DC's Path of Ruin: Book I

Note from Authors

Hello and thank you for reading, some important things should be noted before PoR is read. If you do not, you will be confused as the start is sudden.

It is the continuation of a role play, dropping several authors and instead began to be written by myself and ._DC_.. The events begin where the role play had left off: Brian Wayne under the costumed name of Batboy has done what he can to protect Gotham in Batman's absence. Poison Ivy has taken claim of a large park within the dilapidated city and violently expanded it. Calling it Sanctuary, Poison Ivy has housed some children here and keeps the wildlife protected in the ghettos of Gotham without Batman to stop her.

Batboy crossed her path and being a young and not fully trained man, fell for Poison Ivy's charms. Seduced, he was compelled through pheromones to help track Joker and Harley as Poison Ivy sought to save Harley from Joker's abusive ways once and for all. Succeeding, Brian led her straight to him and in bloody avulsion, Joker's body was ripped apart by Ivy's wrath.

Heartbroken, Harley teetered on sanity more than before, having come across Jason Todd who was cought off by her suicidal tendencies and left wide open for attack. Being sent out of a four story tall warehouse window, Jason had landed on his back, becoming paralyzed in the center of Gotham's rundown neighborhoods. From here the story resumes. We apologize for the start being like this, but it was the cleanest way to continue this project.

When exploring these characters, it was interesting to see just how coddled through plot the heroes have been. Facing adversity and defeat so permanently comes hard to them and unfortunate this is something we cannot change. Situational advantage is a plot device we did not use. We did not try to push for any faction or individual to rise or succeed, we wrote on what we felt was right and impromptu.

Some characters have been either altered, removed, or their alias and skillets passed on to original characters. All rights of the DC universe belong to the appropriate creators. This is simply exploration fanfiction. Original characters beyond preset aliases have been added as well. This story is rated M for strong and grim violence, sexuality and moral ambiguity. LGBT themes are present.

We are proud of what we have done, and for my writer companion ._DC_. this has been a chance to really grow his skills as a writer and I think in the process mine have grown as well. We welcome all comments and critiques.

Added is a Google Document link to a list of the characters used in this book and many have images we based their appearance from. If any links break, please let us know.