation: Professional Criminal
Based In: Gotham City
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 6 ft 1 in
Weight: 183 Ibs
First Appearance: Detective Comics #140 (October 1948)

Bio

With an obsessive-compulsive need for attention, Edward Nigma is determined to be the cleverest of Gotham City's criminals, plotting elaborate trails of clues and riddles around his crimes.

Batman has proven a worthy opponent, capable of unravelling the Riddler's most intricate plans, but Nigma is dedicated to creating a mystery that will confound the Dark Knight, even if he has to kill someone to do it.

Humiliated by Batman on Arkham Island, and again in Arkham City. Nigma is more determined than ever to make the Caped Crusader bow before his superior intellect.

Attributes

• Genius Intellect
• Driven to test others by leaving clues to his crimes
• Compulsive need for attention and validation