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𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 ❲ WELCOME TO VOL. I OF "THE DISCIPLES" ❳
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"HANDSOME AS LIFE AND
POISON. SUN-BLOOD
HANDSOME. BLEEDING SUN."
I. INTRODUCTIONS, summary.
© gcthmite, 2025. ⚖︎
MAN IS TRYING TO CARVE OUT HIS OWN THRONE in a city that doesn't make room for princes. Black Mask is slipping, losing fear, losing ground. The city is hungry for a new myth. Jason knows the game.
He knows the violence. But what he doesn't expect [what no one expects] ─── is the rise of another figure in the underworld: Damião DeSantos, the ring-built messiah with a following carved out of fists, faith, and scars. A rain-soaked war for the city's bones. Two kings. One throne.
And Gotham watching like a hungry god. Batman's identity has been exposed. Gotham's faith in its guardian has shattered, and though Bruce tries to patch the seams with Protocol Knightfall looming, the city feels leaderless. Ripe for new gods to rise. Crime spikes. Gang alliances crumble. The power vacuum widens by the week.
Solace Lounge becomes a refuge for the desperate and ambitious alike. Riddler trophies flicker uselessly in alley puddles. The skyline glows a sickly green from old fear toxin residue. Gotham is wounded, abandoned, and hungry. Perfect soil for a religious myth to bloom.
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⭒ THESE TWO AREN'T THE STARS OF OUR SHOW! BUT RATHER . . .
THE EMERGING RED-HOOD & BLISK
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© gcthamite, 2023 – 2025. ⚖︎ Copyright
Damião and Desiree are my own original characters, however other individuals like Oscar, Sevyn, Marylou, Sisi, Grant, and Samayo belong to my friends. Parts of this book may not be stolen, reproduced, transmitted or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means. (Or at least without prior written permission from the author.) However, the Arkham Knight game (DC) is not my isn't my creation and all rights and characters go to the owners.
"YOU DON'T GET TO DIE AND BE REBORN THE SAME. YOU COME BACK, BUT YOU COME BACK WRONG. THIS IS THE PRICE YOU PAY FOR RESURRECTION."
- nathaniel orion g. k.
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The Solace Lounge is a fever-bright ecosystem. Every person stitched into its shadows comes with their own ache, their own sin breathing hot at their ribs, their own loyalty to Damião shaped by circumstance, trauma, or sheer gravitational pull.They're all these strange, bruised constellations orbiting the same black star
Desiree Cross is the spine.
Damião's childhood friend, fighter, shield, and the only one who can drag him back from the edge by the hair. She's the bone-deep grit that keeps the Lounge standing. She's gluttony not in food but in violence, in loyalty, in taking on every burden she shouldn't. Swallowing the world before it can swallow her.
Samayo Haydn is the chill in the room.
Money handler. Negotiator. The person who sees the world as a ledger of debts and favors. Off-putting, but fiercely loyal to the Lounge. Pride and arrogance in a suit.
Marylou Wieżowski is the soft ghost.
A contradiction with a heartbeat. Lust imposed, not chosen but a yearning turned into performance because it's the only language she's been rewarded for.
Sisi De Medici is the stitched storm.
A Frankenstein's daughter with the devotion of a knight and the heart of a child learning the laws of humanity one bruise at a time.
Azaelea Jinn is the proud falcon.
All sharp lines, ruthless elegance, and the kind of pride that makes people beautiful and terrifying at once.
Oscar Altieri is the living stain.
Sloth not as laziness but as numbness, burnout, the exhaustion of being a disappointment with a famous last name.
Sevyn Harlow is the wandering vice.
A woman built from hunger, not harm—glittering pockets, restless bones, and that gambler's smile that promises she'll bolt the second you think you've got her.
All of them form a broken family. A cult of desperation, trauma, and rebirth. A choir of sinners held together by Damião's gravity because every one of them owes him their life in some way.
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⁽ᴵ⁾ Fila Ranamand as
❲ ID: SEVYN HARLOW, the Gamble. ❳
I. Disciple | Greed | riotsgrrrI
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⁽ᴵ⁾ Robert DaCosta & Christian Mazzilli as
❲ ID: DAMIÃO DESANTOS, the Blisk. ❳
I. Ringleader | Jesus | Bastard Son
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⁽ᴵ⁾ Mikey Madison as
❲ ID: MARYLOU, the Singer. ❳
I. Disciple | @Dove | Lust
⁽ᴵ⁾ Benedetta Porcaroli as
❲ ID: SISI DE MEDICI, the Dead Girl. ❳
I. Disciple | @Dove | Wrath
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⁽ᴵ⁾ Lee Chae-Young & Shim Ja Yoon as
❲ ID: AZAELEA JINN, the Damsel. ❳
I. Disciple | @Dove | Pride
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⁽ᴵ⁾ Shěn Quán Ruì & Zhang Changlin as
❲ ID: SAMAYO HAYDN, the Brain. ❳
I. Disciple | Iancers | Envy
⁽ᴵ⁾ Vivian Oprah as
❲ ID: DESIREE CROSS, the Fists. ❳
I. Disciple | The 1st | Gluttony
⁽ᴵ⁾ Logan Lerman as
❲ ID: OSCAR ALTIERI, the Fallen. ❳
I. Disciple | riotsgrrrI | Sloth
AND THE REST OF THE CAST ...
Tim Drake ╱ As Described.
Alfred Pennyworth ╱ As Described.
Richard Grayson ╱ As Described.
Barbara Gordon ╱ As Described.
Bruce Wayne ╱ As Described.
Jason Todd ╱ As Described.
Roman Sionis ╱ As Described.
and additional figures...
❲ ➢ VENGEANCE ┊ NOTATION
dedicated to my lovely friends who gave damião his foundation and soul!!! love you guys oh so much.
Especially to riotsgrrrI , chazzykins!! MY DEAREST BELOVED!!!!! One day I will make a fic for kiyoz. And of course, the lovely Dove!!! Literally my light when it came to creating the whole concept of the lounge. Honorable mention to Iancers . My partner in crime, always!!!
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and here are my special dedications to
godsmaniac , violent-delights & nostalgiclogan big kisses to yall