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EoB Year -16 : Thomas and Martha Wayne are killed by Joe Chill in front of an 8-year old Bruce Wayne. Alfred Pennyworth, age 34, is a former member of the British SAS and MI6 who recently had succeeded his father, Jarvis Pennyworth as the butler for the Wayne family. He assumes custody of Bruce Wayne.
EoB Year -6 : Bruce Wayne, age 18, begins his travels around the world to learn how to defend Gotham. Along the way, he becomes fluent in several different languages, and earns PhD’s, or equivalent in a multitude of disciplines.
EoB Year -1 : Ra’s al Ghul offers Bruce Wayne the coveted position of “Hand of the Demon”. Bruce refuses, leading to a cat-and-mouse game played across the Middle East and Europe. Talia al Ghul, lover of Bruce Wayne, is torn between her love for Bruce and her loyalty to her father. Eventually, Ra’s decides to cut his losses and declares a truce with Bruce, granting him the title of “The Detective”.
EoB Year 0 : Bruce Wayne, age 24, returns to Gotham, and begins his war on crime in Gotham. He also takes his rightful place as CEO of Wayne Enterprises. The crime rate in Gotham begins to slightly decrease, due to the urban legend known as “The Batman”.
However, bigger threats begin to form. DA Harvey Dent, darling of the Gotham media, is accidentally caught in the crossfire of a skirmish between two gangs that escalates upon the arrival of Batman and the GCPD. As a result, he is left with severe burns that permanently disfigures half of his face.
Not long after, Batman interrupts a robbery of First Gotham Bank by the Red Hood Gang. Batman corners a member of the gang at Ace Chemical. The gang member loses his balance, and falls into a vat of toxic chemicals that bleach his skin, and dyes his hair green. This unidentified criminal suffered from minor schizophrenia prior to this accident, but his submergence in the vat exacerbated his mental health issues. As Batman looks on in horror, the criminal begins to laugh, as if he just heard the punchline of the world’s best joke. He doesn’t stop.
EoB 1 : Bruce takes in the orphaned Dick Grayson after his parents fall to their deaths. Bruce helps Dick bring in Tony Zucco, the man who sabotaged the Graysons’ trapeze. Dick receives training from Bruce to join him in crime fighting. When Dick joins Batman on his patrols, Batman is no longer an urban legend, but becomes a reality that all criminals in Gotham must be wary of.
While Lt. Jim Gordon is shocked at first by the fact that a) Batman is very real, and b) he has a kid working with him, he notices the love and trust that bond the two together, as well as the overwhelming protectiveness Batman displays towards the young vigilante. That, paired with the real effect Batman has had on crime, allow him to obey his gut feeling and trust the Batman. After the first few encounters, Gordon asks the young crimefighter what he should call him. Dick, reminded of his parents by the kind cop, replies with a name his mother used to call him: “Robin”.
Edward Nygma gets bored of his job doing rigged mind games at carnivals and decides to oppose the Batman in a deadly game of riddles.
Selina Kyle has been robbing the rich and giving to the poor long before Batman shows up, but it becomes a game with his appearance: She robs someone, he catches her, she flirts with him and escapes while he’s too flustered to react. She likes this new routine, and often catches herself wondering if the man under the mask likes cats.
EoB Year 2 : Oswald Cobblepot, known in the Gotham underworld as “the Penguin” due to his odd appearance, decides to open the Iceberg Lounge as a front for his organized crime activities. It becomes a big hit, and Cobblepot gains prestige in the underworld. However, it also draws the attention of Batman, leading to collision course.
Pamela Isley, PhD candidate in botany at Gotham University, is injected with various poisons and toxins as an experiment. After several near-death experiences due to the foreign bodies in her bloodstream, she suffers from violent mood swings and obsessive behavior. After her hospital stay, she finds that she is able to manipulate plant life and secrete various plant-based toxins and pheromones. Her singular goal is to eradicate all threats to plant life.
Arkham Manor, sitting on a private island in Gotham Harbor, is repurposed into an asylum for villains deemed too dangerous for Blackgate Prison.
EoB Year 3 : Dr. Harleen Quinzel, fresh out of school as a psychologist, is hired by Arkham Asylum to work with the Joker. Over the course of months, Joker slowly seduces Dr. Quinzel while chipping away at her sanity. She eventually agrees to break him out of the Asylum, and quits her job to follow him around and assist in his criminal activity.
The Justice League is established in response to a global crisis. Founding members are Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and The Flash. Dick fanboys over Clark Kent/Superman.
EoB Year 4 : When Talia is in Gotham hunting down a member of the Untitled, she and Bruce briefly rekindle their romance. Damian is conceived & kept a secret from Bruce after she returns to her father’s side.
EoB Year 5 : Barbara Gordon, age 14, begins her crime fighting career, after disrupting a kidnapping attempt on her way to a Halloween party while dressed up as a female Batman. She catches the attention of Batman, and as she continues to intervene in small-scale crimes, Batman offers her assistance and training. Shortly after meeting Dick Grayson, Barbara and Dick begin to date.
EoB Year 6 : In response to a growing number of proteges to superheroes, the Teen Titans are established to associate with heroes their own age, and occasionally combat small-scale crime. Founding members are Robin (Dick Grayson), Speedy (Roy Harper), Kid Flash (Wally West), Cyborg (Victor Stone), Raven (Rachel Roth), Beast Boy (Garfield Logan), and Wonder Girl (Donna Troy).
