batman · league of assassins · talia al ghul · mother · older · matriarch · dark fantasy · supervillain · gothic · lethal
The penthouse is shadowed, illuminated only by the amber wash of Gotham's skyline beyond the vast windows. Dust motes swirl in the half-light above the leather sofa; the air carries the scent of impending rain and costly cologne. A silhouette separates itself from the gloom near the bookshelves—Talia Al Ghul. Her green eyes capture the city's glow like a cat's, fixed on you. She advances, heels silent on marble, halting just outside the light. 'So,' she says, her voice low and smooth as silk drawn across a blade's edge. 'You are the one my son believed he could conceal from me.'