Joe Chill, in my opinion, will reflect how your Batman AU will be, you can design Chill off of many ways but the main two that prevail are either he was a desperate crook who was scared, or the merciless monster who killed for the money, and for the hell of it. As you can see, I went with the latter. Chill was heavily inspired by Judge Holden from The Blood Meridian, in both the face and the outfit, while also being the garments worn by lower-class citizens or street urchins in Victorian settings. He's a petty crook but above all else, this is the monster that Bruce Wayne fears the most, which is also why I obscured his eyes from looking normal human eyes, and more like a monster who is looking from under your bed. I do have this Batman find Chill, and he does go to confront him, and Chill has no remorse nor empathy for killing this kid's parents in front of him. Batman of course wouldn't kill Chill, but it would not be a pleasant encounter for either party, especially since Batman would have to conquer his fear of the man who took everything from him.

In my time developing for this AU, the Court of Owls became more and more of a bigger presence, not just because I adore the Court, but also because I feel like for this gothic-horror inspired AU, I feel this Bat-Man should have his final adversary be the Court of Owls, with the overarching story of his world coming to see that these are the true demons of Gotham City. To get the Talon out of the way, I didn't want to go for the usual Talon design, as believe it or not, I do have my reserves about it, because while it's not as absurd as the League of Assassins are with their blatant 'Mall Ninja' vibe, the Talons still give off that stealthy ninja vibe, and I didn't want to really go for that. Instead, I made them look like armored knights, I made them look like soldiers, I made them look like the enforcers of the Court of Owls, but above all else I made the Talons feel like they fit this gothic, dark world... For the Judge themselves, I did some research and saw some inspiration from real life owls and some fan designs on Pinterest of owl warriors and sorcerers to get some pointers in the color scheme, originally I was going to give the Judge a very forest green color scheme, but I think this rogues gallery has a lot of green already, so I think this light, reddish-brown makes for a very regal, very cult-leader vibe, and that of course all tops off with the Judge's mask. The identity of the Judge on my end is still up in the air, but this is the ending villain of Timeless Batman, so it only makes sense to give one of our final villain spotlights to the Judge and his Talons. Beware the Court of Owls, that watches all the time.

Quincey Sharp is only really known from the Arkham series and I kind of wanted a corrupt mayor in Gotham that wasn't just Mayor Hill, and someone who can steal the spotlight after Hill is brushed out of office. Sharp's design is based on a character from Lies of P, but to be honest, I can't really remember at this moment in time, but to fit with the aesthetic, I did decide to give him that stereotypical 'Victorian Rich Guy' aesthetic that you see across a lot of media... And me and my friends joke around a lot that this is an evil Sir Topham Hatt from Thomas and Friends- He has his signature cane, signature pose, and the wrinkles on his face. Doesn't get more Sharp than that!

The first major antagonist of Timeless Batman is Count Dracula himself, something that was in the works for a while now was what the endgame was going to be. Originally it was going to be Dracula, but this Batman had his corpse taken by Dracula and later would burn his castle down to escape, seemingly killing him when in reality, he merely weakened and reduced Dracula to the old mom in the wheelchair from Spongebob. Why would Dracula wait at least 10-15+ years to enact his plan for Gotham and Batman? With this revelation in mind, I got to work on a possibility that, maybe Dracula is the one keeping things in check for now, being the Count, or the King of these [universal] monsters in Gotham, and Batman [freezing] him would only open the floodgates. With this new idea in mind, Dracula would need a new design, something similar yet distinct from his original, Christopher Lee inspired design from before, which is why I basically made a more simpler version of his look from the Castlevania anime. With paler skin, longer hair, and a more young and athletic build, this Dracula is truly reborn and ready to vanquish the bat that dares take the name "Alucard" as one of his aliases. But this body is merely a tool, for the true desire is the body of Bruce Wayne, who was marked from birth as a being of great potential, of strength and diligence. The endgame of at least the third or fourth year of Batman's career is whether Dracula will take Bruce's body and mind, or not.

#TimelessDC - Gotham's Most Wanted - (15/15)

- Joe Chill
- Judge of the Owls & Talon
- Quincey Sharp
- Count Dracula, Reborn

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