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1. Punishment, not Prayer by cigthedral

   Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Arkham (Video Games), Batman (Comics), Nightwing (Comics)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M, Gen
   • Work in Progress

   17 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Dick Grayson/Original Female Character(s)
   • Dick Grayson & Alfred Pennyworth & Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne
   • Dick Grayson
   • Jason Todd
   • Bruce Wayne
   • Alfred Pennyworth
   • Barbara Gordon
   • Tim Drake (DCU)
   • Damian Wayne
   • Wally West
   • Original Batfamily Member(s) (DCU)
   • Slow Burn
   • DC Comics References
   • Religious Imagery & Symbolism
   • Gotham City-Typical Violence (DCU)
   • Eventual Smut
   • Eventual Romance
   • Near Death Experiences
   • Graphic Description
   • Mutants
   • Author Is Not Religious
   • Mystery
   • Graphic Description of Corpses
   • Murder
   • Romantic Friendship
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Morally Ambiguous Character
   • Found Family
   • Bruce Wayne Tries to Be a Good Parent
   • Angst
   • Hurt
   • Religious Guilt
   • Religious Fanaticism
   • Yearning
   • Mutual Pining
   • Gotham City Police Department
   • Body Horror
   • Barbara Gordon & Dick Grayson Friendship
   • Original Character(s)
   • religious trauma
   • Pining
   • Cursed Gotham City (DCU)
   • Fluff
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Vigilantism
   • Batfamily (DCU)
   • Batfamily Dynamics (DCU)
   • Batbrothers (DCU)
   • Batfamily Meets Members of the Team (Young Justice)
   • BAMF Barbara Gordon
   • Animal Instincts
   • Animal Traits
   • Animal Metaphors

   Summary

   Gotham is a city of faith, but not the kind you pray to.

   She was meant to be their harbinger of faith—a sacrifice, the very means by which they intended to purify the human soul. Can Daphne Nazara change her skin, or the leopard her spots? Is her repayment to the city, or to the creator?

   Gotham doesn’t bury its ghosts. It builds cathedrals for them.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   100,996

   Chapters:

   25/?

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