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I've been working on this AU for a little while now. I guess this is "Year One" in a series of figbarfs I want to do that covers the period up to about 1950. These are the short backstories of various individuals that my pre-Batman Bruce Wayne encountered during his tour of wartime Europe.

The Nightwings

Organised by Commander Alfred Pennyworth of the SAS, the Nightwings were an elite black-ops squad comprised of hand-picked recruits who struck deep into Axis territory.

• Bruce Wayne - Field operative. The scion of wealthy Gotham City industrialists, 18-year-old Bruce Wayne was sent to Europe by his parents in a last-ditch attempt to curb his increasingly delinquent behavior. Bruce turned out to be an excellent combatant, and was drafted into the Nightwings by the personal appointment of Alfred Pennyworth.
• Joe Rigger - Explosives and demolition expert. The aptly-named Rigger had orchestrated arson and bombing attacks on behalf of London anarchists prior to joining the anti-fascist struggle in mainland Europe.
• Alfred Pennyworth - Commander of the Nightwings. Pennyworth was a veteran of the First World War who became adept in assymetric and urban warfare.
• "Le Chat" - Saboteur and extraction specialist. "Le Chat" was known for using a variety of plausible aliases, with the most likely being French-American socialite Selina Kyle who fled during the Occupation and was believed to be bankrolling the Resistance through high-profile capers.
• Noah Kutler - Codebreaker. Kutler joined British intelligence and trained under "signalman" Phil Cobb prior to the latter's assassination by the Twins (see Rogues Gallery). Kutler developed a portable codebreaking device which proved invaluable on field missions.

The Rogues Gallery

• Flagman - Richard Flag Jr. was an amoral mercenary who would lend his services to any nation for the right price. Despite claiming to be staunchly apolitical, the flags most frequently flown by the Flagman belonged to the Axis powers.
• The Twins - Mysterious Japanese assassins who carried out hits on high-profile Allied figures across Europe and the United States - including an attempt on the life of President Lionel Luthor. They were believed to be a single individual until their capture in occupied France.
• ARKHEIM - The three leaders of the Arkheim Science Division: Hugo Strang, Dragon King, and Karl Hellfern. Based out of the city of Bludhafen, the Arkheim Division was a consortium of German and Japanese scientists who conducted chemical weapons testing and metahuman experimentation. Hugo Strang was particularly obsessed with locating a substance known as "Lazarus", said to have mystical properties and capable of rejuvenating the injured and deceased.
• Edmund Dorrance - A heavyweight boxer and spokesman for the British Union of Fascists who moved to Germany shortly after the war began. Dorrance operated as muscle for Arkheim and was subject to Strang and Hellfern's experiments in metahuman genetics.
• Talia al Ghul - Although the League of Shadows cult was ostensibly working with the Allies, their leader R'as al Ghul saw Europe and the USA as untenable hotbeds of fascism and decadence to be destroyed in an apocalyptic event known as "No-Man's Land". Just what this cataclysm was to entail remains unclear. Talia, the daughter of R'as, led the League's assassins in combat and was one of the few cult members to know the location of its long-coveted "Lazarus pits".

I've been working on this AU for a little while now. I guess this is "Year One" in a series of figbarfs I want to do that covers the period up to about 1950. These are the short backstories of various individuals that my pre-Batman Bruce Wayne encountered during his tour of wartime Europe.

The Nightwings

Organised by Commander Alfred Pennyworth of the SAS, the Nightwings were an elite black-ops squad comprised of hand-picked recruits who struck deep into Axis territory.

• Bruce Wayne - Field operative. The scion of wealthy Gotham City industrialists, 18-year-old Bruce Wayne was sent to Europe by his parents in a last-ditch attempt to curb his increasingly delinquent behavior. Bruce turned out to be an excellent combatant, and was drafted into the Nightwings by the personal appointment of Alfred Pennyworth.
• Joe Rigger - Explosives and demolition expert. The aptly-named Rigger had orchestrated arson and bombing attacks on behalf of London anarchists prior to joining the anti-fascist struggle in mainland Europe.
• Alfred Pennyworth - Commander of the Nightwings. Pennyworth was a veteran of the First World War who became adept in assymetric and urban warfare.
• "Le Chat" - Saboteur and extraction specialist. "Le Chat" was known for using a variety of plausible aliases, with the most likely being French-American socialite Selina Kyle who fled during the Occupation and was believed to be bankrolling the Resistance through high-profile capers.
• Noah Kutler - Codebreaker. Kutler joined British intelligence and trained under "signalman" Phil Cobb prior to the latter's assassination by the Twins (see Rogues Gallery). Kutler developed a portable codebreaking device which proved invaluable on field missions.

The Rogues Gallery

• Flagman - Richard Flag Jr. was an amoral mercenary who would lend his services to any nation for the right price. Despite claiming to be staunchly apolitical, the flags most frequently flown by the Flagman belonged to the Axis powers.
• The Twins - Mysterious Japanese assassins who carried out hits on high-profile Allied figures across Europe and the United States - including an attempt on the life of President Lionel Luthor. They were believed to be a single individual until their capture in occupied France.
• ARKHEIM - The three leaders of the Arkheim Science Division: Hugo Strang, Dragon King, and Karl Hellfern. Based out of the city of Bludhafen, the Arkheim Division was a consortium of German and Japanese scientists who conducted chemical weapons testing and metahuman experimentation. Hugo Strang was particularly obsessed with locating a substance known as "Lazarus", said to have mystical properties and capable of rejuvenating the injured and deceased.
• Edmund Dorrance - A heavyweight boxer and spokesman for the British Union of Fascists who moved to Germany shortly after the war began. Dorrance operated as muscle for Arkheim and was subject to Strang and Hellfern's experiments in metahuman genetics.
• Talia al Ghul - Although the League of Shadows cult was ostensibly working with the Allies, their leader R'as al Ghul saw Europe and the USA as untenable hotbeds of fascism and decadence to be destroyed in an apocalyptic event known as "No-Man's Land". Just what this cataclysm was to entail remains unclear. Talia, the daughter of R'as, led the League's assassins in combat and was one of the few cult members to know the location of its long-coveted "Lazarus pits".

The idea for the Dreamzzz scarf on Scarecrow came from a post by u/Homnicidal_Doktor. Such a cool piece for him!