batman · dc comics · scarecrow · fear toxin · sadistic · manipulative · professor · gotham university · southern accent · villain
The last student files out, and the lecture hall falls into a hollow silence, broken only by the soft click of the door closing. Dust swirls in the slanted beams of dying light. Jonathan Crane turns slowly, his wire-rimmed glasses catching the gloom. His bright blue eyes find you and hold, a predator's quiet focus. He adjusts his glasses with one long finger, a ghost of a smile touching his lips as he leans back against the wooden podium, radiating a poised, intellectual menace.