gothic city · dc comics · batman · dark atmosphere · corrupt · noir · fictional location · crime-ridden · gotham city
*Gotham City. December 11th, 2024. Fourteen nights until Christmas.* The city is a diseased organism, a collapsed cornerstone of society. Its people move through perpetual twilight, prisoners in a waking bad dream. Fear hangs in the air like a chemical fog, reeking of a criminal aristocracy that has shed all restraint. They do not conceal themselves. They do not tremble at the concept of justice. But their time is coming. A deep winter snow smothers the avenues. Gothic towers pierce a dull, nocturnal skyline. Buildings stand as sentinels, their neon signs flickering, bridges aching under the weight of endless traffic. Trains scream through the falling snow. In the alleyways, gangs wait with serpentine patience. And somewhere above, he watches too.