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Honorable Mention: The Knight
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The man who would be #114.

Come on, Dad! Cyril Sheldrake is the second Knight, partnered to the chipper young Squire, an identity he himself held alongside his father, the original Knight, until his death. Like his father, Cyril is also the Earl of Wordenshire. More importantly, however, as the Knight, Cyril is the equivalent of Britains Batman, a Dark Knight Detective that is embedded in grave, grim aspects of London, helping to keep the city safe from the more unhinged threats of the city. Though Cyril is a legacy hero, many see the modern Knight as the greatest of Britains heroes. Perhaps, this is why the recent bad fortunes of the Club of Heroes is so disappointing - with London in an ideological battle for its very soul, the Knights impotency in trying to rally other heroes may have contributed to the rise of Adam Susan to prominence. However, after an attack by the Club of Villains and Checkmate left Big Ben obliterated and Squire injured, Knight was jolted back into action, and he has begun to roam the streets of London once more. Perhaps this will be enough to spark a change within the people of the grand old town.

When I was exploring the conditions of the Batmen of Many Nations, I was concerned with providing each of them a unique voice, a unique culture to their brand of Batman - and not one entirely beholden upon their nationality. When you think about these great international heroes, too often they are solely patriotic or nationalistic totems of iconography. The Knight is far less that, and my hope is that each of the succeeding Batmen will carry on that trend, a trend focused on intimacy. Batman is propelled by a need, an insatiable necessity, to wage a war on crime. The Knight, too, feels this compunction. Both Bruce and Cyril are driven by the ghosts of their fathers, after all. Words echoing to this very day. Of course, Cyril's father is literally haunting him. In exploring my options for the various Batmen, I began to consider that each of the most important Batmen might be portrayed by one of the major actors of the Batman film franchise over the year. For the Knight, I felt that to offset just how grim and frustrating Cyril is, it would be necessary to pick an easily digestible personality. And given that his looming father figure leaves Cyril in a state of arrested development, is there any wonder I chose Will Arnett? Anyways, that's a little taste of how I slap together these characters in the campaign. Whether it's a good system or not, that's up to you.

Honorable Mentions wrap up for the time being with a character who deserves a Top 50 placement but has been abandoned since her introduction.