so falls the house of wayne.

Yes this angel is not fallen from the Azure Realm, but rather has arisen from a Styx no heavenly eye can penetrate. His name tolls like the very midnight call of death. Speak it not aloud or life's images will turn to pale shadows and nightmares will rise up to punish the guilty. He has been sent by THOSE WHO LIVE BELOW to stem the madness above. 

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Come laughing man! Sheathe your claws in my heart! I shall beat you without rage or hate as a smith strikes his forge. VENGEANCE shall give strength to my hand. I shall make your laughter tears. You shall weep for my mercy. I am the Avenger of those who've lost the power to laugh forever. 

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Deep below it were the soulless watchers whose ancient duty it had once been to guard it against evil. They had awakened. They had seen. They had responded. They had forged a tool.  A WEAPON. In the dark. Below.