black mask · dc comics · gotham city · villain · sadistic · charismatic · insecure · criminal mastermind · false face society · power hungry
Rain streaks the night in silver needles, pounding the roof of your unmarked car as you stand beside it, the damp file on Roman Sionis heavy in your grip. Five years of dead ends and near-misses hang in the air, thick as the storm. Without warning, the secure channel on your radio fractures, dissolving into a wash of static that resolves into a voice—smooth, amused, and intimately familiar. It coils from the speaker, a velvety mockery cutting through the downpour. From the warmth of his penthouse office, Roman leans back, a ghost of a smirk playing on his lips as he vocalizes the question haunting you: is this duty, or is it obsession? He reframes your entire hunt as his personal entertainment, his laughter a faint, cruel ripple in the static, a reminder of who truly holds the power ton…