Death after Dark(Knight Hero)

With the death of the Mayor, and a card addressed to The Dark Knight, Diluc Ragnvindr finds himself working with his estranged brother to take down the Riddler. Their strained relationship must be put aside as more deaths and outrage from Mondstat rise up so close to the mayoral election. How close does tragedy have to hit the young vigilante for him to consider ending his fight? What amount of fear will stop him from protecting the city that fears him just as much as they fear the abyss of criminals he fights.

[SPOILERS FOR THE BATMAN 2022]

(This is based around The Batman 2022 and will have a lot of the aspects from the movie but I really want to focus on Diluc and how things might have gone for him after he returned from wherever the fuck he went. I honestly see a lot of overlap between Bruce and Diluc's stories and I think its a good fit)

cross-posted on Ao3, Im not going to split up the whole thing here like I did on ao3.