The Arkham Knight

"Always defending the weak and the helpless. That's what I like about you. Predictable. And that's why we're gonna win. We know your move before you do. We know how you think!"

-The Arkham Knight

The Arkham Knight was a former supervillain operating in Gotham City. The Knight's identity was taken up by many people as a distraction to cover up who was really under the mask.

Rumors of the Arkham Knight operating in Gotham started spreading online and caught the interest of Tony Carter. Although the Knight was originally thought to be a myth and not a threat to Batman, at the end of The Long Halloween, the Knight begins an all out war, creating a very deadly foe for Batman.

The Knight's armor is heavily inspired by Batman's to mock him and everything he has done in the past. The Knight has knowledge of Batman's secrets and his weaknesses. For under the mask is a face Batman knows all too well, one he wishes was just a mirage.

Role in Events

The Long Halloween

The Arkham Knight first arrived in Gotham sometime before The Long Halloween began, an event where a murderer named Holiday started murdering gang members.

The Knight stuck to the shadows, becoming seemingly nothing more than an urban legend, with little evidence of his existence.

However, Tony Carter begins to become curious about the case and looks into all the speculation surrounding the Knight. It was only until a cell phone video showing the Knight killing 2 teenagers did Carter see him to be an actual threat.

After the end of The Long Halloween, Carter confronts the Knight, only to be beaten badly and kidnapped.

The Arkham Knight

See More: The Arkham Knight (Event)

The Knight appears as the primary villain of the Arkham Knight event, in which he begins a war in Gotham, forging an alliance with the Scarecrow.

Identities

Throughout the event, Batman is fed false clues to the Knight's true identity, during the event, a total of 4 people wear the Knight's mask. The first person to pretend to be the Arkham Knight was Hush, or Dr. Thomas Elliot. Hush leads Batman to Arkham Asylum where he reveals this was all a trap to release all of the inmates. The Joker was the second person to pretend to be the Knight, luring Batman to the Courthouse where he tells Batman he was played once again. Damian Wayne was the first major Knight to be revealed. Before this, Damian was dead until his resurrection through a Lazarus Pit. Damian was brainwashed and tortured by Scarecrow to rework his mind to hate his father, Batman.
 * Hush
 * Joker
 * Damian Wayne

Damian and Scarecrow build a chemical bomb they plan to detonate in Gotham. Batman and Nightwing Beyond are able to stop the bomb and take down Damian as well as help heal his mind.

Damian leaves the Knight's identity behind to rejoin the Batfamily as the Gotham Knight. However, the torture he received still haunts his mind.

Warning: The bottom contains spoilers for who the Arkham Knight really is in the Batman: Arkham Knight video game.

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At the end of the event it is revealed Jason Todd was the true Arkham Knight and was pulling the strings behind all the Knights, hiring them so he could work in secret to take down Batman, who he blames for his torture and killing at the hands of Joker, who is revealed to have been acting as Scarecrow. Todd wanted Joker under his control for his master plan.
 * Jason Todd

Jason was also responsible for Damian's torture and was a major force in turning him into a "perfect puppet."

Jason first arrived in Gotham wearing the identity of Red Hood and rescues Tony Carter from Damian acting as the Arkham Knight. He begins trying to gain back Batman's trust but is angered that he still refuses to kill his enemies. Todd storms off to enact his final plan.

Jason confronts and fights Batman but not before killing Jason Carter, Tony's son. Wanting to wait to bring him more pain, Jason escapes along with Joker to take part in his Endgame.

Endgame

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Jason Todd returns as The Arkham Knight in the Endgame event where he invades the Batcave alongside his millitia. He battles Nightwing and badly injures him. He escapes and fights Batman several other times, wanting to end him once and for all.

Something begins to change in the Knight as he witnesses the horrors Joker has done including killing Nightwing and capturing Tim Drake.

In a near death fight with Joker, Batman is rescued by the Knight who continues on fighting Joker, firing a bullet into his spine, destroying the fluid that Joker claimed made him immortal.

Almost dead, the Knight escapes only to show up as the final battle ends, begging Batman for forgiveness. Jason rejoins his allies to make up for his past sins. Knowing he cannot change what he did, he seeks to make himself a better person alongside his family where he has reclaimed the identity of Red Hood.