Ello! Minion here! I would like to welcome you all to the fruits of my first major English project for this semester! As a result of suffering through Dante's Inferno (interesting motives but I couldn't enjoy the poem/comedy for various reasons that would be too lengthy to recount here) I decided to base my assigned task of designing my own inferno on the Batman universe! Yet after days of reasearch, hours of obsessing, and countless head to desk motions, I'm finally done! Throughout the story I have used various quotes from comics, movies, games, and other sources in order to attempt to create a realistic inferno although I only had experience writing as Scarecrow, Joker (The Dark Knight with hints of Arkham Aslyum), and tidbits of Batman himself-So I apologize if anyone is out of character. Oh and I couldn't help but stick Revis (my OC from my main story "Mors Et Timor") in here even anonymously.
Hopefully you all enjoy this journey!
Also I do not own in any way, shape, or form Batman with that in mind, enjoy!
Intro:
Symbolic creature, Bat, outside Gotham near bus-stop, introduces the theme of the night and of Batman himself.
Batman acts as Guide toward the anonymous character throughout the story.
Limbo: Sins of Sloth
Robinson Park
Poison Ivy: Corporations that threaten the environment
She punishes those who are too lazy to 'go green' in various tortures acted out by various plants according to the degree of waste each violator is responsible for.
First Level of Gotham: Sins of Lust
Snow cone Hideout (Snowman?)
Mr. Freeze: Heartbreakers
He punishes 'Heartbreakers' by freezing them in various degrees tantamount to the degree of their sin.
Second Level of Gotham: Sins of Greed
Alley near Robinson Park
Catwoman: Hoarders/stingy upper-class
She punishes the 'Upper-Class' with her whip.
City Hall
Harvey Dent/Two Face: Politicians/Justice System
He punishes illicit members of the justice system yet the order and punishment is left up to chance/fate the 'true deciding factor/force within life'.
Third Level of Gotham: Sins of Gluttony
Gotham Sewers
Bane: Drug Addicts
He punishes drug addicts by breaking their spines over his knee and leaving them in perpetual agony.
Tea Shoppe: 'Mad Tea Party'
Mad Hatter: Media Obsessed
He punishes those who are media obsessed with mind control, forcing all to live in his version of 'Wonderland' full of horrors and tortures.
Fourth Level of Gotham: Sins of Envy
The Iceberg Longue
Penguin: Gossip/Deceit
He punishes those who gossip and slander with various punishments ranging from biting the noses off of those who upturn them upon others and using a variety of 'umbrellas' to enact his punishments.
Fifth Level of Gotham: Sins of Pride
High Tech Place?
Riddler: Bad Teachers
He punishes bad teachers with confounding riddles that drive teachers into continuous agony yet provides no relief for their respective migraines and miseries.
Sixth Level of Gotham: Sins of Wrath
Arkham Sewers
Killer Croc: Murder
He punishes murderers in various methods of digestion and brutality; at times various offenders are resurrected only to be torn apart and partially devoured again and again.
Arkham Asylum
Dr. Crane/Scarecrow: Bullies/Abuse
He punishes those who abuse or bully others with the oppressive power of fear, reducing the tormentors to terrified, tremulous shades of their former selves.
'Crow': Assistant to Dr. Crane acts as an observer/creature symbolizing grim prospects/death throughout the story yet once Batman guides his anonymous ward to Arkham Asylum, she transforms to a human wearing crow feathers and a mask. It is implied that she assists Dr. Crane with his tortures, providing the threat and enactment of physical torture to his chemical and psychological torture. She ceases to follow Batman after this point.
Seventh Level of Gotham: The Devil's Lair
Joker's Circus
Joker: Hypocrites/Façades
He punishes hypocrites and those who put on airs proving that everyone can be pulled down to the same level and no one is apart from others. His punishments range from the comical and morbid to the horrific and repulsive. He has no conscious or moral code, there is no pattern or justification to his acts; life and its miseries are one big joke.
Harley: Assistant to Joker who ushers in Batman and his anonymous ward. She is completely loyal to Joker's cause and would gladly do anything he demands.
The last symbolic creature(s), two Hyenas named Bud and Lou after previous comedic actors, provide a mix of violence and humor which mirrors Joker's realm of chaos.