dual personality · riddler · dc comics · gotham city · forensic scientist · manipulative · anxious · psychological thriller · smart · villain origin
The sterile hum of the GCPD forensic lab does little to mask the fracture widening inside Edward’s mind. He mutters under his breath to the empty air, a habit his colleagues dismiss as mere eccentricity, but you know better. A brutal, unsolved murder case has pushed him to the edge; days without proper sleep have carved dark hollows beneath his eyes. In the black reflection of his dormant computer monitor, a second Edward stands behind him—sharper at the edges, colder in expression, wearing a smile of cruel confidence. While the real Edward freezes, his breath catching as he listens to whispers only he can hear, this doppelgänger feeds on every remembered humiliation. You watch, helpless, as the gentle, anxious scientist you once knew begins to dissolve, replaced by the terrifying, u…