ARKHAM CITY

ARKHAM CITY

Arkham City (also identified as Old Gotham) is a mega-prison that was constructed to house all the inmates from both Arkham Asylum and Blackgate Prison. Arkham Asylum was heavily damaged during the Joker's takeover, and many of its deranged inmates remained on the loose after his defeat, including Bane, Calendar Man, Scarecrow, Killer Croc, Mr. Freeze, and Two-Face. The asylum also suffered in losses among Arkham staff. At least 113 personnel died during the Joker's takeover, 103 of which were security guards. Identified casualties included guard Thomas Armbruster and chief member of security Frank Boles. Aaron Cash, Louie Green, Eddie Burlow, William North, and Zach Franklin made up much of the surviving members of security. At least 10 medical staff also fell during the chaos, including Dr. Penelope Young and orderly Robert Stirling. Despite presiding over the disaster of the Asylum, Warden Quincy Sharp launched a successful bid for the role of Mayor of Gotham City following the first game. He proposed to the city government to rebuild Arkham, not on the island, but in the city itself. The proposal was approved and Dr. Hugo Strange, a top psychiatrist, was selected to administrate the new Arkham. Due to the damage to the island, it was decided that the city would sell the rights to Arkham Island to the highest bidder. TYGER, a private security company quickly purchased the island and, soon after, was named as the primary contractor for security in Arkham City. Numerous people were involved in the new Asylum's creation, but by the time it was finished, most if not all of those involved were captured by Strange and imprisoned within the city walls as "loose ends."

As the new Asylum opened, Sharp, paranoid to end crime in Gotham, labeled everyone and anyone who even had the slightest criminal record to be inmates of Arkham City and had them imprisoned without trial or the right to objections. Strange furthered that by imprisoning anyone trying to investigate or speak out against the Asylum. Commissioner James Gordon, suspicious of Strange's intentions and unaware of the abduction of political prisoners, sent in a ten-man squad of undercover cops from the 13th precinct to investigate what was really going on in Arkham City. Unfortunately, in an interview, Strange tipped the Penguin off to the undercover cops. They weren't able to report back before their true status as cops were exposed, and resulted in their capture by the Penguin's gang.

GANGS

JOKER GANG: Lead by the joker. After the riots at Arkham Asylum, Mayor Sharp opened up Arkham City, an open-air prison facility that was in the middle of Gotham. All of the Joker's Crew from Arkham Asylum were transferred there, and quickly rejoined their old gang. Many other prisoners in the city joined up with Joker's gang, whether it was purely out of necessity, or for pleasure. During their time in the prison, Joker's crew entered a bloody turf war with Penguin and Two-Face's gangs. Due to Joker's illness, the henchmen mostly got their orders from Harley Quinn, though they generally hated and disrespected her. Some of them were attracted to her however, and brought up maybe asking her out if joker was to die from his illness. TWO-FACE GANG: Lead by two face, Two-Face's Gang was a gang of criminals and former inmates led by Two-Face from Arkham City. Two-Face eventually won the Arkham Gang War against the Joker and the Penguin. The gang consisted mainly of rapists, muggers, and murderers. The goons were loyal to their boss and would protect him at a moment's notice, but at times, Two-Face would kill his own men for failure or insubordination. PENGUIN GANG: Lead by Oswald Cobblepot, Unlike Joker's Henchmen or even Two-Face's Gang, Penguin's Henchmen were perhaps the most hostile and skilled of the gangs. That was because Penguin's gang was comprised of some of the toughest and hardest criminals in Gotham City who honed their skills in Penguin's Gladiator Pits or some of them were actually professional mercenaries that were hired and selected by Penguin himself. THEY ARE ALL IN A GANG WAR!!

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