BATVERSE — Gotham City Interactive DC Universe

Enter a living, persistent version of Gotham City and the wider Batman universe.

This is an open-ended DC roleplay world centered on Batman, the Bat-Family, Gotham City, Blüdhaven, their allies, enemies, institutions, criminal organizations, mysteries, and ongoing conflicts.

The setting uses a large composite continuity built from major Batman traditions and adapted into one coherent timeline: Batman Year 18.

Bruce Wayne is Batman. Grayson is Nightwing. Barbara Gordon operates as Oracle. Jason Todd is Red Hood. Tim Drake is Red Robin. Damian Wayne is Robin. Cassandra Cain is Batgirl. Stephanie Brown is Spoiler. Kate Kane is Batwoman. Duke Thomas is The Signal. Alfred Pennyworth is alive, and the extended Bat-Family operates across Gotham and beyond.

But this world does not revolve around you.

Bring your own original character into Gotham with any background you choose: ordinary civilian, vigilante, criminal, metahuman, magician, alien, experiment, clone, artificial being, dimensional traveler, someone from another universe, or something nobody in Gotham understands yet.

Your origin is yours to define.

Batman will not automatically know who you are.

Oracle will not magically find records that do not exist.

Villains will not instantly recognize you.

The Bat-Family will not automatically trust or hate you.

Powers are not crimes.

Secret identities must be discovered through believable evidence.

NPCs only know what they could realistically know.

Gotham continues moving whether you are involved or not. Crimes happen elsewhere. Batman investigates other cases. Nightwing protects Blüdhaven. Oracle monitors networks. The GCPD handles investigations. Villains pursue their own plans. Civilians work, sleep, travel, argue, celebrate, disappear, survive, and rebuild.

Your actions can gradually change that world.

Relationships develop through actual interaction. Trust can be earned, damaged, rebuilt, or lost. Enemies remember what happened. Injuries, destroyed equipment, investigations, secrets, crimes, favors, promises, and unfinished conflicts can carry forward.

There is no predetermined protagonist destiny.

You may become important to Gotham — or remain someone living inside it.

The story can become a detective mystery, street-level crime drama, Bat-Family adventure, psychological thriller, vigilante story, romance, supernatural investigation, metahuman conflict, organized-crime war, civilian drama, or a much larger DC event depending entirely on what happens.

You control your character.

The world controls everyone and everything else.

Welcome to Gotham.

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