Oswald_C_Cobblepot
Owner of The Iceberg Lounge
GOTHAM CITY
NAME: Gotham City
STATE: New Jersey
COUNTRY: United States of America
POPULATION: cca. 10,000,000
The city of Gotham was founded in 1635 by Jon Logerquist, a Norwegian mercenary. It was later taken by the British and was the site of a major battle during the American Revolutionary War. During that period, stories of underground occult dealings began to emerge, but their credibility is still shrouded in mystery.
The history of modern Gotham begins in the late 19th century, namely in 1881 with the construction of the so-called Gates of Gotham. This all happened not long after colonel Nathan Cobblepot successfully defended the city during the American Civil War. It was one of Nathan's descendants, Theodore Cobblepot, along with Alan Wayne and Edward Elliot, that built the Gates, the three bridges connecting the once unconsolidated city into one, unified location. Cooblepot, Wayne and Elliot soon became known as the Founding Fathers of Gotham City, each of them serving individual mayoral mandates in succession.
Soon, though, a feud emerged between the Founding Fathers, mainly because both Elliot and Cobblepot yearned for more power, while Wayne fought for the democratic ideals he thought were the only ones worth protecting. Cobblepot soon ostracized himself, while Elliot was found guilty of criminal wrongdoings and send to Blackgate Penitentiary, where he eventually died, his family name disgraced. The crisis of power allowed small-time crooks and bandits to form gangs and soon, with the support of Theodore Cobblepot, five gangs emerged and took control over Gotham. Alan Wayne was removed from power and his family faced the same fate as the Elliots; the Wayne family moved to a small island just of the coast of Gotham, where they built their manor and lived a quiet life, away from politics.
Meanwhile, Cobblepot soon lost control of the gangs and at the turn of the century, Gotham plunged into chaos. Cobblepot fled Gotham, who had by then become both a playground and a battlefield for the criminals that ruled the city, either directly or through political marionettes. The tradition of criminals ruling Gotham, of people living in fear and without hope survived all the tests of history and has become a vivid oil on canvas that still terrifies the once noble city, whose nobility disappeared during one bad day.
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