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Brimverse

What is Brimverse?

"Brim" is the shortened version of Bruce/Jim. Brimverse is an alternate universe to Christopher Nolan's AU of the Batman universe. The "Brim" universe is centric to the pairing of Bruce Wayne/James Gordon (comics). This AU will eventually lead to the pairing being a "couple," "together," or whatever word you would like to use.

Characters

Below is a table of characters we know from Christopher Nolan's Batman AU that are already canon. If you want to add a character, please talk it over with the moderators.

There are NO "Mary Sues" allowed. OC's (original characters) are okay, but they must be minor. They are allowed in the table below.

You may also bring in other characters from comic books, other Batman movies, cartoons, etc., but they must have with them a realistic approach to the Brimverse AU, much like Christopher Nolan has done with Batman Begins and The Dark Knight (film). This means you can bring in a character like Mister Freeze, but you must give him a NEW background story that is far more believable than his comic canon.

All newly added characters must have an actor attached for easier understanding of age and description of character, and so that if someone else chooses to use this character in his or her story, he or she will know what the character looks like, how old the character is, and so forth. Birthdate must be added to the new character's mini bio as well.

Character	Mini Bio	Fic Links	Actor/Picture
Bruce Wayne/Batman	insert mini bio		Christian Bale
James Gordon (comics)	insert mini bio		Gary Oldman
Alfred Pennyworth	insert mini bio		Michael Caine
Rachel Dawes	Childhood friend and love interest of Bruce Wayne in BB/TDK; became an assistant district attorney for Gotham; rekindled some of the romance between her and Wayne in BB, but Batman proved to be a barrier; in a relationship with Harvey Dent in TDK; kidnapped by Wuertz and Ramirez at the behest of Maroni; killed in TDK		Maggie Gyllenhaal
Lucius Fox	insert mini bio		Morgan Freeman
Harvey Dent/"Two-Face"	insert mini bio		Aaron Eckhart
The Joker	insert mini bio		Heath Ledger
Jonathan Crane/"The Scarecrow"	insert mini bio		Cillian Murphy
Anna Ramirez	insert mini bio		Monique Gabriela Curnen
Anthony Garcia	Current and politically savvy mayor of Gotham City; targeted for assassination by the Joker during TDK but was saved by Jim Gordon; personally appointed Gordon to succeed the late Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb		Nestor Carbonell
Salvatore Maroni	Took over Carmine Falcone's mob post-BB; worked with the Joker to kidnap Harvey Dent and Rachel Dawes, leading to the former's disfiguration and the latter's death in TDK; confronted by Two-Face toward the end of TDK for his involvement in Dawes' death; may have died in a car crash		Eric Roberts
Gillian B. Loeb	Police commissioner of Gotham City during BB and TDK; strongly opposed vigilantism and ordered a special task force to arrest the Batman; murdered by the Joker in TDK		Colin McFarlane
Barbara Gordon	Wife of Jim Gordon and mother of two; was unaware of her husbands faked death in TDK; kidnapped and held at gunpoint along with her two children by Two-Face in TDK		Melinda McGraw
James Gordon, Jr.	Son of Jim and Barbara Gordon; looks up to Batman as a hero as the latter rescues him from Two-Face in TDK; knows the truth behind the Two-Face murders		Nathan Gamble
Barbara Gordon II	Daughter of Jim and Barbara Gordon; kidnapped and held by gunpoint with her mother and brother by Two-Face in TDK; also knows the truth behind the Two-Face murders in TDK		Hannah Gunn
Thomas Wayne	Gifted surgeon and philanthropist; murdered with his wife by Joe Chill during a mugging that occurred in front of his son, Bruce, a traumatizing event that later became the motivation for Bruce to become Batman		Linus Roache
Martha Wayne	Thomas Wayne's wife and mother of Bruce Wayne; murdered by Joe Chill during a mugging gone awry in BB		Sara Stewart
Ra's al Ghul/Henri Ducard"	insert mini bio		Liam Neeson
Carmine Falcone	Head crime lord of Gotham City during BB; worked with Crane/Scarecrow to smuggle a fear toxin into Gotham in exchange for Crane declaring his henchmen 'insane' to avoid imprisonment; later, when imprisoned himself, tried to blackmail Crane, but fell victim to Crane's fear toxin; currently in Arkham awaiting trial		Tom Wilkinson
Zsasz	A serial killer with tally marks scarred into his skin, representing each of his victims; declare 'insane' by Crane and transferred to Arkham Asylum, from which he escapes toward the end of BB		Tim Booth
Gerard Stephens	Introduced in TDK as one of Gordon's officers in the Major Crimes Unit; became acting head of MCU during Gordon's faked death; an honest cop and loyal to Gordon		Keith Szarabajka

