Gotham City (Batman: Arkham games)

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Gotham City was a large metropolitan city based on the Eastern Seaboard. It also serves as Batman's main area of operations. Though his presence lead to the rise of many supervillains within the city over the years, the Dark Knight would eventually rid of crime in the city, with the help of his allies and the GCPD.

History[]

Early History[]

Gotham City was founded in the mid-1600s by Scandinavian settlers, who endured harsh winters and conflicts with the local tribe, the Miagani, to build the city. Eventually, the British took over the settlement.

In the 1800s, the city quickly grew with the influence of Judge Solomon Wayne and architect Cyrus Pinkney. These were also developed by print mogul Henry Cobblepot, who also hired Pinkney and began a tense rivalry with Wayne. After finishing work on Arkham Asylum, Pinkney was apparently poisoned by Cobblepot but survived by using a remedy provided by Amadeus Arkham, though faked his death to avoid him. Weeks later, the mogul was killed in an apparent accident.

Around this time, warlord Ra's al Ghul arrived in Gotham and, through bribing the city council, founded Wonder City. Utilizing a hidden Lazarus Pit for power, he created futuristic technologies to rid crime in the area, intending to eventually rid of the element over the world. However, the Pit began affecting many civilians, turning many insane and leading to large increase in street crime. After Ra's fled the city, the council built over Wonder City, vowing to forget about its presence.

Batman's Early Years[]

By the time of Batman's operations in Gotham, the city had fallen deeply into crime and corruption, with criminals and mafia organizations running the streets. Many of its politicians and law enforcement were also on the payroll of various criminals around the city, including the Falcone Crime Family. This included the Gotham City Police Department, with Commissioner Loeb and its SWAT Captain Howard Branden being among the most notorious members.

Around ten years before the riots at Arkham Island, Batman began operating in Gotham City. Primarily targeting small-time crime, the Dark Knight also began focusing on various mafia organizations and their political associates. Though this weakened pre-established organizations, it also lead to the rise in various "masked" criminals, including Black Mask and the Penguin. Over the first two years, many regarded Batman to be an urban myth created to scare Gotham's criminal populous.

The Christmas period of Batman's second year, a new criminal calling himself "the Joker" attacked Sionis and took over his operations. Using his resources, he placed a $50 million bounty on the Dark Knight's head. This brought various criminals and assassins to Gotham City to claim the bounty. Only eight were chosen to take on the bounty officially: mercenary Bane, assassins Deathstroke, Deadshot, Copperhead and Shiva, pyromaniac Firefly, and street thugs Killer Croc and Electrocutioner. Unknown to all, Joker actually planned these as a distraction to terrorize and destroy Gotham, apparently for his own amusement. Using Black Mask's men, they set up various explosives around the city, planning to detonate them from Christmas Day.

During Christmas Eve, Batman learned of the bounty and fought against many of the assassins, during which he learned of the Joker's existence. Additionally, other criminals used the night to operate larger scale plans, including Anarky, Mad Hatter and Bird. During two riots at Blackgate organized by Joker, multiple inmates managed to escape, though they were eventually tracked down and captured by Batman. These activities brought the Dark Knight into Gotham's spotlight for the first time, thereby confirming his existence to the public. During the night, Commissioner Loeb was murdered by the Joker, apparently to create a power vacuum in the GCPD.

Though Batman was mostly successful, Gotham's political system was shocked when details regarding Mayor Hill and Peter Grogan. Unknown to most, this was due to a data broker called "Enigma" who had gathered data through a complex antenna network that gathered information on Gotham's citizens. Though Batman had been able to disband the network and gather some data before it was released, Enigma was able to incite protests against the Mayor and potential police commissioner, eventually forcing their resignations.

On New Years Eve, Gotham was attacked by former GothCorp employee Mr. Freeze, who sought to free his wife Nora from Ferris Boyle and the company. Aided by the Penguin and his men, Freeze attacked the New Gotham District, sealing most of it off with walls of ice whilst they broke into the GothCorp laboratories. Their plans were foiled by Batman, who managed to both arrest the criminals and expose Boyle's corruption.

Locations[]

Old Gotham/Arkham City[]

Park Row[]

Solomon Wayne Courthouse
Catwoman's Apartment
Ace Chemicals Office Building
Church and Medical Center
Crime Alley
Monarch Theatre
Bane's Field Headquarters (demolished)

The Bowery[]

Cyrus Pinkney Institute for Natural History
- Iceberg Lounge
Gotham City Light and Power (demolished)
Gotham Merchants Bank (demolished)
Jezebel Center
Gotham City Subway
Blaze Comics
Jezebel Theater
Mad Hatter's Hat Shop
Carmine Hotel

Amusement Mile[]

Old Gotham Freeway (demolished)
Dini Towers
Dixon Docks East
- Final Offer
Gotham Casino
Gotham Rail Building
Krank co. Toys
Old Gotham Police Prescient/Gotham City Train Station

Industrial District[]

Sionis Steel Mill
Joker's Funland
Amertek Industries

Sheldon Park[]

Wonder Tower
Wonder City
Gotham Central Terminal
Pioneer's Bridge

New Gotham[]

Diamond District[]

Royal Hotel
GothCorp Building
Ellsworth Building
Gotham City News
Gotham City Daily
Gotham City Cinema
Soder Cola
Furniture Company

Coventry[]

Lacey Towers
Mendo Soap
Cale-Anderson
Wayne Enterprises Warehouse
Trident Labs
Koul-Brau Brewery
Cyrus Pinkney School of the Arts
My Alibi

Burnley[]

New Gotham GCPD Precinct
Enigma's Headquarters
Burnley Sewers
Hamilton Hill Building
Cyrus Pinkney's Crypt
Gotham Rail

Bleake Island[]

The Cauldron[]

Gotham City Police Headquarters
Kord Industries
Sionis Industries
Falcone Shipping
Mendo Soap Factory
Gotham Gas

Chinatown[]

Clock Tower
Scarecrow's Penthouse
Bank of Gotham Chinatown Branch
Ace Chemical Processing Plant
Gotham City Water Treatment

Panessa Studios[]

Dixon Docks West
Panessa Movie Studios
Lighthouse
Iron Heights Prison (crashed)

Miagani Island[]

Kingston[]

Ranelagh Ferry Terminal
North Refrigeration
Bank of Gotham Kingston Branch
Grand Avenue Parking Garage
Ferris Mall

Grand Avenue[]

Grand Avenue Station
Pauli's Diner
Wayne Tower
Black Canary Casino
Gotham Globe Building
Gotham City Herald Building

Bristol[]

Pinkney Orphanage
Elliot Memorial Hospital
Miagani Botanical Gardens
Hell's Gate Refusal Service offices

Founders' Island[]

Ryker Heights[]

LexCorp building
Queen Industries
Wayne International Plaza
Urbarail Station
Ryker Heights Station
GothCorp building
Bruford Tower
Gotham Stock Exchange
Cale-Anderson Pharmaceutical Building
Cityvision Construction Building
AmerTek building
Logerquist Towers