<P> After he is cleared of all charges, Bruce generously writes a check to help the city's police department rebuild their precinct . Bullock begins to recover from his alcoholism . Batman offers Jones a place in Wayne Manor seeking his help in finding a location to hide his "Batmobile ." </P> <P> After Gordon arrests a police captain who was one of Cobblepott's lieutenants, he is promoted to captain . In the epilogue, the woman who Batman met is revealed to be a cat burglar, who is now obsessed with him . </P> <Ul> <Li> Bruce Wayne / Batman The disillusioned heir of the Wayne and Arkham families; after his parents' death, Bruce vows to find their killers . Eventually, his quest for revenge leads him to discover a cause greater than his personal vendetta . Wishing to intimidate the criminal element in Gotham, Bruce dresses as a bat to strike fear in them, preparing himself by training in various forms of martial arts available from his legal guardian, Alfred Pennyworth, as well as teaching himself to be a skilled detective . Bruce refuses to use conventional firearms against his opponents, remembering his parents . Instead he uses resources from his family's company to design an arsenal for himself and seeks Lucius Fox's aid to develop it . </Li> <Li> Alfred Pennyworth A former soldier of the Royal Marines, a friend of Thomas Wayne, and a skilled martial artist and sharpshooter . After his friend's murder, Alfred become Bruce Wayne's legal guardian and trains him in martial arts . He has a daughter living in Seoul, South Korea with her mother, where Alfred had previously worked at a security firm . In the military, Alfred lost a leg in an explosion . After Thomas Wayne saved his life following the explosion, he helps create a prosthetic leg to replace the one that Alfred lost, leaving Alfred indebted to Thomas's generosity . Alfred's experiences with violence and the conditions in Gotham have caused him to develop a pessimistic and cynical view towards the world and people in general, though Bruce seems to have restored his faith a little . </Li> <Li> James Gordon Once an idealistic cop, the mysterious death of his wife has left Gordon disillusioned, and he tries to protect his daughter from the crime - ridden Gotham City . Faced with his new partner, Harvey Bullock, and the subsequent emergence of the vigilante dubbed as Batman, Gordon's own principles are ultimately revived, and sets to once again become the moral and just policeman he once was in order to fight the corruption of Gotham . As of Volume Two, Gordon is promoted as police captain after he arrests his predecessor Christopher Black; Black is exposed as one of Oswald Cobblepott's lieutenants . Gordon begins a secret alliance with Batman to rid the corruptions within his department . </Li> <Li> Barbara Gordon A 17 - year - old library assistant and daughter of James Gordon, Barbara lost her mother at an early age . Taking on a supportive role for her increasingly disillusioned father, Barbara is soon captured by Mayor Cobblepot's henchman, the Birthday Boy . Her rescue by Batman then inspires her to consider a role in vigilantism and starts designing a costume of her own based on his . As of Volume Two, she is enrolled in University of California, Berkeley, majoring in computer science . Despite her relocation, she hacks into the city's mainframes for her father to help him find the Riddler and his targets . </Li> <Li> Harvey Bullock A decent yet arrogant police detective from the Los Angeles Police Department, and the host of the cancelled reality show "Hollywood Detectives", Bullock requests to transfer to Gotham to look for the chance to revive his fame . Harvey works together with his unwilling partner, James Gordon, at first to attempt to solve the Waynes' cold case murder, then to rescue James' daughter Barbara from the serial killer, the Birthday Boy . It is strongly implied that Harvey takes up drinking as a coping mechanism after witnessing the travesties that occurred in Arkham House, the Birthday Boy's dwelling . </Li> <Li> Lucius Fox A young but brilliant intern at Wayne Medical, Fox wishes to develop a cybernetic prosthetic for his niece, who has lost her arm in an accident . After helping repair and even perfected Bruce Wayne's grapnel, he deduces that the young billionaire is the vigilante Batman after witnessing him using the same device on the news . It is implied in the end of the story that Lucius has come to accept his new role as a silent equipment developer for Batman, preparing a set of Batarangs for use . As of Volume Two, he is promoted as the head of Wayne Enterprises' Research and Development division, provides Wayne a new Batsuit and additional tools and is tasked to build the Batmobile . </Li> <Li> Oswald Cobblepot The corrupt mayor of Gotham City . Cobblepot was an opponent of Thomas Wayne during his mayoral campaign . Bruce Wayne long suspects that Cobblepot arranged his parents' murder, and becomes Batman to verify it and avenge their death . It is revealed that in the past, Cobblepot did plan for the Waynes to be murdered, but was not ultimately responsible for their death . Cobblepot is the only person other than Alfred to discover Batman's secret identity, but is soon killed by Alfred as he is about to kill a vulnerable and unmasked Bruce . </Li> <Li> Jacob Weaver Once a police detective of Gotham City Police Department, Weaver quit the force to work for Cobblepot . Weaver is Bruce Wayne's primary suspect as the gunman of his parents' murder . </Li> <Li> Ray Salinger (the Birthday Boy) A serial killer who had escaped from Crane Institute under Cobblepot's arrangements, Salinger has a murderous fixation with his first victim Amanda Grant . The Birthday Boy is also the first costumed criminal that Batman encounters . </Li> <Li> Axe A drug dealer who works for Oswald Cobblepot, Axe finds pleasure in intimidating honest police officers like James Gordon . He is eventually beaten and arrested after the introduction of Gordon's new partner, Harvey Bullock . </Li> <Li> Harvey Dent Gotham City's District Attorney and a political enemy of Oswald Cobblepot alongside his twin sister, Jessica . Dent was a former bully of Bruce Wayne when they were both teenagers . Wayne and Dent still do not get along well . Dent is killed by Sal Maroni during a prison riot caused by the Riddler . </Li> <Li> Jessica Dent The twin sister of Harvey Dent and the president of the city's board of supervisors, Jessica has been Bruce Wayne's friend since they were teenagers; each harbors romantic feelings for each other since childhood despite Jessica's brother's disapproval . She is well known in the city for her ongoing feud with Mayor Oswald Cobblepot, and assumes the role of Mayor following Cobblepot's death . In Volume Two, she disfigures the left side of her face after her brother's death, and implied to have developed a dissociative identity disorder; half of the personality she refined is based on her late brother's . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Bruce Wayne / Batman The disillusioned heir of the Wayne and Arkham families; after his parents' death, Bruce vows to find their killers . Eventually, his quest for revenge leads him to discover a cause greater than his personal vendetta . Wishing to intimidate the criminal element in Gotham, Bruce dresses as a bat to strike fear in them, preparing himself by training in various forms of martial arts available from his legal guardian, Alfred Pennyworth, as well as teaching himself to be a skilled detective . Bruce refuses to use conventional firearms against his opponents, remembering his parents . Instead he uses resources from his family's company to design an arsenal for himself and seeks Lucius Fox's aid to develop it . </Li>

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