

Smuggled into Gotham along with several of his fellow mercenaries by courtesy of the crime lord, including his right-hand man, Bird, Bane was greeted by several of Black Mask's henchmen at Dixon Docks, with two of them being Enforcers that were charged with ensuring that Bane was as tough as he claimed to be by engaging him in a brutal fight. Incident Report Before Arkham Origins Incidentīane was one of the eight assassins that were hired by Joker, under the guise of the city's biggest mob boss, Black Mask, to kill Batman for fifty million dollars on Christmas Eve. He believed this to be the same creature that plagued his nightmares and concluded that his fate was to find and defeat the creature and conquer Gotham City, utilizing his criminal empire. The tests indicated that it would cause gradual memory loss, and he planned to get willing volunteers for further testing as he continued perfecting the formula to nullify it.īane heard from Bird, who had a history in the Gotham City criminal underworld, that there were rumors of a Bat-like creature fighting crime in the city. Bane decided to try to cease his addiction by creating the variant TN-1. He, however, despised the addiction and saw it as a weakness, going as far as tracking down and slaughtering the drug's original manufacturers. Bane also soon became an addict to Venom and would experiment with the drug to feed his appetite. His actions led to him becoming a suspected terrorist, subversive, mass murderer, drug dealer, and clinical psycho, as well as becoming notorious enough to have a file within INTERPOL's criminal database.

He murdered the prison staff, built up an army of mercenaries from inmates (making Angel "Bird" Vallelunga, Sergio "Trogg" Ortiz, and Diego "Zombie" Ortiz his lieutenants), and ultimately escaped.įree, looking to prove his strength and skill, Bane sought worthy adversaries and territories to conquer. Bane successfully assimilated the serum and used achieved superhuman abilities to his advantage. Seeking to achieve his sense of peace, conquer his fears, and get power outside prison, Bane lusted to escape.Īware of Bane's hierarchical position, prison management decided to use him in military experiments that involved a chemical compound known as "Venom." It could increase an individual's muscle mass, stamina, durability, and adrenal levels to inhuman levels. The Jesuit priest told him that he dreamed of the United States Gotham City, and his father had the same dreams before he died, claiming that people's destinies get fulfilled in that place and that refugees from Santa Prisca helped build the city 300 years ago. Eventually, he became the prison boss and wholly controlled the inmates.īane would get plagued by intense nightmares about a city guarded by a dark, shadowy creature resembling a bat. Thanks to the prison's location and diverse population, Bane also learned several languages, including English, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish. He read books, worked out in the prison gym, and learned from inmates, including a Jesuit priest who taught him the classics. At the age of eight, Bane committed his first murder using a knife that he kept inside his teddy bear, named Osito, whom he viewed as his sole friend.ĭespite the environment, Bane was committed to improving himself. The man died as an inmate and due to his political background and harsh state realities left his next of kin - Bane - to get imprisoned instead. Bane's father was a revolutionary mercenary who opposed the Santa Prisca government but was eventually caught and sentenced to life in prison. 2.9 Between Arkham Asylum and Arkham City Incidentīane grew up in the horrendous and violent confines of the Carribean island Santa Prisca prison, Peña Dura, and got imprisoned for his father's crimes since childhood.2.7 After Assault on Arkham and the Road to Arkham Asylum Incident.2.5 Between Arkham Origins and Assault on Arkham Incident.2.4 Arkham Underworld and Arkham Origins: Multiplayer.