Catherine Todd dies, Jason Todd becomes a street kid at age 10.
EoB Year 7 : Jonathan Crane, professor of psychology at Gotham University, specializes in phobias. He is working on an experimental drug to help people overcome their fears by facing them, when it aerosolizes, and he breathes in his entire supply. Dr. Crane goes insane, and re-makes the formula to use on all of Gotham.
Bane escapes Pena Duro prison on Santa Prisca. He hears stories of the Batman is Gotham, and decides that this Batman must be the figure who has been haunting his dreams for years. He goes to Gotham to face his nightmare.
EoB Year 8 : Dick becomes estranged from Bruce, as he feels he has “outgrown” the mantle of Robin, and wants to move out from Batman’s shadow. He moves to Bludhaven and becomes Nightwing. Dick impregnates Koriand’r after Titans mission that was emotionally charged.
Jason Todd, age 12, is found by Bruce when he is jacking the tires off the Batmobile. He is taken in by Bruce and begins Robin training.
EoB Year 9 : Jason Todd becomes Robin and has a rocky relationship with Dick, who can’t believe that Bruce would give away his mantle so easily. Jason is dragged into the middle of a lot of fights between Bruce and Dick. In the meanwhile, he bonds with Alfred, who enjoys teaching Jason how to cook.
EoB Year 10 : Jason and Dick somewhat heal their relationship. Jason becomes member of Teen Titans as Robin. He also meets the Justice League, and gets to meet his favorite superhero, Wonder Woman, with whom he becomes very close. Bruce formally adopts Jason. Tim Drake, age 12, begins stalking Batman and Robin
EoB Year 11 : Tim figures out the civilian identities of Batman and Robin.
Jason is witness to the death of Felipe Garzonas, which causes strain in relationships with both Bruce and Dick, as both are unsure whether or not Jason pushed Garzonas off the balcony from which he fell.
After he is benched from going out as Robin, Jason discovers the existence of Sheila Haywood who may be his biological mother. He goes to Ethiopia, and is killed by the Joker after being betrayed by Sheila.
Tim Drake notices Batman’s violent behavior after Jason’s death, and confronts Bruce about how Batman needs a Robin. He is unsuccessful in his efforts to bring Dick back to Gotham, and decides to take the mantle for himself.
EoB Year 12 : Tim becomes Robin after months of intense training. Jason digs his way out of his grave the same night Barbara is paralyzed by the Joker.
After months in a vegetative state, Talia al Ghul puts Jason into a Lazarus pit. Jason discovers Joker is still alive and that he was replaced as Robin. Jason begins training with the League of Assassins to confront Batman.
Stephanie Brown, age 14, becomes Spoiler to spoil her father’s criminal activities.
Kate Kane, age 27, cousin of Bruce Wayne, becomes Batwoman.
EoB Year 13 : Jack Drake uncovers evidence of the identities of Batman and Robin. He moves Tim to Central City.
Steph begins her ill-fated few months as Robin which end with her torture and “death” at the hands of Black Mask. Jack Drake falls into a coma, Tim moves back to Gotham, retakes his mantle as Robin.
Jason returns to Gotham and establishes himself as the Red Hood, a crime lord.
EoB Year 14 : Jason confronts Batman and the Joker. The confrontation ends with Batman lodging a batarang in Jason’s gun as he is pulling the trigger, causing it to backfire. The detonator for the bombs Jason placed inside the walls falls out of his pocket and is seized by the Joker, who presses the button. Batman digs out the Joker and takes him back to Arkham. Jason is dug out by Talia and her agents, and is taken to Nanda Parbat to recover from his injuries. He meets Damian, who is impressed by Jason when he sees him sparring against Lady Shiva, and holding his own, at the end of his recovery. Talia takes Jason to train with Ducra at the Acres of All, then takes Damian to Gotham-- Ra’s is slowly losing sanity, and doesn’t want either of her sons there for the fallout.
After Bruce helps Cassandra Cain defeat her father, David Cain, she expresses a desire to stay with him, as he has been more of a father than David ever was. Cass becomes Batgirl.
EoB Year 15 : Jason forms the Outlaws with Roy Harper and Koriand’r.
Bruce “dies”, but is actually lost in time. Dick becomes Batman, and makes Damian his Robin.
Tim moves out of Wayne Manor, and becomes co-CEO of Wayne Enterprises with Lucius Fox in Bruce’s absence.
Stephanie returns to Gotham, and is gifted the Batgirl mantle by Cass, who becomes Black Bat.
Jason and Tim form a tentative bond.
Barbara undergoes an experimental surgery to give her the use of her legs again. It works, and she begins physical therapy.
Bruce is recovered from the timestream, and decides to keep Damian as Robin.
Amanda Waller acquires Bruce’s DNA, the basis of Terry McGinnis.
EoB Year 16 : Barbara is deemed field-ready, Steph gives Batgirl back to her.
Dick “dies” for a few months to infiltrate Spyral.
Jason begins spending more time in Gotham. He becomes Roy and Kori’s go-to babysitters, and meets Mar’i Grayson.
EoB Year 17 : Tim kidnapped by Joker. Joker paralyzed by Tim. Jason and Tim forge a strong bond while dealing with the fallout, and Jason reconnects with the Batfamily.
EoB Year 18 : Bruce proposes to Selina.