Darkness is brewing in Gotham City. Crime is running rampant, and the one shining light in the primarily dark Gotham night, the masked vigilante known as Batman, has disappeared. Ever since, the Falcone and Cobblepot crime families have joined forces to take over the Gotham underworld, and new sects are springing up by the day. The GCPD's resources are being expended, and the few good cops in Gotham - among them Commissioner James Gordon - aren't enough to keep the crime families in check.

District Attorney Harvey Dent, Mayor Hamilton Hill, and Commissioner Gordon have decided to form a new movement to beat back the growing crime families in the absence of the Batman. Made up of vigilantes and even a few ex-criminals, this new Titan Movement is focused on bringing order to the chaotic Gotham streets - and, in the meantime, uncover the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Gotham's masked defender.

As you can see based off of this short introduction, The Titan Movement is set in a period when Gotham is in chaos. The characters making up the titular Titan Movement will be submitted by you, the readers, through a form that you can fill out with the specific details about your character's background, personality, and other important info. To submit a character, simply fill out the form below and send it in a PM to me. Then I'll respond to you and make sure everything fits and all the details I need are provided, and I will get to work on publishing the chapters introducing your characters. There will be 10 slots open for original characters to be submitted. I will update the summary of the story once the SYOC submissions are filled so there will be no confusion.

Before I give the form details, I want to list a few key details about the setting and characters so you guys will have some info to base your entries around. First, this story is set within Bruce Wayne's first year as the Batman; thus, he will be younger than he generally is in most stories. His age in this is 24. I just wanted this out there so you guys would get an idea of how best to picture Batman/Bruce Wayne while filling out your forms. Also, since this is so early in Batman's career as a crimefighter, many of the familiar faces of his Rogues' Gallery aren't present yet, but that doesn't mean they won't turn up.

The only legacy villains currently active in this story are Carmine Falcone, who runs the Falcone crime family; the Penguin (aka Oswald Cobblepot), who runs the Cobblepot crime family; and Man-Bat (aka Kirk Langstrom), a mutated half-bat, half-human creature who was Batman's first foe, characterized in media depictions as a hoax. As I said, these are the only active villains at the start of the story, but many more classic faces will turn up. Oh, and as a sidenote, since he is so young, Batman has no sidekicks yet.

Those are the key notes concerning the background of this story. Now, below is the character form. As I mentioned, all you need to do is fill it out with the requested information, and then send it as a PM to me. I'll get back to you as soon as possible! Thank you for your interest in joining this story, and I hope I will be able to craft a story that pleases not only the submitters, but also any potential readers.

Name: Give your character's full name. If they have an alias, give it as well.

Gender: Pretty self-explanatory.

Age: Give your character's age.

Physical appearance: Describe your character's physical appearance. Skin tone, hair color, eye color, face and body shape, the whole bit. Also make mention of the types of clothes they frequently wear.

Equipment: Describe the different tools/equipment/weapons utilized by your character.

Powers and abilities: List the powers your character possesses. A bit of a restriction here; as these are vigilantes battling (for the most part) a lot of crooks, I don't necessarily want a ton of superhuman warriors that are on par with the Justice League. Be as unique as you want, just please don't give them anything overly outrageous.

Background: Give your character's background/biography, and get as detailed as you want; I love to read, so I'm open to as much of it as you so desire!

Goals: Basically just sum up your characters purpose in taking on such a mission as the Titan Movement. Are they wanting to do it because they, deep down inside, have a hero's heart, or are they doing it just to clear their name, like they're a criminal or something? Map out whether or not they are more of a hero, villain, or antihero.

Habits: Give me some things your character likes to do in their free time, anything to help me get to know them better.

Family: Discuss your character's family, and touch on their relationships with each family member. You can also tell each member's current status, if they're localized in Gotham, and if you'd like them to appear or not. Pets can go here too, as they're technically family.

Friends: Mention any close friends your character has, and give a brief description of their appearance, life story, and their relationship with your OC. It doesn't have to be as detailed as your character's background, but just something I can build off of.

Love Interests: If your character has any love interests, list them here. If they don't, tell what kind of person they might be interested in.

Vehicles: Give any vehicles your character commonly uses.

Thoughts On...: Obviously, as a resident of Gotham, your OC will have a pretty good recollection of the key figures in the city. Give a summary of your OC's thoughts on the following: (1) Batman; (2) Bruce Wayne [remember, differentiate Batman from his alter-ego!]; (3) Oswald Cobblepot/Penguin; (4) Carmine Falcone; (5) Commissioner James Gordon; (6) District Attorney Harvey Dent [not yet evil]; (7) Mayor Hamilton Hill; (8) the Man-Bat [does your character believe in Man-Bat, or do they feel he's a hoax?]; and (9) Gotham as a whole, from the GCPD to the government and beyond, just a general summarization of their views on the city. If you want, you can write the thoughts in first person POV of your character, if it helps you get better entrenched in the story!

Other: If there's anything else I didn't give a category for that you want to mention, here's the place to do so!

Thank you all for your submissions. I hope to hear from some of you soon!