Prologue
The Joker sat in the warehouse, throwing knife after knife against the wall. His life was now full of chaos, but most importantly, he was free. Gotham was his. He'd kept his promise of keeping the city from the hands of its lowly scum, the criminals that tried to bring his Annalisa down to their level.
Annalisa. Her name sent a pang to his heart that he tried to ignore. She had once been Joker's one and only love. Before he was this, Joker had been Jack Napier; overall good guy and boyfriend to Anna. They had once been the happiest couple in Gotham. They were young and in love, and the both of them opened their eyes to a new way of life. Every day they had been happy. Every day Jack was falling more in love with her, until she had been taken and changed his life forever.
Joker had never felt more heartache than he did when he was with Annalisa. Now he refused to feel anything but enjoyment every day. And he did so by making Gotham his. She would be proud. He was in charge of this town, and once he was finished with Batman, the city would burn at his hands. This was Jack now. The Prince of Chaos, but he had once been Jack Napier, in love with Gotham's own Princess of Anarchy. Until it all went wrong…