Timeline

Below is a link to the interactive timeline. If you would like access to the timeline to edit, please contact the mods of Brimverse:

Interactive Timeline

Non-Interactive Timeline:

The timeline is only to be edited when a new point in the timeline has been written. Please follow the format. If you need help, ask or ask for your fic point to be added. Please link the fic you wrote so that we can keep the timeline going. Feel free to ADD to the basic timeline if you see there are key points missing. Do not mess up the coding.

• 1958

  • January

    • 5^th - Jim Worthington Gordon is born in Chicago

• 1975

  • September

    • 10^th - Bruce Thomas Wayne is Born in Gotham City

• 1984

  • March

    • 21^st - Thomas and Martha Wayne (Bruce's Parents) are killed by Joe Chill

• 1998

  • March

    • 1^st - Bruce Returns to Gotham from Princeton for Joe Chill's Trial and then goes missing after a conversation with childhood friend Rachel Dawes.

• 1998 - 2005

  • Bruce travels the world and trains with Henri Ducard (later found out to be Ra's al Ghul)

• 2005

  • August – Bruce returns to Gotham after destroying Ra's al Ghul's home. Bruce decides to become something more for the greater good of Gotham: Batman. Bruce looks into Wayne Enterprises, looks into how to take it over and back his hands. He befriends Lucius Fox during this time who helps him find the equipment Bruce needs to become Batman. Bruce doesn't openly admit to what he's doing.

    • 19^th - Jim Gordon meets the man who will be called "Batman" for the first time by being held at stapler point.

  • September

    • 10^th - Bruce's 30th birthday. Ra's with the help of Doctor Crane attack Gotham with Fear Toxin. Rachel finds out Bruce is Batman

  • October

    • 1 - Jim Gordon shines the "Batsignal" for the first time to summon Batman. Jim shows Batman the "Joker" card.

• 2006

  • October

    • 18 - Joker and gang robs Gotham National Bank

    • 19 - Bruce talks to Fox about a new suit. Sees Rachel and Dent, talks about fund raiser.

    • 20 - Lau skips Gotham for China. Dent, Gordon and Batman meet rooftop, Batman agrees to go after Lau.

    • 23 - Bruce gets his new bat-suit. Alfred makes plans/excuses for Bruce being away.

    • 24 - Batman goes to China and Brings back Lau. AKA, Bruce goes on a cruise with the Russian Ballet.

    • 25 - Dead Fake Batman found asking real Batman to show himself, Dent's fund raiser, and Commish. Loeb dies.

    • 26 - Gordon and Batman finds clues that show that Mayor Garcia is the next victim of the Joker's at Commish. Loeb's Memorial.

    • 27 - Mayor Garcia is shot at, Gordon saves him and is shot and presumed dead. Dent breaks. Batman tells Dent he is turning himself in.

    • 28 - Dent holds a press conference for Batman to reveal himself, but takes the fault instead. Batman goes to save him. Gordon comes back from the dead and saves Batman. Gordon is made the new Commissioner of GCPD. Joker is interrogated. Dent is badly injured in a blast and Rachel is killed in another. Both Gordon and Batman blame themselves.

    • 29 - Joker blows up a hospital, Dent goes missing. Bruce Crashes his car to save Reece and Gordon. Joker is captured that evening, Dent threatened Gordon's family, Batman accidently kills Dent, and then takes the blame for all the other murders, against Gordon's better judgment, he goes with it.

    • 30 - Gordon speaks at Dent's Memorial.

    • 31 - Gordon smashes the Batsignal.
      
      
      

  Authors/Artists

  List of Fics and Art by Authors/Artists:

  Authors and artists, please add your LiveJournal username and link your fics. If you need help or someone else to do it for you, please do so at the master post at the Brimverse community.

  Author/Artist	LiveJournal Username	Title	Link
  insert author/artist	insert username	insert title	insert link to story or art

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  *DISCLAIMER* We are non-profit writers/artists sharing in the love of the Bat'verse created by Christopher Nolan, DC Comics, and WB Studios. We've simply turned the tables a bit to make it a bit of fun. We do not own any of this nor do we claim to. All rights belong to DC and WB.